"Good luck with the London buses..."
With a farewell wave, these are the phrases upon which Alexa and Lou parted company last Friday evening. Innocent enough words they may seem, but that does depend rather on what Lou was packing in her suitcase, and where she was going, and also what Alexa had in mind with the buses, and where she was going. So, not wanting to start a debate over the existence of different kinds of updates to this site, and their relative merits (A pointless essay, as it's quite clear that there are only two kind of update: 1. The brief added words in moments of boredom, and 2. Changes of background colour from one unattractive shade to another, neither of which have any real benefit other than filling time), I guess I can go now, having met all of these update criteria!
PS: As I still haven't actually done my packing, any suggestions on how to fit a room full of junk into a limited number of boxes and bags which clearly have a smaller capacity than the volume of stuff they are required to hold, would be appreciated. If you can work out the solution to this problem, then you'll have no great difficulty coming up with an unconventional method of contacting me to let me know what it is...
The only other thing is, it then all has to fit into the back of a car.
"I quite agree!" replied her shadow.
"I wonder why... Perhaps it's all gotten too complex, what with myriad sayings and backgrounds of a nasty pinkish sort."
"Perhaps..."
"Perhaps what is needed is to go back to basics. What do you think?"
"I think very little, really, what with being trod on all day."
"Hmm," hummed Ainsley, mostly to herself.
"Well, why was Plan Duckling founded?" her shadow asked gamely.
"It was founded to glorify remarkably intelligent waterfowl. To provide a venue for aardvark appreciation and for blueberry muffin-related adventures of all kinds. To initiate a self-destruct sequence that will end in the transformation of the world into a brightly-coloured goldfish bowl. To furnish a starting point from which Alexalou could begin her inevitable global takeover. To raise awareness regarding service bells and plate glass safety issues. It was founded to avoid an imposing physics project!"
"Yes!" The shadow was marvellously agitated by this time.
The interruption, however, derailed Ainsley's train of thought. "Sorry?"
"I mean to say that that is where you ought to begin."
"Oh," said Ainsley. "You're doubtless quite right, but it's getting very close to bedtime."
And so the shadow, being quite a bit taller than she at this point, took her outstretched hand, and they walked together into the sunset.
Note: Alexa would also like to make a small correction to Lou's comments below. While the yellow shade of this page is, indeed, quite unassuming on Alexa's home computer, she has discovered that it is, in fact, remarkably offensive on the computers on her campus, for reasons as yet unknown.
Alexalou less the Lou
If, however, you have had more than your fill of wayward aardvarks, highly intelligent species of waterfowl, and completely incomprehensible sayings, and feel you have got to grips with the whole Alexalou concept, then you might wish to escape via the cunningly devised routes found here. You must be warned that they are probably not as amusing as the original, but may be more useful. Don't worry, despite being older, I'm still quite mad, and I can only hope that the missing Alexa half is equally so!
Enjoy it all!
...Alexalou minus the alexa bit!
PS: I must apologise to Alexa for what I have just done, but her choice of background was, while being a delightful indication of her mental state at the time, not quite in keeping with the new PD minimalist look, so I've replaced it with this more boring, but inoffensive yellow. It's for the greater good, I assure you!
Good lord! Alexalou less the Alexa has apparently been madly updating while Alexalou less the Lou has been absorbed in her studies! While I would like to take this opportunity to reassure both (Alexa)Lou and our faithful readers that little has changed with respect to my questionable sanity, I admit that this whole university enterprise has more or less swallowed the free time I once devoted to dreaming, scheming, and otherwise plotting to take over the world. I am, however, excited at the prospect of a new and improved Plan Duckling, as all of you no doubt are as well! With this in mind, Alexalou will shortly be coming together to bring you the very latest information on the strange, humourous, and generally bizarre adventures that plague us!
Meanwhile, you can visit my new page or, should you feel the need to indulge in further madness, you may wish to take on my other geocities site.
Happy wandering! You'll be hearing from us again soon!
Alexalou minus the lou...