Strange and bizarre as it may seem, I lost my cherry a year to the day (I think; I’m pretty sure it was in the early hours of Saturday 30th). I tell you, as messy and unromantic as it was, it was still something I’d been jonesing for for the best part of a decade or more. Mind you, I haven’t had a particularly celebratory day and I felt pretty odd today. Partly because I think I might have a small medical problem that I really need to get checked out in a hurry, and partly because Therese called from Bankok. Which was great, don’t get me wrong, but I hadn’t expected to hear from her and of course it was more than a little emotional. I was also trying to get a big pile of photos scanned for the girls to give to Dee (who is flying out to meet the other two in Bankok tomorrow afternoon) so they… could look at them I suppose. I’m not sure why it’s important.
I had hoped to write more this weekend because there’s a lot I want to get out there, and to code as well because I have to finish the Media Manager plugin for WordPress and also Keith’s gallery javascript, but it’s been sort of unproductive and I haven’t even managed to shave the few remaining hairs off my head. I should probably do that now.
Oh yes, and after a beautiful start to the day (which I missed due to taking my sleep very, very seriously) it pissed down. It’s a shame, because apparently this morning would have been good for seeing Mars in the skies, and I actually have a peculiar fascination with the Red Planet.
Any coffee lovers out there? Have a read of this at the Guardian about coffee and whether or not it’s good for you. Or bad. I’m divided myself; I only drank coffee for the first time less than two years ago and I can tell you, the kick was something else to behold. I have a healthy respect for the stuff now, and I do have a coffee every few afternoons to help move me along but I try to not make a habit of it, and I’ve also banned myself from drinking it in the morning. If you can’t get by without a stimulant every day, you have a problem and should see a doctor. Really. Tea, I find, isn’t really much better on the front; I drink more tea than coffee, but I have to say that the effects are milder and I think it probably has more beneficial effects.