free stuff

I made it to the end of my 'sevens' programme this morning at the gym, which is where they give you a card you get signed every time you go to the gym for a workout. I think it's to try to get people who join to actually go.

I got a free 'Fitness Exchange' towel for my trouble! Actually, it's about the size of a big facecloth, but still - freebie city! :o)

musing

Random pensification sparked by a comment from josh_the_cat in adjectivemarcus's journal.

It's really annoying when people go on and on about a subject you know a lot about, and they quite clearly know very little and are wrong about many things, but you have to listen to them because 'everyone is entitled to their opinion'. I had this experience yesterday, when I was in a debate with someone about the implications of the BBC threatening to pull its channels from BSkyB. Now, this is my job. But they didn't see that as a reason that I might be any more right than them. It used to piss me off no end also when people would give advice about music and the band. Fucking endlessly. Everyone's pet subject, you see. 'You should send a demo tape to record companies'. 'You should dress like X'. 'You should play a festival'. 'You need to sharpen your sound'. I really used to hate that.