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With an hour to spare, I have finished my sitcom treatment. Now home for food. And a lie-down. I should have been working on it last night, but received a text message from Bob informing me that there was a … Continue reading
Rolling over. Waking up. It is light. Too light. My phone says 7.55. How did that happen? I must have turned off the alarm but I’m sure I don’t remember. I can just about make it to work, but with … Continue reading
Trying hard to work on a sitcom treatment that will probably never get made. Ah well. Back to work tomorrow.
Friday night was as per usual. Went to the Akropolis club and sat around being boring. Later on somebody got punched in the face for breaking an ashtray. I was too tired to be out, after doing little or no … Continue reading
So I went out to the Clown and Bard again for a few bevvies before bed and had the usual conversation about, yeah, like wow, is that, like, a mobile phone or a brick? What jolly backpackers often fail to … Continue reading
Spent a day writing today. That means cooking food, eating it, going for a walk, listening to the radio, listening to CDs, staring blankly at a notepad. A bit is done, but I am well behind. Then I was going … Continue reading
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The Prague experience: Getting up at 7 to go to work, finding it canceled, but getting paid anyway. Then 4 hours until the next lesson. Could’ve stayed out last night. I’ve got nothing to say but it’s ok.
Hung out with Hamish for a change last night, my first free weeknight in a while. He had extensive stories of goings on around Zizkov, most of which were pretty unpleasant. For example: on Saturday Becker was chatting to some … Continue reading
A monster of a weekend, mainly due to the recovery process for illness, incomplete on Friday and held in a state of suspended animation due to extensive consumption of rich food and alcohol in the intervening time. Today I am … Continue reading
Feeling a whole lot better today, and in an hour or so my Dad and Stepmum arrive for a weekend of jolity. I will take them to the old town and the bridge and the castle. I love disneyland. Some … Continue reading
