Lately

Funny things have happened to me that I have forgotten to write on this blog. Here are the one's I can remember right now....

1) Was out with my friend Judith, when the bouncer walked up to us, while we were enjoying a quiet gin and tonic and discussing recent events. "Ladies," he said to us, "you two are easily the youngest in here, so do you mind me asking how old you are?" Glancing around, noting that the pub was indeed peopled by the older set, we told him our ages, then waited for him to ask us for ID. "Ok," he smiled, "have a nice night." And off he walks. Apparently, there is now an honesty system running in London pubs. Or perhaps they are not telling anyone under 18 that once you turn 18 you can drink? Who knows.

2) The other day, while on my way to uni, I was running very late. Turning the corner onto the train platform, I saw my train, took a flying leap, went through the doors just as they were closing. They crashed onto my arm (the doors don't stop closing for ANYTHING here, it's a danger I tells you) causing me to go flying into the carriage. I straightened up, glanced around, looked straight at the woman sitting next to the door, who smiled and said, quite loudly "Don't worry. I'm sure nobody noticed". I strongly suspect she was lying to me.

3) The other day I was at uni, in the bathrooms. I was thinking about the differences between hydroelectric dams and pulp mills (my new favourite topic) and became distracted. I started washing my hands, turned the tap on too full, causing the water to come out with such force that it splashed onto my hands and right into my crotch, making it look like I had wet myself. There was no hand dryer in the bathroom.

It;s very cold, and I;m quite tired. So I'm going to bed now, with my humiliation eased by the act of sharing it with you all, and with my dreams sure to be full of the difference between kinetic energy being converted into electricity and the separation of lignin and cellulose fibres.