(Just so you know, I didn't write this. I am neither political nor creative enough ( Read more... )

So I was reading the Onion this morning, as I do every Wednesday morning. Except I only just got out of bed, so it was this afternoon, not this morning. Anyway, the AV club had a feature on the music of New Orleans. Which included Leadbelly. Which made me remember Leadbelly. Leadbelly! And Nirvana! Which made me think of Jimi Hendrix! Hence the ( Read more... )

This one is mostly for Kit, but also for the good of all who wish to get a job in the public service, but have too limited a vocabulary of wanky words that mean nothing but sound all good-like. I present to you Jillian's List of Wordy Nothings ( Read more... )

Ramon moved in yesterday. This was a catalyst for several interesting events ( Read more... )

In the midst of more holidays of doom. Right now it is half past twelve on a Tuesday. I've been out of bed for all of two hours and all I've done is have a shower and eat some breakfast. I'm still sitting around wearing a purple dressing gown. I'm basically waiting for it to be five pm so I can go to a Pilates class ( Read more... )

Yesterday was sorta cool. After frivoling a bit (actually it was procrastination, not frivoling) I went swimming, because the AIS pool was (for once) not full of water polo. Grah! Water polo is evil! They take up the WHOLE 50 meter pool and no-one else can swim there! And they train every bloody day! Bastards ( Read more... )

I am lazy. Or busy. Or both. So I haven't posted in ages ( Read more... )

Yesterday the three of us (that is Kit, Oscar and I) did a whole lot of housework. The boys were spurred on by my repeated but reasonable requests to help out a bit. Kit was particularly zealous once he got going (thank you Kit ( Read more... )

We had a bit of a dinner party tonight; it was neither the best or worst of our gatherings. Whenever the subject of the election came up, there was glumness all around ( Read more... )

There are those of you out there (you know who you are, Kit), who have underestimated my determination to get what I want, when I really want it. In fact, I have been advised, in the past, to just give up and not be so damn picky. Well, to you I say fuck you- my many hours of sweat, blood and tears have paid off, for I have now received (and free ( Read more... )