Lost and found

[smokingboot]

The art of losing isn't hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster.

Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.

Then practice losing farther, losing faster:
places, and names, and where it was you meant
to travel. None of these will bring disaster.

I lost my mother's watch. And look! my last, or
next-to-last, of three loved houses went.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.

I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster,
some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent.
I miss them, but it wasn't a disaster.

--Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture
I love) I shan't have lied. It's evident
the art of losing's not too hard to master
though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster.

Elizabeth Bishop



Currently lost: 1 mind, several gerbils, some sleep, two dvds for showreel, much time, 1 Best Ever Aunt leaving Britain for good, any patience with this stupid mousepad thing.

Currently gained: penicillin (oooh look, it wasn't a virus after all), one beautiful piece of art from nyarbaggytep (thank you Cam, will respond asap)some party time, mighty but silent:-D umbrage of appalling parent, much joy with chums hoped for tonight and this weekend.

Currently pending: Let's just abandon this list.

Have a great weekend. If I seem far away, meet me in dreams, purple door at the side of the bed, with a roughly painted silver moon on it (usually the door not the bed) Follow the graffiti. I'll be there.

Comments

[mitchy.livejournal.com]

*leaves ooodles of Mitchy type huggles* Thinking of you hon :) Hope to see you soon!

[smokingboot.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the hugs *beams*
About meeting up, right now I have between the evening of the 3rd and the evening of the 8th free. Any of those convenient?

Only trouble is of course,that if they offer me a shift I will be expected to go in, so there is a very small possibility of having to cancel at the last minute, but fingers crossed:-)

[bytepilot.livejournal.com]

Might I wave a mystic flag (Three Ants argent, couchant on a field vert, Crossed by a Lightning Bolt azure) and drag you out for dinner on one of those days ?
Either that or drag you out to B-Movie on the 8th where there will be Goths.

'Twas good to see you both on Saturday, next time I'll get sorted to take the car into town so we don't have to rush away.

[smokingboot.livejournal.com]

Alas, the 8th is the first night of my shift, 8 pm to 2 am, but I am very keen to go to B movie. Are there other dates for it?

Hope to see you soon:-)

[bytepilot.livejournal.com]

2nd friday of every month M'dear, also new years eve, but I suspect you may well be busy then.

Are there any other free evenings in your busy schedule ?

[smokingboot.livejournal.com]

Between now and the 8th I can arrange things, unless new shifts come up. When can you be around?

[bytepilot.livejournal.com]

Plan may well be possible on Thursday, I'll text you some details.

[smokingboot.livejournal.com]

Is this evening still happening? Geez some details my dear duke! ~And don't be embarrassed if you have made other plans, I have bolloxed up my own so entirely that eating my calender is both penance and recourse.

[bytepilot.livejournal.com]

20:00 Totteridge,
We shall have all the fun, all the sushi and all the joys and delights of talking nonsense.

[mitchy.livejournal.com]

Ooh, the evening of the 8th would work splendidly! :D *bounces* I finish early on Friday's as a rule (although I am dependent on the lift home for this). Let me know details!

[smokingboot.livejournal.com]

Poot! I have mis-written the above; my shift is on the evening of the 8th, 8 till 2. Any other time, earlier in the day perhaps? I have so much gossip to tell you;-)