Friday night
New haircut, ploughing through a Terry’s Chocolate Orange with unseemly speed, reading blogs, iPod on shuffle.
Pretty good
That was a pretty good week. Professionally I feel like I achieved more than usual; there wasn’t time to wonder whether I was putting my 10 GCSEs and 3 A Levels to good use – a thought which plagues me from time to time, before being temporarily quieted with chocolate liqueur. I did some important [...]
5.02pm
For medicinal purposes.
Feeling useful
I went out earlier for a little evening wander and as I was walking back towards my abode, I heard a guy calling “Excuse me!” behind me. As is my wont, I ignored the first call on the assumption it wasn’t for me, turning only when he called again. A blonde man in his early [...]
This is the one where a sea lion takes umbrage with me
The fourth day on the boat dawned and after breakfast, we headed to Gardner Bay on Hood Island. As usual, there were lots of sea lions waiting for us on the white sand beach. We walked the length of the beach, admiring the piles of marine iguanas strewn across the rocks. Mocking birds were running [...]
This isn’t the one where a sea lion takes umbrage with me
You know, maybe my body clock wasn’t quite right. Going to sleep at 3am and waking at 12.30pm just doesn’t sound to me like someone who’s accepted which country they’re in. In any case, having fallen asleep on the floor after my dinner last night (but not like this) I think I might finally be [...]





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