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| May 18th |
| 05.19.04 (7:01 pm) [edit] |
May 18th, Tuesday. Sunny, warm, 20C.
South Yunderup, Good Camp.
Mr. Slattery spent most of the day writing up his blog; an onerous task, but it was his own fault if he had fallen behind.
The day started with some omelettes, then much furious typing, a miserable body hunched in front of the computer screen, while the sunshine shone outside on the canal.
For lunch, some BLTs--and a note on australian bacon: rib bacon, as it is known, consists of the northamerican strip of bacon with the attached round of pork that is known in canada as peameal bacon, or in the US, as canadian bacon. Whatever the nomenclature, Mr. Slattery is continually impressed by the sheer size of the bacon strips, which are pretty much as long as his forearm and hand put together. The BLTs looked big, scrumptious, and oh so good.
After lunch, Mr. Slattery continued his hero's task at the computer, swearing occasionally out loud.
Mid-afternoon, he was finished. So he repaired to the lawn with a book--Michael Herr's Vietnam book, called Dispatches--and Patsy's promotion application. He read a great deal of the application and a few pages of the book, lying there in the sun. The sun set and he entered the house... to find that Peter had decided to built an addition of Jarri wood to the kitchen island. This addition is made of two one-centimeter thick planks, set side by side, with rounded off corners. Mr. Slattery looked pretty turned on by the prospect of cooking and eating off of this island, although it will be a few days before the table is complete.
That evening, after a quick meal of leftovers, the three went into Mandurah to check out the new movie, Troy. As Mr. Slattery discovered, P+P love to sit about ten feet away from the wall sized screen. As Peter says: "Well, of course you should move your head to see things on the screen--that way it's just like real life."
To say the least, the $200,000,000.00 movie extravaganza was an intense experience--almost as intense as the time Mr. Slattery went to see Braveheart at the IMAX, only he arrived late and had to sit 7 feet away from the monstrous screen.
A walk along the Maudurah river capped off the night, and a short drive home.
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