is anything built to last?

Hallelujah! dr gareth has resurrected my iPod. lazarus brought back from the grave.

however, in a techkarmic balancing act: the tv has died.


and so has the kettle.

but dvds can be played on the ibook and i have pulled a stove top kettle down from
the attic that whistles. very retro. we is liking its vibe. sorry. i is liking its vibe. force of habit. still getting
used to talking in the first person singular. (although i've always had the feeling i was called to some kind of regality so maybe i'll start using the royal 'we' then no one will notice my slip ups.)

so ya know, things work out one way or another.

i watched ::playing by heart:: last night on loan from dear, sweet, beautiful keli h - what a lovely tear fest it was. great cast. great script. strong themes about fragility and vulnerability, honesty, and the need to be open to letting love in as much as wanting to give love out. it was healing to watch. i recommend it to anyone who wonders if they won't ever be able to find or maintain a meaningful relationship. it's a tender exploration of that (let's be honest and call it what it is) fear. chris told me recently that adam philips says in one of his books, "Trust is a risk disguised as a promise." it came to mind.

oh. in other news of the wonderful kind: Jude is coming to visit this weekend. methinks a crow bar will be needed to prise us out of our first hug since Greenbelt. i have missed her so much these past months.

right. i have work to do if i'm ever gonna get this production of ::the vagina monologues:: off the ground. so i'm heading into belfast and am gonna settle down in a coffee shop with my iBook...


i hope this finds you all getting something of what you need to make it through the week. be brave.

LB,x

"He said, "Talking about love is like dancing about architecture... but it doesn't stop me from trying"."
- Joan (Angelina Jolie) in ::Playing by Heart::