Musings of the South

English, English, English

I've been doing nothing for the last 4 hours but drinking tea, and reviewing an old english book of mine. I am reminded of how easy english is, and I am ashamed of my butchery of it.

Back from the Meeting

I'm late updating today. If I thought anyone was reading this I'd probably update earlier, oh well. I stayed an hour after the meeting talking to my best friend....about pregnancy...throwing up...lots of it...people feeling like they have the right to touch you once they know. She's 2 months along now, not many people know yet. Can't say I blame her, I really would get tired of talking about it myself. Of course, I want to know everything. I think I'm living vicariously. Not that I want a baby, but I know I will one day, and her being pregnant makes me remember that I can't be right now if I wanted to be. That makes no logical sense really, but it's true. It's good though, because she gets to change the diapers :oP I'm sure I'll be helping out a lot though, babysitting and all. I'm so excited about it that you'd think it was my kid, hahaha.

But back to the touching thing...why does everyone think they're entitled to touch your stomach because you're pregnant? Maybe you don't like that. Maybe that makes you uncomfortable. Maybe if you even ask, the person will feel like they have to let you. I'm not saying don't do it at all, I'm just saying think about it before you do it. I know my friend isn't real touchy, and therefore will not like all the people coming up to her to feel the baby move. I don't think I would either. That's like, "Oh, you're inventing some new type of food...can I put my hands all over it?". Ok, so maybe not, but I couldn't think of a good illustration.

Also, why do people HAVE to ask when someone is due? I have seen SO many people ask when someone is due and they weren't even pregnant. This question very often leads to disaster. Once my mom asked someone that, turned out they had diabetes and her stomach was swollen. That was sooo bad. Needless to say, she resolved to never ask unless she was told the person was pregnant. I take a hands off, no questions approach when I don't know anything already. That way, nobody gets hurt. It's not my business anyway.

Well now I have a 'rumbly in my tumbly' as pooh bear would say, so I need to go eat. Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen. Adieu, adieu!

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Slow Day

I haven't done a whole lot today...I stayed up really late last night reading. The Count of Monte Cristo is really good so far. I'm about to start reading the 9th chapter, although that's barely a dent in its entirety. To put it into perspective, the book is almost 1,500 pages long and I'm on the 95th page. It's just getting into the really interesting stuff. It's not a book to read while you're tired though, because you will not understand what's going on. All the talk about "bonapartists" can be a little dry at 3 o'clock in the morning, but it's there for a reason. So read it while you're really awake!



I'm listening to "No Angel" by Dido, and while it's a couple of years old, it's still one of my favorites. This cd explores many different feelings that I, and I'm sure many others, have experienced. "All You Want" explores the situation of being in love with someone still, after they have left you for someone else. Although I've never really had that to happen, the emotion really comes across quite well...
"Oh you could come home and you would know that
All you want
Is right here in this room
All you need
Is sitting here with you
All you want"

"Honestly Ok" is perfect for those times when you feel like you'd want anyone else's life but yours. Hopefully you don't have those often, but when you do it's quite touching to the soul...

" just want to feel safe in my own skin
I just want to be happy again
I just want to feel deep in my own world
but I'm so lonely I don't even want to be with myself anymore
On a different day if I was safe in my own skin
then I wouldn't feel so lost and so frightened
But this is today and I'm lost in my own skin

And I'm so lonely I don't even want to be with myself anymore"

Of course the love song, packed with Techno groove but also symphonic undertones..."Take My Hand"...

"Touch my skin,and tell me what you're thinking
Take my hand and show me where we're going
Lie down next to me, look into my eyes and tell me, oh tell me what you're seeing
So sit on top of the world and tell me how you're feeling
what you feel now is what I feel for you
Take my hand and if I'm lying to you
I'll always be alone
if I'm lying to you"

So yes I'm babbling about a cd, but I'm just thinking about how great of a cd it is. It's so hard to find good music these days....aside from Juice Mouse Zero, ADGI & Psubverse Rhyscology...well I mean...umm...Psubverse Rhyscology sucks...yeah...that's it...they stink really bad...I don't ever want to see them play in person, really.

Oh and I also think the next book I read will be "Rebecca" by Daphne Du Maurier. If you ever get the chance, watch the film version directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It's one of my favorite movies...it's rockin.