As I mentioned in a footnote to a reading post, I've had a really great but also really intense few weeks. Let me put a bit more detail here, partly cos I want to record some of the fun exciting things I've been doing.

( diary, bit of angst )

Which is the kind of thing I not only don't do, but never have done. Only ghoti wanted me to go to a Blue Öyster Cult gig with her and although they claim they're always on tour they are not so very young any more and their only UK gig was Ramblin' Man Fair. So we decided to attend the fair, and in fact had a great time.

( not very successfully pretending to be cool )

I had a really lovely weekend. ( diary stuff )

In an astonishing feat of logistics, we've managed to organize things so that I got to spend two consecutive weekends with ghoti and
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Back in England, back to work - exams season starts in earnest today. Also back to an official presence on LJ, after a six year gap. So, hi, LJ folks! There will probably be more noodling about this shift later, but for now:

( what I did on my holidays )

I've been wandering round the UK since Sunday evening, including two interviews, and I'm now chez parents.

( 4 days in the life )

I am on my way to Copenhagen to lead the seder for the Progressive community there, travelling by train, and this really does beat flying in every possible way. I have a big seat with loads of space, and I just got on the train at 8:30 this morning and will simply sit here in comfort until I get to Copenhagen mid-afternoon, no stress or messing ( Read more... )

I spent the weekend in Cambridge, partly socializing and partly job hunting. Apologies for not letting people know I was travelling or making arrangements; the weekend ended up so packed that I couldn't have fit anyone else in.

( take that, geography! )

I've had an eventful and surprisingly refreshing week. Weekend with cartesiandaemon, followed by a trip to Edinburgh and two interviews, and then back to deal with some urgent stuff at work.

( that was exciting! )

I've been comfortably, but not madly, busy over the past couple of weeks.

( engagements )