As many of you know, I’ve been attempting to write up my mullet-hunting experiences in recent months. Many people have told me it would make a great book, so perhaps if I scribble it all down, one day it might be.
The writing process is frustratingly slow, but because I’m off work today and Monday due to local holidays, I am attempting to use the free time for writing.
I’ve been spending the afternoon on my Albanian chapter. In a nutshell, I visited Albania in 2003 to track down the village of Mullet, but it seemed that due to either errors in transliteration or spelling, or just my bad research, it turned out to be called Milot. We drove past it anyway, me in a very grumpy mood.
Oops indeed.
However, while checking a couple of facts about Albania on the web this afternoon, to help me with the chapter, I stumbled across a very detailed map of the centre of the country. It seems my planning was even more rubbish than I thought.
I’d best stop writing this blog before I scream some most unsavoury expletives. Except to say: who fancies a trip to Albania?
Friday September 22 2006 at 7:28 pm
Simon, this is ideal fuel for the literary fire, but it can only work if you make it the final stage of your mullet world tour. A return to where it started, and trip to repair past errors.
Also, hopefully then will you realise and admit to yourself that during 1st year of university you too had a mullet. It’s true - I have photos.
Friday September 22 2006 at 11:55 pm
It was admittedly long, unkempt hair, Niall. Definitely not a mullet. You of all people should know what a mullet technically is.
Saturday September 23 2006 at 10:25 pm
Simon, the camera never lies, and I see a mullet sported in that early photo. Remember, back then you were just the boy from the islands, not the swanky city kid you are now, and the mullet was seen as very fashionable.
It was a pretty scraggy mullet mind you, so I can see why you’re in denial.
Monday September 25 2006 at 7:44 pm
No. It was definitely a mullet.
Tuesday September 26 2006 at 12:04 am
I think this evidence needs to be made public…
Tuesday September 26 2006 at 12:07 am
I repeat - it was very bad long hair. But it was never cut short on the sides/top so was strictly speaking not a mullet.
Because there was no mullet, there is no evidence.
Tuesday September 26 2006 at 4:43 am
Me thinks he doth protest too much… {:->
Tuesday September 26 2006 at 11:49 am
I have evidence, but I’ll need to find it and scan it in.
Wednesday September 27 2006 at 12:43 am
YAY!!!! Do it, do it!!!
Wednesday September 27 2006 at 4:23 pm
Simon, you need to face up to your past and embrace it, denial is not good (my therapy rates are very reasonable by the way). I can now cheerfully admit that I had mullet hair (mind you it was in the 1980s - yes I am ancient - when it was actually fashionable, not just bad long hair)