I know it is too damn early to be up. But I could not sleep, and rather than stay in bed just contemplating life, well, here I am. Sitting here, thinking about finishing off watching ‘Crimson Tide’ from last night, and deciding if I will battle the hoards by going to see the latest Harry Potter movie. After all, how bad can it be? Actually, don’t answer that question. I know the answer to that question… It will be bad. But if I go early I don’t suppose it will be too bad. One thing I found looking at the Greater Union Web Site is that you can pre-order your snacks as well as your tickets. One more thing to delay getting your ticket on the express line. Or am I just being slightly cynical there?

Being Christmas Eve I found a story on the News.Com.Au web site about how Burundi is encouraging their citizens to artificial trees rather than using pine or fur trees, in order to protect the environment. Back when I was still at Uni I was doing a summer at Wallerawang Power Station just past Lithgow. They had a pine eradication programme as a way to promote the growth of native plants. So that year I managed to cut down my own christmas tree… Really cool, and environmentally friendly.

My iPod was playing up yesterday. It would not turn off, and even the screen menu to turn it off did not help. And the reset keys did not help either. Since it would not turn itself off it eventually ran out of power meaning that it gave itself a hard reset when it ran out of battery power. It is now being charged so that it will soon be healthy again.