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Well, I decided to pay my ticket, because I didn't want to risk to pay 100 quid. I probably should have complained though. I am really annoyed by this. So have a look around, there must be some park bench named after me...

Paying is very convenient www.camden.gov.uk/pay (new bookmark :p) Really nice page., a bit like amazon.
"Which payment would you like to make?"
Fuck, I don't want to pay anything, I didn't do anything wrong.
But obviously this option wasn't displayed.
You even have a shopping basket. I couldn't believe it. Ok, you can pay your council tax and stuff like this as well, but it felt wrong for paying a parking ticket. Do you want your ticket wrapped in gift wrap paper? That's 2 quid extra...

Watch out...

Camden parking attendants might fine you if they don't like the colour of your scooter! At least, I don't know why I got fined today. I arrived too late today to get a parking space in front of UCL, so I had to park in Malet Street. There is a parking bay for motorbikes, which was nearly full already, but I found a small space at the end and I squeezed in there. I exactly fit in there. When Ettore said: "Hey, we can move this scooter here and then you can fit in here.", I replied: "Nah, that's fine. They won't fine me. It's alright. It perfectly fits." Ok, the next time I say something like this, please slap me in the face.

I left office at 11pm and I was very happy to get the gap between two raining phases. When I locked my bike at home, I found the notice. "We had reasonable cause to believe that the following parking contravention had occured: we don't like your face, the weather is horrible today and we are a bunch of grumpy man who like to fine people to annoy them!"
Ok, it didn't say that, but it should have. It said: "Not parked correctly within the markings of the bay or space."

I have 28 days to pay 100 pounds. 100 quid !!! I can't believe it. But then my heart made a little jump: there is a discount. You pay only 50 quid, if you pay within 14 days. Hooray. Thank you, Camden. Service charge not included I guess...

I love deadlines...

... I like the whooshing sound as they fly by (Douglas Adams).
Haven't written anything lately. Two reasons. First, nothing really stupid happened to me, second I am very busy writing up my thesis at the moment. Deadline is the 29th, so I hope, that I don't hear the whooshing sound :-)

I am really thinking of de-restricting my scooter. I was overtaken by a bike, and I mean bike not motorbike. Ok, we were going downhill, I was already going 60 km/h and he was a really sporty guy (wearing lycras :o) , however, it really hurt. What made me feel a little bit better was that I overtook a Porsche Carrera two days later. Ok, it was in a long queue going 10 km/h but it's the overtaking event that counts, isn't it?

Band practice tomorrow, I really enjoy playing in a band again. I don't think we'll ever make money out of it, but it is great fun. We agreed to practice three songs currently:
Knocking on heaven's door by Guns N Roses
Better do better by Hard-fi
Song 2 by Blur
Guns N Roses' "Appetite for destruction" was the very first music album I ever owned and Song 2 really reminds me of the time when I was 16 and started to go clubbing. Music always reminds my of the time and place where I heard it first. I should have "Soundtrack of my life" :-)

Ok, back to work now, I can already hear the whooshing...