Disclaimer
I started blogging with Blogger in 2005 and slowed down as I reached my blogging end in 2010. I have attempted to save all the blog entries in monthly archive pages. It's quite interesting to go back and see my novice, naive enthusiasm for music making and playing, as well as travelling. I also notice that I used a lot of exclamation marks! I must have been excited. For a while, anyway... I note that I slowed down quite a bit from 2008 onward; the momentum of my first batch of songs—written, released, and toured—had worn off. Also, I was amidst my first real bout of homesickness—I was living in New Zealand. A couple other things to note. Some of my spelling is American rather than British/Canadian (I'm Canadian). Regrettably, I note that I used the word "tits" a lot—for a while—without being conscious of how senseless, unnecessary, and thoughtless doing so was. Please take what you read with these grains of salt. Return to the root/index of the blog.
August 2007
Friday, August 31, 2007
Randomness from Wellington
Corporations are hilarious - big clumsy puff-marshmallow-men stumbling through the city, like in the movie 'Ghostbusters'. I want to blast them with Egon and the boys and watch them burst and melt into sticky bits. The onlookers will be filled with glee!
Here's something intriguing: Wellington city planners/caretakers have planted silverbeet in the middle island (of the road) on Lambton Quay. It's beautiful, and potentially delicious (silverbeet = chard) - I want to make a big green, red, and yellow stew of earthy bitterness for all the suits that don't have time to cook for themselves. That's why it's there, n'est-ce pas?
Some random thoughts popped in my mind this afternoon; they are observations about Wellington. First, don't cross any street, at any crosswalk, without definite confirmation that cars are going to stop for you. In general, cars will not stop, so you better be looking! Second, drive cautiously, because you never know when oncoming cars have right-of-way to turn through your lane. It's true - there are unassuming places where you must stop if any oncoming traffic wants to turn through your lane! Caution - this defies all North American logic!