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Hullo! I am back, and I have not caught malaria, or typhoid, and I have not thrown my chopsticks at Joanna even once. It was a manic holiday that I feel is best summed up in the following manner ( Read more... )

We are sitting on a big boat and there is nothing to doooooo except drink illicit cocktails and watch the unfolding drama that is the irish family two cabins down. (Shocking, those Irish.) Miss you all (still). I expect you all to have your lives completely sorted out by the time I get back, and why have I seen so few foreign arthouse films?

Hullo everybody! Am in the airport in Xian, a city the only purpose of which is to be vaguely near the terracotta warriors (jolly impressive) and have seen absolutely everything there is to see in Beijing and Xian (not much as all destroyed by cultural revolution, but lots of courtyards etc.) Our flight to Shanghai hasbeen hopelessly delayed by fog ( Read more... )

I'm going to Chiiiiiina. Will attempt to send postcards, but I may find that I am Just Too Cool. :P

My near future now appears to include singing lessons. Am not quite sure whether or not this is a good thing.

My near future also involves the massive freaking trip to China. For which I have managed to commandeer an iPod. Since there is room for many many more songs than I currently have, people need to rec me music.

Oh yeah, and I would like to ( Read more... )

In the first ten minutes of today I got shouted at twice and walked into a giant cobweb. After that, everything just got worse. And I'm sorry if, after eight hours of that, I can't stop myself from snapping at a girl who, despite having done source papers for the last three years, still thinks provenance is a place in France. I know I should be ( Read more... )

I am in love with this book. We are going to elope together.

That is all.

Film just a little bit fantastic, thank you very much. Who doesn't want to be the most pre-eminent Proust scholar in the United States? Hmm? Was mocked for screaming at the sight of the scary beauty-contest children ( not in a damn-sexualisation-of-kids way, in an argh-scary-monster way.) Bemused that anyone could manage to see a similarity between ( Read more... )

Well, I intend to see Little Miss Sunshine this weekend. You know you want to come with me.