Tea with Ghosts

People who drink tea should be shot!

I have come to the opinion that there are too many tea drinking people in this world. You can see them swarming around in their packs snarling at passers by and scenting the air with herbal essences. It has to be stopped. Whenever i enter the houses of these tea fiends they immediately offer me a cup of the lethal mixture. So far i have managed to resist their desperate attempts to bring me on to their side but it is getting harder day by day.

It is generally these tea drinkers that also happen to believe in ghosts. Is this a coincidence? I think not.

The other day someone told me a story about someone they knew having seen a ghost. They described the situation… a dark night, walking back alone and lo and behold there the ghost was. As i watched them recall this tale and the complete belief in what they were saying i began to question my beliefs on ghosts. I have always been extremely suspicious and sceptical about the whole thing and my immediate reaction to anyone claiming that they have witnessed a ghost is that they should either seek medical help or get some sleep. Since most of ghost sightings happen at night there might be a clear link… you should be in bed… you're tired! Still, i admired the amount of trust this person had on the story even though they themselves hadn't seen the ghost. So, i guess that whilst i believe this person does really believe that he saw a ghost and he isn't lying in that sense i still think it was the circumstances that triggered his mind to see something and more importantly believe something that actually wasn't there. In short i don't believe in ghosts… it's the mind playing tricks.

So are ghosts real? I think not. I would argue it is simply the poisonous substance known as tea that corrupts their brains and makes them hallucinate. So the sooner the government pass a law to ban tea the sooner ghosts will disappear!

: 27 Nov 2005 12:40 |  Comments (31) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Montiverdi and tears

Actually i've thought about something to write. Last night i performed my first concert with Armonico in a church in Leamington somewhere (not too good with directions at the best of times). The music was entirely pieces composed by Gabrielli or Montiverdi. I have decided that i absolutely adore Monitverdi. There are two moments in two of his pieces that make me shake with enjoyment whenever i sing them! Sometimes it even physically prevents me from being able to sing… i know, i'm really odd! Actually (since i seem to be freely embarrassing myself) the feeling actually happened in a piece i sang earlier with Chamber Choir called the bluebird. Anyone who knows the piece will probably rapidly exit from my blog now in horror and disbelief but there were valid reasons for the feeling. Anyhow, back to the subject in hand. The concert went reasonably well apart from one minor crisis when i couldn't find my music and i had to start singing without it and it was only until page 3 before i eventually found it.
Now to the tears! The whole day i hadn't been feeling well; things on mind that wouldn't leave. I had tried to get an early night the night before (missing an opera party to do so!) but somehow i didn't manage to get any sleep at all. I feel pretty useless. There's so many things i want to say and do but events just snowball and i find i can't help or give happiness to those i desperately want to. Things just always seem to be out of my control, especially those feelings that valiantly wont leave my mind. I thought that things might get better but today seems to have proved that wrong again. People often say that crying is wrong with men but i disagree strongly. I think everyone should be able to cry and cry lots as it helps to relieve your emotions… oh that and it makes your hair grow apparently! Anyway, such is the wheel of fortune that when you're at your lowest the only way to go is up. I don't know whether i believe that or not especially at the moment which just seems to look like a long tunnel of lows and no hope. Oh well… maybe i'll go and delve into some more montiverdi to help me leave the troubles of this world. I really miss acting!

: 20 Nov 2005 15:46 |  Comments (17) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

First blog

Here it is… my first blog entry. I want to have it noted that it is all because of the wonderful tom henderson that i have one at all. I have absolutely no idea what i'm doing and it is due to tommy bullying me that i'm writing this now! So, what can i talk about that is mildly interesting. Probably not an awful lot.. actually nothing so i think i'll leave the philosophical arguments to a later date. There we are… first blog finished and conquered!!!

: 20 Nov 2005 14:53 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem