Robot Magician

Over the weekend I became a bit of a recluse. I went to my usual weekend stomping ground, the apartment at the coast, closed the curtains and basically closed myself off from the outside world. Why? I'm not really too sure, and I don't know if I liked doing it.

I got down there on the Friday night, and this time I can be certain as to what I had for dinner, it was a Cappricciosa pizza from La Bella, the pizza place staffed by authentic Italians. They are some good looking men in that store. Friendly too, although they're English is heavily accented I think that just adds to the attraction. Nice pizzas too. So Friday night I gorged on pizza, drank too much, read the new Famous magazine and passed out. Good times.

Saturday I woke fairly early and fixed myself some breakfast. I had a look outside, then retreated back into my den. I watched some rage, a fair bit of the top 50, then a bit of Axle and Video Hits, then played a bit of GTA. Next thing I know it's late afternoon and I'm feeling a bit sleepy. I nap, wake up, watch Jaws and The Bill. I decide that I probably haven't eaten enough today and think about heading down to the Golden Arches. A shower is in order as different parts of me had their own peculiar smells. I sit around a bit more, watch some Rock Quiz and think about heading out some more. I was really not looking forward to it. It's not that I was having such a great time by myself, it's just that I wasn't interested in having to interact with anyone at all. Very anti-social. Anyways, I finally racked up the nerve and headed down to get a Happy Meal. The stuffed toy tiger I got with it is totally cool. I really like the little guy. He was what definately made the trip worthwhile.

The rest of the night progressed without incident. The Kaiser Chiefs were guest programmers on rage and they selected a few neat tunes. I think that just about every guest programmer I have watched have chosen Jane's Addictions Been Caught Stealing. It's a great song, a great clip, but I swear it's on every time I'm watching rage at 1 in the morning. So rage was interspersed with GTA and that's about it. At around 2 SBS changed to it's world weather forecast. I noticed that there was going to be a maximum of 0 degrees in London. The other channels only had infomercials. It sucked. It became obvious to myself that I was only staying awake out of boredom and things would be better if I just headed to bed. Which is what I did.

I woke on Sunday with a new resolve. I wasn't going to be a shut-in. I was going to get out there and do some normal stuff. I went for a swim which was great. The surf was pumping and it got me going. I went to the supermarket and bought a paper and 2 litres of chocolate milk. I went to the bakery and bought a very nice pastie and also a not so nice pineapple tart. I went back to the apartment. While having breakfast I watched Axle try to hit on Pamela Anderson. Then I did played some more GTA. Then I found it was late in the afternoon again. I felt like a hamburger so I walked up the beach to Burleigh and visited the Big Chief. I ate my burger on the beach and watched the people going about their business. Talking, laughing, playing. One couple I saw were a bit older, walking along the beach, both of them with their own individual ipods. I thought that was a little sad. I hope I don't become like that. The way things are going though.......

That was about it. I don't think that I'm going to go down the coast this weekend. Or, if I do go, I won't go alone. I don't think that it's a good thing for me to do. Rollercoasters.

On the upside I made this totally rad block construction with a prep boy today. It was awesome. It was a thing of beautiful symmetry, mind blowing balancing and great height. The things you can build with a 4 year old!