I have a djembe sitting in my living room that’s been staring at my face for an entire year.
Today's word is "djembe".
I bought the African drum last summer, thanks to a movie I watched called The Visitor. In it, a reserved professor of something-or-other returns to his apartment after a long business trip and finds squatters. One of whom just happens to play the djembe. Instead of kicking them out, he decides to let them stay. He also becomes one heck of a djembe player.
That’s not really how my djembe story goes.
I watched a movie, bought a djembe, played it once or twice, and then put it on a shelf where it’s been staring at me ever since. It’s my drum of good intentions. One day I’ll get the tutorial DVD for it and I’ll learn how to lay down some slammin’ African beats. Or maybe I’ll go join a drum circle someday and learn from other players.
So djembe it is. I think I need to renew my commitment to it. I’m not sure where to fit it in with the whole day job/2 film projects/daily blog thing, but my golly I have to because the guilt and silliness is building up and I can’t take it anymore.
I always thought it would be super cool to have a hidden, strange talent. Not like tying a knot in a cherry stem with my tongue (I’ve tried – it’s not working out for me), but like fiddling or playing the bagpipes or being one heck of a step dancer. I think the djembe fits the bill just fine. I’ll look like a somewhat normal person, but in actuality, I could be a djembe-playing fool. I could go out to open mics and sit in parks and strike the hide so well that even Dave stares at me in awe, attracted to my ongoing quirkiness and strange new attempts at human tricks. And besides – being a mean djembe player is probably the last step in my transition into being a hippie. …Well, it’s either that or I stop showering.
I think I prefer the djembe. ♣
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could djembe lessons be a lollipop tuesday event?!
p.s. i liked that movie.
p.p.s. i can tie a cherry stem in a knot with my tongue. i was really popular in high school. heh heh 😉
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yes, and they probably will.
p.s. me too!
p.p.s. that’s hot. the fact that you know it’s p.p.s, not p.s.s. …not the cherry stem 😛
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I actually saw a guy in the park playing the djembe… You could be like that guy! Only more aware of your surroundings… because he was really surprised by us ‘appearing’ right next to where he was sitting near the trail, despite the fact that two girls chatting and laughing, while two fiendish dogs chase each other and bark, makes an awful lot of noise. He did seem to be really enjoying himself, though!
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lol well maybe he was just reaaaaally into it. There’s a poster in the cafe I’m at right now advertising a drum and chanting lesson. I’m so…tempted…
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