What to do with the blog, 24 and insomnia again.....

I find now that I have less time to blog, or rather feel there is less to write, especially on a blog entitled "Life Out East" when I'm living in the west. Though I guess I'm technically in the east if you're coming from the States.

I enjoy the blogging thing and the whole blog experience and I'm happy that I've made some friends, and sadly some enemies too. But do I continue at all? Do I continue under this banner? Or do I start afresh under a different title but with a travel flavour? Try to contain the desire to be too harsh with any response here, I do have feelings.

As the rain drizzles down in the continuous and maddening fashion that seems somehow exclusive to these small isles the daughter, having a few days off between term end and summer school is competing with the rain to drive me insane. She wants attention! She wants MY attention! And when she doesn't get it she seems to know just how to drive me mad. She has perfected the art of annoying me when she feels there is a need to annoy me. Can't help wonder if this is something her mum taught her or if it's just genetically coded.

My relatively new obsession with 24 continues, and so do the late nights. Luckily I suffer regular bouts of insomnia, and that's what's been happening this week. So now after several nights in front of 24 until nearly 4am I'm cruising into season 5, which looks set to be a goody. And as the week draws to a close several days of 4am to bed 6am start are taking their toll and I really do feel that a good night's sleep is headed my way. Suffered a humiliating defeat at badminton last night which I put down to sleep deprivation and too much caffeine.

Is it normal to have the hots for your kid's teachers? Or one in particular actually.

What to do with the blog, 24 and insomnia again.....

Concert for the planet and child care......

Due to a lack of babysitter I find myself stranded at home whilst the daughter and her cousin, who is here for a sleep-over, run amok. Fortunately the internet and Live Earth concert have stopped what could have been a very dull evening. Admittedly a trip to the pub would have been better still but beggars (parents) can't be choosers.

Quite nice to see that at last people are waking up to the fact that we need to change our habits if life is to continue as we know it. Though it is well known that more than a few of the people involved don't give a toss about the environment, they're just in it for the music, and the very cynical have even suggested that Gore (the organser) himself has more sinister political motives. .

We had quite a good selection of bands here in the UK and among them was The Foo Fighters. Obviously I've heard of these guys before but never really paid them much attention. Having seen their performance I'm impressed. That guy Grohl is quite an entertainer. They have a new fan.

I couldn't help notice the number of beards around. It certainly seems that the beard is in vogue once again. Maybe I won't have a shave after all.

I've also discovered www.facebook.com. Or at least I've just signed up for an account. Anyone else use it?


Concert for the planet and child care......

Just drifting....

Never thought it would happen but great news about Alan Johnston. Free at last! Given the weekend of violence we've had here with Muslim doctors allegedly trying to blow up parts of London, and then two more ramming a Jeep into Glasgow airport it's nice to get some good news from that part of the world. Oddly, the release of Alan Johnston hasn't yet generated as much media coverage as the release of that bint Paris Hilton. Funny old world.

The daughter finishes school for the summer break next week, already! Feels like it'll be five minutes and then she'll be sitting GCSEs. Yep, having a kid seems to accelerate the aging process, certainly a lot more gray hairs.

Interest rates up again today. Seems our wonderful government is desperate to knock the housing market into a nosedive. Happy days ahead.

Discovered 24 just before leaving Thailand. Now on to box set season 4, almost finished. It does get a bit predictable at times but still got my attention. Great TV. Kiefer Sutherland is cool. He's also a Canadian/Brit. He was born in London, holds a British passport and lived and studied here. Must admit I assumed he was American from a Canadian family.

Anyone ever tried Second Life? Keep hearing about it on the radio.

Just drifting....