Oh Blog It All

I’ve been unemployed and homeless for the last eleven days

I have not yet gotten tired of toting this line out at every opportunity that warrants it

And many that don’t

The things I deemed necessities for this homeless stint would totally fit in a Pick ‘n Pay trolley

With loads of space to spare

Those necessities include an iPod, a PSP and a R900 pair of shoes from Aldo

None of which I have used at all

Though the shoes get dragged out and shown off to people I know would be envious

My therapist would say that is very interesting

I think I miss my therapist

I should clarify that we haven’t been living on the streets or in our car though

Friends and family have generously put us up and put up with us

They all deserve medals

After Wednesday I will still be unemployed

I hope to fix the unemployed thing before Christmas

Which reminds me, was that a ‘help wanted’ sign I saw at Teasers or just wishful thinking

Because I am having trouble finding my own words, here then the songs that I am listening to and the lines that are key. Read what you will into it then but know that they are all about me.

“How do you free your soul, After you’ve found a friend” (Insensitive - Jann Arden)

“My friends say I’m acting peculiarly” (Everywhere - Fleetwood Mac)

“and I’d tear out the pages, that I’ve got in these books, just to find you some words” (Real Gone Kid - Deacon Blue)

“Can we not judge each other, I’d rather wipe your tears away” (Did We Not Choose Each Other - Sophie B Hawkins)

“The wicked lies we tell, And hope to keep safe from the pain” (The Space Between - Dave Matthews Band)

“I am the weaker here, the pretender” (Martyr - The Awakening)

“and all my goodness has turned to badness” (Obsession - Animotion)

“And in time, you’ll realise, I’m not what I seem inside” (Just - Henry Ate)

“Home, don’t it seem so far away” (America - Neil Diamond)

“Neem my op vlerke engel ek wil soos jy, Op duisend reënboë dans net soos jy” (Neem My Op Vlerke - Annali van Rooyen)

“Aware that I would never outgrow the pain” (Martyr - Depeche Mode)