In that I was meant to go to fireworks tonight with Alex M but cannot because I had to write first, and writing went on rather later than it usually does (I've only just sent it out at 6.20pm) because I didn't get up until about 1pm, because I didn't go to BED until 3.45am ( Read more... )

100 things which make me happy
51 - 75

51. People-watching; the art and science of delving into the secrets lives of strangers, deducing their emotions or providing them with stories; the wonderous faces and strange postures of the naked ape in clothed glory; the patterns and motion of crowds; the vicarious sense of connection as two bodies unknown ( Read more... )

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100 things which make me happy
26 - 5026. Steak; thick juicy dry-aged steak; blue steak; rib-eye or t-bone steak; the complex flavour of cow proteins on the tongue; the long savouring of sacrifice; appreciating that something has died that I might live, and live with the taste of their fantastic flesh on my tongue ( Read more... )

100 things which make me happy
1 - 25

01 The orange flash of someone saying something to me in real-time. Hi, messengers that let me speak to people on the other side of the world.
02 Getting it. The "ah" of connection, when an idea is understood. Whether it's me that gets it, or someone else I helped to get it ( Read more... )