Music

As mentioned earlier this week, you sometimes dont notice how much you miss something till you lose it, and then have it again.

Take REM for example. They are my ALL-TIME favorite band. I have seen them in concert three times, once with Sean in 1997, once with a co-worker in 1999 and last time with Tobi in 2003, a few days before leaving for Korea. I have only a couple of their recent CDs here. I miss the old stuff from the 80s. Ava asked if she could download some music for me and the first thing I said was REM! So she did.

AND CAN I SAY I LOVE MP3S??

On one cd she managed to fit almost their entire discography. I was listening to Eponymous last night as well as Dead letter office, Document, and Green and that isnt even half of what is on the disk.

I forget sometimes how much of a downer TV can be for me and how much of an upper music is. Even with my small dinky speakers (MUST GET PROPER SPEAKERS) I had a party of one last night in my flat, dancing about to old REM which reminded me of my high school and theatre days. Oscar made for a fine spectator though he was a wee bit confused. He hadn't seem me like that in a while.

I had a blast and I am in such a good mood today. I cant wait to get home and play more of this. I have also requested Norah Jones, Morcheeba, and some other stuff. I dont feel bad about this piracy because these are all CDs I have in Canada, but miss here. So I have paid them my royalties.

I also put the word out for movies. These kids are techie freaks so many have films copied from the net. Martin, another student in my grade 8 class brought me about half a dozen films today including Mr. and Mrs Smith. As dumb as the plot is, I think Pitt might make good eye candy for a night.

So there it is. Between the films, great music and a season 2 of LOST on Sunday nights, I should be fine for the next little while.

The next things to do are to start the theatre club, and join the gym. Then, next thing you know its July, and off to Jordan and Turkey we will go. Petra here I come!