by Suw on October 23, 2003
I slept quite peacefully last night, to my surprise. I did dream of Elliott, but he was calm, serene and happy and the strains of Last Call echoed through my head all night. Reading the words now, well, they have a whole new interpretation.
Last Call
last call
he was sick of it all
asleep at home
told you off and goodbye
well you know one day it'll come to haunt you
that you didn't tell him quite the truth
you're a crisis
you're an icicle
you're a tongueless talker
you don't care what you say
you're a jaywalker and you just, just walk away
and that's all you do
the clap of the fading out sound of your shoes
made him wonder who he thought that he knew
last call
he was sick of it all
the endless stream of reminders
made him so sick of you sick of you sick of you
sick of your sound
sick of you coming around
trying to crawl under my skin
when I already shed my best defense
it comes out all around that you won
and I think I'm all done
you can switch me off safely
while I'm lying here waiting for sleep to overtake me
yeah yeah you're still here but just check to make sure
all you aspired to do was endure
you can't ask for more ask for more
knowing you'll never get that which you ask for
so you cast your shadow everywhere like the man in the moon
you start to drink, you just want to continue
it'll all be yesteryear soon
you start to drink, you just want to continue
it'll all be yesteryear soon
church bells and now I'm awake and I guess it must be some kind of holiday
I can't seem to join in the celebration
but i'll go to the service
and I'll go to pray
and I'll sing the praises of my maker's name
like I was as good as she made me
and I wanted her to tell me that she would never wake me
I wanted her to tell me that she would never wake me
I wanted her to tell me that she would never wake me
I wanted her to tell me that she would never wake me
I wanted her to tell me that she would never wake me
I wanted her to tell me that she would never wake me
I wanted her to tell me that she would never wake me
I wanted her to tell me that she would never wake me
I'm lying here waiting for sleep to overtake me
by Suw on October 23, 2003
It's not been the best few days, but I do feel like I'm getting back on my feet now, getting some balance back.
I'm off to London this afternoon to meet up with some people from Zoetrope.com, which should be fun. I've never met these people before, but I'm pretty sure that they won't turn out to be axe-weilding murderers. I am, however, prepared for them to be one-legged transvestite pirates (parrot optional). Course, if Johnny Depp turns up, you may never hear from me again, but you can rest assured I'll be happy in my little pirate hide-away…
by Suw on October 23, 2003
Although my mind was on other things, yesterday I got my court papers filed against my ex-landlord. I'm claiming back my desposit and court fees, totalling almost ?800. Hopefully I'll get a positive judgement on this, as I really don't think it's fair for a landlord to retain a deposit just because they think you haven't cleaned thoroughly enough. And I actually did clean thoroughly – it's just a difference of opinion, not a case of any actual damage to the property.
Shelter and the Citizens Advice Bureau have launched a campaign to end this kind of rip-off (press release). According to them, ?790 million is held as rent deposits by landlords and one in five private tenants belives that the deposit was kept without good reason at the end of the tenancy, and they are “calling for a national tenancy deposit scheme to protect tenants money to be included in the forthcoming Housing Bill”.
I'm not one for public calls to arms, but I do think it's scandalous that landlords should be able to get away with stealing hundreds of pounds from tenants like me, with little or no recourse. Ok, so you can go to the courts, as I've done, but that's no guarantee of anything. Even if the courts find in my favour, my landlord can simply refuse to pay, forcing me to take further legal action at my own expense to recover the funds. Ultimately, I still might not get my money back and there would be nothing I could do about it.
There simply must be legal protection for deposits which defines exactly what landlord can and can't do with the money, and it's disgraceful that this isn't part of the upcoming Housing Bill already.
So, take a moment to email to your local MP and demand that the government include statutory regulation in the forthcoming bill.
UPDATE: Shelter fixed the link, so there's no excuse -it's just a little form to fill in, and the web site does the rest. Won't even take you a minute, so give your support now!
