universe 23 August 2011
my friend ashley says i owe the universe, and i certainly do in the most general terms – in fairness, who does not? BUT she has a specific reason for suggesting this just now. she is of the opinion that if you want something you send out your request but then have to make a gesture of great positivity to make this possible to fulfill on the part of the universe – a quid pro quo in the best way. she wrote a tv pilot with another pal and they sent out their request and cleaned up a stretch of london canal while waiting to hear if it would be commissioned – it was. so, my retribution? well, as you all know i was gifted a lovely helium balloon for my birthday and attached it to the handle of the london loo which is right beside the front door. it made some spirited attempts to escape and i probably should have let it go but i was selfish and loved having it there to greet me at all hours. it began to wane in height and i thought it incapable of a run for freedom and so on, a lazy and careless return, one day i closed the door and squashed the balloon. it seems, as atonement, i now have to get another and release it (as i should have done with the original – it gave me enough hints about where it wanted to go) and if the person who sells it to me also hands me another i must pay for that and it let go too – such is the way of these things, sez ashley.
