Well, that was almost a complete waste of 2 1/4 hours.

I thought I would be nice, pop around and visit a few people, wish them a Merry Christmas and all that crap.

First stop, my mate's not home, his parents think he's gone out to the movies. Thanks for the invite. Anyway, dropped off a card and collected $50, not too bad.

Next stop, I go and see another mate, he's just on his way out to the beach, ok, I'll go for the ride out there with you, and we'll have a chat there. About a minute into the travel towards the beach, he starts doing all this stupid driving, nearly makes me stack trying to follow him through a roundabout. Screw you.

I decide to pop in on another mate, he's not home, I continue from there to another mate's place, since it's reasonably close, no one there either. I head out to the beach my mate was going to, his car's not there, he must have gone to another beach.

I give up. I go to the shopping centre that is on the way back towards my place (where the movies are my mate probably went to) it is at this point I realise I don't have my phone, I'm hoping I left it at home, I've developed a habit of doing that, I wonder why. I think about seeing a movie, decide it's a waste of money, I've got a bunch of movies on my TiVo, and at least I can get pissed while I watch them. So I get some food, and head for home.

I stop in at a big electronics shop to see if there are any bargains. Nope. I just got home, here's my phone, no missed calls, no messages. Good to see I am loved. OK, now I'm going to watch some movies and get pissed.