It's 5 a.m. and I can't sleep

I have been awake for an hour and a half, and it is pissing me off.

I have tried listening to the radio; I have tried relaxing.

Now I have given up; perhaps I'll write something.

It's 5 a.m. and I can't sleep

I have been awake for an hour and a half, and it is pissing me off.

I have tried listening to the radio; I have tried relaxing.

Now I have given up; perhaps I'll write something.

A Few Thoughts of a Year on LJ...

So now I really have been on LJ for a year.

It has been different to how I expected: I find myself writing about different things – I expected to write about things long ago, whereas most things I write about are recent.

I thought I would write about politics more; but other people seem to do that much, much better.

I have found it much harder to write about music than I expected – I find it hard to get the right words down.

And, bizarrely, it seems so much easier to write about things I don’t like than things – performances – that I really love. I think it is perhaps easier to identify why things don’t work than what it is that makes something special.

I am irritated at my punctuation: too many exclamation marks!!! And an over-fondness of ellipses…

Thanks for being there.

A Few Thoughts of a Year on LJ...

So now I really have been on LJ for a year.

It has been different to how I expected: I find myself writing about different things – I expected to write about things long ago, whereas most things I write about are recent.

I thought I would write about politics more; but other people seem to do that much, much better.

I have found it much harder to write about music than I expected – I find it hard to get the right words down.

And, bizarrely, it seems so much easier to write about things I don’t like than things – performances – that I really love. I think it is perhaps easier to identify why things don’t work than what it is that makes something special.

I am irritated at my punctuation: too many exclamation marks!!! And an over-fondness of ellipses…

Thanks for being there.

Four Days in London: Wednesday: "...All across the town, all across the night..."

( Several days in London... )

Four Days in London: Wednesday: "...All across the town, all across the night..."

( Several days in London... )

Guilty Pleasures

Every so often, memes do the rounds that ask one to list guilty pleasures; and I always bomb at this point, since I have little to be guilty about, and pleasure isn't something one should feel guilty about.

However, it occurred to me recently that I do have a guilty pleasure. Well, i don't feel guilty about it - but it is rather out of character.

I am addicted to Strictly Come Dancing. This is a tv show in which people "famous" in other areas are coached in ballroom dancing. I don't know who many of the "celebs" are - most of them seem to be stars in tv soaps (which I don't watch), with some former pop starts and sportsmen thrown in there.

However, I find it compulsive viewing. It may be the dresses (or lack of them), the legs, the music (though most of the music seems pretty naff), or the thrill of seeing people humiliate themselves (actually, most of them are pretty good at dancing - they are quite impressive - though they do get intensive coaching).

It is all just such fun.

So next time I fail to answer that question in a meme, you'll know the truth.

Guilty Pleasures

Every so often, memes do the rounds that ask one to list guilty pleasures; and I always bomb at this point, since I have little to be guilty about, and pleasure isn't something one should feel guilty about.

However, it occurred to me recently that I do have a guilty pleasure. Well, i don't feel guilty about it - but it is rather out of character.

I am addicted to Strictly Come Dancing. This is a tv show in which people "famous" in other areas are coached in ballroom dancing. I don't know who many of the "celebs" are - most of them seem to be stars in tv soaps (which I don't watch), with some former pop starts and sportsmen thrown in there.

However, I find it compulsive viewing. It may be the dresses (or lack of them), the legs, the music (though most of the music seems pretty naff), or the thrill of seeing people humiliate themselves (actually, most of them are pretty good at dancing - they are quite impressive - though they do get intensive coaching).

It is all just such fun.

So next time I fail to answer that question in a meme, you'll know the truth.

The Perfect Job?

( Projects Assistant [Whisky Operations] )

The Perfect Job?

( Projects Assistant [Whisky Operations] )