30/7/12

0810: This is my first attempt at a slightly different type of post. I was sitting in a pub in New Malden yesterday lunchtime (as you do - or, at least, as some do!) musing about the pros and cons of signing up to Twitter, but I've decided instead, with the help of the phone app I downloaded yesterday, to use the blog to record any thoughts and impressions I come up with during the day, in real time, as far as practicable. How, and even if, it will work out remains to be seen, but I'll give it a go, and I'll be adding to this post through the day, as I head out and about around London a bit later on. It might become an unwieldy mess, but I hope it will be readable. Anyway, the sun is shining and the sky largely blue just now, so I'll set about getting ready to go. Talk to you later!
0915: Cuuutie! First of the day, already, at 'domicile-ville' station. Not waiting for my train, sadly!
1010: Funny how I still think of the place I'm staying as 'domicile-ville', even though, for all practical purposes, I'm living there permanently. I just can't bring myself to call it 'home'.
1100: Just had work on the phone, asking if I'm available to go in this afternoon. For once, I've politely declined. Work to live, not live to work.
1250: A group of day nursery kids, three or four years old, and three adult staff have just got off the bus I'm on. One of the staff, a young woman, early twenties at a guess, gave me the impression of having no empathy with the youngsters whatsoever. Maybe I misconstrued her manner - I certainly hope so - but if not, why do that sort of job in the first place? It can't be doing much good for the kids, or, indeed, for herself.
1410: A train of thought set in mind by what struck me as a thoroughly infantile poster outside a church - if mankind is the pinnacle of God's creation, as some religionists claim, then God is a pretty substandard designer. In my opinion, of course.
1435: Just stunning - another of those boys that don't so much walk, as flow.
1630: Just passed a building with an old plaster moulding above the door proclaiming that it used to be a 'temperance billiard hall'. It's now a bar. Definitely a step in the right direction, as far as I'm concerned!
1700: It's beer o' clock! Just before I got off the bus, I saw a sign in a wine merchants' window that announced '20% off Australia'. You know what they mean, but the literal reading brings forth an interesting mental picture!
1820: A 45 minute phone call to my daughter, definitely the highlight of the day so far. One of those free-form, almost random conversations we specialise in. If I chuck it all in and go back to Cornwall, that girl - no, young woman, to be fair to her - will be at least half of the incentive. I will see her next week, because she's coming up to London for a gig, and staying overnight with me afterwards. I can hardly wait.
1845: Even though I've been on this bus route literally dozens of times, I've just noticed something I hadn't noticed before. A 'blue plaque' commemorating Queen Victoria's dentist. On a very large house in a very desirable area. Dentistry was evidently as lucrative then as it is now!
And while I've been writing this, a mind-manglingly cute boy, more than a little reminiscent of DBJ has come and sat opposite me. Meh!
1930: Sadly, I'm going to have to bring the 'mobile' part of this little experiment to a close, because my phone's battery is getting a bit tired, and I'd like to have enough charge to actually make or receive a call - shock, horror, using a phone to make phone calls, how archaic! - should that be necessary. I'll hopefully round this post off when I get back indoors later.
2040: Just a quickie - in the middle of thoroughly urban West London, a fox has just trotted across the road. Would he or I be most likely to survive the apocalypse? No contest!
2235: Back at base, full of Chinese takeaway. It's been interesting, for me, anyway. I hope it's worth reading for others. I'll probably have another go, maybe even tomorrow, although, being at work, I won't get the chance to be as 'real time' as today. I'll see how it goes.

Love & best wishes to all
Sammy B