End of a long and trying working week. Running to stand still in terms of workload, and lots of change on the way. Persuaded colleagues into a lunchtime pub visit. Lots dropped out, but we still had a pleasant few pints. Feel a little more comfortable in my team role, if a little bewildered by the goings on around me. Raymond Williams book arrives. Possible future housing disquiet on the horizon?
Still no DSL - but since its not yet the end of the stated 15-20 day period, I'm not supposed to inquire regarding progress. Feeling even more disconnected - want to plan activities for upcoming semi-enforced holiday, but find it difficult with no network. Work hectic and tense. Heard good employment news for others, which cheers me no end. Dangerously obsessed with Terry Eagleton.
Since purchasing Mr Eagleton's introductory text on literary criticism on Saturday, I've been unable to approach real study due to a worrying fascination with the text. Sort of proving to be this missing link between science and art which I've been bothered by for a long time. Work hard, things quiet and a little dull. Perhaps a quiet few weeks would be a good idea?
The biggest political demonstration in British history and in predictable form, I wasn't there. Friends were, and report that it was an inspirational occasion. Early visitors, then a trip out to Sterling Books for a pleasant chat and some unintentional purchases. Later, watched England's scrappy triumph over France in the Rugby and drank too much. Watched half of a set by the always entertaining Loose Change, then far too much to eat at the Bengal Raj.
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I've had a home on the web for more years than I care to remember, and a few kind souls persuade me it's worth persisting with keeping it updated. This current incarnation of the site is centred around the blog posts which began back in 1999 as 'the daylog' and continued through my travels and tribulations during the following years.
I don't get out and about nearly as much these days, but I do try to record significant events and trips for posterity. You may also have arrived here by following the trail to my former music blog Songs Heard On Fast Trains. That content is preserved here too.
