The Insomniac Meanderings Post: Nearly Halloween Edition

Hello there. Hope you're feeling well today.

Well it's 5:22am as I'm starting to write this. Though I actually was awake at 4:30. Tried to sleep but as it's a Saturday where I'm not working insomnia made sure I was up. It can be cruel like that.

Outside through the darkness it seems to be clear. It's also colder. I'm hearing rumours at work of the possibility of snow in the next few weeks. Hope not. March showed how much I hate the white stuff it settles.

Halloween soon. You can tell that by the decorations of the remaining shops left in the high street. Can't say I really care either way. Something to be tolerated I think.

Except that is a word about Pumpkins. One they really aren't that tasty. And Two when you put the leftovers in a food caddy it stinks.

I mean if it wasn't to gut out, put a creepy face on it and a candle within would people really eat pumpkins.....really?

I'm not going to bore you today about the contest to be the next Labour party leader in Wales and therefore the next First Minister except to say one thing. All three candidates have vision of running Wales different to the previous nine years. And whilst their visions are equally flawed and tied to Labour head office in London the fact that they all seem to move away from the way Carwyn Jones has led during that period is surely the ultimate confirmation that his leadership has been a failure.

Rather like Blair the power of the painting in the attic has long since gone.

Here's an interesting one. Have read about Kiera Knightley banning her daughter from watching Cinderella because it implies that for women to get out of a bad situation (and note in the case of Cinderella the villains are women) she needs the help of a man.

Thinking about it whilst it's a pipe dream that some day a royal prince would come (and think of the awful life of despair, drudgery and probable suicide if the story hadn't worked out the way it did) of course it was a woman, the fairy godmother, who started the process of freeing Cinderella from the life her stepmother and stepsisters had imprisoned her to.

And of course there's the Saturday Night question in these months. "Will I watch Match Of The Day tonight?" Of course it all depends on how West Ham do. Currently the season seems to be two steps forward and one step back. Hopefully West ham will beat Spurs today. It would be typical Hammers after losing to Brighton a few weeks back.

It's 7:22am....calling on shepherds....including Ms Grey from a few posts ago. It's a red sky out there.

Random thought. Have worn glasses since seven and will continue until my dying day. Don't like the idea of laser surgery in case it goes wrong and as for contact lenses, well it's like insering double glazing into your eyes.

Anyway time to say goodbye for today.

Until the next time.