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The bad: I failed the exam and I'm not sure if I want the papers to see how badly I did.

The good: Luka Bloom was great. He was definitely on crack or something. Oh man, I laughed so hard. He made some nice pokes at Condoleezza Rice as she was in Brussels and he was wondering if the huge amount of police was assigned to protect her or to harrass her and drag her off to Den Haag for crimes against humanity. There was talk about how he doesn't sing through his ass, but sometimes does talk through it. About the Irish now wanting to retire in Belgium as it's getting more relaxing than Ireland. He seemed to love to say the word "Dendermonde" and kept repeating in dutch how the show was sold out and that is his favourite dutch word.

Also note that the opening show was really good. Some girl called "Sabrina Dinan". Wow, she's got a great voice and I think Claira would love her as it's somewhere in the genre of Missy Higgins (or however you write that).

The FH news: O'Malley just took over Tex.

Luka Bloom, how much do I love thee? There is always something comforting and *right* in his music. As if the world just fits and makes sense to him in a way that I am far away from comprehending. But you know that once you get there, it will all be good. Doesn't really make sense, alas. It's odd because his songs aren't all happy and fluffy. Some deal with some very dark subjects and yet... his music makes me feel at peace. It must be great to be able to carry that in your heart and spread it out amongst the people who listen to your music. Maybe, I should tell him that the next time I get to talk to him for a minute instead of standing there dumbfound and mumbling a "thank you" that just doesn't seem enough.

Alone too long, the night became her lover
She knew that he'd been waiting all this time
With dreams and magic pictures to uncover
Now that all that earthly sadness was behind