December 2010
24 posts
“‘Coffee on New Years Eve?! You need to get a life.’”
– A stranger at Wetherspoons, Watford to me.
If only you knew, stranger.
17 more observations.
1. It’s so cold. -5C / 23F.
2. Turns out I’ve definitely not caught up on sleep like I thought I had. I’m exhausted.
3. You don’t hand your card over to the cashier when paying for something. You just put it in the machine.
4. All I do is look for stationary and writing materials.
5. I jolted myself awake last night thinking that I’d missed my flight, throwing my...
24 observations from being home.
1. The toilets are way deeper.
2. People say ‘pounds’.
3. I no longer need to say ‘line’, ‘bathroom’ or ‘ride’, but they make more sense to me now.
4. Already got wonderlust.
5. British TV is great.
6. My room is not at all what I want it to look like.
7. My clothes have exploded out of my suitcase and there is no room for them in my drawers.
...
I better get writing...
“Here’s the Story of the Day:
Being There
sending postcards to himself saying ‘Wish you were here’ so when he gets back home he doesn’t forget “
Watchlindswill:
weekend adventurers.
I went to a really cool place this weekend.
Long Time Traveller
These fleeting charms of earth Farewell, your springs of joy are dry My soul now seeks another home A brighter world on high I’m a long time travelling here below I’m a long time travelling away from home I’m a long time travelling here below To lay this body down Farewell kind friends whose tender care Has long engaged my love Your fond embrace I now exchange For better friends...
“Here’s the Story of the Day:
Perfect Stranger (Masculine)
I held him...”
– www.storypeople.com
British Christmas Classics
There has been some requests for me to compile a list of classic British Christmas songs. So here it is :
Happy Xmas (War is Over) – John Lennon
Do They Know It’s Christmas? – Band Aid
Fairytale of New York – Kirsty MacColl & The Pogues
I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday – Wizzard
Merry Christmas Everybody – Slade
Wonderful Christmastime – Paul McCartney
Christmas Time (Don’t Let the...
“So hold off on building that in-ground pool at the bottom of your garden and buy...”
– Me scoring 5 points in the Intern Word Game.
November 2010
25 posts
