Entertainments

[juliet]

kitty_goth & I were delayed by an accident on the M40 meaning that the Ox Tube was slower than usual; so by the time we'd arrived, had dinner, & had a couple of pints with my friend Richard in the Gloucester Arms, we didn't actually reach the Randolph till around 2200. This was, in fact, about right timing, though - got in a couple of hours of wandering round in Posh Frock & mask (cheers angelmine for mask-loan!), danced for a bit (and then remembered that Posh Frock, whilst v nice, is not all that when it comes to, ahem, retaining one's modesty when dancing energetically, i.e. e.g. viz. Escaping Breasts. Oops), and then sodded off home when they finished the music at midnight. Posh Frock can now go back into retirement for another 4 yrs or whatever, I suppose.

marnameow & I went round to visit dr_meg & angelmine & chat about assorted & various things; then later on we decamped to St R for a bit. I stayed for nice curry before heading back home to spend the evening watching Princess Mononoke with Pete. Which is v good indeed & I thoroughly recommend.

Sunday featured me learning to snowboard, hurrah! Well, OK, starting to learn to snowboard. Ben, Simon W & I went up to Milton Keynes, where they have XScape which has pretend real snow inside. Most bizarre. I spent 3 hours learning to go down a hill backwards, and then forwards, and also from side to side. And fell over a lot. My arse still hurts (I would note at this point that all possible jokes on this matter have already been made by Pete & Ben. Often repeatedly). It was, however, Much Fun, and has confirmed me that I will be boarding rather than skiing in Saas Fee in Feb. Much less likelihood of buggering further my already buggered knees. Further 3-hr session in a couple of weeks, which should get me up to able-to-get-down-slope-alone stage before Switzerland. Whoosh!

I had a DAY OFF on Monday, hurrah. So I stayed in bed, & then watched silly film & knitted. Have finished my lovely furry jumper, and lo! it is lovely and furry. Then off to see PWEI, who kicked enormous amounts of arse. Hurrah for the Poppies. I do not like the Shepherds Bush Empire much, though. They need to either move the bar all the way to the back, or reduce their capacity by 10%; and carpet the floor. I spent the latter half of the gig expending far too much energy trying not to fall over, growl. Still a bloody fine gig, though :-) [bounce bounce]

Yesterday a nice chap came round to put concrete all over the floor; today he is putting Marmoleum (lino stuff) on top of that. This is v exciting, no, honest. As a result the kitchen smelt funny so P took me out for dinner. Splendid. The Italian round the corner is really quite nice.

Many of the above activities involved Trains. Trains are ace. I point you at this post here of dogrando's where he recommends mailing your MP about the Railways Bill, under discussion tomorrow.

Comments

[beingjdc.livejournal.com]

I might tell my MP later that I think the train lines should be concreted and turned into express coachways, allowing for more regular journeys to more varied destinations at a much lower infrastructure cost, employing more staff, and being just as fast for the short-hop journeys most made by working class people.

[chrisvenus]

Damn! Didn't realise you were there! Would have come and said hello if I'd known (and of course recognised you). And if you now tell me that we did talk then I shall die of embarrasment. :)

[jhg.livejournal.com]

Mmm... skiing...

Just remember, getting up the slope is a lot harder than getting down.