Bombshell

My mother, on the phone, drops a bombshell.

"You do know that because of the global warming, all these polar bears and penguins in North and South Pole will be extinct by 2030, don't you."

She said that in a so matter-of-factly way. She didn't even leave any room for me to state that I don't believe in global warming. This declaration shut me up completely, I couldn't even say,
"No, I didn't, mum."
or,
"No, that coulnd't be true."

It only made me produce this great grief for losing all the penguins in South Pole (mum, there is no penguin in North Pole,) and 20 odd years from now on I will be looking at the pictures of Emperor penguins with deep nostalgia, begin weeping like a camel in a night in a desert, encouraged by possible menopause rather than a dry sandy breeze.

It was a sad vision to have. No penguins in the world, and me menopausing like actual woman and sobbing over the fact of no penguins. That is sad. It would have been not too bad if that was about to happen when I was seniling and was looking at the pictures of Emperor penguins and cry like a careless child while dribbling saliva mixed with sedatives from the corner of my mouth. Then that would be all harmless because, all I have to feel then is a guilt in a fog, for causing the greenhouse effect by eating burgers and drinking coke. Burrrrp.

So, I squeezed aching heart to say just this.
"Mum, I am sure some people would think it is feasible to keep them in a giant freezer, rather than seeing them go."

Mum just laughed at this, light heartedly.

25 past Midnight on M4, Italian Style

Heading back from Chiswick to Berks, I was racing with a Mini, who was first blocking me at 90mph, then started flash me with its beam. M4 between J8/9 and 10 is always pitch dark, but there was no need for any beam. I so wished for a police to show up from the hard shoulder and stop this psychotic Mini, and that's pretty much what happened.

Police might have gotten me, I was doing 100mph to get away from the Mini after all, but Police went for Mini with stupid beam on doing 82mph, perhaps because I was behind the police car and didn't make any sudden movement.

Anyone knows this; go with the flow, just only when you are on the road. And NEVER take over a police car.

Good Bye RENT

Today I receive an email informing the end of RENT in Nederlander. I can never go and see the show after that, and I cannot face that fact. Before thinking through I was clicking the link to see if I can at least get the ticket, then so I will save up and fly for the last performance. The web page kept saying that data not found. I then phoned the ticket master, and yelled, "AGENT!" with the slimmest hope to hear, "We have a ticket available," but the guy tells me that he's received tons of calls about the show today and unfortunately the tickets are all gone.

 

I might still go. Just so I get to see it in N.Y. again, probably not the last performance, but just any one, before that grand show fades away like youth.

 

Is this mean that I finally have to be a grown up, be one of them, being in the mainstream, pretending to be alive with a sex drive, hide in work, never light the candle, any day but today, let die the Bohemian....?

 

197201 minutes left now.

Try Me and Love Me

Went to a product test for detergents. This was the first non edible product test I have ever done. Didn't have a clue on how I test the things without actually using them, in 30 min.

The lady who always gives the introduction read through the general statement and purpose of the test, which she must have done like 20 times already in that day. She always wears shoes which colour matches her suites.

"You will test 3 detergents today,"
She said, but I swear she mispronounced and said,
"You will taste 3 detergents today,"
which is what she always says.

She told us to sip water to neutralize our nose. Alternatively,
"You smell back of your elbow to do this, if you can."
Was she concerned about fat armed people, or about people who has phobia of body pits?

The test ended with us saying something like,
"This smells like a good degreaser."

I think Henry does not look like a good hoover, but he really is. You should never judge a book by its cover, or its smell.

Twilight Road

There is this road work going on at J2 on M3. It has been there since June last year, as far as I can remember, and Highway Agency and all other sources kept telling us that it would be completed by the end of December '07. All this time the traffic news kept informing the "sever delays" on the spot, every minute of every day, even when it was not so severely congested.

Now the deadline has been and gone, the work is nowhere near being completed. There are hundreds of traffic cones still blocking the lane, causing everyone to slow down, with two temporary speed cameras effectively causing the natural congestion. There still is minimum of 10 minutes delay from J1 to J3.

However, according to Highway Agency and ALL other sources, the work has been completed now and all the delays causing substances are scrapped, and there is no blockage at J2 on M3. None. Nada. There was not a single traffic news reporting ANY delay for the spot since 1/1/08, as if the very visible traffic cones and speed cameras and emergency recovery areas are all the products of mirage.

Not meeting the deadline is a norm and we all take that like bitches and never moan, but faking the road work's completion and PRETENDING the work not to be existing is just taking the piss. Or is it some sort of a conspiracy? Are we all being experimented for some government scheme?

Traffic news are as useless as weather reports, with different reasons, but in the same effect.