Because they are there. RIP Sir Edmund Hillary “…never look down.”

Chasing Cars Three job rejections today. I quite like this song. We’ll do it all Everything On our own We don’t need Anything Or anyone If I lay here If I just lay here Would you lie with me and just forget the world? I don’t quite know How to say How I feel Those … Read More

I operate a open invite policy, if I have invited you but your best friend has somehow been missed, bring them along. Turn up next Saturday afternoon in however much costume you’ve decided on wearing (if you don’t have a theme adopt your friends or just go for the generic Victoriana) and bring a bottle … Read More

So, this morning I was taken by train to Tokyo for a breakfast of cherry coke and smoked salmon and cream cheese on toasted bagels. There I was presented with a beautiful moon necklace that the everso sexy and wonderful Jellicle had made with his own fair hands. In a little while I shall be … Read More

God I’ve felt rotten for the last couple of days. The job thing is really getting to me. Apologies for my generally self-pitying conversation for the last 48 hours. Much love to Weasel, Man of Taste, et al. In order to pick up a Mish ply her with friendly conversation. In special circumstances promise her … Read More

A dead flower, a broken bone and freezing my tits off in a garden. Really. Also talking to myself in a slightly creepy daydream conversation sort of way which in a few days I’m reasonably certain my brain will have translated into an actual conversation with other people. Theres a reason I have no job, … Read More

So… today was the day that pretty much everyone was back at work. This time last year I was preparing a classroom for the job that I thought would last a couple of terms. I had a plan for today, two in fact, one if the plumber turned up and one if he didn’t. I … Read More

Put your MP3 player on random. Write down the first line of the first twenty songs to come up (no skipping the embarrassing titles). (I’ve taken second lines where the first line contained the title of the song.) See how many they guess… 1) Everyone dated the demise of our neighbourhood from the suicides of … Read More

Pretty quiet and utterly fabulous all told. The Princess and the Honorary Bitch left New Years Eve afternoon after a pleasant lunch at the Stork with my Gentleman Friend (the loo was still blocked and no sign of the promised plumber). Then Mother-In-Law came over to dye my hair…purple. FJ popped over as I was … Read More

Yeah, this next year is going to be good. I’m taking control. I want a year that is calm and is building on all the good stuff from this year. I want a year that I can look back on and say yeah, we did good. I’d like for there not to be so much … Read More