January 2005

( The Land of the Midnight Sun ) The Blue Lagoon Day 9. 23 June 2004 Wednesday. Slept well, and had to be woken for my early start. I wash quickly and breakfast before heading out to catch the #115…

[23:03] Thomas: What happened to your Gaby story? [23:03] Miss Rachel: about 20,000 words long… not finished tho [23:05] Thomas: it’s those last three words that you need to do something about 😉 [23:06] Miss Rachel: pots and kettles! 😛…

I’m not sure I could do this with *everyone* on my FL, as I don’t know some of you as well as I would like, but if you’d like to play… I. Reply to this post, because I would like…

( The Land of the Midnight Sun ) Reykjavik Subhurbs, Revolving Restaurants and Sneaking into the University Library Day 8. 22 June 2004 Tuesday. Another gorgeous dayof sunshine and 20°C temperatures. I breakfast leisurely, and head out shortly after 9…

During my recent start on spring cleaning, I unearthed a spiral bound note book of diary entries and travelogue pieces from my five weeks in La Rochelle in 1994. I’m thinking that they should go up along with my Icelandic,…

( The Land of the Midnight Sun ) The Longest Day and a City of Art Day 7. 21 June 2004 Monday. The longest day. A cultural day, and I want to make the most of it. I wake early…

You know who you are. You know what you have done. Thank you, indeed.

( The Land of the Midnight Sun ) Snæfellsjökull and the Snæfellsnes Peninsular Day 6. 20 June 2004 Sunday. I am first to rise on this morning and at around eight-thirty I take my shower. I then venture out into…

His lunchtime adventures were something of a legend, and I’m pleased to see that they have finally found a home. Want to be entertained? ( step this way )

words for this words for that words for describing words for living words for speaking words for feeling words words words? which are the hardest words? the hardest words to write?

( The Land of the Midnight Sun ) The Illusive Eider and the Old School Day 5. 19 June 2004 Saturday morning, I wake, and roll up the blinds onto another sunny day broken only by low cloud over the…

I’ve just watched West Side Story, possibly for the first time. I say possibly, because it’s a musical that I know really well. I grew up listening to the original soundtrack that my parents have on record, and more latterly…

This weekend has been both busy and relaxing, equally in good measure, at the same time. Yesterday, I began in earnest yesterday with my spring cleaning and ‘de-cluttering’ project – finishing sorting through my library of books and putting them…

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In which I notice that rachel2205 has slipped down a place since last time I did this; that drowned_books, cloud_less, and declension have too many identies; and that I was expecting snugglebunnyjm and nevers to be further up the table…

I wrote over 700 words yesterday, and am now tantalisingly close to finishing chapter three of Blood & Fire. Today, with a storm raging in the past and my protagonists wondering what the hell is happening, I find myself procrastinating…