Some words und pictures.
What it says on the tin.
Words and Bette painting only by me.
TESCO or I am not as shallow as this post makes me seem.
So I went to Tesco today, the hair was all over, the outfit was far from sartorial perfection and the face was bristly and bearded, my usual day time look.
So I’m there rifling among the whoopsie and for some reason I turn to the left, only to be faced with two of the palest most beautiful gay boys that I have ever seen, in fact not just the most beautiful gay boys, but probably the most beautiful boys that I have ever seen. So of course I drop the cut price pastry or whatever it is that I am looking at and me and my insecurities scuttle off to the next aisle.
On the next aisle I am confronted by two of the ugliest gays that I have ever seen, in these instances it’s nice to know that there are uglier people than ones self, though as I observed they are seldom as tired looking as I.
Hawking
Below are some screen shots from the BBC 2 film Hawking, I caught this the other night on BBC4 and thought it was absolutely wonderful, really beautifully filmed, even the music engaged me (which for those of you who know me will come as a surprise!). I had actually thought this was a new production, turns out it’s from 2004, which concerned me somewhat as I didn’t understand how I could let this slip me by. I felt better when I realised I would still have been at school at the time.
The film concerns his early life as a student at Cambridge and the onset and development of the illness that has claimed his mobility,but not his mind. Benedict Cumberbatch ( Or Bendydick Cumbersnatch if you are Kat) plays him and as usual I find myself attracted to the character he is playing, I’m sure that’s some sort of blasphemy to admit that I was vaguely aroused by Stephen Hawking, even if he is young and fictionalised. Anyway all in all it’s a very stylish piece from the costume to the abundance of reflection featured in various shots.
If you want to see it and I would recommend that everyone do so, it seems to me a prime example of why we have the BBC, then follow this link. If you don’t mind watching it in six parts that is.
In other news I am reading The Wasp Factory by Ian Banks.
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Bourgeois
The below illustration is based on Georgois Bourgeois of Bourgeois and Maurice fame. It doesn’t look much like him, nor is it terribly accurate in regards to his outfit. But I was just playing.
Today
I drew Frankie Howerd and painted Bette Davis.
Sophie told me to do it.
Sophie said to blog this, so I have. It’s just a page of drawings done from Bette Davis’s post stroke face.Nowt exciting. If you click on it, it will get bigger.
Things what I’ve read.
I am not a literary cricket, for all my reading I’ve never felt I have the adequate vocabulary to describe another’s work. All that I can say about The Spell by Alan Hollinghurst is that I very much enjoyed it. There was of course the ever-present “Hollinghurst blonde”, this time most prominently in the form of the creation that is Justin; monstrous, yet ultimately endearing. He’s much camper than the “Hollinghurst blondes” from the other novels that I’ve read (The Line of Beauty and The Swimming Pool Library) if memory serves me well that is.On a personal level the recurring similarity of appearance of these characters has at times lessened the sexual power of the novels for me, being that they remind me of people I know. But hey ho, I still enjoyed the book very much and would recommend to everyone that you read his work. It brought back for me the dual desire to be amongst the sea of humanity that is the city or to idle away the days of summer in the quiet, yet ultimately stifling countryside. Before I read the latest novel (The stranger’s child) I would very much like to the read the remainder of the work that preceded it. However I’m going to first read The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan and then I’ll probably make another attempt at A Scanner Darkly by Phillip K Dick, a novel I just cannot seem to get into. I wish I could read everything as fast as Mr Hollinghurst’s work. Reading back on this I realise that this is probably a terribly boring post, but we can’t be funny all the time and sometimes its nice to drone on about things we enjoy! As the Banshees launch into Cascade I bid you all goodnight!
D.I.A.M.O.N.D
The photo below is my current desktop background. Framed in pink obviously. I have a soft spot for senior royalty, maybe thst’s because I like old people in general I dunno. Anyway enjoy!
Copyright The Royal Household/John Swannell
C.A.U.S.T.I.C
There have been electronic whispers and digital discussions, CAUSTIC will soon rise again. Just a teaser of what’s in store ;
All images by us (obv).
Christmas Party and New Years
NO EYEBROWS
“Reverse cowgirl”
The more I drink, the less able I am to focus than usual. Less focus makes the photo’s glow apparently.
