Personal thoughts and ponderings
Looking back it seems pretty funny, but I wasn't having the best of times when I locked myself out of my flat on Sunday evening! Since I'm living in temporary accomodation at the moment there are all sorts of locks to open between the front door and my room; 2 on the front door and 2 on the room door. However you can't actually lock yourself in the room, as one is a Yale lock and the other can...
Like most people in England (or anyone who works at least) will have heard about the new 50% tax bracket, which has apparently won over public support because it taxes the rich. If I'm honest, it seems pretty dumb. Rich people already pay a ridiculous amount of tax, taxing them a little bit more (and proportionately to population it won't affect all that many people, or make that much money)...
Something that had caught my attention today, as if resurrected from the pre-season of 2007, is the mention from Adrian Sutil of race regarding the latest Mclaren fiasco. Personally I think his comments are ridiculous, but then I think all comments regarding Lewis Hamilton's race have been. F1 has always been, and always will be an international sport. Regardless of how Formula One Management...
The beauty of getting to walk through Hyde Park every morning at the moment is somewhat offset by the fact that I'm essentially living in a hotel. Well, not strictly a hotel as such (despite being called a hotel) but a temporary bedsit to call my own for a few weeks.
Commuting is starting to get the better of me, as it did in 2008 when I first started working in London. 3-4 weeks was about my limit then, and it seems to be about my limit now. Freelance work is still slowly getting done, but mostly my time is either spent travelling, or desperately trying to revise for my upcoming MySQL Developer II exam, after passing Developer I a fortnight ago. I'm sure...
In the first proper night out I've had in Northampton since I moved back, it was weird seeing so many old acquaintances that I haven't seen in a long time, without actually trying! I sometimes forget that I spent most of my life here, and that no matter what some of that is going to filter back into my life...