Kingston Redemption (Blog 323)

As my birthday was so terrible and after a good month I still wasn’t over that, I thought I’d treat myself to a day off, yesterday. To start the day, me and my dad drove to a fire station to tell the people there that he’d donate my wreck of a car to them to practice cutting up or whatever. A noble and kind thing to do? Maybe. If it was HIS car. I’ll talk more about my new car in another blog. The plus side of that is the satisfaction I’ll get from knowing my vehicle will get completely destroyed, as it brought me much shame. It really was a mess. Turns out you have to wash cars for a reason, I realised that too late. Immediately after that, I helped out at a mini railway station before it opened. Sure the helping out wasn’t at all enjoyable because I wasn’t really doing anything, I was basically just pretending (by following my dad as he cut down some grass) and I was in a sun-induced rubbish mood, too. But at least it was a break from writing. As explained many times, the heat has a funny effect on me. The sun slowed my movements down and the shade sped me up. It must have been very strange to see.

After that, I posted my Pluto sketch that was basically finished the day before. I’m wondering if my space theories are unique. Basically, I believe aliens haven’t visited Earth because we’re not silly enough. A bizarre thing to say without an explanation, but once my ideas are explained they are well up there with the greats. Then I walked to the train station to go to Kingston, where I planned on getting a couple of CDs AND some chocolate. You will most likely know that would be no easy task for me, at least in theory. Making things worse, you’d think if a train leaves for Kingston every hour, you’d get a train back every hour at the same time, leaving me a good 60 minutes to explore in the town. I checked on the station clock and not so, I had 40 minutes. Not too bad if I wanted to go to one shop, but again, two? And if I was late for the train home? I’d have to wait an hour doing nothing. A BIG gamble. My backup plan was that if I missed the train, I’d go back to town and get some socks (my clothing situation was worse than my car if anything) but an hour browsing socks? A very depressing way to spend a day.

Actually I found the CD shop quickly. To be fair though, there was a trick to it - if you see a bank, you’re half way there. Or is that just normal navigation? If so, I’ve finally discovered what I’ve doing wrong all these years. You can’t just walk randomly and hope for the bast, trust me - I’ve lived it. I picked up an album I thought was by the band ‘Can’t Swim, Change of Plans’, which I thought was funny, but sadly the band was called Can’t Swim and their album was called ‘Change of Plans’. Dammit. If you’ve read my interview, you will know that would have been a band I could have related to as a six year old. Then I left for a chocolate shop. I didn’t get there perfectly, of course not, but I got there quicker than I was expecting. It seemed like the 40 minute goal was well within my grasp. And it was! I guess I’ll have to get used to my shameful socks. People can’t see them most of the time, but when I take my shoes off and weigh myself? Hard to explain to a mental health professional.

Sadly, my chocolates were a bit melted by the time I got them home and consequently, I felt pressurised into eating them before they got worse. Therefore, I didn’t enjoy them as much as I could have. They were still pretty good, though. But you know what? I really think Tony’s chocs are better. So check them out and find just another way to live life to the max. Why didn’t I put my treats in the fridge? I didn’t trust my dad with them. Maybe they’d get eaten, maybe they’d get tampered with, it wasn’t worth the risk. I also enjoyed a cream soda. Sugary Sundays, as I like to call them. A good way of recharging my batteries after a good 6 days at the gym? I hope so. I then brushed my teeth. So early in the day?? That’s sugar or you - something to be feared. After that, I posted a question on an RPG maker forum because the poo’s hit the fan and my game is starting to get complicated. The more I work on it, the harder it gets and the more I have to memorise. Not only that, really I’ve only just started. Thank flip my question had a simpler answer than I was expecting, so my game is looking promising(ish) as dumb as it may be. I posted another question a while ago and got an answer telling me to just read the instructions that came with the game. I did so and it worked, making me feel silly.

On another small little bonus, I didn’t have to shuffle my CDs too much as my new purchases were very thin and could squeeze in between my other CDs with little difficulty. My only nitpick is that one of the albums blends in with the others as it’s a similar colour, so it’s easy to miss and forget about. However, knowing that I have forgotten music in my collection only adds to the mystique. It’s almost like an assortment from a sci-fi thriller. To conclude, the day stood out as the only time in my life I’ve brushed my teeth three times (unless I did so before by mistake which is possible) and I’m not a narcissist actually, I’m just conscientious. Not a bad day. It started off a little bipolar maybe, but after that, my batteries had been restored. I’m not saying the day was fantastic, I spent most of it alone on my computer, but again, it needed to happen. That’s it! Bye!