I can do art...

It's been a great day - I met with S again. We went to the art gallery. I was really impressed - not only was it worth seeing, but it was also free. Values!

A lot of the pieces were modern, or "contemporary". To me that's usually synonymous with "Bollocks" but in this instance I was certainly proved wrong. I really enjoyed spending a few hours wandering around.

The only time I was a bit peeved was when I turned a corner and saw a stunning piece of art - it was a monochrome in blood red - extremely striking. I was momentarily stunned into silence. As you can imagine this doesn't happen often - my mouth is generally set to "auto-fire". My stunned silence is haunting me still because S turned to me and said "Isn't that awesome?"

That made me feel shit. Why? Because I loved it. And to just reply lamely "Yeah" made me seem a complete deadbeat. I felt as though I was just agreeing for agreements sake. And that SO wasn't the case. I wanted to go back and look at it again but for some reason I couldn't. I thought it would look odd. Yeah, I'm weird.

When we were done there we headed back to my place and just chilled for a while. I hugged S and felt so content. She headed home and we spent the rest of the evening chatting on line. It's so wonderful to have a friend again. I know it sounds odd, but other than Internet people I've had no friends since I left the UK. To be able to hug and talk is amazing.