I don't do music

My washied JuiceBar, bought at Maplins

Sometime this year, i decided to confess to myself that i do not do music. It sort of happened one day when i was speaking about music that i liked and i realised that really, i didn't care about the music that i liked. It's not like i don't like music, but i really do not have very strong feelings about it. My Sportify selection list can testify to this. I do have very strong dislikes. some musical genres i really do not like. I can't tell you which ones,  but really... it's like this... i was once in Roisin Dubh in Galway and we were listening to this live band and they had very different types of original songs. They veered wildly from one style to the next. I thought this was really great. The person i was with said, honestly, they need to find their own sound. I find this very irritating. I was, well actually i don't care enough. It really isn't enough to get very annoyed with.

Then today, in the car, Oisin was listening to this band and singing along to it and Ghin then asked him, can you tell what they are saying Oisin? And Oisin was, miraculously, able to tell us what the lyrics were. I have never been able to hear the lyrics of most songs - possibly because i am literally half deaf, but this is possibly the reason why i don't really do the music. I mean don't get me wrong, i love the fact that i can sort of play the piano and i think that music is really important, but you know how it is like SUCH a big thing in some people's lives? Especially blokes when they get all nerdy on you, for me, its like meh.

I don't know what to make of this really. A part of me feels like i could be missing out on something, but also i think i am old enough to not really have to bother about it anymore. I did say this once to a friend - who was going on and on about wanting to DJ at a party - and i said, i really do not care much for music and she was appalled. I said, i mean i like it, but really, what is being played is neither here nor there for me...i also wonder if it is because i was brought up in Singapore where in the 80s there was not such a big music culture...so the other thing she said, was you are sanguine, and melancholics tend to be more fussy about their music. Really? I wondered...

However, this weekend, at Maplins i decided to invest in a speaker. Mostly because it was blue. But also because when i gardened i did like having some music, but also because the pevious speaker i had bought had disappeared somewhere. It was actually quite good that speaker and it only cost me £4.99. This one was considerably more. Like around £20, but i thought, you know it is bright blue and i can washi tape it.

So like my gig going history mostly consists of people saying to me, would you like to go to this gig? And i usually say yes. I don't do around saying to myself, i have to see this and that band live. I would much rather, on any given day, either go to a gallery or hill walking.

I have had such a great day and sometimes when the day is so nice, i just end up being unable to sleep. After Grounds Day we headed to Maplins to get Oisin his mini fridge (and the speakers) and then we had Japanese in Sakura. I love Sakura. It is cheap and cheerful... well considering it is Japanese food in Belfast. Then after that i sent my mom and dad home and then i got home and uploaded the pictures, feel asleep and then watched Made in Dagenham. And washied my speaker.

I have now discovered there is a weird noise coming from my speaker which has to do with the Bluetooth function which my computer does not have. I do not know what to do. Ugh. Tomorrow it is the last of the Main Lesson then Kevin will be doing the mosaic with Class Six. I'll be planting out pumpkins with my Class and there will be more gardening with Class Nine and Eight. What am i going to do about this stupid sound?