Watercooler Sub Zero: Ice Capades

Now I just know that there's probably a mouthful waiting for me when I get home. But I will say to my mum the same thing I've said to my friends. "If you don't want to find out what I "really" think, then don't read my diary."

Also diaries are all about how you feel in THAT moment and may not be relevant by even the next moment?

B-Dods, it pains me that I met B. Mackenzie about six weeks before he died, at an aftershow for the Cure. A certain moppy-haired singer (who was friendly with me becase I'd had to interview him a few times hence context) passed out the champagne and introductions. BM was chipper, matey and smiley and in no way seemed on the brink of suicide :-(.

My mom be driving me crazy. No big FITE but a lot of passive-aggressive shit about The Liberals, welfare recipients and immigrants combined with how could she POSSIBLY be conservative because she is pro-choice and after universal health care.

Now it's the 21st, I feel like I can start feeling seasonal. Christmas music in the car! "Baby Jesus, born to rock!"

My soundtrack for the trip home last night:
Rolling Stones "Their Satanic Maj"
Blur "Chemical World" single from the boxset (37 mins)
Libertines "What became of the Likely Lads" with the live tracks and a frankly rubbish version of "Don't look back into the sun" recorded by Mick Jones.
Beth Orton : "Comfort of Strangers"

three hours to get home! AAAGRRRGH!

My mother swears up and down it is not her posting on my blog. That it is some other minister mom. Actually, she might have a point, as she is a mum, not a mom.

the Streatham ice rink is great, but that's for another thread.

London Orbital: The M25: Classic or Dud

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What type do you reckon I am, before I take it?

Extending the mortgage on my house to pay for tuition and accommodation at grad school whilst renting it out. As yet I don't know where to go or what to study but it could open up my one and only chance to go and live in NYC for a couple of years. Also, the monopoly money dollar is making tuition costs in the states look a lot smaller.

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Ed, it sounds like a sensible plan in the most part. But I don't think that you should go to grad school unless you know exactly what it is that you want to study, as it is expensive and generally doesn't open your prospects that much wider unless it is in a specific skill.

Going to live in NYC on the monopoly dollar would probably be a very interesting experience, and one I would reccomend. Especially if you keep capital in this country in the form of property.

The basics of the plan are very good, the specifics can be sketched in later when you figure out what you want to study.

Take what applies, ignore the rest.

I don't think that you should go to grad school unless you know exactly what it is that you want to study, as it is expensive and generally doesn't open your prospects that much wider unless it is in a specific skill.

Yesss.

Also (in all good humor :) you know where you can take your monopoly money cracks. It is SUCH a drag literally getting poorer every day.

well, I should hope so!

x-post, yes, I don't think you'll get good rail based courses in America for some reason or other. Which is odd, considering how their country was dominated by railroads for the entire 19th Century. But the auto industry, yadda yadda.

My mum won't take trains now, which I find very odd. She'll take busses perfectly happy. I had to direct her to Lambeth Palace by bus. I think it's the 3 that goes there, but i'm not sure.

Gastric flu sounds probable. I've been told that coke is good for gastric flu, so I've just downed a can, and feel no appreciable improvement. I'm gonna leave it till lunch and if I don't feel any better, I'm going home.

Don't down cans of things, *sip* things. Slooowly. The best thing for gastic flu, actually, is ginger tea. And not eating anything solid for 24 hours.

x-post, yes, Bligh's tomb is in the grounds of Lambeth Palace - we saw it when we went on the Parks of Lambeth walk.

type score type behavior motivation
2 50 I must be helpful and caring to be happy.
9 48 I must be peaceful and easy to get along with to be happy.
8 41 I must be strong and in control to be happy.
1 40 I must be perfect and good to be happy.
7 38 I must be high and entertained to be happy.
5 36 I must be knowledgable and independent to be happy.
3 34 I must be impressive and attractive to be happy.
6 27 I must be secure and safe to be happy.
4 14 I must avoid painful feelings to be happy.

My mother believed this, too, but it always had to be flat. Also sipping only.