new dawn, new day

This also means making new resolutions -- start reading again (tick), start looking up the news (mmhmm i will i will), start using the cycle that the landlady got fixed just for you. This means I have things to do. w00t.

Midway through the week-long winter break and still bumming around. How fantastic can that be when you're in a different country. One of the reasons I am not going to kill myself about it is because I have no one to travel with. I dont need someone for conversations, my ipod will take care of most needs. But I do need someone around in case of a "excusez-moi, but what do you say for rape in French" situation.

I've still got to wait for my housing permit before I need to worry about translation for those words into spanish, portuguese or italian. Once that comes through I'm going to go crazy hyper about travelling.

Despite the lack of such things that I was so so looking forward to, the spirit's still groovy. What with reading and jazz on side, my new cycle and new blog on the other, life's still pretty darn good. The news will just have to wait I suppose.

Hey hey. Just realized, I can sit and blab on about my various theories here. MY blog. bwahahahhaa. So here's why I don't kill myself about not following the news:

I never have and I'm doing just fine so far. I think the only time I mildly did was one week before my entrance test for the journalism school, which in case you were curious I DID graduate from. So there.

Also, I think I'm more interested in the 'me and what's going on right around me' than anything else. Do I have enough cereals and milk? Where can we get the cheapest pair of bathroom slippers? Why is the man next to me not dead though he's been making high level saliva noises while eating? How do I kill him?

That apart, I'm not anti-news reading nor do I revel in the fact that I don't. The Time website, NYT and the like are all pretty tempting. I really want to. But I just end up not. It's sad, yes. When I was working with this business paper, I actually did get pretty interested in following some business stories and market news. But thats that I guess. Anyway, notice how I persevere and keep it on the to-do list. I pat me on the back for that!

Also, I *heart* reading columnists (read Jeremy Clarkson and Stanley Bing). You don't have to be ok with half the things they say, but thats the beauty.

I *heart* political incorrectness.

C'est tout. Time for thyme.