Sarah worked last night so the usual state of affairs is to take the kids out so she can sleep in peace. We've tried being quiet but you'd be amazed how many noisy things are kept upstairs that are absolutely essential in a short four hour period. So I took them swimming. We voted - fun pool or proper pool? Shocking though it may seem, they both chose the same thing - proper pool. That doesn't happen very often and I'm glad we went there. I may be about 10lbs overweight but I'm certainly not the screaming behemoth that turned up just after we'd got in. Now I know you should reserve some sympathy for those with renegade glands and rebellious cells but I'm afraid I don't have much for those who like to stand in the queue at the chip shop. He was utterly jurassic! He had these weird normal guys legs and head but from his neck down to his waist was like someone had injected 50 gallons of saline lard into him. The kids both kept staring which was a little awkward but hey, dude - ditch the Speedos. It wasn't a good look on Mark Spitz and is probably why Andre the Giant wore a leotard at Wrestlemania. I could swear I saw the lifeguard considering pointing out the "no divebombing, no petting" signs. Good call bro...
Later on, these other people got in - just a regular family 2 +2. The little girl says "Hey Dad, can we play the shark game?"
We just stood there and stared at them. That's my fucking game. I invented that on holiday one year. Sure enough, the kids were swimming away as the dad came after them. Rhiannon and Ellie were stunned and I must add, a little upset. Call me childish if you like but we had loads of fun with our new game called "Get in the way of the bastards who stole our old game".
Back in the grown up world. It's cool to be in touch with so many people that I've been writing about recently. This morning, Chopper got in touch to see if I had any photo's from "back in the day", (that would be the 89-91 days). Sadly I don't, but I should probably set about finding some otherwise there won't be many photographs in that section. I'm starting to feel a bit homesick. I haven't been home for almost a year now, but I really need to get this work finished before I do because I don't want it coloured by anybody.
Anyway, after a couple of hours of proper work, we decided to take Ellie to see Vantage Point. What a great movie. It's kind of like 24 meets The French Connection in which a bunch of Spaniards basically kick much Yank ass - well, for most of the movie at least. Worth the hype for sure. On the subject of movies, my love for Iron Man is growing and the trailers for both that and Dark Knight mean the summer is nearly here! The biggest kick of all though is going to be Shyamalan's The Happening - I'm gonna love it even if it sucks, because when Shyamalan sucks, he's still the Man.
Anyway, time to start the night job now. I've set myself a target of 7-8,000 words before I go to bed. Gonna be a long night brothers and sisters. Which reminds me, a little while ago, there was a weather warning about some storm that's heading our way after midnight. They were issuing warnings that at all costs, people should stay away from the sea front because it was going to be a roofshaker. They have to be kidding right? I'm heading down there later with the biggest golf umbrella I can find.
Seen the movie Pushing Tin? That's what I'm after!
Clip of the day: Stakk Attakk | Wrathchild (It wasn't just good at the time, it was awesome!)
