Someone Lost, Something Gained

This week has been a series of ups and downs. Work aside; the downs have included the passing of friend and former band mate (as half of the rhythm section of No Days), Dino Raponi, who died suddenly in a weekend car crash.

Random events like this tend to put things into perspective. I’m not going to go on a ‘live life to the fullest' rant, but I want to point out how random random events seem to be.

What I mean is that it’s easy to rely on fate retrospectively, but the truth of the matter is that I find it impossible to believe that life is simply one random occurrence after another. Now, I specify occurrence, not moment or event, because an occurrence can represent one moment or many moments connected by a series of actions and choices. Once one occurrence has reached its end, the next one begins at random. Events or moments within occurrences can also spawn randomly, which may spur the occurrence into a new direction. Of course, once every event in an occurrence, or after a series of occurrences, is considered retrospectively, it is almost certain that an individual won’t look back and say ‘wow, that was a wicked series of random events that made up this occurrence.’ One will much more likely try to connect the events to gain a logical perspective or, in failing to do that, will instead decide that it was fate that determined the path their life just took. Bullshit! It's random!

Anyway, back from the philosophical void…

My ‘putting things into perspective’ has manifested itself in the form of a new Roland TD-3KW electronic drumkit that will fit nicely (and quietly) into a perfectly shaped corner of my apartment. Now I can finally play day and/or night without getting kicked out. What a nice 'up' to end the week.

Oh that, and it's my champaigne birthday tomorrow! Truly a day of Great Ones.