after fencing i came home and showered and changed and then went down to the main station to meet a tenuous internet acquaintance of Val's, Slyvie, who wasn't on the platform although the train was. it was 10:54pm and she had 2min left. i got my phone out to call her and there was a message going "shit shit fucking bus driver hope i can still make ( Read more... )

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Val has her exams starting tomorrow in London, and a flight thither at 10:15am today. She got up all early, kissed me goodbye as I dozed and headed out to get the 7 o'clock metro to the station, from where she would take the shuttle bus to the airport at half past. Only problem was, there IS no 7 o'clock metro on a Sunday. I'd overlooked the part ( Read more... )

this weekend was the Love Parade in Essen, and there were an estimated million people in the streets of Essen yesterday, making raucous noise and dancing and taking assorted drugs as giant stages and circulating floats blasted awesome music. we went and danced.


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* being able to sleep in
* my coat
* French
* springtime smells
* talking to new people
* 120 bpm
* wtf, gtfo etc.
* windows open
* clouds
* 韋娃
* cheese
* MSN

* monsters
* drawing monsters
* having a stash of sweets or crisps, generally hidden
* jewellery
* identifying birds
* finding money
* digging holes
* collecting things in a box
* making things
* heavy rain
* being alone, preferably hidden
* writing in code
* hills
* woods
* talking to animals
* pirates
* pretending i was still too sick to go back to school, when ( Read more... )

i just got up and established that today is another stunningly gorgeous day. Windows Open! (will be a popular meme in this house this summer) (especially for Val since she gets to spend loads of time here). since the windows face east and west, the direct sun doesn't come in so it's neither blinding nor too hot, but there's masses of indirect light ( Read more... )

I saw a crow the other day that sat in its frigid tree and cried;
But now I think it's flown away, it's blown away or died.

google vt : on google or a comparable internet search engine, to enter a name in "inverted commas", generally to see if someone has a Net Presence; often to look up old acquaintances, sometimes with astonishing results.

The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London 1674 to 1834- [ Diese Seite übersetzen ] (M.) Richard Knibb , was indicted for committing ( Read more... )