Half Man Half Biscuit was indeed great last night. I have never before seen so many shining bald pates in one place (except maybe the last time I went to see Half Man Half Biscuit). They were on top form and we found a space on the step, which meant we could actually see! It was really good fun to go round to my new friend's house beforehand - and ( Read more... )

I'm excited about going to see Half Man Half Biscuit tonight. They were ace when I saw them in Nottingham, and this time I don't even have to drive on a horrible ring road! I'm going over to a new friend's house beforehand to have a drink, and also forcing my boyfriend to wear the t-shirt I stencilled his favourite HMHB lyrics onto (he loves it, ( Read more... )

I'm back in the South, on an extended parental visit (which also includes propping my mother up, who would otherwise be about to explode from caring for her own elderly, stroke-recovering, depressed and impossible to deal with mum ( Read more... )

I'm getting a bit annoyed at the way us striking teachers are being portrayed in the media.

Here you go badasstronaut1. Grampy is getting better and better. He's talking! In sentences ( Read more... )

last night i went to the nightglow at bristol balloon fiesta, and this morning i got up at 5am and went with my friends megan and alice to see the 6am launch. and this year they could actually take off!


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from glitter - my friday in pictures:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v121/intastellaburst/a%20day%20in%20the%20life/

matt, my very clever boyfriend, finished his BA in history this year with astoundingly good results all round (he got a first and prizes for the best dissertation, best student, best everything you could possibly think of) and he's doing a masters in october. he applied for 1+3 funding (for his masters year and 3 years of a PhD) from the research ( Read more... )

i've finally got my hands on a wii! i've been wanting one for ages but they're still really difficult to get hold of here. i'd pretty much given up on the idea, but checked amazon on the off-chance and they had some in stock. i don't think i've ever pressed the order button so quickly! it should be here at the beginning of next week. very excited

i just ate pretty much an entire bag of mini-eggs in a very short space of time. i don't regret it, even if i do feel sick now.

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