"We're busy goin' nowhere, isn't it just a crime."
Here I am with a proper entry, at last! The otitis is finally over, and the tracheitis is looking better. Yesterday I had no voice whatsoever, and sounded like Darth Vader. Today the voice is back, and the coughing fits are getting weaker. I have the whole day to rest and recover, because tomorrow I'll be busy all afternoon, and on thursday I have the final dental check-up and I do not want to start coughing while there are metal tools inside my mouth, no sir.
I saved all the London pictures on my computer, but it'll be a few days before I can make a proper post. I still feel ditzy and slow, after all. In the meanwhile, have a new Reading Bingo entry, for a book I read in the hotel.
For the "A Book With A Mystery" square I chose Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident Of The Dog in the Night-Time. Told from the perspective of an autistic fifteen-year-old boy, it's the story of how he sets on solving the case of the murder of his neighbour's dog, following the steps of his favourite fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes. Since it's written in the first person, we're forced to see everything through his eyes. It's absolutely amazing writing. It's not soppy, cheesy Hollywood fake autism, but it's written by someone who actually knows what autism is like. Christopher sees the world in logical patterns, and his love for numbers and maths isn't seen as a party trick, but as simply the way he sees the world. Everything makes sense, the way it should be. Social interactions, crowded places, triggering situations make perfect sense and are described as real obstacles, not as something weird that Cristopher does. It's great literature, and a great way to walk a mile in someone else's shoes. I really can't praise it enough.
And now I'd better go back to bed. ^^
I saved all the London pictures on my computer, but it'll be a few days before I can make a proper post. I still feel ditzy and slow, after all. In the meanwhile, have a new Reading Bingo entry, for a book I read in the hotel.
For the "A Book With A Mystery" square I chose Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident Of The Dog in the Night-Time. Told from the perspective of an autistic fifteen-year-old boy, it's the story of how he sets on solving the case of the murder of his neighbour's dog, following the steps of his favourite fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes. Since it's written in the first person, we're forced to see everything through his eyes. It's absolutely amazing writing. It's not soppy, cheesy Hollywood fake autism, but it's written by someone who actually knows what autism is like. Christopher sees the world in logical patterns, and his love for numbers and maths isn't seen as a party trick, but as simply the way he sees the world. Everything makes sense, the way it should be. Social interactions, crowded places, triggering situations make perfect sense and are described as real obstacles, not as something weird that Cristopher does. It's great literature, and a great way to walk a mile in someone else's shoes. I really can't praise it enough.
And now I'd better go back to bed. ^^