not so much resting

yesterday:

i managed to not do anything other than watch friends and read harry potter yesterday afternoon - not until 7pm rolled around and it was time to join the protest. we took our time, which worked out well because the marching began way after the scheduled starting time...

i perched myself on the side of the road with my "capitalism is good" poster, and watched so many thousands of people walk past that it made my head spin. it was a pleasure having so many people smile, nod, give thumbs up and even share a good word or two; it was even more of a pleasure having a couple of people ask me questions, and even more so when other people who were listening in on my explanations enthusiastically agreed with what i had to say.

it didn't do me any good to see people pulling rude faces or making rather negative hand-gestures and carrying on with no intention of discussing things. it was terrible to have a man with low personal hygiene and no sense of personal space walk straight up to me to tell me about "piggish capitalism" - he wasn't having any of this "rational debate" rubbish, and he forced the discussion closed with an abrasive "i'm a professor of economics": because if you lie, to yourself and to others, you'll get REAL progress.

professor my ass.

pg had only joined the protest because of me - so i guess i've at least done *something* positive - and i'd stood on the side while she waited nearby for long enough. we walked all the way up to kikar hamedina where things were absolutely crazy. we were there for a couple of minutes on the assumption that that was what was required of us in order to be counted*, then walked down to ze sushi for dinner.

* apparently what's counted is the number of cellular phones located around the area of the march / central event. i haven't a clue if that's really the case.

gods - this diet has me hungry a lot of the time. primarily because we haven't done the right shopping. we stuffed ourselves on excellent sushi, which was better than usual because there was no red tuna available and the replacement was delicious. we then shuffled home, showered, and chilled in front of the telly until bedtime.


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today:

i haven't been feeling too good today. i was on time for the podiatrist, only in the wrong place. apparently that happens a lot, judging by his reaction when i walked in. he couldn't find anything wrong with my feet, and sent me back to my g.p. with a list of tests to run...