Today has been classic. Here is why.
(1) At lunchtime I excitedly headed into town to the only Fossil outlet within 3000km, to try out my chosen watch. After much searching I found that the shop was deserted, empty, boarded up and a sign explained that it had been flooded. Of all things, a shop in drought-stricken, heatwave affected Perth was inundated. And it was closed indefinitely.
(2) At Somerville Auditorium for tonight's Festival film, "How I Ended This Summer", a Russian three hour epic about two taciturn fellows manning a remote weather station on a bleak island in the arctic, spending hours in between taking meteorological measurements kicking oil drums around the landscape and gutting trout. The idea is that the slowness and silence of the movie puts you in the mood of these guys stuck in the tundra away from civilisation. But instead, the silence was interrupted by a jaunty jazz performance nearby in the university grounds, that completely changed the solemn mood of the film into more of a comedic silent film reminiscent of the Marx brothers.
(3) Opening the mail today, one item delivered to my house was actually meant for a nearby resident. To make matters worse, the letter indicated that this person had not paid a fine and was being chased for it. Late at night, a ninja stealth operation was mounted in order to hand deliver this important letter without the knowledge of said criminal neighbour. Secrecy was essential - please imagine the scene if he'd discovered your correspondent or one of his minions with opened letter in hand, sneaking around his letterbox in the darkness.
At least it's now nearly midnight, and tomorrow can only be an improvement.
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