So this morning I say to Henry, "you know that the bruise on your cheek makes you look a little like a young Mel Gibson in the first Mad Max movie", and he's all like "whatchutalkinboutwillis", and I'm smirking and ask him where he's picked up the Diff'rent Strokes reference, but he's keeping stum and playing it cool like.
So we're circling like lions over a carcass and I tell him that maybe it's a young Mel Gibson in Tim that I'm thinking of and he shoots me a glare that'd cut diamonds and I'm figuring "game, set and match" and strut off like Mick Jagger right after the first chorus of Brown Sugar at the Hollywood Bowl in the early seventies, 'cos, you know, I've just put Gary Coleman Junior in his place an' all.
But he ain't havin' none of that and comes at me with a broken whiskey bottle (or maybe it's a banana), and it's on. So we're rolling 'round the floor and there's stools gettin' knocked over and lego piercing into my side. I had his arms pinned, but then he bit my nose like that dude in Midnight Express and I scream and Ezra's like:
and that's when we realised that it was all a bit stupid, dusted ourselves off, shook hands like gentlemen, and went off to Play Group.
Jus' another day rollin' in the hood.
Comments
Good character shot of Ezra.
So glad the "black eye" you had me worried about is not as bad as I imagined.
Nice to see you have been lurking in the fun History Blog.
Thanks for leaving the comment on my Sibiu photo blog. I left a detailed answer to your question there, but in brief - Capital of Culture is (I think) an EU thing, cities are announced several years in advance and get money to tart up and develop existing and new culture. Glasgow was Capital of Culture in 1990 and it transformed the place.
I can't imagine how busy you must be!
Hendrawan, they are cute, even when they are yelling at me.
Dina, I try not to lurk, but sometimes have to remind myself to comment. The bruise on the cheek has darkened up a little in the meantime, but isn’t too bad.
Jackie, I like the idea of a ‘Capital of Culture’, we only have the ‘tidy town’ award here. Burnie won it once and is still gloating about it!
USelaine, I think that the start of it was sleeping with the radio on. And then having parents that both worked (thus easy access to the TV). I quite like America, it is such a huge place that can cater to any desire that you might have (good or bad). It gets bad press, as it’s easy to bag the big guy. I always laugh when people say “Americans don’t understand irony” when I think about all of the comedians, musicians, filmmakers, poets and writers that beautifully and deftly demonstrate that plenty do.
A lot of people don’t understand the folly of generalising about 400 million people and the most diverse group of cultures and lifestyles on Earth! There may be a touch of irony there.
Kala, balance? I’m not sure. They’re pretty much the entire focus right now. But maybe I needed some focus in my life. Things were kind of just meandering along up to now.
Busy isn’t the word!