I miss the old LJ format. I used to know a little bit of html and my journal looked quite pretty and personalised and now it's just another grey slab because I can't fiddle with the settings. Looks like a big fat yawn. tumblr doesn't look much better and negativeink has so many memories I can't change horses mid-stream ( Read more... )

the things you did ( Read more... )

Hooray! Kyle Parker does still draw!

http://havesomehats.deviantart.com/

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Instead of Greenpeace, today it was Child Life, or Child Fund, or Life for Children, or some variation on that theme. Normally I lie and say 'Oh I already donate to such and such'; it makes everyone feel better about the situation. But Child Living caught me unawares today. I got the 'Hi, I'm Derek', the handshake, the compliment, and all I could ( Read more... )

So I went to the chiropractor this morning as it's as I expected: I am completely off-kilter and unbalanced. Bones wise anyway. Everything is clicking and cracking when I twist so I'm looking forward to my follow-up on Thursday where hopefully they'll pop me back into place. 8.45am seems like a very silly time for an appointment though ( Read more... )

I think I have had a successful day. I love Tuesdays. I have the whole day free and I'd been hanging out for this particular Tuesday because it was the first in a while where I didn't have anything pressing to do. So I got a massage, had lunch with Stef, and sorted through piles and piles of clothes. The result is a wardrobe that doesn't actually ( Read more... )

oh and the parliament's hung. and not the good kind like you want.

my neck feels like overchewed gum, like it's all raw and tough. it's kind of hard to swallow. movie reviews to come. and further enquiries into the 8 fold path. but not today. definitely not today.

In first year I chose a philosophy subject: knowledge and reason? Knowing and logic? Something like that. I thought it would be stimulating, invigorating, informative. I'd be debating left, right and centre... I hated it. I mean really loathed it. It was so dry and I was truly surprised. Weren't we supposed to be getting into metaphysical flusters ( Read more... )