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I don't see the current expenses scandle to be that much of a big deal, as Stephen Fry said when interviewed, practically everyone that has been in the position to has.. exaggerated their expenses. Why, then, are we up in arms about someone claiming for a bathplug, it's bordering on the ridiculous.

Perhaps it comes down to the fact that we, as a nation, have a distrust of those in power, whether they are from the same background or otherwise, as soon as they are elected into a position of power we instinctively regard them with suspicion. These current headlines, rightly or wrongly, are suddenly claimed as a jusitification of this suspicion, that all those in power are currupt.

This worries me, why? because it is in climates such as this that democracy is most frail.

Shame.

It is, isn't it? That people don't talk as much as they used to. Especially when you can almost chart the degradation of what they say, what used to be indepth discussions is now barely more than 'hi' and so forth, of course all this changes when they want your help with something.. work for instance.

Bah.

Virtual worlds.

I realised the other day that i play World of Warcraft for around 11 hours a day. I get up, drink coffee, log on. Interspersed with food and more coffee, that's my day 'til late at night. Fine, I go on msn and various sites but that's not really social interaction is it? Not in the way that a generation or so ago would recognise anyway. But it is, of course, normal for my generation, thousands, millions perhaps of youths with little 'irl' social interaction, spending their days playing wow or other games, locked away in their rooms in body, but virtually spreading their wings.

It's different from where we're supposed to be. Hell, at my age we're practically encouraged by society to go out get drunk, take drugs and have casual sex. We have a signification proportion of a generation not taking risks, just drinking up electronic substances instead of real ones. This isn't fun is it?

We're practically turning middle aged before our time.

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Must go and book tickets to America soon-ish, seems like i'm going there before i go to Rome, that has been pushed back to July, but for a most excellent reason. Went to Ulduar last night (10 man), we one shotted razorscale and i won a most excellent new helm 'dragonsteel faceplate', win win win.

Nothing much else to report, except i am now linking these to my notes on facebook, tis a most spiffy feature. Got a new guitar hero controller this morning, which means i can now strum correctly.

America!

So, i decided to completely revise my travel plans on a whim. Instead of London - Israel via Italy and Greece, i'll instead do a short trip to Rome spending a few days there and return. Then, after i return the main trip shall be booked. What i shall do as my 'main trip' is a coast to coast of the United States, yes that's right - NYC to San Francisco. I am excited already!

If, of course, Swine Flu doesn't kill us all. But of course it won't.. or will it?