Shoes and shop; Thought process; Photo

[yael oren]

Simon: "The shoes is a different problem. I 
have been in nearly all the shops selling shoes in central Oxford. I 
have yet to find a pair that I liked that I could afford. I am fed 
up - have been shopping for 2 hours and cannot eat lunch until I have 
gone out again."

I don't blame you. I did the exact same thing a few weeks ago. Very naively, I thought that Reebok would be cheaper in the UK. How wrong I was. Those are extremely expensive, as are all non last-pairs-remaining-sizes-3-and-15. I got me new shoes when I came back here.

Good luck, Simon.

BTW - that blonde hair is cute, but you still look more like Harry than Draco. What is a "bean-bag"? Is that related to everyone in the UK saying our baby girl is "full of beans"? :)

Benjamin: "I just wondered - does this sort of thing happen to anybody else? (I 
mean thinking in completely different ways [being able to think in 
music would be great? Perhaps that's Bach] as opposed to not being 
able to say, "thank you" in an eloquent and non-insulting way)."

What method did you use to think up this mail? :)

Yep. First time I experienced this sort of "conversational thinking" I was seven, and I was abashed when I realised I had just rehearsed convincing my doctor that I was too sick to go to school. At some other stage of my life, I stopped talking almost completely, because I grew tired of needing to translate thoughts all the time.

When I write, I keep seeing everything play, just like a slow-motion movie, and there is music in the background, only it's not exactly music... Can't explain... Augh! Anyway, I think that's the reason my characters keep surprising me with the things they say when they open up their mouths.


Thanks, yael


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