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Jesus H. In a sidecar. Headline article in the Guardian today:
http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1200881,00.html

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So, an expected nightmare of a morning passed off pretty well really. Waking up at 7.45 was fine, Ironing my shirt was no bother, having breakfast in McDonalds was shit, won’t do that again. Then 3 students, all alright if not exactly the kind of people I would usually socialise with. So fairly painless and 8 lessons a week brings my total up to 10, enough for a part-time teacher I think. The throat thing is still in action though. I am work boy today, but the weekend starts in, ooh, 24 hours or so (I’ll have a quiet one tonight.)
The content of my life on weekdays is fairly anodyne I expect, but it is a blessing not to have to cope with any additional drama when working and sick, if you catch my drift.

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On the plus side it is sunny and I have munny (a little bit).
On the minus side I have a fucking great sore throat and start 3 new lessons at 10am tomorrow morning.

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I’m starting one of Russ’s old jobs this week. It starts at 9 in the morning and involves solid teaching until 1 with no breaks. Eek. But it is ok, I will make do.
The new house is pretty cool, haven’t had time to move all my stuff there yet. The inconvenience of the location means that I will probably not be there exactly all of the time but that’s ok, I have my hangouts in the centre fairly sorted. I am, unfortunately, unable to get there between the hours of 12 and 5, which is a problem.

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Spent the entirety of the evening last night with a new girl. She is attractive, funny, intelligent and savvy. She likes me. I am pleased, but surprised. I’ve been messing around with all these silly girls, hoping someone I actually liked would turn up, and here she is.
I will do my best not to fuck it up. Early days.

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Ivana has returned from a Croatian break to find the junk of the world thoughtfully piled up by Jacques all over her floor. SO now is the time to sort it all out.
Luckily I should be moving in today. Tired of tramp behaviour.

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Woke up in the Clown and Bard again yesterday and made the mistake of following my baser instincts and offering to take some boring New Jersey girl around the old town. She was in her underwear and looked like a sure thing to my half awake brain.
After a brief doze and a cup of coffee, the realization that I was going to be lumbered with a certified Christian for a good 5 hours kicked in, but politeness dictated that I couldn’t ditch her. Fortunately we managed to find some strange Austrians, who joined us walking up to the castle, so not all was lost.
Spring is here and I am focusing on the pursuit of females. Shame everyone else seems to be too.

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With Tiffany Black in town, another pinyata party was inevitable. Who would think the solution to good times and crazyness was so easy?
1. Pinyata
2. Stick
3. Tasks on cards inside.
Most of the cards involved making out with someone, apparently. Drunken letches like myself took the opportunity to get off with pretty much every girl in the bar, about 15 in total, which is probably more than in the previous year. It was a brilliant night, though at first it certainly didn’t look like it. The usual drunken skinhead weirdo type turned up to break a window and another scene began.
Still, pinyata time solved all. It was like some kind of extreme social accelerator. Fucking cool.

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Can’t move into my new house till Friday or Saturday, which is unfortunate. Have been forced to recourse to taking a bed at the Clown and Bard again. Ah well. Is still pretty cheap.

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Sunday was ok, then. I met Chelsea in Bohemia Bagel, then we went up Petrin hill and to some cafes, when we got cold. It was good to see her again. She seems to be doing a lot better, recovered but still pretty down. She went back to her parents house at 9 and I returned to Žižkov.
The Blind Eye was good after that, and Akropolis. It was one of those nights when everyone unexpectedly turns up and has a great time. Tiffany Black is back for one. She is making another Pinyata full of dares on pieces of card. The last time was pretty crazy so topping it is going to be a challenge, but we can do it. Half of the cards are to do with kissing somebody or doing something else. This kind of thing always leads to trouble.
I should be moving into my new house today if possible. Think I’ve probably pushed it too much at the Clown & Bard now. I also just went for an interview, think it went very well.

Oh yeah, one other thing. It was Easter Monday in Prague yesterday and I was going to describe what goes on here, but thought everyone might think I was joking. So click on this link – http://www.myczechrepublic.com/czech_culture/czech_holidays/easter/index.html – and scroll down to “Pussywillow and pomlázka.” This is all completely true. What a country.

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