The past week has been characterised for me by violent and extreme behaviour and yet another ebb in my faith in humanity. I’m not talking about the rioters, however, but the reaction to them ( Read more... )

Livejournal! Once again it's been time since I last put fingers to keyboard (still peering in at people's lives via the flist though), but I have been spurred to post by the revelation that I'm a computer genius. Some people might find this claim slightly dubious as computers and I have a somewhat turbulent history ( Exhibit A, Exhibit B) however ( Read more... )

It's been a long time again. I have to admit that I haven't completely deserted LJ, I still read my flist on the bus on the way home, but it worries me that reading and not posting is like being a peeping tom, peering nosily other people's lives without exposing myself. Actually, it's probably a blessing if a peeping tom doesn't expose themselves, ( Read more... )

I haven't been able to get to sleep until the early hours of the morning the past couple of nights, which is annoying given I have to be on the bus by 7:30 at the latest to get to the prison on time. I think the sleep deprivation is affecting my brain ( Read more... )

I don't usually join in with comment requesting bandwagonry, mainly due to fear of the inevitable silence rather than anything else, but this time ( Read more... )

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Alcohol

by Franz WrightYou do look a little ill ( Read more... )

On second thoughts, dyeing my hair red for the summer probably wasn't the best idea. The saying goes that horses sweat, men perspire and ladies glow. In the current weather walking all of a few feet has me glowing furiously, and in a colour that doesn't sit well with the hue of my hair ( Read more... )

Picture the scene: I'm in my first year at Cambridge, must be quite early on as I'm still trying to fit in rather than disappearing to the pub with RockSoc/GothSoc types, and sitting in a college bar surrounded by students. I didn't feel qualified to join in with most conversations of an academic nature, sure I was too stupid and scared of the ( Read more... )

I got a new tattoo today.

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