Rainy Daze.

It's raining today in Melbourne, a restless travelling drizzle, drenching and disrupting. The ducks are out in force, splashing in the bubbling gutters, feathers slick with moisture and glee. Snails emerge from their hidey-holes with suppressed happiness. The damp is exciting but it is perilous too, the callous crunch of the human boots presents danger and certain-death. The rain is grey-not-blue and this city looks dull in the wet, muted. The colour runs in rivulets and tributaries next to fearless trams and cowering pedestrians. Neon signs punctuate the gloom. The tattoo of droplets to tarmac is soothing from a distance, a predictable beat and soothing Creation.

On This Weather

This Weather:
It drains the energy from my lithe bones and
Knocks sense from the cushioning of my brain.
The Aircon whirs in far-off places of Happiness and Serenity
But in my room the Fan the Inadequate friend
Hums to a tuneless and mostly Futile tune.
Maybe He (the Fan) is laughing at me,
Chortling joylessly as He circulates hot air (at me).
The Weather seems like an Unrelenting Bully
Who won't leave even though He is not wanted.
I desire:
Rain and Cool change and Respite.
Also, not to feel Ridiculous and Sweaty when drinking Tea
Or Coffee. My Coffee is Foul when it goes cold
although more relevant to the Temperate Scenario.
I Yearn for Jumper Days and Jeans Days and
to wear my Cat Socks (that I am Saving for a Cold Day)

NOW PLAYING (SPRING)

Hey guys so it's Spring which means listening to joyous songs and sunshine and maybe lollipops and lots of yoghurt (bc yes dairy!) and inappropriate-weather-dressing and thirst and perspiration and sandals and dancing. And optimism also relating to the weather (because is actually more like Winter?)

So here is my now-playing playlist that helps me imagine it is in fact sunshiney and not drizzly and not less than 10 degrees celsius and that I am not maybe wrapped in considerable cocoon of clothing.

Lurch & Chief - Melbourne band, they played once at uni and then i checked out their triple j unearthed page  and stalked on various forms of social media and now i listen to my entire collection of their tunes (3 songs ahem) on repeat. This song is so so so catchy and I want to sing it aloud on the train all the time (and Mr lead singer's voice is like honey to my soul)

Alt J - a hasty google reveals alt-j to be British. Their name is actually ∆ but is pronounced Alt-J (duh??)

I had a sneaky listen to them in the wake of Laneway fest lineup announcement, because I was maybe too uncool to know many of the bands playing. And YES I love (triangle) now, so I am able to proclaim my coolness to the streets. An Awesome Wave is album of choice - maybe best song is Tesselate. (Solely for line: 'triangles are my favourite shape'??)

Michel Telo - this song reeks of my Europe travels and makes me want to laugh and dance (and cry because of nostalgia). And look how smooth Michel Tego is!?!! 

(Yes the video has 443 million views? - which is a considerable number. Join the fun children)

Listen to the radio

Winter was beautiful today. 

The air sparkled with joyous clarity:

Everything was so bright and fresh.

Colours seem saturated: people brighter and the sky bolder

I wanted to breathe most

So much air, bursting like a flower into my being

Such weather breeds happiness and frivolity and $6.80 japanese hot lunch 

Great life day