Archive for December, 2007

Incomunicado

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

I’m currently back in the field, where they do have internet access (broadband even) but they don’t have spare nokia phone chargers, which is problematic.
Days without a phone: 3
Time until reunited with a phone charger: 25 hours
Wishing you all: a belated Happy Christmas

How not to go Christmas Shopping

Sunday, December 23rd, 2007

Don’t leave it until two days before Christmas.
Don’t go to central London.
Don’t leave your Christmas shopping on a north bound Bakerloo line train. B******s.
Burning Question: Has anyone found a HMV bag sitting lonesomely on a tube?
Pleasantly surprised by: The politeness and friendliness of the Underground staff (even if they couldn’t find my bag)
Busy: filling […]

A drunk threatened to kill me…

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007

…and other festive tales
Will and I were waiting for the north bound jubilee line the other night, on our way to see Hard-Fi at Wembley (who were excellent). Once on the tube, it was immediately clear that someone in the carriage had not had a bath for a while, days, maybe weeks. The […]

Fast Forward

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

Read Harry Potter - in a week; House-hunt - it was stressful; go to Lisbon - it was lovely; move out of SJW ; move in with Boy ; go to Ikea - a lot; go to Boston, Mass - drink champagne and eat fries in the Four Seasons; go to New York […]