The Two P's

It has started to rain heavily as I look out across Prague from the balcony window. My little pidgeon friends have covered up underneath the roof awnings and my human neighbours scramble to retreive their washing from the lines and close their windows. It's still springtime here, I guess - the weather still unpredictable. It's not cold though. Very peaceful and calming.

I didn't sleep at all last night. Most of my upper right wisdom tooth has disintegrated, leaving a gaping hole and one hell of a naked and angry nerve-ending exposed to all and sundry. Nerve pain, I have discovered, is one of the purest and most exquisite sensations known to man. Mmgghh. Mildly incapacitating...fingers still work though.
"Hamish, have you got your teeth checked yet?" asked Teena, six thousand times before I left...

Yesterday, I went over to the old flat for luncheon with James, Bobo, Daniel and Ivanna. James prepared a fine chicken curry of two flavours. I was in charge of procuring the all-important chickeny-goodness for the occasion, and after a brief excursion to god-knows where on the number 23(?) tram, i completely failed in my mission to find any chicken breasts. Being already two hours late, I decided to try the butchers around the corner from the Rohacova flat. They had only pork fillets - no chicken. Nice. The only thing they had was a whole fucking chicken, so, I got that. Turns out that someone else had already bought along four nice, big chicken breasts, so a right-royal feast eventually ensued, once my bird had been carved up. After dining, me and Bob walked to Zizkov to drink and buy 90kc shoes. Seems that these shoes are fast becoming the height of Zizkov fashion at the moment. If you were to go into the Blind Eye, you would see about eight or nine people wearing the exact same kind of shitty Chinese black and white canvas sneakers. I brought three pairs..

Saw Kill Bill 2 the other night. If I had to describe it in one word, it would be 'classy'. However, don't expect a Kill Bill 1-style cartoon violence caper. More dialogue, way more fill-in-the-blanks character backstory - particularly between Bill and the Bride. I think watching both parts concurrently would be the way to best appreciate it.

In world news, the Czech Republic has now officially become part of the European Union as of today. A neccessary evil, methinks - kind of like the dentist..

And, the Czech ice-hockey team continues to kick ass on the rink in the world champs. Go you good things! And fucking Go Crusaders. Last time I checked, we were third to bottom - now we are third. Anyone fancy a 5th title?

Well, it's stopped raining now and the birds are singing again.

Time for more pain killers.