http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/may/09/thousand-autumns-jacob-zoet-mitchell - reading this at the minute, so do not expect to hear from me for a few days.... An absolute must for a nostalgic Japanologist...

I could revive you, diary... You weren't so bad, after all, and the attempt to meet a livejournal acquaintance live has turned up 0 axe murderers and one hot blonde Ukrainian japanologist ( Read more... )

Right, so great dilemma: if your niece is was 6 months on Monday, is this a present-giving occasion? Husband reckons no, I am not so convinced but also having minimal experience of babies, lost for ideas... I mean, Michael's perfect fail-safe present is alcohol and mine's a book but both seem er... a bit on the inappropriate side ( Read more... )

So, out of curiosity, who else has read the Stephenie Meyer "Twilight" & sequels and what say you? I'm not sure... Reads nicely, great distraction when you're off work with a bad cold for a day but I'm not convinced just yet... Just not Lukyanenko, who is the reason I ever got into vampire books at the ripe old age of 21. Since then I have greedily ( Read more... )

Frankie Boyle (in that lovely Scottish accent that I desperately want): Don't you think Pete Doherty is a bit fat for a heroin addict?

Hello, dear diary.... I'm still alive and supposedly creating literary masterpieces elsewhere (that would be the brown notebook I carry with me)... I am also assaulted by crucial issues of wide social importance. Two main topics. Well, three actually, but I am told by respectable sources that noone can help in the great conundrum of what is a ( Read more... )

"What is the most over-rated virtue? - Virtue" (Carolina Herrera ( Read more... )

I have 2 superbly pretty bowls - Limoges porcelain, design by Kenzo. Now, does one a)serve food in them because that's what bowls are for and it's so much nicer to eat from very pretty bowls or b)put them on display and not touch them ever again ( Read more... )

I resigned today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In 4 weeks time, I will no longer be a tax consultant - it feels AMAZING ( Read more... )

"Men talk to women so that they can sleep with them, and women sleep with men so they can talk to them", - is my new facebook quote. Apparently, made my friend's (very lovely) boyfriend choke on his tea in the morning. It is SO true, though. Seriously, I'm kind of still in the process of solving my dilemma about the potential possibility of ( Read more... )