…i haven’t really mastered the skill of using chop sticks, i have simply moved from the “amateur” level to “the i know how to hold them now”…

SO! Yes, I am alive. I felt like taking some time off because I couldn’t take any more thinking. Yes! Actually it was creative thinking. It was aimless thinking and productive thinking at the same time.

I was asked to write an article or two (there’s an understatement here) for the University magazine. I think my editor went a little crazy and told me to write 1 or 2 pieces of 1000 words each or smaller pieces that would add up to the same length. That would have been fine if I had a month to prepare them or more. Instead, I had 4 days. I managed to write two very short pieces. As it turns out there is not enough room in the magazine for much and everything is being cut down so I got a little mad. Why would she not tell me that in the first place? When she asked me to write she said that I had to write all that so that she could fill in the pages as they were missing some sports articles and generally they had a lot of empty space that needed filling up. She made me feel so important as she told me in a discreet way that I was going to provide them with filling (sense the sarcastic tone here). I was to produce padding for the magazine to make it look full. So then I had to sweat over the keyboard trying to find something to write for them since she didn’t even bother to give me a topic. Again all this would have been fine if it wasn’t so last minute and then I found out that they actually didn’t need me in the first place. I was indeed honoured to be asked to participate in something like that and I will gladly do it again but they should really know what they want first.

I can see clearly that I am ranting. I am fully aware of it because I only logged in to write about something totally different. I wanted to write about how last night I had Thai food for the first time. Yes I did! I was actually a little afraid of it. What with the smell and the curry and the spices and the spiciness; I was always a bit terrified to be exact. There’s just too much going on in that plate. I just got used to eating Chinese food and have only recently mastered the skill of using chop sticks. So Thai felt like the next step for me. (I am saving sushi for when I get pregnant)

I said mastered the skill of using chop sticks. That is not entirely true really… I have simply moved from “amateur” level to “I know how to hold them now” level! Because before, when I was using chop sticks I was more like a noodle fountain. “Come see the amazing flying noodles”, they’d say. “If you can catch it in the air then you can eat it”.

I was the laughing stock of the restaurant, the nightmare of floor sweepers and an entertainment centre all in one! Because who else can sing, dance and juggle noodles at the same time? Nobody but me! That’s who. (Provided that I’ve had enough coffee, of course).

I hope everybody has had or is having a wonderful weekend. Oh and while I’m at it, I’m back!

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Written by Colin Brooks on 12.03.06 at 2:05 pm.