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Just Annie in a box, not much more to say.

In taking a break from sitting in front of my computer I decided to sit in front of the TV for a few minutes. As luck would have it Star Trek was about to start and I’ve been trying to see the whole thing for a few weeks now. Some snacks were required so I hobbled up to the corner shop for chips and Fanta. I somehow sprained my ankle yesterday and it was not when I stepped on the snail as Habibti claims. As I got near Anwar’s house I heard this little voice say “Uncle Brenton, take picture”. Not a question, but a demand. So, back home I hobble and pick up my camera to “take picture”.

Habibti is experiencing a painful red tide this morning so I pootled off to walk the two bitches in rolling mist while she stayed in bed with her NBF. Before that I was listing to “The Waterboys – A rock in the weary land”, a LP that I haven’t heard before. One line in “The Charlatan’s lament” really hooked me and has been in my mind ever since:

By dawn’s empty light I cried to no-one at all

How many people are there that feel this every day? No matter how complicated and hard things may seem in any given moment my life rocks. It’s about perspective and appreciation.

Now onto Shitpark, there has been an increase of people who don’t pick up after their dogs and it’s driving me insane. I live graphic fantasies while I slalom through piles of shit trying to identify the steaming blobs of my charges. I dry heave as I wrap my hand in little blue bags and scoop, but I do it none the less. It’s not hard, just a moment of throwing up into my own mouth and tears streaming down my face when Bayla has a nervous tummy. When I see piles of shit next to the slide and swings I imagine myself sitting on a vantage point with a sniper rifle and taking out the fuckers that don’t pick up. I imagine myself following the guilty home with bags of ignored shit and throwing it at their front doors or smearing it over the door handles of their cars.

Habibti is busy doing a course and I’m pottering around the house. I decided to re-install my desktop computer with Windows 7 and basic software while I watch some cricket. There are two great matches on. We are playing England and Sri Lanka are playing New Zealand. Bloody remote wont reach the TV from the dining room table. Computers are on the table as we are having a kiff wall unit built in the spare room for books and things like that. I end up on the couch every few minutes when things look excited on the TV, or just to have a cup of tea while I watch a bit of one of the matches.

Annie is laying in front of me sleeping and has worked her way into the blanket that I use in the evenings while I veg on the couch. This is what she looks like ….

She moans non stop every time I move. Habibti just got home and it’s starting to rain. Life is bliss.

Last weekend was Eid and I got these two shots of my favourite kids in the hood.