It's 9.51am and I just wept to my mum on the phone. I never thought I'd get homesick. I suppose it's easy to feel homesick when you don't know when your next pay is coming and no one will answer your emails.

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The point is, I have been a little preoccupied :)

On the upside, I think ( Read more... )

I got stung by stinging nettles. Now I know what they look like.

Once more I am house - or rather cat - sitting. The cat is a rampant attention seeker. I am very good at being a cold bitch to him ("you're not hungry? what can I do?"). He has a very sophisticated chip thing that allows him to get in and out of his flap. Actually, he hardly ever leaves his armchair ( Read more... )

This is one of those weeks where I'm waiting for next week. Not because this week is so horrible but because what I do this week will hopefully bring off some practical life gains next week. A plodder, basically. One tonight made more fun by watching Extras (is anyone watching this? Isn't Ricky's girl-friend the cutest thing, ever? I want to ( Read more... )

Timewaster.

( Belle & Sebastian Sing Jonathan David )

Ok, tell me I'm not the only one who, when scrolling over all the dogdaysofsummer entries, sees instead "dodgydaysofsummer"* ?

This community does not exist, as LJ very bluntly tells me. It possibly should.

I basically just wanted to show off the icon girlinthe_snow made, as it says all sorts of things about me.

I am at that stage where either my hair has got to grow longer so I can tie it back or I go get myself another bob. I am weak and always cave in to the latter and I want to be strong this time but I am using bobby pins like a proper Edwardian lady and bobs are just so summery and cute ( Read more... )

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Resurrection IS possible.

A thoroughly uninspiring morning. I have had to put my iPod on because two people in this computer room won't stop talking and I am feeling unconfrontational. One has a highly annoying voice.

Clicking on www.belleandsebastian.com saved my sanity.

Oh you've got green eyes, oh you've got blue eyes, oh you've got grey ... eyes. And I've never seen ( Read more... )

For the record, once more I'm okay, and nowhere near any of those places today. Poor Hackney.

The pattern of tube closures and openings with this one is quite odd.

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Okay, Tony's about to talk.