Soho! (Blog 124)

Yesterday, I picked up a friend in my car and began to drive him to the local train station so we could go CD shopping in Soho. Pretty straightforward, right? Well, unfortunately I had a dilemma. My bladder seems to have become weaker in recent months, and I keep needing to pee all the time. (I don’t have diabetes, I don’t mean to brag but my blood sugar level is in the excellent range). Should I stop off at my house before getting to the first station, or should I hold everything in until we got to Waterloo in London? My thinking was that if I did skip my house, I would be training my bladder to be stronger, but I don’t know if that’s how it works. Still though, I decided that I should at least test my theory. That did make the train journey at least a little bit tense as no one wants to p*ss themselves, but hey.

Luckily my friend had his mobile phone on him, so we could listen to music on Youtube and make the minutes on the rails go by quicker. The artists I recommended to him were relatively calm for my tastes. I didn’t realise it at the time, but maybe I subconsciously chose such music so I didn’t get over excited and you know what. Had I listened to uptempo songs by Slipknot, who knows what could have happened? I also showed my chum the song ‘Dance of Eternity’ by Dream Theater. In that case, I had no hidden motives for choosing it, rather it’s the kind of thing I show to EVERYONE. Pointing out the fact it has 108 time signature changes in 6 minutes and 15 seconds is a great conversation starter for even the shyest of people, I'm sure. If you have social anxiety, I strongly recommend you remember the music. Maybe I should have been a therapist. Too late though, really.

Eventually we did indeed get to Waterloo and to my relief I wasn’t in a state of desperation. My friend pointed out I needed 30p to use the toilets. Ah, a rookie mistake. There are loos you can use for free in the mini restaurants. It’s just a tiny bit unethical to do so as they are only meant for diners, but first of all I didn’t have any change on me, and second of all, no, you’re not getting it. 30p? Enough money to purchase three Refreshers? That coincidentally is taking the p*ss. :P Soon after you know what again, the two of us travelled on the subway, but with the help of our magic travel cards, we didn’t have to worry too much about travelling to specific stations. Ah, freedom.

I have to be honest, the CD shopping wasn’t too interesting. It was certainly more FUN than the journey, though. I’m scraping the barrel a little, but the music played in the shops was very loud and bass heavy. Veteran employees will surely suffer long term ear damage if they’re not careful. The stuff heard through the super speakers was very simple and was perhaps felt more than it was appreciated on an intellectual level (in terms of tunes, etc., I mean). Consequently, people could enjoy it even if they became deaf, but that’s not the point. The ability to hear is very important, nonetheless. No brainer, right? Ok, in one paragraph that was Soho neatly described.

Unsurprisingly, the expedition home was very similar to the one to London. Maybe it’s best to talk about the various conversations we had, instead. I brought up the topic of Michael Jackson, and how I can’t listen to his music any more as he apparently abused loads of people. However, I may have come up with a solution in recent minutes that I really should have brought up at the time. How about if during Michael Jackson’s songs, some random guy says ‘Michael Jackson is a prick’ every now and then? Would that make listening to his work ok? If so, I could potentially make people millions of pounds in royalties. Again if so, call me and maybe we can do some sort of a deal. Anyway, that was the day fully described. So bye!