11.09.2003 - 1:34 p.m.

Went for dinner at the Savoy last night, and no I'm not about to betray myself and my brothers and sisters of the Heroic Socialist Workers Cause to the God of fine food and Capitalism. The event was J's mothers birthday, and I'm pleased to say the Savoy is a nice place, I'd love to get blind drunk in the 'American Bar' they've photos of celebrities and Hollywood heroes past and present on the walls ( most of who have probably got blind drunk in that bar ), but at about �8 for a drink I can't afford it. The food was the normal overpriced arty fare and tasted ok but I'm not wealthy enough to eat there again. And about 4am this morning I come down with the 'Curse of the Riverside Restaurant' all I could taste in my mouth was rancid cheesyness and I desperatly wanted to barf to ease the pain in my gut, but couldn't. Not a good start to the day.

Its *nice* to see all the progress in the disputed areas of israel going up in smoke along with the body of another "martyr". Not.

Islam, as far as I can remember is the product of the teachings of prophets interpreting the same old God story that everyone else uses, except this time they ( or their successors ) had the foresight to include the fact that if you die by your own hand through jihad and kill a couple of "infidels" as well, then you've a golden ticket to ride the escalator to heaven and the nirvana it promises, all you have to do then is ensure you keep the entire population ignorant of everything except religion and that which you teach them and lo, you will have thousands of young men and women queueing up to blow themselves to hell, leaving behind their families and future to maim some civilians who happen to worship another god, well thats just great isn't it, no? No, you're right it's not, it's fuckin short-sighted idiocy, here's a news flash for anyone thinking about blowing themselves up in the name of religion :

YOU ARE BRAINLESS SHEEP-LIKE CREATURES AND YOU WILL ACHIEVE NOTHING SAVE RETALITORY AIRSTRIKES AGAINST YOUR OWN PEOPLE, FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE TRY THINKING FOR YOURSELF, PONDER THE POSSIBILITIES ABOUT LIVING TO BE VERY OLD WITH MANY MANY GRANDCHILDREN, IT WILL BE MORE REWARDING LONG TERM THAN MAKING A MESS OF AN ISRAELI CAFE AND MAKING YOUR MOTHER CRY.

So there. I am glad to see though, that satellite dishes are selling for �100 a time in Baghdad and they're selling hundreds each and every day, so the children of Iraq can watch MTV and bop alonga Britney like the rest of us. I reckon, give it another twenty years and they'll be another country of Coke chugging, student uprising, consumerists, with as much dedication to religion as we in the west enjoy, at that time things will settle down. The diehards who are trying so hard to destabilise today will be too old and too few against a younger population of worldly people, just give it enough time and all religions will play second fiddle to The Glorious Coca Cola Company, Lucy would be so proud.

As an option to working today I did a Picture of the players in my office ( minus one I've just noticed but it's too late to change ) I used my portfolio picture from my time as a South Park extra, Jessica Rabbit has her own Dairysite Here where she 'gets things off her chest' It's cheaper than therapy and fills the empty time while at work !

I made a mental note this morning while ironing a shirt, of things to bleat about, but now I'm fairly sure I've forgotten something and this entry looks too short.

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No, nothing, I think i'll put a small pad next to my monitor for the future.

Oh, yeah, managed to wangle a jolly to our plant in East Germany for the week after next, hurrah, two days of being driven around and drinking in the evenings while talking slowly ( I can't speak conversational german ) luckily they all speak exceptionally good english, can't help but feel bit of a fraud, I should learn Herman but everytime I try and enrol on a course I get excuses like : "the girl who would have been teaching you still hasn't dropped her sprog so try again in the autumn / spring" - Thanks I'll keep talking slowly and LOUDLY and hope I'm understood, looks like I'll be getting by on my looks for a bit longer.