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18/09/2004: "All these things..."

"All these things constructed by us to stop us disobeying us", says James on Abscond.org. His pedestrian crossing.

I bought an iPod today. It took me 25 minutes to pay for it. 25 minutes spent on the phone, speaking details of my life to a robot-controlled operator. I filled out a customer loyalty card for 5 minutes. I had to state my sex. My civil status. My birth date. My telephone number. The clerk called to confirm my loyalty card number. The application was denied. No reason given.

I didn't ask to have anything engraved into my iPod. Any witty sentence would not do. I am going to use the iPod while commuting on the tube, like all the other iPod users on the tube. I am going do listen to some of my favourite music. It will make my morning trip to work more bearable. It will make me feel good and powerful. I am looking foward to it.

On the tube, I try to walk to the right of the corridors, where it says "Walk Left". I do so only when the right side is empty, because I am amazed to be the only person disobeying. Sometimes, people deliberately bump into me. It makes me angry. People trying to force me into doing like them, like everybody. Except me. With music into my ears to make me more confident, I will bump into them too. Watch out.