Day 46: Öppna ögonen

Yesterday lunchtime I spotted Vanilla Sky in HMV for £6.99 so I swept it up, headed for the checkout, but then got second thoughts. I'd never looked this film up on imdb before so I had no idea whether it would be good or not. So I turned round and put it back on the shelf. Back at work I asked my colleagues what they thought of the film and got a mixed, but generally favourable response. So I decided I would buy it on the way home and watch it that very night. However, just as I was leaving Ravi said why do you keep buying all these DVDs? Why don't you join Blockbusters and rent it. So, I took his advice and did just that.

And did I enjoy the film? Yes, it was really good thankyou. Another one of those films that opens your eyes, removes a few more layers of silken veil and causes you to re-asses your life.

It has been a few days since my last post and I have been meaning to add a post about a new idea from Geezer which will help train spotters get on with their job in a much more streamlined and high tech fashion. What they should do is put a barcode on each train and the trainspotters could have a pda (or laptop) with scanner attachment and simply scan the trains as they go past. They could then even get the details of those high speed inter city jobbies that rush through the station and you have to stand behind the yellow line lest you should be sucked into the vortex. This provides a good link to a pastime that was invented by my friend Adrian. I have yet to try this, but I intend to do so at the first available oportunity. All you need to do is stand on the platform of a station that has high speed trains and yellow lines on it, and when a high speed train rushes through the station you shout or scream at the top of your voice. You should find that no matter how close you are to somebody, they will have no idea what you are doing as they won't hear a thing.

This brings us nicely onto the subject of relaxation. Recently I have been listening to The Kings of Convenience quite a lot. My particular favourate track at the moment is Summer on the Westhill. Very calming and relaxing.