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- vespa0
Wed, 7 Dec 05
-----------------Woke up this morning with water raining from the bathroom ceiling and my guitarist asleep on the couch.
She missed her train home last night after we met with our managers. It must have been past Tony's bed time, he was clearly delusional, banging on about how cute i'd look in a red military jacket and pill box hat like a little drummer boy, the very picture of seasonal delight! The sound of my contempt hissed louder than my japanesey phaser pedal (but at least i didn't bite him).
My bike ride to work was all poltergeist-breath and crunchy light, one of those days when the cold air turns the dog shit into sculpture and the local crazies into romantics. There is a lady who is always wondering up and down my street in the morning barefoot in her dressing gown. This morning she had a crystal glass of wine and a fag in her hand and i thought there but for the grace of god...
Rode past a frozen cat by the canal and thought it was a discarded toy, it was pawing the air and it made me realise i'd previously thought freezing would be a gentle death. The cat was fluffy and grey on frozen green grass and the ducks were honking mournfully at it.
One of the genius-slash-"special" coders rode in before me and he was wearing a red sock on his left foot and a green sock on his right, with sandals. Starboard and port, apparently. He wears this every day. I struck up conversation with him in the lift because that's what bicyclists do - we're all in it together you see. Later that afternoon I heard him barking - he makes loud noises all day but that's ok cos he's very clever - and i thought i wonder if i can make a request? so i went over to him with a picture david shrigley did of a hairy ape monster thing and asked if he could give it sound and he screamed the SCARIEST noise i've ever heard and i ran away whimpering.
We've just imprisoned an elephant we made at christmas drinks last week out of my secret santa present (a bucket of playdoh). He is the saddest christmas decoration ever!
