random acts of senseless beauty

Marky, The Professor, Cath, Geoff and I went to see Brokeback Mountain.
Wow. Amazing story, incredible acting, beautiful cinematography, great direction.
And, although I hate to conform to any kind of stereotype, if I’m going to look at two blokes kissing with the passionate fire of a thousand suns, I’m very happy for it to [...]

Happy Christmas everyone! The wait is over… Love is here, and real and alive.
Jude xx

When I opened my curtains this morning, someone had left a Rich Tea Biscuit on my window sill.

… ??? … … …
words fail me

The perfect tonic to a heinously busy month at work has been three days of training. Slow and interesting lessons on the new technology we’ll be using every day in the new building. Late starts, early finishes and just totally different from a normal work day.
Presents are all bought and wrapped. [...]

Stormtrooper Lego!!

Originally uploaded by Jude Adam.

Enanbird was Christmas Shopping in Toys R Us, Times Square when she came across a gift that mixes two of my dearest passions.
Stormtroopers + Lego = GENIUS

Pinnewala orphange 12

Originally uploaded by Jude Adam.

If so… you can now look through all 138 photos from my time in Sri Lanka. There’s lots of elephants, a few monkeys and lots of Very Beautiful Liz.

Today I’m writing the few cards I’m sending (for the rest of you who don’t get one… I’ve bought a goat instead… ) and putting up a few decorations. Mark and I bought the tree yesterday morning, but I’m waiting for Cath to get back tonight before we decorate.
Mainly, though I’m listening to the [...]

Blurry Jane & Mark

Originally uploaded by Jude Adam.

Mark & I went back to the South Bank (can you tell we love this place?) to meet Jane & Amy for dinner.
They didn’t take much persuading to have a go on the carousel… Or [...]

My first evening in for two weeks.
it’s goooooood.
night night.

Coldplay Earls Court

Originally uploaded by Jude Adam.

Took Cath to see Coldplay, as is our want. 6 months on from the last time we saw them, the show has not just stepped up a gear, but lept onto another plain.
I HATE Earls Court as a [...]

14th

Originally uploaded by Sigemon.

Tuesday was rather slow at getting off the ground… I actually fell asleep standing up on the train, and bumped my head on a pole as it joggled (much to the hilarity of the woman standing next to me. She was [...]

I just completed my first Sudoku.
Thought you might like to know…

Today seemed mapped out to be The Longest Day – Kaisers day; the day with the early start, the late finish and the 19 hour turn-around. Funnily enough it all went swimmingly (strange that). Even swimmingly enough to get to Management Group. On time.
The ever gorgeous Paul C came home to stay, [...]

Met Mike for lunch by the Royal Festival Hall… I couldn’t believe how clearly we could see the cloud made by the fire at Hemel Hempstead…
Went to see the Rachel Whiteread Exhibition at the Tate Modern… and wandering back on my own I fell in love with a carousel playing The Sabre Dance

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So here’s my dilemma: My mum has expressed a preference for a Katie Melua CD for Christmas, and Dad wants the Barbara Streisand and Barry Gibb one.
I have refused on the following grounds: Katie Melua is rubbish. Although I have less objection to dad’s choice, 21st Century Barbara Streisand has no place [...]

my aim is to reach tomorrow night with as much of my brain intact as possible. it’s been a full week, and one with many ups and downs.
more on Saturday. sorry for my silence.

Cath and I went for dinner with my Aunt & Uncle. Not at our house, not at their house… at The House.

After the most incredible dinner we got a peak inside The House… the photos don’t do it justice in any way whatsoever. I don’t think I’ve ever seen so much gold as [...]

Today I felt buoyed up… An evening with spent within community I truly cherish – a bunch of encouraging, affirming, witty and intelligent people – made for a day of feeling like I was all the things I hope I can be.
I walked tall over the hill to Clapham Junction, Abba in my ears, [...]

This afternoon was the Greenbelt Brainstorm, the official start of the planning process for GB 2006. A bunch of wonderful people with a whole stack of flip charts and post-it notes. Great ideas to run with for the next 8 months…
After a bunch of us headed over to Brick Lane for quality [...]

I hoiked this weekend’s cold over to Bethnal Green this evening to the Hip Hip Club, where the lovely Miss Z was performing for the first time in public.
I really should have made more of an effort to be honest, as most people there were suitably dressed with hats, netting, ties, fish-nets and stilettoes, basques [...]