Entry #26: Nice Weather for Ducks

It's been a wet week but the rain is now easing off. Despite the downpour, last Monday I went to Alton Towers with seven others.

I think the last time I went to Alton Towers before this was 1999, when I went on Oblivion for the first time. Since then there have been several new additions I had yet to ride. This was the order of the day, I think: Oblivion, Submission, Corkscrew, Rita — Queen of Speed, Duel: The Haunted House Strikes Back!, Nemesis, Air, Ripsaw, Congo River Rapids, and if we weren't wet enough from the wet rides and rain we were finished off by The Flume.

I'm feeling better about things — I go through phases. It's not a bad thing being the single, sociable, easygoing gay guy, but I get bored being that person sometimes. I'm less passive than I used to be, I'll communicate my preference or discontent more often nowadays. I need to work more on being OK with being me, having the positives tipping the balance over the negatives. Saturday night was my last opportunity being able to smoke while drinking in a public enclosed space. I had to go out.

The friends who were supposed to come out cancelled on me, and I was heading towards staying in. I ended up going out with Hannah and had 20 minutes to get ready. By the time I was picked up by Hannah's friend Claire I was mellow after a whole bottle of red wine. We went to Cheadle Hulme as it was Claire's friend Scott's birthday. After a drink there, and Hannah applying make-up on me, we both got a tram into Manchester City Centre, headed to Jilly's Rockworld and a really fun time.

I had the last cigarette in my packet tonight and I shall not buy any more tomorrow. I've got chewing gum for Nicotine Replacement Therapy and plan to reward not smoking by using the money for other goodies. I don't know yet if I'll still smoke when I drink alcohol and at times of particular drama, or if I'll reprogram my behaviour so much that I'll go off cigarettes completely. I changed my way of thinking when I was working on losing weight to the extent that I rarely have desserts, and it's even rarer for me to have any cravings.

I'm getting things together to push forward with my Web site and blog, I plan to tick many things off the to-do list over the coming months. Rather than gradually making minor changes I'm intending to introduce new features in one release, incorporated with a new site design as appropriate. I can't believe it's been a fortnight without posting a blog entry and I'm struggling with something to say. I'll come back in a few days with something fantastic, I'm sure.

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Entry #26, published on Monday, 2^nd of July 2007 at 23:28 local time (Swatch Internet Time @970 .beats)

Returning in 2008 ;-)