Monday, June 11, 2007
F Y R E !
YES! i have made FYRE!! (no that's not how they spell it down here...that's me being silly...although, they do spell tire, TYRE so ya never know).
i've lived in this house what, roughly a year and a half and i just now burn my first fire? talk about procrastination...either that or extreme stubbornness...maybe a bit of both. in either case, i'm finally there and tonight it is ME who will be putting those lovely fresh fire smells into the evening air.
winter is here and since i don't want my house guests to totally freeze, i was easily inspired by vanessa (ness), a new couchsurfing friend who contacted me the other day...i was her first CS contact and had the privilege of welcoming her into the routine. seems she's coming across the pond from OZ to lil wellywood and she's putting the feelers out for anything and everything...getting organized.
took me a while to get the fire to a self sufficient point because the wood i picked up at the gas station (the last bag they had) was a bit on the green side. in the beginning i had wood hissing at me so what do i do? i get out the sound recording gear of course. wouldn't you? DUH!
tomorrow i'll call the local fire wood supplier and price out MASSIVE quantities. as it is, i already went through half that bag i brought home.
its funny too as i sit here perched in front of the thing...its kinda like a kid, only more cool. because, if you think about it, it demands your attention or it'll go out - so i stoke the fire and stir the embers. ya gotta feed the thing only the food doesn't cost quite as much and sure, it's messy - but this mess smells a whole lot better, rather like hickory i'd say. lastly, i'll lay ya odds that the mess this thing makes is far far easier to clean up after...so there ya have it...i'm a pyromaniac it seems.
you'll have to excuse me, i'm gonna sit back and stare at the fire now. TV, bah! who needs it.
TANGENT TIME:
real quick ... because i just saw the webpage that reminded me of something that happened in my dreams last night. i had dreamt that david lee roth died and that must have struck some deep chord because i was jarred from my slumber, reached for the laptop, opened a new tab in the browser, did a quick google search for 'roth' and when no major news came back in the form of 'diamond dave, dead before van halen could reunite' - was i able to rest at ease. that aside, it was already a bad night of sleep with allergies keeping me awake and the like. i didn't get to work till about 10:15am but its all good because dave didn't die. stupid dreams....
YES! i have made FYRE!! (no that's not how they spell it down here...that's me being silly...although, they do spell tire, TYRE so ya never know).
i've lived in this house what, roughly a year and a half and i just now burn my first fire? talk about procrastination...either that or extreme stubbornness...maybe a bit of both. in either case, i'm finally there and tonight it is ME who will be putting those lovely fresh fire smells into the evening air.
winter is here and since i don't want my house guests to totally freeze, i was easily inspired by vanessa (ness), a new couchsurfing friend who contacted me the other day...i was her first CS contact and had the privilege of welcoming her into the routine. seems she's coming across the pond from OZ to lil wellywood and she's putting the feelers out for anything and everything...getting organized.
took me a while to get the fire to a self sufficient point because the wood i picked up at the gas station (the last bag they had) was a bit on the green side. in the beginning i had wood hissing at me so what do i do? i get out the sound recording gear of course. wouldn't you? DUH!
tomorrow i'll call the local fire wood supplier and price out MASSIVE quantities. as it is, i already went through half that bag i brought home.
its funny too as i sit here perched in front of the thing...its kinda like a kid, only more cool. because, if you think about it, it demands your attention or it'll go out - so i stoke the fire and stir the embers. ya gotta feed the thing only the food doesn't cost quite as much and sure, it's messy - but this mess smells a whole lot better, rather like hickory i'd say. lastly, i'll lay ya odds that the mess this thing makes is far far easier to clean up after...so there ya have it...i'm a pyromaniac it seems.
you'll have to excuse me, i'm gonna sit back and stare at the fire now. TV, bah! who needs it.
TANGENT TIME:
real quick ... because i just saw the webpage that reminded me of something that happened in my dreams last night. i had dreamt that david lee roth died and that must have struck some deep chord because i was jarred from my slumber, reached for the laptop, opened a new tab in the browser, did a quick google search for 'roth' and when no major news came back in the form of 'diamond dave, dead before van halen could reunite' - was i able to rest at ease. that aside, it was already a bad night of sleep with allergies keeping me awake and the like. i didn't get to work till about 10:15am but its all good because dave didn't die. stupid dreams....