Sunday in the Park with Kevin

[dotinthesky]

Another day on the grass, this time in Hyde Park. Sun more elusive, and a cool breeze from the lake. Bottled water, banana, strawberry smoothie (with banana), blueberry muffin and a small cappuccino with sprinkled chocolate. Yesterday's Guardian. Kevin's mini iPod. Blue towel over an ant hill. A large group of indian teenagers playing rounders, a nearby public toilet overrun by mud & "water", and a muscular brasilian man on roller blades who failed to direct his friend to him... for almost an hour!

Kevin in the shade, as usual, gripped by The People's Act of Love. How amazing it'd have been if we could have seen its author, James Meek, at the Hay Festival. Sadly, sold out event. Kevin, king of pastries; Kevin, who is now reading above-mentioned book on our bed, listening to Boards of Canada.

Listening to the mini iPod and watching the clouds. Something we both like. And Lost in 35 minutes. And brasilian beans pressure-cooked, with tomato salad, rice and pork sausages. And my backpack ready for the pool in the morning. And deadlines for story submissions coming and going, but nothing latching on to me. And this feeling of wanting the weekend to be extended, for work to disappear into the background, for sarin gas not to be released in the Tube, for only one day inside the Big Brother house (with option to leave at any minute.)

Comments

[tonight-we-fly.livejournal.com]

It's nice actually; everyone seems to have had nice feelings about this weekend. Could this be the proper launch of the summer? With the World Cup only five days away?

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Yes, and let's hope it's a proper good Summer.

[tonight-we-fly.livejournal.com]

I've just had a thought actually; are you and Kevin likely to be World Cupping? (World Cupping isn't a real phrase, I made that up).

But if you are, would you fancy popping over to Shepherd's Bush and joining me for a Brasil game? I've actually booked fourteen afternoons off work, in order to watch every single match. There's a home-made compilation British Sea Power CD in it for you if you fancy it.

Bringing the singer of Drugstore would be entirely optional...

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the invite but football watching is something we are not really into. But, if we do happen to get the World Cup bug and wish to go watch it somewhere, I'll drop you a line.

[dilvsy.livejournal.com]

when you write about just lazing around like that,it makes me want to hang out with you and Kevin.

Also, thanks for making me hungry, Ollie!

(and hee hee...I know what show he starred in, I never forget these things, and still remember when you told me)

but I shall keep the secret safe

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Thanks babe! Me and me big mouth. ;-)

I'm not allowed to tell anyone now, so please do keep it secret.

[dilvsy.livejournal.com]

of course!

Have this long, why divulge it now?

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[alice-ayers.livejournal.com]

I love your mundane London life posts.

Have I mentioned I've totally become obsessed with that Lily Allen song?

[zahgurim.livejournal.com]

Fantastic account of a Sunday in Hyde Park =) Lovely.

Also Boards of Canada are great.

[roguejournal.livejournal.com]

adoro o que vc escreve. ollie!!!



a proposito, acabo de me lembrar....
aqui está um link para um dos textos que o creepy guy escreve!
ollie, esse cara escreve mal pra caramba...eu não sei se me sinto burra por entender coisa alguma, ou se ele eh mais imbecil do que eu imagino! detesto esses textos de bicho-grilo que adoram gastar vocabulario e acabam dizendo NADA!!!!!

http://www.revistadrchico.com.br/dum-ninguem.html

[roguejournal.livejournal.com]

discurso vazio......eh isso o que ele escreve!
hahahahahahahahahahahahaa.
coitado!

[hunterjr.livejournal.com]

brasilian beans pressure-cooked, with tomato salad, rice and pork sausages it definitely looks familiar to me XD

and a muscular brasilian man on roller blades hmmm, so iteresting :)