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here he comes, with a hop, and a tweet
There are a lot of odd letters missing here, for some reason. And I am finding it absolutely impossible to post a link in any way - using Livejournal or Semagic's own links
What did you do in 2012 that you'd never done before?
Swam in the sea, properly, without armbands like I had when I was 9.
Did anyone close to you give birth?
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salvation army
As a press cutting editor, with some clients whose interests are 'food' and 'health,' I have spent the last few weeks reading a ridiculously large number of articles about how to cook the Christmas dinner, and the stress and horror it can entail. Now, while I am a good cook, and spent my first six years post-school working as a professional cook, I ( Read more... ) -
Death, though going on world-wide still takes us by surprise*
The suicide of Jacintha Saldanha has shaken many people. The DJs who made the call will feel responsible, and guilty, for the rest of their lives. The BBC, and any other stations who chose to broadcast the 'prank' should be aware of how they helped to turn one woman's silly mistake at work into a global mockery, that led to a death. But how did ( Read more... ) -
Local Gay Kid
I've just been watching one of the local betracksuited kids dragging another kid along on roller blades by a piece of rope, or string, or chain. This looked, and sounds, a bit weird, until I clocked who he was. We have names for a lot of the neighbours, having not actually made their proper acquaintance - The Fat Woman, who takes an hour to get in ( Read more... ) -
I'm sure the sergeant major will tell you
Last weekend it was my birthday, on the Sunday. On the Thursday before that, Andy told me that he had 'arranged something', and that we would have to leave the house at 5.30am. I immediately became quite suspicious and concerned about the 'something.' And while I'd be well up for a parachute jump (but not the landing, that's the bit that would hurt ( Read more... ) -
i've made some beans chief
I have mentioned this on Livejournal before, but many years ago, and there appears to be no way to search for it, so I shall repeat myself, hopefully to a mostly new audience. I have been reminded of this by Dan Cruickshank's London progrum on the telly, and it is genuinely the only time I have ever, and I say this as a petite make-up wearing ( Read more... ) -
the year of swimming
What did you do in 2011 that you'd never done before?
Swam a length! In fact, more than one, and quite literally jumped in at the deep end.
Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
No. I think I resolved to see friends more, and go out more, but probably went out less.
Did anyone close to you give birth?
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those were the actual days etk
'I've just bought a calendar and it seems to feature an 11th of September. And they said it would never happen again!' So said a Viz letter, soon after what we now universally call 9/11, even though to the British that clearly means the 9th of November.
But of course the event, whatever its name, is a truly shocking memory. I was working in an ( Read more... ) -
see this through and leave
I was earlier telling Andrew about how much I used to like the Cooper Temple Clause, and I realised that I'd got too tired to bring my 'what I did on my holidays' post to any sort of proper end, so the CTC have nicely provided the title to my rounding off (although I'm not leaving as such ( Read more... ) -
you asked for it
For those of you who don't know/have forgotten/don't care/never thought to ask, my fiance (I don't think I've ever used that word) Andrew spends a lot of time tour managing or driving for bands. And so it came to pass that a couple of months ago Crystal Stilts, who he'd done a UK tour with earlier this year, asked him to do two weeks in August. ( Read more... )