Friday December 11 2009

Lately:

I’ve been working out how to use my new keyboard. It makes some pretty great sounds and I can even sort of play it properly, which is weird. I started this song in A minor and went to a D minor chord, then suddenly I hit A# major and it was all like ‘WHOA KEY CHANGE BUT NOT REALLY.’ It even sounded good and everything. I’m still a bit stuck on what sort of music to actually play on it, but I have a few ideas.

Oh, and I took out some books on poetry because I was all like ‘what’s that about hey?’ It seems pretty cool, although complicated also.

And my lame job at the bottle-o isn’t as lame as it could be. I still have to wear a comically over-sized uniform and pretend to care about wine, but I can relax a bit because (like everyone else in the organisation) I have given up trying to do things properly.

OK, now I got to call the blood bank because I got some to spare. Y’all have a good day now.

 

6 Comments »

  1. Sorry. I’m really bored today so I’m hassling you a lot. But here is a poem.

    “Instructions to a Princess”

    it is like the plot of an ol
    novel. yr mother comes down
    from the attic at midnite & tries
    on weird hats. i sit in my study
    the secret inside me. i deal it
    choice pieces of my heart. down
    in the village they gossip abt
    the new bride.
    i have been saving all this
    love for you my dear. if my
    house burns down, open my face
    & you will be amazed

    -Ishmael Reed

    Comment by Clare — Friday December 11 2009 @ 2:59 pm

  2. See that makes no frickin sense! That’s why I have to read this book about poetry. Maybe then I’ll get it.

    Comment by Mark — Friday December 11 2009 @ 3:14 pm

  3. Maybe you’re the wrong blood type for this poem.

    Comment by Clare — Friday December 11 2009 @ 3:26 pm

  4. You mean you have to be black to understand it? Hmm….

    Comment by Mark — Saturday December 12 2009 @ 12:36 am

  5. The “old novel” is Jane Eyre. And no, you
    don’t have to be black.

    Comment by Ishmael Reed — Saturday December 12 2009 @ 1:39 am

  6. OK, now I think I get it.

    And holy crap did Ishmael Reed just comment on my stupid blog? Sweet!

    Comment by Mark — Saturday December 12 2009 @ 1:51 am

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