call me belacqua

12 12 2009

That Philip Pullman’s a clever chap isn’t he? It’s nice to see that people don’t just pull these names out of thin air.

Anyway. What am I blithering on about now? Well, since it’s been so long I thought I’d say hello, but I’m far too tired to bring you up to date just now. Some stuff has happened in the past three weeks, but nothing that can’t wait to tell. I’m tired because I’ve spent six hours cleaning my flat, and only the kitchen and bathroom are done. Like Lyra, my life is currently dominated by dust. Mine is rather more mundane than hers, though, consisting as it does largely of plaster. The decorators have gone, and they’ve done a pretty good job (pics to follow when the place is back to normal), but it looks like nothing so much as a well-decorated plaster factory in which there’s just been a rather nasty explosion. I shall be sleeping upstairs till the rest is done, since most of my stuff is in the bedroom, and I shall be starting to sleep there very very shortly, since I’m knacked.

When I get a chance I’ll tell you about parties, cake, visiting old friends, totem poles, decorating, visas, stupid bankers and yoga. Probably.

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  • Author : ralph
  • Date : 12 December 2009 at 23:10
  • Categories : the home front
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5 responses to “call me belacqua”

13 12 2009
Mr B (02:41:50) :

Crawling into bed plastered again…

14 12 2009
Jan (08:46:36) :

…as long as he didn’t bring the vacuum cleaner with him I’m not so worried…

14 12 2009
Mr B (16:24:14) :

oooo, reminds me of a story I once heard about a bloke, a vacuum cleaner and a hasty trip to the A&E. Turned out the hoover had a whirring propeller blade thingy in the, erm, business end. Talk about cutting the action short….

15 12 2009
ralph (00:21:33) :

Wow. That sucks :|

15 12 2009
Ashley (07:46:29) :

Dude. Jesus. Hire people! Think of it as “creating employment”. Seriously.