so_i_got_off_work_early_because_of DannyH the powercut. Both sides of the street taken out, nothing open on the first monday of the sales. It was decided I could go home because of me having made such a fuss about my cough. Woke myself up with it. Strangest thing, the dream I was having was so pleasant. The waking reflex seemed so alien to my intentions, as if for a second I was just watching myself, coughing, without actually experiencing the moment myself... 040105 ... DannyH Wearing my watch on my right wrist beacuse of this nasty little triangle shaped burn on the left one. Coming up on the second pill at Lost Vagueness. New Year's Eve, clumsily attempted hug burns Patrick's ear with my cigarette. Before he can swear at me I wince as the burning end of the cigarette wriggles underneath my watch. Feels so heavy over there on the dexter. keep on looking at a wound as if it's going to tell me what time it is... 040105 ... DannyH Achieving balance through imbalance. The long term cure for hangovers, we keep on drinking. I demur on the MDA/speed mix snortline despite the celebratory mood. Pat won the poker game. £420 and his birthday too, there's still another bottle of champagne in the fridge I'm sure. Corporate gift for one of us hardworking chaps. Don't mind if I do, don't mind if I do or I don't do you? Ha ha. But no, no more stimulations if you please. Only anaesthetic. Some of us have to work in the morning... 040105 ... DannyH But how can you work without electricity? No way to call up Mrs Bartlett's details and apologise sincerely for the delay to her dressing table. So we kick our heels for half a day in the half dark. Gives us a chance to check out the emergency lighting. The boss even tells us to pop out for a few hours, do some shopping and check in later to see if anything's changed. It costs me £55 in jeans and Mull Historical Society CDs. The outside world is full of rumour. Two asian men stand face to face but one of them is pointing way way back over his shoulder. His co-conspirator's gesture is impassive, non-committal. "Let's just wait and see." I imagine him to be saying... 040105 what's it to you? who go blather from