No Animals, No Ken!

No Animals, No Ken
The circus is in town this week and Allan asked if I wanted to go. My response was a fairly straight forward no, accompanied by the statement that without the animals, it's kind of shit.

For me, the circus was about the exotic. Seeing things you don't see every day and while, yeah, you don't see people flying about on trapeze down your local pub, it's not the same as seeing, for example, elephants up close and personal. When I was younger, I got to sit on an elephant and get my photo taken and I remember seeing the elephants in the river (right next to where the circus sets up shop in town) drinking, washing themselves, etc. That's the kind of thing that sticks in your head as a child, while an acrobat act might be impressive at the time, it's not something you'll remember for years to come.

Now, I'm not saying that they should bring back animals to the circus. I agree that keeping them captive is cruel and in the long run isn't good for the animals, but that doesn't mean the circus wasn't more exciting with them, better with them. It was.

Hell, I heard the circus that's currently in town doesn't even have clowns. What's the fucking point?

Photos
Lochindorb & Balvenie Castle

Zombies
I don't really have a lot to say on this one, this time around, but if all goes to plan, I'll write a lot more on it next week.

Basically, slightly fed up with the way things go. Putting them off, putting them off... Not doing them. I decided to go back to the days of Romeo/Romeo and When Mannequins Attack. Throw the script out the window or rather, just not write one at all. Go outline-only and just get to filming.

We'll see if it works.

Quiz
No quiz this week. Instead, we went to Allan's to watch the World Cup final. Can't say I was overly concerned about who won, but I still text Tain to say "Should have been Holland." just to annoy him -- It should be pointed out that Tain was sat right next to me when I said this.