It seems that my sojourn in Dundee is coming to an end. After two and a half years, I have been offered a job in the Big Smoke - yes I'm going to be moving back to England after 12 years to work in London (baby). I've been looking for a while now, I've not been excited about work for a while, and of course this has nothing to do with the lovely  ( Read more... )

I'm in Hawaii.
My uncle, who was supposed to be married today, is lecturing me on Blake's 7.
Most weird. 

has crept up on me and is this Sunday. 
I have only trained once this week due to weather, sociability and work busyness. 
Am still confident that I can do it, but not sure how fast.
You can sponsor me at http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/helenex 
Full report will follow next week, maybe even with pictures.

...but I was ambushed by the sale rail in New Look at lunchtime.
I bought a pair of utility jeans with lots of funky pockets and a red and white checked shirt with poppers down the front.  I'm going to call this look "Sexy Telephone Engineer"!

I'm so bored this afternoon I went running in the rain. Then got bored of that so I'm back on the interwebs. 
I have acquired over the last month a suspicious amount of "specialist" running gear (i.e. clothes I wouldn't wear anywhere else) including proper trainers with white bits and shiny bits and funny lumpy bits.  Also, cut off jogging trousers ( Read more... )

I've not been out to play much recently. Work stuff, plus study has kept me in Dundee for far too long. 
I don't even have an excuse to come through to Glasgow this weekend. But I'm coming. If anyone can think of a good reason for us to meet in the pub on Friday (beyond "because it's there"), please elaborate via the comments box.
Otherwise, pub? I'm ( Read more... )

How peculiar. In the nightmare world of economics, I seem to be half an hour ahead of schedule. 
I do have 70 pages of micro left to cover today, but I think its well worth my while to take half an hour out and be sociable with the internet. Then another half an hour's work before Who!

In non-exam news, last month I was bribed with a t-shirt into ( Read more... )

For there seem to be all manner of plans and activities scheduled in the world this weekend, and I will be staying in Dundee ( Read more... )

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On the train Wednesday about 3pm. A man in his twenties jumped on just as the train was leaving and sat down opposite me. He made several phone calls in the hour between Glasgow and Perth and it wasn't a matter of listening in as much as not being able to block it out. The following account of his day is pieced together from all the calls ( Read more... )