Saturday
Totally unrelated to the rest of this blog but seeing as the title is linked Im going to ask anyway... is the music video for Saturday (Fallout Boy) supposed to be a nod in the direction of "Identity" which was released the other year as a film starring John Cusack?
It's been a particularly long and dull week really. April showers in October have punctuated the days and between Monday and Wednesday I went from t-shirts to thick Jumpers. The clouds now move swiftly in the sky like the white rabbit late for his date. My spring flowers are blooming as though the weather has them as confounded as it does me. I am blooming too. I feel awakened by the fresh breeze and the cold rain on my face as I walk to meet Tom in the evenings. he thinks I'm daft wanting to go for longer walks but it's not like I will dissolve (unless the acid rain is a bigger problem than we originally admitted). I think I must be wind or hydro powered as the sun does nothing to energise me. The cool bright days of Autumn and winter are the ones that lodge in my memory not the heavy humidity of summer heat waves that seem endless.
I got the first cheque through from the insurers this week. It wasn't much but we are still arguing about the sofa and the dining suite which were the two larger items. Haven't heard from the flooring people or about the quote for the kitchen but my new vacuum cleaner arrived on Thursday and is sitting in it's box in the dining room. I guess that shows how eager I am to tidy the place up. The box is sealed and shall probably remain so for the foreseeable future as I really can't see the point in cleaning a place that will still look bad afterwards.
The people from Chemdry came today to check on how the drying out is going. So far the dehumidifiers have removed over 83 gallons of water from my downstairs rooms and they have to stay here for another couple of weeks at least. I am struggling to picture how much water this is. Tell me, are we talking a bath full or less or more?
Listening to-The Hush Sound and The Academy is... Basically because I am a little repetitive like that. Tried Hellogoodbye earlier but I didn't really get the hang of them. Listened to some of the tracks on The Open Door but I wasn't hugely excited by them I am thinking of picking up Paramore's album or the Cute is What We Aim For album next as have heard previews and they seem pretty cool. Any suggestions?
Read- This week I read "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway. I've been told it's quite autobiographical and it was definitely a good read. The language is simple and somewhat child linke but it adds rather than detracts from the story. Did people really drink that much back then? I don't drink at all anymore and even when I used to it was hardly any; I really can't see how they would manage so much alcohol. I live a sheltered life I guess!
The bull fighting aspect of the story mirrored the emotional games that Brett played and I found myself reading on although disgusted with her behaviour in the same way that the characters were compelled to watch the slaughter of the horse and the bull fights themselves.
It is a good study of human nature, although I found myself comparing it to "The Great Gatsby", in honesty I know there are people who will disagree but I personally found Gatsby to be a better read.
Looking for something else to read at the moment, Tom is complaining as I only got the book on Thursday, apparently I shouldn't read so fast. In truth I don't read quickly at all, I just read for sustained periods of time whereas he hasn't the patience.
It's been a particularly long and dull week really. April showers in October have punctuated the days and between Monday and Wednesday I went from t-shirts to thick Jumpers. The clouds now move swiftly in the sky like the white rabbit late for his date. My spring flowers are blooming as though the weather has them as confounded as it does me. I am blooming too. I feel awakened by the fresh breeze and the cold rain on my face as I walk to meet Tom in the evenings. he thinks I'm daft wanting to go for longer walks but it's not like I will dissolve (unless the acid rain is a bigger problem than we originally admitted). I think I must be wind or hydro powered as the sun does nothing to energise me. The cool bright days of Autumn and winter are the ones that lodge in my memory not the heavy humidity of summer heat waves that seem endless.
I got the first cheque through from the insurers this week. It wasn't much but we are still arguing about the sofa and the dining suite which were the two larger items. Haven't heard from the flooring people or about the quote for the kitchen but my new vacuum cleaner arrived on Thursday and is sitting in it's box in the dining room. I guess that shows how eager I am to tidy the place up. The box is sealed and shall probably remain so for the foreseeable future as I really can't see the point in cleaning a place that will still look bad afterwards.
The people from Chemdry came today to check on how the drying out is going. So far the dehumidifiers have removed over 83 gallons of water from my downstairs rooms and they have to stay here for another couple of weeks at least. I am struggling to picture how much water this is. Tell me, are we talking a bath full or less or more?
Listening to-The Hush Sound and The Academy is... Basically because I am a little repetitive like that. Tried Hellogoodbye earlier but I didn't really get the hang of them. Listened to some of the tracks on The Open Door but I wasn't hugely excited by them I am thinking of picking up Paramore's album or the Cute is What We Aim For album next as have heard previews and they seem pretty cool. Any suggestions?
Read- This week I read "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway. I've been told it's quite autobiographical and it was definitely a good read. The language is simple and somewhat child linke but it adds rather than detracts from the story. Did people really drink that much back then? I don't drink at all anymore and even when I used to it was hardly any; I really can't see how they would manage so much alcohol. I live a sheltered life I guess!
The bull fighting aspect of the story mirrored the emotional games that Brett played and I found myself reading on although disgusted with her behaviour in the same way that the characters were compelled to watch the slaughter of the horse and the bull fights themselves.
It is a good study of human nature, although I found myself comparing it to "The Great Gatsby", in honesty I know there are people who will disagree but I personally found Gatsby to be a better read.
Looking for something else to read at the moment, Tom is complaining as I only got the book on Thursday, apparently I shouldn't read so fast. In truth I don't read quickly at all, I just read for sustained periods of time whereas he hasn't the patience.
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