Omegle!

I heard about this a few months ago, it seemed like a good idea but too likely to become perverted by 4channers and their like. For those who don't know, Omegle is an online chat thing that puts you into a conversation with a completely random stranger. In the last hour I have had an excellent conversation with a Turkish graphic art student in Istanbul (who had excellent English) and an interesting conversation with a mechanical engineering student in Kassel in Germany. I learnt a lot about Turkey, and the size of some Australian bands (I had no idea that Parkway Drive and I Killed The Prom Queen were so well known overseas) from my conversation with the Turk. And while his English was not so good, I found it hilarious to hear of how the German was planning to build a 5m catapult in the forest with 7 mates and a heap of beer and use it to destroy a house. It is a very educational thing. Although I did have a fair few fools, but nowhere near the amount I expected. A new addiction has formed.

Also, and this is pretty damn likely to lead to me posting here more often, I have eyes on a girl again. I write this more so I can never forget it I guess, and it can be fascinating to read over this stuff later on I have learnt. She catches my train every Monday morning at least, and given it is an hour and a half journey I have had plenty of time to watch. I hate myself for it, but she just seems so magnetic. I haven't even heard her speak. Now that is shameful. One day, I will talk to her. It seems simple, its easy to start a conversation with someone who shares your train destination on the way back. Maybe this will grow to become another obsession?