Pon Farr

Another dull and frankly dismal day. However, I shall venture forth towards Faversham to do the things i wanted to from yesterday. Lunch can wait till i get back. Perhaps a Morrisons curry pack is in order, as their microwavable curries seem to be the tastiest around.

Flo is currently in season and is making wild cat noises. I guess this is similar to the pon farr of the Vulcans in Star Trek, their blood ritual in which they have to mate or  engage in the ritual battle known as kal-if-fee. I was going to say i know how she feels but then thought better of it.

My tweets

• Mon, 17:16: Catnap http://t.co/MjKoM87SCd
• Mon, 23:59: Sling http://t.co/CcCDXpW1He
• Tue, 11:57: Pon Farr http://t.co/G82nqul5d7
• Tue, 11:59: In case i don't text you later @georginacraigs Happy New Year

Book 60 - Jonathan Safron Foer "Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close"

Jonathan Safron Foer "Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close" (Penguin)





The central story in this novel is of a young boy's search to make sense of his father's death in 9/11. It is a complex and multi-layered tale; fragments of stories about other lives pop up, of people who have been traumatised by acts of war and terrorism.

This was far from an easy read and I found it a little too self-consciously clever. Mystery is layered on mystery. Will Oskar find the lock to fit his key into? Why is his mother letting him wander round New York alone? How do the many mini-stories link together? Why is there a picture of mating tortoises?

Ultimately though, I stayed with it because I didn't feel I could leave Oskar, knowing as he knew that he hadn't picked up the phone to talk to his dad on that last day