It's almost certainly of interest to absolutely none of you lot, but this is just to say that (largely for my own benefit) I've beefed out the memories section with relevant stuff about each country. Therefore, if you were bored enough or mad enough, you could now read this journal with the gossip hacked out. It should only take you about half an ( Read more... )

As of today, I will no longer be using this livejournal account, and will instead be moving to ( Read more... )

That's it, I'm pissed off! Why do things have to be so fucking DIFFICULT ( Read more... )

The comedown has begun ( Read more... )

Just in case anyone is interested ( Read more... )

Well, we've finally done it. We've moved into a new flat back on my old stomping ground of Walthamstow (in East London, for anyone who is ignorant of its exact location). I left here in 2002 swearing never to return, only to move to Stamford Hill and realise that what I disliked wasn't really Walthamstow, it was just the areas in London I could ( Read more... )

For anyone craving a brief update on the state of my life so far (and God knows that's not very many people) I shall proceed to indulge you ( Read more... )

I'm off to stay at my sister's flat in Ilford for awhile, as it's a lot closer to the job I'm starting on Monday and will therefore save me a lot of grief and rail fares. Sadly, though, my sister does not have Internet access, and I'll be restricted to cafes and work - therefore, don't be surprised if I go VERY quiet on Livejournal for a bit. ( Read more... )

In another off-the-cuff last-minute decision, I went to Poetry Unplugged at the Poetry Café last night to try out some new material. PU has never been one of my favourite nights - the Poetry Café is a small, cramped and stuffy space right next door to Dave Stewart’s “Hospital”. More to the point, the sheer volume of writers wishing to air their ( Read more... )

Since arriving back in the UK, something rather bizarre has come to my attention. For all my prissy whining about Australia being “ridiculously right wing”, I could not help but notice that in the run-up to the forthcoming General Election, the press here appears to be almost identical. The “Abortion Crisis”? Check. The “Immigration Problem”? ( Read more... )