A gap in space and time...

It's an odd gap between Christmas and New Year. The old year isn't quite over. The new year hasn't yet begun. A lot of people aren't in work, only some of the shops are over, and the world seems half asleep.

I had a lovely day yesterday. pierot, ksirafai and I drove into town. We parked in Chinatown (for lo! There was no congestion charge) and wandered down to Leicester Square, through all the smells and sounds of Chinatown. We had lunch at Bella Pasta, and then wandered on to Forbidden Planet where Ginnie and jez shopped for comics, and I found a small section in a corner called 'Fastastical Romance' which amused me no end. There are LOADS of fantasy novels written in the spirit of Mills & Boon.

We got out of Forbidden Planet, drove, picked up a bringeroflight at London Bridge and headed on up to Hatfield to go and see castorlion, for the trains were down and he could not come and see us. There was Chinese food in the evening, and then a trip to the cinema to see the Producers, which was exactly like the stage show, but with Uma Thurman, and much better close ups of the choreography.

And now I'm back at Queen of Denmark Court, feeling odd and nostalgic and pondersome. At this time of year I always get very introverted. By New Year, I'll be moping quietly, and will probably duck away for points of New Year's Eve and watch my odd head space ebb and flow. Christmas, I try and remember the good. New Year, maybe in balance, seems to be the time of year when I remember the bad, the sad, the things I'm missing. Today, I'm thinking about people that I miss. ( Nostalgia & rambling )

That's not a complete list of people I've lost touch with. There are also people who are on that list, although I'm still in touch with them - I just don't get to see them/speak to them nearly as much as I'd like - and there are other people who aren't on that list because I've talked to them over the last couple of days and so I'm not on a nostalgia fest about. I think I shall do another entry like this later as well, with more memories of the people I've loved who I don't have around as much as I'd like. So, consider this Part One, in an ongoing story...

A gap in space and time...

It's an odd gap between Christmas and New Year. The old year isn't quite over. The new year hasn't yet begun. A lot of people aren't in work, only some of the shops are over, and the world seems half asleep.

I had a lovely day yesterday. pierot, ksirafai and I drove into town. We parked in Chinatown (for lo! There was no congestion charge) and wandered down to Leicester Square, through all the smells and sounds of Chinatown. We had lunch at Bella Pasta, and then wandered on to Forbidden Planet where Ginnie and jez shopped for comics, and I found a small section in a corner called 'Fastastical Romance' which amused me no end. There are LOADS of fantasy novels written in the spirit of Mills & Boon.

We got out of Forbidden Planet, drove, picked up a bringeroflight at London Bridge and headed on up to Hatfield to go and see castorlion, for the trains were down and he could not come and see us. There was Chinese food in the evening, and then a trip to the cinema to see the Producers, which was exactly like the stage show, but with Uma Thurman, and much better close ups of the choreography.

And now I'm back at Queen of Denmark Court, feeling odd and nostalgic and pondersome. At this time of year I always get very introverted. By New Year, I'll be moping quietly, and will probably duck away for points of New Year's Eve and watch my odd head space ebb and flow. Christmas, I try and remember the good. New Year, maybe in balance, seems to be the time of year when I remember the bad, the sad, the things I'm missing. Today, I'm thinking about people that I miss. ( Nostalgia & rambling )

That's not a complete list of people I've lost touch with. There are also people who are on that list, although I'm still in touch with them - I just don't get to see them/speak to them nearly as much as I'd like - and there are other people who aren't on that list because I've talked to them over the last couple of days and so I'm not on a nostalgia fest about. I think I shall do another entry like this later as well, with more memories of the people I've loved who I don't have around as much as I'd like. So, consider this Part One, in an ongoing story...