mojo found? perhaps perhaps perhaps

a blast of just jack proving most helpful in relocating the mojo - he reminded me it's to be found with not so much an active searching as it is in (what lynne would most certainly define) a Zenlike shimmy... i think he's telling me the mojo is probably tucked up there on a shelf somewhere between basement jaxx and daft punk...or perhaps a little farther on between del amitri and the divine comedy, and you know, even if it doesn't help locate a missing mojo, the more ya shimmy the more ya smile... so colour me returned from the sanctuary of follicular pampering and intelligent conversation that is JL Morrison hair salon feeling a whole lot better and with strong encouragement to nourish myself inside and out and so i'm turning up the stereo with nothing less than a 4/4 rhythm...

sometime later...

well, some good tunes, including some fab mixes provided by jude in the last couple of years, and shimmying complete, the flat is looking a little tidier, a friend was at a neighbour's birthday BBQ in the garden and came to knock on my window and "serenade" me, ie say hello, which was one of those quirky i-feel-at-home moments, all the dishes are done, bins emptied, fuzzy things in fridge banished, i have eaten a hearty meal, had a cocktail, caught up with colbert and stewart, and finally got round to taking some photos, which my bro and others have repeatedly asked for...

speaking of my hair (see para 1), which despite a very good cut suffered somewhat in the past month from its own depression, manifested as a general listnessness (reminiscent of charlotte's depressed vagina) reflective of my own emotional and physical run down-ness, and not exactly enjoying regular dips in chlorine, it was treated today to a dose of Potion 9 - a leave-in treatment. such was the transformation from tired and dull to silky and perky, that i decided to follow the recommendation that i try using said product before i swim to protect my hair and thus purchase a bottle. alas! the stock was taken yesterday to the film set of city of ember, currently in production here in belfast. no fear! the salon know how to value their customers and staff were instructed to promptly contact their colleague on set and request a bottle be brought back at the next available opportunity for yours truly. so, should one go to see city of ember on release next year and find the tresses of bill murray, tim robbins, martin landau or indeed their co-stars momentarily look a little lacklustre, blame my locks. what they lack in actual celebrity of aforementioned film stars is compensated by a chuffed and choppy shine worthy of a red carpet. and for that they are gratitiudinal from root to tip. now if only the rest of me could feel as if it had just stepped out the salon...

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right back at ya's
finally, all at once, here are the comments i never got round to posting in response...

paul the harbour- i never hear the orchestral theme from st elmo's fire without thinking of you friend.

ewan/shirley - forgive my omission of chas 'n' dave, who i suspect would actually make for a highly entertaining show. as for jimmy cricket. good lord. 'blast from the past' does not even begin to describe it. not sure i could cope without my wee bro there to share the nostaligafest so i may give that show a wide berth.

RD - thank you for kind words.

bananie - miss you too babe. but i continue, despite never having been there, to have austin, TX in the top 3 locations to escape to if i ever decide to be utterly rash and just up sticks and spontaneously relocate...

cheryl/shirley - we will see what we can do about a recital of ::Reclaiming Cunt:: in the beer tent. needless to say, it will probably have to preceded by drinking and dancing to get me in the mind... i won't make any promises, but it's not outside the realm of possibility if the mojo is firmly intact... speaking of dancing, i'm pulling together an iPod mix for the beer tent in the hopes the bar will gladly stick it on as a soundtrack for a girl's nite...

zippy ben - nice to see halfcaste blogging - hope you will continue...

gar - i will be proud to give 'em all an extra bear hug on your behalf amidst the canvas.

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here's a couple of fotos of my living room... other interiors plus some daylight/outdoor shots to follow soon dependent on my remembering... click to see 'em bigga





keep rocking the kazbah,

LB,x