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Goddamn it.

One of these days I’m going to wake up feeling a little bit refreshed, better for having slept…
Anyway. Another shift of warehouse work (and not even the fun, physical exercise kind. The boring picking kind.) Then I need to bomb up the motorway and back for a couple of hours because someone left their phone in my car last night. They don’t have the internet, and I don’t know their address, so I’ll have to try and catch them at work.
Then rather than hanging around up there and meeting a friend, I’d better come back and sort put this teaching-qualification-application stuff that I’ve been kidding myself that I’m working towards. But anxiety and actually acting on intentions in a productive way, you know?
But then tomorrow I need to be up at 6 or earlier to get in a pre-work interview for a job in a corner shop. A friend of mine arranged it for me. He dropped out of Uni. Good for him.

And when it comes to hobbies, I haven’t really been feeling it lately. Same old issues. Same old solutions. Same old shit. I may take up Olympic fencing again, but the best training option (and least cunty people practising) is an hour’s drive away. OTOH that could replace my Wednesday night drive, as that doesn’t seem feasible (or worth it really) any more.

Or I could take up rock climbing. That seems cool, and I’d be good at it.

So yeah, the last few years feel like a mountain of debt and a waste of time, and I’m running on little sleep and lots of drudgery. So I’m implementing a rule - if interacting with someone leaves me feeling worse for it, it’s time to stop bothering with them.

Arsehole mode engaged.

Yeah, I was the one being hit. My mask has been in continuous use for the best part of a decade. While the mesh is okay, the suspension is shot and the back disc broken, meaning that it doesn’t sit securely.

Oh, and the other guy is a blacksmith/dry stone waller by trade, so when he hits you feel it anyway.

Saw stars at the time. But now there’s not even a bruise…

Pretty much all I achieved today…

Seen on FriendFace…

Seen on FriendFace…

New Toys!
Now all that I have to buy are good gloves, and some elbow protectors.

New Toys! Now all that I have to buy are good gloves, and some elbow protectors.

thescholarsruminations:

In a bar, surrounded by women who either used to love me or something similar, and now don’t…feeling unsurprisingly alone.

Having flashbacks to my Friday night in Exeter. Or hell, most nights in Exeter…

Show me your war face! D :

mediumaevum:

A woman teaching geometry, from a 14th century illustration attributed to Abelard of Bath
In this 14th century illustration from a copy of Euclid’s Elements, a woman is shown holding a compass and square, teaching geometry to a group of monks.

mediumaevum:

A woman teaching geometry, from a 14th century illustration attributed to Abelard of Bath

In this 14th century illustration from a copy of Euclid’s Elements, a woman is shown holding a compass and square, teaching geometry to a group of monks.

iamafencer:

Annina Ruokonen, Espoon Historiallisen Miekkailun Seura Ry ( Espoo Association for Historical Fencing), Finland.

iamafencer:

Annina Ruokonen, Espoon Historiallisen Miekkailun Seura Ry ( Espoo Association for Historical Fencing), Finland.