Highlight of yesterday? Buying a new shower attachment from the Chinese shop and finding out we do actually have water pressure in the shower, at least, we do now. Other highlights? Writing a chapter of the next book, being able to breathe through one nostril for half an hour, meeting a 14-year-old violinist already at grade eight, and watching a documentary about Earnest Shackleton – well worth watching. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3YnAQiI4Cw
Today’s highlights may well include not looking at Facebook. I use it mainly for publicising the books and things, and for watching short videos of people falling over, cats, and, for some reason, construction sites gone wrong. One of the things that puts me off is the way it lies to you. I know we’re all fed up with the adverts, especially when it advertises the thing you just bought on Amazon or Skroutz, or wherever. What’s the point of that? I use the X and hide as many adverts as I can be bothered to hide as a way of teaching the thing a lesson. But that’s when it lies.
Me: I don’t want to see this advert. (Clicks X)
FB: You shan’t see this advert again.
Me: Good. (Scrolls)
FB: Here’s that advert we said you wouldn’t see again.
Me: Hit’s X.
FB: You shan’t see this advert again.
Me: Believe that when I see it. (Scrolls)
FB: Here’s that advert we said you wouldn’t see again.
And so on. It’s the same with ‘people you may know.’ How on earth am I likely to know the friend of a friend’s mother’s cousin in Pakistan?
So, today’s highlight may well be not looking at FB for a while and reading my book about Sir Henry Irving instead. That, admiring the new shower attachment, and writing a chapter should see me through what promises to be another hot day.
