Alphabetti spaghetti: B

Lately, I have found myself feel­ing some­what Bewitched. I can­not decide if this is because I am par­tic­u­larly enam­oured, cap­tiv­ated and beguiled, or whether I am simply har­bour­ing a desire to cast evil spells on cer­tain people. Most people, if I’m hon­est. Except you. For once, this post isn’t about you, I prom­ise. I would ask you to look me in the eyes as I tell you that, for you to believe me once and for all. Sadly, you know me too well already, and thus you’re keenly aware that I wouldn’t be able to hold your gaze, mostly because I prefer look­ing at the carpet.

My car­pet is end­lessly fas­cin­at­ing. So many pat­terns, so little time.

I have been feel­ing a little Bothered, too. “Am I bothered?” you might ask. Well, I am. I’m in a per­man­ent state of men­tal bother­a­tion. Indeed, you would be amazed at the acro­batic moves I am able to per­form with a rusty, blood-encrusted machete in a crowded room. In my dreams, naturally.

No, come back, please. I don’t want to scare you. Just before you go and hide, I am also feel­ing the need to quietly inform you, in a the­at­rical whis­per, that I am utterly Bewildered. Oh, you knew that, did you? Do you think I might be per­man­ently bewildered for my entire life?

You’re right. Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I.

Comments: 17

    Did I not tell you I’d be only too happy to wield the machete? Just cast the spell and we’ll make the whole alpha­bet disappear.

    Ani | 08.01.07, 20:29

    My car­pet is end­lessly fas­cin­at­ing. So many pat­terns, so little time’

    is a class line my friend. class.

    Have you been fight­ing with the hoover again?

    andre | 08.01.07, 20:31

    B is my very favour­ite let­ter. B is for Bohémi­enne, right? No? Damn. Off to look at my car­pet. Ewww. Dog hair.

    bohémienne | 08.01.07, 23:08

    I’m just vexed again, per­plexed again.

    callisto | 08.01.07, 23:55

    black and brown and blue?

    (also as a side note — do you know if that alpha­betti spa­ghetti pic­tured is Cyril­lic or con­tains Greek char­ac­ters? Is that a delta hanging around just to the left of the cent­ral line, right at the bottom?)

    [/pedantic spa­ghetti char­ac­ter set-spotter.]

    Miles Away | 08.02.07, 00:48

    You won’t always be bewildered. After a bit you get used to it and just real­ise that it’s everything else that is out of step, so that’s OK, then. The other two you might be stuck with.

    Melograna | 08.02.07, 03:16

    Ani — How is your machete swing?

    Andre — I have had noth­ing to do with the hoover, no. Not since the, um, incident.

    Bohémi­enne — I for­got that I was feel­ing Bohemian too. I always feel Bohemian, though.

    Cal­listo — Liv­ing life in a vexed and per­plexed site seems stand­ard, too. I can’t wait for V and P.

    Miles Away — Your know­ledge of Alpha­betti spa­ghetti is not only thor­ough, but also slightly … worrying.

    Melo­grana — Very wise, though frankly I think I would prefer to be stuck with bewildered and get rid of bothered, eventually.

    An Unreliable Witness | 08.02.07, 08:35

    hang on.… I’ve been here before… haven’t I?

    Peach | 08.02.07, 08:59

    Peach — It’s early and I’m a little too bleary. So I’m treat­ing this as a sort of meta­phys­ical ques­tion. Yes, we’ve all been here before. I was a hedge­hog in a former life.

    An Unreliable Witness | 08.02.07, 09:06

    is this about harry pot­ter? if it is, can I join you? you bring your machete and I’ll bring my pickaxe.

    edvard moonke | 08.02.07, 09:24

    Harry Pot­ter? Harry?! Potter?!

    *caresses machete in an omin­ous manner@

    An Unreliable Witness | 08.02.07, 11:34

    you are bewildered, bewitched and bothered

    i am

    bedazzled

    annie | 08.02.07, 11:43

    yeah sorry, just had a dr who tardis moment and read you and then read you again and thought, hang on…

    Peach | 08.02.07, 12:07

    Oh dam­mit, I want to send you the Bell X1 song Alpha­bet soup. But I can’t find a pretty ver­sion. This is the best I can lay my cursor on and it’s shockin’ poor, but it does have the line: “What’s that you’re say­ing to me, tomato-coated spa­ghetti?” which not many songs do.

    fiona | 08.03.07, 02:10

    My car­pet is end­lessly fas­cin­at­ing. So many pat­terns, so little time.”

    this line just about had me in tears.

    vesper | 08.05.07, 20:04

    I, too am in a per­man­ent men­tal state of botheration.

    Sadly, I have no car­pets. But your blog has utterly bewitched me.

    www.akiterises.blogspot.com | 08.11.07, 20:40

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