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Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
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5:10 pm - I LOVE my new bike
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I cycled 10.5 miles today. I'd feel so hardcore if I wasn't cheating.
New house stuff seems to be going well. Just not looking forward to having to clean the old place.
My job is assured til May but I'm still looking for something else.
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| Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
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9:18 pm
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| Monday, August 11th, 2008
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8:31 pm - Rambling House Thoughts...
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I've been living at my current address since May 30th 2005. I have been mostly happy here other than the lack of garden and some housemate issues, which lead to some abortive looking around for other options towards the end of last year.
At the beginning of May this year, I got a job that allowed me to think about moving again. A plan was hatched with anotherLucy to see if we could find somewhere to live. It was far from certain that we would find somewhere within our requirements and budget, but it seemed a good idea to look.
Three-and-a-half months on, and last week we found a property that seemed to have potential (though there was one fairly hefty issue which knocked it off the table eventually). It seems that now the earliest we could move (if we find somewhere appropriate) is October.
But now another issue has cropped up. My situation since May has changed somewhat, in several key ways:
1)My boyfriend (a charming young man who has not previously been mentioned in this journal) intends to move out of Reading and closer to his work place in the near future. Possibly Oxford or its environs? Given that we have recently decided that we are "in Love"(tm) I am somewhat unkeen to sign up to living a long way apart from him.
2)My job, and thus my last need to be in Reading, now definitely ends on the 15th November. The contract on the current house ends at the end of November (though we didn't technically sign it so I'm pretty sure we are still on a rolling contract with 1 months notice).
In any case, it will be exactly 10 years since I arrived in Reading at the end of this September, and I am beginning to believe that a change might be a good thing. Everyone tells me Oxford is nice. This will however leave Lucy in the lurch somewhat, and given that she is at University in Reading and has to stay here at least until the summer of next year.
Additionally, there is another friend who has expressed an interest in living with me 'at some point', and is also keen to get out of Reading, but his move date would be more like April...
In short, it is all very complicated and stressful, and trying to arrive at a state where a suitable group of people all want to move into the same place at the same time seems like and impossible dream. Not to mention the fact that it would be nice to know which town I am supposed to be job hunting in...
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| Sunday, June 29th, 2008
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11:14 pm
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It's my birthday this Wednesday (2nd), and I am having drinks in The Turks from 8.30.
Would be great to see everyone, so please do come along if you can :)
current mood:  cheerful
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| Friday, June 6th, 2008
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6:20 am - Next!
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Why do people seem to think that my life is something thats going to happen later? You know, after this current arrangement that I foolishly seem to view as my life.
I am not in transit. I'm not just here while I'm planning to go somewhere better.
I'm just here. It's cool. Change is a constant, and all, so at some point I'll probably be somewhere else. Lets wait and see what thats like.
This is a little ranty, but I'm tired of family/co-workers in particular who seem to take it as a given that I must have an innate ambition to do "more".
It's like I just climbed a mountain and everyone is asking me 'what are you doing down on that little hill?'. And the answer is obvious. I'm enjoying the view.
Mathew 7 : 24-27
A wise man, ... built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. ... A foolish man, ... built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
Edna St. Vincent Millay, Second Fig
Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand:
Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand!
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| Sunday, May 25th, 2008
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8:12 pm - Mobile Woes
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So my deciding on a new phone plan has been brought forward a bit due to losing my old handset.
I've decided on the operator and call plan, and want one of the 'free' phones that comes with it. Unfortunately, there are about 20 different phones and I'm unsure how to choose between them. I'm pretty sure they will all do the 'sending and receiving calls and texts' thing, which is all I need a mobile for, but how do I choose between the importance of fm radio/5 megapixel camera/3g/relative amounts of storage, battery life, weight...
Especially when the actual things that matter to me about a phone (does it making annoying beeping noises that can't be turned of without switching off the phone when its low on power? does it let you write a text when the memory is so full you won't be able to send or save it? how likely is it to make phone calls from my pocket?) are not things you can easily find out about.
If anyone knows a stunningly good reason not to get one of the following phones (or a good one to get it), please comment:
Sony Ericsson K850i
Sony Ericsson K810i
Sony Ericsson W910i Red / Sony Ericsson W910i Black
Sony Ericsson W580i Grey
Samsung G600 Purple / Samsung G600
Samsung F210 Pink / Samsung F210 Blue
Samsung E590
Nokia 2610 Nokia 3110 Nokia 3109 - - - - - - - - - small screen
Nokia 5610
Nokia 6120 / Nokia 6300 / Nokia 6301 - - - - - - seem similar but inferior to 6500
Nokia 6500 Slide / Nokia 6500 Slide Black
Nokia 6500 Classic / Nokia 6500 Classic Bronze
Nokia 7500 Prism - - - - - - - - - - - - - - weird triangular buttons.
LG KE970 Shine Pink
Edit: will make changes to list as I find reasons to remove phones from the running.
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| Thursday, May 15th, 2008
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8:17 pm - Some thoughts...
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Juggling whilst hooping is easier than you'd think.
Burying someone in grass clippings however takes longer than you'd think.
Tomorrow I get paid.
Four day weekends rock.
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| Thursday, May 8th, 2008
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6:18 pm - The dangers of line breaks.
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Received today:
"You have been selected for Accidental Death
Benefit cover (up to £30,000!) for just £2 a month"
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| Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
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4:29 pm - Need Sniper Rifle
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So, the teenagers that play in the street outside my house have a new toy. A red pedal car that they drive up and down the street. The plastic wheels on the tarmac make a noise loud enough to summon satan himself from hell in a screaming fury.
Seriously, I put up with that family's constantly barking dog, their late night screaming rows, the occasional punch-up in the street with the neighbours, the kids playing ball against our window and knocking our external light off, but the pedal car thing...driving me nuts.
The only way I can deal with the noise at all is to close all the windows (which is SUPER-FUN in this hot weather), and even then I can't hear the radio next to me due the the clatter of toy wheels.
If they leave that car in the street over night (as they often do with their crap) its sooo getting a broken axle.
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| Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
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3:59 pm - Phone Outage
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Have had some issues with my phone (sorted now) but the basic upshot is:
If anyone tried to text me or leave a message on my answering machine yesterday, I didn't get it.
So if it was important, you might want to contact me again...
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| Sunday, April 27th, 2008
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11:51 am
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Busy weekend. I liked the warmth yesterday but I also like the storms today. Have some interviews next week. Been catching up on Battlestar Galactica. The Gaius/Jesus references are still there in the latest episode, but a little less heavy-handed since he shaved off the beard... I kinda wish more of his cult were male. Though thinking about it the show in general tends to portray women as religious/spiritual and men as materialistic/rational.
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| Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
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9:47 am
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| Monday, April 21st, 2008
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6:19 pm
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| Monday, March 31st, 2008
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11:03 pm - Photo Journal
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| Monday, March 24th, 2008
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7:23 pm - Super-Mega-Shopping-Trip
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Two current craft projects (leather corsets and hoola hoop) required a mega shop of doom:
- Hobby craft for red ribbon, black cord, and brass embossing stencils - all for corset. Also hoola hoop ribbon.
- Toys'r'us for sweeties. (They didn't have anything else I wanted).
- Homebase for pipe connectors and green electrical tape, for hoola hoop. Also pretty new lampshade.
- Sainsburys for half price cookies and food for dinner.
- WHSmiths, theoretically for patterned tape, but there wasn't anything that grabbed me so I left it for now.
- Woolworths for navy leather dye, corset related.
- Wickes for blue and white electrical tape, and pipe for hula hoop.
- Having occupied myself all day and exhausted myself so I can sleep without missing John : Priceless.
Well, about £50, actually, if you add it all up, but its only that expensive because Wickes overcharged me £15 for the pipe and I am going to take it back tomorrow when I go to collect my parcel from the depot.
Anyway, why am I bothering to post all this? Because I wanted to prepare everyone for the near future when there will be photos of leather corset wearing and hula hooping. Probably not at the same time.
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| Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
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5:45 pm
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| Tuesday, December 25th, 2007
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1:21 am
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Here (in Dubai) it has been christmas day for almost an hour and a half. In light of that, Happy Christmas.
I'm here in UAE for two weeks (mostly in Abu Dhabi, but we've taken a day trip to Dubai...) seeing family and such. Also, I have just run out of internet time. Assume that had I had more time I would have said something cleverer.
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| Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
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5:46 pm - Drinks! That was it! See what you miss when you don't stay alert?!
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Thank you to everyone who congratulated me, you are all lovely and great. :)
I have gotten over the initial 'oh look, I have an MSc' apathy, and am now feeling a decidedly bouncy-happy-bouncy about it all, possibly in part to otherLucy drawing a picture of a 'Mistress of Science' complete with shiny black catsuit, leather whip and test tube...
Oh yes, Science is MY bitch.
Anyway, this seems as good an excuse as any to celebrate, so tomorrow (Friday) evening I intend to drag some people round town for drinks, and all you lovely people are more than welcome to join me. We are starting in The Turks at 7, but if anyone wants to come along significantly later than that tell me, and I will update you as to where we will be wandering....
current mood:  happy happy joy joy
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| Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
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4:21 pm
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Woo. I officially have more letters after my name. MSc to be precise.
I'd kind of assumed I'd passed but its nice to know and all.
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| Thursday, September 20th, 2007
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2:24 pm
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The score :
Lucy : 1
Dissertations : 0
I suppose this means I am technically *winning* this round of the game of life, but I'm not really feeling victorious at the moment. More sleepy, and at a loose end.
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mischievous
