The Importance of Being Idle

Here Comes... Bod

I realise that nobody who isn't
a) English &
b) 'of a certain age'
won't have a feckin' clue who or what Bod is, but its nice to be confused every once in a while, right?
Today mainly consisted of eating whatever left-over bits of non-food I have in the house, cos I refuse to shop on a Sunday if I can possibly avoid it. Also it helps to make the money (seem) to go further. I know I should look and see what the state of my bank account is, but I really, really don't want to, because no matter how rationally I look at it, I'm gonna panic. So I'll not look for a bit logner yet, and pretend nothing bad is happening. Denial ain't just a river in Egypt after all...
Hmmmmm what else?
Well obviously there was a disturbing amount of Jade Empire, which is cool. In fact I guess having the time to actually enjoy a game, book, movie or whatever is the best thing about not working. I need to make the most of this opppurtunity, and not view it as some sort of punishment (even though it clearly isn't really a good thing to be out of work, the time itself is a gift that few of us have). I 'acquired' the new Weezer CD 'Make Believe', and whilst I've only listened to it once, it seems to be of the Happy Weezer variety. Which is nice. I look forward to spending some quality time with it. Weezer are playing a few gigs in the UK next month, so not being able to afford the tickets is a royal pain in the arse.
The most peculiar thing that happened today was that I realised that the winter is actually over and that the sun isn't just a freakish anomaly in the sky, and therefore opened windows for the first time this year. Now that might seem a little strange to regular folk, but the windows in this place are frankly rubbish and very drafty, so when you close 'em for the winter you make sure they're closed good and air-tight, cos you don't want piercing winds blowing through the house (which, lets face it, is cold enough at the best of times). So opening them and allowing nature to have its way is something of a big deal. Naturally this action caused the sun to be banished behind dark clouds for the rest of the day, lets just hope I haven't ruined summer for everybody...
Remember last week I was bitching and complaining about the "Top One Hundred Albums" controversy (and by controversy I mean 'things I disagreed with')? The number one album was "OK Computer" by Radiohead in case anyone was interested, which I mildly disagree with, but only mildly - I don't really think anything could be judged the greatest album of all time and NOT be controversial. Anyway, this week we're having "Top One Hundred Childrens Programmes" and as I have remarkably few strong feelings on this subject (providing that Bagpuss wins of course) I'm just enjoying wallowing in the nostalgia of it all. Don't worry, I'm sure it'll make me angry later!

posted by BadMonkey @ 8:17 PM