maudlinrose and I were talking last night about New Zealand having an unwritten constitution and the fact that we thought this was preferable, and depending on the government, far more flexible. The unwritten constitution includes the Magna Carta, the Human Rights Act 1993, the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi, and many other documents ( Read more... )

Spring has arrived with a triumph of fine weather. I have been in short-sleeves most of the week (still wearing stockings with my skirts, though) and spent most of yesterday afternoon lying in the sun in the lounge or on the deck with a book or the laptop reading. I've spent most of this afternoon in the same way. You can tell it's spring, ( Read more... )

Might also be somewhat mistyped drunken ramblings as well, seeing as the middle and ring fingers of my right hand are currently strapped together, courtesy of a frisbee to my ring fingertip and some bruising. Found that a finger tube of gause helped make it much more comfortable than the strapping directly on the fingers ( Read more... )

The last couple of days have been exercises in frustration. Not that any one big thing was the particular cause of this, but lots of little things accumulated. I was home by about 10.30pm, talked to my flatmates for a little bit and went to bed to read a book for a wee while before sleeping. Come 1.15am, I've finished my book (The Year of the ( Read more... )