So time to type for a little while.
Today has been quiet enough. Hung around online for a while earlier. Never did make it into town, but went to Clapham Junction for some storage boxes. Threw some comics and books into them with more to go tomorrow. Decided to hit the cinema afterall but swung by Blockbuster first to have something to watch tomorrow. Went to Ed’s for a diner dinner and then walked on to the cinema.

I saw The Man Who Sued God which was funny enough. As usual the funniest bits are in the trailers but I enjoyed it. There was a really good quote which I wanted to remember to put up here but I can’t remember it fully. Ah well, it was about the Greeks, trust me you’d all have loved it.

Other that that, there isn’t all that much. It’s typical I’ve had so much I wanted to type and now that I can, it’s just no there.

Tipping I’ve meant to mention for a while. Tipping is a good thing, at least 10%. It’s very rare that I don’t tip, I can’t remember the last time I didn’t. I’ll often do 15% even if the service isn’t perfect. If I enjoyed my food and generally felt looked after, then why not? It’s a very different culture between lots of people. The English tip on the low side when they even tip and the Americans on the high side. Something is of course better than nothing.

Someday I’m going to be in a position where I can force the world to hear the beauty hitting my eardrums right now and they will fall down and thank me for it.

I’m reading two books at the mo. I don’t usually like to but I couldn’t remember where I put one and I needed a book. So I’m reading Luke Rinehart’s The Dice Man and my god do I want to go out and buy a die, and I’m reading Peter David’s Knight Life.

Oh I was watching the news last night I think it was and the newscaster said that 3 British troops had been killed in Iraq in an unprovoked attack. I was divided between amusement and frustration. Of course it was a provoked attack, the British invaded their country. There isn’t really much more provocation than that is there?

Grabbing some ‘food’ in McDonalds late one night during the week I had a bit of a, I don’t know what you would call it but it was strange. I was sitting down facing the serving counter. There was a girl in the queue who for some reason seemed very familiar. After about a second I realised that she looked exactly like one of my ex girl friends. Posture, dress sense, hair style was all exactly the same. Reason was telling me there was no way but every time I looked at her I was convinced it was her. Then of course she turned around and it wasn’t her. I was somewhat relieved. There are some ex girl friends I would not mind seeing again and some I would love to see again, she didn’t fall into either of those categories.

Now this is very cool news:
“Greg Dyke, director general of the BBC, has announced plans to give the public full access to all the corporation’s programme archives.” Details here

– A houseboat would be nice.
– My flatmate is away, I’ve taken the chance to wash everything that I own, almost.
– Willpower and more so the lack of is an interesting topic at the moment.
– I need a haircut and I’m very tempted to get it cut short. It’s too long and not really much good at the moment. I had people I’ve known for years claim to not remember me with short hair.

I’m missing Dublin more and more these days. I guess it’s because I’m unhappier in London than I have been in a while but it’s still there nagging quite a bit. I think it’s also strangely not helped by the fact my team is mainly Irish. Two of them are in Dublin for the weekend and all have been back more recently than I have. I don’t know exactly what it is but I want something that isn’t London but at the same time it needs to be familiar.
I’m working on a small possibility of having a week in France for the first week of September. My family are over there on holidays and I might just see if I can meet up with them for a weekend before heading into Paris for a few days. Wander around, see some sights, speak the language and generally chill. Even the thought of that sounds so very good. I guess we’ll just see how it goes.

This keyboard is still getting to me, but a lot less. Typing is ok, just editing and navigation is still iffy. It’s almost full keyboard layout which of course I’m not expecting from a laptop so it’s throwing me. Of course I’m happy to have it and be back online 🙂