Day 933

Aka Monday 19^th August 2019

I had a day off work today, partially to get a crown fitting, but mostly to just take a breather/long weekend. It also meant that I was able to go for a Long Walk (a penance for the joy of a day off!):

…and I was glad to see that I was still able to overcome my two foes:

...the foot bridge over the train lines and the steps down to the beach. For some reason these two trigger my anxiety (maybe because they make me feel exposed and vulnerable?) and in the past it has gotten so bad that I have had to avoid them, which is a ridiculous thing to have to do. But the more I purposefully use them and “beat” them the more I learn to cope with the anxiety. Thanks CBT!

…and I did today’s G2 Crossword:

…which got the week off to an okay, average start. Most of the clues were straight forward after the little grey cells had chewed them over, and I only had to cheat on a fifth (or so) of the clues (five out of 23, which give me an Illuminati score). So, swings and roundabouts. I should have gotten ‘bailiff’ from ‘landlord’s agent’, but I was thinking about whoever it is that organises things at the start of the tenancy, the letting agent?, and not about the end of an tenancy. And ‘crescendo’ and ‘delete’ just evaded the little grey cells, but I have learnt that ‘silage’ is ‘partially fermented fodder’ and that a ‘melange’ is an ‘assortment’…

Days 929 – 932

Aka Thursday 15^th August 2019 - Sunday 18^th August 2019

And again I’ve gotten really behind on keeping this blog up to date, so (once again) I’m going to rush through things to try to get back up to date. During these four days I:

…brought a comic:

…read some great comics:

…watched‘Devil’s Advocate’and‘Rollerball’, both of which are fun films, both a bit cheesy on their ways, but both very entertaining...

…finished reading Mick Houghton’s ‘Fried & Justified’, which recounts his time in music PR, working for bands/artists including the Jesus & Mary Chain, The KLF, Echo & The Bunnymen and Julian Cope. Which gives a great behind the scenes account of some of the great music and music events that happen between 1978-98:

….picked up some more Lego Star Wars goodness:

and I did the G2 Crosswords:

…Thursday’s (15/08/2019) crossword went a little worse, I had to cheat on a sixth of the clues (three out of 18), but I did learn that the ‘mulberry’ is a ‘tree whose leaves are eaten by silkworms’ and that a ‘squib’ is a ‘jumping firework’ and not just a special effect. Not sure why I didn’t get ‘yielding’ from ‘submissive, maybe I need to brush up on my Fifty Shades… 😊

…and Friday’s (16/08/2019) crossword made Thursday’s look like a masterclass in solving crosswords as I had to cheat on over a quarter of the clues (five out of nineteen). It was a real struggle to get the answers I did get. I literally should have done better, especially as ‘literally’ was one of the answers I missed! But I did learn that a ‘Kelpie’ is a ‘Scottish water sprite – Australian sheepdog’.

…and Saturday’s (17/08/2019) crossword ended the week on an average note as I had to cheat on a fifth of the clues (five out of 24) again. I think the little grey cells were a little hangover as I should have gotten ‘pastrami’ from ‘seasoned smoked beef, served in thin slices’, but I went for ‘salami’ (even though it would a couple more a’s and i’s 😊), that ‘agar’ is a ‘food thickening agent obtained from seaweed’ and ‘sulk’ from ‘(be in) a huff’. Onwards to next week…