Jen's blog

Freckles!

2008-01-17T15:15:00.000+11:00

Meet freckles, my adopted purple tiger. For those of you familiar with either my myspace or facebook pages, you are probably already aquainted with him :) Please feed or pat him if you have a chance. It makes him feel loved :)

Sacrifice

2008-01-11T09:50:00.000+11:00

I thought leaving would be the hardest part
But it’s not the leaving
The careless act of slamming the door behind me
It’s the freedom

How to continue?
Without your oppressing comfort
There is nothing
Where to go?
All the doors have been closed
The windows too
What to do?
Nothing…NOTHING
...the words have left me

It’s weighing on me
Slowly gnawing at my insides
And leaving me drained and useless
The creative freedom is gone
Vanished
With nothing left to rebel against
There is no longer any meaning, significance
Left to hope for

In gaining freedom I have killed hope
Without hope there is no freedom
With my own despair I have trapped myself again
To gift back the words and begin again
An unimaginable sacrifice

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A poem that I have been working on for about the last month or so. I'm actually quite happy with how it turned out. Please let me know what you think...

Happy New Year and all that

2008-01-03T15:23:00.000+11:00

And welcome to 2008! I'm sorry that my blogging here has been a bit sparse of late. Mainly due to being very busy the last few months and spending most of my net time on dA. But I haven't forgotten you blogger :). For those of you playing at home, I have quit my job and am going to TAFE to study music this year which I am quite excited about! So at the moment I am pretty much being a bum and not doing a real lot which has been fantastic. Since finishing work, I'm starting to get back into the creative spirit of things and have begun some more songs. Creativity is alot easier when there is no shitty stress like you get from work.
Anyways shall definantely try and keep this more updated this year and expect to hear more from me soon....:)

First Kiss

2007-11-22T21:33:00.000+11:00

If you’re not looking for something how can you know it’s found?
It’s right in front of you
Showing you all you ever wanted
Needed?
Longed for

Some claim that they can learn everything about you
With that first kiss
That momentary touch of pink flesh
Everything?
Apparently

The biggest lie is stated in the above; it wasn’t your kiss
It was just you
The way you beckoned to me
A Gesture?
Seriously

“It must have been more than a gesture” I hear some say
But at that moment
I saw everything slide into place
Perfect?
Complete

How life was bearable before no one will ever know
I certainly don’t recall
Without you here beside me
Darkness?
Nothingness

I can see the light in your eyes; reflecting mine
It’s all in the eyes
The window to your soul
Open?
Comforting

Finding that which was lost in the first instance
And now it's been found
Never wanting to relinquish
Ever?
Ever

A second voice in a love poem? Yes that's right! I like this one...which is weird I don't usually like my sloppy love stuff...

Final Temptation

2007-09-30T21:12:00.000+10:00

I stand at the crossroads
Which way is right?
To my left stands a man
To my right stands a knight

The man offers his hand
And says that he'll guide me
Gives freedom and joy
Loves me as I will be

Knight closes his visor
And lays down the law
No passage through here
Without being sure

Man shows how life is
And not how it should be
Keeps life alive
And will naught deny thee

The way of the knight
Is strewn with his lies
Created from riches
While innocents die

The man's path is love
The knight's filled with hate
So I'm torn between
Decision I make

Love should be felt
Not just so claimed
If knight could be cured
But alas he lies maimed

You may think I'm wrong
In what I have left
Behind me stands pain
Forwards lies death

Forgive me my choice
Though it's mine to choose
I know that I'm right
Though how sure are you?

This is also over on my dA page here: http://riverstar33.deviantart.com/art/Final-Temptation-65200289
Its really strange because I wrote this quite randomly in one hit in the space of about 10 minutes with a clear meaning in mind...by the time I'd finished I had two...now I have read it again a few times and this now has several different interpretations to me. I hope in reading it you can get something from it also...

The post where I finally catch up to Greg on posts this year :)

2007-09-17T13:14:00.000+10:00

YAY and despite the lack of posting of late I have managed to catch up with Greg on number of posts this year! Woo for me!! Right now am VERY excited for the Snow Patrol which is in a meer 6 hours!! I have spent the night at Nat's room on campus and the day playing on her computer while she sleeps (she's a bit sick you see). Though determined as she is, is willing to give up classes/lecture/tutorials for a day to recouperate for tonight!!
For something different from me...time for a rant:
At the moment the thing that shits me the most is people who don't understand the concept of personal space. Granted there are situations where it is unaviodable (ie train from melbourne at peak hour) however, when I'm getting Oranges at Safeway, you don't have to actually touch me to get some pears which are closer to you than they are to me. This woman had absolutly NO reason to lean over me at all. It's rude and uncalled for. The same goes for the women in the bakery last week who decided to breath down my neck and dig her ample bosom into my back while I was waiting on the elderly lady in front of me decide on which direction she was going to go. SERIOUSLY PERSONAL SPACE PEOPLE. Also to all those people that decide in order to talk to someone they need to situate their face two centimetres from the person whom which they are conversing with. And if you do it by accident, just do the whole polite/uncomfortable "oh I'm so sorry" thing and be on your way. Don't give daggers to the person that YOU ran into as though it's their fault.
Don't get me wrong I'm not a cold person who doesn't want human contact. I love being close with someone I know and I'm an affectionate person but with a complete stranger?? NO! As aforementioned it is just plain rude.
Just felt the need to rant about something...now if you will excuse me...I'm off to play some more on dA.

~~by the way I do see the irony in ranting about personal space the day before I'm going to a concert in where we will be in the squishy standing area but I classify that as an exception to the rule and one of those unaviodable moments :) ~~

Apologies for the severe lack of blogging...

2007-09-10T18:43:00.000+10:00

... but I'm sure you'll get over it! To be honest there hasn't really been alot to write lately. I'm back at work again (yay) and haven't really written anything new lately. There are a few new things over at my dA page (www.riverstar33.deviantart.com) but thats about it. Music wise I have written some actual music (not lyrics) but am still trying to make the lyrics fit. Have also done some work with Greg on his song (looksie here: http://gibah.deviantart.com/art/Common-People-64151764) which has been quite fun and is coming along nicely.
Anyway I'll report again when there is something worthwhile reporting :)

Until next time....

Holidays almost gone...

2007-08-31T22:10:00.000+10:00

Hmm see this is the way to stop yucky drummers hands... though is a pain in the arse to do before every time you go to drum so I only do it when I go for longer than 20 mins. Go elastoplast! (and golfing gloves are a good help also ;) ) I realised yesterday that I am slipping out of practice on the drums and have rectified the situation today! Must do again and again till I'm back on top of it all again!!!!

So after a lovely week spent with Greg, doing (almost) nothing except relaxing (hehe are you jealous?), I now get to face the reality that I do have to go back to work on Monday... Still have two days though and I'll try and make the most of them :). Actually yesterday I managed to come up with two separte peices which is always a good thing! No lyrics yet and I have just spent the last hour nutting the music out a bit more so hopefully something can come of these. Not sure whether I'll leave it as seperate songs or try and meld it together but it is certainly something to work with! Have recorded these basically and will keep going with them...YAY!

One Day in December

2007-08-27T21:06:00.000+10:00

Random story that I wrote a little while ago...just felt the need to post here as well as on dA. It's a little bit cliched but you get that sometimes...:)

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She lowered her head and cried as she remembered…

…when they first met, her 15 and him 16, drawn together but too young to understand, to even begin to comprehend what each would mean to the other. As time went on, they grew apart, she walked one path and he the other until one day in December she caught sight of him in the distance. He moved closer and they embraced as friends over coffee. They reignited the friendship they once shared and soon embraced as lovers. He knew her and she knew him. Nothing from their past would break them and both complimented each other. Her easy smile with his concentrated brow and his gentle touch to her cynical mind. They laughed as one and cried as one, feeling the other with them even when alone. As the world fell to pieces around their heads they stood together, drew strength from one another and didn’t give in. They endured hardship and pain and became the stronger for it. Two years and a day after they reunited they were wed with close friends and family watching over, seeing love in their eyes and feeling happy for them and envying them their luck at the same time. Grace walked with them and the love in their hearts reflected in their faces as they set forth together, until one day in December when she felt the flutter of life begin to flower in her womb. She was in the waiting room at the doctor’s surgery with him beside her he sat, one hand resting on her gentle protruding abdomen. He felt the flutter and all three were as one in that instant. He glanced upwards and saw the gun in the hand of the faceless man in front. He turned her, shielding her and their child with his own body. One cold explosion in his back and he knew he would not hold her hand through the birth, see their child grow or hold both tight in his arms. The faceless man ran but she didn’t spare him a glance. They locked eyes and as hers filled with tears, he mouthed words to her as the light in his eyes began to fade. “I love you, be strong, I will watch over you” She clung helplessly to his dying body and …

…she lowered her hand and cried as she remembered.

Inspiration

2007-08-26T13:15:00.000+10:00

I went to our Nation's fine capital this weekend to go and see my cousin do a piano recital and it was fantastic. I mean this guy can play some seriously good Piano... The connection you can feel to the music while his playing is amazing and the emotion from it is indescribable. I must admit I don't usually listen to alot of classical stuff so I didn't really recognise the songs but still was awesome and I was completely taken in by it. He did a 20 minute piece of Beethoven in three movements and... oh just can't explain in words...very helpful of me I know :) the intensity of it just had me in awe and I couldn't pull away from it. As you watch you can tell that there is the natural talent there but also see the amount of time and effort that had been put into making it exactly perfect (I beleive he has taken the last 4 weeks off work in preparation). It has definatly reinspired me! Not that I really need to be REinspired at the moment but it has given me more inspiration (wow have used that word too many times in too short a timeframe........ inspire....hehe) :) I was quite dismayed when I reallised I forgot to bring my notebook and pen so I was madly singing into my message bank on my phone so I can try and recapture the moment at a later date... must have looked a bit strange as well but oh well you get that.
Canberra is actually a very nice city (if you can call it a city). I am a little biased seeings I was born there but if you can ignore the fact that it is crawling with corrupt pollys its actually very nice. The people are a lot more friendly than some other Australian cities (need I mention?) and its just quiet and peaceful.
On other news I have a whole week off work to relax and play and write and I am very excited about that! Get to spend some quality time with someone in particular :) for which I am also quite excited about... :) :)
Until next time....

New things....

2007-08-20T21:37:00.000+10:00

Don't you just hate learning new things? Like when you get a new software program to try and make life easier but it just wont work? So much easier to stick with what you know... though once I figure it out it should make life a tad easier....if that ever does happen!
Have been working on some more lyrics lately which has been good and ironing out some old ones as well. Now even though Claire will bag me for it, I am going to plug my deviantART again just because I can! www.riverstar33.deviantart.com Have put some more lyrics up there and there is more to come!
And in completely unrelated news, I have started reading nineteen eighty four which is really awesome so far! Go and read! Do it!
Anyways I must run off now....work nice and early in the morning you understand.
Farewell

Randomness

2007-08-18T23:17:00.000+10:00

Ok have absolutly nothing to tell you but I will still think of something. I discovered last night that I do have the ability to crap on about nothing for extended periods of time and so damn it I will do it here too (although not quite so impromtu as the aforementioned) thanks to the random question generator on blogger:

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You've successfully slain the dragon! How will you toast your marshmallows? : Why are you always looking at the negative?? Now I for one am glad that the dragon has been slayed as he was a tad pesky, running off with the town's sheep and setting fire to the corn fields and what not and, I am also thankfull for that lovely pile of gold that he was sitting on which I am now entitled to... I will pay Bilbo off for some of it but the rest is mine! Mine I tell you! To answer your question regarding the marshmellows, well firstly lets take a quick minute to thank goodness for the wonderfull discovery of non dragon affiliated fire, without which we would be in quite a pickle wouldn't we? So really I have the option of starting my own fire with flint and steal, a stick and loose bark, or simply striking the sulphurous match head against the side of the Red Head box and viola! there is my marshmellow toasting device!

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Also FYI I now have a page over at deviantART.... see: http://riverstar33.deviantart.com/

Tschus!

New Violin did you say?

2007-08-13T21:49:00.000+10:00

I just thought I'd take a moment out of your day to tell you that I have an awesome new violin!!! I am so excited about it!!! I mean it sounds sssssssooooooo much better. The quality is just so very good and I can't get enough of it! I just got home and as people are sleeping can't actually go nuts on it as I'd like to however I did give it a quick go (yes I have rosin at home so it did actually work Greg) and it is freaking fantastic!!!!

Anyway thats all I really wanted to say.....

Post number 13...unlucky for some

2007-08-09T20:11:00.000+10:00

I'm not gonna lie... I have been incredibally lazy this week and have really done nothing recording wise. I'm gonna blame it on the fact that I am STILL freaking sick! I mean three weeks is a long time to have a cold... I actually did some vocals for a song I wrote and suprisingly they didn't turn out THAT bad however still arn't the best... but thats all.
I have actually had a fantastic week. Work was shitting me a bit earlier in the week however today was really good so I'm back in the lending spirit again :)... yes I am super cool I know it. I am very excited to go looking for a new violin on Monday... I get to spend most of the day browsing through music shops... definantely a good day to be had.
Anyway now I've crapped on for a good two paragraphs, I've guilted myself into doing something... its off to the microphone again :)
Farewell!

Trench coat

2007-08-05T20:30:00.000+10:00

I love my trench coat. So practical in so many ways. It keeps me warm, sheilds from the rain and can be used to cover old or dirty clothes in times of need. It acts as a security blanket on "fat" days and is socially acceptable anywhere.... I can wear it to work or to the local footy or anywhere in between and that's ok. And if your walking around wearing one (particularily at night) it makes you feel all dark and mysterious... especially if you undo the front and let the wind get underneath... it will blow out like a cloak. Plus it has this uncanny ability to clean itself... the dirt just seems falls off and you shake it out every now and again and voila its clean :) And you can walk around pretending that your Trinity or Neo in that end scene in the Matrix (the first one), packing some serious heat and are about to army roll, pull out an uzi and shoot some bad ass computer generated bad guys. There is just no item of clothing that can compare. Is practical and feeds the imagination....what more could you ask for....
I don't know why but I felt the sudden need to share that... :)

An Unpleasantness

2007-08-01T19:28:00.000+10:00

Was about to drift of to sleep last night when this weird thing came to me... Don't know where from but I decided to let it slip cos I couldn't think of a starting point. I pick up the book I'm reading at the moment and the first two words at the top of the page give it to me!! So I thought I'd share:

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An unpleasantness
I would have helped
If you had asked
I should have known
Should have said

I know your pain
But didn’t try
I watched you go
Didn’t even think
What you might do

If only I’d known
If only you’d told
If you'd just screamed
At least I’d know
No point in wishing

I could have helped
Gave you my hand
And talked and watched
And never thought
Of losing each other

I’d keep you safe
Shown you I care
That the world cares
And misses you so
If I had opened and had

Said I love you
Can’t stand without
You here with me
Not through the gates
Where I’ll never see you again

And you’d still be here

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Anyway had kinda started and then remembered a conversation I'd had with Greg about patterns in stuff and rearranged it all around to make some patterns and hidden stuff. Can you see them?? Can you? Can you?

Original stuff

2007-07-29T16:02:00.000+10:00

After doing absolutely nothing music wise yesterday but having a fabulous day with Greg and meeting his awesome family, and not to forget watching V for Vendetta again... (by the way is really good movie! I haven't seen it in ages and I'd forgotten how bloody fantastic it is) ...I have had a very very productive day music wise today. Have spent many an hour rewriting lyrics of old songs and recording and rerecording piano bits to a song that I wrote (in a nice comfy SDA polo!!) Was pretty difficult for me considering keyboard/piano isn't my strongest instrument however after doing it again and again and again have managed to get it down sounding half decent. Is really quite exciting actually! This was the first song I ever wrote on piano and then did lyrics and melody afterwards.
Actually come to think of it this is the only one I have done this way as I would usually start with lyrics. It is a really depressing song though which is unfortunate however thats just how it came out and I have tried to turn it around but just doesn't work. Its strange I am a really happy person the majority of the time (and definately am at the moment) but I can't for the life of me write something nice and happy without thinking it sounds like crap. Might have to work on that :)
Have also started recording another song entitled "if only" which is based on the story I posted of the same name. Recorded drums for the first time since I started this and I was a bit scared that I'd stuff it up but I managed to get it done in one hit and it is exactly how I want it so that worked quite well!
Anyway until next time...

The opposite to writers block...

2007-07-26T21:05:00.000+10:00

Yes I know its a bit sad to write in here two days in a row but I just fell the need. First the bad and then the good. Went off to do some vocals for wonderwall (as I am nearly better.... thanks for your sympathy!) and something stuffed up on my computer and all I'd done was gone! So I proceeded to curse for a few minutes and then managed to retreive the individual files however now they are out of time which sucks. Maybe have to redo some of it but oh well at least I kinda know what I'm doing....kind of....

And for the good....just had the most amazing burst of creativity! I can't remember when this has happend before but was just stuffing around when all these lyrics and music and chord progressions just hit me! So absolutley fantastic! And considering my comp was set up it was just a matter of playing and recording all at once so I have a little store of stuff now to refine and work with! So very exciting. Just alot going right at the moment in my life and as everything clicks into place I suddenly find I'm brimming with energy and creativity and the opposite to writers block.... :) And you know what that means..... a bunch of soppy crappy lyrics! yes it does!!

I am so not going to be able to sleep tonight :)

And nothing.....

2007-07-25T22:09:00.000+10:00

I have been sssssssoooooooooo slack this week! Ok, I have been sick which kind of eliminates the possibility of getting any vocals done (trust me I tried and it was NOT good) which isn't really my fault but still feel slack. Long story short haven't really done anything at all except try and write some new stuff which is going slow. I swear there are like 1000 crappy sloppy lyrics behind one good song. And sometimes it all comes in one hit perfectly. Crazy stuff! I was looking though my folder of assorted lyrics and there is so much crap but I've found some that I want to work on a bit more and start recording them too. Shall let you know how that turns out..... In the meantime am also working on another short story however I can't get the end right! Once I have I'll put it up too. Take care and farewell.....

Percussion done!

2007-07-22T11:06:00.000+10:00

Yay another blog. Yesterday I was a little sidetracked from doing any serious recording **cough thanks Greg :)** however at about 11.30pm I did manage to get the percussion part done.... in one take might I add!.... and so now I've only really got to finish vocals which will be difficult considering I'm getting a cold :( I might still be able to do it but I'm not sure so will wait until my room is nice and warm again and give it a go!
I have some photos in my facebook to prove I really am doing this.... see here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=37614&l=c7c2b&id=867375054 Last night before I fell asleep I found this song I wrote probably about 2 years back about writers block! It's been so long I can't really remember how the melody goes so I'm trying to make it up again..... Quite a short song lyrically so I think maybe there should be a solo to pad it out a bit.... Dunno.... I'll think on it and try and make it work...

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Another day in my meaningless life
Another song to fill the void
Without the words I feel I’m falling to pieces
The shades of white are closing in
No beats are running through my head of late
No piano to be heard
Why can’t I hear the song that I wrote?
Why won’t the music sing to me?

Hear the sound of life
Listen to the sound of life

The ink begins to spill on empty staves
The notes become a messy blur
No inspiration to give me a start
No pain, tears nor open wounds
Re-break my heart to hear me sing again
Peace is burning in my ears
Why can’t I hear the song that I wrote?
Why won’t the music sing to me?

Hear the sound of life
Listen to the sound of life
Give me back the sound of life
Hold me to the sound of life

© Jennifer Reid 2007
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Ok so it's a little depressing but I wrote it a long time ago and I like the words! :D

And again and again and again

2007-07-19T21:54:00.000+10:00

I have just spent the last hour and a half playing exactly the same 3 minutes worth of music on my violin. Trust me, before you try and record something, make sure you like the song. However now that I've finally figured out how to sort of get the metronome function on the software to work I have a perfectly timed full backing for the song with violin and half the keyboard part finished. Definantely makes the frost bitten hands and dead arm from supporting the bow worth it.
Working 8-6 while doing this isn't particularily the best idea either because the only time i can work on the song is after work and it wakes me up so much making it very difficult to go to sleep :(
Over the last few nights I've got rough vocals down but I wanna leave the proper vocals for last so tomorrow will be finishing of keyboard and percussion. So exciting!!
NEWS FLASH: while typing this blog I found out that Katie and Gary's second child was born yesterday morning! Little Aiden James Hibma. Oh so cute! Congratulations to them both (although I heavily doubt they'll ever read this :) )Great news to finish the day on!
And at that I bid thee goodnight...... until next time farewell.

On the recording thing....

2007-07-16T21:11:00.000+10:00

So........... maybe not quite as much recording got done on the weekend as I had originally planned mainly because of my disorganisation. Had a few technical problems to start and once I had those figured.... well I'd like to say it was smooth sailing but unfortunatly no. Lots and lots of repetition especially when I don't know how to use the program properly yet and when I stuff up, even right at the end, i have to restart the song from the very beginning. Needless to say I am getting a LOT of practise on my violin :)
I have managed to figure out the basics for my version of wonderwall and have roughly recorded the violin and vocals but need to redo these properly as the timing isn't really right so they'll need to be done from scratch again! As much as I'd love to winge about this, I can't because I'm really having heaps of fun. And once something is down I have such a sense of accomplishment!! Makes the frustration worthwhile in the end.
I have also started laying the basic vocals down for a song I am halfway though writing with a working title of "Time" (no doesn't have anything to do with the below poem, just happens to be on the same topic) so that's pretty exciting as well!!
I'll keep you posted!

Random Question

2007-07-13T18:53:00.000+10:00

Q ~ When you spilled the milk, did it look like the moon? -

A ~ The crux of the matter is not did it look like the moon but is it actually, part of the moon. When the moon hits the milk on the floor like a big pizza pie that's not amorè. It's a matter of whether in fact the universe is all made of matter. Which it is. So technically anything will look like anything else because everything is made from the same "stuff” being matter. So for those of you playing at home no, it did not look like the moon as a matter of fact it IS the moon.

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Hmmm deep.
In other news, I'm gonna start recording some stuff this weekend which will be pretty exciting!! Just gonna try out a cover of Wonderwall to start. If I succeed I'll let you know.....

...time

2007-07-10T20:24:00.000+10:00

OK I'm gonna post this random poem/song/soft crap that I wrote last night at about midnight (damn inspiration!) when I was trying to sleep. I think I was inspired by a song that Madonna (yes I hate to admit it as much as you hate to read it) did on the Live Earth thing over the weekend and something that I remembered from the U2 concert I went to last year. Made me want to write something nice and hopefull and inspirational. As you do...

Just really random and shows the good mood I was in at the time :)
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Time
Moves on
Without
Care, Hate
Or...

Love
Will Hurt
And if
You try
To...

Hide
Your face
When they
Come and
See...

You
Can love
But feel
No pain
Or...

Loss
If you
Can be
So strong
You'll...

Try
Your best
You can
Do better
Just...

Keep
Your head
Held high
And you
Will...

Trust
Yourself
You’ll Save
Yourself
In...

Time

© Jennifer Reid 2007
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Do you feel inspired now?

Random Questions and the first story

2007-07-08T10:55:00.000+10:00

So I'm setting up this blog page and notice that in the personal info bit there is a spot where a random question will pop up for the blogger in question to answer. Interesting, I think and proceed to generate and discover instead of making up excuses for not posting a decent post, I can put one of these questions here and answer it with some degree of fake knowledge and completely take the focus off my laziness.... I like it :) Otherwise please feel free to lob me a few random ones and I'll be happy to assume my wise face and answer with all the knowledge that a 20 year old Aussie girl can.

Today however is not one of those days. Here is a short story I wrote about 3 years ago which eventually I rewrote into a song which I will reveal at a later date. It could probably use a bit more work and I have edited it a bit from the original already.
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She sat at a table with friends and yet not with them, feeling strangely disconnected and yet a part of them at the same time. The heater was forcing fiery warmth onto her face and the chill wind caressed her neck, starkly contrasting this sensation. The evening had barely begun so the restaurant was relatively calm and quiet. The smell of food cooking in this restaurant and also the two surrounding was overwhelming and it was impossible to distinguish one smell from another. She glanced around and behind her. The scene was the same, reflected in the dining areas of the restaurants across the road. Gradually they filled with sophisticate Melbournians in black over jackets and fancy shoes, holding a cigarette in one hand and an expensive glass of chardonnay in the other. They talked casually and easily to each other, sending up pathetic clouds of smoke with every breath exhaled.
Her attention was drawn back to the table and after ordering a meal, she attempted to join the excited gossip about other girls and attractive boys however couldn’t focus. The quiet yet constant drone of the surrounding patrons began its slow rise to crescendo, suffocating her thoughts. Glancing around once more, she directed all thought to the meal before her; a mix of bland pasta mixed with the exotic blend of the bolignese’s full-flavoured tomatoes and assortment of spices, giving a perfect inconsistency.
With the meal concluded and coffee ordered the atmosphere relaxed despite the surrounding confusion of diners and sophisticates. She stole another glance around and noticed him. The man she loved still yet caused so much pain. The tension grew as he drew nearer and engaged in idle chitchat with others on her table and she focused all strength on keeping her face neutral and impassive so as to not reveal to him her lingering feelings she knew he also still possessed. Their eyes met and she saw a fleeting reflection of their past love cross his face. Images of their past love affair were brought forth in her mind, his soft touch, tender kiss, loving eyes and soothing voice. He excused himself and she turned away hiding her face behind her latte but turned to watch him walk away as the warmth faded from her face to be replaced by the icy touch of the wind.

© Jennifer Reid 2007

First blog on the blogging wall

2007-07-07T15:07:00.000+10:00

Hello anyone who happens to stumble across my blog! I welcome you and invite you in for tea :) Over the next little while I'll be putting up some random blogs about my boring life (which is sometimes exciting!) and also some songs I have written over the past 3 years so please feel free to critisize as I need to know whats good and whats shit. For those of you that know me already and have heard me crap on about all this stuff I've written now is your chance to see that I wasn't making it up and for you that I don't know, I'd love to see you here more often so come and please stop by again some time!!
Jen