Expanding Universe / March 25 2008
I do not care that my television set is broken. I do not care that the picture has shrunk to the energy-saving size of a matchbox. And neither do I care that the manufacturer’s guarantee ran out last week.
Apart from The Simpsons, there is nothing worth watching anyway. Yesterday, on the local news, the constipated presenter informed me: ‘That’s it for the lunchtime bulletin. We’ll see you at six this evening when we’ll be meeting a woman who owns a shed.’
I rest my case.
Having more free time does provide for one the opportunity to explore new horizons, but my initial plan to simply ‘do more work’, may, I admit, require a little tweaking.
It’s hard being a very creative individual; you are always ‘on’. It is essential to flip the off switch occasionally, and without the mind-numbing, anodyne televisual content to which I have become accustomed to viewing in the evenings, I’m afraid I may once again be tempted by the accursed bottle to help me calm my active mind.
Yes, I know: I could read more - but it’s hard to find a book that does not inspire me in some wonderful way. Reading a well written novel is very energising and always leads to me picking up my guitar and beginning to write new songs. Besides, books? I’ve read them all.
Filed under Alcoholism / Books / Simpsons / Song Writing / Television
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4 comments on “Expanding Universe”
Charlotte / March 25th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
I’m currently reading Rat Scabies’s quest for the holy grail. It’s good fun, perhaps more so for me because I live near the places he’s talking about, but it’s a giggle all the same. I’d recommend it for a couple of evenings on the sofa with the telly off.
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Napoleon Fantastic / March 26th, 2008 at 11:23 am
Thanks, Charlotte.
I’m reading some Ian Rankin at the moment. Elegant but rather pedestrian, I’m slightly disappointed.
Nelson Galaxy / March 26th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Michael Chabon is rather good, just read one of his.
Napoleon Fantastic / March 27th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
OK. Thanks, Nelson. I’ll see if the have any in the Salvation Army shop next time I’m in there.
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