Monday 6 march 2007 - 5:52 am

  Yes, all the calendars say that March 6th was a Tuesday. Funny, explaining these things, these habits I have that I’ve had for who knows how long, but never had to explain before because I never had a journal before that was intended for anybody else to read. Yes well, this is my little way of saying that I haven’t slept yet, and Monday doesn’t end, nor does Tuesday begin until I wake up tomorrow. My sleep, I suppose, is a bit off kilter from about two days of traveling From Asia to North America. Then again, I often stay up all night when I start recording something.

  Which I did tonight. GargeBand. Hell yes for free software. Just a little song. Not one I wrote. Something we put on a few times up in the mountains of Pai. Struck a chord as I left that window world and headed home. It’s called I Don’t Want To Live On The Moon, written by Jeff Moss and performed originally by Ernie on Sesame Street. The Tea Faerie says it makes her sad because she does want to live on the moon.

  Interesting--or, it interested me, I really have no idea if any of you will find my happy sloppy recording hobby of much interest at all in this case--the original lyric goes, “There’s so many strange places that I’d like to be / But none of them permanently.” I forgot to sing the word “strange.” But, by the time I realized, I had already settled on that take, I didn’t want to start all over, and I couldn’t punch in because I’d recorded the acoustic guitar and vocal at the same time on the same track. So whereas Ernie wants to explore strange places but maintain a sense of permanence at home, I apparently want no permanence at all. That’s really not what I meant. Abatiwa, certainly not the only mistake in the thing.