Some sorta F*ck Up
Oct. 5th, 2005 06:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
laura_seabrookI was supposed to be going down to Gosford and meet Roderick and go hunting for Buffy DVDs today.
I got away at the right time (the 8:39am train from Cardiff), and then just coming into Tuggerah Station, I wasn't sure if that was the station I was supposed to meet him at. I jumped off, looked around, didn't see him, and jumped back on. Then I got out at Gosford, and waited. And waited. No Roderick. I phoned him (answering machine) and sat down and read a library book I brought with me. I helped some Japanese tourists find the local hospital, and made room for a small girl to sit down.
But still, no Roderick. I waited until noon and phoned again leaving another message for him. I went to Tuggerah just in case, but he wasn't there either. I came back as soon as I could, phoned again and then went browsing the shops. I found and bought a copy of "Coles Funny Picture Book #1" (perhaps the un-funniest book ever written, but I had a copy as a child) for $1.50. Then I caught the train back to Cardiff and went home.
I thought I'd got mixed up, but the details I'd made on my computer confirmed Gosford as where we were going to meet. What the fuck happened? I don't like to be stood up, but maybe something happened to Roddo, as well. Sent him an e-mail asking what the story was.
Really disappointed with this - I was looking forward to a "day out" with him, but all I got was tired, sweaty and bored, instead.
I got away at the right time (the 8:39am train from Cardiff), and then just coming into Tuggerah Station, I wasn't sure if that was the station I was supposed to meet him at. I jumped off, looked around, didn't see him, and jumped back on. Then I got out at Gosford, and waited. And waited. No Roderick. I phoned him (answering machine) and sat down and read a library book I brought with me. I helped some Japanese tourists find the local hospital, and made room for a small girl to sit down.
But still, no Roderick. I waited until noon and phoned again leaving another message for him. I went to Tuggerah just in case, but he wasn't there either. I came back as soon as I could, phoned again and then went browsing the shops. I found and bought a copy of "Coles Funny Picture Book #1" (perhaps the un-funniest book ever written, but I had a copy as a child) for $1.50. Then I caught the train back to Cardiff and went home.
I thought I'd got mixed up, but the details I'd made on my computer confirmed Gosford as where we were going to meet. What the fuck happened? I don't like to be stood up, but maybe something happened to Roddo, as well. Sent him an e-mail asking what the story was.
Really disappointed with this - I was looking forward to a "day out" with him, but all I got was tired, sweaty and bored, instead.
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Date: 2005-10-05 08:30 am (UTC)that really is fucked! The same thing happened to me, but at least i was at home. At least you managed to help others. Maybe that was the reason for you being stranded there. Maybe....
Funny you should say that...
Date: 2005-10-05 09:21 am (UTC)I kept on running into refrences to the TAO. While iw as in 2nd hand bookshop, I met someone who'd just been diagnosed with epilepsy. AS I'd had this myself, I was able to talk to him about it, and reassure him that he was doing the rignht think by taking the dilantin and seeing neurologists.
Also, I came across weird gifts, like lumps of coal (for naughty kids at Xmas) listening devices. Very odd.