Warning: this blog contains puppies (well, one anyway)
Yes, Merlin is six months old now (I'm a couple of weeks' late; apologies). And here are a couple of pics of the noble hound and his slave...
...I have to revert to puppies every now and then, you know. Not being a gorgeous SG, I can't just get away with writing 'I feel sad today' as my blog, and get 50-odd replies saying 'Call me', 'What's the matter?', and 'Oh baby, we're here for you'. In my more cynical moments I am tempted to write 'Well, get the fuck over it', but I try to resist my gremlins!
Anyway, at least all the replies I get are intelligent, incisive, caring, sincere and not motivated by a sexual subtext (at least I'm assuming they're not!).
Ha! Get me, being all prim and proper on a porn site! I must be slow this morning - it took five minutes for the irony to strike home!
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So. The clocks went back one hour at the weekend, which theoretically should have meant an extra hour in bed, but in reality meant I ended up walking Merlin one hour earlier, but was compensated by a glorious sunrise.
But it reminded me of when I used to work night shifts on a systems support team a few years ago. To be on shift the night the clocks went back was just the worst possible deal; a 13 hour night shift! The thought that you might get an 11 hour shift sometime in March was no compensation. As it was I used to get home at 7.30am, make everyone's breakfast, down a whisky and Zopiclone and attempt to get a few hour's sleep with the sun raking through the curtains. I did manage to bring a major government system down one night through lack of concentration, but then we all did at some point!
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Currently reading The Death of Innocents by Sister Helen Prejean. The Deep South really is a different country, isn't it? I'm only 30 pages in and already revolted by the nature of justice there. Awful, just awful.
Viewed: Nakata's 'Dark Water' (2002)...
...which I enjoyed, but confused it with another film because the really scary elevator scene I remembered wasn't there. It's in 'Gin Gwai' (The Eye) instead. And it still scares the crap out of me, even on Youtube!
Also bought: Pontecorvo's 'The Battle of Algiers' (1966), which I watched a long time ago. One of the greatest films ever made, the Pentagon have shown it to staff to impress upon them how you can lose a conflict even when you defeat the terrorists. Scrupulously objective, it reminds the viewer there are never easy answers. Timely viewing.
And 'Betty Blue' (1986), finally. I love Betty - I love the fact that her love is violent, destructive and uncompromising. Who couldn't love a woman who would stab a fork in the publisher who rejected her lover's book? And, yes, Beatrice Dalle is damned hot too!
Love to all
L x
Yes, Merlin is six months old now (I'm a couple of weeks' late; apologies). And here are a couple of pics of the noble hound and his slave...
...I have to revert to puppies every now and then, you know. Not being a gorgeous SG, I can't just get away with writing 'I feel sad today' as my blog, and get 50-odd replies saying 'Call me', 'What's the matter?', and 'Oh baby, we're here for you'. In my more cynical moments I am tempted to write 'Well, get the fuck over it', but I try to resist my gremlins!
Anyway, at least all the replies I get are intelligent, incisive, caring, sincere and not motivated by a sexual subtext (at least I'm assuming they're not!).
Ha! Get me, being all prim and proper on a porn site! I must be slow this morning - it took five minutes for the irony to strike home!
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So. The clocks went back one hour at the weekend, which theoretically should have meant an extra hour in bed, but in reality meant I ended up walking Merlin one hour earlier, but was compensated by a glorious sunrise.
But it reminded me of when I used to work night shifts on a systems support team a few years ago. To be on shift the night the clocks went back was just the worst possible deal; a 13 hour night shift! The thought that you might get an 11 hour shift sometime in March was no compensation. As it was I used to get home at 7.30am, make everyone's breakfast, down a whisky and Zopiclone and attempt to get a few hour's sleep with the sun raking through the curtains. I did manage to bring a major government system down one night through lack of concentration, but then we all did at some point!
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Currently reading The Death of Innocents by Sister Helen Prejean. The Deep South really is a different country, isn't it? I'm only 30 pages in and already revolted by the nature of justice there. Awful, just awful.
Viewed: Nakata's 'Dark Water' (2002)...
...which I enjoyed, but confused it with another film because the really scary elevator scene I remembered wasn't there. It's in 'Gin Gwai' (The Eye) instead. And it still scares the crap out of me, even on Youtube!
Also bought: Pontecorvo's 'The Battle of Algiers' (1966), which I watched a long time ago. One of the greatest films ever made, the Pentagon have shown it to staff to impress upon them how you can lose a conflict even when you defeat the terrorists. Scrupulously objective, it reminds the viewer there are never easy answers. Timely viewing.
And 'Betty Blue' (1986), finally. I love Betty - I love the fact that her love is violent, destructive and uncompromising. Who couldn't love a woman who would stab a fork in the publisher who rejected her lover's book? And, yes, Beatrice Dalle is damned hot too!
Love to all
L x
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I try not to post many depressing blogs... It's not the person I want to be. I'm working really hard to get myself out of that kind of space. Besides-- I don't get 50 responses anyway. The only time I post about "boo-hoo" stuff is when I'm just trying to mentally work through it, (like when honey went to jail).
Maybe I should try to work on being an SG again so I can post them.. hehehe!