testing, testing.. .'.
Man, I'm hesitant to say this - what with Childe being a real, certified philosopher and all - but aint' it funny how life plays it's little games with you?
Three weeks ago I was "signed" and making an album for a large label.
Two weeks ago I was getting a little concerned about them not calling me back, but prepared to do an independent release if things didn't go well.
One week ago I discovered I no longer had a computer.
Today I'm heading off to work for a group of environmentalists.
Tomorrow I'm hoping to get a restaurant/bar job or two (one of the quickest, easiest ways to earn decent amounts of cash here in the states, what with tipping and all)
Next week I have rent due.
In two weeks my girlfriend is making her first ever trip abroad, to Spain, for a good month and a half.
In a month I hope to have a computer again and intend to continue work on the album (I'm a stubborn bastich)
That's a short cycle, the good old riches to rags tale - how many times izzit going to happen?
.. Although, my sign is supposedly associated with the pheonix - so either I'm going to burst out of these rags all shiny and new (queue the swedish accent: "look at me! I am a beautiful butterfly!") or I need to move to Arizona.
"What were the skies like when you were young?"
"Purple and red and... on fire..."
BOW YE ALLE BEFORE TANGENT MAN!
It's really tricky not to fall into the whole "if only" mode at times like this, eg.
"If only I'd played a little less Zuma and just churned out music, I could have completed an album and mastered it on Rachel's computer and be [slowly] selling it."
--or--
"If only I'd taken my computer in for repairs when the screen first started flickering (and it was still under warranty)"
etc..
urgh. I'm in no state to be writing, and yet I'm going to start work in 2 hours - hehehahahah. oh dear.
btw: which doofus came up with the word "abcederian" ?? Sounds distinctly american. like that whole thing about saying "zee" instead of "zed" so that it will rhyme in the alphabet song.
Sir childe! Will you please let me know if I do anything silly like saying "realize" instead of "realise"?
I'd greatly appreciate it - the further I can stay from bush-like spelling, the longer I'll let myself live :)
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Hey listen, don't call me out on spelling emergency duty - I'll never know when you are doing that Joycean Jabberwock thing, or just mis-typing.
I mean, it's "cue" not "queue", I guess... do you really care?
It's a living language, and they call me a pedant when I say that things are 'Different FROM" each other, not "different TO"...or that you can't have things which are "ALMOST unique" (they either are, or they're not).
It's the ghosts of my grandma leaning over my left shoulder, and my English teacher over my right shoulder that tell me these things....
argh! see, I know why I made that mistake :)
I've been fighting off writing "cheque" the american way. Fighting far too actively it seems, as I'm throwing randomme frenchisms ontue words that don't ownez 'em.
By the way: I wrote the EXACT SAME comment as you before. I changed the punctuation somewhat... and replaced the words..
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