mad dogs and englishmen
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freckles_and_doubtI have wimped out on the live music. While being firmly convinced of the need to support surf rock and other rock variants, I have a horrible headache, which I attribute squarely to the unbelievable heat today. A walk in Newlands Forest with Vi this evening helped a little (and also helped alleviate the post-Finland painful posterior, rendered acute by an afternoon's lounging on the sofa reading The Mitford Girls), but not enough. Gin and tonic also apparently insufficient. Shall take two painkillers and go to bed. Sigh.
Very pleasant supper with Mike & Nikki last night, exerting self to testify that blind panic, work avoidance, self-doubt, self-loathing and rampant perfectionism are perfectly usual accompaniments to postgrad thesis-writing. Very pleasant impromptu braai this evening with The Usual Suspects, organised at the usual last-minute by the Evil Landlord (and, see, I can too mention him in an lj post). As usual, have ended up with more meat than we started with. What's with that? Too weird. N&K have a bizarrely well-behaved baby. Much more of this, and my implacable sprog-resentment will have no recourse but to wane. Darn.
Work done today: nil, other than a vague sense (having just finished The Borribles) that out there is a journal article on contemporary fantasy London (Borribles, Neverwhere, King Rat), with my name on it. To this end, have borrowed King Rat (China Mieville). Watch this space.
Very pleasant supper with Mike & Nikki last night, exerting self to testify that blind panic, work avoidance, self-doubt, self-loathing and rampant perfectionism are perfectly usual accompaniments to postgrad thesis-writing. Very pleasant impromptu braai this evening with The Usual Suspects, organised at the usual last-minute by the Evil Landlord (and, see, I can too mention him in an lj post). As usual, have ended up with more meat than we started with. What's with that? Too weird. N&K have a bizarrely well-behaved baby. Much more of this, and my implacable sprog-resentment will have no recourse but to wane. Darn.
Work done today: nil, other than a vague sense (having just finished The Borribles) that out there is a journal article on contemporary fantasy London (Borribles, Neverwhere, King Rat), with my name on it. To this end, have borrowed King Rat (China Mieville). Watch this space.
hoy.
Date: Sunday, 13 February 2005 04:56 am (UTC)see how he copes with ready-made london then.
(p-t) jo
rats and babies
Date: Sunday, 13 February 2005 05:09 am (UTC)Here's to this being a year for bizarrely well-behaved babies, yes please!
Thak
PS Had happy inbox today, thanks.
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Date: Sunday, 13 February 2005 09:14 pm (UTC)Me, not so much...
Was wracking brains trying to recall another fantasy London book I read last year, then realised it was Clive Barker's Imajica, which is only half-set in London, half in a parallel universe thingummy.
My fave bit in the Borribles, which I forgot to mention last night, was the blatant Wombles rip-off. It was curiously fun to see treasured youth memories stomped on by punk revisionings like that.
You must read "Iron Council" - more political than other New Corabuzon stuff, buit I liked it.
But more importantly, you should work on thesis/book dealy!
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Date: Sunday, 13 February 2005 09:17 pm (UTC)-Neil
yup
Date: Monday, 14 February 2005 07:04 am (UTC)Yes, should be working on book. Bookbookbookbookbook! *psyches self*... It actually isn't going too badly, I'm just a bit enmeshed in pop cultural theory at the moment.
Speaking of pop culture...
Date: Monday, 14 February 2005 08:14 am (UTC)-Neil
Re: Speaking of pop culture...
Date: Tuesday, 15 February 2005 10:40 pm (UTC)That's bad enough right there.