The events that are currently happening in London are...so weird, it doesn't seem real. Turning the TV on to hear stories of terrorists being gunned down in front of passengers on tube trains, armed Police surrounding hospitals, houses, mosques...everyone being on tenterhooks moving around a city that is being swept by rumours from people wondering what the hell is going to happen next. It's like watching an episode of '24', I keep expecting Jack Bauer to run across the screen at any moment. Although I'm 125+ miles away here in Birmingham it still seems very close to home. Today there was a massive terrorist attack in Egypt....with it would seem, many more casualties and deaths than in London in recent weeks, but Egypt still seems such a long way a way...a far off land, so it's doesn't feel quite the same. I think it's important that people here, those in London and around the country don't get scared into changing their daily lives and routines, that is very important....however I'm sure we're all guilty of it to a certain degree. I'm fortunate in that I don't have to commute to/from a big city to get to my place of work (I just roll out of bed and there I am!), and I'm fortunate in that most of my friends and family don't work in the centre of Birmingham, so they're relatively safe. I've not been into Birmingham since the first London bombing, or Birmingham itself was evacuated due to a 'terror threat'.....I don't go in that often anyway, and rarely travel during rush hour, so again I'm statistically pretty safe. But I probably would find it hard it I live and worked in London right now and had to commute during peak rush hour times. I don't know how I'd rationalise it all in my head. I guess I'm lucky and my thoughts are with those who do have to go through what seems like an ever increasing gauntlet every day. The most important thing is that however dire the situation is, the majority will not let these people change their way of life. I think as a country and London as a city full of us, the British people want to just get on with their lives. I stole the title of thise post from Our Lady Peace's upcoming new album, seemed apt.