rainwolfkin

Many beers. I found out that maths and "Old Speckled Hen" do not mix earlier in the week.

You're shitting me! I absolutely adore Lukas Zpira, I've been following his work for years! And no one else ever knows of him!!!

The arm looks lovely, congratulations.

If I told my mum that you mentioned the curtains were nice then she would be thrilled.

She doesnt understand irony though.

you've inspired me to track down this curiously popular book so I can develop an opinion about it

I have been the beneficiary of an impromptu Da Vinci Code denunciation on a university religious board by a fiery Catholic student - apparently it needs to be de-nounced

Oh, he's smooth alright. But whereas he got all the charm, wit and good looks, I've had to rely on sass and base cunning.

A Very Long Engagement was a great film, Audrey Tautou was great in it.

I still need to see Constantine. It's all about having the time.

I once had a dream where a friend of mine was teaching small children how to make kitten burritos

Hmmmmm .....

*strokes left earlobe*

..... mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Hmm.

*prescribes a packet of fungicide to keep by your bed*

Yes I know. I suppose if I have one pet hate it is religion - the most dangerous form of idealism in that it tells us there is something other and more valuable than life. The events of last week being an excellent illustration of that. I'm not as obsessed with it as it might appear though - to be honest I felt I was due an update and that was simply the first thing that popped into my head, the easiest option if you like. Lame I know, but there it is. I suppose I'm a little too preoccupied with a certain complex German girl.

Hey, I'm just making friendly jest, I spend way too much time on this site myself. It's not a bad thing.... not that I've found.

Amazing what the human race will do just for something like sex. Almost bothersome how it consumes some people so much that they can't function without it.

right up 'n' at 'em young lady - no more understimulated moping

it's a beautiful day and there's walls to run up, shadows to jump out of, ice cream & donuts to consume and of course various shady characters and assorted baddies to take out with your silent, deadly ninja skill








morning

Extra kindness is always a good thing.

first disbelief - hearing reports over the radio

.......... and then thoughts of you

I'm glad you're ok

however small that is

This is exactly the kind of cool thing I like to hear -- hold on, I'm not talking about the bombings themselves -- I'm talking about the description you gave of how people dealt with it; helping each other out, not pushing and shoving or climbing over each other to reach "safety." It's not the same when something like this happens in the US; people here become untrusting, they stop helping and start fearing each other. If a bomb went off in a NY subway, you'd be lucky not to be killed by the other passengers, forget the bomb.

And of course, it's not everyone -- many people do everything they can to help, but my point is it's refreshing to hear that sometimes people actually do react to events of tragedy in a way which doesn't simply spread the damage.

You know, when terrorists bomb the US, they get exactly what they wanted out of it, it would seem. We panic and start randomly killing people all over the place, blowing up anything that looks threatening. We start to distrust our own citizens and create unconstitutional alterations to our laws to allow the government to more efficiently persecute the innocent. I mean, we basically do exactly what they did to us, but we don't even know who to focus it on. I heard some totally mad conservative talkshow on the radio the other day, where some complete redneck asshole called up to say, "ah think it's 'bout time ta take this here war ta some o' them other fuckers in the middle east." The host agreed with great emotion. Yeah, okay.. and what exactly did these random nations do to us?

The most damaging thing you can do to those who want to cause chaos and destruction is to not buy into the fear trip. It's called terrorism for a reason, right? If the attacks bring people together as a society to help each other, then the desired effect of the attack is neutralized entirely; they didn't really care about stopping the London transportation system, they wanted to make people in Europe freak out and start making poor the decisions like the US is.

I actually didn't want to make that into a big rant about US foreign policy, sorry.

Yeah.... it crept up on me. I thought SG would warn me when my membership was expiring, but obviously not.

Glad to hear you are ok!

Ahhh, ma'lady, the beauty is all yours. Must meet for photos soon. Maybe next week?

um you'd be surprised - if you knew the facts

Americans pay the most per capita for their healthcare and yet the general health of the population is scraping the bottom of the barrel in terms of industrialized nations

we are on par with the Czech Republic

'tis because in Europe everyone gets the same standard of care

the growing ranks of the poor in America get no healthcare at all

Oooh... seems like I'll be in Islington tomorrow aft/early evening if you fancy meeting up for a beer in the J^3?

That's sad about the fence around Stonehenge. Too bad people can't just be more respectful of such ancient wonders. The peruvian andes sound amazing. I'm a big fan of mountains. I always wanted to live somewhere someday where mountains were in my backyard. That would be the best.