Friday! Watched Star Wars 7 again and it is still fabulous. Funny how the diecovery of the idea of women as background characters still seems exciting ( Read more... )

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My philosophy of life is that you need to get more flexible about defining debauchery as you get older. We were having gin on the patio after work yesterday evening when Antonia turned up with her electric hedge trimmer and a bottle of prosecco. We got the stepladder out of my decaying shed so she could take out her frustrations on the leylandii ( Read more... )

Friday was summer party at work, this year’s theme being sports day. Perfect for a bunch of sedentary computer programmers and consultants! It also saw the return of the aerial hoop from Pole Cats Dance. I am still (some days later) feeling the effects of my inelegant attempts at the Delilah Mount and other moves.

By way of recovery my housemate olwy ( Read more... )

I'm finally trying to apply for the Life in the UK test, the next step in the torturous process of applying for a British passport ( Read more... )

Friday evening I managed to do ‘post-work Gin on the Patio’ (which has become ‘Tea in the Sitting Room’ due to nights drawing in) with pizza and a game or two of King of Tokyo, a card-drafting, dice-crafting game courtesy of cleanskies.

Saturday morning I cycled off to the Post Office depôt to pick up my copy of the ombibus edition of The Less than Epic ( Read more... )

Went to goth-themed monthly dance thing Intrusion with glittertigger and j4 and some friends whose LJ handles I don’t know off the top of my head for the first time last night and it was great fun. Intrusion being a goth-themed dance thing I needed to disguise myself as a goth which meant wearing just about all the black clothing I own including my newest fashion ( Read more... )

I’ve been made redundant at Photocrowd and so I am looking for a new job. I am posting this here in case my lovely oxford chums can offer ideas for finding the perfect new position ( Read more... )