An Unknown Writer…

Various distractions this morning lead me to read my old posts…

As much as I think my writing sucked at that time and needs much improvement still, they were all a reflection of my feelings and emotions at the time… strange, confused, ecstatic, hungry, in love, furious, and the list goes on… I know I can be a pain from time to time (who isn’t?!), but I have come to the conclusion that I don’t want to be another character…

If I ever did though…

In the old days, I was dying to be an Indie rock musician… it was Dolores at the beginning and that was right when I saw her on the stage… I just thought her haircut and the way she played the guitar were the coolest…

Then I switched to Tori… a pretty good choice to me… but then I gave up, cuz I thought I will be as fake as can be…

Carry Bradshaw came along my way… she writes well… works her own hours for a newspaper and has great style… a taste to die for… and a messy character which I can totally relate to… but then I thought, wake up dear… you are who you are and you will always remain you…

These days I’m thinking again who I’d like to be in reality… I’m thinking and thinking and finally realized that person would be my mum…

She has a big heart and writes well, not publicly, but I’m lucky to hear or read what she writes… from time to time… She indeed knows how to flow into your mind, how to make you think… how to make you fall in love with the present moment and live here and only here…

This post is therefore dedicated to you, mum 🙂

Much love…

S

Love Walked In…

So I started to read again… Just like I used to, especially in my good old days in Britannia… I already have many unread books sitting on my shelves… undusted… There are also some lying on my bedroom floor…

But knowing me, I had to buy a new one, heh…

And that’s exactly what I did last weekend while visiting my local Indigo bookstore; I saw this book recommended by Marverin or Marlene, an indigo employee… As crazy as it may sound, I quite liked the cover and started to read the first couple of pages… next thing you know, I was standing in front of the cashier’s desk with a big smile on my face…

And I started reading my latest purchase yesterday on my way to work, squished by teenagers talking out loud, and later on my way back home, while people around me were all sleeping with their mouths open!

It felt heavenly good… I just got too tired dealing with the usual Sudoko puzzles on the train, admittedly an addiction of mine (after Starbucks coffee of course)… I even dream of numbers and play Sudoko in my mind, a sure sign that I needed a break from the puzzle!

My life – my real life – started when a man walked into it… and that is how the book started… Now, I have to say that nothing is better than a good read while you are cold and your mind is a mess just like your room…

S

TORI the SASSY one!

When I started this, I thought, darn it, the show was so great that it’s unbloggable!!! But hey, I’m going to try…

Just before I headed to the show, I was talking to a colleague of mine when he saw me excitedly wrapping up at work… “Where are you going?” “To the Tori Amos gig!” “WOW, that’s great… I used to listen to her a long time ago… Don’t you know she has orgasms on her shows?” “Really?!” “Yes, she said that in a few of her interviews!!!”… And I was thinking… How cool is that?!

It was my fifth time seeing her live… what a groupie!!! The show started with the coolest opening act she could have had!!! And that was Yoav; a young and talented Cape Town-born artist… And then she came on the stage as Pip this time, wearing a very cool emerald green color dress with the blackest hair ever… If you know the history behind her new album, “American Doll Posse”, you will know that she appears as different characters in each of her show… So, she was Pip in Toronto and she bloody well rocked! Like always, she amazed (jaw-dropped, in fact) the whole crowd in a full-house Sony Centre with her hardcore music… and then there she was, changing her outfit to become Tori herself, along with her piano and hundreds of people who were dreaming to BE her in their real lives! The show continued with her new songs… and then an unplugged part with no band and only with her and her piano, with lyrics that make you ponder and blow your mind away, with a voice that comes from another universe… She sang the song that I’d completely forgotten about… it goes back to the days I was listening to her in Covent Garden, trying to smoke tobacco without coughing! She’s addicted to nicotine patches… She’s addicted to nicotine patches… She’s afraid of the light in the dark… 6:58 are you sure where my spark is… Here… Here… Here…

She talked to the crowd, she flirted with them, sang for them… played her piano for them and just made them fall in love with her music once again… And I would say that over and over again… I can’t thank my sister enough for introducing me to her music more than a decade ago… I remember the first time you told me; “Hey, I’ve got a ticket for you to see my favorite singer at the Royal Albert Hall in London…” And ever since then, I’ve been like you… her fanatical fan… you were truly missed!

There are loads of articles already out about her show last night… This was only mine, about how I’m wondering that if there was ever a goddess on earth, it would be Tori.

S

J’aime…

I also like my new mini espresso cup… my new mini ice cream cone… my new mini wine glass… my new mini ballet shoes and my new mini music note… I love them all together…

I like the blue rabbit smiling at me… Cute but psycho… Things even out!

And I like many more things…

S

la fraise…

I like my new friend…

Her name is Strawberry… She is sweet but a bit hasty… She likes baking cookies, pies and cakes for everyone… She has no idea what to do with lots of unsuccessful sweets at home… Her favorite color is emerald…

She’ll be coming to the office tomorrow and will be sitting on my desk…

S

L’anniversaire…

Tonite is my birthday nite… no wait, it’s the nite before my birthday… amazing as it seems to even myself, I’m gonna be one year older than [fill the blank, blog reader]… WOW… bloody hell! 😉

Today is election day too… which means I’ll be voting on my birthday nite and then wash it all down (or toast it, depending on your point of view!) with a nice glass of wine; Argentinean one! How sophisticated, I hear you say… well, I’ll allow myself that before the big birthday bash this weekend, wink wink!

Last year was full of great experiences… happy and sad… as ‘real’ life should be… the result of which is that I’ve definitely grown up in the true sense of the word… now if I can maintain my focus and keep to my goals in the coming months, this year will be a great one too!

Always,

S