What's That Sound

"Hey you, what's that sound, everyone check what's going down," as my great-grandmother used to sing to me when I was young. Today I find myself in Borders of Charing Cross, still in good ol' blighty. My room now looks like a glossy spread for 'Minimalist Homes and Dust' magazine, a very popular publication in many zen monastaries, and my rucksack is choc-a-block with the essentials of life. What a surprise - when you get down to it, the bare essentials involve a lot of pants and socks...

"Lay Down Sally," sings Eric Clapton on my Windows Moodia player. And I muse on the fact that whilst every mother in the world will tell you to eat your greens and do your geography homework, good ol' Eric proves that it's still is possible to go the drop-out, take crack and shag the women of the world route, and still do pretty well for yourself...

...Not that I'm implying I have either the opportunity or the desire - I don't - but it does make you want to question the source of your mother's wisdom. With which thought I have to realise that maybe there's some residual teenage angst left in me. Never fear, dear reader, as I shall balance this out with my sneaking desire to furnish a drawing room and buy a smoking jacket. And so my personality stays in the tenuously-balanced bracket normally reserved for live T.V. programs featuring cats, new technology and five year olds.

Do let me know if the metaphors go too far at any point, won't you?

This blog entry may the last one for a few days, until I solve the problem of ISP's in Europe. A quick check on the web shows me that whilst it actually very easy to find a free ISP, filling in an on-line registration form in Flemmish presents more of a challenge. I can translate, 'klik onen' okay, but then it gets a bit fuzzy. If any experienced travellers know a phone number, username and password for any ISPs local to Europe, then please email it to me! And I know what you're thinking, it's just that finding a place to read email is easier than finding a place to hook up the laptop and engage the blog... Yes - I handcraft all my own HTML, using Vim, the editor of kings. Actually, that's a lie - it's the editor of kwality engineers ...

Top quote of the day, overheard between two ladies discussing Vegitarianism, "Yes, my daughter makes this lovely aubergine stew. Georgous. You almost don't know it hasn't got any meat in it."

Remember kids, if it wasn't for old people, then everyone would disrespect you instead...

Oh, by the way - email me and let me know how it's going out there, that way I can begin the next blog entry with something like, "Wow, I love you guys..." Which would be nice.

...The Elipsis - The Punctuation of the Beast...