Category Archives: Journal
Fizzy Tat
Oh no I’ve filled my head with shit. Diverting fizzy tat that as I lie in bed waiting for sleep, comes back around with a slap. And then I’m asleep and my brain is undoing. Not enough time in a … Continue reading
Meanwhile, in 1997… The Ice Monster Cometh
This is home. This shoddy flat in Southsea/Eastney with the cold kitchen, divided from the lounge by the red framed windows and doors. The white grubby kitchen with the dirty hob and the crumbs on the floor. Ice monster living … Continue reading
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Meanwhile, in 1997… Torn Between This and The Other
All around is apparent evidence that normality is actuality. People seem OK, mostly, muddling on, the shops open and close, the days go by. Unless you explore and delve and experience you may not know anything different, living in blissful(?) … Continue reading
Iyengar Yoga
This evening, for the first time in about 8 years, I was in an Iyengar class. It was at Compton, south of Winchester, with a teacher called Sandy. I really appreciate the attention to detail and the time given to … Continue reading
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110321
Comic relief in reverse. It does show up how patronising comic relief can be; not that the causes aren’t worthwhile. And how ridiculous our behaviour is in affluent countries. … Really like these images of the supermoon. Here’s a few … Continue reading
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110319 New Pond Walk
After yesterday’s rain, a bright, sunny day. We took a walk in the local area, out towards Hinton Ampner, turning back at New Pond Cottages. The daffodils were bowing to the frost as we left. Gloves in a pot: Brockwood … Continue reading
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110318 New glasses
Day 6 each week in Moving Towards Balance is always relaxation and restorative poses, with one day of complete rest. After getting up around 7 we had some breakfast then went back to bed. At around 10, went into Winchester … Continue reading
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110316
The day was all about getting back on top of things at work after the week off. Adam & I worked on the tender for the audio production work. I set up a replacement franking machine. Charles arrived, he’ll be … Continue reading
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110314 Back
My YouTube account is back! How to get your account back after it has been suspended or terminated due to three strikes on copyright grounds: 1. Find out who has made the claims – in the email you receive from … Continue reading
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110313 Sap
Tidied up the place after my week of bachelorhood, with C coming back from Damascus this afternoon. On getting up I practised from the book Moving Towards Balance, by Rodney Yee, with the intention to follow the whole eight week … Continue reading
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110312
Went to Petersfield, got on the bus to Selborne, walked to Petersfield. That’s my idea of fun. On the bus there was a little boy with his dad and granddad, going to Alton to ride the steam train. Are you … Continue reading
110210
Reading ‘The Runaways’, a book I read either at school, or during that time, about a boy run away from reform school and a cheetah escaped from Longleat Wildlife Park. About freedom. Maybe we did read it at school because … Continue reading
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110208 Alton to Selborne
Yoga when I woke up, then breakfast before driving to Selborne. From there I caught the bus to Alton so I could walk the first part of the Hangers Way back to Selborne. The path is 21 miles long and … Continue reading
110307
Nothing much to report. Mostly just lounging about, researching TVs as I’d like a 32 or 37 inch, 100hz. Went down to Richer Sounds in Southampton and Best Buy at Hedge End. Enjoying the photos coming onto facebook from the … Continue reading
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110305 & 6
The weekend of my brother Martin’s stag do. I drove down to Southsea early on Saturday morning, dressed in the manner of a country gent. Sort of. Arriving at Tristan’s at 0650, everyone ready, Martin in his military fancy dress, … Continue reading
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110304 Northington Grange
This morning, we went to Northington Grange just north of Alresford. It’s a fine 17th Century house with a monster of a neo-classical shell bolted on to make it look like a temple. It’s a tremendous building to be sat … Continue reading
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110203 Total Immersion
No idea who I’m writing to, but… hello! Another four o’clock yoga session followed by that oh so nice lie in till time to go to the office. Which is a one minute commute. Finishing off bits and pieces ahead … Continue reading
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110302
YouTube account dead but not quite gone. My counter claims were rejected: Thank you for your counter-notification. Based on the information you have provided, it appears that you do not have the necessary rights to post the content on YouTube. … Continue reading
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110301 Marching
March no less. Feeling so much better, the sick dizzy feeling a mile away and the tight head easing up. Yoga. Yoga. Yoga. It’s the bomb. For real. I recommend the Sivananda sequence. It’s a classical sequence of 12 major … Continue reading
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110228 Restful resting
Here we are, two months into 2011 already. Life moves fast, we move faster, technology moves faster still, and no one has much of a clue what’s going on and why we are doing what we’re doing. I don’t mean … Continue reading
