It's been like forever, literally, since I last blogged. I could give all the excuses on earth for not blogging but they'll just be that - excuses. In fact, when it's all said and done the reality would just be that lately, I've not considered journaling/blogging as important compared to other stuff in my life. Now considering my penchant (am I using the word right?) for not prioritizing the things in my life properly this shouldn't come as a surprise. I think I just gave an excuse too... shoot!
Not a lot has happened in the past 4 months - ok, I lie! I was talking with my grandpa a few minutes ago and he spoofed at Tunde Bakare's insinuation that Nigeria won't remain the same if Buhari didn't win the last elections. We both laughed cos Pastor Bakare was right - each decision obviously changes the future one way or the other. Ok, I'm not sure how we got to talking about choices and different paths but since we are here I might as well mention that I've watched almost all 3 seasons of Sliders on Hulu in the past 2 weeks - parallel universes, multiple space-time continuum, lots of fun. To be honest though, I think I'm partly watching it because I want to see if Quinn and Wade ever get their shit together (code word for make out, kiss, kiss, hug, hug, xoxoxoxo, blah, blah, blah). I realize this all doesn't really point to much that has changed in my life so I'll close this paragraph and hope that the next offers more intelligence... and direction.
I've been listening to a whole lot of Jazz this year (Quick advice - never listen to Miles Davis at work if you are a programming or do some other mentally tasking job). I got like 3 or 4 new jazz CDs and then some so far this year... Sophie Milman's rendition of Eli, Eli was enough to get me to buy her album. I can't say I regretted the decision. Then there was the Diane Kroll album that I got because she's more traditional and she's quite popular - in other words, I had no clue what I was doing or why I was doing what I was doing when I got her album. The only thing I'm sure about is that I got it on the cheap. Then just out of the blue and because I remember that they'd done some collaboration with Take 6 in the past, I decided to buy a Yellow Jackets album a month or two ago. Now I'm crossed between going out there and getting some more of their work and sampling the album I got a little more. I've loved the album I got so much I've been kicking myself for not getting their album earlier.
I've also been listening to more R & B -ish gospel. I wonder why Onitsha never released a second album - she's got the pipes and maybe she's not as main stream, CCM-wise, as say Mendissa but I'd say talent wise she's aight. I've actually never listened to a complete Mendissa album - hint: I actually thought Mendissa was caucasian (how else do you expect me to explain that KISS FM was always playing 'voice of the saviour' and that other station that features the Yolanda Adams morning show wasn't?). Any way, I think I'm kinda looking for an R & B act to replace 'Virtue'. I never felt like 'Virtue' ever captured the promise of their first album. That album in my opinion is still their best till date. Don't get me wrong o. They've got lots of good material on their other albums but that first... now that was pure gold all through. One valid candidate would be Karima Kibble's album or just going with the flow and getting Trinitee's new album (what's the word on Trinitee becoming a group of 2 instead of 3 now sef?) - anything to avoid getting Kiki's album. Here's one place where procastination can be bliss - spending money on music albums!
Thanks to Kafo, I added Mary Beth Chapman's "Choosing to see" to my to buy/to read list a few months back. Now before you get all excited, please realize that list includes "Rebels for the Cause" and quite a few other either Arsenal or Sci-Fi related material. Anyhow, since I don't have a list of books written down somewhere (I stopped using/visiting livingsocial a long time back) I tend to forget the books on my list when I'm ready to go shopping. Anyway, I finally bought C. S. Lewis' "Screwtape Letters", "Choosing to see" by Chapman, and "Life without limits". I'm on the 10th letter in Screwtape Letters. I've got to say I totally love Lewis' writing style in the book. It's kinda like what I aspire to be if I were a writer (thankfully I have no such illusions) - tedious, comma-infested, interjection infused, and totally pedantic (I concede that the book is pedantic probably because of the subject matter). Seriously, though, it's really good material. I love it. Now if only I could get myself to read the bible like so.
I like today's blog. I said a whole lot of nothing and it's been fun. I read somewhere that it's those discussions about, and sharing of, the little unimportant stuffs that keeps relationships going. So when I call my girlfriend, sometimes, we just end up playing that ridiculous game of say a 'I say word and you sing me a song that uses the word'. Thankfully she can hold a note where I can't - I kid. So Meg and I have decided to
Okay, someone needs to bring my feet back to to the ground... Seriously :D
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