Le procrastination

You know why I love the 22nd of June? Basically its the Wednesday of 2009. It’s a  long slide down to summer from here my friends, and I for one am excited.

Thanks to everyone for the cheering up. This shady character I’ve dreamt up and I sat down and had a frank discussion, and I think we’re on the same page now. (Page 50, to be precise). Have decided to take the attitude that this writing caper is like doing one of those ridiculous jigsaw puzzles – start with the corner pieces and the outside pieces and worry about the five hundred pieces that look like sky later.

Have also discovered The Wire this week. How have I not seen this show before? I bet it was like Six Feet Under and the Sopranos and it was on every third Wednesday at 2am but only if you sit in a red armchair with a green cushion. Stupid Australian television.

I also started reading the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman as part of the Filling the Gaps project. I am really really enjoying them actually.  They’re kind of wordy in parts, but the religious side of it  is interesting, and all the mythology surrounding it (like the myth of Oedipus). I hadn’t ever heard of these books until The Golden Compass movie, which I didn’t watch due to the whole Nicole-Kidman-being-in-it-thing, and never  got round to reading the books. I have it on reliable authority that the movie is pretty good though, so I shall have to investigate. I will have  an awful lot of time on my hands this time next week. (Incidentally, I absolutely love the name Lyra. I’ve never gotten so worked up over a character’s name before!)

Finally, I present to you a video of one of my new favourite people. There is no greater joy in life than watching this man eat:

His predeliction for cravats is just an added delight really.