Yesterday evening we were enacting Domestic Bliss Act III Scene ii in which cats are catting, wine has been poured, internet browsing is happening, dishwasher is washing, heater is warming, dinner is thought about. Then click! We plunge into darkness. Various smoke alarms beep their "where's the power at?" beeps. Great, we think. Another random ( Read more... )

I'm in SF again for a week from 23rd to the 30th of June. It's really for work, and it's also strictly coincidental that the trip and Pride are overlapping. We don't do Pride in Sydney, having moved the celebration to Mardi Gras. Anyhow, it would be nice to catch up with alla youse who will be there in the thenabouts. See ya soon.

yuriverse and I arrived in Melbourne at lunch time today, staying in Carlton in the same B&B we visited last year. What's the go? Where should we dine tonight? We did tacky Italian on Lygon St for lunch already. Brunswick Street? Summat else?

This has been a very long gap in my lj. I've been reading along but not really participating. Withdrawing if you like. I blame a mixture of apathy and anxiety. It's silly. These are just words.

( Cut for self indulgence. )

Am I supposed to want an iPad? I'm not feeling it.

Do you want one? Will it fill the emptiness inside?

Maybe it would make you A-list? Would that make me happy?

( Maybe Saturn's return works for suppressed memories as well as entire lives? )

This never happens usually. Firbank has managed to snuggle with Dax and she let him!

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I'll be travelling to SF for work from Jan 30 - Feb 10. Whomsoever wants drinks or dinner etc. should contact me soon! I'll be leaving Yuri and kitties in summer heat for San Francisco's chill ( Read more... )

I have one more week off before returning to work next Monday. So far this Xmas break has mostly about bonding with little Firbank. And lazing around in front of the cricket. And some shopping. And a drink or two or three. Who wants to have lunch with me this week?

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There is Firbank doing his thing.