but thank god you're up now

had a eventful morning today. almost overslept and missed my skype interview for shalom college. to think that i did actually wake up earlier to grab some water, and that i'd totally forgotten about it and gone back to bed. happened to look at my phone while i was lying in bed some time later and thats when the realisation hit.

and in the end when i actually managed to get onto skype i almost appeared on video without my shirt on. woah! rushed back into my room to grab a shirt. nice preparation there colin.

so i'm lucky that i've been offered my place in shalom college. whoopee.

anyway, it's a great performance of one of my favourite songs this one.

Did you have that strangest dream
Before you woke?
`Cause in your gown you had
the butterfly stroke.
Did it escape you
Like a half-told joke
When you reached for
Your plume of smoke?

And it`ll haunt you
My honey bee,
Anyone who`s anyone
Has that same dream.
Were you falling,
Were you flying,
Were you calling out
Or were you dying?

But thank god you`re up now,
Let`s stay this way,
Else there`ll be no mornings
And no more days.
`Cause when we`re dreaming
The babies grow,
The sun it shines
And the shadows flow.
Time flies,
The phone rings,
There is a silence
When everybody tries to sing.

the sun is burning

there was this tune that popped into my head some days back. a simple tune. i couldn't figure out the name of the song, or even the words - all i knew was that it was simon & garfunkel. doesn't that just frustrate you?

so anyway luckily i found it soon enough. originally penned by ian campbell. it's got some horrifying lyrics. 

The sun is burning in the sky

Strands of clouds go slowly drifting by

In the park, the lazy bees

Are droning in the flowers among the trees

And the sun burns in the sky

Now the sun is in the west

Little kids go home to take their rest

And the couples in the park

Are holding hands and waiting for the dark

And the sun is in the west

Now the sun is sinking low

Children playing know its time to go

High above a spot appears

A little blossom blooms and then draws near

And the sun is sinking low

Now the sun has come to earth

Shrouded in a mushroom cloud of death

Death comes in a blinding flash 

Of hellish heat and leaves a smear of ash

And the sun has come to earth

Now the sun has disappeared

All is darkness, anger, pain and fear

Twisted, sightless wrecks of men

Go groping on their knees and cry in pain

And the sun has disappeared

back to camp tonight to join my batch mates. one last parade under the blazing morning sun.

sigh, war. sigh, national service.

cats, dogs... and birds?

cat power plays at esplanade on jan 13. that's pretty sweet.

tonight i saw a cat upon returning to my home club csc for dinner. apparently she returns there every night. pretty tabby.

part of my job requires me to work hand in hand with the mp k9 unit, so we do use dogs to help with our search duties. to the chagrin of the muslims.

elliott smith - kiwi maddog 20/20

one of my favourite e. smith songs. whammy bar and multiple guitar lines surfing all over the place.

and finally, andrew bird plays esplanade on jan 26 as well. woah! i'm liking this.

guitar+piano+sax+2 glasses of whiskey

i noticed something strange on friday.

i've hardly been in starbucks but... since when did they know to please mine ears by playing elliott smith tunes? weird.

then they followed it up with bob marley stuff. haha. cool.

i noticed something strange today.

walking past an optimist dinghy, i saw the word 'ache' stuck nicely on its side. huh?

then i realised traces of letters that had been peeled off. the original name was 'rachel', the owner's name i guess, but someone had, perhaps, played a prank and removed the first and last letters.

hmm. the name rachel has the word 'ache' in it. hmm...

jammed til my fingers ached on saturday. my ears are happy.

dawn and bun if you're staring at this too we should compile a list of songs to play and find a studio soon, whether or not they are in 6/8 time. else it's never gonna happen is it.