A Sight For Sore Eyes

Today will be a good day for a variety of reasons. The first is that despite two public holidays last week the comics will ship on time! Also I get my great experiment notebook and my God I’m looking forward to doing that.

Tonight I’ll be going to a mates NYE party, but I won’t be there for to long. I wasn’t going to go at all since I have some fond memories of last year and didn’t want to see some people. It will be alright though cause there will be plenty of people I want to chat with and say hello. I was thinking about the avoidance thing on Monday and I realised that I just don’t care anymore.

Finally at around 10:30-11:00 I’m meeting one of my best mates and a friend of his for a night of singing and drinking a perfect way to spend the start of the New Year. My mate is usually working but he got some time off because his birthday is on the second of Jan.

Good times ahead.

Addict

This goes without saying I think, but last night I vocalised it for the first time. I have a problem ok and I can admit it. I’m addicted to Karaoke and not just the singing part. I love the singing don’t get me wrong and I’ve become quiet good at it if I’m singing the right song, but I enjoy meeting new people from all different crowds and singing along with whoever is up on the stage and having a dance. For someone who finds it a bit difficult to meet new people singing makes it all easier. People seem to like my singing and on occasion it gravitates them round to my table or I’m invited over to theirs.

Heroics

Speaking of empowerment one of the guys does make me smile and reinforces in my mind just how worth it everything over the past year was.

Splendour

I love Mondays a great deal a bunch of us meet every week at Prudence for drinks and a chat. I’ve come to value these weekly events very much for the laughs and conversation. The exuberence, cynicism, the optimism and the empowerment. Amen.

The Big Sleep

What a fricken dream! I’ve never had one so vivid before. I dreamed that I’d met Elisha Cuthbert and fell in love but her Irish gangster father wasn’t happy with it unless I did a job for him (weird seeing Elisha is Canadian and the crime took place between Craigeburn and Seymour). This involved getting into these rail carriages containing gold. I was with two flunkies one with these weird neo Nazi tattoos on his face. For some reason the carriages were full of ice and we had IV drips (I had the air cooler on) we stopped the train and unloaded the gold. I was a nobody who had little information so when the cops questioned my involvement I couldn’t give them anything nor would i since these gangsters would kill me and also I was dating a hottie!

I remember in a half waking moment thinking “Alright a sexy dream with Kim Bauer!’ but it turned into some weird crime story instead. In another of these moments I thought “Wow these mother fuckers look scary as shit err wake up now?” But no I stuck with it till I woke up feeling more refreshed then I usually do.

I don’t dream that much so it was pretty damn cool having one so vivid I can still picture things.

Dawn

Even for me this is an early wake up on Christmas morning, but I’m excited to see peoples faces and of course to get new stuff. I’m still as in love with Christmas day as I was as a child.

Best December.

I’ve never been big on the Chrissy spending, no reason just never have been. I’m the kinda guy to get someone one thing they really want then leave it at that. This is an overboard year though I remember doing that for afew birthdays when I could and with my last paycheck for the year I thought fuck it, I’m closer than ever with this family and I’m going all out. I have enough cash to sustain me till next year as always since its usually about this time I quit whatever job I’ve got I always have some untapped reserves. Next year is different I’ll be back on them phones as soon as they’ll have me.

Indian Country

Today was a good un, got my comics as I do every week and caught up with one of the guys who I was supposed to meet on Saturday. Cool guy with similar tastes and it was good to have some nerdy talk without having to feel self conscious about it. Got the first volume of Scalped which belw my mind.

New coat of paint

I’m going through an Waitsian obsession thats rivaling the one I had with Massive Attack in the middle of the year. About two months ago when the iPod malfunctioned I went into the Apple store to get it reset and when it came to putting music back on I uploaded a ton of Waits and very little else. The guys music accentuates a happy time.

Under it

A bit sick the last couple of days and certainly should not have gone out last night to the usual Monday night spot, but it was fun and seeing I drove I popped into Charltons for a quick sing before going home. I’m feeling it today head cold and a runny nose. Just going to rest up.