Have just awakened from the most delicious erotic dream, about someone who'd very probably be utterly squicked out. All shot in the most beautiful sepia monochrome, with the loveliest light imaginable. Filled with abstruse conversations, and featuring two real nurses, acting as Guardian Angels, like Damiel and Cassiel in Wings of Desire. These two ( Read more... )

Another great day. Much fatigue, and went back to bed twice, but feeling happy and relaxed.

Up at 6am for rugby, England running wild upon Romania and New Zealand likewise upon France (but having had to resort to the infamous Kapo o Panga to get themselves up for their nemesis team).

Found this little gem on wikipedia (I love "a lala!": puts me in ( Read more... )

Having such a great day. Nowhere near as exhausted as I have been recently.

Went to Maggie's Centre this morning, spent a very productive couple of hours there, took a few nice photos, and got the details of who I might contact to do publicity pics for one of their fundraising events. Such an amazing lovely place, full of amazing lovely people. ( Read more... )

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Last night, there was what seemed to be a drunken person creating a nuisance out in the street. I was dimly aware of it for about a quarter of an hour, and eventually, I went out onto my balcony to take a look. I could dimly see him sprawling about outside the door of the next-door tenement, and he was now shouting "help!" He still seemed to me to ( Read more... )

Some doctoral student wrote to me today, requesting permission to use one of my holiday snaps to illustrate her thesis. It was a statue in a museum in Naples, and seemingly her thesis compares this statue (or perhaps this style of ancient statuary) with the work of Louise Bourgeois. Of course, I felt flattered, and agreed; but I stipulated that she ( Read more... )

I've been getting a good deal of that this month. January has been very confusing at times; in fact it's definitely fair to say that I've been very confused, much of the time. But these past few days, things have gradually been resolving themselves. And today I had a meeting with RP, which didn't go at all how I was expecting. Quite the opposite. I ( Read more... )

I was explaining about the games teachers at my school ( Read more... )

Buchanan Bus Station in Glasgow is strictly forbidden to all vehicles except buses, and there's a speed limit, 10mph. But it's not enough just to have signs saying "10", they have radar detectors that display vehicles' speed. These displays have three digits! And it's not just a matter of three digits for the price of two, they don't go up to 999, ( Read more... )

Didn’t I tell you

not to go to that place?
It is me, who is your intimate friend.
In this imaginary plane of non-existence,
I am your spring of eternal life.
Even if you lose yourself in wrath
for a hundred thousand years,
at the end you will discover,
it is me, who is the culmination of your dreams.
Didn’t I tell you
not to be satisfied with the veil ( Read more... )