July 9th, 2005

userinfo senji
 		2005/07/09 23:38:00 - to love, and to cherish,
Today, in the eyes of God and of the Law, </a></b></a>[info]rmc28 and </a></b></a>[info]fanf were Wed.

The day started uneventfully enough, with </a></b></a>[info]emperor and I going shopping while </a></b></a>[info]atreic make Athol Brose. Oh, and </a></b></a>[info]claroscuro and </a></b></a>[info]curig left earlyish for Peterhouse. A fairly leisurely lunch was followed by dressing for the wedding. A number of people commented on my tie during the day; it's the rather large Balthus knot, number 78 in The 85 Ways to Tie a Tie, which I quite like. Then </a></b></a>[info]atreic and I headed towards Relativity to leave the food we had. Once there we decided that we were rather early, and I left </a></b></a>[info]atreic to the wiles of the Relativists and Dutchmen while I went to Clowns for a drink (I was beginning to feel a little anti-social, which fortunately wore off).

The ceremony itself took place in Trinity College chapel. It's very empty for a college chapel, and (while we awaited the Bride and Groom) I kept finding myself wanting to rise and address the Members of the House. My brain is silly sometimes. In a break with tradition the Bride and Groom entered simultaneously (to Mussorgsky's Promenade from Pictures at an Exhibition).

Amusingly, but aptly, they had a reading from Mort.

Their second hymn (Father, hear the prayer we offer) isn't one I recognise, but it reminds me very much of the Covenant Prayer. I approve.

In Great Court afterwards everyone was blowing bubbles – confetti isn't allowed – it was great fun.

</a></b></a>[info]antinomy, </a></b></a>[info]emperor, </a></b></a>[info]p_a_r_a, </a></b></a>[info]ptc24, </a></b></a>[info]sesquipedality, and I had a brief interlude in the Carlton and then we proceeded to the Arbury Community Centre, where the reception was. In a mere hour the three bridesmaids had transformed it into a party venue (good work on their part!), and on the tables were rock with "RMC / 9 JULY / FANF" through the middle and </a></b></a>[info]rmc28's cute userpic of the two of them on the tickets, which were some of the best favours I've heard of.

Many conversations were had. I caught-up with [info]songster and Julie, and met some people I've not seen for a while. And then one of those Small World moments hit. I was talking with "one of the Irish contingent" (as he described himself; I've forgotten his name, I'm afraid). No, I should go back and narrate this in order.

Let's wind the clock back to Thursday lunchtime. We all know what happened on Thursday. Well, one lj post I saw was this one from </a></b></a>[info]meallanmouse. "OK," I thought, "I'm unlikely to be any help, but it can't hurt to spend 5 seconds looking to see if we have any mutual friends". Lots of afp names I recognise, and I make some inquiries on #afp, to little avail, but after a short-while someone else comments with helpful information. I consider this an interesting interlude at this stage. Friday, [info]bofhcam and </a></b></a>[info]rmc28 are talking on #chiark about wedding guests when one of them happens to mention [info]ai731, and my ears prick up a bit.

Anyway, back to the Irish contingan, so the conversation moves on to how everyone has connections, and they're not always expected, so I comment that a friend of mine in Canada (</a></b></a>[info]meallanmouse) has friends who are supposed to be here today. He then drags me across the reception and introduces me to [info]ai731, who later introduces me to [info]baronscartop, and the three of us talk for some time.

The bring and share reception came off better than I expected, and I expected fairly highly. </a></b></a>[info]rmc28 and </a></b></a>[info]fanf looked stunning (they'd gone for Indian styles, I think), and the only hitch I noticed in the whole day was that the ceremony was slightly delayed because the Registry Book was late arriving from another wedding!

Oh, and the Bride's brother caught the bouquet. I'm sure that's unconstitutional…
Current Mood: [mood icon] joyous
Current Music: Simon & Garfunkel – Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme
Entry Tags: ai731, antinomy, atreic, baronscartop, bofhcam, church, claroscuro, curig, emperor, fanf, life, long, meallanmouse, p_a_r_a, ptc24, rmc28, sesquipediality, small world syndrome, songster

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May 13th, 2005

userinfo senji
 		2005/05/13 10:58:00 - Musical Relay Race
Oh. I appear to have been given a baton. It's some kind of intricately carved neo-wood, with instructions in elvish telling me that I should answer the questions and then pass the baton on to five other people. Hmm, this sounds a little like some kind of MLM, but I guess I'll go along with it...
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The five people I'm passing the baton onto:

I hope none of the people I've picked on mind (and if they do they should just ignore it – I'm not trying to impose a requirement here!)
Current Mood: [mood icon] calm
Current Music: Long Distance Clara earworm
Entry Tags: antinomy, aquarionical, baton, foreverdirt, kilireth, meme

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May 10th, 2005

userinfo senji
 		2005/05/10 22:38:00 - Tube-trainy photos
Five more photos, from the Z1TC practice day.

The Olympic Tube Train [1] [2]
Ran into this whilst I was waiting for a H&C train to take me into Paddington during the pre-run recce. A couple of hours later I actually travelled on it, the seat cushions also have advertising for the Olympics on them!
Liberal Democrats, Winning Here
Possibly the most signs I've seen on any one building. Unfortunately they didn't by a few hundred votes.
Cannon Street
The only internal tube photo I took that was neither shaky nor boring; I quite like this one. Pity really that I've had the date stuck in the bottom corner. How should I best crop it do you think?
View from the Circle Line
Despite the fact that most of the tube by milage is probably over-ground, there's precious little of the Z1TC that is, and most of that is inside stations. This is about the only interesting sight on the trackside, captured while we were stopped between Barbican and Farringdon. Interesting is, of course, relative.


Edit: </a></b></a>[info]antinomy has worked her magic on the Cannon Street photo and vanished the date!
Current Mood: [mood icon] happy
Current Music: Simon & Garfunkel – My Little Town
Entry Tags: antinomy, photos, tube

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May 9th, 2005

userinfo senji
 		2005/05/09 16:57:00 - Five Questions Mememememe
( Questions from beckyc )
( Questions from antinomy )
( Questions from naath )
Current Mood: [mood icon] be-sunny-ed
Entry Tags: antinomy, beckyc, five questions, meme, naath

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April 1st, 2005

userinfo senji
 		2005/04/01 20:01:00 - TESCO schools for vouchers
I have some TESCO computer vouchers, mostly obtained while doing communal shopping. I'm a little uncertain what to do with them given the range of options.

Poll #466262
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

So:

View Answers

Give them to [info]antinomy for the Cheltenham Ladies College
0 (0.0%)

Give them to [info]atreic to give to some worthy Cambridge school
10 (55.6%)

Go "bah, too much choice" and send them off to my old school
5 (27.8%)

Other
3 (16.7%)


Current Mood: [mood icon] confused
Entry Tags: antinomy, atreic, poll, question

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November 30th, 2004

userinfo senji
 		2004/11/30 00:26:00 - Scrobbling audios
Amusingly [info]rmc28 and [info]antinomy are my 3rd and 6th closest in music tastes on Audioscrobbler.
Current Mood: [mood icon] amused
Current Music: Pink Floyd -- Run Like Hell [Midwinter78's last.fm]
Entry Tags: antinomy, music, random 2004, rmc28

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November 21st, 2004

userinfo senji
 		2004/11/21 20:12:00 - In other news...
We appear to have picked up a stray </a></b></a>[info]antinomy for a short while.
Current Mood: [mood icon] slightly stunned
Entry Tags: antinomy, housemates, life 2004, one-liner 2004

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userinfo senji
 		2004/11/21 20:05:00 - Exanimate
This afternoon I just really didn't feel like doing anything much. It wasn't that I felt particularly tired or sleepy just that I didn't have any effort for doing anything; so after helping unload one lot of </a></b></a>[info]antinomy's car loads I went and collapsed on my bed and read a chapter of my book before realising that even that was too much effort and just lying there.

Eventually it appears I fell asleep.
Current Mood: [mood icon] exanimate
Entry Tags: antinomy, life 2004

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