Archive for November, 2008
one thousand and seventy-nine
TV/living room Moderate Holding yesterday’s Guardian Review in front of me
one thousand and seventy-eight
Hall Moderate Reading takeaway menu put through the door
one thousand and seventy-seven
Car, Middleway, Birmingham Moderate to strong Risking driving through town at shopping home time
one thousand and seventy-six
Dining Hall, ICC, Birmingham Moderate Waiting for the (Creative City) Awards to begin
one thousand and seventy-five
Dining Hall, ICC, Birmingham Moderate Introductory talk by Councillor Summerfield
one thousand and seventy-four
Back bedroom office Moderate to strong Updating Sneezecount and listening “again” to Adam and Joe
one thousand and seventy-three
Back bedroom office Moderate to strong Still going through the Sneezecount archive
one thousand and seventy-two
Back bedroom office Moderate Going through the Sneezecount archive for All The Rage
one thousand and seventy-one
Tube train, Googe Street Moderate Stopping, on the way to the British Library
one thousand and seventy
All Bar One, Regent Street Moderate Guardian obituary of Kenneth Scott
one thousand and sixty-nine
Lift, St Georges Hotel, London Moderate Doors closing
one thousand and sixty-eight
Waiting room, Hall Green Station Moderate “People wear hats”
one thousand and sixty-seven
Back bedroom office Moderate to strong Listening “again” to Adam & Joe, skipping the first news segment
one thousand and sixty-six
Bedroom Moderate to strong Sneezecount notebook
one thousand and sixty-five
Stairs Moderate to strong Ascending, after putting on the dishwasher
one thousand and sixty-four
Room 1, Moat Lane Moderate to strong Register
one thousand and sixty-three
Train, approaching Tyseley Junction Moderate Absent-mindedly reading a discarded Metro
one thousand and sixty-two
Bedroom Moderate to strong Browsing before going to sleep
one thousand and sixty-one
Dojo, The Budokan, Birmingham Moderate Warm-up: ankles
one thousand and sixty
Back bedroom office Moderate Entering an omitted sneeze (1042) in the Sneezecount notebook
one thousand and fifty-nine
Bedroom Moderate to strong Going throught the Dutch trip receipts
one thousand and fifty-eight
D6, Schiphol Moderate The plane is delayed
one thousand and fifty-seven
Room 317, Mercure Hotel, Den Haag Moderate Packing, after not having gone to bed all night
one thousand and fifty-six
Tram, near Centraal Station, Den Haag Moderate “There’s that wall of shipping containers”
one thousand and fifty-five
Rijksmuseum shop, Amsterdam Mild “un campesino cagando en el retrete”
one thousand and fifty-four
Rijksmuseum shop, Amsterdam Moderate Reading about Hendrick Avercamp’s Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters
one thousand and fifty-three
Train, Lelylaan station, near Amsterdam Moderate A text from Virgin Mobile, Holland
one thousand and fifty-two
Breakfast room, Mercure Hotel, Den Haag Moderate Lucy is talking about The Lazarus Project
one thousand and fifty-one
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
Exit lobby, Mauritshuis, Den Haag Moderate Exiting
one thousand and forty-nine
3rd floor lobby, Mercure Hotel, Den Haag Moderate to strong Getting into the lift
one thousand and forty-eight
Union Street, Birmingham Moderate Wandering about
one thousand and forty-seven
TV / living room Moderate to strong Little Dorrit on iPlayer
one thousand and forty-six
Changing room, Moseley School Leisure Centre Moderate Going to retrieve clothes from the locker
one thousand and forty-five
Teachers’ room, Moat Lane Moderate Looking through a book of “resources”
one thousand and forty-four
Back bedroom office Moderate to strong Updating the Sneezecount website (one thousand and five)
one thousand and forty-three
Hospital Street, Hockley Moderate Archaeological
one thousand and forty-two
Back bedroom office Moderate Browsing gladwell.com
one thousand and forty-one
Office / spare bedroom Moderate to strong Fetching the computer
one thousand and forty
Kitchen Moderate Pressing potato peelings into a full composting caddy
one thousand and thirty-nine
Between the dining room and the kitchen Moderate Making tea to the tune of Adam and Joe
one thousand and thirty-eight
Kitchen Moderate to strong Making tea and listening to Radio 4 actors doing Scottish accents
one thousand and thirty-seven
Kitchen Moderate Tidying up
one thousand and thirty-six
Back bedroom office Moderate About to start writing up diary for next week
one thousand and thirty-five
Bull Ring Shopping Centre Moderate Trying to arrange where to meet
one thousand and thirty-four
Kitchen Moderate to strong Making breakfast
one thousand and thirty-three
TV / living room Moderate to strong Ian Hislop on conscientious objectors
one thousand and thirty-two
Changing room, Budokan, Birmingham Moderate About to change
one thousand and thirty-one
High Street, Birmingham Moderate Having decided to purchase a chocolate bar, though not yet which one
one thousand and thirty
Room 1, Moat Lane Moderate “Who was here yesterday?”
one thousand and twenty-nine
Teachers’ room, Moat Lane Moderate Thinking about my class
one thousand and twenty-eight
Bedroom Mild Wondering whether to take Dan Rhodes’s Gold to work today
one thousand and twenty-seven
TV / living room Moderate to strong TV guide
one thousand and twenty-six
Bathroom Moderate Readjusting the soap dish
one thousand and twenty-five
Kitchen Moderate to strong Cooking
one thousand and twenty-four
Hob Green Hotel, North Yorkshire Moderate Alcoholic sheep’s kidney
one thousand and twenty-three
Car, Stratford Road, Hall Green Moderate Stopping off at the florist
one thousand and twenty-two
Back bedroom office Moderate to strong Browsing the Internet
one thousand and twenty-one
Room 110, South Birmingham College, Hall Green Moderate Training session on professional recognition
one thousand and twenty
Back bedroom office Moderate Thinking about the future
one thousand and nineteen
Landing Moderate to strong Carrying pyjamas to the bedroom
one thousand and eighteen
TV / living room Moderate to strong Turning off the TV, closing the laptop on the Huffington Post
one thousand and seventeen
Waterstones, New Street, Birmingham Moderate to strong On the way to karate
one thousand and sixteen
Park Street, Birmingham Moderate Listening to callers to BBC Radio Five Live celebrating the US Presidential election
one thousand and fifteen
Room 1, Moat Lane Moderate Bus pass admin
one thousand and fourteen
Hall Moderate Getting my things together
one thousand and thirteen
Cafe Revive, M&S, Birmingham Moderate “It has not been possible to connect your call.”
one thousand and twelve
Waterstones, New Street, Birmingham Moderate to strong Mantastic!
one thousand and eleven
Teachers’ room, Moat Lane Moderate to strong Printing citizenship materials
one thousand and ten
Platform 2, Hall Green Station Moderate to strong About to call the offices of Stan’s Cafe
one thousand and nine
Bedroom Moderate to strong Reading D’log on bed
one thousand and eight
TV/living room Moderate Just turned off the TV
one thousand and seven
Kitchen/dining room, Freeland, Oxfordshire Moderate Custard is being prepared
one thousand and six
Living room, Freeland, Oxfordshire Moderate to strong Just sitting
one thousand and five
Back bedroom office Moderate to strong Postcard number 19
one thousand and four
Back bedroom office Moderate to strong Working on TTHTB in silence
one thousand and three
Back bedroom office Moderate to strong Adam and Joe and Three Times Hotter Than Bournemouth