Going for a spin

 

Girls of a certain age will get this totally, knowing the lp record jackets they are holding although the discs are North American albums not issued over here but we are in a a students flat, enjoying a party.

There is something very sociable in music being a shared thing between a group of people which people talk about, play in each others company and maybe go to live performances together.

Now one beauty of the lp - this is being typed as I'm actually playing records right now - is the bigger tapestry for album art and ease of reading any notes which are common place on Jazz and Classical recordings concerning the compositions and performances you are hearing.

I find when I am not well, which sadly isn't uncommon to play something brings back pleasanter memories apart from being soothing if one takes suitable precautions to avoid loud volumes.

My record deck has an auto off which means if I drift of to sleep it will stop and lift the arm back up so needle and record isn't harmed although compact disc is more "idiot proof" apart from potentially program lengths before needing to be changed over.

How or what you may collect is personal - I have popular compilations that are ideal for putting on when radio may be playing stuff you don't like  or for just drifting back in time to outside of artists in popular music and Composers for Jazz and Classical but having something you can touch and play is just magical.

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Somethings afoot!

Different kind of a week when it came to events in the background as much as we did have a bit more of "normal tv" in the final days rather than wall to wall live coverage of events connected to the death of our Queen.

You can understand it but there are times when it gets a bit too much as much as it act as a bit of a primer to how our constitution works, an aid to study.

Sometimes I just don't know what gets over me like apart from getting bratty I shot through two requests to take stuff to and empty the bin.

That resulted in the loopy cane making an appearance while over a lap with my knickers taken down and another caning a couple of days later just in case I thought it wasn't so bad after all.

On the other side I did some cute kitty socks which were cool!

Going back with events

 

While with other events in country in this last few days have taken us back us back a few decades or so and give us reason to look ahead to changes, this week I'm going back to twenty ten.

I was rather experimenting with looks beyond that had initially inspired me such as more formal office wear or the stuff of my schooldays, the blessed school uniform.

Things more Goth or Emo were more it so I had short  net like skirts, tops and over the knee ringer type socks although I did experiment also with wearing stockings with them.

Ditto lace up canvas shoes or heels although I tend to be rather wobbly on the feet with limited control of their movement.

It was a bit before the tartan micro skirts started to come in and with the netting underneath could give you a far bit of modesty although obviously you do mind how you sit.

Confidence and true motives

 

While the country adapts to this weeks political changes I'm going with a different  topic altogether.

One thing that causes many of us problems is the lack of confidence in ourselves which may be around active steps we take or just what we draw from other peoples reactions  that may have little really to do with what we've done.

Many of us can recall that advice we got, often from mothers or grans to try to be friendly and be nice around people around us no matter what they may say or do and yet it seems we are ignored or misjudged.

We may think it's about how we ourselves present or somehow we don't cut it in the looks department but is it that?

The more times around the sun I travel, the more I feel this is often with the person themselves, how nothing and nobody ever meets their expectations and our kindness isn't seemingly enough however hard we try.

While not falling into the trap of overvaluing ourselves, perhaps instead we should stop expecting others to notice but just try to be our best selves more for acting right for pure reasons is better standard rather than kickbacks?