I'm back-dating this post using the magic of LJ timestamps - mostly because I go looking for oldening-related posts around Sep 12, and it's an easier place to find them. Also, because the world has been consumed by Interesting Times since last week, so I'm still catching up. Its actually Wednesday 17th when I'm writing this ( Read more... )

You know that you should write in your journal more often when last year's birthday post is still on the front page...

What's happened in the last year? Lots, actually. The kind of major changes that ought to happen over a much longer period of time, but rarely have the good grace to do so. When things happen, they all happen fast.

I started a new ( Read more... )

It's funny how traditions develop. We're surrounded by one-off occurrences all the time. If something is repeated, it might be coincidence - a little less random than the rest of our lives, but the pattern is still only half formed. Three times seems to be the magic number: it reinforces the repetition and confirms a pattern; not just for the event ( Read more... )

I think this year has had a pretty good start so far...

aeliel and I walked up the hill to the Quiet Man for a late breakfast, where we met miss_rynn, bishi_wannabe, fetnas, mousebane, Em, Will, Lon and Marion. Sharing a meal and a drink with some friends is quite possibly my favourite thing to do, and I'm glad to have had the company today ( Read more... )

It has been a hell of a year. For good or bad, it has been a year of defining events and decisions, that will shape the years to come. One thing is certain: I'm definitely feeling older than I did this time last year...

Dad passed away last September, not quite two weeks after my birthday. Louise and I decided to move down to Somerville in the new ( Read more... )

On Saturday September 12th, I'm getting older. Significantly more than just one day older - it will be the start of a new decade, as I'm turning 30. To help me celebrate making it this far, I would love some company for lunch - after all, good food and good company are what the world is all about, right?

aeliel and I will be in the Flagstaff Gardens ( Read more... )

Historically, September 12th seems to be a bad day to read the headlines. It's the day when Dubbya declared the War on Terror; when Hurricane Frederick demolished southern Alabama. Today, Sarah Palin is talking about going to war with Russia (to avoid another Cold War) if she becomes the US President ( Read more... )

Once more around the sun, and all that ( Read more... )

Irian, Indonesia (1979, September 12-13)
A number of earthquakes generated a series of tsunami that destroyed many low-lying coastal houses. The death toll was probably less than 100 people.
Tsunami case studies
I didn't do it. I swear ( Read more... )

Twenty six years ago today, I was dragged out into the harsh lights of a hospital - very chubby, making lots of noise, and allergic to half the things on the planet. At least a few of these things have changed over the past decades ( Read more... )