Calm is something that I generally manage to convince the world that I am.
Like yesterday, when I was queuing to buy a sandwich, absolutely ravenous, and the elderly gentleman in front of me managed to waste a vast amount of my precious time as he transformed the simple act of paying for a 71 pence packet of winegums into a herculean task.
There was fumbling and coin dropping like never seen before. I stood quietly and smiled congenially, the perfect picture of calm AS PRACTICALLY HALF MY LIFE WAS WASTED BY THIS DITHERING BUFFOON.
My children are very rarely calm, but when they are it stills the soul. This was one such moment.
This is a random and hurriedly-scrambled egg entry for some sort of 30 Days of Photographs theme, hosted Ziva. I did one of these things before, you can view all my photos from the previous series Here, it nearly burnt out my brain but fortunately my soul was unscathed. Any photos I do post from this one might appear on that gallery. The list of daily photos is magically available on Ziva's post.
I know exactly what you are thinking. How can this punk just turn up and spit out a single shoddy photo when the rest of us are cranking out billions of the things every second and it's a bit like that greek bloke that was trying to roll some bastard of a rock up some ridiculous hill forever and worst still, this looks like he's done this in a rush when he really should have been working his socks off learning to use punctuation without spewing out inappropriately-hypenated, probably-misspelt and endlessly-sprawling torrents of nonsense.
The "sequel" to Perdido Street Station, one of my absolute favourites, and I'm enjoying it just as much, if not more so.
The worlds and races Mieville creates are simply superb. If you've not read this series and you like "weird fiction" then please crack on and get reading.
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Hey you! Welcome back! I've
Hey you! Welcome back! I've missed your charm and calm presence. I've especially missed your little buddy, Herr Biber.
Gorgeous photo, Mo. I hope you can play along a bit without losing your mind.
Aww thankyou. I'll do the
Aww thankyou. I'll do the rounds later. Herr Biber has retired and moved to France.
Okay, there is absolutely
Okay, there is absolutely nothing shoddy about that photo! It is one of the most calming and beautiful photos of a child I've ever seen. I insist that you kiss the calm goodbye and post a photo every single day for the rest of the month. Please?
Not a chance. Well there is a
Not a chance. Well there is a chance, but it is so minute that I'd have to type a gazillion zeros after the dot.I'll try and do a few more though. I'm glad you found the shot calming :)
I work with small children,
I work with small children, so I completely understand the gift that is a calm child. A beautiful composition, Mo.
Thanks Boom Mellow Boom! I
Thanks Boom Mellow Boom! I have two but our house is generally full of children. Ours are both blessed with strong characters...but they have their calm moments.
I love this picture.
I love this picture. Catching a child in a moment of calm is truly beautiful and heart warming.
Thanks Jamie - I'm not sure
Thanks Jamie - I'm not sure if we've met before but thanks for dropping by and pleased to meet you!
Hello from a fellow photo
Hello from a fellow photo challenge participant. I enjoyed reading your post.
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I've stopped by!
I've stopped by!
Your little girl looks very
Your little girl looks very calm and peaceful. I think you should reward her for being such a good girl by giving her a ride in my row boat and I will join you just to make sure your don't veer off course...
You don't trust me enough to
You don't trust me enough to simply loan me the boat? ;)
it is a rather calming photo,
it is a rather calming photo, so job well done. i too, like you, remain calm on the outside. sometimes inside i'm screaming and then the following month, i'll have a breakdown. it works for me
Alternating breakdown months
Alternating breakdown months are the way forward. I'm glad you found it calming though!
Don't you just love these
Don't you just love these moments.
I dunno, I hate waiting to
I dunno, I hate waiting to pay for my emergency sandwiches ;)
What the outside world views
What the outside world views as "calm" we know as "biding your time until your master plan for world domination come to fruition".
You and I both know that at
You and I both know that at some point we'll rule the world. I'm open to a partnership as long as I get the nuclear passwords. If you want to be responsible for all public speaking that's fine by me - I'm going to be too busy nuking to care about public relations.
Hey, where's the little
Hey, where's the little stuffed animal? Did he go calmly?
What stuffed animal?;)
What stuffed animal?;)
I love wine gums. Always ask
I love wine gums. Always ask my mum to being me back some when she goes home for a visit. Glad it wasn't her ruining your life. Anyway, I loved your post and your photo, and I'm glad to see you're back, Mo, even if it's just for a day.
If it turns out that it was
If it turns out that it was you wasting hours and hours of my life I'll be furious...
But aren't you already
But aren't you already furious?
There's always room to get
There's always room to get furiouser.
Looks like there is no sense
Looks like there is no sense in me commenting when you have already done it for me so, peace brother.
That's right, so really
That's right, so really coming here was a waste of time completely. Maybe you can go and buy some more winegums? ;)
YAY! I was wondering if you
YAY! I was wondering if you were going to join us!
And I absolutely LOVE that photo of your daughter. Amazing.
And I've missed you too ;)
And I've missed you too ;)
Beautiful black & white shot
Beautiful black & white shot :)
I always end up in the queue behind the person with a problem/wants to pay in coppers/is generally just slow/etc no matter that queue I join!
I think the important thing
I think the important thing is to make sure we're never in the same shop at the same time, our combined bad luck would probably lead to the world's descruction.
The guy holding up the line
The guy holding up the line reminded me of this (NSFW):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt9G33TLS6I
I think the point of the video is that it's pretty much a societal norm to sigh heavily and stamp our feet when we feel impatient. ;-)
The photo is precious. A glimpse into a contemplative moment, so serene and beautiful..where she is no doubt plotting.
I'll check the link. Glad you
I'll check the link. Glad you liked the photo!
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