The world is tone of gray, and it's beautiful.
I'm wandering around, looking at this city, wandering down streets which are older than the country I live in. Today we parked in a car Park which looked like it's walls were a hundred years old, only the innards replaced with a multi-story parking structure. Isn't capitalism fun?
But the entire country seems alive. The park outside our windows has children playing in it till 8 or 9 at night. There was a small gathering of young girls (A gaggle?) in the archway just outside our doors, chatting away till ten. Seeing me and dad pass by, one of them called out a hello. When I waved in passing, all three waved back. Friendly. And polite!
People who accidentally bump you in the shopping centre say sorry! If they have to get past you they say excuse me! And did I mention that the mid day high was about 18 degrees? The sun on my black jacket still provided warmth, but the air was still beautifully crisp. This is my idea of summer.
So far everything is going well. But I do have a slight complaint. My beloved sister Carolyn seems to have developed 3 habits which really irritate me which she didn't seem to have before. First, and someone tell me if I'm being hypocritical here, but she has this tendency of walking really fast in crowded areas without allowing for the two people following behind. Also realised that because of this break neck duck and weave pace, it doesn't really facilitate talking while walking, which results in me trudging along behind, trying to keep an eye on her and dad and having no idea where we're going, soemthing I find fairly annoying.
Second, she's become a germophobe. As in she carries sterile wipes EVERYWHERE and she forces us to use them before eating. Now.. I wash my hands when I go to the bathroom... And if I've been handling something disgusting... but I don't think it's nescessary everytime I step out the door. Or in. And this is the woman who's planning on having a child...? That poor kid is gonna get bleached once a week, I just know it.
Third and final. She's a wanderer. There's nothing I loathe more than wandering aimlessly at shopping centres, just looking at everything. I don't know why, but it irritates me. Immensely. You should know what you want, go in, grab it, get out. Not just wander up and down each isle going la de dar de dar. *Twitch* Ok... Now I've vented... But I don't really feel better. Damnit.
-Stu the Iceman
P.S. Check the two posts below. Due to net access restrictions, posts will be popping up in clumps. New york post finally finished with a 4 page update (GASP! Prepare to be mildly entertained)
posted by Unknown at 7/06/2004 03:43:00 AM [edit]
I'm in Scotland and I'm in love.
It is beautiful here. The weather is overcast and chilled, temperature running at about 16 degrees, give or take a degree (Yes, celcius.). Only complaint thus far is that it's light here for about 18 -20 hours a day, which is confusing the hell out of my body clock. New York was bad, but not THIS bad.
The plane trip was pretty uneventful. British Airways kicks the snot out of Qantas. We even got upgraded to economy plus, Economy with extra leg room. Very nice. Movie selection was good, including Hell Boy and Shaun of the Dead. Unfortunately, due to time differences and all that, I conked out half way through Hell Boy, which had been fairly solid upto that stage, and only woke up in time to catch about 15 minutes of Shaun of the Dead. The old rocker from Love Actually is in it, and seems to have the same sort of polish from the minute of him I saw.
Ooh. Also interesting is that there's an open wireless network within range of the apartment living room. Network named Snoopy. Seems to have an internet gateway which I haven't been able to access, and raises the ethical question of if I should or not. If I can find another computer on the network I might try and message them, let them know that the network isn't secured. Hrmmmm... An ethical reason to snoop. It's interesting to wonder what you can make ethical if you try hard enough to justify it.
Initial probing only shows one computer on the network, which is the gateway. Only 3 ports open. 53, 5009 and 10000. Any advice from anyone?
Alright. Well. That's that. More to follow as I think of something interesting or uninteresting. Check the USA post. Hopefully by the time you read this it will have it's final monster update. Hopefully.
Catch you all on the flip.
-Stu
posted by Unknown at 7/06/2004 03:40:00 AM [edit]
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