Are we getting bad at conversation? Is it the lockdown that's causing it OR is on-demand preference availability tainting it?

Nowadays... 1) Some folks just want you to agree with all they say in a conversation. Opposing views are met with a boot. As is increasingly the case with the lockdown. 2) Some folks are not interested in a conversation if it does not engage their interests in life. It's a conversation not a marriage. 3) Some folks only talk about problems. I suppose that comes with age. I don't remember complaining all the time as a kid. Come to think of it, if I did (being an 80s kid), I'd have to the whaps. 4) Binging the 'left out at the table' person into a conversation that the majority is having by switching to a mutually discussable topic seems to be a lost skill. Oops... courtesy. I find that conversation is a skill (never would I have imagined myself calling it a skill 10 years ago) that a lot of people are starting to get rusty at.

My View For The Last Half An Hour

My Mood Today

Conspiracies I've heard about the vaccines.

1) They are made from parts of aborted babies. WHAT? 2) They will change your DNA structure making you not human. I find that hard to believe. 3) They will splice your DNA with that of animals, making you part animal and susceptible to diseases that plague animals. 4) They will sterilize you - Part of the One World Govt's plan to reduce population. 5) It's the mark of the Beast. 6) They are injecting us with alien DNA. 7) They will destroy your immune system - One World Govt plan to reduce population. Ayi Yai Yai! Sigh!

IMP: Need Suggestions

"Grow your audience," they say. What, they expect me to stick you guys in pots and put cow dung fertilizer for you'll. I don't got boobs. I don't got none of those Brad Pitt looks. Bikinis don't look good on me. I don't sound like George Michael. I write (and kinda rap). In order to make money from my books and music = I need a bigger audience. "Tell people to share your work." Who the heck will share my work. Nobody I know. Not my FB guys for sure. Oh, don't feel bad for them, they wouldn't :) Now, let's get on with the joke. So, how am I supposed to "Grow My Audience"? Exposure = Recognition. If I expose myself half the audience will run away. No playboy contract coming my way for sure. Any suggestions on how I grow my audience? Wait, is anyone even reading this? Do I even have an audience? Sigh... Later amigos :)

Sober (for now) and Back to Blogging

I think it's been over a decade since I've posted here. 15 years perhaps. Soooooooooooo, this is an “I’m back” post - That’s why I gonna talk about myself for a while. Sorry. I got addicted to FB and the 3 likes per post I'd get there. Hey, it's not like I was raking in the numbers here either. In fact, I only just remembered I had this space. Hi. Hello. Nice to meet ya. So, about the 2 pegs down title. I'm temporarily off alcohol till I get a job. Considering that I have not had a job for 7 years (due to battling psychosis – with pills not a misguidedly romantic sword) this could be a problem. Not that I have been sober for 7 years (Oh, hell no!). This ‘off booze till I get a job’ thing is just an unrealistic goal that I have set for myself. Realistically speaking it's a bullshit goal. Let’s be realistic. The chances of a psychotic person getting a job are low. The chances of somebody with 7 years off his CV are very low. In a lockdown? Combine the three and I'd probably stand a better chance of making money selling tricks to horny rickshaw drivers who are too high on meth to realise that mine are man boobs. Oh, manboobs, a little gift from the C virus lockdown. How have you guys been keeping up with the lockdown? I quit alcohol for a year then decided to bail the alcohol companies out of bankruptcy. That was fun. Hey, 7 years have not gone wasted. I’ve written 5 books (4 of the e-books are available on Amazon) and just wrote, rapped and released a hip-hop song on music digital platforms globally. Soooooooooooo, like I said, this is an “I’m back” post - That’s why I talked so much about myself. In my next posts, we’ll get back to our regular banter of spoofing the heck out of anything under the sun, moon or (ooooooo) the bed. In the meanwhile, if you’d like to check my new single out, here’s a link (Song name: Voices. Artist: Dwayne Lemos). https://open.spotify.com/album/6JBOOMVvEetzwuFrqSWTJq?si=yXWswoLCTYuCQVNPen7wog Chat soon. Cheers!

The Original G

Back in the days of aggressive suppression,
Was born a great man on a mission.

Humility supreme, no eye for bling,
Turned history around with just one thing.

Satyagraha, silent resistance,
Peaceful no to violent insistence.

They were scared of him, this giant so frail.
That why they hauled him off to jail.

They thought it would stop him.
But no, it did not.

They thought they could break him.
But no, they could not!

He scared them all without lifting a hand.
Didn’t give in to one, not one demand.

On a fast he went, leading the way,
Till they shivered to hold him for one more day.

A people united, together we stood.
Let the powers that were do whatever they could.

No ‘yes men’ here, we all said no.
Till they said, enough, we’d better pack up and go.

My brothers and sisters, you know why we are free.
So, get it together for the original G.

Jai Mahatma! Jai Mahatma!
Mahatma Gandhi, the original G

Jai Mahatma! Jai Mahatma!
Angel of freedom, he set us free!

Jai Mahatma! Jai Mahatma!
He said we’re one, you and me

Jai Mahatma! Jai Mahatma!
Father of India, we salute thee.

Now, I’m proud of India. Proud of where I’m from.
But sometimes I wonder, what have we become?

Poverty and pain, the rich don’t care.
Corruption bred leaders stinks up the air.

If the Mahatma were around, what would he say?
If he saw the creatures we’ve become today.

Prejudice and fear are tearing us apart.
Time to look deep and find our heart.

Oh Mahatma! I ask of thee!
Pray the Lord gives your people eyes to see.

One people, one nation, that’d make him proud.
A billion smiles, for everyone in this crowd.

Jai Mahatma! Jai Mahatma!
Mahatma Gandhi, the original G.

Jai Mahatma! Jai Mahatma!
Angel of freedom, he set us free!

Jai Mahatma! Jai Mahatma!
He said we’re one, you and me!

Jai Mahatma! Jai Mahatma!
Father of India, we salute thee.

Jai Mahatma! Jai Mahatma!
Mahatma Gandhi, the original G.

Jai Mahatma! Jai Mahatma!
Angel of freedom, he set us free!

Jai Mahatma! Jai Mahatma!
He said we’re one, you and me!

Jai Mahatma! Jai Mahatma!
Father of India, we salute thee.



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Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at dwaynelemos@hotmail.com.