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apparently i was in romania, the eastern european country, last night. at least that's where my credit card details, card number and pin were. my credit card has been on a vacation--or its twin has because mine is still sitting snugly in the third spot of my green faux leather wallet ( Read more... )

oh, i do do wonder what i'm doing here.
but crying into my diet coke in the middle of the pub with free wireless would be a brutal faux pas.
resist, resist.

stop the presses--two journal entries in one week. I know, it's true, but i'm perfecting the art of procrastination, and blogger, livejournal, facebook make that increasingly simple. so do biggie smalls and the myraid artists on my ipod. too bad the weather is lovely and the undergraduates are finished. suckers! i get the library alllllllll to ( Read more... )

Today, i have applied with thirteen different companies for publishing jobs. i need a connection, or connections, or a lack of scruples. i want a job, a good one that I like and won't drive me to the upper limits of insanity. I went to a career fair in London on wednesday and was dismally reminded, though not surprised, that IT, computing and ( Read more... )

EFF YES ( Read more... )

spain. was lovely. we wandered around Valencia and watched the America's Cup sailing race, and got lost and ate amazing tapas then spent the rest of the week on the beach or hiking or walking or sitting in the sun. relationship affirming really. and i am sad to be back in england where it's at least 10 degrees celsius colder and a hell of a lot ( Read more... )

I am leaving for Spain in less than twenty four hours. and for ten days of sun-filled (it better be) bliss, I will try to speak spanish and be pampered by parents who are not mine. dave's parents are cool--they feed me, give me coffee and are accepting and kind. it's exactly what i need ( Read more... )

update: Warren is gone, forever. after returning for six days in a row, I began to grow bored of him. But then he did something unusual; he just laid down and died. Right on top of the toliet. which brings the count of flying things that die in my bathroom up to two. (Did I mention that the thing I briefly assumed was a beetle, then let my ( Read more... )

well, in good news, Warren is gone. flown away to be with his friends and family somewhere in the world of outside my flat ( Read more... )