and so i am, for the first time in nearly a year (give or take, look you see) off on some travels. not too far, truth be told, and just for a night. reasons for this shall undoubtedly follow in a post quite soon, but if you are guessing it's vibes related, oh yes. for those following my occasional medical adventures, the most recent of which was casually being told that my heart might be at risk of "failure", well, no one has explicit said "do not travel or go to gigs". possibly don't "do" gigs like i did in my earlier years, to be fair. i do have some reservations, but hey, if i am going to go (so to speak) they why not in the pursuit, if not advancement, of rock and roll.
even by my standards that went off at something of a tangent. arguably one could (indeed) suggest a little dark too, although (and this is no brag) i tend to be oblivious to when "dark things" that upset some just come flowing out (again, so to speak). getting back on some sort of point, going on travels means being kind of prepared, and so i have procured some items. which means yes, a lot of this shall be boring.
the non-new item there is my David Bowie bag, or Bag of Bowie as one (very good) friend calls it. had it for somewhere north of two (2) years now. been on some adventures, that bag and i, the least of which was most decidedly not all the way to New Zealand. purchased it off of the Bowie official store, when they had what they called a "sale" but in reality reduced prices to sensible, normal levels.
how is the bag? depends on what level you look at it. as a conversation piece it has been f*****g excellent, for lots (seriously) of people have seen me plodding along with it and stopped me to have a conversation about sometimes the bag, always Bowie. quite wonderful to have random strangers come along and agree that Bowie is quite class. functionally it has never let me down, doing all that i would ever ask of it. so long as, for the down side, what i ask is not too much, for it is noticeably smaller than a regular (or conventional) backpack. not quite kids size, but still. a particular annoyance is a lack of a side pocket or one of them mesh things for a bottle of water or similar. one cannot, however, argue with the remarkable amount of cigarettes you can get into it, and if someone (anyone) were to ask me if i would consider it more important to take water or cigarettes with me somewhere (anywhere) then the answer would be cigarettes (sorry).
it just so happens that the "down side", the size of the bag, is a good thing. this enables me to follow the number one rule of travel, no matter how often (or frequently) i have broken it in the past - travel as light as possible. being a bit smaller means i really have to consider what i am taking wherever i go. which let to the purchases you can see above, being as they are "travel size" toiletries.
for the item at the top, well, toothpaste is as toothpaste does. i would imagine i shall just grab one of the two toothbrushes i bought earlier in the year, which indeed i did (of course) write about here. no, i didn't expect to be doing so much dental stuff here. quite amused by the branding as "max white" there. it implies that someone out there would be interested in some toothpaste which would make their teeth white (or whiter) but not in a full tilt way. could see any "partially" or "a bit" white toothpaste on offer, so this one shall jolly well have to do.
regular readers might find my selection of a roll on deodorant confusing if not controversial. that is indeed one of the Lynx ones, specifically "sunset fresh". here is my review of it from last year, with me not being too taken by it, at all. for whatever reason the only lynx roll on types i could find were sunset fresh or africa, and the africa one really is intended exclusively for feral teenagers in the 14 - 16 age bracket. such days are way gone for me.
pretty sure that's me covered for the basics for travel, then. well, if we assume (correctly) that a supply of cigarettes is already well in place. as for how my adventure goes, as mentioned above i will certainly be documenting it here, so long as i live to tell the tale. which i kind of hope will be a thing.
be excellent to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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