Youth socialism.

I have a theory (which is mine) of what drives youth socialism. It's not just clueless youthful enthusiasm, it's hormones as well. A hotbed of hot beds. Leadership is inherently sexy. Even John Howard has groupies. (Which shows there's not much lower than a political groupie.) Dynamic phrases in a small group with a sense of purpose gets the chicks. Doesn't matter what the purpose is. Younger leaders and followers are also unhindered by cluefulness or experience. I once started reading this history of Australian communism: The Reds by Stuart Macintyre. It completely failed to go into the real cause of all the splinter groups splintering and reforming: the history of your hundreds of People's Fronts of Judaea is someone sleeping with someone that someone else thought they shouldn't have and declaring a schism. Notice how well ideological lines match with a who-bonked-who chart. And the big draw is: where else are you going to find that many intelligent young women with shaven heads, overalls, Doc Marten boots and all their original body hair, who are nevertheless mostly heterosexual? COMMUNISM IS CAUSED BY DYKE FETISHISM. "Thesis!" "Antithesis!" "Thesis!" "Antithesis!" "THESIS!" "ANTHITHESSSISSSSSSSS ..." (together) "... Syyynnnthessissss." Thank you.

The wind in the trees is whispering.

• "If you are driving along while using your mobile phone, and if a policeman (who is passing by in his car) calls to you to stop using the phone, do not, repeat not, shout back to the officer telling him to fuck off. When he advises you to moderate your language, avoid repeating the original response, and telling him that he is a useless wanker. The above advice becomes even more important when you consider that there is a stash of cannabis in your pocket."

No B-Movie tonight — redcountess is having a rotten day and evening again having been arrested for possession of cannabis, breach of the peace and dangerous driving and is too unwell to leave. Sorry to all I was hoping to catch up with.

Today I finally bought a 2GB SD card for my camera from Morgan's for £33, since I've been filling the 1GB card. Blame continuous shooting and video clips. I also got the £15 "noise-reduction" headphones Maplin is selling, which do bugger-all and I recommend you not touch 'em. Shit headphones too. The phrase "not fit for purpose" keeps springing to mind.