So my plans for a few hours of cycling escapism have been scuppered once more my the emergence of dusky grey clouds spilling their effluence outside, so three more hours to kill inside my workplace.

I’ve realised that when my internet went down at home I was in the process of setting this up.  Now, RSS readers probably wont realise that this site looks a little amateurish at the moment, being that it is set on the standard ‘vader’ theme, without so much as a funky photo to liven it up.  To anyone who does view this through the actual page, my apologies.  While my lack internet connection remains an intolerable nuisance, it apparantly will be fixed fairly soon, so I promise that you’ll see big and exciting changes around here.  Looking at it now is for me like catching a glimpse of oneself getting out of the shower and feeling a little ashamed at your paunch.

Also, it’s now been three weeks without smoking.  Ace!  Go me!

It’s amazing how much different I feel after just a few days without nicotine.  I’m more active, my sense of taste is astoundingly improved and I feel a general glow of good health.  Aside from all the phlegm of course.  I can see why non-smokers become so militant, not that that’s what I’ll be doing.

Tests I’ve passed so far:

1. Being offered a cigarette at work.
2. Sitting through an Arsenal - Man U game in a smoky pub.
3. Having enough money in my pocket for cigarettes and not buying any.

So, not too shabby so far.  Anyway, I’ve been re-reading a lot of my Douglas Coupland books at the moment until I can summon the funds for his latest.  I forgot how good Microserfs is.