I remember reading a book mentioning the wizard Gren Idgmean, but not who wrote it

[apiphile]

Greenwich, Mean Museums, Poor Calorie ManagementYesterday: No gym. Went to fling money at tattooist, who is back in the UK again unexpectedly, and therefore secure further work on m'leg. Then dragged my sartorially laughable self to Greenwich on an ill-conceived but well-executed whim. There follow many images and not a lot of words (save that I

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[wolfy_writing]

Gold pencil in what sense? (My brain is supplying three different interpretations, and rejecting a fourth on "Would that technically even be a pencil?" grounds

[apiphile]

It's - you know you can get pencils that are just 100% graphite with no wood? And then you can get ones which are like that but harder? It's like that, but instead of making black graphite smears it makes a dull sparkly gold/brassy line instead. Very pretty. Sort of a pencil crayon minus the wood, and a bit harder.

I didn't GO in any of the museums because while the NMG is free I've already been and the interesting bits of the Planetarium cost moooooooney (lots of it) and the Meridian costs FUCKING MONEY.

I just find them inherently creepy, and no one's even tried to cure my disability with woo-massage or claimed that they can! [I did have CREEPY CREEPY FAUX-OSTEOPATH in my teens who let's just say my mother should have been better at vetting adult men]

WORK! Was this while you were in Not!Kinshasa or?

[wolfy_writing]

Ooh, very cool! I want one!

...okay, you are going to love the Smithsonian. There are a few video programs that cost money, but there's a ton of different museums all within reasonable walking distance (what you would probably consider easy walking distance), and you can just show the security people you don't have like cans of spray paint or anything and then walk in and wander around and explore spaceships and whale skeletons and diamonds and 9th-century silver statues and the US Constitution and everything!

My default idea of a massage is a shoulder rub where people end up squeezing on the back of your neck, and that's supposed to be comfortable, but it makes me tense up, and I tend to associate massages with people putting pressure on some spot that makes everything tense up while being all "That's comfortable, isn't it?" (Ugh, sorry about that. And sorry about your mother not being good at...anything related to actually being a mother.)

No, just yesterday! I actually mustered up small amounts of creativity!

[apiphile]

The US constitution, a document become more and more of a historical artifact with every passing day and EO. I think the main reason the cost of the Planetarium and the Meridian museum piss me off so much is that the majority of the big museums and galleries in London are free, this is CLEARLY A NONSENSE THAT MUST BE RECTIFIED.

Yeah, although I did just submit to some shoulder abuse from Jess last night because I managed to fuckerate myself at the gym.

THE CURSE IS LIFTED! QUICK! WRITE A SCENE!

[tsuki_no_bara]

that girl shooting down that guy at the gym at every opportunity is pure gold. guy should've just smiled and nodded when she mentioned cheerleading, and then not said anything else.

those are some great photos. your well-executed whim clearly included arranging some nice-looking weather. do you normally get crocuses in february?

>>[Did you know the first ever black mayor in Britain was elected in Battersea, London, just before WW1? His name was John Archer and he came from Liverpool.] <<

i did not know that! cool. go london.

[apiphile]

Or dear god even expressed enthusiasm, or asked her for more details, or how men are involved in it, or ... something. Like an ACTUAL friend.

I think we do? Yeah, I'm pretty sure we do, sometimes a little earlier than this but it's been a surprisingly cold winter this time so perhaps they've been getting their shit back together.

I didn't know that either and was pleased. Battersea has apparently historically "always" been a very radical place, politically speaking. Heavy on the trades and crafts. Although now like pretty much everywhere else in London it's about 90% Nappy Valley.

[formanymiles]

[apiphile]

Do you put pics anywhere online at all? Like Flickr or anything?

I hope he Learns and joins cheerleading and becomes really good at it and then apologises to her. B/c she did not say a single factually inaccurate thing to him and SHE was working out and HE was just lazing around with his phone.

I'm not sure how walking 18 miles constitutes failure but damn, get some new trainers if you haven't already.

[formanymiles]

[apiphile]

Aw, I would like to see your pics though :(

Well, he's young and the idea of removing the toxic masculinity from the next generation so we stop living in hell appeals atm.

Get! Shoes! You! Can! Walk! In! I did the unethical thing and basically ram-raided (politely) a branch of Sports Direct (hellshop, practically modern slavers, BUT very cheap trainers).