Back Now
Hello, yes, yes.
I am back from a lovely week off in Devon but it’s nice to be home. Although the location was beautiful, certain elements had me yearning for back here. These were:
A computer
Solitude
Homecooked food
My bathroom
The house I stayed in was clean enough but the shower was horrible. I would go so far as to say it was minging. Seriously.
It really mang.
It mung?
It mought.
But I did a lot of thinking and I vow - fucking vow - to watch less TV and read more. I know I say this every time I come back from holiday, but I honestly will.
Doing this means means I will write more and better of it. I even started a short story while I was away, and I haven’t written fiction in about fifteen years. This mean I will have to shelf my novel (Origins Of The Finger - A History Of The Bird) but it will be worth it.
I also learned I am not good at taking compliments, but I will write more about that tomorrow.
August 12th, 2007 at 8:46 pm
Cliff, you are terrific at taking compliments. Terrific.
August 12th, 2007 at 9:23 pm
Right. OK, whatever - I guess.
August 12th, 2007 at 9:52 pm
There’s no need to be so modest, Cliff. I’m telling you, I have seen some seriously good people take some seriously big compliments in my time and I would put you in my all time top 10 compliment-takers list. If not the Top Five.
August 12th, 2007 at 9:53 pm
No no, seriously. Don’t shrug at me.
August 12th, 2007 at 9:55 pm
Sheesh.
*turns to camera*
He’s a nice guy, Cliff, but he needs to learn to accept a compliment gracefully.
August 12th, 2007 at 11:37 pm
We definitely need to see this episode. Grab a camera, set it up, and put it on youtube;)
August 13th, 2007 at 8:58 am
you see what you did there Katy: you out-Cliffed Cliff. that was great. i mean, i’m not dissing Cliff here - he’s great, after all. one of my all time favourite favourites of all time - but damn. that was good.
August 13th, 2007 at 5:04 pm
When someone compliments my clothes or something like that, I’ll tell them how I bought whatever it is from Gap for £3, or something. I’m told you’re just supposed to say thank you.
August 14th, 2007 at 9:20 am
I did that on the wrong one, didn’t I.
Amateurs, eh?
August 14th, 2007 at 3:06 pm
Sam - Don’t worry. Move on.
August 14th, 2007 at 7:19 pm
But now I’ve drawn attention to it, haven’t I.
August 14th, 2007 at 9:04 pm
You kind of have Sam. Look - new photos in the flickr gallery! (Run.)