life

Pictures! Of DC! And surrounds! Including zoo!

February 18, 2006

Just thought you'd like to know that the pictures I took during my trip to DC are now up on Flickr. Lots of the snow, and lots of the zoo, and several of the zoo in the snow.

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Getting on a plane

February 16, 2006

T'Other is, as I type, on a plane to somewhere in the deepest, darkest South right now, as I wait at the house in Georgetown, DC, for a taxi to come take me to Dullest airport. There I shall board a plane, and sleep whilst physics defies gravity. I land at 7am tomorrow morning, haul […]

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In DC

February 10, 2006

Whoa, last few days have been manic, but I'm sitting at the moment in the kitchen of T'Other's office in DC, catching up on a few emails (oh my god… too many unread!), looking at the stack of boxes of things me and T'Other have to take home with us, and preparing to pop out […]

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Moved!

February 5, 2006

So here I am, cosy and warm in my temporary digs at my friend James' house. The move this morning went without a hitch, which was a relief. T'Other came over yesterday and helped me pack, primarily by sitting on a chair, doing stuff on his laptop and talking to me. I've never been able […]

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Yurt half packed

January 30, 2006

I've started packing up the things that I don't use on a daily basis. Books, some of the linen I don't need right this second, clothes it's too cold to wear. I've half-filled one suitcase (it's waiting for the bed linen and pillows that are either in the wash or which I am using right […]

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Do you stot?

January 16, 2006

him: Did you eat? me: not yet. just walked in the door him: You go nosh then – don't want you fainting me: nah, i'm good. i've been nibbling all afternoon him: Your life rhythm been perturbed? me: i usually nibble. i'm a grazer. like a gazelle him: You have the legs for it. But […]

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Evicted twice in two days

January 11, 2006

So I moved up to London last year, at the end of September, into a two bedroom flat with someone I met earlier in the year. Then, sadly, at the beginning of December the boiler spewed it's guts, and I've been living with T'Other ever since. I've offered to pay bills and such, but that […]

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Happy New Year!

January 2, 2006

New Year is always a bit of a weird time, as the expectation of a great party usually gives way to the reality of staying in, in front of the computer, and wondering why it was I couldn't get my act together yet again. But this year my New Year's Eve was just about as […]

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Chocolate and Vodka

December 30, 2005

The true meaning of life.

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Logjam

December 30, 2005

I keep thinking of blog posts I want to write, but never seem to feel much like writing them. I keep starting them in my head, but they never make it as far as the keyboard, let alone your screen. It's a sort of blogapathy. Blogging goes in waves. I know this. Every blog has […]

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Merry Christmas

December 23, 2005

Off to Brugge in a half an hour. Just waiting for nail varnish to dry. Yes, I am capable of girliness once in a while. It's got to that time of the year when Stu over at Feeling Listless does his review of the year. This time round, he asked us 'to describe a moment […]

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The blank slate

December 11, 2005

I don't think I've had a month as quiet as this one for blogging, and here I am with a few moments spare whilst the veg roast and T'Other cooks his fish and I have absolutely no idea what to write about. My mind is a blank slate. With any luck, it'll stay that way. […]

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Death of a boiler

December 9, 2005

It never rains but it pours. Got home to discover a note from our downstairs neighbours. Seems the boiler here died, spewing water all over the place, flooding downstairs and shorting their electricity. Oh dear. We've had troubles with the heating and the water since I moved in, and this one kinda caps them all. […]

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Fare thee well, sweet hot water bottle

December 9, 2005

Last night, at approximately 11.38 pm, my hot water bottle passed away from a fatally broken seal. It had been ill for a few weeks, but nothing could prepare me for the shock of having to suffer cold toes. I shall miss my hot water bottle. Despite many years of storage at the back of […]

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In case you were wondering

December 4, 2005

Not dead yet. In Paris. Working more than holidaying. Need sleep. Can't wait for proper time off.

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