saturday

we went to see corinne bailey rae this weekend. and it turned out to be a great night. the opening guy was quite good, but his whole indie attitude was a tad dull. and the yellow armstrong bracelet? maybe he has a hidden tattoo of a chinese sign saying "love" or "friendship", too! miss rae had kindly asked to keep the evening a non-smoking event, and it was just wonderful. I am actually looking forward to having smoke free coffee houses and restaurants. this probably makes me not very cool, and old and smug, but being an occasional smoker myself, it's a little controversial at least. the concert was good, the best number being a led zeppelin cover. that woman can rock! and one line from one of her songs stuck with me:

"sometimes you win, sometimes you lose"

yes, quite plain and simple, but as I tend to depreciate and therefore miss out on the unostentatious, it struck me as surprisingly easy and true. keeping on trying to make everything work and never fail is what we try to do most of the time. I know I do. and failure is not exactly what we want the people around us to see when they look at us. of course, we do fail. a lot. I know I do. and now the sweet and very talented corinne tells me that's ok. you don't have to win every battle to be ok. well. I believe her.

I know, one might say this sounds a little corny. I agree.

anyway!