The day before the big 2-0

Well kids, in approximately 22 minutes and 27 seconds from now (approximately) I shall be turning 20... I shall say goodbye to all those teenagery things I never really indulged in, and some which I did. Some I shall retain for future use...

I'm not really hugely excited though... maybe I'm at that age when birthdays are a bore and you don't really care (yeah, right), maybe in some weird effort to deny the fact that (thanks, Tim) I will be closer to 40 than to birth I am not truly thinking about it... or maybe I'm just not bothered...

SO what am I doing to see in my 20th Birthday? Well as the clock ticks midnight and the day switches over from the 22nd to the 23rd... I'll be doing bugger all. There is nothing on tv, no one in the house and nothing to do...

Tomorrow I'm goign to chinese for lunch, followed by some celebratory drink or two and possible going outness.

ANyway, should be good.

Im sure I possibly should be reflecting on my past 20 years... the true meaning behind celbrating each passing year...

but as I said, I'm not feeling all that bothered.

Havent posted in ages, as have nthing much to say... not to mention very sporadic internet

Anyways, see you all when I'm 20!!! xxx

3rd March

I don't really have much to say... this is more a procrastination tool than a place for expression.

I've been at work today... and I have to say (and this may sound odd)... I really love children. Really do. I love their eagerness, their excitement at the world, they are easily upset, but also easily pleased... they will smile back if you smile at them; many adults can't find the time. I love that they are cheeky in a way that is adorable... this one little boy, who was 18months old (I asked) kept pulling this hilarious face, which made him look serious, only you could see he was trying not to smile at us. Children are so beautifully simple, so wonderfully uncynical.

Anyway... as I've been typing this, the sky has turned from being blue... to deep pink. It's trully amazing how stunning and awe inspiring something so 'everyday' can be. But there youhave it.

I hope everyone is well, and happy... and that you remember what we can learn from children, and to occassionally look skywards.

x

Music and Lyrics

We all listen to music.. every day. We all have our favourite songs, artists, lyrics. We all have songs that mean something to us, remind us of something, make us feel a particular way.

How often do we really listen to the lyrics though? Really think about what we are singing along to means? So today, take just one song... which has special meaning for you, and really go investigate the lyrics. Find out what they mean, not just to you but also to the person who wrote them. You never know, the song may just take on a completely new direction... you may be dissapointed, but what is more likely is that you will be introduced to a whole new idea, or take on the song that pushes it into another... dimension?

Maybe I am being over the top. But think, I know that at least for me, music has a special place in my life, and I couldn't do without it! So just for a few minutes, give it all of your attention, and take the opportunity to really appreciate it, and what the artist/writer wanted to get across to you...

And, just so you know... my song was Walking in Memphis, Marc Cohen.