the photos are back from the developer (things in life)

the photos are back from the developer for the new lifestyle horsemouth ordered. they did a few mock ups and a run through to see what the composition looks like (it looks pretty good says the old mule). 

yesterday horsemouth and enza went for their long delayed walk (we are talking about a quarter of the year here). if it was not the gloriously sunny day promised by the forecasters it was at least warm and dry. they met half way (enza was a little early and horsemouth was a little late). 

they adjourned via the canal system to a leisure area with various boats, open coffee stalls and outdoor bars preparing for re-opening. there they planned for the succession of the chairmanship of the collective endeavour (later enza would phone horsemouth to reveal that martin was in fact not retiring and his succession would in fact not be taking place). 

later they would wander up through hackney marshes to horsemouth's front doorstep bar for a bottle of beer and to avail themselves of  the facilities.  it was there that the photograph was taken. 

then they wandered back down to the park before parting company on the bridge marking the border between their two realms. he lent her the fictions of bruno shulz and the invention of morel. 

what they didn't discuss was making more art of the fall of the house of fitzgerald variety (though enza does have another project on the go with suke but then suke also has another project on the go, so god knows when the first project will come out). 

today is the start of chungking express month. the policeman's girlfriend (may)leaves him on april 1st. he resolves to keep collecting tins of pineapple (is it?) until may 1st (when he'll admit it is over). dennis brown's song features. it's two stories of the three originally planned. 

meanwhile the government has written a report on structural racism in the uk (written by some structural racism deniers);

“the well-meaning idealism of many young people who claim the country is still institutionally racist is not borne out by the evidence”.

oh do fuck off (sighs horsemouth). 

to horsemouth this is a sad reversion to type. the necessity to make social expenditure (furlough etc.) caused by cornoavirus gives the tory party the opportunity to tack left into a one-nation toryism (land of hope and glory etc. etc.) , but they can't take it unless it is on their ideological terms. horsemouth is glad this is the case because it means at some point they will fall (however the wait will be fucking tedious).

he's not sure what to do with today.  there appears to be some sad reversion in the weather.