and brought us to reach this season

[liv]

In the last few days, I've had lots of first ever experiences.

• I attended an arts event held in a squat.
• I tried my hand at food service.
• I heard slam poetry performed by a Black guy who had decided to move from hiphop into the pale, pale world of spoken word.
• I woke up in a house where frying bacon for breakfast actually happens.
• I listened to klezmer fused with Scottish, Turkish and various other musical styles.
• I visited Amazonia, the incredibly amazing residence of ewtikins and khalinche.
• I sat inside a church organ and watched the organist from close up.
• I had an extended conversation with the aforementioned khalinche in a quiet room where I could concentrate on her being fascinating.
• I missed the train for a carefully planned and important long-distance journey (but got there in the end, just a couple of hours late.)
• I used room service to order food (it was the only way I was going to get something to eat after the late arrival).
• I ate a hotel breakfast that was freshly cooked to order, and hadn't been sitting around on hotplates all morning.
• I visited Stoke-on-Trent.
• I saw hatam_soferet looking extremely dapper and cute in braces (the trouser kind, not the teeth kind!)

• I interviewed for a job that is uniquely perfect for me because it is in fact two half-time jobs combined, one in research and one in teaching.