The General Babblings of Chris Wild
I saw a very strange thing this morning while driving from Fordingbridge to work. As I travelled along Roger Penny Way ( B3078 ) a man dressed as either a deer or a horse was riding a Bicycle in the opposite direction waving at the traffic as he went. Attached to his cycle was a flag with “Please Slow Down” written on it…
Deer, Bicycles, Strange, Odd, Weird, ProtestWhen I was six I lived in Portsmouth on a naval housing estate on Matapan Road in Hilsea. While I was there I was attacked by someone intent on ending my life… that happened almost 30 years ago. I’ve told a few people and it comes up in conversation every now and then. Over the last 30 years I have not thought about it that much in the scheme of things. I started at IBM in July where the place is practically in view from where I sit and barely a day goes by without me thinking about it… strange isn’t it?
I managed to write a very story story about it called “Black Velcro Shoe” some years ago, which was a odd experience to say the least. I had no problem writing it but I couldn’t read it out in my creative writing class.
See Also: Black Velcro Shoe, A map of events using Local Live
Portsmouth, Childhood Memories, Memories, Personal
We took the kids to see The Story of Cinderella at the Nuffield Theatre on Sunday. As a rule I don’t go to pantomime, never really taken to them. The problem with them is that I don’t do embarrasment very well and these things seem to tend toward cringe worthy which in turn leads to embarrasment.
I will admit that despite the odd uncomfortable bit, I did enjoy it, and the kids really loved it. Jacob watched some of it through his fingers as he found the Ugly Sisters a little scary; they were in fact very funny.
embarrasment, Ugly Sisters, Cinderella, Theatre, pantomime
Cinderella, Theatre, pantomime
I Just thought I’d mention this recycling website http://www.freecycle.org/ for no other reason than it being there…
recycling
I forgot to mention that I watched half of Madonna’s London Confessions tour concert on TV last week, or maybe even the week before last… ( some details here )
Anyway, what I saw was fantastic… she’ll really knows how to entertain and put on a show. It’s a brilliant concert for a brialliant album. I was thoroughly entertained… I just need to watch it all now!
See Also: Slide Show of some images…
concert, TV, entertain, show, Madonna Madonna