Lego has this new line of kits called World City, and they scare me. Kids see police toys made from building bricks; I see an indoctrination into an Orwellian future populated by undercover vans (black, unmarked, and sporting a camera), G-men in black suits, high tech surveillance trucks (monitoring all communications), helicopters with more prominent cameras (undoubtably for riot control) and sinister police ATVs (about to mow down some poor proletariat). Even the term “World City” sounds vaguely ominous. However we should also note the Danish refusal to join the European Union, so maybe this is just their tongue in cheek commentary on globalisation. Of course I had to buy a couple of these kits.
I finally finished the flooring project: before, during, after. I’m pretty proud of the result. The worst part was the last part: applying sealant to the seams. Not only was it tedious work, but the stuff was super toxic and I nearly passed out from the fumes until I discovered the only window in the room actually had to be propped open in order to stay open.
I wish I had something better to blog about, but it’s hard to avoid devolving into writing about why and how disgruntled I’ve been at work for the last month, something that would probably just be pointless and would get me in trouble. I have certainly showing been signs of stress – not just crankiness, but total exhaustion at the end of the day. The worst of it was last week when I fell asleep while standing at the bus stop on the way home. A couple of mornings later I searched for keys and discovered that I had left them in the front door lock the previous evening. I am now on a one coke/two coffees a day habit that I can’t seem to shake; yes, this is pitiful by university standards, but I was getting along just fine on one coffee for a while. Vacation can’t come soon enough.
