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Ack. So so unbelievably hot. I'm not built for this weather. I was born in a frigging snow storm for christsake! Where's the damn rain?!
The sun does make my head feel all happy. Even if my body feels heavy, sticky and yuck because of it. I think this is the hottest Britain has ever been. Seriously.
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I saw a kid on the bus the other day. I was exhausted and sweltering, on my way home from work. He seemed completely engrossed in a comic. Every time he lifted it up to change the page I would catch a glimpse of the cover.
Every time I would piece together the puzzle that would reveal what comic it was. Turned out to be The Avengers. Awesome. What a kid - start 'em young.
He was totally enthralled by this comic and looked really excited.
I rose to get off at my stop and stood above him at the front of the bus. On closer inspection he wasn't reading (too young, maybe?) but he was flicking through getting all excited at the pictures. And when he got to the end he went backwards through the pages; re-examining the story line.
Now, do you think he was making up his own story or was he getting the gist of it from the pictures?
I'd like to think he was using his own imagination - this is what trains and shapes kids in to either geeks or supergeeks.
I know which I prefer.
:cherry:
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Ack. So so unbelievably hot. I'm not built for this weather. I was born in a frigging snow storm for christsake! Where's the damn rain?!
The sun does make my head feel all happy. Even if my body feels heavy, sticky and yuck because of it. I think this is the hottest Britain has ever been. Seriously.
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I saw a kid on the bus the other day. I was exhausted and sweltering, on my way home from work. He seemed completely engrossed in a comic. Every time he lifted it up to change the page I would catch a glimpse of the cover.
Every time I would piece together the puzzle that would reveal what comic it was. Turned out to be The Avengers. Awesome. What a kid - start 'em young.
He was totally enthralled by this comic and looked really excited.
I rose to get off at my stop and stood above him at the front of the bus. On closer inspection he wasn't reading (too young, maybe?) but he was flicking through getting all excited at the pictures. And when he got to the end he went backwards through the pages; re-examining the story line.
Now, do you think he was making up his own story or was he getting the gist of it from the pictures?
I'd like to think he was using his own imagination - this is what trains and shapes kids in to either geeks or supergeeks.
I know which I prefer.
:cherry:
_________________________________________
Vinyl Stickons' Debut album is finally released. It's available to buy from our website or in a UK indie record store, near you. Get it here. It's a limited release, so hurry dammit!
By The Way - those of you that wanted signed copies... please state so in the "Special Requests" box when you order. You authorise us to undo the shrink wrap and disfigure the insert
If you've already ordered, email me: band@vinylstickons.comVIEW 25 of 49 COMMENTS
That story is warming my stony (but already overheated and sweltering) scottish heart. I had a huge rant the other day about this whole Harry Potter thing. I was on the bus back from work and I was reading a goddam cookery book (which is pretty lame I know) and there were a dozen other people in suits and school uniforms, all reading some variation on the Hairy Potter theme. Some in the "adult" cover which is just wrong... it's fine and I'm sure they're fun books (I just don't get it...) but its really worrying that for a whole generation of kids and grown-ups, that is where their imagination begins and ends. Is that too harsh? Your boy on the bus is giving me hope for the future..
And super-geeks definitely. When I was a boy, I was never really geeky enough to fit in with the true geeks. How sad is that?
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ps don't worry, the rain is on its way. This is Britain remember...