I carved a pumpkin
and I read in a magazine at the dentist's about how it is that I'm always busy but don't get that much done. It's called "displacement activity". Now I have a name I can look for a cure. But first I have to make tea.
got back from Scotland yesterday. only went for a short trip. did the usual stuff - walked on the moors, visited a distillery, drank whisky. saw a bottle of 40 year old Laphroaig (priced at £1000) but didn't taste it. had a great time but it was over too fast. Work on monday. My photos of Islay are here.
got to get a pumpkin carved today, going to a wedding tomorrow. time I got dressed really
I'm aboard the Hebridean Isles ferry about to cast off and set sail to Islay.The ferry is a bit too modern,I was hoping for a wooden skiff poled along by a dour kilted ferryman but on the plus side this car ferry seems more seaworthy. I've explained to Maribel that if one goes on holiday on a boat it counts as abroad. She seems sceptical. Scotland is looking great-loads of mist,hills covered with trees and heather, silver sunlight glinting off lochs. With the cry of the curlew in my ears and last nights whisky lingering in my head it feels like a proper holiday to me. Apparently there is a cybercafé on Islay so i may be able to upload some photos. I'm really hoping for a decent curryhouse. Haggis isn't really to my taste. Neeps and tatties will be okay though.
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it's been a busy but not very exciting week. Working nights should take the same amount of time as working days but it doesn't feel like I've done much other than the above.
well, I did go for a meal at the Khandoker on Tuesday. it was a fund-raising dinner to support some kind of ambulance. I'm a generous person who can usually give up some time to eat a cheap curry for charity
and I went to martial arts on wednesday. I haven't had as much exercise as I'd like this week, hope I can still manage my run when I get back into it
and finally, finished wearing in my new trainers. Took me a while to find some nice, black, vegan trainers. these are the ones
Not much doing this weekend, been working. Got out at 6pm last night and went to see The Departed with my lovely gf.
I had heard bad things about the film but it was the best thing on offer within 20 miles on a sunday evening, and I wanted to get out. I was pleasantly surprised though, the pace was fast enough to keep me awake but not so fast as to make it an action film. the plot was fairly water tight (apart from the stuff about computers, which was minor) and as with 99.9% of films I didn't guess the ending in advance of it happening. I'd give the film four asterisks ****
I'm off to B&Q today. While I'm out I may try to get some advice about my bike, which has been making strange grinding noises recently. It sounds like I may need a new chainset. I like the look of the one on the top right here. It costs about four times as much as my bike though. So tempting, £14.96 a month for the next three years doesn't sound too bad...
I don't seem to get much done in the mornings before I go to work. Eat breakfast, have a run. Make a phone call and then panic trying to get my lunch, have a shower, pack my stuff for work, etcetera.
let's see if blogging about it helps
My mango tree is doing well this year
Fruit & veg today? - a banana
Exercise today? - a short run, maybe slightly over one mile
Hours of sleep I'm going to get tonight? - 7-8
I was thinking about To Rococo Rot, the other day. Strange name, sounds like it should mean something in french. John Peel used to play them, and there are a few songs of theirs on the Domino record label page (link above)
And here's something else from Kitty-Yo, a song by them, and when it finishes - a song by Rechenzentrum. I love minimalist german electronic music
I've not been blogging much recently, not sure why. Nothing to say maybe? Perhaps I'll tell my continuing story through the medium of my ebay purchases and sales? Perhaps I won't, as the commercialism distorts some of the finer points of the narrative. It surprises me that I can write stuff like this when I'm sober
