i am cross as two sticks, or however else you might be cross*, about fedex, who spend all that money making lavish tv adverts about their reliability in thunder and wind, so much so that i half-believe someone in a fedex suit would parachute into my balcony any moment holding out my envelope and a pen for me to sign, but who are now a day late and making me miss two speedpost deadlines.

*julian says that obviously i want "cross as asparagus." heh.