Madness? No. This... is... a filler post! Hooray!
I promise a full and detailed account of my adventure to Norwich to get my hair done once I have photos to accompany it. But while I wait for Abbi and Paul to upload the pictures, here is this filler post, which is not very exciting, but which does at least have dinosaurs in it.
Because dinosaurs are always excitin...
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
Friday, 23 September 2011
Apparently Mundane Things that are Secretly Exciting
Here are some apparently mundane things that are secretly exciting.
1. Tshirt
I buy clothes on the internet! Isn't the future exciting? You know what else is exciting? Firefly.
And we will call it... This Tshirt.
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Thursday, 22 September 2011
Not Even a Little Bit Murdered
Ro went home on Monday, after a very heteronormative day in which he went out looking smart for an important meeting, and I stayed home like a dutiful wife, baking pot plants, tumble-drying babies and airing the ceilings (I may not be entirely sure what dutiful wives do). But then the time came...
Sunday, 18 September 2011
Onslaught of Cute
After arriving in London yesterday morning, Ro and I vaguely meant to do lots of cool things. But Lizzie roped us into helping her colour in some flyers, and we found it strangely therapeutic, so we spent a while doing that with our tongues sticking out in concentration before eventually tearing ourselves...
Saturday, 17 September 2011
And Lashings of Ginger Beer!
I should warn you, if you are under 13 and/or of a sensitive disposition, that this blog entry contains one naughty word. So read through your fingers so that you can cover your eyes at the right time.
Anyway, Cambridge!
The source of the well-known expression "happy as a snail in Cambrid...
Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Taking Stock
Today was my last full day in Edinburgh, and so I planned to go on exciting walks, discover new places, eat interesting food and meet cool people.
I was going to be this guy.
Things I didn't factor in when planning included galeforce winds, waking up late, running out of clean clothes, getting a...
Nessie Day!
Today was Nessie Day! Because there's not much else to do in Inverness, even if you are interested in castles and cathedrals. And also because Nessie's awesome.
But I'll come back to tha...
Sunday, 11 September 2011
My Totally Spontaneous Adventure
Ro left for Oxford on Friday morning to present a conference paper about monsters for other smart people, leaving me to work out what to do with my life until we meet up in Cambridge next week. Friday was a spectacularly unproductive day, in which I hid from the rain in an amazing coffee shop all day,...
Thursday, 8 September 2011
Shake Bacon Crown!
On Tuesday night we decided to be totally daring and go out at night. So we went to the pub across the road, where I learned that alcohol is so expensive that I could have bought two slabs of chocolate for the price of my drink. The drink in question was actually quite nice, but given the choice, I'll...
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
I Blame Prince Philip
Today we decided to do the free walking tour (which I've done before, here and in Prague), but it was just starting to rain as we got close, so we chickened out and went for coffee instead. The coffee shop we were passing at the time of out-chickening happened to be the one where J.K. supposedly sat...
You Think, You Wink, You Do a Double Blink...
Hey look! We're in Edinburgh!
O hai!
We had a very long and uncomfortable overnight coach trip to get here, after which we were sore, sleep-deprived, and hours too early to check in at our hostel, so we dropped our bags and went out into the city, fuelled only by painkillers and chocolat...
Sunday, 4 September 2011
Just Freezing in the Rain (Not a Glorious Feeling at All)
We had another late start this morning, and after packing our lunch like the good thrifty students we are, we set out around mid-morning for Camden Town. Since it seemed warm enough, we did so in jeans and tshirts (can anyone tell me what foreshadowing is?).
This awning and this shop seem weirdly...
Saturday, 3 September 2011
More London Left, Less London Right
Today we had another day of perfect weather, and we walked until our feet hurt and then we walked a little more. And then a lot more after that.
We wandered along Fleet Street and down to St Paul's before crossing the Millennium Bridge and taking a walk along the South Bank.
From the garden at St...
A New Adventure
Every time I start anything new, I want to sing Les Mis. So here it is, another blog, another destiny! This neverending road to... cookies and Sherlock season 2, hopefully.
For those of you who've missed the story, I've just moved to the UK to do my MSc in Forensic Speech Science at the University of York. I fear that my days of spending ages explaining to people that no, I really do mean York,...