The Fractious Family

To the unsuspecting man on the street, we're collectively "mad, bad and dangerous to know". Secretly however, we're plush toys and rag dolls stuffed with cotton rags and wool - with trimmings of cynicism naturally.

Individually Speaking...

Father: The sort of husband who drives a woman to religion. Hardly what I'd term father-material. Father displays an alarming bit of insouciance, to the ire of all.

Mother: Darling Mother! One has to contend with the constant desire to pen paeans in honour of this lovely being. She is naturally inclined to the saintly and the sacred, given the ragbag dysfunctional troupe that surrounds and suffocates her.

Sister: The bon vivant... a tad inexorable in her temerity towards Life and its Big, Important Q&A sessions.

Brother: Mutable tastes and intellect. He's interested in cosmogony and immersed in anthropology for the time being. Not as loquacious as Sister thankfully.

On the whole...

We are democratically inclined in our quieter modes. Alas! we revert to shocking displays of "Eastern despotism" and Byronic individualism and grunt in antediluvian malice at this Hellenistic convention of government so embraced by the desperately sophisticated amongst others.

and then some...

The Menagerie: The menagerie interferes and at times, confounds. It consists of fins, tails, feathers, a slightly torn ear, spines, thorns, etc.; all quite sentient, at best philosophically entertaining and at worst, brutishly voracious consumers of food.

Diorama .01

Odds and ends? Hardly

This is a working list. The numbers may increase in the future. Suffice to say them below are my most important friends. The enemy might creep in unbeknownst but I don't see one for the time being.

Individually Speaking... Again...

S.: The mysterious S. who forbids the utterance of her especial name! You guessed it; she's quite the unhinged sort. No, seriously, S. is a woman in her late twenties whom I've known for more years than I'd care to recall. Blood of my blood, flesh of my flesh - almost. Somehow S.'s favourite hobbies include poking your truly and laughing at yours truly. Oh yes, I adore her.

Juno: Married and divorced. Juno reckons she's a globetrotter. She obviously loves the Discovery Travel and Living channel. A somewhat depressing person.

Genie: Best friend. She is Very serious about relationships and forms strong attachments with people everywhere. However, I do discern an obsessive compulsive streak in her. My one "grown up" friend.

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