It really is. My mental map consists of ‘Me’ and everywhere else as ‘Other Places’. I think it’s the culture of driving everywhere when I was younger, but say to me “Kilburn High Road” and I’ll start thinking about what it looks like, when I last went and how much money I’ve got to spend there – with not a clue where it is or how I would get there.
But times are a’changing! Armed with my trusty MP3 player (special thanks to Katie for finding my headphones!) I am now walking to all these places, repeatedly, to try and join up in my head where everything is. Which sounds very weird, but I have a capacity to put on my duffel coat, turn on the music and just walk, hopefully not getting mugged. Again, (apologies for the psychoanalysis here) I remember hating going on those agonising treks through Hampstead Heath when I was younger, but it obviously had an effect. I now find it relaxing, and a good alternative to doing work 
I’m still lost on a wider scale though. I go red when someone makes a joke about Americans not being able to find Iraq on a map, because to be honest, I’m not sure that I could. (OK, I’ve learnt Iraq by now!) And capital cities? Are you joking?!? I can’t even get the big English cities correct, let alone anyone else. My dad claims that when he was at school, they had to draw out loads of maps, which probably helped. I wonder if this is a general trend?
Oh, and today’s dual shout out goes to: Ira and Rob. Because they both asked me at roughly the same time.
Jamster, the incredibly annoying company that advertises that stupid ‘Crazy Frog’ every 2 minutes on music TV channels, are 100% owned by… Verisign.
Taking my hatred to a whole new level. Let’s hope the .net domain gets awarded to someone else.
I did it in 11 minutes 3 seconds today. On my own as well, though Matthew decided to bike it!
To pad this entry out a little, I’ll reveal that my Maths coursework on Statistics I was moaning about will be marked this half term… in South Africa. Which is probably as exotic as a hypothesis that there is a positive correlation between a teenager’s height and foot size can ever hope to get.
BT Broadband to increase to 2MB at no extra cost.
This is exactly the kind of news I want to come home to! The existing 15GB download cap will remain, but that really won’t be an issue for us at the moment. I just want speed! Mmmmm…broadband.
Daily shout out: Today’s post is dedicated to Oya, because she asked me first.
Is now finished. Again. I’ve chosen an appropriate slogan for it as well: Unitam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant. (What do you mean, “what does it mean!?” If I can use Google, so can you.)
Like Lisa Simpson, I also find myself having to do something with the school yearbook, which will include lots of adorable photos of us all from Year 7. Time passes so quickly* it’s scary. Any emotion is tempered, though, by the fact I’ve got another two years at QPCS in the Sixth Form (if all goes to plan, of course!) as are most of my friends.
Also – I’m back on Rubery Village writing a few more columns \ rants, taking over from Matt Baller, for as long as Nic can put up with me.
*bet you hadn’t heard that before
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