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Jul. 31st, 2005 02:49 amWoke up rather late today -- but this isn't really a surprise, considering yesterday's hours. It was also grey and raining outside, which helped, or at least didn't hinder in the form of having bright sunlight come through and hit me while I was trying to doze a bit longer.
Today went fairly quietly. Had supper at the local pub 2 minutes down the road, which was surprisingly good/gourmet, though a bit more expensive than I'd planned. (Well, I'd figured it was the average pub meal. My mistake.) Nice place, and not too noisy or annoying so far. Fingers crossed.
After some time investigating bus timetables today, I plan an expedition to the local IKEA tomorrow. I have a spare piece of wall that's just asking for a bookcase. Let's see what IKEA can do.
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The lunatic is the man who lives in a small world but thinks it is a large one; he is a man who lives in a tenth of the truth, and thinks it is the whole. The madman cannot conceive any cosmos outside a certain tale or conspiracy or vision. Hence the more clearly we see the world divided into Saxons and non-Saxons, into our splendid selves and the rest, the more certain we may be that we are slowly and quietly going mad. The more plain and satisfying our state appears, the more we may know that we are living in an unreal world. For the real world is not satisfying. The more clear become the colours and facts of Anglo-Saxon superiority, the more surely we may know we are in a dream. For the real world is not clear or plain. The real world is full of bracing bewilderments and brutal surprises.
-- Charles Dickens, GK Chesterton
Today went fairly quietly. Had supper at the local pub 2 minutes down the road, which was surprisingly good/gourmet, though a bit more expensive than I'd planned. (Well, I'd figured it was the average pub meal. My mistake.) Nice place, and not too noisy or annoying so far. Fingers crossed.
After some time investigating bus timetables today, I plan an expedition to the local IKEA tomorrow. I have a spare piece of wall that's just asking for a bookcase. Let's see what IKEA can do.
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The lunatic is the man who lives in a small world but thinks it is a large one; he is a man who lives in a tenth of the truth, and thinks it is the whole. The madman cannot conceive any cosmos outside a certain tale or conspiracy or vision. Hence the more clearly we see the world divided into Saxons and non-Saxons, into our splendid selves and the rest, the more certain we may be that we are slowly and quietly going mad. The more plain and satisfying our state appears, the more we may know that we are living in an unreal world. For the real world is not satisfying. The more clear become the colours and facts of Anglo-Saxon superiority, the more surely we may know we are in a dream. For the real world is not clear or plain. The real world is full of bracing bewilderments and brutal surprises.
-- Charles Dickens, GK Chesterton
