Blue Funk

[i_kender]

The more observant of you might have noticed I haven't posted in a while. Apologies for this. I'm in a foul fucking mood and feel it would be cruel to share it.

Also, Impending Doom: my mother is showing up on Sunday for a visit. For a week or two. This has been giving me nightmares for weeks. Don't ask. I just have a Bad Feeling about her visit... I think there may be arguments.

Lovely weather fuck no, it ain't.

Comments

[buddleia.livejournal.com]

I guess it would probably be rude to stay out for her whole visit.

[i_kender]

Don't tempt me ;)

[spintrian.livejournal.com]

I'm certainly planning on staying with *my* mother for the duration!

[bad-sheep.livejournal.com]

Maybe during her visit you can "miss your last bus home" from, I dunno, somewhere...

[i_kender]

I like the way you think.

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

Miss the last bus and get stranded in... france perhaps?

[bad-sheep.livejournal.com]

Yes! With no chance of any transport whatsoever! For a fortnight!

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

We all know how tricky public transport is on the continent. That sort of thing is happening all the time.

[i_kender]

Of course, then I would have to explain to my mother what exactly I was doing popping over to France when I've repeatedly complained bitterly to her how broke I am.

"I thought you might like some... cheese? Yes, that's it! Cheese..."

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

Has she gone now, your mother?

[woe2you.livejournal.com]

Family. Love 'em or hate 'em, they're always a chore. And if you've something to bitch about, do it: it's healthy. Anyone who doesn't want to read can skip.

[bad-sheep.livejournal.com]

It's the great social unifier...

[woe2you.livejournal.com]

Aye. For example, anyone who has an embarrassing, opinionated old codger of a grandfather (for example) has instantly bridged the social gulf to Wills and Harry...

[bad-sheep.livejournal.com]

I don't think anyone would want to bridge that social gulf... unless, of course, they were inbred public-school-(mis)educated* tosspots with a penchant for Nazi uniforms.

*I feel a disclaimer coming on.

[woe2you.livejournal.com]

*hangs head, shuffles feet* Uhh, it was only three years (before they kicked me out) and I found the quality of education to be quite good, really.

And in the case of the sort of people you're on about (I'm quite happily lowermiddleclassthankyouverymuch) - what gulf?

To be honest, I shouldn't have taken a pop at Phillip because he's actually one of the more tolerable (because fallible) of the Royals.

[bad-sheep.livejournal.com]

And the most entertaining!

[woe2you.livejournal.com]

Amusingly, my public school education has come in useful precisely once thus far. I was sitting in the pub last week with a couple of mates, and one of them whipped out his journal - inscribed in the front was, uh - damn, I can't remember the exact wording but it was vaguely Latin for "If you can read this, you're well educated."

The irony is greatly appreciated.

[bad-sheep.livejournal.com]

That's brilliant!

I didn't mean to generalise about a PSE - "some of my best friends etc etc"...

[i_kender]

I love all the back-tracking and side-stepping going on in my journal... does the dance have a name, I wonder?

[i_kender]

Ah, I know... it's the Shuffle of Lestio Ffend...

[bad-sheep.livejournal.com]

Oh hello! And you are...?

[woe2you.livejournal.com]

No offence taken.

[biogeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

Ah family. I feel closer to mine the farther away I live. Thank the deity of your choice for the ~2000 miles between me and my parents. *grateful*

As for your foul mood, well I'm sorry to report that mine has just lifted so I won't be able to commiserate properly.

[i_kender]

3164 miles between me and my parents, I just checked. And boy, isn't that just the way I like it!

And thanks anyway :)