Wonderful weekend full of curry highs and computer lows.
Rosie and Tim and I had a lovely pot-luck-curry dinner on Saturday night at their lovely home. It was delicious and the curry was pretty good too :)
Give it Away
What I've got you've got to give it to your mamma
What I've got you've got to give it to your pappa
What I've got you've got to give it to your daughter
You do a little dance and then you drink a little water
What I've got you've got to get it put it in you
What I've got you've got to get it put it in you
What I've got you've got to get it put it in you
Reeling with the feeling don't stop continue
Realize I don't want to be a miser
Confide w/sly you'll be the wiser
Young blood is the lovin' upriser
How come everybody wanna keep it like the kaiser
Give it away give it away give it away give it away
now Give it away give it away give it away give it away
now Give it away give it away give it away give it away
now
I can't tell if I'm a kingpin or a pauper
Four seasons in one day yesterday: woke up Sunday morning to the sound of rain pounding on my roof. While I was at the movies (Ghostworld) during the day the temperature dropped so the rain became icey. It cleared it's cloudy ways and the evening turned balmy and clear and a perfect night for an impromtu Chili Pepper moment.
Greedy little people in a sea of distress
Keep your more to receive your less
Unimpressed by material excess
Love is free love me say hell yes
I'm a low brow but I rock a little know how
No time for the piggies or the hoosegow
Get smart get down with the pow wow
Never been a better time than right now
I can't actually remember the last time I went to Western Springs to see a concert. All the concerts after about 1992 have managed to blur into one. U2/Rolling Stones/David Bowie but it sure did feel like a very long time since I was at the 'Springs for music. An Aussie band called Quirk started proceedings. They played a 4-or-so song set - I don't really remember mostly because they weren't much to write home about. Not bad but not outstanding. PapaRoach was next out and they rocked. A clutch of screaming mother-fuckers got the mosh pit thumping. As the purple of evening let go to the dark of night (aw mish just write the blog, would ya) the lights flooded colouring the crowd in turquoise and then there they were, the Red Hot Chili Peppers. They played a short 2 hour, melodic, mellow concert that was just - beautiful. The video screen'd colours of scrumptious blues and vivid reds, and the almost [at times] harpsicordian bass/guitar teamings with that delicious boy Anthony Kiedis spronging around the stage rolling his sounds and singing his heart out - it was a wonderful.
Bob Marley poet and a prophet
Bob Marley taught me how to off it
Bob Marley walkin' like he talk it
Goodness me can't you see I'm gonna cough it
Lucky me swimmin' in my ability
Dancin' down on life with agility
Come and drink it up from my fertility
Blessed with a bucket of lucky mobility
Nice end to a not-so-nice weekend of computer heartaches. About 3 weeks ago, my 19" monitor carried out its suicide attempt and died in my arms. It had been telegraphing it's intention for a month or so beforehand so not an entire surprise but still, disturbing. I swapped my beloved 21" Trinitron over to the PC from the Mac to compensate until I could replace the 19". Late on Saturday night, the 21" stopped. No warning no nothing, just dead on my desk. I sat there in utter disbelief. It's just dead. No power light no electrical static no nothing just. It no longer works.
My mom I love her 'cause she love me
Long gone are the times when she scrub me
Feelin' good my brother gonna hug me
Drink my juice young love chug-a-lug me
There's a river born to be a giver
Keep you warm won't let you shiver
His heart is never gonna wither
Come on everybody time to deliver
It's really really difficult to work on computers without screens.
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