Self delusion, Shiraz, and Starfish

I would like to share an email that finally got to me today. Originally it was intended as a comment on this blog but maybe gmail rejected as it was slightly too long!!

But Buzz, I will forgive you as I realise you are (a teeny insy winsy bit) technologically disadvantaged/challenged. "like just give me a phone to make and receive calls, I don't want GPS, surround sound, mini plasma screen and daily horoscopes updates, I just want a phone".

Oh, in my very first paragraph I have successfully proven your points 1 and 2 listed below!! It is not my fault that your favourite saying is 'To infinity and beyond" :D

And as for point 3, well I can honestly say that I have never experienced a 'Starfish' - at least not with someone who had a pulse, oh though there was that time...
Your 'Starfish' experience has given us all many lunchtime laughs but we are laughing with you not at you, honestly!

Maybe the 'Starfish' experience started off with a little Self delusion, followed by a copious amount of Shiraz and ended with the Starfish saying either "You did ok??!!" or "Are you insane?!!!"

PS I loved how you went from
perhaps, maybe, one day I will get a plasma/lcd tv
to ok so what is the best for me, how big, what price, what brand
to me receiving a sms from Grant saying 'Guess what, Leftie went out and bought a tv tonight'
- something I would do, compulsive!!

And as for what was in my coffee, I'm not telling ;-)


EMAIL RECEIVED -

There seems to be some reoccurring themes on this blog. At first, I thought that this was simply the product of someone with way too much time on their hands. But now I can see the real picture.

It was revealed to me today over lunch when someone said to Connie….”what ever is in your coffee, I want some”.

This made me realise the true story, although I am not so sure it has a lot to do with coffee. It well maybe be due to a mixture of coffee in some way…or perhaps more due to a mixture of coffee, alcohol and possibly even pharmaceutical drugs, (prescription or otherwise) but whatever the true cause….the symptoms are posted on the internet for all to see. And I have been told,… that there is quite some readership!

What is not apparent on this blog…and rarely commented on at all…is just how much time occupies Connie’s day in the following activities:

1. Trying to take the piss out of me.
2. Trying to think up new, unusual and potentially embarrassing nick names for me.
3. Making jokes about star fish.

I….on the other hand….try to avoid star fishes at all cost. I have been fairly successful at this of late …. Now I really need to concentrate on also avoiding other aquatic species…especially jelly fish and oysters at low tide.

I on the other hand…have no such spare time. I am currently multitasking…almost unheard of in males…but I am watching Big Brother while typing this letter…and at the same time administering medicinal doses of a varietal Shiraz….. as has been recommended by my therapist and close friends alike.

I am not sure if it is the alcohol or simply self delusion which has made me think tonight that learning French and Spanish right now might be a good thing and that it may actually help with my Italian lessons.

And while we are on the subject of personal development…I think I should let everyone know that I decided to cease immediately my attempts at counseling close friends, neighbors and relatives. The results to date have been less than encouraging. In fact.. it is true to say that matters have been made worse for all concerned and as a result..I think I will focus my attention on the “Responsible Use of Alcohol” classes that the Magistrate said I had to attend.

Who knows????...I might even start a blog!