So I gave in and telephoned the DWP about getting National Insurance contributions paid for being unemployed, arranged an appointment with the (startlingly nice and helpful) young men on the phone, and wouldn't you know it, this acted as a very good Summon Employment charm
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ll, Dora has increased her mass by % since arriving, according to the kitchen scales. This, plus a request from invisigoth51, seems as good a reason as any to pollute the internet still further with yet more pictures of cats
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We have a kitten. And I have been given to understand that if I do not post pictures I will be tried, executed, and the kitten confiscated. So here's a link to a few pictures on face book that will hopefully get the kitten-picture-police off my tail
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Last night, after the lights had been turned out if I remember correctly, Chris suggested that we strip off the wallpaper in the dining room today
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The last two weeks have gone so quickly. We started in Tokyo, stayed there for a week. We saw museums and temples and all the 20-year-olds in traditional dress for coming-of-age day on the 21st
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Impression of Tokyo: it is very shiny. It looks like it has just been fitted together like a very expensive kitchen. There are a stupid number of people here, and yet it all functions perfectly. There are more foreigners than anywhere I've seen in China. There is more fashion than in China. There is more mobile phone usage than in China, which
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