I have been up to London today, and now I am terribly, terribly homesick. I miss London. A lot. There are shops there! And cafes! And theatres, and museums, and art galleries, and cinemas! And statues, and interesting buildings! And transport systems that (almost) work! And people who are not everyone else's second cousin! Some of whom are standing ( Read more... )

Yesterday was both sociable and convivial, much the sort of day that I imagine normal people enjoy all the time: Judy and I, along with
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Today I have:

1) Been to work, duh;
2) Been to the cinema* with some of the people from work (to see Wolverine, which was very shouty and bangy, much as you would expect, but delivered in terms of the promised naked!HughJackman and some other pretty young men also ( Read more... )

Part of Judy's birthday pressie just arrived from Amazon in a box AS BIG AS OUR HOUSE, padded out with those plastic things that look like really rubbish breast implants. Is this ecological? I think not. Bad Amazon. Bad ( Read more... )

Many thanks to all the people who sent hugs and condolences and advice and emails over the past few days. I'm not entirely sure I've answered every one of them, though I did try to; I just got terribly tired, and I don't mean fed-up or anything arsey like that - I really appreciate everyone taking the time to send me messages. I just mean literally ( Read more... )