not sleeping

Whatever I'm doing (trying to do some admin, trying to write a chapter, cutting Nancy's claws, emptying the dishwasher) I'm definitely not doing what I want to be doing, which is sleeping. It's 2am and I went to bed 3 and a half hours ago and got up 2 hours ago because it wasn't working. 

I can't stand sleeping, but at the same time I know it has to be done. It's a sort of maintenance thing, isn't it, like I can't stand washing my hair, but I do it every day (I just do ok?). 

So, what do you know about D. P. Nelthorpe? This caught my eye in one of those taggs. I'm interested. 

Alright I'm going to go to bed again and try to sleep properly this time. 

tagg

 

Remember tagg? Those were the days. They really had to strive to fill the blank space between the ads. If I had any sense back then I would have realised that they'd print anything at all. Maybe I'm doing them a disservice but some of the stuff they did print suggests a kind of a lack of discernment. Sorry tagg. 

 

saturday

Saturday was in many ways a write-off. I could create two columns and put the pluses and the minuses there. Pluses include I washed Perry and got quite a bit of hair off him. Laura and I had some samosas (out of a box) and she made a really good salad. We watched two episodes of The Box (#365, #366) which was good. John keeps not leaving even though he's constantly telling people he's about to leave. Max went back to Channel 12 and wants to sack Tony or kill off Manhunt, or both. I can't help feeling the discussion about keeping Tony for 'a series' and killing off the show is a kind of reference to George Mallaby leaving Homicide but coming into The Box. 

So considering the above, it wasn't a bad day really. But most of the day I have had a work task hanging over me which I feel is very onerous and troubling and it's been really hard to concentrate. I haven't even done it all properly, yet, but it's not as problematic as it was. I've also been very, very tired and it's been hot. 

Above is a picture of Nancy on the deck this afternoon. 

good neighbours

 

 

weird hitler

I was intrigued to see this magazine cover in the Heidelberg Salvo's today, because of that extraordinary thing on Hitler's face. Maybe the cover was designed by AI and AI just decided that Hitler's moustache was even better when it hung off his nose like a monkey? Maybe it wasn't AI just a really rad designer who wanted to break away from that old toothbrush moustache bullshit and instead turn it into a, well, what you see there. Anyway, intriguing. The end.