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Monday, 18 September 2006
Sunday, 17 September 2006
Rome: The Words Blog
Mood: chillin' Topic: Roma 2006 (NOTE: please see Stephen's pictoral blog entry for more pictures) FRIDAY 8TH SEPTEMBER 2006: Our trip to Rome started on Friday the 8th at 10:15am when we departed from the Woking train station. We never left rail tracks until 9:45am Saturday morning. Our Woking train pulled into London Waterloo with ample time to spare for us to go downstairs to the Eurostar station. Stephen took the extra time to have a mini "freak-out" and pulled me over to one side to ask if I could carry his swiss army knife key-chain in my purse. Because of security. I tried to remind him that on a train, no luggage is checked in, and therefore, it doesn't matter whether or not an object is in your pocket, purse or suitcase. But I obliged nevertheless. The French customs were pretty lax, and it was a breeze to get on that train to Paris. I enjoyed watching London and then the Kentish countryside roll out of view as with hit the darkness of the chunnel for 20 min. Once through, immeidately a sense of space was evident. Generally though, the countryside looked similar to some of the English countryside. Exceptions were the style of houses and churchs that made up the country villages. And blink, in no time at all we pull into Gare du Nord and strolled into the very efficient and clean Metro. (ahem: London why can't you renovate the tubes eh? Be a little more like Paris?) The train to Rome was leave Gare Bearcy (in the 12th arrondisement). So we had a couple of hours to wander around the area, where we found a lovely park to walk through mazes, rose gardens, sculptures, etc...here's a building covered in grass:
Saturday, 16 September 2006
No Blogging
Now Playing: Love - Forever Changes Topic: Stephen Says What's this? No blogging? Frankly, we've been up to our eye balls busy. Me: working like a mo-fo. Elisabeth: Schmoozing with 4 generations of woking mayors & assorted dignitaries and politicians associated with Surrey. Pity, really, because when there's nothing going on there's lots of blog-time available and when there is stuff (And pretty interesting stuff at that), there's silence.
Tuesday, 12 September 2006
Rome in Pictures
Now Playing: Nomeansno - Why do they call mt Mr. Happy? Topic: Roma 2006 Okay, so I had a heckuva day back at work - incident reports, key working sessions, visits from area managers, meetings with wankers from other organizations responding to complaints against me and my complaints against them, etc, etc, etc. It was like all the good that 4 days off can give you obliterated in the first 15 minutes of your day back at work. So here are some crazy pictures of Rome to make me happy. I also realized that we saw so damn much that I have no idea what we saw. Just historic building after building after building... first off, the big ones: The view of Rome from the top of St. Peter's Basillica:
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Back
Now Playing: Tom Waits - Real Gone Topic: Stephen Says ...And we're back from La Roma and surprisingly not tired - let's hear it for sleeper cars!. Pics, thoughts and low rez videos to follow over the next few days as real life rears its ugly head and makes us do things. In Woking. We're waiting on Dominos (I know, I know, sacrilage after what we've tasted.) and a crap/brainless movie (What's it gonna be - Jodie Foster in flightplan or Mister Bean in Johnny English?) before we turn in. By the way, anyone out there know what happened 5 years ago today? I'll give you a clue... It's September the 11th... If you answered 'Stephen phoned Elisabeth to ask her out on a date,' you win. Advance to 'Go' and collect a Life card.
Thursday, 7 September 2006
Oh, and among other things...
Now Playing: Faith No More - The Real Thing Topic: Stephen Says Today marks the 5 year anniversay of Elisabeth and I getting drunk and making out at a party, signalling, um, signalling whatever it signalled. And The Independent, in keeping with it's habit of having utterly crap insets, has a guide to mountain and moorland birds. I now know what the Ring Ouzel, Meadow Pipit and Golden Plover look like. I have discovered that a bird named the Ptarmigan exists (It's a plump gamebird that lives in the mountains of Scotland though, in cold weather, may move to the edge of forests), I can tell the difference between a male and female Hen Harrier and, most importantly, have learned that Ravens make a 'hollow sounding "kronk, kronk" or "Prrruk, prrruk" call." Thank God.
Next stop: Rome
Now Playing: Tom Waits - Real Gone Topic: Stephen Says It's been a while since there's been any real news. I'm laying low because my old manager has it out for me after springing the whole awards thing on him and he knows that I'm hard to embarass so I'm pretty much just watching my back and being innately suspicious of any phone calls from people whose voices I don't recognize. I've been to the Optomitrist for the 1st time in years and the good news is that my eye-sight hasn't changed. The maybe bad news is that I've gone and bought new glasses and they're a pretty big style change and I don't know if I've gone and done very bad with them. They're insured at the very least so if Elisabeth walks through the door tonight and looks aghast, I can arrange a little accident with them. I'm also claiming them on my health insurance policy which is pretty cool because I bought an astronomically expensive pair that I'll pay very little towards from my own pocket. So yeah, we're off to Italy tomorrow and I'm also looking forward to the few hours we'll get in Paris. My mission: (1)Eat noting but pizza while in Rome and (2)buy a new pair of shades because the pair that I got in the U.S. just seem to be getting uglier and uglier by the day. I'm also procrastinating while working on my NVQ assignment. I keep thinking what a nice day it is and how I should go out again. Maybe pick up a paper and go to the pub. In fact, I will. See you all on Monday or Tuesday.
Monday, 4 September 2006
OK, maybe I overstepped the boundries but...
Now Playing: Ministry - Rio Grande Blood Topic: Stephen Says A few weeks ago I covertly nominated my old manager for charity worker of the year to our local crap mall (Wolsey place)(As opposed to the Peacocks Centre, which is our less crap mall) as a laugh. But everyone thought that his humiliation would be funny if he actually showed up to accept his award and plans (i.e. lies) were made and we ambushed him this afternoon where he got to hang with the local press and meet the mayor with all the other nominees. I'll see if I can get the actual news article up but here's a video I made of the event with my new handy-dandy camera. And I know the resolution's crap but it was my fisrt video ever. Too precious. I've managed to scam most of the week off to get things ready for our trip to ome this weekend but unfortunately most of my time off will be spent on NVQ coursework so it won't be all shits & giggles.
Sunday, 3 September 2006
How is it Sunday and Almost Monday?
Topic: Elisabeth's Entries What's happened? Why am I going back to work tomorrow already? The weekend has been mostly spent with our friends from south africa. Friday night I tutored their 15 year old son, which actually went very well. We'll finish the assignment tomorrow. I had a driving lesson Sat. morning...I had to start on hills, and I never once rolled back. He's a very good instructor. I drove for the entire hour as well, through little villages and countryside. Very fun. Stephen worked 2-10 on Sat. and is working 9:30am with a sleep-in until 3:30 on Monday. Yikes! Saturday night I went with the south african family to a party. Their friend's daughter, who I had taught a couple of piano lessons to, had turned 21. I drank lots of white wine and ate lots of cake. Today's been a hodge podge. I went with Stephen to work to fetch my bicycle which has been stored in the shed since June. Not surprising was that both tires (or should I spell it tyres?) were flat, and one just wouldn't inflate. So I had to push it all the way back home. Stephen and I have agreed that we'll get rid of/recycle this bicycle, and both of us get proper bikes. This week will hopefully get swallowed up, as Friday we head out to Rome! Ms. Cianca, here we come!
Thursday, 31 August 2006
Don't feel like writing a title
Mood: incredulous Now Playing: Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park Topic: Stephen Says I'm so out of it that all day yesterday I was convinced that it was Friday and when someone pointed out to me that it was Wednesday, I wanted to cry. That said, there's been a big ol' blow up with a fellow at another mental health organization and I've written a kick ass letter that should result in getting him fired. It involved a quarter of a page of people I c.c.ed it to including CEO's of his charity and head psychiatists (Can't remember their formal title) of the local mental health team. Fun, fun, fun. I can't wait for the inquest so I can watch this putz go down in flames. (Hmm, I wonder if bumping into that Polish Pschmuck the other day blasted be an overdose of nemesis karma into me and now I've got a new asshole trying to bring me down to contend with.) Anyway, in celebration of the shit hitting the fan (Amongst various other work-related disasters that may include an amputation), I bought a lovely sauvignon blanc and whipped up baked walnut and gorgonzola tortollini in a spinache and tomato sauce with organic courgette shreds only to remember that Elisabeth's got a big ol' meeting tonight so the food and drink is all mine tonight. (PS - Did you hear about this?) Tomorrow's my day off and I've shunted the POVA meeting I was supposed to attend to one of my collegues so that I can have an actual day off and, in traditional MACA fashion, use it to get boozy. EDIT: And oh my God, did you see this one?!
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