OK. Ive been nominated by Sarah OLeary Cain to do one of those three positive things a day thingies. She hasnt told me how long for. A week? I thought of my three positives, but then realised they were rather negatively positive, so I thought Id roll them into one, and then have two quieter, todays personal experience, positives. 1. This morning the phone rang. Can I speak to your health and safety department? said the voice. Ha ha. The jokes worn off as it keeps happening, and I was irritated. Then I thought of people who get a phone call; The IDF needs to target the building that is close to you, you have five minutes to get out. And Im irritated by a cold call! And if I did have to run - Id have plenty of places to run to - Im not part of a huge population imprisoned in something that is no more than a giant compound. This morning someone knocked on my door. I was having a shit. Why do people wait till Im having a shit before they knock on the door? But it wasnt a knock on the roof as those ever so amusing, game playing, IDF operatives call it. The first, warning missile that hits a building in a comparatively random way anyway. My only problem is deciding whether I can put up with not knowing who it was, or having to wipe my arse quickly - not knowing whether I have to run, run, run, or die. (And I believe the Gazan sewage system has never been fully restored since operation cast lead.) This afternoon a jet flew overhead. I wasnt frightened. Not one little bit. I didnt think there was going to be a terrible, burning heat of pain, humiliation, Armageddon, unimaginable injuries - not to me, not to the ones I love. It is a positive thing that I live in such safety. It is not a positive thing if we all keep our mouths shut. 2. Today Natalie Torpeys dog jumped on me and sat in my lap. I like Natalies dog because he is silly and he is called Arthur. 3. Today I gave up trying to work out on the computer whether I could get an open ended day return railway ticket to London, and went to the station and asked a human being. She fixed me up with a ticket for £15. I would have paid £50+ on the computer. I said, Youre much nicer than a computer. She said, ..and I dont crash. Then she paused for thought and said, well, actually, I do sometimes.
Posted on: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 19:43:45 +0000
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