It is unimaginably, uncontrollably, oppressively hot. My house has no air conditioning; it’s around 40 degrees right now. A dry windy heat, perfect for bush fires. Also perfect for laying on my bed all day, watching movies and eating icy-poles with the fan pointing right at me. I watched Transamerica this afternoon, which made me rather sad. I’m not sure what angle it was going for, but it left me feeling rather miserable – the ending was bittersweet but mostly tragic, yet accompanied by super happy music? I don’t know; it didn’t resolve, it made me sad and it didn’t sit well. Having said that, Felicity Huffman was great. And her son… well, he looks a lot like Sebastian, so I has happy.
Tonight I’m going to the beach, which is very exciting. Sebastian is afraid of sharks so I haven’t been this summer, but I’m determined to coax him into the sea, at least to his knees. Both of us saw Jaws as pre-teens with overactive imaginations, so sharks are a very big reason not to go in. But it’s just too darn hot
daniel said,
March 14, 2008 at 4:14 pm
heeeello rose. long time no see… i’m actually contemplating posting a blog to dontfeedthemonkeys.com today.
Just share the logic of it with Sebastian. As someone who lives on the sunshine coast and snorkles a lot and sees a fair few sharks, this is the only advice I can give:
absolutely shitloads of people get in the water every day all across australia, but particularly in spots that are high risk, such as where I am. The actual statistics on shark attacks per year vs the number of people who get in the water per year, means that you basically have four fifths of five eigths of fcuk all chance of being taken by a shark. It’s up there with lightening strikes.
In fact, should i be attacked, i’d be straight out to buy a lotto ticket to hope that those significantly small stats in my favour (?) were to apply across the board
It’s just pretty simple stuff really. Don’t swim where fishermen are dropping burley. Don’t swim in canals (like the ones houses are built against on the gold coast). Don’t get in the water with a freely bleeding wound and don’t pee in the water (sharks pick it up, apparently, from as far away or further than blood – due to all the protein particles in it — haven’t checked these facts, but i would err on the side of caution anyway).
So, if he’s not a bleeedin’ and doesn’t need to evacuate his bladder and you’re not about to take a dip in a burley pool.. then chances are, all will be ok