Horror in Hay: the Prequel

[dotinthesky]

I've bought a fresh box of strawberries for the office. It's my way of making up for the cherries.

The cashier in Sainsbury's couldn't believe I was buying two salmon steaks for £5.99.

I'm wearing a light brown t-shirt with this design. My brother made it. Check out some of his other t-shirts: chegadesaudade.

I'm seeing Margaret Atwood this weekend. Plus some other writers. It's all going down at the Hay Festival, "the Glastonbury Woodstock of the mind", according to Bill Clinton. I'll be travelling there tomorrow after work with Mr & Ms Muffin, as well as Kevin. We'll be staying at the Baskerville Arms Hotel. There's a castle nearby, and over 40 bookshops in the village. There is also a serial killer on the loose, who will execute us one by one in horrible fashion, until Ms Muffin is left all alone to struggle against him on the highest tower of the castle. And, eventhough he'll fall from the tower and appear to die from the gate's spears traversing his body, I suspect his eyes will open just before the credits roll up.


Hay-on-Wye Castle

Comments

[stevek.livejournal.com]

There was a famous murderer in Hay on Wye - Maj. Herbert Armstrong (http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ruth.buddell/armstrong.htm) which might be of interest.

Have fun. :-)

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Cool. Thanks for the tip. Maybe I can visit his home. :-)

[izzybees]

I wish I could go to the Hay Festival! I was looking at the website the other day and thinking about all those bookshops and sighing.

Wow, your brother makes some really nifty stuff!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

He sells his nifty stuff too. ;-)

It's been a dream for me to go to Hay ever since I heard about it. My only wish now is that the weather is somewhat decent so we can enjoy a bit of the countryside too.

[tasha-riot.livejournal.com]

I WANT TO LIVE IN A CASTLE.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

You are living in the wrong country. :-)

[amanda-mary.livejournal.com]

That t-shirt design is pretty amazing! And I'm quite envious about the whole Hay Festival thing. It's the price I pay for living in the middle of nowhere, I guess.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I don't think the problem is that you live "in the middle of nowhere", but more that you live in such a wide country, where it takes too long to travel anywhere. But are there no literary festivals or events near you? I bet there are some good ones!

[amanda-mary.livejournal.com]

Actually, Minnesota Public Radio hosts this monthly program called Talking Volumes (http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/talkingvolumes/) wherein nationally and internationally renowned writers discuss one of their works in front of a live audience, and the taped session is later broadcast. I've only been to one so far (Neil Gaiman -- and I'm not even that big of a fan of his. He lives in Wisconsin, though, so I thought I should "represent"). Margaret Atwood actually took part a couple years ago when the opera versin of The Handmaid's Tale had its North American debut in the Twin Cities. (I did see the opera, but, unfortunately, didn't see Ms. Atwood).

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I'm a big fan of hers. She might have trouble getting rid of me once my lips get contact with her cheeks.

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

all the strawberries at the two markets I went to today were crap. So I bought blueberries too bloody early. Oh well, they're still nice when they're tart.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

This particular batch of strawberries was perfect, if not a little too immaculate.

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

it's weird when they're like that, isn't it? the flesh is almost...too plump around the seeds.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

These ones glistened as if they were wrapped in plastic.

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

glistened...lovely word! were they limned, as if perhaps from an inner light?

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

More like they had been coated with something plasticky? But they did taste great.

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

I was just trying to find another lovely light-related word.

dude, how odd...I haven't thought of Desmond Dekker in years. Yesterday I started trying to find a copy of Hippopotamus and now I read he's dead.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

RIP Desmond.

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

indeed.

[tonight-we-fly.livejournal.com]

I went camping in Hay-on-Wye once. It's a really nice place. Have a smashing time!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

It's going to be raining, so it's going to be a fairly indoors type of weekend. That's ok though... I'm looking forward to getting some fresh air outside of London.

[armoury-kim.livejournal.com]

I went there to stay with friends once, it is a lovely place and is full of antique bookshops. Enjoy :)

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Thank you. We are looking forward to it.

[hunterjr.livejournal.com]

1. Your brother has pretty nice designs, is he an artista plástico?
2. Margaret is my japanese teacher.
3. I love castles.
4. The final is too predictable, don't disappoint me Ollie.
5. What about MSN?
6. This comment is totally random.
7. Have a nice trip!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

1. Sim, ele esta terminando a faculdade em artes plasticas no Parana.
2. Does Margaret the japanese teacher also write books?
3. Me too.
4. Most horror movies have predictable endings.
5. Still haven't installed it in my laptop!
6. I like all random things.
7. Thank you!

[hunterjr.livejournal.com]

2. No, but she reads tons of mangas XD
4. Indeed. It's like a standard for horror movies.
5. Bad bad Ollie.

[la-mascherina.livejournal.com]

Well, I hope Ms Muffin has remembered to pack the required Hammer horror movie uniform of white gossamer nightie for that final struggle, could really spoil the weekend if she forgets. ; P
The festival sounds great and the castle looks intriguing, hope you are having a lovely time.
♥

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

We did have a great time. And, lucky for us, no killers appeared and Ms Muffin didn't have to push anyone off the castle's tower.