Okay so no postings for the whole of July. I know it’s been a while but it’s my blog and I can do what I like. I had to move house at the end of June which was a nightmare. Originally I was to be house-sitting for someone in Manchester for July and August but this deal fell through. As a result I’ve had ‘no fixed abode’ since the beginning of June and consequently no internet access. In the end I ended up sharing a single room with Matt in Saint Anselm hall near Rusholme. The place seemed to be stuck in a fifties time warp. It was quite surreal. I’m not proud of this period in my life. Maybe I’ll look back and laugh one day but then again maybe not.
Gosh. So much has happened since I last wrote any thing here I don’t know where to start: war in the Middle East, terror apocalypse at home (maybe). I was in London on the day the plot was revealed and the arrests were made. The BBC news coverage seemed to revel in the telling of the fact that the Home Office’s official alert status was ‘critical’ meaning an attack was imminent, AN ATTACK WAS DEFFINATELY GOING TO HAPPEN AT ANY MOMENT. Thankfully it’s been downgraded to severe now without anything actually happening. What a crazy world we live in. With new revelations everyday, the shock wave from this newest terror threat is yet to be properly disseminated. I may write about my own thoughts on this here in the next few weeks. I’m going to try and write weekly now (honest).
Anyway it was funny to get back to Devon and see the local press. According to the local rag, I forget its name, the people of Exeter remained defiant in the face of this latest terror threat, “You don’t scare us” it said proudly in large lettering on the front page. Well you wouldn’t be if you lived in Exeter would you? Ah it sure feels good to be back in officially ‘Britain’s Whitest County’.
I’ve also been on holiday to Spain since I last wrote. You can see the pictures if you want on http://www.thebadrash.com