The Memory Of One

Good evening all - I have many photos to post of our time in Bermuda, which was fantastic but alas I can't post them right now & fear that I will never be able to.... You see, my photo's, along with laptop, camera, iPod & PSP & other assorted 'fun' itmes were lost @ Atlanta Airport! Yes that's right, without being drunk or hungover, I mnaged to leave behind a rather important item in the smoking lounge or it was stolen when we were sitting in a cafe having lunch. Scarily, I feel that it was my own stupidity. I realised about 10mins after leaving the lounge but twas not there upon my return & it was naught to be seen. Did I mention that it also contained my Passport...? I didn't...? Well it did! Currently in the process of getting myself a new one. It's a right royal pain to have lost it all but the most annoying is my Tango Tour Photos. I've backed up my photo's up until my Arts Centre farewell but have no copies of the UK or US photos! Luckily I can download the ones I've posted on Facebook & this blog so I still have some memories.

The Passport is a definate "D'oh" as it's a living document of me & where I've been in the world & it's all the pretty visa's, stamps etc that are a pain to loose. Everything else is replacable even though it will take some work to rebuild the iTunes Library but I do know that fairly recently I made a back up of my library & will just have to find the CD that is most likely buried in a box in storage!! That's the bit that's the hardest for now - having no music! My iTunes get's a flogging everytime I'm in my room as I still watch very little TV. Luckily I bought a few CD's in New York but may have to go to the iTunes Store & dowmload some albums!!

So here I am in La Jolla (pronounced La Hoya), just out of San Diego in Calafornia, typing away on my new, top of the line HP Pavillion Laptop that I bought in Portland, Oregon mainly because I need it for work but also because there's no sales tax in Oregon!! Plus there was a sale and Pablo - one of the dancers - is an electronic whizz and can find & suss out the best deals in any town in under an hour!! Me, him & Shanni headed off on an excursion where I also replaced my camera with a more slimline one that is waterproof to 3.5m & also shockproof. Pablo's great, he has a very slapstick style sense of humour & his brother runs an electronic store in Buenos Aires. He spends most tours buying uup big on electronics and then resells it back in Argentina for 2.5-3 times the original amount!! New technology is so hard to get in Argentina that premium prices are paid.

My Spanish, more Spanglish, is coming along well. I add a couple of words each day and also a new phrase every day or two. It's been great actually hanging out with the Company in regards to bus & plane travels, instead of being a seperate entity as we were in the UK. Christian, Nelson, Javier, Dan & myself have become quite a tight little bunch & will generally all meet in the hotel bar after a show for a few rounds - which is where the Spanish & English lessons continue! We've had a few great nights out & I have to admit that I now feel more like 'one of the Company' than I ever had. It's too do with the fact that we travel together, that they now know that I know what I'm doing & also, I'm not the newest kid on the block anymore!!

My nickname tends to change on a weekly basis - for pretty much all the UK Tour, Pablo called me Tim Burton everytime we met. Currently it's either Lex Luthor or, as seems to be the current flavour, Mini Me! They are a great bunch to tour with & work for & it's nice to have actual friendships starting to develop with them, rather than just interacting briefly on stage every day when they come in for class.

Well, that's about all I got for now. I'll tell you all about Bermuda & Beyond soon - probably a good thing that I've lost my photo's or otherwise you'd hate me when you saw where we were staying!! I'll try & get some off the others so I can still post a few - especially of Beach Cat!

Take care & catch ya soon.