I went to see Toy Story 3 a few days ago with my mum and stepdad, and because of the rain, we all had umbrellas with us. I’m not the kind of person who would think to use an umbrella ordinarily; my scatty pinball-machine brain, though not as bouncy as Tom’s, still leaves me with the lack of forethought one would need to think of using an item like an umbrella. (It’s also the reason the canvas bag Kristina gave me for shopping is always sitting unused in my cupboard, while I silently curse myself in the supermarket for leaving it there AGAIN.)
Anyway, when we moved into our flat, it came fully furnished, which included sofas and beds and towels and cupboards and a toaster and a microwave – all the things you’d need (except a kettle, for some reason – bracket slash digress). And this surplus of supplies included umbrellas. Several of them. At least six. So I distributed them amongst my family and away we went.
And this is where we got into trouble, because as we left the flat, it became obvious that the rain had ceased. So what now? What happens when you have an umbrella and there’s no rain?
Short answer: you carry it with you, closed.
Long answer: you have more fun than you’ve ever had with an umbrella. I submit to you that umbrellas are actually at their most useless when shielding you from the rain. Sure, you can be “practical” with it, but that doesn’t compare to prodding your mother in the back to make her walk faster, and leaning on it like a pimp cane, and twirling it around like a baton, and walking with it in your arms like you’re holding a rifle and pretending you’re a Stormtrooper walking Chewbacca around the Death Star. And HOLDING IT BY YOUR SIDE LIKE A SWORD. I love life.
Thank you to everybody who came to our show last night. It was our best show yet :D Here are some of you:
There were over 400 people in the main room, and even more than that still queueing out the door to get in when we started playing. I was totally blown away by the sheer number of you and can only attribute it to the rarity of having John Green in Europe :p When we weren’t playing, we ran upstairs and played an acoustic show for the people who couldn’t get in, and then ran back downstairs again to finish our set :)
So thank you guys so much for coming. We impressed a lot of people last night <3 I can't wait to see you all at the next show, whenever it happens - it was such a blast.
I'll be in Zambia for the next two weeks so keep watching my YouTube videos to find out what my life’s like over there, and we’ll talk again when I get back!
x
