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Reading Bram Stoker’s Dracula by thunderous firelight

¦ dialling in from Sky Bunker ¦

19:19GMT, Tuesday 12th Jan 2009.  Sat in glow of one tablelamp.  Snow is swirling beyond the glass canopy behind me… it’s freezing out there, bitter winds and a nasty wet snow which may, or may not lie.  I’m playing a vinyl album by Enigma, their first release from 1990.  Lovely.

Today was my first day feeling normal.  

It was also the first day I managed to dig my car out to get to work since all this snow began a week ago; up to now I’ve been relying on the utterly crap First Bus service, or simply not able to get to Bath at all.

Really good day at work today.  Back into the swing of things and less of me shuffling around in a sort of numb daze.

Got home tonight just as fresh snow began falling.  I lit a fire in the front room, turned the lights off; kept the TV off, and got back to the book I’ve been reading since New Years Eve, at the fabulous hotel by the sea in Devon…. Dracula, by Bram Stoker. I’ve never actually read the story, only fed from the smorgasbord of film and TV adaptions…

Wow!  The book is incredible.

So tonight, I sat cross legged in the dark room, leant slightly forward so as to catch the blazing firelight in the open pages before me.  I had the vent open full throttle so create a bed of hot embers so the thing was roaring, thunderous, blissful…

All that was missing was a glass of red wine.

So I’m up in the Sky Bunker now.  Not writing tonight.  Did plenty this morning before work, and during lunchtime.  Yet another difficult chapter – number 19, Carlos wrestling with the demons of his past and a new threat to his liberty in New Tokyo.

Instead, I’ve got a date with Modern Warfare 2.  Online, multi-player mode, rendezvousing with Jamieson (who’s I London) at 8pm to join a mass arena.  Blue-tooth headsets allowing us to talk to each other in real time.  Faaaantastic.

Did the very same thing last night, with Vega$ joining in.  A three-way mash up with full voice capability.  I’m loving this technology.

Very much getting back into early Enigma.  I found out that Sandra Ann Lauer was the female voice.  You can find her page here:
Sandra Ann Lauer Fan Page