'mind the gap'... HAHAHAAAA

Hello, I begin to type this on Thursday. I do have a valid reason. This that I declare on this blog that I am going to go two weeks without coffee. That’s two weeks from today (Thursday), so 13 days come blog publication. Some may discount this as an ‘easy task’, others the opposite. I really don’t know, so I will find out. If I am ok, next week, you’ll know.  Don’t worry, I will be honest. The reason that I declare this online, on my blog, is that by declaring it worldwide, enforces it. I always live by what I state here, there is no lying, ever.

Hmmm, now, many of you will disregard the ‘heroic’ status in which I hold Mr Ashcroft.  As you should know already by the very title of this blog, I value his prose, in song lyrics or interview quotation.

It was on YouTube that I found an interview with him dating back from 1998.  I noted what Richard Ashcroft said, finding a positive quote:

 Sometimes you have to wait

and you have to realise that the world is run by chaos, and we don't have that much control really. Some things are going to happen along the way that may take a little bit longer. If it takes longer, that means that your foundations are stronger.

Ok, I continue in the real world. The rain. L

The other day, it rained non-stop. I was in Kingston, so one option was to get the bus home, however I chose the alternate route along the riverside. My photo below depicts an unusual view of no-one, space. I was the only one (perhaps stupid). I may be called crazy, foolish, stupid or whatever insult, but I was suitably dressed and spent the entire journey wearing a smile. I was content that the rain did not harm me or my wheelchair in any way. Instead, it was showing how incredibly week everyone else was being in this situation. Only water. As the picture shows, it wasn’t that heavy. Maybe, I have strengthened my resolution to such ‘problematic issues’. Maybe I am getting too arrogant.

 

Rain, rain, go away.

OK. I had got down the river, ending up in my local café for lunch. A strange experience. The café was being used by a wedding party (following a special, decorative arrival). To be fair it seemed a ‘perfect’ wedding party. The bride was stunningly beautiful, groom wasn’t actually spotted, but there somewhere. The entire family were in the entourage along with professional photographers. Hmm, nice.

It could be seen as unfortunate, that it rained all day, however everything equals. A beautiful, top notch, expensive wedding, seemed ‘perfect’. Nothing is perfect. Rain.

Hmm, before my accident, way back in 2006, my life was too perfect. Perfection does not exist.

Nor do ‘chausettes’!

Hmmm?

OK, I passed a pair of girls today. I paid one a compliment, as she had some class shoes on (so it was deserved). I soon found that they were both French, so I repeated in my best French, ‘j’adore ta chausettes’ . They looked confused.

‘Ah, chausseures?’

I then realised that I was inventing my own language.

Hey ho, nevermind. I was saying that I loved her underwear! Hehe, oops!!

Music. Released on Monday just gone was the new ‘Queens Of The Stone Age’ album ‘... Like Clockwork’

Quality throughout.

...

Ok, notes made today, Friday 31st May. As I know that this is quite a momentous challenge for me, I thought would start in style! My last coffee had for two weeks was a double macchiato, had at the Bar Italia, in the sun, today. Perfect. 1pm.

  

I will complete my challenge at 1pm on 14th June. I then aim to limit my coffees to one or two per day.

I was on the train to Waterloo, busy planning my trip in my head when I got distracted, almost hysterical. I saw the sign 'mind the gap'. Oh, how I laugh!

The photo I show annoys me, I took it from Hungerford bridge looking west. Different from everyone's classic photos of the wheel, I saw an opportunity. Unfortunately, as reviewed on the train home, I disregard its value...

... Nice, in theory, but, I AM NOT STRAIGHT!! 

gggrrrrrrrrr