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tales from an ordinary world

1999-09-19

Another very quiet day. Lunch in Malvern, and an extended walk home 'cause I was bored with walking home the same way. All the same, there was nothing much to report - lots of big houses, but nobody really seemed to be about - not quite to the extent of Canberra as I remember it, but things seemed fairly vacant all the same.

[ my bedroom, in august ]

I was still feeling restless when I got home, though. I dug through the piles of stuff under the desk in my bedroom, hoping I might find that old concert tape I'd remembered the other day. Instead, I found other stuff and at the same time managed to fit a lot of things into the cupboards - out of sight, out of mind. I even managed to throw out a few things, but hung onto some random memorabilia, like the postal forwarding form from when I moved out of my first flat and a christmas card from the girlfriend I'd broken up with (and hence, why I was moving out of that flat). There were also some newsletters from my friend's band.

There was a state election yesterday, and apparently a guy who'd been in my year level at high school had managed to get elected, but I'm unsure of the details. I remember him quoting Gough Whitlam at me at high school - I remain unconvinced of the virtues of a life in politics, but I guess somebody has to do it.

I finally started reading Stephen Cummings' new book, Stay Away from Lightning Girl. The story's based in Melbourne, and funnily enough much of it takes place in Caulfield - the suburb has a different name in the story, but having lived in the area for a while, you knew where he was writing about as soon as he mentioned the first few things - the racecourse next to the university (and the shopping plaza just next to all that), the korean restaurants nearby in Carnegie, and so on.

I know I have a lot to be thankful for in this life. I've had a lot more good luck than I rightfully deserve, and I wonder how I've managed to get away with the way my life's just...floated along. In any case, I should...Hmm. I'm not sure what. Lots of things. More responsible. Stuff like that. I should work out what sort of person I really am. I should try and work out how much of my lifestyle I'm willing to give up for a relationship - most of the other times, I give up too much at the beginning, and end up getting bitter about it later on. Hmm.

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