My hands grope for the light

I've woken up to what can only be described as an "Ani Difranco moment". I have spent the last 24 hours on the go, from my normal day job to hopping a flight and heading to set up for the gig we are doing this weekend. Sure this time of year with LFF in full swing and the Comedy festival in preview most people flock to Melbourne, not this strange little crew, we go where the work is and that being said we are all on the GC for one of the most intense work weekends I've had in a long time.

On the plus side I get to spend the next 48 hours with my bestie Mikii as we are working together and my new mate Ken (working with us too). There is nothing better than we you all get to work (although we are in 2 different venues) together and stay in an apartment together. There is just something amazing about it, the best way i could think is like being a band on tour. We work long days, late nights, live in each others pockets and LOVE EVERY MINUTE OF IT!

If you wanna see what we are up to www.cafeinabox.com

So why an "Ani Difranco moment you might ask? Simply for these lyrics......

"dilate" by Ani DiFranco

life used to be life-like, now it's more like show biz
i wake up in the night and i don't know where the bathroom is
and i don't know what town i'm in, or what sky i am under
and i wake up in the darkness and i don't have the will anymore to wonder
everyone has a skeleton and a closet to keep it in and you're mine

every song has a you a you that the singer sings to and you're it this time
baby, you're it this time

when i need to wipe my face i use the back of my hand
and i like to take up space just because i can
and i use my dress to wipe up my drink
i care less and less what people think
and you are so lame you always disappoint me
it's kinda like our running joke
but it's really not funny
i just want you to live up to the image of you i create
i see you and i'm so unsatisfied, i see you and i dilate

so i'll walk the plank and i'll jump with a smile
if i'm gonna go down, i'm gonna do it with style
and you won't see me surrender, you won't hear me confess
'cuz you've left me with nothing, but i've worked with less
and i learn every room long enough to make it to the door
and then i hear it click shut behind me
and every key works differently i forget every time
and the forgetting defines me, that's what defines me

when i say you sucked my brain out the english translation is
i am in love with you and it is no fun
but i don't use words like love
'cuz words like that don't matter
but don't look so offended, you know, you should be flattered
i wake up in the night in some big hotel bed
my hands grope for the light my hands grope for my head
the world is my oyster the road is my home
and i know that i'm better off alone

now off to work I go, I know the venue...GCCC, I know what we're doing ....juice, who were working for...not sure yet. Lets just hope we can hit the ground runninng.

And here is a little snapshot of the retro gal in her hospitality blacks very early in the morning.