Dwelling VIII

News? news: - Starved for weird

That's what's wrong with people; they are so starved for weird and unusual that they're willing to look right past a lack of true talent or skill. A wide-eyed acquaintance exclaimed at a party recently: but Lady Gaga writes all her own music!!!!! Wow, I said. Cool, that puts her right in the same league with Mozart now, dunnit? Does she think she's going to sway some of the people who think she's demonic by throwing the word "God" into the lyrics of her new flagship song? Don't get me wrong, she is very entertaining, very strange, even I have been known to shimmy to her tunes and yes, she even speaks out on some important social issues but some people have her on an unrealistically high pedestal, imho.

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Good Fantastic news: - Finally!

Praise Allah. He gets it. He finally gets it. The personal relief over violence that will now probably not escalate is rather overwhelming. Basra is a long way away from Cairo, I know but someone who's a big part of me will spend a few months there, working, so I'm more than a bit nervous about the ripple effect of all this.


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