Archive for September, 2007

terracotta homicide

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

Where were we? Oh, yes, last week…

Friday evening, after a gym workout with Udo, the not-hot-but-thats-ok personal trainer that involved kettlebells, bruised wrists, sweating, heart racing and a pounding thump-thump-thump that turned out to be my heart, rather than the latest club tracks, was a quiet and civilised evening that began at the Mucky Duck with a glass or two of Champagne to celebrate the upcoming new beginning, moved on to a fab Belgian Beer place that sold Strawberry flavoured beer (less cloying than, say, Pear Cider, but still not something you want to drink all night), and where we (a few founder members of the BTS, and a couple of newbies) stood outside in the deepening early autumn night talking shit, laughing, and badly hiding our fears for the future. At least three of us - yours truly included - are about to embark on major life changes. All of us have elected to make the changes; still, none of us can pretend that the decision comes with absolutely no qualms whatsoever.

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toilet tourists

Monday, September 17th, 2007

Ha ha ha ha “In fact, it’s Jon’s second time - he was here last week already.” I’ll bet he was, sweetheart 8)

BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Larry Craig toilet ‘tourist site’

halleluiah

Friday, September 14th, 2007

On this day in 1741, Handel finished writing the Messiah 24 days after he began it.

On this day in two weeks, I will finish working at Capitalist Bastard Markets, Twenty-Seven days shy of my fourteenth year in the place.

Halleluiah.