i made all sort of excuses before making this post today.
waiting to see how my day at work went, then came home and watched mindless tv for hours. i’m hooked, xfiles, charmed, gilmore girls and smallville. now it’s late and i’m getting the flu…
but i decided today is not a day for bitching. even though i’m getting the flu and my job sucks, blah, blah, blah…
today’s post is about victoria, for those of you, who don’t know, vic is my wife of 1 year, 3 months and 4 days, who i’ve seen once (7 month ago in london) since we got married.
the reason for our separation a long story, needless to say it involves some measure of bureaucracy (lots and lots of it, but that is a matter for another, less positive post)
in brief… vic is the love of my life, she is my joy. she makes me tremendously happy and strangely one of the reasons for my constant depression is that i’m away from her, it’s difficult to focus your energies when it seems like a major piece of your life is missing.
ok, i’m sliding the path of the maudlin plus i just started a major coughing fit, so i’m going to turn in for the night and continue this when i awake.
peace
nina simone, jazz great and source of comfort died today. i didn’t know her personally, but her music, has been a part of my life for a long time.
in the last 3 months two of my musical icons have moved on, never to utter another note.
farewell to you both, andre tanker and nina simone.
thank you for the music.
welcome oh welcome to our little play…
another scorcher of a day here, and another day of abject laziness, the only reason i’m up this early, is that there is formula one on tv. i’m a fan and that does not, according to a friend, make me eurotrash.
it’s been an interesting season so far and even without the accidents, today’s race was pretty exciting.
i’ll be back later with more interesting and informative comments on life in the tropics.
adieu.
it is as hot as hell here, just went to drop my daughter to the movies, first time i left my house for the weekend. scorchingly hot.
and the hills are on fire. everywhere you look, there are brush fires or the remains of brush fires, at night it’s really pretty to behold but as with a lot of other things the cold harsh reality of daylight… it’s really sad.
other comment, i loathe not having my own car, especially on long weekends. not so much for the freedom of being able to go where i want to and when, but for the security of having my life in my own hands.
it’s bad enough most people drive like assholes, but the asshole quotient seems to double, no fuck that quadraple, at least on a holiday weekend. my god, have these fuckers heard of defensive drive? signalling? what the fuck?
road rage is a concept very near and dear to my heart, i’m externally greatful i don’t drive a truck, cause some of the shit i see on the road, i will run your fucking ass over.
breathe, relax, the weekend was going so well. 🙂
yay, vic on a successful sortie in to wilds of sw florida to restore the books, toys, cds and dvds to our household. but especially the books,i love you darling. and a special thank you andrea, for putting up with my worry wart ways.
i forgot, passover greetings to anyone who is celebrating.
yesterday was a truly enjoyable. it’s obvious i must be antisocial, i spent all day at home mostly alone, reading, napping, watching mindless television.
it was great. i realised how much i missed being home during the day. sigh.
i did however find something to bitch about yesterday and it continues into this morning…
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TSTT, trinidad’s evil empire… these fuckers advertised all week that their help desk would be closed all weekend and then what happens?
the connection to any server outside trinidad goes down… no im, no web access, no email, nada. and you can’t call and inform them of the problem, because they’re closed.
fuckers.
i get up this morning, it’s back, it works for five minutes and then i get disconnected and we’re back to having no international net access…
there are some advantages to being a geek, back up accounts and all…
or maybe it’s a sign i’m spending too much time online?
you like me, you really like me…
i want to thank all the people that come here and visit and comment either here or via email or im.
i’m having a lot of fun writing this and it really helps me keep my head above water.
it is a catharsis.
thought i posted earlier, guess i didn’t.
good friday and beltane greetings for those of you who believe…
it’s midday and i’m pondering my food choices. my lapsed catholic self is debating some fish type menu, but… the operative word is lapsed.
anyway in the mean time i’ve started reading the binding chair, forget the author, i’ll get back you on it later. but i’ve just stated and this book is incredibly well written. i’ll keep you posted. sometimes these books start off really well and then fall short.
for those that you don’t know most christian high holy days are really conversions of pagan holy days and beltane also known as roodmas or may day was basically a fertility rite, which is why bunnies and eggs are common easter symbols.
i’m in info sharing mode this morning… check this link out, just ignore the fucking midi file… beltane
so i managed to slog through the day. i was actually productive, well at least that’s what i’ve been telling myself.
at this point i should be sleeping but i’m a that point where i’m so tired i’m not sleepy.
my brain is fried, because i can’t really come up with anything witty or even marginally funny at the moment, so on that not i bid you all a fond adeiu.
wait, wait, wait…
one more thing… all the people that have been visiting, thank you, and i hope you’re enjoying it.
i’m not hung over (alcholic genes be praised), thirsty as all hell but that’s the side effect.
what i am is sleepy, so well see how that works out today, bearing in mind i have all this material to finish for a presentation, gratefully i got some sort of start yesterday. an aside… i have never come across and workplace so inappropriately named…
one of these days i’ll explain. i not quite ready to embarrass the people and them in a public forum. laughable as it is, they still paying me.
i’m now official late, so i should get off my expansive ass, bathe and going to work.
more from the battlefield later
