bottles stand side by side on the ground next to him. He has been reading for a while but throws the book to one side. The beer suggesting he do something a bit more entertaining.

Enough of this!

Standing up from the sofa he suddenly realises the full effects of the alcohol and knocks over some of the bottles. He tries to catch them but two roll under the sofa out of reach. A wave of his hand to say ’whatever’ and he takes a remote control from the side table which he uses to activate a projector screen. It lowers down automatically and the projector flickers into life overhead.

Selecting a movie from a list he navigates forward through the time-line with a certainty