Baby Love Child

Musings No.1

When you see people
Sitting beside each other
On a bus or train
Or on a park bench
Or strolling down a street
Of some discription,

Do you ever wonder
What they would look like
Wearing a scarlet cocktail dress
With think lipstick and long-lashed?
Or in a black suit and trilby perhaps;
Drinking a martini in some
1920s dancehall or music club.
Maybe dancing the Foxtrot.

Happy.

Regina

Not sure which version of the first song (Wallet) I preferred so I put up both.

I love the small trombone bits in the second.

Towards the Twisted End

The window is open
and you dark devils,
you long fingered night terrors,
make your way across the floor
as the grey outline of the curtain
billows effortlessly.

Your teeth are sharp and ready
to tease out my faults.
Your tongues are split and muscular
weaving in and out,
they whisper secret shames
into the black recesses of the night.

So heavy is the room
with my darkness now
that I can feel it
on my fingertips
and on each eye
forcing the lid down soundly.

My heart beats gently,
as if not to distract,
as if it were in cahoots
but then, as if suspecting
that I am considering this conjecture,
begins a sudden haste
and rushes red
inside my chest
a loathsome taste.

Slowly it seeps out of me,
as if my skin were to weep
of its own accord.
Each bead is cold and brackish
and reeks of a distinct but
unexplainable fear.

And as the pitch piles high
around my uneasy bed
like walls of brittle
death-black fear and dread
I lie back and await
nights end or
mine own at last.

There there, my love

If I ask nothing else of you,
only be there,
when the nighttime terrors
come a-knocking,
to hold my head in your hands,
to run fingers through my hair,
and tell me everything
will be alright.

Who Wants a Spotless Record Anyway? (Inquisitive Ending)

Sitting in my car
outside your house.
It was raining heavily. I was
waiting for you to finish
brushing your teeth.
I had been reading from
the book of words
but they were beginning to
meld and move
so instead I sat
in silence and listened
to the sound of the rain
on the roof.
And as I sat there,
watching the rocks outside
getting wetter
and wetter,
I knew that someday
you would disappoint me.

Was I wrong?

Who Wants a Spotless Record Anyway? (Hopeful Ending)

Sitting in my car
outside your house.
It was raining heavily. I was
waiting for you to finish
brushing your teeth.
I had been reading from
the book of words
but they were beginning to
meld and move
so instead I sat
in silence and listened
to the sound of the rain
on the roof.
And as I sat there,
watching the rocks outside
getting wetter
and wetter,
I knew that someday
you would disappoint me
and be done.

But I didn’t care.

Blah.

Feeling a bit empty.
Need a bit of a break and a tad of inspiration.
Where’s love when you need her, ay?
Off enjoying someone with firmer buttocks no doubt.
Anyway, here goes.

What was your dream growing up?
To be an actor and then to be a singer.
The singing bit is coming true actually!
Or so it would seem…

What talent do you wish you had?
I wish I were more agile with my hands.

If I bought you a drink what would it be?
Water please….except you wouldn’t buy that so…
Miller, A vanilla coke or a nice glass of port.

Favorite vegetable?
French Beans

What was the last book you read?
Reading Lunar Park by Brett Easton Ellis

What zodiac sign are you?
Virgo (ditto Kim)

Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
None but I fancy getting a tattoo of a red lion fighting a black lion with three tails.
They’re my family crests combined.

Worst Habit?
Some (my mum) would say shaking my leg (it makes her think I’m going to get Parkinsons).

If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
Anything for you Kim!

What is your favorite sport?
Sailing/Badminton

Do you have a Pessimistic or Optimistic attitude?
Depends. I think I’m a bit of a cynical optimist.

What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
Take of my shoes and show you the holes in my socks.

Worst thing to ever happen to you?
I don’t know. I’ve had it fairly easy.
Maybe heartbreak.
Maybe kidney stones.

Tell me one weird fact about you.
I have failed my driving test 6 times.

Do you have any pets?
2 cats

What if I showed up at your house unexpectedly?
You wouldn’t be expected so don’t expect me to have any biscuits.
Well, okay. I might be able to scrounge up a few digestives and MAYBE a fig roll… if you’re lucky.

Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
Scary

If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
I could do with a bit o’ weight loss.

Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
I’d be both. A disapproving crime partner.

What color eyes do you have?
Brown

Ever been arrested?
Nope

Bottle or can soda?
Can

If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
Move or buy a car.

What’s your favorite place to hang out?
I’m liking the IFI (Irish Film Institute) cafe or Queen of Tarts. Mmmm. Delicious tea and scones…

Do you believe in ghosts?
Nah

Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
I like lots of things

Do you swear a lot?
Don’t think so.

How would you describe your personal fashion concept?
Laid back

Biggest pet peeve?
Polystyrene

Who do you celebrate?
???

In one word, how would you describe yourself?
Awkward

What keeps you sane?
College

Do you believe/appreciate romance?
Yes

Favorite and least favorite food?
Favorite:Garlic
Least Favorite: Puff pastry/cream

Do you believe in God? Why?
Kind of.
It’d be kind of scary if there wasn’t something else to blame.

These questions are about last year…

What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before?
Sang on stage at the NCH.

What was the best thing you bought?
The Zombie – Odyssey and Oracle
or
Sibelius

Compared to this time last year, are you:

happier or sadder? ’bout the same really

thinner or fatter? ditto

richer or poorer? richer

What was your greatest musical discovery of ‘08?
Bon Iver
and Brahms’ Lieder song

What did you want and get?
My shoes fixed

What did you want and not get?
A monkey

What valuable life lesson did you learn in ‘08?
Tea tastes better out of good china with little golden rims.

508

I’m finding it a bit difficult to write down
exactly how I’m feeling.
So please,
bear with me.

It’s a bit like this:

and a bit like this:

40 Questions

For roughly the same reasons as Kim, I did this too.

1. Have you ever been searched by the cops?

Nope

2. Do you close your eyes on roller coasters?

I have in the past but it makes me feel ill.

3. When’s the last time you’ve been sledding?

A good while ago, like 4 years. We don’t really get snow here.

4. Would you rather sleep with someone else, or alone?

“Totally depends on who it is.” – Ditto

5. Do you believe in ghosts?

Kinda

6. Do you consider yourself creative?

Sometimes

7. Do you think O.J. killed his wife?

I don’t have a clue. I’m too young.

8. Jennifer Aniston or Angelina Jolie? 

Jennifer Aniston.

9. Do you stay friends with your ex’s? 

Yup

10. Do you know how to play poker?

Oh yeah!

11. Have you ever been awake for 48 hours straight?

Yep

12. What’s your favorite commercial?
The xbox one where everyone uses their fingers as guns.

13. What are you allergic to?

Nothing really.

14. If you’re driving in the middle of the night, and no one is around do you run red lights?
Not intentionally.

15. Do you have a secret that no one knows but you?

“Don’t we all?” – I don’t think so

16. Boston Red Sox or New York Yankees?

What?

17. Have you ever been Ice Skating?

Yes, bad experiences both.

18. How often do you remember your dreams?
Not often. I remember feelings from them but generally I confuse them with real life which can get awfully….confusing.

19. When was the last time you laughed so hard you cried?
Twice in the last month. Dvds by comedians, Frankie Boyle and Rhys Darby. Look them up!
(If you look up Frankie Boyle prepare to be offended.)

20. Can you name 5 songs by The Beatles?

Maxwell’s Silver Hammer, Yellow Submarine, Eleanor Rigby, For No One, Norwegian Wood

21. What’s the one thing on your mind now?

How loud the washing machine is.

22. Do you know who Ghetto-ass barbie is?

No.

23. Do you always wear your seat belt?

Only when in the car.

24. What cell service do you use?

Meteor

25. Do you like Sushi?

Meh.

26. Have you ever narrowly avoided a fatal accident?

Yes. And it was my fault completely. Ugh, why do you make me remember these things, meme? Why?!?

27. What do you wear to bed?
Scoobie Doo Pajamas…..No. I wish.
A tshirt and pj bottoms

28. Been caught stealing?

No

29. What shoe size do you have?
 11

30. Do you truly hate anyone?

No.
31. Classic Rock or Rap?

Classic Rock

32. If you could sleep with one famous person,
who would it be?

Zoey Deschanel

33. Favorite Song?

That’s ridiculously difficult.
At the moment, maybe “The White Lady Loves You More” by Elliott Smith

34. Have you ever sang in front of the mirror?
I’m a singer.
Yes.

35. What food do you find disgusting?

Pork chops.

36. Do you sing in the shower?

See #34.

37. Did you ever play, “I’ll show you mine, if you show me yours”?

Nope. So innocent I am.

38. Have you ever made fun of your friends behind their back?

Of course! It’s the firm basis of OTHER friendships.
No, but seriously, only about little things.

39. Have you ever stood up for someone you hardly knew?

Sure.

40. Have you ever been punched in the face?

Yes.