tales from an ordinary world

1999-11-05

I bought another bottle of Cointreau to help me relax in the evening, as one does, and it came with another little bottle of Midori surgically attached to the neck. Maybe I'll save them for when the Nuclear Holocaust finally hits (I spent much of my time in the early 80's worrying about it, just like everyone else), and try to convince someone that it's water. "No, really..."

Oh, and I finally grabbed an old Talking Heads CD, True Stories, which was also a film - the best bit's at the end, where David Byrne stands there saying something like "whenever I go into a new town I notice random things, like the shape of the clouds, the colour of white paper, and stuff", in that odd manner of his. People like David Byrne and Laurie Anderson, in their own little ways, made me feel like there was some kind of future for the human race...

Even more bizarrely, though - according to Mr Taxman, I've finished paying off my HECS. I'm caught between relief and wondering whether this is yet another sign that I should start acting like an adult. Or something.