[m i a o w] the cat

I am still pulling myself by my fingernails over the craggy piles of crud in order to get a report on fire and it’s related costs to my boss next week. Oh god. As I’m spending so much time online finding information sources, etc etc, I have decided to also use the time in a less boring way - downloading music! As I can’t afford to buy any, I’m going to compile my own playlistss, and the site I’m loving is Epitonic. The main thing that prompted this was a craving to listen to something like The Moon & The Melodies - something soothing and lyric-less to drown out birdsong, powertools and television noise. I found some cool Harold Budd, Labradford, Arab Strap (OK, so that’s not lyric-less)…and then I remembered that I had dabbled with Gnutella a few years back, so I downloaded XoloX and ShareBear and have begun poking around with those as well. However Epitonic is my toy of the moment…though with a dial-up connection patience is a virtue.

As I attempt to write, I have had to set up a mozzie coil under my desk to ward off the bastards…there must be sandflies as well, or how else could I suddenly look down at my right hand and discover a huge welt on it without feeling anything? On top of the desk I am burning rose-geranium oil in an effort to drown out the quite horrific stench of the mozzie coil. Talk about multi-tasking. Dave and Rie are buying a new car. I’ve suggested a Humber; large, reliable, invented-before-the-invention-of-the-crumplezone kind of cars, but I would be equally happy with..um…one of those groovy Citroens or the super-sexy vintage Volvos - I am not joking, they are seriously cool.