Even after 30 years together, I think we both harbour a suspicion that after having fallen madly in love, we had to somehow trick the other one into to feeling the same way, and we each live in fear that sooner or later the other is going to notice they were deceived and realise we are not worthy of their love after all...
Wednesday, 25 November 2020
Wednesday, 11 November 2020
Decisions, decisions...
...and then I had to abandon the ironing after the first shirt, because I realised I'd been staring at the pile for over 5 minutes and felt incapable of deciding what order to do them in...
Thursday, 1 October 2020
The world is not what you thought
One of those conversations where, in a moment of awareness, the world suddenly turns and you realise that every memory of who you are, what you did, and why you did it, is now going to have to be re-written...
...again.
Friday, 19 June 2020
My Journey to a Parallel Universe
A true story...
When I was in my mid to late 20s, I drove a Lada.
Not the most fashionable of cars - in fact it was about as fashionable as my mullet - but it got us from A to B, most of the time.
Mine was light brown in colour.
I always knew it was light brown, so when I went to Halfords to buy some paint to cover up some of the scratches and dents, I bought the light brown Lada paint.
Then when I got home and went to apply the paint, my Lada was inexplicably cream, and had always been cream coloured.
The only explanation I have ever been able to come up with is, in that moment I slipped into a parallel universe where everything was the same except the colour of my Lada.
I sometimes wonder how the life of the Kim from the parallel universe I swapped places with, who bought cream paint at Halfords and suddenly found his Lada was brown, has turned out...
When I was in my mid to late 20s, I drove a Lada.
Not the most fashionable of cars - in fact it was about as fashionable as my mullet - but it got us from A to B, most of the time.
Mine was light brown in colour.
I always knew it was light brown, so when I went to Halfords to buy some paint to cover up some of the scratches and dents, I bought the light brown Lada paint.
Then when I got home and went to apply the paint, my Lada was inexplicably cream, and had always been cream coloured.
The only explanation I have ever been able to come up with is, in that moment I slipped into a parallel universe where everything was the same except the colour of my Lada.
I sometimes wonder how the life of the Kim from the parallel universe I swapped places with, who bought cream paint at Halfords and suddenly found his Lada was brown, has turned out...
Sunday, 9 February 2020
Gritty Realism...
Once there was a man who lived in a small hut on the edge of the village.
If asked, he could tell people exactly how they could achieve anything they wanted.
Now if this was an epic saga, it would tell of heroes who asked all the right questions and went on to achieve their hearts’ desires.
Instead, this is a tale based in gritty social realism, which means very few people ever got round to asking him anything.
And those that did always had a good excuse for not acting on his advice, so continued to live their lives unfulfilled.
If asked, he could tell people exactly how they could achieve anything they wanted.
Now if this was an epic saga, it would tell of heroes who asked all the right questions and went on to achieve their hearts’ desires.
Instead, this is a tale based in gritty social realism, which means very few people ever got round to asking him anything.
And those that did always had a good excuse for not acting on his advice, so continued to live their lives unfulfilled.
Monday, 6 January 2020
The Price of Immortality
What they never tell you about immortality is it doesn't come with increased intelligence.
For sure, the extra decades and centuries of life bestow a certain amount of experience, perhaps even wisdom, but now I get to spend all of eternity aware of my limitations.
After a while dreams and ambitions become pretty pointless.
And I have to accept I will always need to find a teenager to help me with the latest technology...
For sure, the extra decades and centuries of life bestow a certain amount of experience, perhaps even wisdom, but now I get to spend all of eternity aware of my limitations.
After a while dreams and ambitions become pretty pointless.
And I have to accept I will always need to find a teenager to help me with the latest technology...
Tuesday, 17 December 2019
Look to the future...
When we stop looking to the future,
when we stop imagining what could be,
when we stop fighting for possibilities,
when we become obsessed with nostalgia,
when we live in the past,
when we no longer look ahead, only behind,
that is when we become old,
that is when we are only treading water until we die.
when we stop imagining what could be,
when we stop fighting for possibilities,
when we become obsessed with nostalgia,
when we live in the past,
when we no longer look ahead, only behind,
that is when we become old,
that is when we are only treading water until we die.
Sunday, 22 September 2019
Sometimes a line hits you so deeply, so profoundly...
I'm the one that's going to have to die
When it's time for me to die
So let me live my life the way I want to
- Jimi Hendrix
When it's time for me to die
So let me live my life the way I want to
- Jimi Hendrix
Friday, 13 September 2019
Tuesday, 20 August 2019
Brexit and Democracy
The essential problem with Brexit has come about because we use a version of "democracy" to govern the country.
Democracy is a system that inherently makes big changes as difficult as possible.
As soon as you stick a handful of people together – from any cross section of any society – there will be disagreements.
Disagreements lead to heated discussions, arguments, and eventually a level of compromise that doesn't really satisfy anyone and has usually not moved too far from the original starting point.
In terms of making real changes to people's lives, it's a useless system.
The two major benefits, however, are:
1) it prevents tyrants from getting a strong foothold for any length of time, and
2) while the politicians spend all their time endlessly arguing, the rest of us can get on with our lives in relative peace.
Which, by and large, is what most people want.
The problems really pile up though when real change is needed. The democratic system just isn't designed for it.
There is no solution to Brexit that is not going to horrify and anger at least 20 million people.
Democracy is a system that inherently makes big changes as difficult as possible.
As soon as you stick a handful of people together – from any cross section of any society – there will be disagreements.
Disagreements lead to heated discussions, arguments, and eventually a level of compromise that doesn't really satisfy anyone and has usually not moved too far from the original starting point.
In terms of making real changes to people's lives, it's a useless system.
The two major benefits, however, are:
1) it prevents tyrants from getting a strong foothold for any length of time, and
2) while the politicians spend all their time endlessly arguing, the rest of us can get on with our lives in relative peace.
Which, by and large, is what most people want.
The problems really pile up though when real change is needed. The democratic system just isn't designed for it.
There is no solution to Brexit that is not going to horrify and anger at least 20 million people.
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