The Importance of Being Idle

What'd I Say?

As usual the name of the post has strikingly little relevance to whatever it is I'm going to talk about (so I suppose it is actually possible that it will have some resonance, but if it does it'll be purely accidental), it's just what I'm listening to right now. Ray Charles eh? Musical genius.
Well I finally did get my act together enough to go grocery shopping (thank goodness, I was down to eating dust bunnies), although that wasn't quite as straight forward as it would once have been, mainly because I didn't want to get wet. See, considering the weather hasn't really been a big factor in my life since, oh since I was at school I don't think. Basically since I got old enough and having-a-car enough to not have to walk places or wait at bus-stops (although to be fair I can only remember taking the bus on one occasion when I was a kid, and it was when I about 8 or 9 years old - I remember because we had to take a bus to the dentist so I could have two teeth pulled and my Mum bought me a Star Wars landspeeder (y'know, like Luke had) for being a good boy!), the weather has had scant attention in my travel plans. Not that it got much thought today, just that by the time I was awake and ready to travel it was raining, so I sat and played videogames for an hour or so till it had stopped. I also managed to restrain at least some of my shopping impulse, so that was good.
Then I saw the Hitch-hikers movie again, and I liked it more this time knowing the shape it was going to take and the things it wasn't gonna have in it. Things about the movie I really like are Martin Freeman as Arthur, Mos Def as Ford, Sam Rockwell as Zaphod (a supremely superficial and flashy creation who appears to lack all sincerity - basically exactly what you should be gettin' for your Beeblebrox, remember what happened with him and Total Perspective Vortex?) and Bill Nighy is just bloody magical as Slartibartfast - he seems like a guy who really loves his work but hates his job. I also really love the design of the film, especially the Heart of Gold. I still have don't really understand why so much of the supremely witty and clever dialogue was either removed, edited or just generally messed with, but enough of it is still there to make it one of the funniest things I've seen in a while. Again I implore you to go investigate, you'll be happy that you did. Probably.
And then it was now. I'm tired, although I really couldn't tell you why, I think I actually slept pretty well last night. I certainly didn't wake up terrifyingly early or anything which made a pleasant change. I need to start taking better care of myself again I reckon, healthy mind in a healthy body and all that. Plus another downside to not having a job (besides the lack of money, demotivation, the isolation...) is that my life is so inactive now! One thing I'll say for the kind of work I was doing before, it was nine solid hours of physical exercise every day, day in day out. Now, even when I try to keep myself busy there is an awful lot of not getting enough physical exercise... guess I need to get myself a new job eh?

posted by BadMonkey @ 9:26 PM