Friday 3rd of July, 2009, written in mum’s dining room Saturday, 11:??, Hull.
Adrian took me to the train station after we had our final lunch. I joined the Aberdeen to London train that I would stay on until York. …
4th of July, 2009, 00:40, my sister’s bedroom.
What does it mean if you like to read about writers, watch TV shows about writers, wake up thinking about what you want to write, write paragraphs in your head that you don’t …
Thursday 2nd of July, 2009, written in cafe Nero, Morningside, Friday morning.
We slept in a wee bit in the morning before getting up and grabbing breakfast, before going for a walk, and before going to the second hand bookstore where …
July the 2nd, 2009, 8:56, Adrian’s house, no spell checker on his shite machine, some unix clone.
Last year I started tapping some ideas about how rational woman often are, especially once they get close to, or surpass, 30. I …
1st of July, 2009, 16:25, Cafe Nero, Morningside, Edinburgh
I spent most of yesterday morning pottering around with the computer and plodding through Adrian Mole’s lost diary. When my mother ran out of milk I was forced to act on …
23:33, June 30th, 2009, EH10, somewhere on Springtime Terrace
I am wathching a show called Californication about a washed up wreck of a man who has no regard for other human beings, who, according to his ex, fucks anything that moves …
30th, 9:44, 2009. Mum’s house.
We filed into the crematorium on Chanterlands Avenue, not because my grandmother was going to be cremated, but because you can’t “bloody well park” at Saint Charles’s in the town centre. The ceremony was …
28th of June, 2009. 15:47, Mum’s house.
I was writing for most of yesterday morning, even though it wasn’t enough to finish what I had in mind. Ian came for me at about 14:00 after I had quickly uploaded my …
27th of June, 2009. 10:32, Mum’s house.
I have arrived safely. Last time I was here I promised to take photographs of the trip and then of Hull. I had this idea that I could link text and images, …
26th of June, 2009. 19:13, cabin 10145, Pride of Hull ferry, still docked in Europort.
Me and my boss had words today. It was necessary, constructive, and quite mature. Why people don’t talk more, I simply don’t know. …
23rd of June, 2009, 22:58, on the couch in the house.
I relearned something the other day, you can say more or less what you like, but have a (not even a) crack at mothers and, whoo, you are going …
22nd of June, 2009, 22:58
I am off home soon. I need it. It will be nice to have a really good think about how this year has gone so far. I am mainly happy, but I am …
21st June, 2009, 23:21, on the couch
We blew off the Sunday blues by going to the beach to watch the sunset. Most people don’t know that Holland has fantastic beaches.
Zandfoort …
11:58, 21st of June, 2009, behind my desk in Amsterdam.
I was speaking to someone the other week who has recently had a baby. I asked if she was back at work. Yes, she is back at work and …
20th of June, 2009, 18:23, on the couch.
I watched the British & Irish Lions today. It was good. Andrea invented a new word. She, in her head, changed a snake bite to dragon balls. I went …
23:02, 17th of June, 2009, on the couch with me bird. Alien is on. (Absolutley amazing cinematography, e.g when Dallas and John Profumo walk into the space ship. ((I cannot believe how ‘clean’ the film looks. Fantastic, absolutley …
20:48, 16th of June 2009, behind my desk in Amsterdam.
I have been thinking about a few things today. Anger, again, was on my mind. I had to laugh to myself when I thought about the selective memory I …
15th, 17:33, on the train home.
My grandmother, nana Dobson, died late yesterday afternoon. My older brother Brendan was waiting at the hospital when my father arrived. Brendan said he felt sad for other grand kids, who had had …
Sunday the 14th of June, 2009, 15:25.
I awoke today just in time to hear my consciousness affirming to itself that it needs to be more patient, less black and white, more compassionate, etc. After nearly twenty years of beating …
Saturday the 13th of June, 2009, moments after posting my last blog.
I just found this note I wrote in relation to motivation at work. I think it’s pretty spot on, and it certainly explains why I work as hard …
Saturday the 13th of June, 2009, 8:ish
I am currently reading De Botton’s The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work. This week, for work, I read, Who Moved My Cheese? and bits of Dive’s The Accountable Leader. When it comes …
Thursday the 11th of June, 2009, 19:06, on the couch downloading the days and snogging and eating Andrea’s belly.
We are sat here and the TV is on. We don’t watch much tele but I was flipping and the news …
Wednesday the 10th of June, 2009, 18:30, behind my desk in Amsterdam
Someone noted today that I seem, in real life, a lot happier and cheerful than I do on my blogs. I had to smile. I would certainly …
Tuesday the 9th of June, 2009, 17:57, on the couch with me bird in Amsterdam
I have to admit that I been a boring, miserable bastard of late. I had a sort of anxiety moment on the train this morning …
Sunday the 7th of June, 2009, 13:54, behind my desk in Amsterdam
We came home last night from a party for a civil partnership. A gay marriage, but the couple where a man and woman. I didn’t really get …
Saturday the 6th of June, 2009, 19:28, behind my desk in Amsterdam (hungover to fuck)
I have been very happy in the last ten months. This is why Andrea and I are still together. I think it’s important not …
Friday the 5th of May, 5:45, behind my desk in Amsterdam.
Last week was tough, this was visible from my journal entries. This week was objectively harder, but my attitude (because I was sick of myself last week) helped me …
Sunday 31st of May, posted on 1st of June, written in memorandum.
If someone isn’t what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, …
Weekend of the 28th of May, posted on 1st of June, written in memorandum.
We started the weekend in a pretty standard way. I got on the wrong train to Amsterdam Central. It took me in via Harlem and …
