Get it on.

This morning I woke at 8am in order to get the earliest bus to work. It was most unwelcome after the party last night and it was a generally greatly unpleasant morning. First was the terrible feeling of getting up at least 3 hours before it would be comfortable; Secondly was the coldness of the morning, accentuated by my lack of a jacket due to my foolish assumption it would be warm; thirdly was when I finally got on the bus and started relaxing to some music the young woman in front of me started vomiting into a paper bag. I don't claim it as inconsiderate of her to have done so as I'm sure it was a downer on the start of her day too, but it was most inconvenient to my relaxation.

Work today was ridiculously quiet for a Saturday. Though I didn't really notice until the end of the day upon looking a the figures, because I was still completely shattered. However, midway through the afternoon the skip was emptied all over the back courtyard by some disgraceful human being leaving the only stock guy clearing it all up. This meant that the replenishment of washing machines and such needed done by a volunteer. My attempted fitness plan for the summer kicked in and I jumped at the chance to lug around heavy appliances. Strangely enough it turned out to be the best couple of hours I've had at Currys for weeks. It left me feeling much more awake somehow.

After work I headed to the retail park where I met Catriona, Florence, Lou and Jamie. Firstly we loitered around tesco where I discovered a new release DVD called Pimp starring Danny Dyer. It caught my eye because I recognised it as a film my cousin plays some sort of part in, of unknown importance, and has been awaiting release for some time. I didn't buy it but I'll try and watch it at some point. Also nearby was Sherlock Holmes, also featuring the same cousin. It was really cool how there was two DVD's in the chart featuring him.

Finally we went to the cinema to see Shrek Forever After 3D. It was acceptable. I think the first is a movie deserving of the cliched oxymoron "modern classic". However, every sequel has been sellotaped on completely unnecessarily and the third and fourth especially feel more like feature length episodes of a TV series rather than movies. The plot was like an episode of Fairly Odd Parents with the '"I wish everything was different"; wish comes true; cue madness' formula which doesn't make for a gripping or even fully entertaining movie. The alternate reality idea does allow for some very funny variations of characters which I won't spoil even though I believe they have all been spoiled in the trailers. This was it's only major merit; there was a large number of funny scenes, but nothing particularly lasting or outstanding upon leaving the cinema. When the ending eventually came around I wasn't at all sad about the franchise coming to a speculative end, more relieved that we managed to escape with only mediocre sequels that don't entirely tarnish the greatness of the original. It was an entertaining 90 minutes but nothing that stuck with me after the credits rolled. A fair 6/10 purely for the comedy.

Song of the day is a very cool song by Eluveitie; swiss folk metal masters. I love the chorus with the clean female vocals overlaid with the harsh male vocals. The growling style of vocals is not my favourite but this band have a sound that fits these vocals well and are one of a few exceptions to my dislike of screaming.