Ten Years Asleep In The Queue For The Late Night Bus
1. The Americans have Black Friday. Here in Yorkshire, there’s Black Eye Friday (also known as Mad Friday) - the last Friday before Christmas, usually a time of carnage in town centre alehouses. So here I am at home, stone cold sober (i.e. Mrs B is off on her work night out, and I’ve been reading Danny Champion Of The World plus some Alice In
( Read more... )
Aside from the lovely 73 bus to Dundee, obviously. I'm living it up with tea and telly.
2. Hah! I hear you. Much wine in the house but I always have to drive somewhere in the morning, and what with the drink-driving laws here now, it never seems feasible. Plus The Child is like alcohol police innit.
3. If it's not Nutella or burnt food, I don't deal in it really.
4. High School means no Christmas cards. And if you think the socially awkward 4 year-old is shy, try the painful aspy pre-teen with absolutely no patience for anyone in her peer group.
5. I'm looking forward to the developments of Bauble's already starcrossed love life!
6&7. I hear you. I love ALL the Jeremies (except Kyle and Clarkson) and although I find Corbyn quite adorable really - and coherent, unlike many - the blimmin' Corbynites are most annoying in their zeal and criticism, while the anti-Corbynites are equally annoying. The trouble with this particular Jeremy is that he strikes me as a Michael Foot of the 21st century. He'll never get in. Much as I would like him to.
8. Christmas in Carnsnooty this year (again). This time, in the house on the sea, which makes me and The Child very happy. There will be many dinosaurs (her passion of the moment) and much chocolate. I will not be cooking without help or supervision.
9. Child has not got into Minecraft but there is still time. She is in her deconstructing Japanese anime films and series with the help of the lovely critics on YouTube. It's a nightmare.
10. Keep on being daft. The world needs more daft.
Look! I can comment on LJ! *pats self on back*
Reply
2. Such restraint! You have The Child well trained?
3. I'd buy you a t-shirt with that on it :-)
4. The "cards" thing was one that I'd not even thought to worry about but could be a minefield - I take it it doesn't get any easier?
5. He's a card... but maybe in a playground of boisterous boys, girls mistake his awkward silence for being the deep thinking type - certainly less threatening than the nutty lads who roam the place. Stay tuned for further developments...
6&7. To misquote Ghandi - "I love your Corbyn, but I dislike your Corbynites". I'd really like to fall for it - the younger me would have loved him. I just can't see it working. And I'd probably prefer a "baddie" like Blair to a "goodie" like Foot (foreign wars aside, obv). Can't be bothered with more years of opposition.
8. Dinosaurs and chocolate... and a view of the sea... why does life have to be more complicated than that?
9. She sounds a gem - though I'm not sure how much deconstruction of anime goes on in the mean streets of Arbroath - hopes he doesn't change
10. Will do :-) You know me; beyond hope!
Reply
Leave a comment