Water Serpent

But… not. Although it seemed like it wanted to be.

This is an African Darter, doing its thing in the dam at Vredenheim last month.
Bigger on black here.

I have loads of photos to sort out and upload and no time to do them at the moment (football last night, dinner tonight, Agulhas tomorrow). So this one is being chucked onto Flickr as a quota photo and will be out of order when I actually get round to uploading everything else.

Prepare your wincing muscles…

I bet you’ll also repeatedly say “ooh” with that pained expression on your face.

I’ve already shared this on twitter, but twitter is transient and this needs some longevity. That’s because when I feel down, I’m going to cheer myself up by reminding myself how I didn’t do any – precisely none – of these foolish things:

1:07 and 1:35 will live long in the memory, although perhaps not for the protagonists.

Nytt album fra Morten Harket

Good news from the former a-ha frontman is that:

Morten Harkets «Brother» får verdenspremiere under Spellemannprisen den 18. januar

All of which means that the new single Brother (following on from the recently released There Is A Place) will be premiered at the Norwegian equivalent of the Grammies i Stavanger konserthus next month. From there, the album will be released in March and then there’s a European tour starting in May. Other dates will follow later in the year, but there’s no mention of Cape Town just yet (nor will there be).
The album will only be finished this month, meaning that the release in March is some five months behind schedule. This also means that it is now ineligible for the 6000 miles… 2013 Album Of The Year Award, although it has an infinitely higher chance of being selected for the 2014 version.

I guess we need an a-ha video to pass the time:

 

Forever Not Yours from the Lifelines album of 2002. Almost 12 years ago *weeps quietly*. Bit of a bizarre Socialist Noah’s Ark theme to this one, with an interesting twist at the end. Not quite sure what message the boys were trying to put across here, but if it was anything important, I haven’t got it. Sorry.