There is no bad foot
When putting forward
The only way is back
Once it’s understood
It’s no longer awkward
To stumble along this track
Today I’m feeling:
It’s been a good day with lots of well-utilised free time in the morning, a quick hang-out with students, a class and home again to watch Guardians of the Galaxy 3 through the dodgy Thai websites.
My exercise in the morning definitely put me in the right frame of mind for the day.
Today I’m grateful for:
The aforementioned dodgy Thai websites for making current movies available for free. There’s a small chance that I would’ve watched this in a cinema but if Amy hadn’t mentioned it I probably wouldn’t have even known there was a third film in this franchise.
The best thing about today was:
Catching up on blog updates including an old diary entry from 1984 that a quick chat with Rupert helped remind me about.
What was out of your control today and how did you handle it?
When I woke up this morning Cap followed me into the bathroom and as I sat on the toilet brushing my teeth he carefully got into the litter tray but left his butt hanging over the edge and so ended up pooping on the floor. I held my nose and cleaned up after him wondering how he is so stupid sometimes. He’s cute but stupid.
Also, I haven’t had time to play guitar for the past three days but know it is there waiting for the right time. I don’t feel like playing so much whilst Amy is around. I think she is going out tomorrow evening so I may get a chance then.
Something I learned today?
New Zealand has decided not to join the AUKUS defence alliance which is a bit of a snub to the USA and has folks predicting a soft CIA-manipulated coup there soon. I’d like to think that was unlikely but at the same time, I heard a great diatribe about the CIA-trained students in China that turned the peaceful demonstrations in Tiananmen Square in 1989, which were initially just general grievances about economics, into the violent riots that saw rioters kill at least 300 unarmed PLA soldiers attempting to clear the square before tanks were ordered in. The more I hear and read about this event the more I’ve changed my opinion about what happened.
What am I looking forward to this week?
Bruno just contacted me about a ride at the weekend and if the weather isn’t good then just to grab coffee somewhere. Amy leaves on Friday and whilst I’m looking forward to my last seven weeks of relative freedom I’ll also miss her being around again. Despite our petty annoyances with each other, we have a lot of fun.
I’m looking forward to a bit of free time tomorrow morning too, to catch up on some reading and writing.
And as mentioned above I’m looking forward to playing more guitar.
![](https://1994ever.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/1c2a92534ad3978c92dd746f9a454576.jpeg?w=768)