In 2016 I performed in a pantomime, got a Wikipedia page, went to Weston Super Mare and the Isle of Wight, I spoke about boring things to people from a multinational company in London and New York, I cried about David Bowie, I met cats and dogs, I got drunk and was interviewed on the radio, I bought a new coat, I laughed, I hid from the world, I dialled 999, I visited a nuclear bunker, I was insulted by Giles Coren, I made new friends and made up with old friends, I watched John Carpenter play the theme from Halloween on Halloween, I went on the night tube, I went to Kew Gardens, I gave up on a book proposal and started a new one and then gave up on that and went back to the original, I watched Stranger Things and Fleabag, I hurt my hip, I wrote things on my hand, I stayed in a toad-themed hotel, I sat on benches, I experienced sleep paralysis, I realised that mysteries are more interesting than answers, I sat in the park, I met relatives I’d never met before, I watched the river Thames flow past and thought about the world, I demonstrated my extensive knowledge of Christmas cracker jokes, I had CBT, I went to the cinema, I drank lots of water, I ate lots of sandwiches, a man tied my shoelaces for me, I went on a boat, I got bitten by insects, and I wore a tie every single day of the entire year.
So, as the superintendent tells us residents, over the intercom, in our high-rise after a false alarm fire, “Tout et normalle.”
sorry, “est” — ! “normale” ! — Could you provide a delete and start over button for us poor proofreaders with itchy Comment fingers?
As for mental anxiety, Fran Lebowitz says, “There is no such thing as inner peace. Just nervousness and death.” So, carry on as best you can. At least you don’t have Trump/Drumpf on your doorstep like we Canadians do…Over half of America is in a fetal position waiting to see how screwed they will be with His Idiocy soon at the wheel. ‘Course, you have Brexit…but — It Is Always Fucking Something. Carpe diem.
Very impressed with the “tie worn every day”…even when sick with the flu?
Sounds like you have a very full life. I am in a fetal position.
Take my hand.
James, will there be a Boring convention in 2017?