Relaxed early on - I awarded myself the day off to recover from the weekend I knew would try my nerves (and indeed appeared to have taxed my very wellbeing!). Later visited Bristol for the first time in a while - fine old time as ever. Not sure Guinness was the best thing in my state of fragility, but consumed happily nevertheless. Much chatter - some of it being of some gravity in my opinion. Still, enormously happy these days that life has stabilised enough to consider hard questions without too much fear. None of this stops me making an ass of myself of course. Failed entirely to sleep today. Restless and unwell again.
A weekend of jubilee related goings on all around me has had a curious effect. I've taken to wandering about town watching all the events from a safe distance - today this resulted in me getting trapped on the seafront between the beach on one side, and an attempt at "The World's Longest Zorba's Dance" on the other. This meant a long and tiresome detour to get home without becoming entagled in their record attempt. Saw quite a bit of formal celebrations on TV - intrigued by ceremonies around getting HRH into the City of London. Awakens some ideas of a flying visit to London to do some historical wanderings. Otherwise, vaguely sickened by the way my countryfolk have suddenly and devoutly rediscovered their nationalism and royalism this weekend. Still, the weather's been nice. Became strangely and rather unpleasantly ill today. Hope it passes.
Its been a somewhat tough week in several ways. Snatched a few moments of sanity along the way, had a much needed haircut, and enjoyed the spectacle of Billy Bragg playing "Take Down The Union Jack" to a bemused Top of the Pops audience tonight. I'm a little concerned how I'll occupy myself this long weekend, since all I had planned was some aimless wandering, and I managed to accomplish that tonight. Somewhere during the last week, this site achieved 150,000 hits in just over a year!
Work plods on, with occasional moments of merriment to break things up. I feel like my old sarcastic self is coming back, after a couple of months of feeling a little stifled by the pressure of being 'the new boy'. There are some fine people here - of course I always find decent folks where I work - but even so, I can ramble pretty much to my hearts content with little cause for worry. Otherwise, have spent much time getting GNOME 2.0 up to date, and very happy I am too. It's really beginning to feel quick, slick and bugless. Congratulations to all concerned! Finally signed up for next year's OU course - its going to be an English Language course, which best reflects my current interests - and importantly has the mileage to last for awhile. Frustrated it can't start now!
Lost::MikeGTN
I've had a home on the web for more years than I care to remember, and a few kind souls persuade me it's worth persisting with keeping it updated. This current incarnation of the site is centred around the blog posts which began back in 1999 as 'the daylog' and continued through my travels and tribulations during the following years.
I don't get out and about nearly as much these days, but I do try to record significant events and trips for posterity. You may also have arrived here by following the trail to my former music blog Songs Heard On Fast Trains. That content is preserved here too.
