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Alive and Kicking
Dear everyone,
I'm still alive! I don't know why I suddenly stopped posting, but for a while, I've been feeling the Writing Itch and the want to come back here to post. Please comment if you're still around & I'll go and catch up with you all... I'm so sorry for going off the radar like that, but I Shall Explain.
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Big Announcement, Very Important!
Well, now that I've got your attention... ;-)
There's a big announcement indeed, even though it's not news as such: you all know it's been coming for a long time. But, this time, it's for real, it's really, really, real.
On Thursday 11 March 2010, I will be receiving my BA degree in English Language and Culture!!
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Woe and Wonder
The Saga of the Broken Boiler continues. I have now had 3 different repairmen on 4 different occasions staring at my boiler. They know what the problem is, they just don't know how to get to it. They've fixed me up "temporarily" so at least I'm not cold, and neither will I die of carbon monoxide poisoning (considering the temperatures outside, I ( Read more... ) -
Magical Golden Power
I stayed up until 2.30 am to see Ireen Wüst win the gold medal in the women's 1500 meter speed skating. Now, this is the third time these Olympics I've stayed up late and the third time I was rewarded for it by a gold medal from a Dutch athlete. Now, this can mean one of two things:
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Cold Neighbours and Lots of Lager
As it turns out, the central heating repairman who was here last Wednesday didn't fix my boiler as well as he - and I - thought he did. Quite the contrary, in fact.
In the process of rewiring the boiler, he came across an apparently pointless bit of electric wire disappearing into the wall. He cut it off, some time later my boiler worked, I got warm ( Read more... ) -
All Better (and warm!) Now.
I called the repairman for my broken heater, and he could come nearly right away. Normally, I have my day off on Thursday, so I called work and said I'd swap - stay home today, come in tomorrow. Boss D tried to object, but I just cut in saying "look, it's not going to matter whether I stay home today or tomorrow, it's 14 degrees Celcius in my ( Read more... ) -
Misery loves company
This just hasn't been my week. Month. Season. Whatever ( Read more... ) -
Olympic Gold!
Sven Kramer did it - he just won his first Olympic Gold Medal in the men's 5,000 meters speed skating. First I nearly died (the tension!) and then I cried. Whoo! Now onto the 10,000 meters and the team pursuit.
Go Sven!
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Now it's not there, now it is.
Came home from work on Friday to find my bike gone. Even though I live a stone's throw away from the station, sometimes - when I'm particularly late - I do grab my bike to get to the station in the mornings. But not always - so when I didn't see it on Friday, I started to seriously doubt myself. I stood there like an idiot trying to retrace my ( Read more... )
