I'm going to Rome in less than 12 hours.

I'm more excited than text can convey without Homeric similies or obscene exclamation mark abuse.

Like this:

I'm as excited as Odysseus was when after fighting for ten years in the Trojan war, and having to light the funeral pyres of good friends on the shore, and after setting off the victor with several ships ( Read more... )

I haven't posted for 25 weeks. That's quite funny.

THINGS THAT HAPPENED RECENTLY:

My laptop broke.

I got my degree results. 2:1. Wish my dissertation got more though.

Kate went to Africa.

I got my hair cut.

I graduated.

I moved out of the flat.

I had my last day at my job. :(

My Grandma had an operation for stomach cancer, and thanks to some awesome ( Read more... )

This evening we received word that Charley the Great is back in town, so we had to go down to the pub to meet up with her and give her a second birthday. Charley's our old Youth Leader, and she's 30. She got a space hopper and a cuddly toy rabbit as two of her presents. Yes, one of us did leave the pub on the space hopper, and we then racked up a ( Read more... )

Writer's block prompt: What is one food that you refuse to try? Why?

There is no food on this earth I refuse to try. Except perhaps human flesh, for obvious reasons.

I made a list of 150 places I want to see before I die. Doesn't include Atlantis, although that would be the greatest thing ever...nah this is a realistic list. I really would like to ( Read more... )

About to depart for Weymouth. Our mate Dave's getting baptised this evening. Unfortunately I have to be back at High School tomorrow, so I can't stay overnight for the party in the church, but we'll hang long enough to get fed.

So I have four hours of car travelling to DJ for. Unexpectedly, my brother has expressed an interest in the "Classic FM at ( Read more... )

Friday nights at Crossline the Soup Kitchen are my least favourite. There's not a proper meal served, it's more a social thing, so the homeless have somewhere warm to sit and something to do other than get drunk somewhere.

Having said that, this evening was awesome. I was just chatting to John and Anthony, and John was more cheerful than I've ever ( Read more... )