The Love Reaction Revolution
It's my first proper day driving the Skin Deep tank today. Shoot - if I thought I was busy before, I didn't know what I was talking about but that's maybe because I need to squeeze three weeks into one. Anyway, so far so good and all going according to plan.
What can I tell you without blowing the whole shooting match? Earlier today, I had cause to make a phone call to Mark Manning - yeah, that Mark Manning... the Zodiac Mindwarp Mark Manning. I'm working on a new short feature called "The Back Piece" which is some irreverent questions either about tattooing or people with tattoos who are pretty well known for having them. How could I resist calling on the original tattooed beat messiah for some wise words? Actually his words were a lot wiser than mine at the end of the day, but who else could I have a conversation with about Loki, Odin, Latin and whether or not rock stars should ride horses? For those thoroughly not paying attention, there's a new album out soon - We Are Volsung - and it's good. Real good.
I finally got a hold of Chuck Klosterman's Eating The Dinosaur yesterday - well, Eleanor got it for me as a leaving present from "other job". They probably all thought she'd lost it a bit, but there's no point in having a leaving present that you hate and bitch about. Not only that, there was also a replacement for the Kiss mug I smashed the handle off one morning and a copy of that very sexy Doctor Who notebook... the one that River carries around with her - very cool it is too, complete with text and drawings. There's a lesson in here somewhere for everybody. If you're on the move, make sure somebody that likes you is in charge of getting your leaving present...
Finally, for now, I picked the old Saab up from the first service it's had in years yesterday - only to find that there's nothing wrong with it all that a bit of a rub down didn't cure, but the garage guys had also put new number plates on it for no reason at all. Is this normal behaviour for car servicing? I've never known that before. I thought they might have smashed one by accident but they're new on front and back. Curious but a nice thing to do... it didn't go unnoticed.
