Food for thought

 I’m just nursing the remnants of a hangover, which is probably something I say a lot. I finished the second chapter of my new story yesterday morning, so decided to celebrate. I still need to proof read and post it, but it felt good to be getting some work done. Also, my interesting new sleep pattern was starting to get to me, which booze certainly sorted out. Basically, I’ve been sleeping hard for maybe an hour and a half, getting up for three hours, then going back to bed for another hard hour and a half. This has been going on for a couple of weeks. So, yeah, after a few* beers I crashed for seven hours straight.

*six and two whiskies

As I’ve pontificated  before: say what you like about alcoholism, but at least you get your rest.

I’m also sensibly dealing with the DTs by watching the recent big monster/kaiju boxset. Bombastic, OTT, nightmarish, end-of-days destruction is PERFECT for a nasty headache. Godzilla took me a few days to get through (it’s a fucking expositional slog), so I’m finally onto Kong: Skull Island. I do love me some John Goodman, I must say. Although I fear he won’t be in it much.

I’m wondering what to have for my dinner, as there’s not much in the kitchen. Maybe I’ll order a takeaway, just as soon as I figure out what my tummy fancies. I was having horrible gastroenteritis earlier, which may have been booze-related, so I’m taking things slow.

Oh I decided to dig out The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension to watch on Tuesday, which is a film I don’t watch enough. Every time I do I’m all like “I should set up a separate Tv in my flat and screen it 24/7!”. It’s an utterly bonkers movie, which actually stimulates creativity in my brain. When you tear down the walls of convention, anything’s possible! I remember wanting to first see it when I was a teenager after they showed this clip right before airing it:

I mean, come on, why would you NOT want to see THAT movie?!

It’s also interesting how it was released a year before Back to the Future, but has some similar elements. Notably: a futuristic car that travels through dimensions powered by a three pronged science fiction device. It also has Christopher Loyd in there. Well, it has EVERYONE in there. The cast is incredible.

While we tragically never got the sequel the film promises, James Bond-style, they did release a comic book of its screenplay, which I have in sat front of me now. They also just published a novel version which, thankfully, has also had an audiobook made of it. Guess what I’ll be spending my Audible credit on THIS month?!

I’ve still yet to tidy up after the furniture delivery last week. Well, I guess it’ll be more of a shuffle about, as I had to move some stuff out of the way to make room for the workmen. I just… I dunno… can’t be bothered at this point. My interest in guitar playing is quite at a low, so I’m not desperate to open up my music nook, which is currently crammed with junk. Oh well, maybe tomorrow.

I’m still not sure what cuisine I fancy. I’m preferring bland stuff at the moment, so I may order from a pizza place.

Right, time to crack on with Kong: Skull Island!

Do stay in touch, darlings.

Toodles!