RIGHTY-HO, I'm sat here with my new favourite snack of raw peanuts and Bashful, Itchy and Spherical are drowsing in their toilet tubes and it's plunging into deep autumn. Always my favourite time of year though I know lots of people who hate it (strangely all for the same reason: because they once lost someone at this time of year). And I'm down and depressed as well. Wasn't even up for writing yesterday, which I think is a really sappy thing to do as there's no excuse in the world for not writing. A professional writes every day no matter how "uninspired" they might tell themself they feel. Wasn't it Trollope who said, "I only write when inspired. And I make sure inspiration strikes at 9am sharp every morning!" I'm definitely with Trollope on that one though if I churned out a slew of world-slayingly dullard novels about boring clergy in catatonic middle England as a result I would surely commit suicide.... Still I am coughing and spluttering from last week. Mother Hubbard told me "it's never as bad as it seems" this morning. I don't know why she thought I was depressed. Usually I could chop my head off and play football in the street with it until any of my friends would spot anything unusual about me, but hey...
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Video of the day:
1. music:
Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
2. other:
Cancer Research Ad: Fields of Gold
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PS Click to see a recent picture of the fully-grown-up Baby Itchy!
OK, fair do's; that's a capybara, the world's largest rodent. But it does look like Baby Itchy now that she's officially "gynormous"...
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Blog recommendations of the day:
Perceptions http://villagerinsrilanka.blogspot.com ~ life of a Sri Lankan farmer...
Weird Fascinating Stuff http://weirdfascinatingstuff.blogspot.com ~ psychotic squirrel terrorizes Germans!
Appalacian Mountain Trails - fall colors! http://jlivingstonjr.blogspot.com
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Baby Itchy Gallery.
Click and scroll down for some exceedingly entertaining Baby Itchy Roborovski pictures from before she was practically hippo-size.
OK admittedly they belong to someone else who says their hamster "has to be kept with the same high security as a serial killer on vacation" but it does look pretty much the same as poor Baby Itchy...
Actually, here's their original quote:
Our Roborovski hamster is quite shy and runs like the wind on a windy day. He has escaped a few times but now, he is handled with equivalent security to a serial killer on a school trip to the seaside - but with lots of love as well.
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ReplyDeleteI have the same personality as you but I am drug free and have a rodent phobia! ( well I don't like them living in my baking drawer!)
Sorry to read you suffer from migraines.....
hopefully migraine=never again
ReplyDeleteas for mice in the baking drawer..(!?!)
when I was four my invisible friend "Mousey" used to live in the oven and my Mum had to check he'd come out before she ever plonked cakes or pies or bread rolls in there!
You do sound low Gleds, but then the flash of brilliance is never far away......."a slew of world-slayingly dullard novels about boring clergy in catatonic middle England " This had me laughing out loud.:) and as for the picture of Itchy....OMG
ReplyDeleteBleeding love, bleeding colds, bleeding everything.... Think she is going to be a big star..Leonna Lewis and perhaps even Itchy
Take care and keep writing even if you dont feel inspired, difficult but your story is worth it x Auds
Oy vay, how do you feed him???
ReplyDeleteYou're right about the autumn and depression due to loss. But it isn't necessary; I lost a best friend and left two ex's in autumn, for example, but still love the crisp air and the changing colours of the leaves.
Remember the song "The Windmills of Your Mind"? It's about love lost in autumn. I love the line "That the autumn leaves were turning to the color of her hair".
Love the Leona Lewis video and song, it's the first time I've heard it.
ReplyDeleteGet writing Gleds! x
Audrey: which picture of Itchy? You mean the really gynormous one? That's nearly how big she is now... she has to be restrained from savaging next door neighbour's pitbull (haha if only!! ;->...)
ReplyDeleteMarty: what do I feed Baby Itchy? Raw peanuts, hammy mix, rice crispies, bread rolls, bits of broccoli, bits of cheese ...
Hey you just reminded me to post up that song Fields of Gold. Which I really like!
Akelamalu: it's OK isn't it... I've only seen it once myself. It has yet to grow on me...
Here's my definition of autumn: It's the season when God gives you free air conditioning.
ReplyDeleteA highly underrated season--in fact, it's the only Vivaldi season I can't whistle, so even HE underrated it.
Very well defined, Zen Wiz!
ReplyDeleteYes, writing every day is an excellent discipline, but I'm a firm believer in cutting yourself some slack, Gleds. See? You're already back to writing. ;-) Have an excellent, non-depressing day (from a sufferer of Seasonal Affective Disorder lol!)
ReplyDelete... wasn't grabbed by the Bleeding Love song
ReplyDeletebut the cancer ad, got to me, simple but very powerful.
.... you're going to have stop feeding Baby Itchy those peanuts, how on earth is Itchy going to fit in those toilet tubes *!*
Oh, I forgot to tell you: you've been tagged ... IF (and only if) ou can correctly identify the German actress in my video link!
ReplyDeleteraw peanuts? dun think I'd like em :)
ReplyDeleteKeshi.
I blame the low light levels and the government ...LOLHave you seen Icarus's answer to your comment on his Time & Word blog. You'll find it on this blog http://theflamesofeden.blogspot.com/
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Well finally after the unpteenth time trying to load the comment page and it not coming up blank...I made it :) Hope you`re feeling better. Baby itchy is so sweet LOL I`ve read one of Anthony Trollopes books....forget which now though....
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xo
I am back in Blogland again and feeling web-deprived after being out of contact with the webworld for over a week!
ReplyDeleteThanks for all of your visits and comments while I was away. Love, love your blogger icon. So cute!!!
I like the fall weather - the air here always seems so much fresher and I can enjoy the sunshine without getting too hot. But I don't like that fall means winter is coming. Hate the snow!
I'm off to finish reading what you have been doing while I was away!
Cheers..
I misread your first sentence and thought it said your favourite snack was raw peanuts and Bashful. Are you sure it's not the raw peanuts that depress you? They would depress me.
ReplyDeleteZennist: Hopefully I have NOT got winter affective thang...
ReplyDeleteBimbimbie: I know; I will eat all those peanuts then EYE shan't be able to fit in a toilet tube any longer... poor Baby Itchy she's gynormous already, the swine... rightty-ho then...
O yeah I was wondering what else I had to say: I wasn't too much into that Bleeding Love song, either. I thought Leona Lewis really had something, but they seem intent on just making her an averageoid midlantic mariah carey esque singer... NOT for me, I'm afraid...
Marty/Chipper: hang on let me have a look AT that videolink...
Keshi: raw peanuts are rather pleasant, serioulsy! !!
Ruth: no I'm not sure I HAVE seen Icarus's answer to me on that time and the word blog let me view it presently!!
ReplyDeleteTea-&-Margaritas: I don't know why the problems with t'page loading... hang on let me ponder why.... hangon what did you say TROLLOPE? ukk! i always assumed people said "what a load of old trollope" as his books were trollope too!
Kahshe: enjoy!
Liz! No raw peanuts do not depress me! They are quite fantastic!
Wow! Isn't my "avatar" a furry little entertainer!!
ReplyDeleteWow you have the cutest lil furry guys! I love them and wish I could have them, but right now I cant.
ReplyDeleteI have a pit bull thats still a puppy and I think he wouldnt understand that the lil furry guy is not his lunch.
I answered you question on my blog where you posted but I will answer it here as well.
when I say dope I mean heroin.
Thanks for posting on my blog and dont be a stranger.
OK seems I made the right lucky guess!!
ReplyDeleteAah, hopw you feel better, Gleds. 'Tis the autumn blues. DO NOT CHOP YOUR HEAD OFF!
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