I have been very quiet this year, partly because I haven't done a lot so far and partly because I can't seem to get my lazy behind in gear to write something.
This is just a selection of my musings, thoughts that occur and disappear but seem a shame to waste.
My first thought is how much I love summer rain. We have had a few warm/hot days and today is grey and overcast with drizzle in the air but Britain never looks more beautiful than those moments, the trees filled with green leaves, flowers in full bloom and the contrasts between the bright and dullness, it is magical. I was walking in it today, trying to work out why it is beautiful because it shouldn't be. I suspect it is the complete sensory experience, the drizzle of water on my clothes and hair, the contrasts to the eyes and the sweet smell of the flowers mingled with the damp smell of grass and tarmac, bliss.
I will only mention the World Cup this once, diving is cheating, it is as simple as that. Mueller from the German squad is nothing but a cheat. He cheapens the German side and whatever skill he has is forgotten as all I can see is a cheat. The same goes for Greece, I was supporting them until the diving started and I changed allegiance. It sickens me to the pit of my stomach. In rugby the ref has to send a player off for treatment because they won't leave the pitch, blood pouring from an open wound. The blood is staunched, the wound dressed and they're back on to play.
I would start giving yellow cards for diving, it wouldn't take more than a couple before they stopped.
My running has started to go well. I haven't really gotten back into it properly until two weeks ago. This week I upgraded from a shuffling old man gait to an old man jogging gait and it feels pretty good. I had forgotten the running pace and to finally upgrade to it from jogging pace is a break through, maybe now I will start burning the lbs (or stones) that I gained over the last 2 1/2 years!
A few months back I was told by my wife, that I had to stop using Imperial Leather soap as it was staining the bath orange, unless I wanted to scrub the unwanted colour from the bath. Being a typical male I made the change to shower gels and in the process made a discovery. Actually, 2 discoveries, the first is that it wasn't the Imperial Leather that was responsible for the orange bath, the second is that women get all the good flavoured shower gels. Men get things with names like "refreshing aqua" or "sizzling metal", all of which smells the same. I guess it's supposed to be macho smelling, I'm sure they've researched their demographic and I guess that I'm just not it.
Now, living in a house with 3 women, I have to buy them their shower gels and I have fallen in love with their shower gels, particularly the "refreshing shea butter and ginger" and the "coconut kiss". Then I had an epiphany, both of these smells should be mixed together. So there I stand, a dash of "coconut kiss" in one hand and a dash of "refreshing shea butter and ginger" in the other, creating alchemy, pure smelling gold. Radox, if you ever read this, please make a shower gel out of both of these, I am taking longer and longer in the shower and all anyone can hear from behind a locked door is the sound of me moaning as the aroma assails my nostrils.
I was on Facebook for a while but ditched it when someone tried to censor a post. It was inconsequential but I was livid. I decided to leave Facebook rather than fall out with anyone and I have to say that life after Facebook is a lot better. It takes me back to pre-PC's, back when I was younger and we didn't have the Internet. I really don't miss being connected to a PC or my phone when I should be experiencing life. I don't feel the need to share everything as it happens, experiences come to those that venture forth from behind the barricades and seize them.
Facebook divided my life, as it does with most people that use it regularly, you have your virtual life and real life and my brain doesn't cope with that too well.
I told a friend to have more adventures and I say that to everyone, go out and see more things, experience more things and live more in the real world. This isn't Facebook bashing, this is a suggestion that life happens whether you like it or not so try and get your head out of your PC or phone to enjoy them before they are gone forever and you missed them. Life can pass through your fingers if you don't pay attention.
Finally I will mention the World Cup just once more. England, you did your best, you created chances and you played some beautiful football but without a Lineker, Platt, Owen or Suarez, basically, without a goal hanger, you are screwed and so you were. I think it was a good squad and hopefully they will be given some years to mature and gel as a unit before someone chops and changes it back to the same old crappy defensive formation that we've had for far too long.
Better to go out in a blaze that submit with a whimper.
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