Literally.
Well, not literally literally, unless you count planes.
But I am suddenly going away for a couple of days, quite by surprise.
Mainly I will be eating deep fried matter, and looking at things and saying ‘ah, really?’ and taking notes and asking clever questions - but if I do happen upon some internet it will be my first (or, in all honesty, second) priority to pop in and say hello. Or whatever the equivalent of ‘hello’ is in the place I am visiting.
One interesting thing, I have recently learnt that one chunk of the couple of days we are visiting will be spent in a wildlife sanctuary holding a particular endangered animal that we will be looking for, at, and to - for inspiration, admiration, and material for our eventual articles.
Sadly, I think if they realised how I felt about that particular kind of animal, they may realise that it may end up more endangered when I leave than it was when I arrived.
Anna Pickard, mouse-phobic. In a mouse sanctuary.
I couldn’t ask for better blog material.
Game On, my friends.
Why do mice have to be sanctuaryized? Aren’t there enough of them?
By mouse-sanctuary, do you mean Disney World?
Comment by srah — 17 October, 2007 3:05 am
Aaaah! That sounds terifiying. Even just the idea of a mouse sanctuary makes me feel like they’re on me. Are they on me? Oh you are a braver woman than I.
Comment by Léonie — 17 October, 2007 7:41 am
Just remember, mice don’t wee. It infact evaporates as they walk along.
Good luck!
Comment by DJSamba — 17 October, 2007 8:06 am
I’m fine with the mice, personally. A spider sanctuary would be interesting. IN A VERY BAD WAY.
Comment by Katy Newton — 17 October, 2007 8:35 am
Deep fried matter?
Would that be Mars Bars? - are you in Glasgow?
Comment by Duck — 17 October, 2007 8:45 am
I hope the meeces surprise you with their overwhelming cutology. They have little whiskas, you know. Little whiskas are the epitome of cute.
Comment by suburbanhen — 17 October, 2007 9:07 am
Deep fried matter… mouse sanctuary… shudder.
Comment by Pete — 17 October, 2007 9:25 am
Watch out. If they choose to also take you to visit a windmill, I’d have concerns they’re trying to unduly steer your work in a particular direction.
It sounds (worryingly) like a creative writing course. So you could have said ‘literaturally’. You are ‘literaturally’ going away.
(Oh and you’d probably better clear up what the first priority is. Before people start saying rude things.)
Comment by William T — 17 October, 2007 10:49 am
Field Mouse in St Kilda? Harvest Mouse? The Dormouse? Gi’s a clue.
Ta.
Comment by Camberwell Carrot — 17 October, 2007 12:11 pm
Or the humble Lab Mouse? Horribly endangered.
Comment by Camberwell Carrot — 17 October, 2007 12:17 pm
Deep-fried mice! I can understand your reluctance :)
GH
Comment by GH — 17 October, 2007 12:38 pm
So you’re visiting the upstairs landing in our house - where sometimes strange noises can be heard in the middle of the night?
Wow. It’s a good thing the bathroom is finished.
Comment by Damian — 17 October, 2007 1:57 pm
I hope you manage to make them extinct. And rats too. Useless creatures, taking up space and using up oxygen.
Comment by guyana-gyal — 17 October, 2007 3:18 pm
Perhaps you could adopt some whilst there. Bring them home to sing and scamper and live with you happy ever after.
Comment by joeinvegas — 17 October, 2007 4:17 pm
It’s fun to disappear for a while. :)
Comment by Jenny — 17 October, 2007 11:48 pm
Or teach them to kill ladybirds and bring one home
Comment by Duck — 18 October, 2007 8:17 am
You lot think deep fried mice are a big surreal joke. You ain’t been to China mateys. Deep fried meeces. At the table. Held by the tail. etc etc.
Comment by nationwide — 19 October, 2007 1:42 am
Um, Anna . . .
Didn’t you forget something?
Comment by Yeractual — 19 October, 2007 4:03 am
If it’s not St Kilda, where IS this mouse sanctuary? Or are you just holidaying at home?
Comment by Rob — 21 October, 2007 11:18 pm
Oh my….only thing worse than mice are snakes! shudder…
You are brave…I for one, am thinking..endangered - yay! :) haha…and i’m an animal lover!
Comment by henri — 22 October, 2007 10:27 pm