I'm writing this on the ferry from Dover to Calais; and the reason I'm writing this on the ferry, instead of last night in my room like I had intended, is because I got back at 9.45pm from my super awesome gym class last night, and for some reason (I wonder what it could be), ended up spending 1.5 hours packing for a two-week trip. Then I wasted ( Read more... )

Today has been great! One of the best days I've had all year!

E and I went to watch Pinter's Betrayal at the Harold Pinter Theatre this afternoon. I absolutely loved The Birthday Party, so I was excited about this one when I saw that Tom Hiddleston is in it. But it wasn't until it was announced that Charlie Cox is in it too that I acted ( Read more... )

In retrospect, running another half-marathon three weeks later was not the best idea that I ever had. The lack of training time in between, cut even shorter by 1) an aching body after an intense gym session; and 2) very fucking terrible English weather, meant that, realistically, there wasn't that much that I could improve on, or target, for the ( Read more... )

Today, I tried to walk to a nearby cafe for brunch as I have three 40% discount vouchers expiring sometime next week. Since the food is tasty, I had every intention of going back to use the vouchers but hadn't done so because the thesis is (or rather, was) taking up too much of my headspace. I should've gone earlier, in retrospect, because today, ( Read more... )

I can remember vividly the last time I tripped and fell while doing something sporty, such as running, because it happens so infrequently that when it does happen, as it did today, I cannot help but feel as though I have the wind knocked out of me mentally too. The last time it happened was in May 2016 while running along the Cam. The way it'd ( Read more... )

The only way I can describe the smooth-sailing nature of my life so far in terms of the number of sexual assaults that I have faced--namely, zero--is that I have been extremely lucky in this regard. Up until recently, being a woman, my biological fact of being female, had never been used as a weapon against me; if anything, the worst that I could ( Read more... )

My Nike Running Club training plan scheduled a long run for me today. The last run that I did, on Wednesday morning, was so bad that I labelled the run 'Worst Run Ever' in the app; usually I just leave the default titles be. But that run was simply painful from start to finish. I'd got out of bed late, and by the time I stepped out of the house to ( Read more... )

I have not been writing in here very much, have I ( Read more... )

Today has just been the most useless and biggest waste-of-time day. My plan of working at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies was utterly ruined, both by my own tardiness and by forces beyond my control. First, I only managed to leave the house at about quarter past 12 because I first had to wait for my phantom housemate (phantom because nobody ( Read more... )

I'm writing this from my new place in London--LONDON--with my feet and knees aching due to all the cleaning and unpacking and temporary storing of things that I've been doing the whole day. I have been too focused on the actual move to properly digest this new reality...doesn't really feel like reality yet, partly because I am going to Nice ( Read more... )