Saturday, November 12, 2005
Disaster
I bought an external disk, and got it working without using the aluminium casing. I was then too lazy to put it in the case. After three weeks of downloading music, I copied across my photos from July - September. This morning, I dragged a mess of cables from one end of then sofa to the other. My nose picked up a whiff of burning. Looked down to see fire. The ipod cable had touched the circuitry in the magical way needed to set fire to the disk.
Oh well, back to Akihabara to spend more money. Besides, it could have been worse, i could have lost more. Lesson learnt the cheap way.
Been scheming and formulating in my head recently. Without exception, plans and schemes are bad bad bad. Nothing beats sensible impulsion - my great example is being here in Nippon, without plans or schemes. But, nonetheless, here they are:
Cling on to Citi for another few months.
Eventually, get fired.
Start applying to jobs in De Schweiz & Tokyo.
Return to The Burgh after 3-4 weeks of unemployed drifting & barwork.
Continue applying for jobs in De Schweiz & Tokyo whilst becoming a painter/decorator for the small flat.
Once flat is habitable, destroy as many of my possesions as I can, and Live Sparse.
Leave Edinburgh. For real, this time.
Move to somewhere cheap on the mainland, with a giving preference to towns that speak German.
It's all rubbish, of course. The plan before was to work at The Sky long enough to renovate the flat, then resign, and walk through the jungles of South America for a few months. It's not on the horizon any more.
Oh yeah, and this is where I am going to retire. 12 years from now, cut all ties, sell all tangible assets, buy equities, cash, a stack of books on psychology, morality, anthropology, ancient civilizations, various works of fiction, an enormous bag of rice, a fishing rod and a one-way ticket to Myanamar. When I go off the radar, you'll know where to find me. Or, at least, you will be able to start guessing as to which of the 800 islands i'm squatting on.
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