Inertia creeps

[susie_flo]

Today has so far involved lazing in bed with Steig Larsson, a breakfast of yumtastic eggy bread and a leisurely bimble to Twickers to buy sea bream and other bits for dinner.  Afterwards G and I had a spot of late lunch in an organic, veggie cafe in a bookshop.  (It occurred to me that, from the outside looking in, we might be mistaken for a right pair of twee wankers). 

On the way back, I commented to G that all of the men in St Margarets look like drawings from Posy Simmonds novels (examples here if you are unfamiliar with what I mean...  http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2794/4353302479_4ec0c9a41d_o.jpg)  In a moment of rare, sweet innocence, G said "do I look like one?" and I had to guffaw, before assuring him that the overgrown emo look doesn't really feature in Posy Simmonds' stereotypical depictions of middle class englishmen.  (Bless.)

This morning I discovered that I am already a member of Google Buzz... and furthermore was automatically following several people.  So I faffed around with my profile without having any real idea of what I was doing.  I linked a couple of blogs and my flickr account and forgot about it.   Then when I got back from Twickers several hours later I was alarmed to see that it had auto shared several things on my behalf while I was out...   eek.

Last night I watched Dean Spanley...  it's quite a sweet story and has a leading character played by Sam Neil (for whom I have a long-standing soft spot).  However it does feel a bit like an episode of 'Tales of the Unexpected' that has been stretched out to film length.   EDIT: I should also point out that Peter O'Toole has some great lines in it...   and that the upper half of Jeremy Northam's face looks like G (they'd be hard to tell apart if they both wore bandito-style scarves across their faces)

So... I think I might spend the next couple of hours loafing with my head in my book.  If only every day could be as leisurely as this.

I hope you are all having lovely restful weekends... or failing that, rip-roaring rides of jolly excitement.

(PS...  I'm contemplating getting a DVD set of Sapphire and Steel.  This is extremely out of character for me...  am I likely to regret it?)

Comments

[rosamicula.livejournal.com]

If you get the box set of Spaffire and Squeal you can lend it to me!!!

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

With pleasure!

[ms-siobhan.livejournal.com]

No because Purdey is fabulous, I loved her so much when I was little I had my hair cut like her. Mind you I quite David Maccallam now - he's very good as Ducky in NCIS.

Sounds like a lovely way to spend the day :-)

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

I didn't much like Purdey's hair.... probably because my mother forced the basin cut on me for years against my will!

[childeric.livejournal.com]

Quite a lot of Posy Simmonds female characters are quite fanciable, though.

We were vaguely in your neck of the woods today; well, Kingston, at any rate. Shopping in south west London is so much less hassle than town.

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

Yes she does draw sexy women (though Tamare Drewe was mainly a product of surgery).

I agree that Kingston's not bad for shopping, it has a lot of shops in a small area and is a lot less faff than horrid Oxford Street.

[ivory-goddess.livejournal.com]

Sapphire & Steel is brill - if you like that sort of thing.

We had the videos, and replaced them with the DVDs.

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

It has been duly ordered :-)

(I do like that sort of thing... and in fact it was Sarah's post about things that scared you witless as a child that brought it back to mind)

[kissmeforlonger.livejournal.com]

Mmmm, eggy bread. I do love the way you lovingly describe food.

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

It's cos it is the highlight of my life :-)