QI - the dog's bollocks, eh? No, seriously, the bit about the... Oh, never mind, I guess you either watch it or you don't. You're missing so much if you don't though, especially the XL version. For me it was like having some old friends come to visit. They talked to each other instead of me but they talked about interesting stuff and made me laugh...can't be bad. And on the 'making of' programme (on iplayer) it seemed as if everyone had the same warm feeling about the set up.
Sometimes I still miss real conversations and company especially in the evening. Mostly I'm used to the isolation now and can accept that's all there is. Most weeks I get few hours' interaction when you add in medical professionals and shop keepers and taxi drivers. Most days I get an email and/or a comment on here and most weeks a short exchange of texts wih someone else. I appreciate these but it's as if I'm empty inside nowadays from all the emptiness outside. Yet sometimes I still think about the people I used to be closer to and get sad...and then I remember either they were pretending or they changed their mind and I get sadder still.
Anyway much gratitude for the illusion while it lasted, for dear QI and for feeling capable of getting up and out. The body is far from willing and if I weren't due to have one of my rare socialisations I wouldn't even try...but I think if I try I can manage it and hopefully if I do the body will behave.
Love QI, Stephen Fry, the humour of Sandie Tosvig (spelling?)and how poor Alan always finishes up with minus 12 or more!. And yes it is the dogs bollocks of a programme. Wish sometimes they would repeat others like 'not the nine o'clock news'. Love 'three men in a boat' too, and strange to say, back to back days of Grand Designs. Hope your body behaved it's self today, and your weather was back to back sunshine. Oh well, back to the outside painting! Pat xxx
ReplyDeleteOh i know what you are saying, i wish you had more people who were visiting and local friends I had an aunt who i loved more than anyone in the world, she couldnt leave the house, she lived alone with no phone, after my nan and grandad died. I could have paid for her to have a phone i torture myself all the time about this..... Olive died aged 57 of cancer, she did not tell anyone at all of her pain her symptoms until it was very well advanced.
ReplyDeleteThe thing i think i am saying is... people are not always aware what they are doing until its too late.
Love Deb.xxx