Storm clouds over the Tasman Sea have rolled in to the upper North Island of New Zealand blanketing the area from the tip - Kaitaia right down to Hamilton. I was seriously contemplating mowing the lawn today, but as luck would have it (the heavens had other ideas) the small green patch in the front and the slightly larger green patch at the back of the house turned into swamp-lands in less than 5 mins. **sigh** I am forced to abandon my lawn-mower for yet another week. (pumped fist....Yes)
And so, here I am at yet another lazy-day crossroad. Not sure whether I should paint, start work on another film script, go shopping or pull out the bowl of popcorn mixed with peanut M&Ms and watch another set of movies. In the back of my mind, I know I have a speech to prepare for church tomorrow. I've been asked to speak, yet again in our church sacrament meeting. Like there are others in the congregation who have not spoken in years, yet here I am having to prepare another speech for the 16th time this year. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the blessings that come from speaking, but I'm all about sharing the wealth.
So, I'm not too sure what I'm going to do. Hence the reason why I'm posting about it. (I'll finish this a little later)
Friday, July 10, 2009
A Life less ordinary
School holidays began this week on Monday. Since then, I've had a Harry Potter marathon (both movies and books), an Indiana Jones and Star Wars marathon and my favorite marathon to date - a two day 80's cartoon marathon. (Remember He-man and the Masters of the Universe, Turbo Teen and the original Transformer cartoons?)
Anywho. Looking back on this week, I feel like I've done nothing to contribute significantly to the world (at least the one that I live in). It has been a really lazy week for me. I'm not used to not being busy or involved with anything. Friends usually find it very hard to get a hold of me or pin me down. My best friend Darryn (who currently resides in Montreal Canada) got a hold of me through ONE phone call. He dropped the phone several times because I had answered.
The one thing that kinda brought some normalcy back to my life was on Wednesday (NZ time) when I joined avid Michael Jackson fans the world over, in watching the LIVE broadcast of the public Memorial Service held in his honor at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. It was a great send off for a man whose amazing talent was marred by accusations of child molestation and also the media fueled wildfire of his wacky antics off the stage and in quiet personal moments.
I was moved to tears on several occasions throughout the service. Like most people (media journalist included) the poignant moment was when his daughter Paris called MJ "daddy" and "the best father anyone could have" amidst tears grief and heartache. Here was the moment when the whole media-machine just rolled to a complete STOP. (Having been a journalist myself, I know that the voice of this young girl - for that one brief moment - SHUT them all up!)
The other moment for me was when the now visibly pregnant Jennifer Hudson took to the stage and performed the best rendition of "Will you Be There?" since Michael Jackson's - Free Willy version. She nailed that performance with heart and no doubt - empathy (having recently gone through tragic losses herself). By far, the best MJ song performace ever.
There was something horribly wrong with Mariah Carey's opening performance of "I'll be there". First, her plunging neckline (black) tight fitting dress was way too diva-ly much. 2nd her singing was off. It was like she was forcing herself to sound like she was grieving for Michael. Trey Lorenz did his best to hold everything together, but the performance was off.
I wonder just how much Michael Jackson will make over the next few weeks. Surely, it's already in the mid-millions. Funny how life works like that. You may think you're a big huge celebrity and or King of Pop in life, but in death - my goodness - you're more than that. (Look at Elvis and Graceland...)
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So that has pretty much been my week this week. Nothing really has been done. The lawn hasn't been mowed. I don't I'm going to do it for another 3 weeks anyhow. It's too bloody freezing out there (and wet) to mow. I'm just glad the rain and frost has kept the grass down. (It hasn't been mowed in like a month and a half already. Still it's not unkempt looking at all.)
I have one last week of holidays and then it's back to a full 10 weeks of teaching before the next set of holidays. I really don't know what I'll be doing next week. Stay tuned.
Anywho. Looking back on this week, I feel like I've done nothing to contribute significantly to the world (at least the one that I live in). It has been a really lazy week for me. I'm not used to not being busy or involved with anything. Friends usually find it very hard to get a hold of me or pin me down. My best friend Darryn (who currently resides in Montreal Canada) got a hold of me through ONE phone call. He dropped the phone several times because I had answered.
The one thing that kinda brought some normalcy back to my life was on Wednesday (NZ time) when I joined avid Michael Jackson fans the world over, in watching the LIVE broadcast of the public Memorial Service held in his honor at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. It was a great send off for a man whose amazing talent was marred by accusations of child molestation and also the media fueled wildfire of his wacky antics off the stage and in quiet personal moments.
I was moved to tears on several occasions throughout the service. Like most people (media journalist included) the poignant moment was when his daughter Paris called MJ "daddy" and "the best father anyone could have" amidst tears grief and heartache. Here was the moment when the whole media-machine just rolled to a complete STOP. (Having been a journalist myself, I know that the voice of this young girl - for that one brief moment - SHUT them all up!)
The other moment for me was when the now visibly pregnant Jennifer Hudson took to the stage and performed the best rendition of "Will you Be There?" since Michael Jackson's - Free Willy version. She nailed that performance with heart and no doubt - empathy (having recently gone through tragic losses herself). By far, the best MJ song performace ever.
There was something horribly wrong with Mariah Carey's opening performance of "I'll be there". First, her plunging neckline (black) tight fitting dress was way too diva-ly much. 2nd her singing was off. It was like she was forcing herself to sound like she was grieving for Michael. Trey Lorenz did his best to hold everything together, but the performance was off.
I wonder just how much Michael Jackson will make over the next few weeks. Surely, it's already in the mid-millions. Funny how life works like that. You may think you're a big huge celebrity and or King of Pop in life, but in death - my goodness - you're more than that. (Look at Elvis and Graceland...)
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So that has pretty much been my week this week. Nothing really has been done. The lawn hasn't been mowed. I don't I'm going to do it for another 3 weeks anyhow. It's too bloody freezing out there (and wet) to mow. I'm just glad the rain and frost has kept the grass down. (It hasn't been mowed in like a month and a half already. Still it's not unkempt looking at all.)
I have one last week of holidays and then it's back to a full 10 weeks of teaching before the next set of holidays. I really don't know what I'll be doing next week. Stay tuned.
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