Sundays ….. Truly The day Of Rest…

July 17, 2005

When you are taking a conscious time out from procedings of late - relaxation needs unconscious planning..... in time, it will become second nature… like it is for me....

A day of loafing requires the following things:

Rise and shuffle around 10am - mild hangover from the night before - but did well to drink water before bed - kudos to me. indeed. ....... really liking that word ”Kudos” of late....

Short and Sweet early morning sort out - won’t be needing to impress the world today, so wear that scruffy bed head and Indiana Jones stubble like a medal and be proud of.

Full English Breakfast - regular heart attack of eggs, toast, bacon & sausages (well Indonesia’s best attempt at sausages - don’t know what it is with Asia and sausages, but they just don’t get it)

Lazy Boy Chair - it was expensive - but even though I support them - I still never expected Liverpool to win the champions league last season - neither did the Bookies in March - and that random bet of the drunken heart paid off - and it turned into the most comfortable place I shall ever have the pleasure to be parked in. Never underestimate the worthiness of a chair that can seem part of you.....

$1 DVD’s - Summer blockbuster lull at the Pirate store kicks in - Fantastic Four? no thanks - got Land of the Dead yet? nope - Ok, rediscover the classics - Fight Club, High Fidelity, Donnie Darko and to finish it off, One flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Consider yourself pretty damn fucking entertained after that lot.

Playlist - set up of the likes of the acoustic Foo Fighters disc, Interpol, Bravery, The Shins, Death Cab for Cutie, Bloc party, Coldplay, Kaiser chiefs, Jack Johnson, Razorlight, the entire collection of the Thievery Corporation - all interpsread with the sharp cynical knife edge wit of audio CD rips from the late great Bill Hicks

The Enemy - Lee Child - I’m a sucker for a bad ass maverick cop story - and Jack Reacher is as serious a mofo in that mould as you can get.

Shooting Stars - Harry Shapiro’s superbly written biography of Drugs, Hollywood and the Movies - in the style of Easy Riders, Raging Bulls.- Howard Marks Foreword - sold!

The UK version of the Sunday times they laser print it off the press and it arrives around 3pm - it can be 2 or 3 hours of good reading cover to cover - Favourite thing I learned today was:

A husband who was advised to strip naked and shout at trees by a marriage councillor, says it has saved his marriage. Dieter Braun, 43, said the stress release technique stopped him shouting at his wife, (pls insert comedy accent here) “If I didn’t go to the woods and scream at trees then my marriage would be over” he insisted “Feeling the breeze on my naked skin really calms me down” Braun, of Recklinghausen(!), Germany, was speaking after he was arrested and charged with causing a public nuisance.

Pizza Delivery - 7507220 - don’t be needing no mee-noo: Izzi Pizza’a Beef n Izzi pizza $2 & to your door in 15mins - I’ll be damned if I’m making any more effort to feed myself on a day like this.

Pringles - 3 tubes of - flavours be Tomato, Barbecue and good old Original - don’t eat them all you greedy gibbon - but variety is the spice of life.

Cordless Phone - for comedy catch up conversations with folk back home - mock Loomis about his ”Banjo” snapping incident

Remotes - God bless em - god bless em all....

Bottle of Jack Daniels - the most generous of helpings when you are your own barman…

& Coke - (of the drinkable kind )

Full Ice Tray - unfortunately not in the shape of woodland creatures but you can’t have everything.....

Cigarettes - just in case - kinda gave up when Liverpool won the champions league - my half time prayer - 3-3 at the death - won on penalties - but alcohol and cigarettes go together like women and whipped cream - takes more than good natured promises and the knowledge that cigarettes will ultimately kill me to break up the beautiful relationship between a drink and a smoke - although haven’t had the urge - yet - but they go together with JD pretty well........ I’m not addicted - I just like em…

Bed - beckons when my eyes close without asking......

Sundays ..... truly the day of rest

Spo | July 17, 2005