I left work slightly later than normal, but remembered, I needed to hunt around for a song on CD. I knew for sure that it was one of the discs in my Case Logic case. Having spent last weekend labeling all my unlabelled discs, it was slightly (just) easier to track the song down. I got into the car and noted the time on my dashboard as I left the office, it was 18.11. As I pulled onto the main road, I had found the song I had been looking for, it was Hello by Sugarbomb, as noted in my previous entry. The energy of the song affected my driving and I put my foot down. The country roads were relatively clear, but this was little indication if the drive home on the dual carriageway would be as smooth. Sure by the time I got down the hill, to the main roundabout, there was a small build up of traffic but nothing out of the ordinary. As I pulled onto the by pass, I slipped the car into a lower gear, to push more power from the lousy 1.4 engine and accelerate up to a reasonable speed. Then, just kept on going, hitting not excessive but fast speeds. With Hello now on it’s third (or was that fourth) run on the stereo, there was no stopping me. I was rushing to get home and rushed past cars that appeared to be standing still. As I went past the slip road, my last escape route was gone. Now I would have to grin and bear it if there was a build up of traffic ahead. To my delight, there was none, so I just get my foot pressed to the floor and sped up the hill. As I reached the roundabout, there was little traffic and I was ever so lucky with the lights (which aided my time considerably) and I rushed down the A4010 to my house, with a complete disregard for the 40 mile an hour speed limit (it used to be national, up to a few years ago, honest officer!), pulling onto my drive, I looked once again at the clock on my dash. It was 18.21, I had officially set a new world record. Leaving my car, I was presented with flowers, champagne and a certificate. Could it be done faster? Perhaps the German driver from Nuremberg ring could hit a faster ‘lap’ time, in a more powerful vehicle. Hold on, then again, she looks very familiar to the finance women from Saturday. Forget it!

I have been listening to We Belong Together constantly in the car now for several weeks. With most songs, I can clearly say how I feel about them, but also how I feel when I am listening to them. With Mariah, on this number I am completely lost. The soulful lyrics bring back memories from the past, but they seem so distant, so far away, that I do not know how I feel about those times, those people. The person there, has changed so much. Or perhaps, I have just gone full circle, going out and back into myself?

It is only now that I realize why Wrigley’s have began sponsoring Hollyoaks on Channel4. Surely there must be other ways to make chewing gum sexy, rather than with strange thirty second spots at the beginning and end of the soap watched by over three million young adults in the UK. Oh, please bring back the days, of Free – All Right Now, with the original 1992 advert (you will need to scroll down for some screen shots!) That advert featured an MCI Westerner cross country bus!