Apr
30
Picked up the new Terry
April 30, 2001 | Comments Off
Picked up the new Terry Pratchett book, Thief of Time at the weekend - IMHO, inevitably, on the left.
Knackered - early night, I think.
Apr
30
I need to calm down.
April 30, 2001 | Comments Off
I need to calm down. This will come as a startling revelation to precisely no one who knows me. I get stressed and pressured over things that don’t need it; I have a habit of passing on this stress to those around me, usually when they’re particularly calm and unstressed; I speak too […]
Apr
30
Typical - I’ve battled shocking
April 30, 2001 | Comments Off
Typical - I’ve battled shocking delays on the tube and being jammed against a scarily smelly man to be in the office to meet someone at 8 o’clock, only to receive a message that they won’t be here ’til after 9.
Bah!
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Apr
29
Lest there be any confusion,
April 29, 2001 | Comments Off
Lest there be any confusion, by the way, in referring to the Nelly Furtado track, I wasn’t suggesting that I don’t know where my home is – I’m feeling fairly secure on that front these days – it just seemed apposite.
Also, in a completely different way than those I was writing about yesterday, it occurred […]
Apr
28
I’ve been into Middlesbrough today,
April 28, 2001 | Comments Off
I’ve been into Middlesbrough today, for the first time in a few years, and it was an interesting experience. I used to be there at least once a fortnight when I was growing up, and certainly once I was a teenager, and in certain ways, it feels exactly the same as it used […]
Apr
27
So…I offer up a dilemma
April 27, 2001 | Comments Off
So…I offer up a dilemma for anyone who’s interested:
This morning I went to a cashpoint (to get some cash, just to complete the picture). Just before I got to it, a group of five lads (I use the term advisedly) got there and put a card in. The subsequent conversation I heard as […]
Apr
27
Written last night but posted
April 27, 2001 | Comments Off
Written last night but posted today because of connection problems.
Gosh, it’s a while since I’ve been up North - and yet it feels like five minutes. I’m not exactly back in my old stomping ground - my mother’s moved since I left home - but it’s close enough. And you know one unmistakable […]
Apr
26
I need to get better
April 26, 2001 | Comments Off
I need to get better at not letting other stuff get in the way of my logging at least once a day - that way lies the disaster that is every other diary I’ve ever tried to keep. Yesterday, between travelling to Hampshire and travelling back, I could easily have written something that I […]
Apr
24
Met Dave for a couple
April 24, 2001 | Comments Off
Met Dave for a couple of pints last night, then went home and did some serious catching up on my correspondance, so I feel all virtuous that I’ve almost caught up with my emails.
Today and tomorrow I’m in Hampshire - today rather unexpectedly, which is a bit of a git, because I’m probably going to […]
Apr
23
I’m finally reading Stephen Fry’s
April 23, 2001 | Comments Off
I’m finally reading Stephen Fry’s autobiography, Moab Is My Washpot. I bought it as a gift last year sometime, meaning to borrow it and read it at some point, and the time has finally arrived. I’m about a third of the way through, and will probably IMHO it when I’m done, but I […]