Yo-Yo song: a path to enlightenment

While I'm here, Laura has in-no-way-suggested-and-I-have-decided-entirely-under-my-own-power to mention her blog here on mine (that's networking). It is www.signedblot.blogspot.com

Visit it please.

posted by Leo Glaister @ 2:17 PM 0 comments

And so, here I am. Back in Pencaitland, stopping off briefly for re-fuelling before the next step of my journey down to Cambridge, and the beginning my new life. Again.

I do hope I've got it right this time, all this travelling is rather exhausting, not to mention expensive. Although it does facilitate an extremely welcome interlude in Sheffield with the marvellous Mrs Laura, which I am more than a little happy about.

In the words of R.L. Burnside, I am going down south, where the chilly wind don't blow (doodoodoodoodoodoo-doo), and I shall be back to update as soon as I can manage it. (Okay, that last bit was just me)

ttfn- ta-ta for now.

posted by Leo Glaister @ 2:07 PM 0 comments

I am in an internet cafe, as the library's free intternet service is currently not functioning; so I hope you all enjoy this post, its costing me enough...

I am not going to be in Orkney for very much longer, as Cambridge Youth Hostel rang me on Monday to tell me that I can have the job I applied for in the summer. As such I wil be moving back down south on Monday.







Even the mist is interesting up here...

I have bought a digital camera, in case you hadn't cottoned on yet. I need to buy a memory card for it though, as it seems to have decided that its internal memory is full up despite having no photos on it. Grr.

Little other big news to report, except that the Orkney Blues Weekend approacheth, and mercifully I am not working on those evenings. Much music will be played, and I expect a fair amount of beer will be consumed. Especially if my father makes it up here in time.

More news as it comes (assuming I can get online)

posted by Leo Glaister @ 4:55 AM 1 comments

When I was in Pencaitland the other week I found a copy of 'Moonbird' by Mike Higgs, which I had almost forgotten existed. It is my favourite series of children's picture books (my favourite single picture book being 'The Quangle Wangle's Hat' by Edward Lear).

If you are able to read, you should read Moonbird. If you are not able to read, then this book is probably aimed at you and you should get someone to read it to you.

I wasn't at work today. At least I don't think I was...

posted by Leo Glaister @ 1:45 PM 1 comments

I have a job! I now work at the Co-op, which means I am an official member of the Co-operative Group, which is very exciting, apparently, according to the (also very exciting) instructional video.

However, regardless of how exciting it may or may not be, I have a job. Which means I have proved I can actually survive up here. As long as the crushing loneliness doesn't kill me...

posted by Leo Glaister @ 3:30 PM 2 comments

I am about to eat a pie, making this the second post on this blog about pie.

posted by Leo Glaister @ 11:15 AM 0 comments

Eleven and a half hours is how long I travelled for (although that did include a two hour lunch break in Inverness) today to get to Orkney, where I live now. Sorry that's such a terrible sentence, I've been awake for sixteen hours and my English is rapidly degrading.

Anyway, I'm here now.

The job hunt starts tomorrow...

posted by Leo Glaister @ 3:30 PM 0 comments

I am going away tomorrow to live on an island.

posted by Leo Glaister @ 8:37 AM 1 comments