There are more men on my balcony this morning.  Fortunately, it looks like they're here to take down the scaffolding which has surrounded my building for the past six weeks or so.  I wish they'd clear off though.  I want to open my curtains.

Well, having finished Season 2 of Supernatural I'm now at a complete loss for what to do with myself.  The ( Read more... )

I have a very clear memory of having a pot of Vick's Vapour Rub with me in Japan.  However, searching in the only places it could possibly be have turned up a goose egg.  I can even see the bloody pot sitting on my sink shelf in my old apartment.  Perhaps it was one of the sacrifices to the gods of house-moving.  Anyway, it turns out that Vicks is ( Read more... )

I'm back from Gifu, warming up my apartment, drinking beer and hoping my washing is going to dry.  I'm also raiding the recipe stacks of www.justbento.com to find things to eat for the rest of the month.

I took the bullet train from Nagoya to Shinagawa and had to stand the whole way owing to it being the last day of the holidays.  The whole of ( Read more... )

A quick update from work. My 6pm cancelled so I'm sitting in the office wondering why my head isn't with me today. All week I've woken up late, having slept through my alarm. Given that the alarm is normally by my ear, this is not good ( Read more... )

No, not that Orlando, but Virginia Woolf's "Orlando ( Read more... )