posted by Gordon White filed under London
I read a bunch of books all at once and I don't really care what you think about it.
There, I said it!
There is a bit more to the story than this. I used to guiltily -even secretly- keep a couple of books on the go. I would pray that no one would find out or -gasp- catch me with a
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posted by Gordon White filed under London
James is moving back to London at last!
In one of those truly bizarre twists of fate, he will be working in the store that is literally at the end of the street we used to live on in Islington.
Stupid fucking universe.
But yes, we're both extremely excited. Me because I get my lovely 40 inch television back and James because... Well,
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I just watched something on BBC iPlayer about Sylvia Plath's British nature poetry and it gave me that weird mix of jew-guilt and panic that I am not writing enough. Well, I'm sick, busy and poor. You try it, lady! We can't all have the perfect life that you had, can we??
So instead of writing something much better than that
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posted by Gordon White filed under London
This morning I packed the parents off in a hire car with James on their way to Bristol. It is a fucking fantastic day for it. Warm, sunny, calm.
As soon as they were gone I hit the supermarket to restock. To get from my house to my closest M&S you have to walk through two large parks/greens. On my way
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posted by Gordon White filed under London
Let me tell you why I'm much more likely to live than you -and it's not because I clearly deserve it more.
No!
It's because of this zeitgeist souvenir:
Naturally, I'm going to save it up for an illness that is far less fictional than swine flu but still... Exciting. Dad and I were saying last night that having your own Tamiflu is
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