I hope you're still there, I'm still here! Wasn't hit by a bus or anything. Just got sidetracked. Hmmm, what to say?
When I left you I was going into town. It's pretty dull but I have nothing better to talk about. I was going there to get a new mouse as the one I was using's left button had died. So I got a Labtec 3-button optical mouse for £9.99, mice seem very expensive for what boils down to 3 buttons and a motion sensor. £9.99 seems reasonable but you have to remember that these things have a habit of breaking within a year, and this was the cheapest I could find. Most were around £30, an extra £20 for 1-or-2 more buttons and an unnoticeable smoother scrolling. Ridiculous if you ask me!
Anyways, mouse in hand I leave Staples and decide to visit Vision Games. They buy and sell second hand games and often you can pick up some nice games for next to nothing. I got Final Fantasy X-2 (that's 10, 2.. Not 12) because I quite enjoyed Final Fantasy 10. Must say I haven't been overly impressed so far but It's perfectly playable.
On my way back across town I came across some people hitting upturned bins with sticks, no it wasn't the local hoodie troupe but a celebration of High Wycombe's adoption of their "bags for life" project. As I understand it they're 100% recyclable jute bags that you can buy for £1, the profit from which will go towards other green projects in Wycombe. Sounds good, except Tesco, Mark's & Spencer's and Sainsbury's all have the exact same bag for just 10p. Who is going to pay £1 when they could get 10 for that? It feels like another example of jumping too fast at something "green" and not really thinking it through. Jute also isn't very strong when wet and since we failed to build a roof that doesn't leak that will be a problem.
Well I'm sure you're all sufficiently bored now. I'll leave you to do something productive.
