I'm at the 'oh, why can't I just sit around here having caffe lattes instead?' phase of my pre-travel behaviour.

I've done 'staying late at work emailing every conceivable document and message to myself that I've decided I will work on but actually I won't touch' and 'then returning, sweaty, to office, to print out e-ticket'.

I've done 'staying up ( Read more... )

Another early morning. Mohammed is in my room being grumpy while asleep, something he excels at, while Pandora has spent the morning getting almost theatrically suspicious of his socks, which is really funny because she keeps sniffing around and then doing a little leap backwards.

I'm in a bit of trouble, one of the artworks from a previous show ( Read more... )

It's slowly dawning on me that the protests at home are serious and things are actually happening. Which is great.

I was talking to mr_clarinet  about this and I have to admit I actually can't tell, at all, whether the fees business is actually fair or not. Naturally I jump for joy at criticising the torylibs, especially with such an easy target as this, but ( Read more... )

I'm back in Egypt now. It was a bit of a shock because I was tired and irritated 30 minutes in and I haven't yet acquired the necessary energy and attitude. No, of course Egyptian bureau de change doesn't accept Scottish fivers. It's not 'royal' money, apparently. I haven't yet got the necessary sense of resignation, not when that fiver would come ( Read more... )

Firstly!

'BBC launches an initiative to find sitcoms that are not just white and middle-class'

The Stage reports on this as positive evidence of our openminded Auntie, whilst ignoring the facts that she perhaps wouldn't need to take such high profile action if the commissioners were doing their jobs properly, and secondly not really noticing the ( Read more... )