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Libraries are nice places....
Today I have been mostly hanging around libraries, has been quite a nice day on the whole. Was supposed to meet Alison but she slept through her alarm so I went into town anyway and took a book back to uni, then walked to the big public library in town (which is huuge, a proper library with reading rooms and everything, its like my Mecca). There I ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: Sharing Haikus
Well, whilst I can't be arsed to write my own, there was one in an episode of 'My Family' which made me piss myself with laughter. Maybe its just the way Robert Lindsay says it. By golly he's an excellent actor.
Anyways it goes a little something like this: 'Enclosed is cheque/You bleed me dry/Stop it. (Janie has gone to university and keeps sending ( Read more... ) -
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"…and suddenly your mind can no longer support the notion of a whole world full of life and objects and fellow-humans. The very idea of a universe appears monstrous and you become unable to participate. What on earth does that tree think it is up to? Why is that heap of gravel sitting there so patiently? What am I doing, staring out a window? Why ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: How I got on LJ
I first got a Livejournal back in the day when you still needed to enter a code. Zaya gave me the code from her account and girlsnotgrey888 was born. I have since gone back and read through this journal and nearly wept at the hysteria of it. Also the godawful typing. I'm so glad I learnt to type in mainly logical sentences.
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I'm sitting here listening to Radio 3 and munching thoughtfully on prawn crackers ( Read more... ) -
GORDON'S ALIVE???!!!
Stop. Children.
Tony (holding the sign): Stop!
Paul (stopping): Oh!
Tony (pointing to sign): Can't you read?
Paul: I can read, yeah.
Tony: What's it say?
Paul: It says "Stop, Children."
Tony: Yeah, that's right!
Paul: I'm 34! (walks past Tony)
I am still here. Just, yanno, been busy.
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Izzy is a big happy bundle of joy.
Tis now only a month till the Hay Festival. The more time goes on, and the more I read about it, the more excited I get. I've been literally devouring every word I can find on the subject, as well as regularly checking the Steward group on facebook. It sounds like its going to be such a fantastic experience. Everyone I've spoken to about it so far ( Read more... ) -
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EEK. I just did a random word count on my essay and I have precisely 666 words.
Scareh.
(proper post coming soon, I promise.)
