Holiday!

[strange_complex]

There will be no research leave updates this week, because the master plan advises that May is 'probably a good point at which to take a clear, structured week off'. And this week I am taking that advice.

Holiday Tiems actually started late on Friday afternoon, when I set off for the station to catch a train to Tunbridge Wells for the wedding of swisstone

Comments

[the_lady_lily]

Thank you so much for the write-up of swisstone's wedding;
I'd seen all the photos on Facebook, and it's great to have a narrative to fit them into!

[strange_complex]

Cheers! Yes, this is a good argument for why we will always need LJ and not just Facebook, isn't it? It's been great seeing all the pictures, especially once I realised that I could also see pictures taken by people I don't have friended, as long as they have tagged someone I know (e.g. Tony) and left their photos publicly visible. But you're right - pictures do not actually tell the entire story.

[swisstone]

Oh, what a fantastic write-up. Thanks. (I may quote you in a letter of thanks I'm going to write to the venue.)

[strange_complex]

Thank you for inviting me to such a special day. You two really have some great friends, and it was a pleasure to be part of it all. And yes - do feel free to quote away if that's helpful to you. I have actually deliberately left this entry public so that other guests who aren't on my friends list will be able to read it if they want to.

[swisstone]

You two really have some great friends

Yes. I've come to the conclusion that this is because we're really lovely people! ;-)

[strange_complex]

That is absolutely correct! :-)

[strange_complex]

Yes, that's fine - I gathered as much from biascut's journal. Hope you have a brill time over in Manchester, and maybe we will all connect via LJ and FB as we watch anyway?

[goddessofchaos]

That sounds like a lovely wedding :)

It's funny what you say about people all being linked together. Recently I've been going through a spell online of either finding people I used to know, in unexpected ways, or finding that two friends who don't know each other have a place or person in common - for example, realising today that I have two LJ friends who live in the same town and go to some of the same places. Now you mention Slimelight which my goth DJ friend has also talked about. It really is a small world!

Your election all-nighter sounds like fun! I'll be staying up to watch it as well, although probably on my own, as I don't think any of my local friends are that interested.

[strange_complex]

Yes, I think LJ really makes that kind of inter-connectedness much clearer than it would otherwise be. You'd think in a country of over 60 million people that it wouldn't happen, but actually of course we all tend to mix primarily with people who have a similar background and similar interests to ourselves. So it turns out that most of us move around in a much smaller pool of people than we think - albeit these days one which is not confined to a particular geographical area.

[major_clanger]

You are far too kind about me!

I promised various people I'd post my speech, so here it is.

[strange_complex]

No - your speech was fantastic, and many thanks for posting it up so we can re-live it. It wasn't just that it was properly funny, but also the way that it was so personally tailored to Tony, and also to your friendship with him. I'd be thrilled if someone made a speech like that about me.