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This is the autumn of our discontent
Sep. 1st, 2005 07:55 pmThe great thing about the autumn in Britain, is that it's uncompromisingly timely. Almost every September the 1st without fail, you will look out of the window on the morning and see cold mist. This is in stark opposition to summer, which sometimes arrives as much as a year late.
Speaking of which, I've spent the summer alternating between wasting my time doing nothing of use, and putting in the hours to the drudgery that is work.
Sounds like a metaphor for my life, actually.
Moving swiftly on...
Biased reporting?
White people 'find' things in New Orleans:
http://news.yahoo.com/photo/050830/photos_ts_afp/050830071810_shxwaoma_photo1
Black people 'loot' things from New Orleans:
http://news.yahoo.com/photo/050830/480/ladm10208301530
(UPDATE: Yahoo have commented and apologised for this here: http://news.yahoo.com/page/photostatement.)
In general, I found the reporting of the hurricane quite interesting. I was telling people on Monday night that New Orleans might be submerged by morning. The next day, the news websites and papers were saying New Orleans was ok because the hurricane went east to Mississippi. Then on Wednesday, oops, actually it's underwater and maybe over a thousand people have died. Slight mistake.
I'm actually enjoying writing up my dissertation, although I don't really have enough hours left to finish it in. It's gonna be a grand panic on Sunday as I print it off and bind it, I expect. Anybody know anywhere local that will be open on Sunday for that sort of thing?
I went out yesterday to the Aussie theme pub's rock night.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ultrapenguin would have fit right in, I'm sure. I don't remember any of the music but I do remember cool things on the video screens, such as the Amon Hen battle from Fellowship of the Ring. There's something about long-haired men killing things with swords that makes me want to... be a long-haired man killing things with a sword.
Social agenda for the near future: Bloodstock indoor festival on Saturday (Amon Amarth!), probably Oz-Rock again on Wednesday, and metal night at Rock City on Thursday. Anything else I should be aware of?
(PS. What were the chances of me getting 2 separate uses of the word 'Amon' into one post, and them both being relevant?)
Speaking of which, I've spent the summer alternating between wasting my time doing nothing of use, and putting in the hours to the drudgery that is work.
Sounds like a metaphor for my life, actually.
Moving swiftly on...
Biased reporting?
White people 'find' things in New Orleans:
http://news.yahoo.com/photo/050830/photos_ts_afp/050830071810_shxwaoma_photo1
Black people 'loot' things from New Orleans:
http://news.yahoo.com/photo/050830/480/ladm10208301530
(UPDATE: Yahoo have commented and apologised for this here: http://news.yahoo.com/page/photostatement.)
In general, I found the reporting of the hurricane quite interesting. I was telling people on Monday night that New Orleans might be submerged by morning. The next day, the news websites and papers were saying New Orleans was ok because the hurricane went east to Mississippi. Then on Wednesday, oops, actually it's underwater and maybe over a thousand people have died. Slight mistake.
I'm actually enjoying writing up my dissertation, although I don't really have enough hours left to finish it in. It's gonna be a grand panic on Sunday as I print it off and bind it, I expect. Anybody know anywhere local that will be open on Sunday for that sort of thing?
I went out yesterday to the Aussie theme pub's rock night.
ultrapenguin would have fit right in, I'm sure. I don't remember any of the music but I do remember cool things on the video screens, such as the Amon Hen battle from Fellowship of the Ring. There's something about long-haired men killing things with swords that makes me want to... be a long-haired man killing things with a sword.Social agenda for the near future: Bloodstock indoor festival on Saturday (Amon Amarth!), probably Oz-Rock again on Wednesday, and metal night at Rock City on Thursday. Anything else I should be aware of?
(PS. What were the chances of me getting 2 separate uses of the word 'Amon' into one post, and them both being relevant?)
