not everyone is here

you'd think this monday would be good and fuckin' done and dusted, eh?

you really fuckin' would

i think it might be next week already

but who would know, right?

what i do know however, is if i were one of the finn brothers i'd bet my bottom fuckin' dollar i'd be tim

you can see that, right?

when the finns toured in 2004 i went to see them two nights in a row - first in dunedin and then pretty much front row the following evening in christchurch.  we watched neil stroll through the foyer and the restaurants of the crowne plaza hotel from the lofty perch that was the club lounge - you can sink a fair few "free" voddies in 2 hours up there, you know.  in the christchurch town hall tim used an old school playskool microphone and "amp" for a few wrecks'n'effects, particularly during "i see red".  hey - i have red hair, you know - not too shabby a segue for this time of night, really, when all things are considered

in 1984 we were staying with my mum's cousin winnie and her second husband in matamata and tim finn's "fraction too much friction" was being thrashed to fuckin' death on every single radio station from end to end of split enzed.  in fact, every time i see or hear the word "friction" i think of that song and that holiday.  that was the holiday where me and my sister pretended to get shut in the downstairs room and ironically ended up stuck there for two hours until someone heard us shouting through the ventilation

i've been playing a fuckload of crowded house, split enz and the finn brothers in the mighty corona lately - and in the work rocket.  in fact, i like to go and park up on john wilson drive most days, working or not, and drink something laden with caffeine and stare at the water for a while, listening to new zealand music and letting the hamster run on his wheel.  he's spinning pretty fast lately, you know

funnily enough, i had a quasi-stalker this year who was not dissimilar in appearance to tim

in other news, i used the word "incendiary" in an everyday conversation tonight, much to the mirth of the other participant.  but she said the "c" word first, and you can bet it wasn't for fuckin' "cookie" and oh how i laughed then

i use too many words altogether, really, and maybe i should just shut the fuck up sometimes

so

i think i'll watch another episode of outrageous fortune and just drop out for a bit longer

night's still young, hey?