So here it is, LiveJournal. Seems like everybody is doing it, and it’d be a bloody sight easier than trying to keep a paper one to lug around to all my habitats. Faster too. Still have a lot of work to do tomorrow before work call at Krannert, but it shouldn’t be a problem. I figure wake up, work out, clean up, pay bills, buy some art supplies, and all will be happy.
Now if I could figure out why my next door neighbor keeps moaning at random intervals tonight.
Category: x-personal
Random and intermittent postings about life, the universe, etc..
Protected: transcribed from journal I kept while traveling in Britain
transcribed from journal I kept while traveling in Britain
Stupid git at Llandudno Junction told me I had to change trains at Shrewsbury. I should have stayed on instead, would have saved myself an hour.
transcribed from journal I kept while traveling in Britain
I really should have looked into the bus and train schedules more. I could have caught the 9:40 bus from Cockermouth, been in Penrith at 10:50, waited 40 minutes for the station to open, and still caught the train when it passed through at 11:45. I could have slept an extra two hours this morning and saved £7 on bus fares. Oh well, it was nice having that certainty.
Protected: transcribed from journal I kept while traveling in Britain
transcribed from journal I kept while traveling in Britain
Bloody incredible! I love this place. The sun never sets. It just sort of dips under the horizon at 1:00 am, and starts to rise again at 3a.m. I’m going to stay up and watch the sunrise.
Protected: transcribed from journal I kept while traveling in Britain
transcribed from journal I kept while traveling in Britain
Bloody hell. Long day. So glad I did this. Cool people. Cool trip. Amazing sights. Write more later when not so nackered.
transcribed from journal I kept while traveling in Britain
Made it to the hostel. Cool place. Nice rooms. Loads of facilities. Roomy hot showers with real water pressure. Large comfy beds. Free hot chocolate in the kitchen. Large common room with internet accesible computers. I met a ot of the current residents while waiting for a computer. Seems like many of them have been here a while. Lots of people from Europe and British Commonwealth countries. Probably here on those visas you can get to work menial work in another country. Sounded to me like they live here on a week to week basis.
I wonder how everyone else is doing? Aaron, Mikey, Katie, Darby, Steph, Fran, Mom, Dad, Steve, Gillian. Everyone and Ivy Hall and Ivy House. I hope they’re doing okay.
transcribed from journal I kept while traveling in Britain
Certainly nice that I got to add York to my list of places. The Minster was nice, but it’s the city itself that impressed me. This place still had the original Norman wall, built close to a thousand years ago.
Overall, I think it’s the mixture of old and new that gets to me. London isn’t a good example, it’s constantly re-inventing itself. York was a really good example – modern office buildings next to medieval wall and gates next to Victorian homes and Edwardian businesses. And they all work together so well! There was even one building that was designed in a very medieval castle manor, though it couldn’t have been more than 20 years old.