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The Lexicon of Love - ABC

Kaleidoscope World - Swing Out Sister

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Saturday, September 15, 2001

mixed emotions... sadness at the needless deaths, trepidation at the shape of the future, hope for better things to come, pride that in this time, at this moment, so many can stand united.

as i write, Beethoven's 9th Symphony, "Ode to Joy", is playing on Radio 4. is this an omen?

they say that Ode to Joy is a symbol of one man overcoming problems to triumph, and by implication it represents mankind overcoming problems and strife to find joy... maybe "Ode to Joy" should be the musical symbol of the human race in this millennium?

sadly, i wonder if mankind will ever become brothers and overcome the evil inherent in ourselves?

what do i know? i'm just one of the little, ordinary people...

posted by Nhi Vanye i Chya on 9/15/2001 10:20:39 AM | link

Thursday, September 13, 2001

well, nearly!

roll on the weekend - i'm off-rota at work, so i have the whole weekend to relax and enjoy!!!

woo-hooo! :o)

posted by Nhi Vanye i Chya on 9/13/2001 11:46:59 PM | link

i saw this posted on an email list - and somehow it seemed appropriate.

***

American Tune (copyright 1973, Paul Simon)

Many's the time I've been mistaken
And many times confused
Yes, and I've often felt forsaken and certainly misused
Ah, but I'm all right, I'm all right
I'm just weary to my bones
Still, you don't expect to be bright and bon vivant
So far away from home
So far away from home

And I don't know a soul who's not been battered,
I don't have a friend who feels at ease
I don't know a dream that's not been shattered or driven to its knees
But it's all right, it's all right
For we lived so well so long
Still, when I think of the road we're traveling on
I wonder what's gone wrong
I can't help it, I wonder what's gone wrong

And I dreamed I was dying
I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly
And looking back down at me
Smiled reassuringly
And I dreamed I was flying
And high up above, my eyes could clearly see
The Statue of Liberty
Sailing away to sea
And I dreamed I was flying

We come on the ship they call the Mayflower
We come on the ship that sailed the moon
We come in the age's most uncertain hour and sing an American tune
But it's all right, it's all right, it's all right
You can't be forever blessed
Still, tomorrow's going to be another working day
And I'm trying to get some rest
That's all, I'm trying to get some rest

***

posted by Nhi Vanye i Chya on 9/13/2001 11:30:13 PM | link

i've been closely watching developments in the US over the last few days. i don't have words to express the horror and shock i feel, even though this is a place i've never been and people i've never met.

this planet has truly become small; a horrible event thousands of miles away feels like it happened in the next town or the next county. it touches all people, everywhere.

America, truly you are not alone. our relatives, our countrymen, died there too... our world was rocked too.

may the dead find rest; may the living find peace; may we never see this horror, this obcene loss of life again.

posted by Nhi Vanye i Chya on 9/13/2001 07:51:52 PM | link

Thursday, September 06, 2001

been so busy that i don't know whether i'm coming or going. hopefully things are going to calm down soon (or i'll have a breakdown - don't know which will arrive first). too many 'family things' going on, too much hassle about deadlines, too little time.

work, as always, is a hell on earth. home is a refuge, a temporary and somewhat flimsy shelter. the only place left to hide and shelter is inside my mind... oh, and in sleep (despite occasional nightmares and dream discomforts).

damn, i'm tired.

contemplating a major redesign of the site... but time is always in short supply for such ventures. well, perhaps it'll all get better soon.

posted by Nhi Vanye i Chya on 9/6/2001 06:28:38 PM | link

Thursday, August 09, 2001

i hope i set it all up right!

posted by Nhi Vanye i Chya on 8/9/2001 11:44:05 PM | link

Wednesday, August 08, 2001

posted by Nhi Vanye i Chya on 8/8/2001 11:13:04 PM | link