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Today was a good day.

I went to the climate change march - I know I have friends who don't believe in that crap, but to my mind, we've proven that carbon dioxide has a higher insulating effect than nitrogen, and we know we're releasing a lot of it that wasn't there to start with, and we know that the world is warming up. We also know sea levels are rising, polar ice caps are melting, and there are parts of Kenya where it hasn't rained for three years. I don't really see where the gaps in the logic are.

Anyway, that aside, I went to Grosvenor Square to see speeches, and lots of people said the equivalent of many of our political parties promising a better Britain (anyone voting for parties promising a worse Britain?) safer streets, more hospitals (again, good marketing, but I don't hear anyone promising to the contrary) or a marketing agency promising the right messages to our customers at the right time (damn - the last agency promised the right message at the wrong time, and we nearly hired them!). I mean, we do want a better world for our children, so thanks for recommending it guys. I left shortly afterwards when they started singing about George Bush being a cowboy, as I felt the gathering was becoming too high-brow.

On the way to Trafalgar Square, where we were being counted and the number sent back to that nice Blair chap, I bumped into Laurence and Ruth. They headed to the US Embassy, I said I'd call them later. I did, and caught up with them and with Hannah and her boyfriend. We chatted a bit, and Laurence and Ruth left. Hannah and boyfriend disappeared later too, but left me with numbers for Sam and Theresa. I found Sam, and we texted Theresa and caught up with her, Ysanne and Theresa's flatmate's friend. Then Sam left, and I joined the others to meet Theresa's flatmate on the Strand. Then I left and bumped into Erin and Ruscoe, who were off to the theatre. On the tube home I happened upon Tracey and her son Kade, and we chatted too. At the start of the day I didn't think I'd meet anyone, so it was all a rather pleasant surprise.

Then this evening, I've listened to a CD Jim gave me, which I'll put on my site on Monday evening. I'm pretty pleased with it. Some of the tracks still need work, but they sound ok (Jim's done incredible work with the material he had!), and they're mostly good fun.

Tomorrow, I'm going to wander round Central London with a camera and see what I can find. The results will end up on a photo page - I haven't added one for several months, so it's about time! Any thoughts for good parts of London to photo, anyone?