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my weekend..
Posted Nov 29, 2004
..in Snapshots. Verbal. Not nearly so interesting as pictures I'm afraid. I'm tired, and much has happened in the last few days, so as a compromise, I'll summarize ambiguously. And crossposted, incidentally, to my livejournal.
Friday
-took wrong card to kingdom center, stranded with children and no bus fare/phone money
-numerous failed attempts to get money
-one attempt to find a kind soul with a phone resulted in me crying in and swearing eternal boycotting of a certain Dunnes department store
-sobbed in bathroom, found miracle £2 in backback, went home with 15p to spare
-cried over many symbolic issues that night, being that it was convenient and whatnot
Saturday
-train to Cupar on Saturday is a nice rape job on the coin purse. bitch.
-tesco is conveniently located
-clotted cream is tasty like it shouldn't by rights be
Sunday
-there's no excuse to be going into edinburgh at 8 am. f**k the sunday train schedule
-the unitarians in edinburgh are mostly from south of the border
-kids inexplicably impressed by buying 10p plastic things from a jumble sale table than most else
-M&S fill their almondy croissants with nasty gooey shit. damn them.
-it's a sad day when i'm too disgusted by the crowds to go into the body shop. everyone comes out to shop on a november sunday, apparently.
-similar situation with lush
-rubber stamp shopping just doesn't appeal to me anymore, funny.
-fair trade christmas shopping, however, yes. the one world shop is my new favorite place full of stuff i don't need. like the putumayo christmas cd that is currently housed in my backpack *zen*
-the forest cafe is now my favorite place to eat a burrito and space out
-i don't live nearly close enough to edinburgh
-i'll never be entirely comfortable with the forth rail bridge
-not so many seals come lay out on the rocks early on a sunday morning
-the incredibles was an amazing demonstration of computer-generated hair. good movie too.
-the allure of the german christmas market by the mystery fair is confusing.
-sometimes £4 for a taxi is just worth it
-i curse edinburgh tourist maps and the extra miles they inevitably cause me to walk on a day in town
-hooray for having completed our christmas shopping for relatives with one smallish bag and mostly under budget
-tacky as they may be, colored twinkly lights make me happy
-cologne and that long navy wool coat make jamie once again that unforgettable, wonderful new thing that pummels my head and snags my attentions. well, mostly. it's not quite the same with a painful leg, and whining kids....but add the odd john lewis escalator and it's as close to old times as we'll see for a while 
*jamielove*
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I'm such a dork...
Posted Nov 5, 2004
I just got the phone bill, and was running through the calls. You know, since Njan is such a player and all 
. I find this one local number that's received *66* calls in the last few months, and raise an eyebrow. I pick up the phone to call Njan because, well, I'm just that bored and it's something cool to pester him about. As it's ringing away, I look at the number again, and after staring at it for several moments, realize it's his work number, yes, the very number I just called.
Just as well, he wasn't in anyway. Will have to find something else to tease him about.
Oh, Blues Shark should be proud - James brought home a pile of plastic containers for me to wash from work. I told him, screw that, he can wash his own damned dishes if he's going to let them sit at work for a week or more. They are still sitting on the counter 
. I'm not doing them without compensation!
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Posted Nov 3, 2004
Yeah. Well what can I say? Hurrah for expatriation.
*sigh*
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Latest reply: Nov 3, 2004
so alonely...
Posted Oct 18, 2004
yeah well..meh. Njan is on a business trip and my kids are in Edinburgh. This is the first time I've been all by myself here. At least if the kids were here we could all pile in my bed. At least if Njan were here we could..pile into bed much earlier (shaddup!). But no..just me, discovering the general cr*pness that is Eastenders, eating too many Starbursts, and drinking warm cola in an old t-shirt of his.
mehmehmeh
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*tiiiired*
Posted Sep 30, 2004
Why does City Hospital always have a narcotic effect on me? And here I was hoping to be all productive.
I was naughty and bought a package of those milk chocolate caramel mcvitie's digestives. Bad, because the b*stards are so addictive. I do believe they're my favorite cookie. Ever. And I come from a land where cookies are a speciality. Coffee and McVities for breakfast...yes.
You know what else I like? Jacob's cornish wafers. They rule...ah...
You know what doesn't rule? Dandelion and Burdock (is that right?). The curious anthropologist in me just had to try it when I saw it in the soda aisle. Well, to be honest, I was really hoping it was the Scottish equivalent of root beer. No such luck. Ew...
Actually, anyone know of an import store that sells American goods? Most things I can live without, but a girl needs a root beer float once in a while!
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