Day 171 - El cuerpo humano esta fantastico

I started making notes for my blog this morning after a gentleman in the EAT upstairs at Paddington said yes to my request to use his computer to get my ticket codes. Ah, the joys of having a phone where the internet doesn't work even a little bit, and a computer that I had allowed to exhaust itself overnight. That was a good deed, sir. I applaud you (I didn't actually clap, but I did say thank you). Then I must thank the people who were patient with me as I collected 5 sets of tickets, one after the other. The ones that came out last were this morning's. I had no way of telling. 

Then, as I proofed a game for children about the human body, I came across this gem: 'Unlike humans, male gorillas have a bone in their penis.' That really made me laugh. It's brilliant! It's not even relevant! I haven't checked the age grade yet. There are so many little ingredients to the puerile comic feast. It's probably mostly the bone/penis thing, so formal. But it was almost topped by this: 'If you didn't have bones, you would collapse like an octopus.' Such a great image. I feel the need to try it out. I also think it's the only phrase that will really do next time I'm truly exhausted. Worth doing a marathon just to be able to collapse like an octopus afterwards. 


Today has been Good. I've forgotten my laptop charger, so my hours of typing are numbered. I'd planned to do some work tonight, but I may have to not. I'm loving this particular bit of work. It's all about the human body, so not only do I get the glee of correcting badly-translated English (one of my favourite pastimes), but also the juice of Spanish and the joy of anatomical diagrams and facts. I'm in heaven! Thank you for such very appropriate work. A real breath of goodness right now.


I am on stolen minutes - 30 of them of free internet. I shan't be on later. I'm sure it's all for the best. Thank you, if you did, for reading.