"If youth knew; if age could" - Sigmund Freud

I visited a theme park today. I was rather impressed by it's attractions, but I left thinking that it was over the top, totally overpriced and full of too many tourists. It was my first time there so it was a little overwhelming at first but I settled into line behind the americans, and the japanese, and the germans. When I reached the Diana/Dodi memorial, I didn't take out my camera.
Well ok, it wasn't a theme park. It was Harrods. But it felt like a theme park. People don't go there to shop, they go there to buy souvenirs and gawk. They wander around the attractions, pay their cash to visit the lush toilets, and go home with a Harrods carrier containing a box of chocolates in the shape of a red London bus.
Of course I was impressed. The decor is plush, the staff impeccable (and formidable -the bouncer in the food hall was about 7ft tall and built like a tree), the goods saliva inducing. I felt a little betrayed when I saw the Starbucks and the Krispy Kreme store but I suppose it's a moneyspinner. Needless to say I walked out totally empty-handed.

Having had an unsuccessful day on the shopping front, I popped into Waterstones. (This is always a sure win if I want to go home with a shopping bag). Managed to spend over £40 on books. One of the latest additions to my reading list is a book called Introducing Freud. I'm already halfway through it. People are always talking about freudian slips, and the oedipus complex and I wanted to find out the origins of his theories. It's fascinating but I am sceptical about some of it, particularly the stuff related to the interpretation of dreams ie that generally they represent the fulfillment of wishes. I once had a dream about fondling a colleagues breasts in the ladies toilets. Wonder what freud would say about that? :)