10:40am: Delayed Telecast
5am Melbourne time. On a plane to KL. Tired. Can't sleep - cold, uncomfortable. Considered buying a blanket. Seemed like a rip-off? Instead decided to forego sleep entirely and write this instead.
I'm also listening to my ipod using earphones that my father just found on his seat - my earphones only work in one ear, and I was going to get new ones in KL. I still will, but this still constitutes a minor mise.
Just about the only mise, too. Unsuprisingly, when you buy cheap tickets, you get what you paid for. Actually, that isn't fair - there was one other mise; my father had over 100 Pounds for me, every little bit helps.
So I tried to use the internet at Melbourne airport while waiting for my plane - with this netbook. Obviously they charge you for wireless internet at Melbourne airport. Cheap, etc.
Another 5 hours on this plane, apparently. Awkward. I really don't know what I'm going to do, I'm kind of hoping that eventually I'll just pseudo-collapse from exhuastion and thus get some sleep. Not exactly optimal, but it is a plan. Until then, I guess I'll write/prepare this post, and then I guess play some Microsoft hearts.
I didn't bring my DS because I really don't think I'd have any use for it while in Europe, and I still think that is true. I think I should have brought it anyway, though, just for use on the planes. I overestimated my ability to sleep. Wearing shorts was also, definatively a mistake on my part. Maybe I'll pony up for the blanket, who knows?
Well, I'm sure I'll include the outcome of my choice when (if) I actually post this, but as of right now, who knows? Nobody.
So, on to hearts I guess? Perhaps I shall return to this little document I've got going here, perhaps not. It doesn't really concern you, does it.
Interesting sidenote: the display which shows the map, travel time, etc, consistantly updates with a little graphic of the plane, a compass, and an arrow pointing to Mecca. Ah, religion, you cad!
Oh, some kind of turbulance I guess? They've put the seatbelt sign on mid-flight. I think they mentioned earlier on that we would be passing over/near the remants of a cyclone that had made land. I wasn't really paying any attention. At least it makes for a change of pace. I ragequit from hearts the first time i failed to shoot the moon. Pro player :P
Time to destination - 4:13. Tick tock, tick tock. According to the map we are over the King Leopold Range. Not really that interesting. Maybe what I'll do is explore Windows 7 some. Maybe it has some cool features, you never know.
Oh, what's this, a webcam. Well I can play with this for a little, I guess, nothing like a blurry picture of Chifley in the dark... it was too dark. Hrm, this wordpad has a little button that inserts a Paint drawing. Dum de dum dum. What to do, what to do.
Music: Muse - Invincible. I'm listening to my top rated on shuffle. I think it is a really useful playlist, the downside is that you have to put the effort into actually rating your music, but once you have you can listen to a string of the best songs without repetition. Pretty good.
i added all the Triple J Like a Version compilations (Yeah, piracy, morally ambiguous?) and it turned out that the good covers were a lot less frequent than I'd have suspected. Too many, far too many of the covers, were really slow and bare versions which lacked, for want of a better word, a hook.
Current music: Martha Wainright - Bloody motherfucking arsehole. This is a pretty outstanding track. I'm just going to take a minute to listen to it. Well, shutting my eyes to listen to that felt really good. Maybe I'll give this sleeping thing another shot. Oh, how i envy those lucky fools who can fall asleep easily. :(
So, post script: the sleep plan didn't go so well, although I did get a half hour. Now I'm in a Starbucks in KL airport, using the free wifi. What a great chain.
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