Today...

Today was a good day.

Let me explain in words... I don't have any pics... so I am going to use bullets:

• Porridge for breakfast
• Went to the Motherwell Library and borrowed a book of speeches from Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr and some CDs - Hail to the Thief / Airbag / Blue Album & Tutto Mozart from Radiohead / Orbital and Bryn Terfel respectively.
• Olly made a fab cooked breakfast for lunch.
  
• Olly dropped me off near the station and I fought through an Orange Walk parade to get to my train.
• While on the train, a neighbouring passenger who heard my complaining to Olly on the phone said "empty vessels make the loudest noise" and we had a chat about marching. I believe in the right to march - as a celebration and as a protest - but I don't believe in the Orange Walks and would ban them as a celebration of hatred.
• While on the train, I read Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr's first speech... regarding the Montgomery bus boycott and was inspired.
• I got to Glasgow and walked from Argyle Street station to the Apple Store... where I spoke to a Concierge and booked my appointment with a Genius.
• I then walked (listening to WOLFMOTHER on my iPod) to the Centre for Contemporary Arts to see the Catherine Yass installation "High Wire" which was interesting but left me wanting more.
• I popped into TKMaxx on the way back but nothing inspired me - I am too fat for a "Members Only" jacket.
• I walked down Sauchiehall Street (listening to LCD SOUND SYSTEM) and then onto Buchanan Street marveling at the diversity of people ::
• guys with skinny jeans and ironic tee-shirts
  
• girls with fab tattoos
• girls with spikey hair and piercings
• guys with Guy Fawlkes masks
• Communists with a stall beside Muslims with a stall... both giving away their truth
• Big Issues salespeople alongside Socialist Worker salespeople
• Preachers alongside Falun Gong anti-Chinese protesters
• Buskers with guitars beside "chuggers" looking for donations
  
• I then grabbed a Chai Latte in the Starbucks next to American Apparel (where the cool wee bar Room used to be). I read "No Logo" (listening to a AEROTONE compilation)
  
• At 4pm I met with the Genius who tested my power cable and found it to be working. Felt embarrassed.
• I headed home (listening to SIMON AND GARFUNKEL)... reading more from "No Logo" on the train... enduring folks awful ringtones and claustrophobic seating preferences.
• Got picked up by Olly, Janey and Dayna. Headed over to Janey's where Olly was doing some gardening.
• Sat out of the way and read from my RSS feeds.
• Got fish and chips for everyone with Janey.
  
• Watched Doctor Who and loved every minute of it. Classic!
• Headed home with Olly, Dayna and Miriam.
  
• Panicked as my laptop powercable wouldn't work in the house. Eventually "rebooted" our mains electricity to get it working - weird.
• Had a bath. Read more from "No Logo".
  
• Pottered about. Uploading music to iTunes and emailing/twittering/reading etc.

I'm off to bed now. The house is quiet. Everyone is sleeping and I am tired. Just thought I'd share my day.

I love the following:

• My wife, Olly.
• My family (esp. Dayna and Miriam) and friends
• Glasgow - its amazingly vibrant!
• Apple - Service was great, although I had to wait.
• Reading.
• Listening to music.
• Chai Lattes.
• Sunny days.
• Fish and chips / cooked breakfasts / cups of tea!
  

I don't love the following:

• Celebrations of hate.
• Cramped seating arrangements.
• Standard ringtones.

That's enough bullets for one day.