Daily Archive for April 30th, 2008

They pursued it with forks and hope

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I’ve never been very good with emotions; it’s not simply something I say to appear dark and mysterious either, I mean I’m genuinely quite repressed and awkward. I can empathise with others perfectly well but I’ve never been too good with myself, it’s an unfortunate by-product of finding yourself a little bit scary.

Tonight however, I’m off to the hospital this evening to do something I never thought I’d need to do, something I don’t particularly want to do and yet, sadly, something I have to do because, put simply, it could well be the last chance I get. I’m going to go and see my dad and ask him how he is; I’m going to tell him that I love him and I’m going to wish him luck with his operation tomorrow because, alarmingly, there’s a very real chance that he could die.

I don’t think I can overstate just how terrifying I find that possibility, indeed it’s a possibility that I’ve been trying not to countenance. But I’m a pragmatist, and there it is.

Funny old world.

Oh, and here’s the source for today’s title.

April showers

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Valencia

I was talking to Maia the other day, enquiring what the deal is with all the rain and whatnot during April, and she pointed out that it’s not really her month, May’s more her thing which, when you think about it, makes sense.

Still, shy beauty that she is, she pointed me in the direction of Persephone on the basis that she tends to take a more active role in the whole ‘cycle of the seasons’ thing these days. It’s all a bit confusing really, considering they essentially do the same job, seems even goddesses workshare these days.

Anyway, Persephone told me to bugger off as she’s busy waking up the world and consoling her mother’s grief, can’t really argue with that so I’m off to Spain where, so I’m told, the rain falls mainly on the plain.

Good job I’ll be on the coast then.