It’s funny sometimes how transient friendship can be. I don’t even know how to say anything other than that.

I finished Redemption Ark and enjoyed it a lot…with a few reservations. It didn’t feel like a full book, and perhaps it’s not intended to be. The ending was very open and presumably the next book will pick up where it left off. Nobody seems to die. Wait, I lie, they do die. But there is the technology to bring them back with little or no loss. Everyone died in the first book and were promptly brought back. In this book two major characters die and are brought back. The death of one is a big character point for another and at the end of the book it’s reset. Hmmm. Still I eagerly await the next book.

Damn a GM Safari and a developers preview of Panther out today. With a bit of luck I’ll have both of them tomorrow.

Work today started about as well as a Monday can, with a massage.

Soundtrack is Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots by the Flaming Lips.

The picture to the right is the BBC webcam for Glastonbury. As you can see it’s all starting to take shape.

I woke up very early this morning and I didn’t wake up well. I hadn’t slept all that well and I was a little groggy when I woke up. But there was a very loud noise overhead. We are pretty close to the Heathrow flight path and so there is quite a bit of air traffic around. I rarely notice it and when I do, it does not bother me.

But this morning was different. It was so loud and so close for a few seconds I was sure it was in trouble and was going down. That kinda woke me up quickly.

American Apology shirt

Irreversible

Jesus fuck how did this not get cut to shreds? It’s rare that on screen violence makes me turn away but that just did.

And about 20 minutes later, it happens again. There are some quotes from the director saying that he made this movie to shock, well he did.

I had heard that the second season of Smallville really started to pull together and the stuff I’d seen to date indicated the same. I enjoyed tonight’s episode quite a bit and it’s getting close to being something worth making time for each week. I note that the episode with Christopher Reeve is on in two weeks time and I will be watching this.

I watched Clay Pigeons this afternoon it wasn’t bad but nothing special. A little rain took the park out of play. It was nothing major and walking in it was good but it was enough to make the ground too wet to sit on so read on my couch for a while instead.

Just 3 days in work this week and I can’t wait.

Suffice it to say I slept well last night.

In late August a group of us are planning on doing a canal holiday. We are going to rent a barge and set off for a week. Head along a canal stopping at various places along the way and enjoy a quiet week in the countryside. Really should sit down and sort it out soon. A quick google has brought up some fairly reasonable rates and many choices. It would be good to get it all sorted. It’s been years since I’ve been fishing and the plan also involves getting some rods for the week and chilling.

Now I’m really getting into countdown mode. Just three days left in work and I have a week off. The weather forecast is looking like a bute. No rain and temperatures in the mid 20s for the 5 days or so. I fucking love it.

So a short walk later… fuck, the map reckons it was 9 miles.

I’ve been meaning to walk to Piccadilly Circus ever since I moved over here. It’s close enough to walk in an hour or so. Walked along the Thames as far as parliment, then up to Piccadilly. Not the shortest way to get there but it took about an hour. I was going to get a bus home at that stage but didn’t think it was worth it so I kept walking.
I think my legs might regret this in the morning.

For the time being, some sleep, perchance to dream.

Well that was interesting and more than a little hard to watch in places. I don’t know what I was expecting but it wasn’t that. I can’t say I enjoyed it because I didn’t but I’m very glad I saw it. I don’t think I’ll watch it again but I’m glad I saw it.

It’s late and I’m tired. I don’t want to sleep and I don’t feel like another movie right now so I’m going out for a walk I’ll be back online in a bit.