Yesterday it was my birthday
I hung one more year on the line
I should be depressed
My life’s a mess
But I’m having a good timePaul Simon - 'Have a Good Time ( Read more... )

It's an odd time at the moment. I'll be writing about the main events here, I guess, but I've been spending a lot of time at home doing a whole lot of nothing, as I'm on sick leave and feeling quite tired and fed up ( Read more... )

As prescribed, things have been relatively restful over the past few days.

I didn't do much on Thursday or Friday until Friday evening when I met Allie, Nat and Bill for dinner at a Wetherspoon's in Angel before going to the King's Head to see a production of The Duchess of Malfi. This production of the show was set in the 1980s and seemed to ( Read more... )

It's been a relatively quiet few days since Allie's been gone. I've kept myself busy in some ways and not nearly as busy as I would have liked to have been in others; specifically on the catching up of the email.

On Tuesday after I saw Allie off on the train I went down to the PCC to watch Ferris Bueller's Day Off. I've probably seen the film a ( Read more... )

The amorous couple were at it again on Friday. A couple times. Either the distance is fooling our eyes or they are, in reality, a couple of very large rabbits. Apparently one of their neighbours above got annoyed with the noise and dumped some kind of liquid on them at one point ( Read more... )

The last couple of weeks have had a lot of ups and downs and I've not really felt much like writing anything. So, again, apologies if I've been ignoring your emails, etc ( Read more... )

I spent last Wednesday reading and playing Thief: Deadly Shadows for the most part. Shamefully, I wound up cheating my way through the level called 'Shalebridge Cradle'. It was simply too much for me and I was creeped out to the point point of altering some game files to render the puppets/ghosts harmless. I wasn't going to get through it ( Read more... )

Not having a great day today. Woke up sore and exhausted and contacted work to say that I'd be in a couple hours late. Even with pills and extra sleep I'm still feeling completely wiped out. I'm not sure what's causing this but I wonder if it's not my POTS playing up again ( Read more... )

I went to a 'working with culturally diverse families' training session today that turned out to be far more interesting that I was expecting. A few of my thoughts from the day...

• Large extended families tend to be considered much more important in the cultures of non-industrialised countries than in industrialised countries where the nuclear ( Read more... )

Catching up...

I saw Star Trek on Tuesday. If you've read my previous post you'll already know that. :o)

On Wednesday evening Allie and I went to an interesting panel discussion on poverty in London in the past and present at the London School of Economics (LSE). I'm also hoping to go to another one there on the decline of American power at the ( Read more... )