August 2, 2010 / Harris

Busy with bread.

Well, well, well look who has come crawling back to the only medium where anyone can spout inane bullshit and get away without receiving a swift kicking. Yes, it is true I have returned loyal readers.

Now that I’ve given my ego a good massage, I’d like to welcome you back dear reader. I have neglected to update this blog for too long and I miss the cathartic release I get from writing on it; I am selfish and write purely for myself. .

So what have I been doing with myself of late other than work, well, to be honest bugger all. It is my nature and I won’t have it any other way but I have been busy with some things; why just today I baked some bread and it ranks as one of the greatest achievements of my life which certainly shows what a pathetic creature I am, throughout this whole bread endeavour I was excited. No that doesn’t really cover it, remember back to when you were a child and the first Christmas where you really understand what is going on, magnify this feeling tenfold and you will come close to the giddy squee that I personified this afternoon. You could not have genetically engineered a being as excited as I was this afternoon, the simple act of the dough rising almost killed me so happy as I was that I momentarily forgot to breathe.

Sadly, like so many things I turn my hand to, I failed utterly. The bread baked I attempted to extract it from its container which took me a good ten minutes only to find that the bottom of the bread had not risen correctly and was a malformed clump. I still tried some but it was horrendous and I quickly got rid of it. Even though I screwed up I enjoyed the process though it has reestablished a valuable trait I should have kept throughout my life and thus I will endeavour to even more of a pessimistic bastard than before.