WALK TO WORK

09:02 left Greenbank
said, ‘Hi,’ to a woman on a bike travelling the opposite direction said, ‘Hello.’
09:25 reached end of cycle path
said, ‘Hello,’ walking through the industrial estate to a man I’d not seen before who said, ‘Hello.’
overheard a conversation near Old Market between a man and a woman talking about the Ross-Russ afair, ‘It’ll just make them more famous and more money, is what’ll happen.’
09:44 reached the Centre
10:04 arrived at work.

Tuesday, 28th October, 2008

THINGS I’VE DONE THIS MONTH

. had a birthday
. written 30,000 words and edited them to 14,000 on the way to 10,000
. been visited by my daughter
. enjoyed Cabot Circus
. been to three parties to one of which, a fancy dress party, I wore a cook’s apron and hat
. saw Roy Bailey play at the Thunderbolt, Totterdown, where I sang along to to songs I knew, (the children’s songs he played a friend of mine had recorded on to tape over fifteen years ago for my daughter who adored them listening with eyes shining until she discovered the Spice Girls. At the gig daughter bought a cd, took a poster advertising the event, organised by Bristol Radical History Group, down from the wall of the pub, got Roy to sign it, took it home and stuck it on her bedroom wall above the chest of drawers.
. been to - well, at the time of writing, am at - a talk by Matt Carr titled, ‘Avengers & Madmen - Propagandists of the Deed & The Dawn Of Modern Terrorism,’ organised by BRHG as part of an annual week of events.
. bought a book by Matt Carr, (see above) banned in the UK.
. e-mailed the People’s Republic of Stokes Croft in response to a request made by them for permission to paint on the estate flats. I said, ‘No.’
. played a lot of rock ‘n’ roll weekly since the beginning of the month with three people I’d not played with before


LOVE

‘You looking for someone?’ she said as I passed her in the street.
I said, ‘I’m not thanks, but, you know, thanks for asking.’
...then...
I said, ‘Cold night for working.’
‘Tell me about it,’ she said.
I thought I already had so instead of repeating myself I said, ‘Good luck.’
‘Thanks,’ she said, ‘love.’