Curious Incidents of a Flailing Mermaid

Mr Blobby - The Simple Days

Soundtrack to My Life - track one

Well, it is just about to turn 9am and I’ve been up since 5am. I woke up and just could not get back to sleep. So, I decided to get up and fire out loads of emails. I figured, if I could get all my important things done, I would have a chance to try and rest my whirlwind head for the rest of the day. Or, at least, get my teeth stuck into somethings I actually want to do. Hopefully it will work.

Today’s track is the first CD I ever owned, personally. Given where we lived at the time, I’m guessing I must have been about nine years old. I thought the song was funny so I played it over and over - much to my brothers’ destress!
However, about a year later, I realised that it wasn’t cool to own such a ridiculous CD. If any of my friends ever spotted it, I would by plagued by it forever. I think it was a Christmas present, so I didn’t want to just throw it out - that’d have been harsh.
Instead, I tried my hardest to scratch it so badly that it would have to go. But, I’m telling you, this CD was indestructible. Whatever I did, it still played - really well. I dragged it along concrete, chucked it at walls, covered it in gravel… you name it! It still played!

In the end, my brother said, “this is ridiculous,” and jumped on it until it snapped. Haha that did it.

Oh to be young again… if the only thing to worry about is getting rid of an embarrassing CD, you’ve got a good thing going on. Huh?

Enjoy…