Beer, Waffles Chocolate and War

Currently im trying to convince myself that going outside to the bus stop with my lap top and logging into somones unsecured wireless is worth it.
If I actually write a whole blog ill probably try because having writing just stitting on your computer for days inst really worth it.
So.. the goss
Im in Belgium, brussles kinda area. Near Waterloo. *cough* I thought waterloo was in England, and I knew nothing about the whole Napoleon thing, im still rather hazy but in essence, I think: Napelon was a quintessential megalomaniac who didn’t let anything get in his way. France was occupying a few places, everyone got sick of them, and as such beat the crap out of them at Waterloo. I think that’s the general idea.
I am convinced that everyone working for any of the transport authorities are employed because they are particularly stupid, will sell you the wrong ticket, will tell you you are somewhere you aren’t when faced with a map, wont tell you when the next train is and will also refuse to give out train timetables. Then there’s the trains themselves which skip random stations, don’t tell you which station you’re at etc. It all did not make for a good first few days on public transport.. and has left the world with a very stressed amelia. Aside from LaPaz this is the worst ive come across (you can make your own mind up about how much that actually means). WHY the world cant just make grid cities and run off trams, or second best is a decent subway, I don’t know. I have come to the conclusion that I love our trams, I love that met owns everything so you only need one ticket, and I love our Zones. (2, talk about a breeze).
So I went to check out expo2pi which is celebrating 50 years of the young scientists org in Belgium and where im supposed to be working. From what I can gather though they cant gaurntee shifts and only have two 1hr jobs for me in the next fortnight. Which funnily enough I cant live off, I cant live off ‘maybe’, and that didn’t seem to really sink in. So im trying to think of my options, feel free to add some if you like, helpful ones please, not ‘join the circus’ ive thought of that.
So we have:
a) stick around and see if it works, doing nothing for the next fortnight
b) try and get a job at a pub that wants english speaking staff
c) go to the UK, get a job in a pub, and stick to the semi original plan
d) (my fav) rent a hut in some mountains somewhere, chill, listen to music and write for a week till another solution arises
e) Get the next train to Paris and worry about what ill do when I get there, this also rather appeals as the irrational and expensive solution.
f) Join the circus, juggle devil sticks and spin poi for a living. Less appealing.
The world will of course be informed as to my decision.

So that’s the problem at the moment. Im somewhat stressed for a variety of reasons, to the point that I was feeling sorry for myself last night. (I missed the bus, and got lost walking back to my accommodation, it was getting dark and cold) So doing the normal sulky teenager thing, I thought of what some of my friends would think if they knew I was sulking, suffice to say they wouldn’t be impressed, for sure they would be sympatetic (they are wonderful after all) but simultaneously.. well it would be something along the lines of ‘swap’. Rather good reminder not to get too carried away with the sulking. So specifically thankyou to my dear Marna, and dearest Daniel, both of whom I wish were here.
Speaking of which I was picked up on my spelling, particularly my spelling of Steve **rwin (I still don’t know which order the E&I are in) so I have some more ways to spell it: Eirwin, Erwin, Irwin, Irywin, Eirywn and Irwyn. As far as im concerned they are all perfectly legible and as such satisfactory. :P –nice to know you read my blogs though-

Oh, I brought a Belgain sim, pretty obvious thing to do. But, because all the instructions were in Dutch or French I couldnlt activate it. So I went into one of the shops and bravely asked. I coudnt believe the response I got “First you put the sim in a phone” WTF? I showed amazing self control and did not respond “no shit Sherlock”. I hope I don’t normally look dumb enough to warrant this kind of answer, god knows what he thought I was doing with it. Holding the Sim up to my ear and speaking probably. Ummm.. people don’t do that do they?

We went to the daVinci exhibition, ie. Mum and I before she left. That was cool, although totally mad and eccentric to the max DaVinci was an amazaing artist. There were hundreds of books full of sketches, so lightly drawn and with such detail. The horses he drew actually looked like horses. There was also a blow up of the last supper, which was really cool. Theres all the suss stuff about an extra hand or something, which we couldn’t find, and then the chick to the left of Jesus. And for sure Da Vinci’s rendition of it does make her look feminine, but.. well I think one of the other guys has a bit of a chick thing going on too. Reminded me a bit of a physics teacher I had once, commonly reffered to as ‘The Heat’- told my parents off for talking once, she only ever came to school when it was overcast, raising suspicion that she was actually a vampier. Beats me why a vampier would teach physics though, wouldn’t have thought it was their cup of tea, I would more have thought bio.. maybe . But, anyway, the exhibition was good. Pratchetts Leonard of Quirm just seems such a good interpretation of DaVinci.. the books all do look like someone who was cursed with a brain that attracts all the ideas that are sleeting through the universe. The rapid desire to convey ideas to paper.. and the feeling that if you didn’t get them down they would be gone forever. Some of the models of the inventions were pretty cool, obvious that they woudnt work, but still brilliant ideas. And like they say such a dangerous mind to have in the wrong hands.

Also went to the movies, first time since Oslo I think. I saw the Borne Ultimatum (I loved the way I went with two guys, neither of whom asked if I minded seeing an action movie.. lol.. but I actually happen to like the Borne series) it was pretty good. It was cool seeing all the stuff at Waterloo station.. I was sitting there going ‘ive just been there!!!’ of course Borne survives –despite being shot and falling from a 10 storey building. Umm. They wrapped up a lot of his history, and they avoided a potential love story. It was nice, but well.. that’s the joy of the word nice, it can be so flexible. The day emphasised my current belief that its people who make an event a lot of the time, not just the event itself. So yeah.. its what id call satisfactory, not uber duper super fabulose. Lol. Although it was good seeing a Borne film on the Big Screen, it did make a difference to it, but I cant say I was a fan of the ‘cam quarter’ style filming.

And that’s all for the moments.. hopefully the bus stop will close enough to the wireless for it not to drop off. And hopefully a good solution presents itself.

Take care as ever.