Salt of the Earth

So yesterday we had a pizza party for Mike's 25th birthday. It basically involved buying heaps of different toppings and some pizza bases. We had it at lunch time and about 9 friends filled our little house. Then you get everyone to make their own pizza. It's interactive and interesting to see what people put on their pizza. I also got Mike a cake... A local band, Fat Freddy's Drop, were playing for free at the Petone street festival so that evening we went and checked it out. There were heaps of people and we lost track of where some of our friends went. Afterwards we went to the beach and watched the stars while waiting for the traffic to clear. Then we headed back to our place with a couple of friends and had another pizza. It was a great day.

Current Music: The Killers Went to the X*air Games today at the Wellington waterfront. It was pretty impressive to see the skateboarders, inline skaters and BMXers on the 1/2 pipe. The flips, the height, the falling of bodies out of the air. It was cool. Thank the gods for long weekends.

Where would we be without salt? "Edible salt is a mineral, one of the few rocks humans eat. Salt is necessary for the survival of all living creatures, including humans. Salt is involved in regulating the water content (fluid balance) of the body. Salt is required for life.." A simple rock - it just happens to be a tasty rock. "..but if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot". But what of us? What if we loose our flavour? Do we get 'thrown out and trampled underfoot'? How do you keep from loosing your flavour? Keeping flavour alive Keeping faith alive Keeping love alive Keeping friendships alive Keeping hope alive Keeping motivation alive Keeping yourself alive.. living, growing, changing... Keeping moving forward in time. January is so often for me a time to contemplate the future of all things. (Quotes from wikipedia.com)

"..everybody gets a second chance.." I've had an interesting but tiring start to 2006. I'm in an in between space. My thoughts are in disarray. I need to bring some order to this confusion. "You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot."