The Importance of Being Idle

Ol' Man River

I think perhaps that if I ever tire of the beauty of the natural world that might be the time to give up on this whole stupid planet. I'm frequently annoyed, or disappointed or just generally fed up with Life, but at least once a day I'll have a moment where the natural beauty of the world makes everything okay. Todays moment came when I was on my way home, driving into a clear blue sky but with rain clouds off to my left. The sun was nestling in the rain clouds, seemingly illuminating them from within, and shooting rays of glorious sunshine between the drizzly grey of the clouds themselves. I should've taken a photo, because I don't have the words to describe how wonderful it was.
There was other goodness too. Yesterday I found out that the long awaited Warhammer 40000 RPG (which was initially promised just before 40K was first released nearly twenty years ago) had finally been released! Only for the company that makes it to withdraw from the games business and so it seems the initial print run is to be the only print run. And they had none for sale. Hence unhappiness. However today, after I'd finished my run on Shaftsbury Avenue, I decided to quickly pop into Forbidden Planet and see if they had a copy. I considered this a long shot as they're really not a games retailer, but I didn't have any other options so I went for it. And SCORED! Not only did they have the game, but they were discounting it, so I got it for less than full price! I've only had a cursory flick through the pages so far, but what I've seen surely seems to be the stuff of happiness! On top of that I even had an early finish today!
It's not all good news though, in fact it seems to be mainly the opposite. After Shaz stayed at her grandparents last week they both seemed to improve quite a bit, but things have apparently deteriorated to an alarming degree over the weekend. She's over there now, doing whatever she can do. I fear the worst, but hope for the best; they're good people and I like them, which is a rarity in itself.

posted by BadMonkey @ 6:33 PM