Let's go crazy

Dearly beloved
We are gathered here today
To get through this thing called life

Electric word life
It means forever and that's a mighty long time
But I'm here to tell you
There's something else
The after world

A world of never ending happiness
You can always see the sun, day or night

So when you call up that shrink in Beverly Hills
You know the one, Dr. Everything'll Be Alright
Instead of asking him how much of your time is left
Ask him how much of your mind, baby

'Cause in this life
Things are much harder than in the after world
In this life
You're on your own

And if the elevator tries to bring you down
Go crazy, punch a higher floor4

If you don't like the world you're living in
Take a look around you
At least you got friends

You see I called my old lady
For a friendly word
She picked up the phone
Dropped it on the floor
(Ah, ah) is all I heard

Are we gonna let the elevator
Bring us down
Oh, no let's go!

Let's go crazy
Let's get nuts
Let's look for the purple banana
'Til they put us in the truck, let's go!

We're all excited
But we don't know why
Maybe it's 'cause
We're all gonna die

And when we do (When we do)
What's it all for (What's it all for)
You better live now
Before the grim reaper come knocking on your door

Tell me, are we gonna let the elevator bring us down
Oh, no let's go!

Let's go crazy
Let's get nuts
Look for the purple banana
'Til they put us in the truck, let's go!

C'mon baby
Let's get nuts
Yeah
Crazy

Let's go crazy

Are we gonna let the elevator bring us down
Oh, no let's go!
Go crazy

I said let's go crazy (Go crazy)
Let's go, let's go
Go
Let's go

Dr. Everything'll be alright
Will make everything go wrong
Pills and thrills and daffodils will kill
Hang tough children

He's coming
He's coming
Coming

Take me away!

by Prince (Prince Rogers Nelson) RIP

Spice drawer

I know this is a bit daggy but I cleaned out the diverse set of jars and bags that used to hold all the spices. It is so nice to have them all organised in their little containers now. Previously I could never find what I wanted. © Jennifer Phillips

Snow princess

My daughter channeling her snow princess! © Jennifer Phillips

Loneliness

"I happen to believe that America is dying of loneliness, that we, as a people, have bought into the false dream of convenience, and turned away from a deep engagement with our internal lives - those fountains of inconvenient feeling - and towards the frantic enticements of what our friends in the Greed Business call the Free Market. We're hurtling through time and space and information faster and faster, seeking that network connection. But at the same time we're falling away from our families and our neighbours and ourselves. We ego-surf and update our status and brush up on which celebrities are ruining themselves, and how. But the cure won't stick."

- Steve Almond

Small wins

"The whole process of becoming an astronaut helped me understand that what really matters is not the value someone else assigns to a task but how I personally feel while performing it. That's why, during the 11 years I was grounded, I loved my life. Of course I wanted to go back to space - who wouldn't? - but I got real fulfilment and pleasure from small victories, like doing something well in the Neutral Buoyancy Lab or figuring out how to fix a problem with my car. If I'd defined success very narrowly, limiting it to peak, high visibility experiences, I would have felt very unsuccessful and unhappy during those years. Life is just a lot better if you feel you're having 10 wins a day rather than a win every 10 years or so."

 - Chris Hadfield in "An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: Life Lessons from Space"

Religion?

© Michael Leunig, The "Age" Saturday 30 April 2016

War

© Michael Leunig, Saturday "Age" April 23, 2016

Fucking things up...

"The difference between men and women is that men can really fuck things up, but women can really fuck you up."

 - Louis C.K.

Live like you drive

"I think that people live their lives like they drive. Some people can be fluid and see the gaps and instinctively know where to go. Other people stay in the same lane; they stop and start, they're hesitant. They don't have a clear direction."

 - Danielle Cormack

Rails to the moon and back

© Michael Leunig

Sleepwalking

Last night I went to sleep
walking through darkness,
a gloomy forest hemming me in.

My sleeping eyes
could barely make out
the shapes of the trunks
under their grotesque
massy foliage.

Suddenly, in stumbling, 

I raised my eyes 

to see a rounded clearing,
the moonlight shining mistily
across soft swathes of grass
and there in the middle you stood,
your hands held out to me.

I ran into your embrace
and felt your living breath
as it rose and fell
through the fabric of your shirt.
You held me tightly
and my fears fell away.

Under the moon,
under the starry sky,
you are my rock, my support,
 my inspiration,
 my earth, my joy.

Before you colours were muted,
but the true colours of love
lie within your arms,
in a forest glade
under a gamboge moon.

© Jennifer Phillips

Moon at Flinders, VIC © Jennifer Phillips

The massage

I gently trace the contours of your face,
run my fingers smoothly through your rich dark hair,
then follow the curve of your shoulders with my palms.

 I describe concentric circles lightly
with my nails and fingertips over your back
until you're almost in a trance,
your consciousness reduced
to following the intense points of touch
as they move masterfully over your body.

Slowly I start to press harder
as my hands begin to move strongly
over your prostrate form,
firmly moulding your flesh until it relaxes
beneath the pressure I exert.

Involuntarily you release a deep sigh, almost a moan,
as the accumulated stressors of your life dissolve away
beneath my sure movements, like the snow in spring.

I mould your buttocks like bread dough
and you feel yourself stiffen as I work above you. 
 

As I slide my spread fingertips up your inner thighs
to lightly feel the curve of your swollen balls,
you can stand the pressure no longer, you roll over
and your proud cock immediately asserts in a full stand.

As I watch the beat of your heart pulsate in the head of your cock 
I can bear it no longer, I hold your arms flat above your head
as I lower my warm slippery pussy gently over your entire shaft,
gradually increasing my motions until our movements merge
in a glorious explosion of pent-up emotions, and a luxurious release.

Languorously I roll off you and we gently kiss,
looking into the pools of each other's eyes,
knowing we are merged - heart, body and mind.

© Jennifer Phillips