Pham Nuwen plunked himself down, stretching indolently.
I am a completely horizontal author. I can't think unless I'm lying down, either in bed or stretched on a couch and with a cigarette and coffee handy. I've got to be puffing and sipping.
In my spare time I like watching TV, laying on the couch, just chillin'.
I want to be lazier. This is the luxurious dream I have: Doing nothing all day, just watching the clouds and DVDs.
This soft grass suggests 'softness' to me, but also at the same time 'lying-down-ness'.
O, nothing is more alluring than a levee from a couch in some confusion.
It takes a while to master the art of hammock-lounging. At first I could only manage five minutes or so before I thought I ought to get out and go and help a child learn how to swim or something. But after observing the Mexicans' capability for staring into space for hours on end, I decided to put in some proper practice.
Each culture has its own characteristic manner of locomotion, sitting, standing, reclining, and gesturing.
