Hi all,

Sorry about this but we're going to have to postpone this Saturday's party for now. Alex has had what is almost certainly norovirus & is slowly recovering. As of today, I've started throwing up too, so even though it's often a 24hr experience, I'll likely still be highly contagious by Saturday. It really is incredibly unpleasant & we don't ( Read more... )

Neither of us is going away for the festive season this year, so we're intending to do something quietish at home. I don't 'celebrate' Xmas so it won't be tinsel and santas everywhere. Considering how nice last year's post-Xmas gathering was (power cut aside!), and how many kind offers I got of an Xmas dinner when I was on my own during the day, I ( Read more... )

...for being lovely guests. I had a good time and I hope you all did too. It was fun, AND I managed to persuade my mum to come round and be sociable for a bit, which is good. Too many highlights to list, but I particularly have to give credit to the wonderful darkfloweruk, who read one of her new short stories just for us! For those who haven't come across her ( Read more... )

Completely apposite Dinosaur Comic from yesterday. You may wish to think carefully about copying T-Rex, obviously.


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alextiefling has also made a good post about the bringing-stuff question. I am reproducing it in full here as it's better than any of my thoughts.

Our party is tomorrow! (xugglybug's birthday and my own are being celebrated, although they're at opposite ends of the month.) Starting at 3pm, likely to get going in earnest from 3:30 onwards. If you don't know ( Read more... )

Party yesterday was pretty fucking awesome, except for the slight annoyance of the constantly teasing weather, promising 5 minutes of sun then spitting on our heads. So we all spent a bit more time inside than intended, and we ended up not using the barbecue, but I don't think that really mattered ( Read more... )

Like the genius I am, I left my crappy iPhone/iPod headphones in my breast pocket on Friday, and only realised once they'd been through the wash. Oops. This is less bad than it would have been if they hadn't already started crackling and cutting out in one ears. Yes, after only 6 months. Those things suck. But it means I've had to make do with the ( Read more... )

Well, that was an awesome party of delight. I had a great time, hopefully everyone else did too. I did get a bit tired ftb the usual reasons, but it involved hanging out with ace people and playing records, so what's not to like ( Read more... )

I'm finding it hard to write down my thoughts on this here journal as usual. Not sure why - although the iPhone doesn't help as it is a LOT harder to make posts on buses than my crappy old phone (I miss the stylus, I'm a pretty fast stylus typist) - but probably because the constant need to be thinking about SOMETHING, mainly Big Important Things, ( Read more... )

Brief reminder post for those who didn't see any previous ones.

At the start of February, I will be 33 & 1/3 old. This is a magical age, and one I've longed to reach, because now I have all the excuse I want for an all-vinyl party!!!Date: Sat 6th Feb 2010, from about 6pm ( Read more... )