train of thought versus
the muses whimsy poppet
slowly spinning dust

tumble through tall grass
stalking mothers tail twitches
cubs singing with frogs

Mom is everywhere
seeking those in need of love
reproducing life

God's attributes shine
clear in nature, deer peacemakers--
gentle without guile

I guess it’s obvious that I was in haiku mode right there. I’d have just left it at that, but a decent test post — for getting the blog layout the way I want it, of course — needs to have some long lines that test the word wrap.

It should
also have
some length
to it,
so as
to illustrate
what happens
when the
posts reach
the bottom
of the
screen.

This should do the job.

Tutor: What's this?

Me: Guitar pick.

Tutor: Why is it thick?

Me: The last one I had was thin so it broke easily, that's why I bought a thicker one.

Tutor: Only Bass Guitarists have the thick ones. You are trying to play an Acoustic.

Me: Really, Sorry I didn't know that. Who is this Bass Guitarist?

Tutor: A Bass Guitarist is one who ... sigh ... never mind. For now let's say you are not the Bass Guitarist, just use this thin pick.

Hence, I stopped learning music and got married. Well, It doesn't sound exactly like that but me being useless in music learning and the "Thick Pick" incident part is 100% true. Everything else is masala mix.

I made a second attempt with a M-Audio Keystation Keyboard connected to my Mac and tried to learn rolling my fingers on the keyboard with the aid of a Mac software called Garage Band. This time I wanted to learn music the right way by trying to understand the Musical Staff notations. Only, Whenever I saw the staff notation, all I could remember was spaghetti. But Hey, I learnt to play the Happy Birthday song somehow, that is a progress right? Time went on and I didn't go back to the music lessons and have kept the Keyboard aside hoping my daughter would pick it up and learn to play someday or may be we will learn it together. Otherwise I have to use it as a Surf board.

My learning of music remained ephemeral. Finally, I learnt to play 2 more songs. Row, Row, Row your boat and Twinkle Twinkle on my daughter's ... ahem ... Xylophone. This is the relationship between me, music and learning. You can see how dull that is.

But with Garage Band, it is very easy to compose music. Even people like me who have little to no knowledge of music can easily put together the loops of music available in the software and come up with scores that sound good.

Now, Coming to the post ( This is probably one of those post that has 90% introduction blah! and then 10% actual content) I made a Haiku called Color of Wisdom. What color will wisdom be? (no not the Wisdom tooth!).

I found there,

Color of Wisdom,

A Grey Hair!

Sucks right? (Both Haiku and the Grey Hair). So I sat down and used Garage band to come up with a small theme music for this feeling.

[audio http://boxstr.com/files/3339117_zhnlu/ColorofWisdom.mp3]

I wanted to relate the strings to the (Grey) hair so I used Classic Rock Guitar loops.

You are free to download this music and use it for your personal purpose (Are you sure you want this?). Also, this means that I have a podcast. If you put my feedburner link in iTunes or any other podcast playing software, it should download the music automatically whenever I post a new Music or Video post (I think!).

Have a wonderful weekend! and Have a fantastic long Labour day weekend for those in US.

Saying things I want to hear

But will he bring change?

*

Hope is fantastic

Unity heals division

But are they just words?

*

I’d like to believe

But keep getting proven wrong

Empty words mean shit.

-DJ Nezz

*

Your hold music sucks
I’ve called you five times today
You torture me so…

*

You have no status
You’re stuck in the back my friend
Your miles aren’t worth shit

-Essaytch

pink is my pretty
inside deep vibrant innate
a lovely whisper

my glasses are pink
shades of manifested bliss
symptoms of shining

beautiful roses
hedge the white lily garden
castle's candlelight

12 pair of pink shoes
delight my secret senses
pink sheets touch caress

every moment filled
pink stars parade above
my pink Cadillac
* * * * * * * * *
pink saturday is a wonderful discovery of pink on Saturdays.
photo: Dreamy Pink Balloons, Pink Sherbet Photography, flickr

Ralph Reed called her a
bright new star in the Repub.
constellation. Hmm

(taken at about 11:30 last night)

Retinal searing

a constant stream of bolts arc

thunder unceasing

-o.o-

At 9:20, my choir started rehearsing "John the Revelator." A few minutes later, a few loud rumbles of thunder could be felt trembling through the church.

"Oddly appropriate," I thought.

Stepping outside a few minutes later, I discovered just how appropriate. The sky was a constant stream of lightning bolts, sheeting from cloud to cloud and occasionally striking the ground with sizzling viciousness. The thunder was an ongoing roar, with no discernible beginning or end. I have never seen a storm like that, though I'm sure Joan has tales that would make mine look like a cakewalk.

Totally awesome.

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