Musical Dreams

Following on from this, I'm hoping I can maybe redeem myself because I have tickets to the Wireless Festival when Jay Z is headlining! I'm so excited!

On top of that I had a really erotic dream last night. With someone who lives in another country and that I haven't seen for 12 years or so! I'm not sure I'm going to spill all the details but I woke up thinking "WTF was that about?!".

And if that wasn't enough, on the same night, in a totally different dream, my high school Chemistry teacher pops up and tells me that he's "very proud" of me. Seriously - WTF?!

Musically Challenged - Deux

I am going to see the Backstreet Boys tonight.

Yes, I'm bad!

Yes, you can ridicule me as much as you want.

Yes, I will not take any notice.

Yes, Backstreet is back!

My Word(le) is My Honour

I like the second one better!

This was far too cool an opportunity for me to miss. I could do this all day! Thanks to Deane who started off the trend (I think!).

Pon and Zi

A lil' showcase!

All pictures taken from http://www.ponandzi.com.

The Invitation - Oriah Mountain Dreamer

It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing.

It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dreams, for the adventure of being alive.

It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life's betrayals or have become shrivelled and closed from fear of further pain!

I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it or fade it, or fix it.

I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own, if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, to be realistic, to remember the limitations of being human.

It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself; if you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul; If you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy.

I want to know if you can see beauty even when it's not pretty, every day, and if you can source your own life from its presence.I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand on the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, "Yes!"

It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know if you can get up, after a night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done to feed the children.

It doesn't interest me who you know or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back.

It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you, from the inside, when all else falls away.

I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.


© Mountaindreaming, from the book The Invitation published by HarperSanFrancisco, 1999. All rights reserved.

I'm going to make you love me

I went to see Dancing in the Streets recently. I love the Motown era - my knowledge of it isn't up to much but I can't dispute my love for the songs, the artists and the feeling that they create.
The show was amazing! The crowd were quite reserved for the first 40 minutes or so but then they totally got into the groove - not so much dancing in the streets as to dancing in the aisles!

What's your favourite Motown medley?