Sunday, December 11, 2005

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    Reloaded: Greatest Hits
    By Tom Jones
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    It is winter here in London and we are fast approaching the winter solstice – and I really feel my life being pulled towards the depths of winter – in rhythm with the season.  I kind of feel like my life is hibernating.

    Funny, T S Eliot likes winter. In The Wasteland talks about winter being warm, shielding us from life:

    APRIL is the cruellest month, breeding

    Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing

    Memory and desire, stirring

    Dull roots with spring rain.

    Winter kept us warm, covering

    Earth in forgetful snow, feeding

    A little life with dried tubers.

    I guess that’s what I feel like at the moment. A dried tuber pulsating a little life.

    Yesterday I went shopping for Tomi. She gave me a bit of a list for my German trip. Wasn’t sure how many people a Christmas pudding would serve (my directive was 6) so involved quite a few of the shoppers in Tescos as to their opinion on how many people the Tescos Christmas pud would serve. Not one of them concurred – one bloke said that the pudding was just enough for him, one skinny bird-like women said it would feed 10 – so I haven’t a flippin’ clue.

    Had a hilarious time trying to find hair gel. Tomi’s direction was gel for her hair, “dark and lovely” with a red top. Anyway, went to an afro-caribbean hair product shop in Finsbury Park and managed to involve all the available shop staff and the manager in this quest for this red topped hair gel. Had to text Tomi a few times and my phone, with text was passed round the staff as they puzzled as to what product Tomi could possibly be referring to. Tomi’s last directive was “something to slick it back” and we finally settled on “Dark and Lovely – quick styling get” – purple top, not red by the way. I left with the manager sending Tomi his very best.  I think we brightened up their day.

    Johney and I went out for an early supper in China town last night. Cheep and according to Johney “not so cheerful” – I didn’t notice the clientele, but Johney was quite vocal about the “chavs” who would apparently eat their meal with fags dribbling out of their mouths… I don’t think we are going back there again.  It was cheap though.

    Anyway, will now sign off

    Ttyl as Zane would say

Comments (3)

  • Snowy71

    A dried tuber, pulsating a little life....???!!! what a delightful analogy. Personally I think you're talking out of your tucchus as the new look, hair and apparel will pay dividends, Im sure of it. Just think of all the positivity flowing freely your way since you appeared at work the other day looking bright and breezy! "love the new hairdo barb, thats a lovely top you're wearing...." etc etc

    Btw, its Johhny not Johney, and yes the restaurant was cheap, not so cheerful and the food mediocre at best. Call me old fashioned, but when I go out for a bite to eat, I don't expect to be surrounded by neanderthals, eating with their mouths open, with a fag dangling out of one side of their mouth,  and banging their chopsticks on the table because they're bored. Call me a snob if you like, but I prefer my dining out experience not be akin to feeding time at the zoo!!

    I digress....so anyway, go on your trip, spend some quality time with Tommy and come back fortified and refreshed, and no more talk of a dried tuber, or I'll kick your arse!

  • zane_insane
    hey thanks
    ad i figured you were too a long time ago
    but for me its along time ago too you know the last time it hapend i was 9 and i had alot of time to think this year
    and yea iam thinking about telling her about my xanga but il have to take the pictures off because she will go crazy if she finds out i post my pictures i remember how she reacted when she found out i had yahoo and what she told me then
    i do feel better but i still have this decision to make....
    typtyl <<<thats what i say lol and not ttyl! (some guy/girl even put it on urbandictionary.com!!!)
    z a n e
  • Bapspal
    three things.... zane would say typtyl, could you possibly find me some smoked bacon bacon in your lunch hour and YES YES YES!!! we dop want the expensive dvd if there is no coice. I cannot go another day with the master crying about not being able to see bloody TT! so there. I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    T.x
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