Tea and figs

I thought it was time to rearrange the furniture on my blog. Part of the problem is I have been rather busy of late, and part of the problem is that I am not in love with my camera, and so neglect to carry it with me sufficiently often to fuel a photoblog. So I think that I will start to write more, and see what happens.

A few weeks ago, for games night, a few of us played a game called "Things." Each of us wrote topics on index cards, which were then shuffled and then drawn as questions. Things that smell bad. Things you overheard other people say that were stupid. Things you think about in the shower. Things you'd rescue if your house was on fire.

It was less funny than most games nights have been, but more introspective. It reminded me of The Pillow Book (the book not the movie), a book that I've always been a little bit in love with. Since then, I have been compiling lists in my head, and thought I'd start off my fresh blog with an addition to the lists of things.

Things that I find sinister

A smokestack on a hospital
People who are too open about very personal issues with strangers
A small child wearing makeup
A man leaning against the outside of a bar, alone, late at night
People who talk a little too slowly
Seeing more than one dead animal in a day
Rooms with threadbare curtains