Goodbye Blues and boulders

[venetia_sassy]

I feel better today. Not a cold, it was just post-exertional fatigue thankfully. I'm laying low today, no pushing.

I didn't get uninterrupted sleep however. Mum was out this morning when our former neighbour stopped by to say hello. It was nice of her to want to catch up, not so much that she came by even though she knew I would be asleep (yes, she said that.) I would have been quite happy to wait until her next trip down here. The dogs made a hell of a racket when she knocked so I had to get up, staggered to the door and we had half an hour of conversation (fairly dazed on my part) and then she left and I went back to bed.

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Dinner tonight was baked pumpkin, pancetta and sage risotto from Donna Hay's No Time To Cook. Supposedly it made two servings. Hah. We have dinner for tomorrow night as well! It's a very nice dish although I did overcook it slightly (I got distracted.) I've been meaning to make it this winter and now that the weather's starting to warm up, I thought I'd better get on with it!

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My copy of The Hush Sound's Goodbye Blues arrived today! I'm enjoying it muchly. A couple of the songs aren't quite my thing and the intro was a trifle alarming but overall, I'm glad to have it. So far, Honey and Medicine Man remain my favourite songs but I'm liking Hospital Bed Crawl as well.

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An item in the local rag today that made me laugh disbelievingly: Basically, a rock fell on a local road and had to removed as rubble.

I don't think I would describe an eighty tonne chunk of stone that took six truck loads to remove a 'rock'. I think I would describe it as a bloody great boulder.

Comments

[melusina]

Yay for Goodbye Blues! I love both Honey and Medicine Man, but I think my favorite song from that album is I Can Love You Much Better (and I love Greta laughing at the end SO much - it's kind of adorable).

[venetia_sassy]

Oh yes, that song is fun! And the laugh, eee.

I'm definitely enjoying it - I've already ordered Like Vines.

[melusina]

I'll be interested to hear what you think of Like Vines -- I'm enjoying it, but I definitely prefer Goodbye Blues. . .

[venetia_sassy]

Have you heard their other one, So Sudden? I listened to a couple of songs from each on YouTube before choosing which one to get first and I wasn't sure about that one.

[melusina]

I haven't! I can definitely recommend her new band, Gold Motel, though. I have their debut album, Summer House, and it's a lot of fun. Kind of retro summer music (to me, it sort of sounds like what Ryan and Jon were trying to do with the Young Veins, but I like it better, for whatever reason).

[turlough]

That was very rude of your neighbour!

But where did the bloody great bould come from?? Did it just drop on the road out of the blue?? Inquiring minds need to know :-)

[venetia_sassy]

I was decidedly WTF about it. My sleep cycle is weird, so accidently waking me up, okay. But she flat out said she knew I'd be asleep! WTF?

My only idea is that she has two small children so maybe she's forgotten that uninterrupted sleep is possible.

Ah, the boulder! Well, it fell on a narrow, twisting road through a gorge so if there's a logical place for that to happen, that would be it. Also in the article:

'An assessment of the area has determined that further rock removal and stabilisation works are required.'

Somehow I think a lot of drivers are going to be staying away until that work is completed!

[glitteryv]

Boo to the rude neighbour!

Also, nope, I wouldn't call that a "rock". Wow.

[venetia_sassy]

Ugh, I was not impressed.

I ws impressed by the bloody great boulder, though!