This is weird but... I appear to have won that LJ hashmob competition?! I honestly wasn't even trying. Just wanted to participate as I thought it would be fun... and I love a LJ questionnaire ( Read more... )

The temp job that was meant to last for a few weeks has lasted 7 months. The money I make helps pay for guesthouse improvements ( Read more... )

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During Bashō’s lifetime, Japan's Edo period (17th century), haikus were sometimes given as a thank you gift to those who hosted you ( Read more... )

Protests in São Paulo yesterday: two of the country's biggest football teams - eternal enemies - came together to march against fascism. Then they came across a pro-Bolsonaro rally… wielding Brazilian and Neonazi flags from the Ukraine ( Read more... )

I wake up at 6.30am and drink some water while still in bed. I then meditate for 20 minutes before preparing breakfast for my mother and I ( Read more... )

I went for a run yesterday afternoon and something fell into my left eye - a speck from a tree. Went home and washed it, woke up this morning with a red-eye and endless tears (for the world ( Read more... )

My father and his wife have decided to leave the UK. They are both appalled by the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. My dad will fly to Brasil this week and his wife will travel to China and stay with her mother ( Read more... )