Going Off The Rails

How long was it until I used that pun in my subject line hey?!  Well this morning has gotten off to a bad start with firstly the car park being nearly full at Glenbrook Station and now not able to get a decent seat on the train from Glenbrook.  In times past, the carpark was less than half full and the train was a case of getting my “usual seat” by the window with a spot to hang my jacket.  Sure as the train got closer to the city it would fill up, but it is now very full at Glenbrook and I am dreading where all the people will fit when we get to Emu Plains.

Seems as though that people have sprung up all over the place and are now taking the train… I must have missed the memo from Blue Mountains Council saying that we were being inundated with refugees from Cronulla who were seeking refuge from the marauding hordes of Lebanese beach goers.

So it appears that I now need to get up earlier and get on the earlier train and see if that relieves the issue.  I don’t mind the long travel as long as I can do it in relative comfort, but since the new timetable some 6mths ago, it is getting less and less comfortable on the 7:10.

But I didn’t want to turn this post into yet another train rant… I was keen to discuss that non-event the Commonwealth Games.  I am sorry, but the media have to realise that the Games is not solely a swim meet.  I am not the biggest supporter of the Games (as you may realise) but at least we could have more info on it other than swimming?  And is it just me, but I saw a couple of our female swimmers get out of the pool yesterday and noticed that the girls were very muscular, inverted triangle shaped bodies, bulging out of their swim suits and are breaking World Records by entire seconds rather than fraction of seconds.  Now correct me if I am wrong, but if these girls were called Wei Xhou Ping and were from China, they would be castigated for “being on drugs”.  But when its an Aussie, its pats on the back all round and a rush to sign them up to media deals and other endorsements.  Maybe I am being sceptical, but really how can a record at say around the 65 second mark that has stood for some time be smashed below 64 seconds and nobody bat an eyelid?

Listening:  A massive Cure MP3 disc with a lot of 1980’s albums on it:  Boys Don’t Cry, Faith, Japanese Whispers, Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, Mixed Up, Pornography, The Head on the Door, The Top, Three Imaginary Boys.  A mere 8hrs of Cure-ness.