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- Going Through The Motions (Silence Of The Lambs edit)
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Friday, July 23, 2010
It rises from Its bed.
It walks to the door.
It opens the door.
It walks out of the door.
It closes the door.
It walks down a hallway.
At the end of the hallway It turns left into a kitchen.
It turns the light on in the kitchen.
It walks to the counter on which the kettle is placed.
It turns off an electricity socket on the wall.
It unplugs the kettles power cord from the wall's electricity socket.
It carries the kettle to the sink.
It removes the lid of the kettle.
It places the lid on the counter beside the sink.
It places the open kettle beneath the tap.
It turns the cold faucet on.
While the kettle is filling with water, It looks out the window.
When the kettle is full to its maximum level, It turns off the water.
It swings the tap head away from the top of the kettle.
It picks up the kettle lid from the counter.
It places the lid on the kettle.
It carries the kettle back to the counter.
It places the kettle on the counter.
It plugs the kettles power cord back into the wall's electricity socket.
It turns on the electricity socket.
It flicks the switch on the kettle to on.
It walks to the cupboard.
It opens the cupboard door.
It removes a mug from the cupboard.
It carries the mug back to the counter.
It places the mug on the counter.
It opens a drawer, beneath the counter.
It removes a teaspoon from the drawer.
It closes the drawer.
It opens a cupboard above the kettle.
It removes a sugar bowl.
It places the sugar bowl on the counter.
It measures out one teaspoon of sugar.
It balances the sugar on the spoon.
It moves the spoon slowly through the air, from the air above the sugar bowl to the air above the mug.
It rotates Its wrist 90 degrees in an anti-clockwise direction, which pours the sugar into the mug.
It returns the empty spoon to the sugar bowl.
It measures out one teaspoon of sugar.
It balances the sugar on the spoon.
It moves the spoon slowly through the air, from the air above the sugar bowl to the air above the mug.
It rotates Its wrist 90 degrees in an anti-clockwise direction, which pours the sugar into the mug.
It places the teaspoon in the mug.
It picks up the sugar bowl.
It returns the sugar bowl to the cupboard above the kettle.
It removes a container of cocoa from the cupboard.
It places the container of cocoa on the counter.
It holds the base of the cocoa container firmly to the counter with Its left hand.
It removes the lid of the cocoa container with Its right hand.
It places the lid of the cocoa container on the counter.
It removes the teaspoon from the mug.
It brings the teaspoon to the cocoa container.
It measures out one teaspoon of cocoa powder.
It balances the cocoa powder on the spoon.
It moves the spoon slowly through the air, from the air above the cocoa powder to the air above the mug.
It rotate Its wrist 90 degrees in an anti-clockwise direction, which pours the cocoa powder into the mug.
It returns the teaspoon to the cocoa container.
It measures out one teaspoon of cocoa powder.
It balances the cocoa powder on the spoon.
It moves the spoon slowly through the air, from the air above the cocoa powder to the air above the mug.
It rotates Its wrist 90 degrees in an anti-clockwise direction, which pours the cocoa powder into the mug.
It places the teaspoon in the mug.
It holds the base of the cocoa container firmly to the counter with Its left hand.
It removes the lid of the cocoa container from the counter.
It places the lid on the cocoa container with Its right hand.
It picks up the cocoa container.
It returns the cocoa container to the cupboard above the kettle.
It closes the door of the cupboard above the kettle.
It waits for the kettle to finish boiling.
It looks out the window.
It sighs habitually.
The kettle finishes boiling.
It picks up the mug with Its left hand.
It places the mug beside the kettle.
Holding the kettle firmly with Its right hand, It angles it gently towards the mug.
The tipping point of the kettle is reached, and It regulates the flow of water from the kettle to the mug with almost imperceptible wrist pressure.
The mug slowly fills with water.
It measures the level of water in the mug at to three-quarters full.
It then eases the kettle away from tipping point.
It releases the kettle.
It places the mug on the counter.
It walks to the fridge.
It opens the fridge.
It removes the milk bottle from the door of the fridge.
It closes the fridge.
It carries the milk to the counter where the mug is.
It places the milk on the counter beside the mug.
It holds the handle of the mug with Its left hand, exerting mild downward pressure.
It grasps the protruding handle of the teaspoon with Its right hand.
It stirs the contents of the mug vigorously in a clockwise direction for a count of 15.
It lets go of the teaspoon.
It lets go of the mug handle.
It holds the base of the milk bottle with Its left hand, exerting mild downward pressure.
It twists the lid of the milk bottle open with Its right hand.
It places the lid on the counter beside the milk bottle.
It lets go of the milk bottle with Its left hand.
It grasps the handle of the milk bottle with Its right hand.
Holding the milk bottle's handle firmly with Its right hand, It angles it gently towards the mug.
The tipping point of the milk bottle is reached, and It regulates the flow of milk from the milk bottle to the mug with almost imperceptible wrist pressure.
It pours a small measure of milk into the mug.
It then eases the milk bottle away from tipping point.
It releases the handle of the milk bottle.
It removes the lid of the milk bottle from the counter.
It holds the base of the milk bottle with Its left hand, exerting mild downward pressure.
It twists the lid of the milk bottle closed with Its right hand.
It carries the milk bottle to the fridge.
It opens the fridge.
It places the milk bottle inside the door of the fridge.
It closes the fridge.
It walks back to the counter where the mug of cocoa sits.
It holds the handle of the mug with Its left hand, exerting mild downward pressure.
It grasps the protruding handle of the teaspoon with Its right hand.
It stirs the contents of the mug vigorously in a clockwise direction for a count of 5.
It removes the teaspoon from the mug.
It places the teaspoon in the sink.
It picks up the mug from the counter with Its left hand.
It cradles the base of the mug with Its right hand.
It brings the edge of the cup to Its mouth.
It purses Its lips.
It expels breath through Its lips directly onto the surface of the cocoa.
It tips the mug slightly and releases a small measure of the mug's contents into Its mouth.
It holds the contents in Its mouth for a second.
It swallows the contents of Its mouth.
It waits three seconds.
It tips the mug slightly and releases a small measure of the mug's contents into Its mouth.
It holds the contents in Its mouth for a second.
It swallows the contents of Its mouth.
It waits three seconds.
It tips the mug slightly and releases a small measure of the mug's contents into Its mouth.
It holds the contents in Its mouth for a second.
It swallows the contents of Its mouth.
Take care, keep safe, and stay beautiful,
With love and peace,
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I bet it doesn't then forget where it left the remote..
there's something very reassuring about a warm cocoa..
disturbing.. intimate & banal & all a little bit too close up..
& I greatly admire the effect...
but now my eyes hurt...
.-= Amanda Joy´s last blog ..Haiga @ The Fringe Gallery =-.
Haha...it does take a bit of reading. I'm glad that the effect was there though. Just a wee experiment...