So, I work part-time at a manual job, I volunteer for a charity, I send political emails and letters, I’m involved in several clubs, I enjoy roleplaying and hill walking, I like to attempt to keep up with my friends across the UK and the world and I don’t like to pay too much attention … Read More

I don’t think I’ve ever been as aware of an issue that makes people so stupid as weight-loss does. I am currently losing weight…and I feel like I can guarantee the types of responses that went through your head just then. Please allow me to just clarify a few things: 1. I like the way … Read More

Some people are not going to like this entry and I suspect that if you think it’s going to upset you it probably is. If you read it, own the choice you made to do so and don’t blame me please. First, I suffer from Depression, had it all medicalised for me over ten years … Read More

How long does it take to fall out of love with someone? Around sixteen years apparently.

The Jellicle Cat sometimes tells me that he really admires my work ethic. I don’t think he actually means this, I think what he means is that he really admires my will-power. It’s something that The Princess and I share, The Princess rode 180 miles on a bicycle through sheer determination (and did much better … Read More

So Dad just called me from hospital with the fateful words “Do you want the good news or the bad news?” My reaction was a modified desire to punch him. So Dad, you’ve just gone through a serious operation…this had better not be anything really bad. I opted for the bad news first in the … Read More

Ok…ok…there’s a part of me that loved being a teacher. There’s a part of me that still does. However, it’s kind of difficult to express what it is about teaching that is so wonderful (partially I suspect because it’s different for everyone). The reason it’s difficult to express is encapsulated by my old headmaster (the … Read More

So Rupert Murdoch and all he owns are evil and all the lefty reporters in The Guardian are right and all the right-wing readers of The Sun are wrong. Meh. The man’s eighty and he’s survived thus far…some fantasist somewhere could make the point that being made a diabolical figure in the West might well … Read More

For the first couple of years after I returned from living in Japan anything could set me off. I really missed the place. Logically it was the first place I had where I had a job, I had my own flat, I could pay my bills, take the train where I chose so it wasn’t … Read More

OK. Yet more conversations are pushing my art buttons. Art is something I care a great deal about (seriously I have a degree in it and I wanted to teach it – you couldn’t have guessed right?) and it’s something I feel like I know about too. (I had gallery shows and people bought stuff … Read More