Random Thoughts...

... that occur to me while I'm trying to sleep.

While public transport in London has its problems, at least it's always available. You barely have to think 'how will I get there', and you never have to think 'can I get there'. But still, there are some things that annoy me - mostly the other passengers. Why women think it's okay to do their makeup on the train, I do not know. And people who smoke until the second they get on the train, and then sit right next to you, with such a thick smell of smoke you can hardly breathe. But even that's nothing compared to a guy in Australia flossing his teeth on the train. Eeew.

I bought a proporta crystal case for my ipod mini the other day. It's really nice - you can still see the cool shape and colour of the ipod, but it's protected. The hinges and the lip of the lid spoil the effect but only slightly; I do wish there wasn't a seam running down each side because it totally spoils the feel od the rounded sides, but it's not too bad. The screen is protected too, but the plastic isn't perfectly flat so it does distort the light slightly. Other people have said that it's very difficult to remove from the case, nut mine just slides right out - I haven't tried it with my iHome yet, but I hope I'll be able to leave it docked in the case. Overall, it's a rwally nice case and I'd recommend to anyone who still has a mini.

I went to see Trust The Man yesterday - it was okay, but not as good as I thought it would be. Although the giggling girls behind me probably had something to do with it being a sub-optimal movie experience. And is it just me, or did James Blunt's Three Wise Men appear in the trailer but not the movie?

I tried to transfer some photos from my MDA Vario to my laptop last night, via my wireless network. You don't seem to be able to do that, though, which is somewhat disappointing. I can connect to my internet connection, and use it to browse the net, but I can't connect to the pc. I'll try again, though, just in case I selected the wrong option somewhere.

It's getting dark earlier now, and being cloudy and raining more. More like the stereotypical image of London. I'm very aware that I haven't spent a winter here yet, and it worries me slightly - I suspect it will be cold, dark, wet, and depressing. I'm going home for a few weeks in mid-November, and I think it'll be really difficult coming back after summer days there. Maybe I should plan to do something something fun when I get back, something I can only do in London, just as an incentive to come back :) Like go see Spamalot, or something. Mind you, after 2 weeks without broadband, I'll probably be happy to come back!

I've decided to start Tai Chi classes again - I used to do it back in SA, but I never really got back into when I came back from Florida. Now I've decided that I need to do something, meet people, be more active, and just get out there and do something rather than coming home and watching tv/reading/browsing the net. So I've found a place that looks cool, although maybe a bit organised, and I start the beginner's class on the 12th. What's nice is that it's the same style that I was doing before, so I'll know a little bit about what I'm doing, although they do the long form whereas we used to do the short form. Still, it should be good. Now if only I had my bike, I would be able to ride down there and back!