Archive for November, 2008

one thousand and seventy-nine

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

TV/living room
Moderate
Holding yesterday’s Guardian Review in front of me

one thousand and seventy-eight

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

Hall
Moderate
Reading takeaway menu put through the door

one thousand and seventy-seven

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

Car, Middleway, Birmingham
Moderate to strong
Risking driving through town at shopping home time

one thousand and seventy-six

Saturday, November 29th, 2008

Dining Hall, ICC, Birmingham
Moderate
Waiting for the (Creative City) Awards to begin

one thousand and seventy-five

Saturday, November 29th, 2008

Dining Hall, ICC, Birmingham
Moderate
Introductory talk by Councillor Summerfield

one thousand and seventy-four

Saturday, November 29th, 2008

Back bedroom office
Moderate to strong
Updating Sneezecount and listening “again” to Adam and Joe

one thousand and seventy-three

Saturday, November 29th, 2008

Back bedroom office
Moderate to strong
Still going through the Sneezecount archive

one thousand and seventy-two

Saturday, November 29th, 2008

Back bedroom office
Moderate
Going through the Sneezecount archive for All The Rage

one thousand and seventy-one

Friday, November 28th, 2008

Tube train, Googe Street
Moderate
Stopping, on the way to the British Library

one thousand and seventy

Friday, November 28th, 2008

All Bar One, Regent Street
Moderate
Guardian obituary of Kenneth Scott

one thousand and sixty-nine

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

Lift, St Georges Hotel, London
Moderate
Doors closing

one thousand and sixty-eight

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

Waiting room, Hall Green Station
Moderate
“People wear hats”

one thousand and sixty-seven

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

Back bedroom office
Moderate to strong
Listening “again” to Adam & Joe, skipping the first news segment

one thousand and sixty-six

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

Bedroom
Moderate to strong
Sneezecount notebook

one thousand and sixty-five

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

Stairs
Moderate to strong
Ascending, after putting on the dishwasher

one thousand and sixty-four

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Room 1, Moat Lane
Moderate to strong
Register

one thousand and sixty-three

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Train, approaching Tyseley Junction
Moderate
Absent-mindedly reading a discarded Metro

one thousand and sixty-two

Monday, November 24th, 2008

Bedroom
Moderate to strong
Browsing before going to sleep

one thousand and sixty-one

Monday, November 24th, 2008

Dojo, The Budokan, Birmingham
Moderate
Warm-up: ankles

one thousand and sixty

Monday, November 24th, 2008

Back bedroom office
Moderate
Entering an ommitted sneeze (1042) in the Sneezecount notebook

one thousand and fifty-nine

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

Bedroom
Moderate to strong
Going throught the Dutch trip receipts

one thousand and fifty-eight

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

D6, Schiphol
Moderate
The plane is delayed

one thousand and fifty-seven

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

Room 317, Mercure Hotel, Den Haag
Moderate
Packing, after not having gone to bed all night

one thousand and fifty-six

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

Tram, near Centraal Station, Den Haag
Moderate
“There’s that wall of shipping containers”

one thousand and fifty-five

Friday, November 21st, 2008

Rijksmuseum shop, Amsterdam
Mild
“un campesino cagando en el retrete”

one thousand and fifty-four

Friday, November 21st, 2008

Rijksmuseum shop, Amsterdam
Moderate
Reading about Hendrick Avercamp’s Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters

one thousand and fifty-three

Friday, November 21st, 2008

Train, Lelylaan station, near Amsterdam
Moderate
A text from Virgin Mobile, Holland

one thousand and fifty-two

Friday, November 21st, 2008

Breakfast room, Mercure Hotel, Den Haag
Moderate
Lucy is talking about The Lazarus Project

one thousand and fifty-one

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Cafe of The Sting, Den Haag
Moderate to strong
Folding up the Crossing Border brochure and preparing to ask for the bill

one thousand and fifty

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Exit lobby, Mauritshuis, Den Haag
Moderate
Exiting

one thousand and forty-nine

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

3rd floor lobby, Mercure Hotel, Den Haag
Moderate to strong
Getting into the lift

one thousand and forty-eight

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Union Street, Birmingham
Moderate
Wandering about

one thousand and forty-seven

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

TV / living room
Moderate to strong
Little Dorrit on iPlayer

one thousand and forty-six

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Changing room, Moseley School Leisure Centre
Moderate
Going to retrieve clothes from the locker

one thousand and forty-five

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Teachers’ room, Moat Lane
Moderate
Looking through a book of “resources”

one thousand and forty-four

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

Back bedroom office
Moderate to strong
Updating the Sneezecount website (one thousand and five)

one thousand and forty-three

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

Hospital Street, Hockley
Moderate
Archaeological

one thousand and forty-two

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

Back bedroom office
Moderate
Browsing gladwell.com

one thousand and forty-one

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

Office / spare bedroom
Moderate to strong
Fetching the computer

one thousand and forty

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

Kitchen
Moderate
Pressing potato peelings into a full composting caddy

one thousand and thirty-nine

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

Between the dining room and the kitchen
Moderate
Making tea to the tune of Adam and Joe

one thousand and thirty-eight

Friday, November 14th, 2008

Kitchen
Moderate to strong
making tea and listening to Radio 4 actors doing Scottish accents

one thousand and thirty-seven

Friday, November 14th, 2008

Kitchen
Moderate
Tidying up

one thousand and thirty-six

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

Back bedroom office
Moderate
About to start writing up diary for next week

one thousand and thirty-five

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

Bull Ring Shopping Centre
Moderate
Trying to arrange where to meet

one thousand and thirty-four

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

Kitchen
Moderate to strong
Making breakfast

one thousand and thirty-three

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

TV / living room
Moderate to strong
Ian Hislop on conscientious objectors

one thousand and thirty-two

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

Changing room, Budokan, Birmingham
Moderate
About to change

one thousand and thirty-one

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

High Street, Birmingham
Moderate
Having decided to purchase a chocolate bar, though not yet which one

one thousand and thirty

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

Room 1, Moat Lane
Moderate
“Who was here yesterday?”

one thousand and twenty-nine

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

Teachers’ room, Moat Lane
Moderate
Thinking about my class

one thousand and twenty-eight

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

Bedroom
Mild
Wondering weather to take Dan Rhodes’s Gold to work today

one thousand and twenty-seven

Monday, November 10th, 2008

TV / living room
Moderate to strong
TV guide

one thousand and twenty-six

Sunday, November 9th, 2008

Bathroom
Moderate
Readjusting the soap dish

one thousand and twenty-five

Sunday, November 9th, 2008

Kitchen
Moderate to strong
Cooking

one thousand and twenty-four

Saturday, November 8th, 2008

Hob Green Hotel, North Yorkshire
Moderate
Alcoholic sheep’s kidney

one thousand and twenty-three

Saturday, November 8th, 2008

Car, Stratford Road, Hall Green
Moderate
Stopping off at the florist

one thousand and twenty-two

Friday, November 7th, 2008

Back bedroom office
Moderate to strong
Browsing the Internet

one thousand and twenty-one

Friday, November 7th, 2008

Room 110, South Birmingham College, Hall Green
Moderate
Training session on professional recognition

one thousand and twenty

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

Back bedroom office
Moderate
Thinking about the future

one thousand and nineteen

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

Landing
Moderate to strong
Carrying pyjamas to the bedroom

one thousand and eighteen

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

TV / living room
Moderate to strong
Turning off the TV, closing the laptop on the Huffington Post

one thousand and seventeen

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

Waterstones, New Street, Birmingham
Moderate to strong
On the way to karate

one thousand and sixteen

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

Park Street, Birmingham
Moderate
Listening to callers to BBC Radio Five Live celebrating the US Presidential election

one thousand and fifteen

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Room 1, Moat Lane
Moderate
Bus pass admin

one thousand and fourteen

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Hall
Moderate
Getting my things together

one thousand and thirteen

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

Cafe Revive, M&S, Birmingham
Moderate
“It has not been possible to connect your call.”

one thousand and twelve

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

Waterstones, New Street, Birmingham
Moderate to strong
Mantastic!

one thousand and eleven

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

Teachers’ room, Moat Lane
Moderate to strong
Printing citizenship materials

one thousand and ten

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

Platform 2, Hall Green Station
Moderate to strong
About to call the offices of Stan’s Cafe

one thousand and nine

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

Bedroom
Moderate to strong
Reading D’log on bed

one thousand and eight

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

TV/living room
Moderate
Just turned off the TV

one thousand and seven

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

Kitchen/dining room, Freeland, Oxfordshire
Moderate
Custard is being prepared

one thousand and six

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

Living room, Freeland, Oxfordshire
Moderate to strong
Just sitting

one thousand and five

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

Back bedroom office
Moderate to strong
Postcard number 19

one thousand and four

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

Back bedroom office
Moderate to strong
Working on TTHTB in silence

one thousand and three

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

Back bedroom office
Moderate to strong
Adam and Joe and Three Times Hotter Than Bournemouth