{"id":1641,"date":"2017-11-03T09:35:42","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T09:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/williamgallagher.com\/selfdistract\/?p=1641"},"modified":"2017-11-03T09:35:42","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T09:35:42","slug":"lost-week-on-self-distract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/williamgallagher.com\/selfdistract\/2017\/11\/03\/lost-week-on-self-distract\/","title":{"rendered":"Lost week on Self Distract…"},"content":{"rendered":"

The last seven days are a hot lemon haze: I had a flu jab last Friday and took to it rather badly. I feel that rather than preventing a flu, I ordered one. But among the seven days of red hot fever alternating with shaking with the cold \u2013\u00a0wait, I\u2019m going through a manopause \u2013 there were moments of clarity.<\/p>\n

Such as last night. Sitting in Birmingham\u2019s Town Hall in the interval at a concert. Everyone around me was still buzzing from Clare Grogan’s Altered Images<\/a> and The Christians<\/a>. I liked them both but realise I only know one and a half songs from each and this was a night of nostalgic celebration rather than of new music. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to play a variety of things,\u201d Midge Ure<\/a> would say in the second set. \u201cDon\u2019t worry, it\u2019s all old.\u201d<\/p>\n

But before that, sitting in the interval, feeling clammy and actually rather old from both internal and external reasons, I checked my email. And find myself saying this aloud, actually this: \u201cOoooh, great, the beta test of OmniOutliner 3 is here.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell,\u201d said Angela. \u201cSo long as you\u2019re enjoying yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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