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I'm an idiot....
Or rather we are idiots. JM and I have been stupidly excited about a gig featuring Peggy Seeger, Grace Petrie, Leon Rosselson and others... and this morning I realised we were going to be away on the day. Now JM is wondering who to surprise with the tickets.
I felt dumb and a bit worried. Previously*, this would have caused some sort of scene ( Read more... ) -
Soooooo........
It's been ages hasn't it. Sorry about that folks....
So updates....
1. I'm not dead
2. I moved house
3. I now live with a supportive partner who makes me guffaw with laughter on a regular basis
4. I am still working at Ruskin but don't ask me how that's going
5. Erm.....
Yeah so things are OK despite some tough times. More soon, I promise.
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'Ello again
So it's T-7 until moving day! Eeeep! But it's OK, breathe, it'll all be fine. JM has been very organised already and sorted broadband and phone, gas and electricity etc. I'm less organised but am doing mine tomorrow (water, council tax etc). Also gonna start the mass change of address ring-round too. In the meantime I have booked movers! They ( Read more... ) -
Late Round-Up - Films 2011
Series - American Gothic (series one), Caprica (both series) and Commander in Chief (all).
70 - The Other Boleyn Girl
71 - Kung-Fu Panda
72 - The Social Network
73 - Megamind
74 - How to train your dragon
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Late Round-Up - Books 2011
48 - Within the Whirlwind - Evgenia Ginsburg - a reread but first read when I was about 20. A book which changed my thinking about how we understand and relate politics, history and identity ( Read more... ) -
Films 2011
45 - Burn After Reading - reasonably fun quirky romp but as ever not worth the hype ( Read more... ) -
Brief Holiday Updates
Number of swims - 2 both in the sea once at Sea Palling (Norfolk) and once at Southwold (Suffolk ( Read more... ) -
Some brief thoughts on the riots
I am getting more and more worried that the voices of the offended middle classes are drowning out and making impossible any real, informed debate about the riots. If it's not middle class politicians, it's middle class hacks and if it's not either of them it's middle class commentators of various sorts on various media channels (broadcast, print ( Read more... ) -
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36 - Gods and Monsters - a rather interesting little biopic based on the life of James Whale. Really good performance from Ian McKellen but Brendon Fraser was disappointingly one-dimensional ( Read more... )