Now, where were we - WWW? Am sitting in King George Square at the moment, amidst the rain trickling down, washing aware the dirt of city living? The plan(s) to expend less money seems to be going well - even managed to get from Sunday to Friday evening without a drink of either alcohol or coffee! The things we do, hey? In other news, I think that this is a time to give up on mediocrity and seize the upwards drifts - won't go anywhere until we try, hey? Plus, it seems that nobody else is keen (or able) to assist with these things ... Seems many, many people are simply looking for the next opportunity, but I am really kind of happy doing what I do ... Sunday night in Brisbane City still seems to have quite a bit of movement going on, with people still moving along, going to do what so ever they are off to do ...
Sometimes the peculiarities of this system are enough to drive me to distraction!
Am off to visit Melbourne for the long weekend - go down on 25/01 and come back on 30/01 ... But apparently there is no capacity for me to take o/t on that day :o so Trina must be consulted, her permission must be garnered, and Karla comments 'Moving on, you will know not to book before obtaining permission' ... Even after Sean just gave us a spiel about the importance of achieving the work/life balance ... Weird people, I tell you ...
Hmm, suppose I should go check the bank balance(s) at Westpac, before it starts raining again? ;)
Dash - had thought that there was a two (2) hour window between when you first touch on and when you need to touch on again to have a 'continuation' of a journey. But it is one (1) hour between when you touch off, and next touch on again ... Oh well, this trip may work out a little more expensive than I thought? We shall see, we shall see ...
Have not been riding an awful lot of late, maybe only going out about once a week, and I am a bit confused why, to be honest, for I am quite consistently starting at 0930, which leaves a lot of time in the morning. Especially as I typically wake up around 0530 ... Now, if I could just be tucked up in bed (+ asleep) by 2100 ... Oh well, just one more thing to be worried about, I guess?
Have been catching up on the Akira series, which I do not think that I have done before? Surprisingly involving, and, even though this is a given, the artwork is quite compelling in the way that it involves the eye, with a depth to the detail which is quite enticing. Which is probably why the anime, with the perception of movie quality detail, was so raved about? Funnily/amusingly enough, the cover of the latest volume is a graphic which I recall from a shirt (in green) from way back then ... Reminds me of the t-shirts that have passed through my hands over the years - what ever happened to the 'Smack sux' one? The rats got the Akira one, if I remember correctly?
Wonder if I need to follow up with Ian on the riding over Mt. Cootha, get some practice in beforehand, as it were? Could be a goal ...Home again, and an 'odd' trip at the end it was - got to Chermside, the stop but one from the final, the one I wanted to get out at, and this crazy old coot gets into an argument with the bus driver! So she starts hunting around for Security to help her, but apparently they went home about 30 minutes ago ... so had to sit there and wait for a replacement to turn up to escort the old coot off the bus, before heading off again ... Life in the 'big' city, hey?
To all of my readers, be they radical, relaxed, or reserved, a comment I saw recently may sum up the attitude for this year - may the best of last year be the worst of this year!
p.s. seems I am being way too tardy getting these blog postings current, or even actually doing them ...
