Graveside Picnic
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izmeinaThe month is nearly over so I finally find 5 minutes to slink by.
Still not turned on the Big Mac to do a proper post
I finally got to visit my mother's grave on Good Friday
Last time I visited was Christmas which with a max temperature of 24 Celsius was the mildest in 40 years.
And probably the next 40 too
Sadly, her anniversary in March was closer to 42 than 24. So it's been a long long time between visits.
As well as visiting my mother, I also like to start a new book when I visit the graveyard.
One of the workers at the shop asked me last month to keep an eye out for the book "Roadside Picnic" because he's getting nostalgic to have a physical copy of his all time favourite book.
(I'd asked if it was connected to the Andrei Tarkovsky movie "Stalker"
That went on forever and nothing much seemed to happen)
I said, well of course I want to read it first.
Ask and you shall receive. The very same book turned up last week on one of my days off
He asked if au wanted to read it over Easter so that's the book I took to the graveyard
It was definitely very Uncanny Valley.
A pre internet Soviet science fiction novel set in mid west small town USA was most weird indeed
But even weirder was the Chernobyl vibe from a book written in the 1970s
It turned out, just like in the movie, not much happens, but the whole idea of aliens visiting earth then just moving on completely oblivious to the existence of puny humans just made this serpent smile
I definitely suspect that this book was inspiration for The Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy.
It also reminds me of the movie District 9 with the difference that the aliens run out of fuel so they can't leave
Like Panem, the Zones are a world that I just love to visit over and over again.
And Petunia can come along too. In spirit.
Still not turned on the Big Mac to do a proper post
I finally got to visit my mother's grave on Good Friday
Last time I visited was Christmas which with a max temperature of 24 Celsius was the mildest in 40 years.
And probably the next 40 too
Sadly, her anniversary in March was closer to 42 than 24. So it's been a long long time between visits.
As well as visiting my mother, I also like to start a new book when I visit the graveyard.
One of the workers at the shop asked me last month to keep an eye out for the book "Roadside Picnic" because he's getting nostalgic to have a physical copy of his all time favourite book.
(I'd asked if it was connected to the Andrei Tarkovsky movie "Stalker"
That went on forever and nothing much seemed to happen)
I said, well of course I want to read it first.
Ask and you shall receive. The very same book turned up last week on one of my days off
He asked if au wanted to read it over Easter so that's the book I took to the graveyard
It was definitely very Uncanny Valley.
A pre internet Soviet science fiction novel set in mid west small town USA was most weird indeed
But even weirder was the Chernobyl vibe from a book written in the 1970s
It turned out, just like in the movie, not much happens, but the whole idea of aliens visiting earth then just moving on completely oblivious to the existence of puny humans just made this serpent smile
I definitely suspect that this book was inspiration for The Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy.
It also reminds me of the movie District 9 with the difference that the aliens run out of fuel so they can't leave
Like Panem, the Zones are a world that I just love to visit over and over again.
And Petunia can come along too. In spirit.
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Date: 2025-04-25 06:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-04-27 11:25 am (UTC)And then of course, I realised it was the most obvious source.
I'd always thought your quotes about happiness for everyone were inspired by Rammstein or Douglas Adams ;)
Sadly, the Lair is a sort of unofficial alien Zone.
While Qualityland & Nostra Vita have prime real estate shelf space, I cannot say the same for "Monday begins on Saturday" which you sent me, nor for those Japanese language books that I was supposed to send to you.
I got as far as the "house" in the woods where the NITWITS live.
Since then, I have made a very visible out box for gifts so I don't manage to lose any more books or trinkets.
I think I may need 9 lives to finally get all my shit sorted.
The book that actually triggered my clutter awareness was Carl Sagan's "Demon Haunted World"
My sister's visit in late 2023 was the icing on the cake
I remember buying it at the charity shop and even reading the first few chapters before it vanished into the Zone.
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Date: 2025-04-29 06:04 pm (UTC)So you didn't enjoy the Monday, I guess it's not your style, that's OK...
Have I ever mentioned that saying about happiness for everyone? I don't remember quoting from the Picnic (at least not on DW), maybe you mean "Liebe ist für alle da", the Rammstein song, but it was very very different :)
Good luck with taming the Zone! ;)