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Forty Six and Forty Seven

Some how I missed March, so this is a double post to make up for the error. The first one is several years old, the second happened a few nights ago, which is clearly a reflection of my concern about given a conference paper on Monday.

'Toadfish, the Neighbours character, is dressed like something out of Miami Vice. He has a pony tail. He resembles himself ten years ago. I am guarding a woman who may/may not be Kristen, the woman Paul had an affair with. She is handcuffed to a pipe in a back room of the pub that used to be owned by Lou. Men are coming to get her. I hide in the building as they peak through the windows. Eventually one gets up the courage to come to the door. I greet him, saying ‘Look, this has happened once before, and I will kill every one of you.’ He takes no notice, so I pull a pipe on him, beat him and stab his associates. I am convinced this is a memory of something I have done before, except, of course, it is not.'

'In a long strange room, similar to somewhere along the second floor in Wentworth. A panel of short men, one of who is Robin, asks me questions about my work. Each answer is greeted with laughter, but rather being unsettling it is a mark of respect in a culture I am apparently unfamiliar with. I join in. We cover a great many topics, each one greeted with similar mirth. By the end of my time with the bizarrely sized men my face hurts and I am unable to speak without pain in my neck and upper shoulders. What was so funny?'
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