I had somehow forgotten how much I enjoy listening to "Classical" music, namely Romantic and Baroque period and a big ol' dash of the Impressionists.
For the month of December our local library ( that doesn't have a drop box so you have to watch your books and make sure the librarian checks them in) is having a free for all on CDs. Usually they're 50p. 10 at a time, yes. The first batches were electronica and now it's all classical. Bach and piano music, some Paganini too. It's surprising (not really) that the cases and CDs themselves are in much better condition than the poptronica stuff.
Even on my dinky laptop speakers (oh how I miss my aural space filling studio monitors) Johan Sebastian Bach's Mass in B Minor is quite nice. Quite nice indeed.
Art. Of. The. Motherfucking. Fugue. Put that in your ear and smoke it.
And I remember that the universe is music, geometry is all.
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Other than that I'm a little grumpy. Not sure why. I feel a little like I've forgotten that I was looking for something I've lost, but I know I'm not missing anything. Well, I do miss weed... a bit. It could be homesickness too. Shrug. Half way through and it'll only get colder 'till February. Yes, I definitely miss California. I'll keep this in mind before I jump the pond for places abroad.

We've got to get Kitty on a tourist visa and I'm a bit nervous about that. Her staying here is up to a government official whom I don't know, and if they choose to not let her back in on a tourist visa there is no way to petition for anything. I still proclaim that "nationality is slavery".

10 points for the first person who can tell me what Hunter S. Thompson's last words were...

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