inulro | A few random things

1. On the basis that I consistently fail not only to make it to the cinema on cheap night, or any other night, and am also too lazy to stop at the local video shop and rent DVDs, despite the fact that I really like films, I've decided to join one of these newfangled online DVD rental places. I'm leaning towards Cinema Paradiso, on the basis that it has a far superior art/foreign film selection than any of the other sites I found. That, and I love the film of that title. Does anyone have any experience of them?

2. Fireworks have already started in semi-earnest. Joy.

3. Despite being two bus stops closer to home, I've been consistingly taking longer to get to the new job. Traffic is definitely worse on a regular basis - this is the first summer traffic hasn't completely disappeared in the school holidays & I still had to be on the bus at the normal time. I only noticed today, because this is the first time I haven't been reading a good book.

4. It's Thursday night and I feel as dead as I ever did on Thursday night at the last job. This is especially annoying as I've been doing so well thus far. I then remembered that I overdid things at the weekend, so there's probably nothing to worry about, but everything hurts in a worrying way.

5. I just found out that gout runs in my family - my dad is currently laid up with what is not his first attack. Apparently my grandfather's had it for years. Hello, I have an obvious rheumatic/inflammatory component to my illness, and my parents never thought to tell me this! Typical. I know that the incidence in pre-menopausal women is vanishingly small, but still. It does provide some good incentive to keep my weight down (in addition to the diabetes phobia).

6. I'm going to take what little coherence I have left and go finish reading The Confusion, which though not as good as Quicksilver is very good indeed. Can't wait till the next book comes out.