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Two days ago I got mail - actual mail with an actual card that had words written on it and wow, just. And there were two of them!!!


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For the last half year I have been on a very interesting journey, which I record here to serve as a warning to others.

1. Fall in love with Chinese show
2. Notice show has very very bad English subtitles
3. Decide to make the English in the subtitles just a bit more grammatical.
4. Notice that some of the English in the subtitles makes no sense at all
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As some of you know, some of you may know, and most of you have probably heard nothing at all about, we've got a wee referendum coming up next year in which Scotland will decide whether to become independent from England and leave the United Kingdom ( Read more... )

Today is the first time since I got back from Tokyo that I'm meeting a human being face to face who isn't a) my husband, b) a student, colleague or shop assistant, or c)
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( Or: the ignominious end of my career as Chastiser of Criminals )

On day two of jury duty, I made it into a court room.

( Court non-adventures )

...make really strong faux espresso when you're really tired ( Read more... )

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1) Thanks to everybody who sent me their contact details in response to my last post! To answer some questions I couldn't reply to without unscreening:
bethbethbeth, nope, it hasn't changed!
mnemonic_psych Yes, that's cool. Thank you! :-)
kriszeth, no, I'm afraid I wasn't that person and I don't know who it was... I just lost my personal stash of addresses and wanted to get as ( Read more... )