Hallooooweeeeen!

guess which is toby's and which is mine....

i'm surprised with the number of kids we saw out trick-or-treating. i think it has something to do with the above-average wealth of the neighborhood. and the high number of people that hold american passports around here. i was really happy to see it. witches are the most popular costume that i saw. though there was a little spider-man.

we saw all of these trick-or-treaters on a jog. yup. we've gone 3 days in a row. and no. it isn't getting easier, it's actually making me hate running even more. good thing we've got stuff to do tomorrow and thursday. and you can't go running on friday. it's friday afterall.

Movie of the Evening

this is some cult-ish cool movie, right? well, we're watching it now and i'm really confused. i kinda of understand what's going on, but i don't get why. i'm still trying to figure out where it's set. it said LA, but it looks like tokyo or something.

harrison ford looks so young.

i made some pineapple upside-down cake again today. and we bought a pumpkin. tonight, some cake eating and tomorrow. some pumpkin (wake up, time to die...anyone know if that's a guns'n'roses lyric?) carving.

One week on...

and the flowers are dying (attracting a gnat or two) and the flat is back to its normal messy state. i really want to be sending out emails to my friends or cleaning up around here, but all i can do is drink some tea, get rid of my headache and think about taking my toby bowling in finsbury park.

it's a rainy day, maybe he'll be up for it. instead, he's sleeping. it's nearly 11 and he's still in bed. this is rare so i'll let him sleep. i was thinking of waking him up to the smell of bacon, but then i thought what kind of breakfast is that? just bacon? well, i could run to tesco and get some bread and eggs....nope. it's raining and i just made some tea. i'm going to stay here and think some more about bowling.

For your information...

...i've put up some pictures (click pictures)

these are just from toby's camera phone, so they aren't the greatest, but have a look. charlie's blog also has some and i'm waiting for the great michelle to send her's as she was snapping away while here.

today i decided that work would be best if i could work one week on and one off. that way i'd always have loads of stuff to do. i told my co-worker and she said, yep, just tell your boss that really your job is only a part-time one. ah. right. not something i should be telling my boss...

i ordered a book today that had recently (oct 12) been published by us. i've been waiting for it for quite some time. "catching life by throat: how to read poetry and why". it is a collection of poetry from 8 great poets. a little commentary and some poems. included is a cd of the poems read by people like ralph fiennes and roger moore. it was orginally a series of live poetry readings at the british library. it's a beautiful yellow and grey book and i'm very happy that i have it and had a small part (i answered a production related question so that counts!) making it.

toby just asked me "what does the word scandivian mean?" well, do you have an answer to that? neither do i.

So much more to come...

i think this is my favorite picture from the past couple of weeks.

i've had an incredible time with all of my family and friends here. friends are really like family anyway, so i should just say family. toby and i were looking around and yes, we do have a few more furnishings (thanks everyone!), but we think it looks more like a home now because we've had all of you around to hang out :)