NoNoNoNo Day 8

Yesterday was Christchurch’s 150th birthday, celebrating the anniversary of the day when it was declared to be a city (it was only a tiny village at the time, but Queen Victoria wanted to appoint someone bishop, and to have a bishop you need a cathedral, and cathedrals can only be built in cities. So she…

I had another lazy weekend this weekend, but this time I really did need it – last week felt rather frantic. For a start, I had an essay due on Thursday. Which of course I didn’t finish last weekend like I should have. Maybe if I’d actually considered what I had on during the week…

Poor George has stress cystitis again 🙁 The vet said he’s been seeing a lot of it lately, what with the earthquakes, and with all the people who have had to move house, so their cats are busy staking out new territories and upsetting the balance of power among all the other cats in the…

I just spent half an hour writing a long and interesting entry, and somehow when I was just a few sentences away from finishing it, managed to accidentally hit some key combination equivalent to the Back button which wiped it all! Not fair!!!! Once I have regained my composure I will attempt to recreate my…

It’s sleeting outside. In other news, a catch from the 150th celebrations: Hallelujah Now by T Davies. It was caught in a different place to where I left it, so obviously someone else has caught and re-released it in between, without making a journal entry.

Bookcrossing was featured on John Campbell’s programme on TV3 last night – an Auckland bookcrosser (I think it was Innes – they didn’t give her screenname) has been releasing books in memory of Bronwyn Tate, a NZ author who died recently, and they had a segment on her wandering around Auckland releasing books. It should…