So the great swim plan '09 has progressed in one area, namely, I bought a swimming costume, but unfortunately this has cause immediate halt in other areas, namely, I have spent all of my money so I can't afford to go swimming. BUT no fear, I have an assured benefactor who has promised to lend me the £25 until next Friday when I shall be paid. Although I have simultaneously as I typed that, realised that the great swimathon '09 still can't begin till next Wednesday, as I am going to Wakey tomorrow, and return straight to work on Monday, then the swimming pool closes at 4 on Tuesday, so I can't go then, not finishing work until 5pm...however, I shall go and enrol on Tuesday lunchtime...yes.that's what i'll do...sorry for the inner monologue there. sorting out my stuff yeah?
I considered buying a swimming costume off ebay, inspired by my sister who bought a great one for £2 or something, but I just was too suspicious in the end...it's like buying pants or something that someone else might have worn...I just can't be sure enough that no one elses bits have been in it. In the end I went for a really expensive one from a real sports shop, I felt like a right faker in there, it was half of a hundred quid.............. BUT it was a body sculpting one with all panels and little leg bits to cover my wobbles, and best of all, a shelf to compact my chest into a flattened mass. SO I decided to go for it, even though the one i couldn't decide between with it was £30 less, I just figured, maybe being strapped into these blackened panels with give me the confidence to actually do my swim plan, so the money will be worth it.
AAANNNDD, Chloe has today introduced me to the concept of waterproof MP3 players!!! Which I am DEF going to get when I am paid! How wonderful this modern world is. I may even just buy a little waterproof bag with waterproof earphones sticking out, you just zip your normal ipod in and it keeps it waterproof.... heaven...I can listen to my audiobooks while i swim along...rather than the usual thing of listening to myself wheeze or to other people coughing up phlegm which makes me want to scramble out of the pool. Now i can remain ignorant.aaahh....
Did anyone watch the programme last night about teenage pregnancy? Jeezy Creezy...that is a good way to put you off ever having a baby... sometimes i feel a bit sad that it's too late for me to be a young mother...I always thought I'd have a baby quite young, like my mum did, and be one of those people who took it to glasters and stuff, now i'm already past my prime and as of yet i have done nothing whatsoever with my life, so a baby is completely out of the question...i also often think in moments of long thought, that I might not have one anyway, what with there being a global water-shortage war round the corner (my current fear).
ANNNyyway, they focussed on about 3 girls who were in the very late stages of their pregnancy in Birmingham, one of them who was 15, was really beligerent and listened to NOTHING that the medical staff told her, she didn't stop smoking, or even cut down, and refused to have a natural birth, insisting not only on a caesarean but on being under general anaesthetic, which is really dangerous, especially if you're overweight, which she was, very. Her refusal to be awake stemmed from her 'fear of needles' but as the interviewer pointed out to her, she had facial piercings and a tongue piercing, it turned out she had acquired all of her fears second-hand from her mum and her mum's friends who had filled her with dread. her mum was an idiot, she encouraged the pregnancy cause she wanted a grandchild. You really ended up feeling for the girl, she was so mouthy, but it was clear that she was just shit-scared, she wanted to be asleep cause she was far too scared to give birth awake, after all, she was 15! At the end she advised other girls not to have a baby. She wanted to leave and be alone with her child, away from her family and her life, she was clearly really desperate for something else...it was sad. One of the girls was very cool, very intelligent and savvy and I really liked her, she was funny about her situation and just funny in general. What really fucked me off was the lack of any focus, as always on the fact that these girls were all impregnated by someone, lots of the time i'm sure men who are technically committing rape, the 18+ year olds who prey on these vulnerable, drunk teenage girls then fuck off when they're pregnant. Only one of all the girls interviewed at the centre was still with her boyfriend, the others had all been told by the men concerned that they weren't interested in helping. Some of the men had asked to try for a baby, then fucked off anyway! and it's these girls who get all the filthy looks and the scorn poured on them, the thought that someone else is even involved doesn't even enter your head for a long time...Evolution's going to have to develop a better system soon for impregnation. it's just too easy at the moment... Either that, or men who impregnate women then fuck off can be castrated/branded/both?
that seems reasonable.
sorry, do i sound angry? i have coffee jitters, i'm slurping from my excellent flask, it's 16:15 and it's still warm! the flask may be the single most amazing invention ever?!
The classic tartan remains my dream thermos... I'm still seeking one...
I really want a picnic set too. I want to go on a picnic with a thermos. Not Just a thermos, not me and a thermos chatting or anything, but take a thermos somewhere cold, like the beach or some windswept moors and have a hot ribena...oooohh yeeeaahhhh...
that's my afternoon sorted, i'm going to look at thermoses (pl.thermi?) on ebay.
finally, I understand the Thermos song in The Jerk, he wants to buy her a thermos cause he loves her so much. Whaddda guy....
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