recently on the turntable

wynton marsalis
standard time vol 2 - intimacy calling

harvester
me climb mountain

friday night music club selection

percy sledge
dark end of the street

tom waits
jersey girl

marianne faithfull
why'd ya do it?

john hiatt
long night

elvis costello
angels wanna wear my red shoes

verlaines
death and the maiden

richard and linda thompson
just the motion

the only ones
another girl, another planet

talking heads
these memories can't wait

flatlanders
dallas

paul kelly
sydney from a 727

ben lee
away with the pixies

cyndi lauper
time after time

I'm feeling good. I had yesterday off work, and I've got Monday off as well. A four day weekend.

But I'm tired. I have a lot of sleep to catch up on. I'll be going to bed early tonight.

For the past week or so I've been working on updating the bio section of this journal/web site. It's finished now, so go take a look, if you'd like. Ah hell, I'd LIKE you to take a look at it. *smile*

Part of me still can't believe I'm writing an online journal. I have never been one to push myself forward, or to speak up in crowds. I'm much more of a listener to people than a talker to them. I have an intrinsic belief that no one is interested in what I do or think.

And here I am putting some of my life online.

You know what's weird? I'm enjoying it.

It's a very un-Mike thing I'm doing, and a very un-New Zealand thing as well I think.

I've just thought about that line above. Maybe it's not an un-Mike thing y'know? Maybe I've had this idea of the sort of person I wanted to be .........

No, that's not right either. I mean an idea of the sort of person I thought I should be. And because of that I haven't done things I've wanted to.

Like open myself up to other people at the risk of feeling vulnerable, or getting rejected.

Like thinking I might have something to say that means something to other people.

Like just not worrying and writing anyway.

Hell, maybe I'm just starting to develop a massive ego!