I've just been to vote.  Am somewhat amused by the many, many canvassers standing outside the polling station (marginal seat, target seat) who all ignored me.  Possibly because they were targeting all the Asian population who were going in to vote.

I do like voting, I like getting to feel involved.

And now that creep from UKIP is going on about immigration.  We're not going to vote for you, you're vile.  Not as vile as the BNP, but still thoroughly unpleasant. 

Why is the leaders' debate covering immigration again?!  Seriously, they covered it in the last two, have we not managed to get their positions yet?

Plus, I'm sorry, I don't care about immigration.  Sure, the system isn't perfect and some regulation is required but if people want to live here and work here and contribute to the economy and the ( Read more... )

It's a Friday night and I am sitting at home, with the house to myself. I have made cookies, put some photos up on Facebook and have a glass of wine to hand.

Is this bliss (despite having to work tomorrow), or the mark of having no life?

I am so tired in every way. I really, really need some time off. And because I plan my time off round other commitments, instead of changing commitments to suit me or not minding about missing things at work, when have I got time off that is more than two days for a long weekend (spent going to a wedding, so not quite relaxing ( Read more... )

I'm not entirely convinced I want to spend the rest of my working life doing what I do just now. It's not that anything is wrong with it, I'm just wondering if this is it? When I first started being an archivist I used to really enjoy work, at the moment my motivation appears to have vanished.

What else can I be? Any suggestions?

My mum is currently (intermittently) engaged upon clearing out the house. They've lived here for 38 years, that's a lot of stuff. So she was encouraging me to get rid of some of my things that live here, rather than with me. Fortunately, she accepts that I don't have space for all the books, and doesn't think that I have to get rid of them ( Read more... )

I've been thinking back over the last year, as it's drawing to a close. It's been a bit of a funny one, some really great things have happened, and some really not great things have also happened ( Read more... )

Church is doing a survey thingy.  The question is ( Read more... )

*hack hack*  I can't talk properly, and keep coughing in a delightfully unattractive way.  I've spent the day at a course.  I'm sure it was good, the last session went over my head a little as I was feeling rather rough.

To make up for it, I'm watching Aladdin.  Reverting to childhood is the way forward.