Spot on, Stanislavski would be proud too, the Movie Thing
1. The perfect amount of brown sauce on a bacon buttie. 2. I like that I can satisfy their glances asking for reassurance. But I like it even more when they get so lost in the moment that they forget to look for me. (2a. A silly one. I make a joke about “team Louisa” [...]
3BT – too pleasing, funny but wrong, thief
1. The cans cut cleanly with the giant shearers. 2. I ask John his opinion on whether or not a joke is appropriate. When I tell him it, he howls with laughter which makes me realise it’s probably not appropriate but worth saying anyway. 3. The guitar has cunningly stolen Lily’s bone and she growls [...]
3BT – wake up routine, office at last, fun warm-up
1. Get up. Wee. Feed cats. Get dressed. Take dog for a walk. Feed dog. Have shower. Get dressed again. Sit with John as he wakes up. Have breakfast. 2. We’re working in our office at last. After months of stagnation, the room has been transformed in the last few weeks and is now beautifully [...]
3BT – dogs, I think I … like it, zaaang
1. The journey through Calverley is always great for dog spotting. 2. Following G’s lead, I have saltfish and callaloo for lunch. I go from being not sure I like the cabbage-like vegetable to loving it within a few mouthfuls. 3. As stray comment earlier in the day inspires us to watch ‘Wayne’s World’ in [...]
3BT – Punguins, returned, perfect timing
1. We have Penguin biscuits with our tea and I deadpan the joke on the back to John. As usual, he tries to solve the puzzle with logic: “it’s always a pun to do with it being black and white… living in the Antarctic… not being able to fly… about its flippers or beak…” On [...]
3BT – waking, bacon, quality
1. Even though we don’t have to get up particularly early for work – and work from home, it’s still a pleasure to have an alarm-less morning at the weekend. 2. I nibble off the piece of bacon extruding from the bread and it’s delicious – perfectly salty, perfectly crisp, bacon at its best. 3. [...]
3BT – I saw it too, turn on/turn off, ice crystals
1. A squirrel appears on the fence just a foot away from Boron. He stares at it without moving and it stares back for a moment before escaping into the tree. Boron turns around to look at me – his eyes are shining with excitement and we share a blink. 2. I hear music and [...]
3BT – laughter, beauty/ugly, alone-together time
1. I go downstairs and Tom is there. He arrived with John, via Paul’s housewarming party, in the early hours of the morning, after I’d long gone to bed. Over breakfast, we discuss art history and laugh raucously. 2. Later, we get the bus into Leeds together. Under the snow, the first part of the [...]
