Alex Grech's blog

Monday, October 11, 2004

Death of Superman

Internet news frenzy. Every other picture has a man in tights and a cape. The first visual on the BBC site showing a bald Christopher Reeve in a wheelchair is rapidly replaced by a more dignified picture of the great man with a full head of hair and a suit.

Max spends the day running errands to keep him from thinking about beheadings in Iraq, girls shot in drive-by killings in Nottingham, and all the shit in the world.

Jacob says that he likes having chicken pox. He watches fourteen consecutive episodes of Thomas the tank engine before Max realises that a responsible father would find alternative entertainment for his toddler.

Max is starting to think that his own real life character bears many similarities to Lars.

Max gets home to a plate of pasta with M&S vegetable sauce.

Max doesn't know what he has become.

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