Having made the rather unseemly boast recently that this blog will never die, I find it currently bedridden with a severe case of writer's bloc; an especially malignant malady no doubt brought on by unwisely wandering across a hubris infested expanse of dense egomania; or it could just be that nasty jinx bug that's been going around. The prose doctor has prescribed making lists. Very well, here is a list of interesting things I have done so far this week, possible empirical grist for my malfunctioning mill.
1. Purchased a small, half-tone cartoon of a seance by the Italian illustrator Sergio Tofano, circa 1929
2. Complained vociferously to my savings bank about the vast number of promotional offers they send me.
3. Watched an hour-long 16mm documentary about the Majdanek concentration camp
4. Began re-reading Auberon Waugh's Country Topics in tandem with Christopher Isherwood's Down There On A Visit, a book never previously opened by me.
5. Enjoyed a leisurely bus ride from Central Square to Central Street; rubbing shoulders with what Somerset Maugham would call "a lovely load of human litter."
6. Currently settling down to watch Real Madrid play Barcelona in a Champions League semi-final at the Nou Camp
7. Looking forward to our Nantucket excursion this weekend.
You might think I could construct a paragraph or three from one of those events, but apparently not. This desperate brain rattles around my skull like the last walnut in a gift basket, but alas, to no avail. I am very busy with work all day on Wednesday, so perhaps I'll have another bash on Thusday. "Light blogging until then," as we used to say in the rapidly diminishing Blogosphere.
How on earth is it that thy would show Real Madrid play Barcelona in a Champions League semi-final at the Nou Camp in the US???
I only watched one soccer game in the US and that wa sthw orld championship final last summer and I don't want to talk about it anymore.
Posted by: Laurent | May 03, 2011 at 19:21
You have to go through the, er, appropriate channels.
I am led to understand that more live European soccer is shown on US TV than European TV now.
Posted by: american fez | May 04, 2011 at 08:50
i went to the same school as patrick. i remeber those girls from my school who wrote in. they were white trash...i always felt so bad for them.
Posted by: high supra shoes | October 23, 2011 at 03:37
I am from Pakistan My cousin live in Europe he said to me about Barcelona and Real Madrid performance i don't know about these two plat foam.
But know i search many article about Barcelona and Read Madrid very impress.
Posted by: Barcelona | October 27, 2011 at 04:36