The Mentalist…

baleal midday gazing

I can count the days I’ve spent surfing this year using the contents of my pants. This is not a good statistic.

Life has been bowling me along for months in a dusty cloud of cement and sawdust and surfing has been slipping deeper into my mind. So deep that somedays it becomes a strange daydream about a life I thought about once.

Luckily I have a friend who is a mentalist. Not a total nutter who is prone to bouts of certifiable insanity that teeters on the brink of social disorder (although on reflection he has the capability of all of this) but a controller of minds using nothing but his intellect and wisdom…

Phone rings…

DB: Hey Sharky (his pet name for me)

Me: Hey Dolphin Boy (likewise)

DB: Did you know that I’m clairvoyant and that I know what you’re doing tomorrow morning…

…enigmatic pause…

Me: Tiling the bathroom?

DB: Nope.

Me: Sanding the study ceiling?

DB: Nah.

Me: I give up.

DB: Going surfing with me at Cabadelo…

The spooky thing was… he was completely right. I did. And it was gooood….

I surfed today. Thank you kindly DB – I muchly needed that.

14 Comments

  1. db
    Posted May 5, 2009 at 9:27 pm | Permalink

    any time sharkfin (unless i am having a bout of the other kind of mentalism!!!)

  2. Posted May 5, 2009 at 10:05 pm | Permalink

    I’m still trying to work out how many day’s you’ve been surfing this year …….

    penfold replied:

    Don-t be afraid to rummage…

  3. Posted May 5, 2009 at 10:06 pm | Permalink

    It’s not a good image, either….

    penfold replied:

    Probably not mother. I shall erase it from my mind. As should you.

  4. Posted May 5, 2009 at 10:27 pm | Permalink

    The contents of your pants? You have at least some pocket change, don’t you? :-)

    Glad to learn you did something you love today.

    penfold replied:

    No pockets in English pants I’m afraid LL (me too)

  5. Posted May 5, 2009 at 11:50 pm | Permalink

    one of my gentleman friends tried this, letting me know how i’d be spending a saturday night. he was right. mentalism rocks. fully.

    penfold replied:

    Nothing like a good mind job to make the weekend slip by nicely…

  6. Posted May 6, 2009 at 7:56 am | Permalink

    Three cheers for Dolphin Boy! You oughta play hooky more often … xx

    penfold replied:

    I fully intend to. Don’t tell the boss though.
    Ooh you’re sitting next to me – hello xxx

    twin replied:

    gettaroom…. ;-)

    penfold replied:

    We’re building a room. Still waiting for the windows…

  7. Posted May 6, 2009 at 8:34 am | Permalink

    Are your fingers included? …… I’m still calculating …….

  8. Posted May 6, 2009 at 8:46 am | Permalink

    As your mother I know the answer to this – but I’m still trying to work out how you can surf two and a half times?????

    kpx replied:

    xxx

  9. Posted May 6, 2009 at 5:37 pm | Permalink

    thank you soooo much for the mental image of the contents of your pants : / wild imagination is now in check & may never wander again

    penfold replied:

    My apologies MumsyBeat. I shall keep the contents of my pants under wraps in future. Mostly.

  10. Posted May 7, 2009 at 7:43 am | Permalink

    glad you got some! i need it bad….

    penfold replied:

    There’s some spare ones over here if you need them. I’ll put a reserved sticker on a few…

  11. Posted May 8, 2009 at 12:26 am | Permalink

    A friend in need …

  12. Posted May 25, 2009 at 9:21 am | Permalink

    Can you slow down with the posts please ….. I can’t keep track …..

  13. Posted July 10, 2009 at 11:12 pm | Permalink

    Aah…the best things are always worth the wait.

  14. Posted August 19, 2009 at 12:14 am | Permalink

    Hello!Your dad left a comment for me because a posted a Cabedelo wave photo on my blog.In fact I posted it after reading in newspaper that the wave is going away.Now I read that you surfed there in July.Did you noticed any change back then?Local surfers are now saying that the ongoing construction on the quay is killing the surf wave in Cabedelo…

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