life

Posts never written and hugs waiting to be given

September 18, 2005

I wrote a really long post in my head on the way back tonight. A very long post in which I felt very sorry for myself because, for reasons I won't go into, I had become acutely aware of my own loneliness. I listened to a lot of Turin Brakes on the journey, particularly Underdog […]

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Thunder and lightning! Very, very frightening me!

September 10, 2005

Actually, more welcome than frightening. Been so muggy that one has very nearly had to wade through the air. And sitting here on the couch with a hot laptop burning my thighs isn't helping, but there's no TV, so I'm watching episodes of Lost instead. (Thank you Tom!) Been mad busy the last few days. […]

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Away, away with ye bonny young lass

September 7, 2005

To London. Flatsitting first, then my own room in a rather nice shared flat. By the end of September, I will be no longer the nomad. Best go pack the yurt.

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Temporarily dropping off the face of the internet

August 31, 2005

I have a publisher interested in my book (fingers crossed), and a possible new client (thumbs held*), and this digital rights organisation is slowly taking shape, and I have a book chapter to finish (note the word 'finish', which accurately implies that I've started it, which I have), and BlogOn to organise, and my move […]

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Wake up, it's a beautiful morning!

August 30, 2005

Dawn light roused me this morning, I'm not sure at what time. I'm not sure what sort of dream I woke from, I just remember this astonishing feeling of euphoria. It wasn't just waking up in a good mood, it was waking up with all the happy dials turned up to 11. Possibly 12. Euphoric […]

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Defrag

August 25, 2005

(22:20) gturneruk: oh, i just remembered. windows 95 is ten years old today (22:22) Suw: good god. i mean, i shouldn't be surprised, it being 2005 and all. but still, where did that time go? (22:22) gturneruk: lost clusters (22:23) Suw: i obviously need to defrag

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The place inside my head

August 24, 2005

Walking through London in the muggy sunshine yesterday, placing foot in front of foot, my mind wandering streets other than those my body travelled. A corner turned to find the cerebral and the corporeal suddenly, forcibly and unexpectedly brought together, geographically but not temporally. London is not a city. It's not a place. Not anymore. […]

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New improved Plan

August 20, 2005

Includes place to live. Wasn't going to blog this, because I didn't want to count my chickens before they are hatched, but I have found somewhere to live. Come the end of September, all things going well, I shall cease my nomadic wanderings and will settle into a really nice room in a flat in […]

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Stuff

August 18, 2005

Maybe it's just the egotist in me, but it's interesting to watch how my own blog ebbs and flows, the way that certain topics cycle, coming to prominence one month and then fading away into the background noise again. I spent a while posting some quite personal stuff, then after a whole didn't feel like […]

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You know your taste in men is b0rked when

August 10, 2005

You find yourself saying “Yeah, but he looks really hot in armour”. Ok. So. Armour. Or skirts. That narrows down the field a bit.

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Me making stuff

August 7, 2005

Spent the weekend making jewellery with Kate. It's nice to do something entirely non-cerebral for a change. Managed to surprise myself by not only remembering which end of a soldering iron to pick up, but also how to use one. Actually, I don't remember when I first learnt to use a soldering iron – it's […]

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A weekend offline

July 29, 2005

I promised myself that, as part of my chilling out and general recovery from jetlag and exhaustion regime, I would spend this weekend offline. Not staring at my computer screen. Not answering email. Not writing blog posts. Not working. Instead, I would go for walks. Read books. Watch movies. Sleep. Sleep a bit more. Sleep […]

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Burning out

July 25, 2005

The funny thing about burning out is that in the past, I was never alert enough to see it happening. I suffered dreadful burnout after my start-up died, two years ago. For nine months, watching my business slowly disintegrate put more stress on me than I've ever felt before. The day I gave up, the […]

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More London alerts – breaking news

July 21, 2005

Warren Street, Oval and Shepherd's Bush tube stations have been evacuated, and large areas sealed off after smoke was reported coming from the stations. The Northern Line has been suspended, and reports of an incident on the 26 bus on Hackney Road although the bus itself doesn't appear damaged from the TV pics. There are […]

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Landed

July 20, 2005

Ensconced in Arundel now. Wine, wifi and a nice comfy bed. Lovely.

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