I have handed in the scary form of death to the politics department. I have officially complained ( Read more... )

Right now I am listening to the Fall, trying to decide when shoes to wear and whether or not to go to climax tonight or just to the pub and smiling coz an old friend is pregnant. It's a delightful combination of things to do. Try it some time.
A nice start to Friday night!

After trying to explain the importance of a. feminism and b. Reclaim the night to my brother, and been laughed at as ever, I sent him the article I posted below today saying, this is the point of Reclaim the Night. Because in the last week or so 3 men have been convicted of horrific crimes against women, and all 3 of them had extensive prior ( Read more... )

This article from the guardian sums up why I'll be marching in Manchester on Saturday and why you should be too.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/feb/27/ukcrime

That's all.

Breaking news from me: The earth just moved. Earthquakes are interesting, I don't think I'd like a big one thanks very much.
I don't want to go to sleep now in case of further earth shaking activities.

1. Why it costs £40 less for a first class train ticket to Exeter from Sheffield then for a standard class one. This may have something to do with seat reservations but I still don't understand it. Not that I'm complaining, first class here I come. And I think I'm going to dress like a hobo and see how many times I'm asked to move ( Read more... )

I just stumbled across a livejouranl community called "literary tattoos". It was quite interesting, I like pictures of tattoos. But I find it weird that they are so many people getting Harry Potter related tattoos. I find it weirder still to read something about a Margaret Atwood quote tattoo or T.S. Elliott next to some one talking about about ( Read more... )

Today is the 35th anniversary of the legalisation of abortion in America. Today George Bush renewed his anti abortion stance (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7203769.stm). Today I went to see 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days which is about a student in 1987 in ( Read more... )

I made dinner at about 9ish, which involved the grating of cheese, and I don't know about you but when I grate cheese there tends to be an overspill. As I was grating cheese into a pan on the gas hob, cheese got on the hob. I left it for 3 hours. Because, well, hobs get pretty hot after you've been cooking on them! And I figured, a little cheese ( Read more... )

I want one of these more then I can articulate...

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