Lord, it's July! Third Edition, 2009.

It's July yet again. Let the franchise continue! I think this time I'm actually frightened because I can remember typing last year's edition quite well as if it was quite recent. It was mostly bullshit about nothing much. Just to keep the flow of this whole July post thing I'll mention to regulars.

In relation to the weather, it's been quite nice recently. There was a glorious week of sunshine a few weeks ago, during which I was lucky enough to have three or four days off work. It's been humid and heavy the last few days and walking around (and home from) work has been a challenge. Sticky clothes and annoying top button closed (as uniform rules dictate).

I haven't got much further in the Chris Rea collection. I listened to the Irish & Celtic Blues CD and that's as far as I've advanced. Fair play to him. In general, musically, I've became obsessed with Tom Waits and am currently making my way through his discography chronologically.

I mentioned Elizabeth Bishop last year and how I was thinking of her poems as I folded cheap tacky t-shirts in Penneys. May I introduce her latest masterwork (literary works transcend death).

Books and films and things of that sort next. I'm reading stuff by Paul Auster nowadays. I like the storytelling style. "Mr. Vertigo" and "Moon Palace". I recently read "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" and I enjoyed that.

Working in a cinema helps for the film end of things. I've watched "Wolverine", "Fifty Dead Men Walking", "Year One", "Drag Me to Hell", "Gran Torino", "Role Models" half of "The Last House on the Left", "Star Trek" etc. I've bought loads of DVDs too in the last while. It's just to have something to do. Something to do at one in the morning when I know I won't be able to sleep. "The Illusionist", "Little Miss Sunshine", "Jarhead" etc. They're at least an hour and a half of brain entertainment, distraction sometimes.

I don't think there's anything else of wild interest about the coming month. (Public Enemies is out now.) August, yeah sure. Seems that this is a mildly short oh my God it's the seventh month of the year post. But, whatcha gonna do? Mais, sin é pour une bliain eile. Bye.