Every time he’s about to talk to himself, my boyfriend gets a very intense look on his face. His eyebrows draw together and two little wrinkles appear in the middle, his eyes darting to one side, up to the heavens.
Then the lips start moving.
“What are you doing now?” I like to ask.
“Nothing - go away!” he replies, embarrassed. But after a while the muttering inevitably starts again. I can never quite understand what he’s saying, but when I ask he says he’s practicing his interviewing techniques (he’s also a journalist), running through problems or a checklist for that week’s groceries.