Come on back to the war

[bluedevi]

You know those bits in films where the story skips forward and there's an establishing shot showing something that indicates what time we're in now? Newspaper headlines. A pop song. Colour schemes. Jeans suddenly baggy or skinny, hair suddenly fouffy or 'fro. I had a moment like that this summer on the tube at West Ham. In front of me there was a

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[hairyears]

Our year? Exiled from Leytonstone in June by rapacious landlords, Ewtikins and I will shortly be returning to the bosom of the Enleytonment.

Or the lower lumbar spine of it, nearer to Leytonstone High Road than to Leytonstone Tube.

I gather that you are somewhere in E11 too?

[bluedevi]

Close - near Leyton tube. Pint in the Red Lion some time?

[hairyears]

Good idea!

[miss_newham]

Hello! My last couple of years have been all angst and spreadsheets in South London. I haven't got the hang of smartphones yet, or silent discos, but I have finally understood leggings.

[bluedevi]

Bah to angst and spreadsheets! In my experience they tend to make each other worse.

(Leggings are brilliant, though)

[miss_newham]

I don't think I would get by without finding something to angst about, and I've learned to quite like spreadsheets, so it's all OK really!

[bluedevi]

My current work project is basically fighting future angst (huge project trainwrecks further down the line, people getting eviscerated by my pitbull sort-of-boss) with a 1,500-line spreadsheet, so I can understand that.

[yiskah]

My last few years have also been weird but also FANTASTIC. It is lovely to see you back! x

[bluedevi]

There's been a great deal of FANTASTIC in mine too, actually. Possibly the hardest and also best years of my life to date. And thank you! *heads on over to your journal*

[bluedevi]

I can picture that on you, actually. How is your course going?

[bluedevi]

That's like a Jasper Fforde book in waiting. Imagine the abject gratitude of thousands of Inter Cert students.

(I'm sure the results will be great)

[shewho]

hello there! how the devil are you?

(fancy planet angel on friday? ;) )

my year has mainly been composed of trumpets and wine.

[bluedevi]

Hmph, for once I am not going to Angel, because Saturday is full of things. Namely Cory Doctorow and the Levellers. (not on stage together) (that would be bizarre)

Are you playing trumpet anywhere I can see you in the future?

[shewho]

boooooooooooo! (i have things to do on saturday too but can't really turn down my little brother's brithday!)

next scheduled gigs:
windmill, 8th december with keith totp (probably several other bands on but i don't entirely know)
buffalo bars, 12th december with thee faction, steve white & the protest family, eight rounds rapid, and, er francis wheen. should be fun!