today marked both the beginning and end of my career as a DJ.
i woke up to a call from the owner of this trendy bar who asked me to DJ for the night. I was clearly excited. paid gig.
Get my music together, invited friends, showed up, started my set.
within 30 minutes, the audience starts complaining. they didnt want to hear soul, tranquil hip hop, nor funk. just electro. fine. i changed it up, as i've learned dj's have to do, and got them dancing. 
few minutes later, amidst conversation with friends, some girls from Miami, random music requests, and drunk people dancing...a beer spills. my computer is hit. the drink spreads in between the keys rapidly, faster than i can manage to find paper towels and dry it off. i went into shock.after i managed to clean the computer and table, everything seemed fine. people are dancing, and i, for some reason, smile like its my birthday or something. i want to pat my macbook on the back cause it can survive anything. its a soldier. so i go back to my playlist only to find that the mouse isnt responding. hmm. i move to switch a song, and everything shuts off.
people started complaining-they want to dance. i try to turn on my baby, but its eyes remained closed.
so after months of thinking id drop the computer in the amazon or get robbed in the dangerous inner cities, its a $2 dollar beer that ends up destroying my $1500 computer. how wonderful.
and despite all of this, while friends try to console me with the 'dont-worry-it'll-be-okay' talk, and the bartender tells me not to throw it out if its broken, because he'll take it, ..i'm lost in my own thought over me and my attachment to material things. why i'm sad although i know in the big picture i have no reason to be. i was also wondering if i owned the computer, or if it owned me.
anyway, stung by the pain of conflicting emotions, a new philosophy was born. basically, hold on to everything you have as though it will be gone tomorrow...because it often is.
RIP macbook.
(i know you'll wake up one day)
3 comments:
Sorry to hear about your macbook. I've got a ton of great French Electro to put you on to when I get down there next month!
sorry 'bout your computer.
teachings come in many ways...and it seems as though you were enlightened by your experience. 'tis difficult though cause the things we own do oftentimes end up owning us.
peace macbook.
thanks for the condolences. its true...in NOT having my computer..ive come to value it SO much. its crazy.. but then again..i realize how much i DONT really need it.
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