Monday
As Ive said before, it was lovely to see Adele last night. She told me she would call on tuesday and we'd watch a few videos. I was up by 7am. and had one of the best working days (and longest) in a while. On a normal day (although regarding writing nothing is a normal day) Id work from 10am to 5pm and I'd get a fair deal done away with but today but today I worked from 8:30am to 8:10pm. Yep a near full 12 hours. Crazy but good eh?! I only stopped twice, once at 1:20pm for luncheon (until 2pm), then I popped to the library, 3:30pm and returned to my writing at 3:50pm (library is only around the corner.)
I nailed some great lines for my play "Punched Richard" (retitled "Gorilla Blanket" in 2007.) At 7pm I was hit by the idea of a comedy type poem which I decided to call "The Pub Crawl". Believe me this is totally different from my usual darker subjects, comdey is almost unheard of in my works. I do not have a funny bone in my entire body. All of them are bruised. And sad. The piece does have a bad side of course (what doesn't?) in the fact that its an every day truth but if you cannot turn something depressing into a thing of amusement then you're screwed in Life.
I have a few other poems on the boil too of course (im a poet, its what I do) so I'll crack on with them as soon as my eyes feel better. They're slightly 'letter strained' at the moment from my marathon 12 hour writing stint!
Poured myself a soothing drink 8:30pm, im doing bloody good! But alas 1 1/2 litres of cider won't do me much good (or do me much drunk haaaa) so I pulled a fiver from my magic wallet and trotted off to the Coop to get another 3 litres of Strongbow at 9pm, just as the shop was about to close.
Got merry and happy. Fell asleep. Bliss! Nos da x
Entries from the 1998 ~ 2005 diaries of poet Steven Francis. Might sting some but nothing is fabricated or exaggerated.
Showing posts with label 1999. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1999. Show all posts
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February 16, 1999
Tuesday
Awoke 7am, cup of tea and quick look through "Official Playstation Magazine" to try and sway me to go to Swansea (for a PSX game of course.) I looked at Brian Lara Cricket then Actua Golf 3. (I really want Metal Gear Solid but its not out until late Feb.) Stuff it, went to to buy tcket to Swansea. The train wasn't due 'til 11:45am so I went back to Elkington Towers for a cigarette. I hate smoking on the street and will only resort to it in emergencies. Im considerate to a non smokers. On the train I saw a few 'Kappa Slappers', you know the sort, teenage girls smoking like chimneys with a lust for quick gropes and shady dealings behind bikesheds. Like Lex. Sad really. Felt uneasy on the choo choo and a drink wasn't too far from my thoughts but it lifted when we arrived in the city. Checked out 5th Dimension. Cricket or golf? Didn't have much time because I wanted to catch the 1:05pm back and it was by now 12:25pm. Went to the book shop on the high street and bought Bravo Two Zero over another Kray Twins book because im fed with those pathetic stories.
Hit 5th Dimension once again and opted to go with Actua Golf 3, which was £33 and three quid cheaper than cricket (although that wasn't the deciding factor. Afterall what is £3 when you're spending £33?) Caught train home. There was police at Swansea station, someone had discovered a bag of money. If id found it YIPPEE hehe.
Read some Bravo Two Zero. Lunch of 2 pork chops and at 4:20pm I booted up the golf game. Dad liked the look of it, I could tell as he watched. By 10pm Id won the AMA Offshore Nationals. I like golf. Bacon sarnie and kettle chips then read and slept.
** Zero Booze**
Awoke 7am, cup of tea and quick look through "Official Playstation Magazine" to try and sway me to go to Swansea (for a PSX game of course.) I looked at Brian Lara Cricket then Actua Golf 3. (I really want Metal Gear Solid but its not out until late Feb.) Stuff it, went to to buy tcket to Swansea. The train wasn't due 'til 11:45am so I went back to Elkington Towers for a cigarette. I hate smoking on the street and will only resort to it in emergencies. Im considerate to a non smokers. On the train I saw a few 'Kappa Slappers', you know the sort, teenage girls smoking like chimneys with a lust for quick gropes and shady dealings behind bikesheds. Like Lex. Sad really. Felt uneasy on the choo choo and a drink wasn't too far from my thoughts but it lifted when we arrived in the city. Checked out 5th Dimension. Cricket or golf? Didn't have much time because I wanted to catch the 1:05pm back and it was by now 12:25pm. Went to the book shop on the high street and bought Bravo Two Zero over another Kray Twins book because im fed with those pathetic stories.
Hit 5th Dimension once again and opted to go with Actua Golf 3, which was £33 and three quid cheaper than cricket (although that wasn't the deciding factor. Afterall what is £3 when you're spending £33?) Caught train home. There was police at Swansea station, someone had discovered a bag of money. If id found it YIPPEE hehe.
Read some Bravo Two Zero. Lunch of 2 pork chops and at 4:20pm I booted up the golf game. Dad liked the look of it, I could tell as he watched. By 10pm Id won the AMA Offshore Nationals. I like golf. Bacon sarnie and kettle chips then read and slept.
** Zero Booze**
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