omw2maui update dec 6

soooo cold up in here. i just want to sleep all day.

and that's what i did today, unintetionally… or subconsciously? i got home at 4, knocked out, and woke up at 10. that's a first for me. still cold as hell.

Songlines

interesting read. i was led to this article by looking up "vision quests"

which led to "walkabouts"

and then this article.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songlines

from wikipedia

Songlines, also called Dreaming tracks by Indigenous Australians within the animist indigenous belief system, are paths across the land (or, sometimes the sky[1]) which mark the route followed by localised 'creator-beings' during the Dreaming. The paths of the songlines are recorded in traditional songs, stories, dance, and painting.
A knowledgeable person is able to navigate across the land by repeating the words of the song, which describe the location of landmarks, waterholes, and other natural phenomena. In some cases, the path of the creator-beings are said to be evident from their marks, or petrosomatoglyphs, on the land, such as large depressions in the land which are said to be their footprints.
By singing the songs in the appropriate sequence, Indigenous people could navigate vast distances, often travelling through the deserts of Australia's interior. The continent of Australia contains an extensive system of songlines, some of which are of a few kilometres, whilst others traverse hundreds of kilometres through lands of many different Indigenous peoples — peoples who may speak markedly different languages and champion significantly different cultural traditions.
Since a songline can span the lands of several different language groups, different parts of the song are said to be in those different languages. Languages are not a barieer because the melodic contour of the song describes the nature of the land over which the song passes. The rhythm is what is really important or limiting to understanding the song. This means that listening to the song of the land is the same as walking on this songline and observing the land.
In some cases, a songline has a particular direction, and walking the wrong way along a songline may be sacrilegious act (e.g. climbing up Uluru where the correct direction is down). Traditional Aboriginal people regard all land as sacred, and the songs must be continually sung to keep the land "alive".

SUBLIME

yeah forgot to mention i saw sublime with rome back in november… remind me to tell you about it later. cool story bro.

shook rome's hand.

best concert i've ever been to. don't know how i will top this one.

omw2maui update dec 1

welcome december!
the rains are here. it's pouring in palisades again.

yesterday i talked to the Kulanaao people about the campus apartments. turns out no bed spaces are available right now, but will be available in FEBRUARY.

FEBRUARY.
semester starts JAN 10.

so i'm gonna try staying at a hostel for as long as i can afford it. it's about the same price… ~$500/month.
i found this place called Northshore Hostel. they have some good reviews.

~OR~

i could buy a car and live in it for a few months. truck, preferably. then i gotta find a place to shower.

or… live in a tent.

….uh

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no word from financial aid yet. come on peeps. send me that check.

Earthquake

The sofa shook for a few seconds. i thought it was an earthquake so I asked Cassie if she felt it. She didn't so i thought it was a demon. Turns out it was an earthquake. House is still demon-free as far as I know.

Yesterday I was looking up the Pacific Ring of Fire… don't remember why I thought I should, but I did.




We can see the future.

Here comes the night

I heard this song in the the movie Together (2000), or in Swedish: Tillsammans

Didn't finish it yet, but this song played at a scene where a woman is explaining to her lover that her sexual relationship with another man is purely physical, and how she orgasmed for the first time. Her lover says he's happy for her, then runs to the toilet to puke. Then this song plays.

So I paused the movie and looked up the soundtrack, found the song by trial and error, then translated the lyrics from Swedish to English. God I love Google Translate.



Här kommer natten - Pugh Rogerfeldt



Här kommer natten
kall och underbart lång
här kommer mörkret
dape - dape -dape - da - da -da
När alla sover djupt av dagens förvärv
då kommer natten
dape - dape -dape - da - da -da
När du kommer
ska jag sitta här och ta allt som du ger mej
och när du går
vet jag att du snart är här igen
Se staden lyser
i alla regnbågens färger
se staden lyser
dape - dape -dape - da - da -da
Se alla männskor
som gråter skrattar och lider
här kommer natten
dape - dape -dape - da - da -da
När du kommer
ska jag sitta här och ta allt som du ger mej
och när du går
vet jag att du snart är här igen
Doda dej da di da dej .......... osv
Du är min natten
(Bella notte)


Here comes the night
cold and wonderfully long
here comes the darkness
dape - dape-dape - da - da-da
When everyone is fast asleep by today's acquisition
then comes the night
dape - dape-dape - da - da-da
When you arrive
I'll sit here and take everything you give me
and when you go
I know that you will soon be here again
See the city lights
in a rainbow of colors
see the city lights
dape - dape-dape - da - da-da
See all mankind
who cries laughs and suffers
here comes the night
dape - dape-dape - da - da-da
When you arrive
I'll sit here and take everything you give me
and when you go
I know that you will soon be here again
Doda you da di da you .......... etc.
You are my night
(Bella notte)

OMFG SUBLIME

I pushed/moshed/squeezed/inhaled/fought my way to through the crowd of THOUSANDS. got to the FRONT AND CENTER.

FRONT AND CENTER!

arms over the fence, 10 feet from the stage, directly under the full moon.

shook Rome's hand after Badfish.



Tonight was SUBLIMEEEEEE!


video and more details coming soon.
first, i must shower and recover.

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there was a girl next to me who danced and sang every line, passed me the joint, had a blast. so much energy! i was in love. and now...