Man, I could sit here for hours and write about the BNP and its appearance on Question Time tonight, but it’s already 1am, and I’ve probably churned out over 2,000 words on the topic. When I get angry, the words flow
Much appreciated if you bothered to read my ramblings, especially if you disagreed. I’ve tried to put across a coherent train of thought, and I think there aren’t too many internal inconsistencies.
Oh, and for the Yanks, just remember what the dashboard looked like for non-Americans this time last year…
Picture by kapi
See you all there tonight!
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Is there a way to Like a post in a manner that says “Hey, that’s a really cool idea”, rather than “I’m really seedy”?
Because damn you Jackie, damn you.
6 months ago, shortly after the introduction of the Tumblr Crushes box on the Following page, I posted my then top nine. I figured it was about time I posted an update, seeing as the Liking feature has become such an integral part of my Tumblr experience.
jss: I’m pretty sure that all of these likes are from the last two months, after jss returned from a Tumblr hiatus. She’s one of the funniest people on here, and I especially loved the series of posts she did leading up to her first anniversary.
topherchris: What more needs to be said about topher? Although maybe now he’s part of the establishment…
malty: Shares my twin loves of drinking and looking forward to the next drink. If only she didn’t pretty much exactly on the other side of the northern hemisphere, I’m sure we’d paint the town red.
pterodactyls: It’s the sheer love of the odd, the silly, the whimsical, and the downright Wikipedia that makes me like pterodactyls so much. Looking forward to September already.
emmas: The only person on this list that I’ve met in real life, and the only Brit too! I love her tales of domestic life, of the funny things her kids say and do, and get jealous of the way she sees so much of glorious, glorious Britain.
boredintheburbs: The third person to be on both lists, although he’s been dropping down recently. Hopefully now the hassle of moving home from Paris is over, the posting frequency will pick up once more.
caryrandolph: The first New Yorker, which is a little surprising given the amount of them I follow. A fun-loving girl, always seems to be having a wicked time, which suits me just fine.
noraleah: One of the very first people I followed, and she still posts great material. Whether it be highlighting some political news, or just some pictures of her life in general, she’s always got something entertaining to post.
sabine: The lady across the water on the continent. Genuinely hilarious, very insightful, and makes me want to move back to Germany.
I think there’s a couple of others right on the cusp of the top nine, even having 21 likes each and alternating down the bottom, so I’ve also got to give a shout out to kapi, peterwknox, lfarm, brilliantology, and marfamonstar.
Thanks to the above people and everyone else for brightening up my day, every day.
Thanks for all the great answers to my New York hotels question yesterday. Crowd-sourcing truly is awesome, so many thanks for everyone that took the time to reply, email or tweet.
The consensus seems to be that downtown is better, especially if you can find a cheap one. Unfortunately, anything a bit nice is pretty much out of my price range, unless it’s out by an airport.
The shared bathrooms thing doesn’t bother me at all, and the girlfriend seems happy enough to go for it. I figure that the money we save can be used for much more entertaining things like food and booze. Probably more booze than food, knowing us.
With that in mind, I think I’m going to go for that Portland Square hotel, which is the more central one at the same price as the one in the Upper West Side (“Boring!”, according to mascarah…).
Anyways, as peterwknox points out, we’ll be leaving the hotel in the morning, and getting back late. It doesn’t really matter too much what it’s like, in the grand scheme of things. Sleep, shower, maybe go back in the evening to change, and that’s about it.
Next I’ll be asking for ideas of what to do/see!
Britain's Foreign Office blogs on Tumblr!
I’m assuming this is genuine, and the .gov.uk website does point to the tumblr site as its archive for its more recent “Views on News”. These things are so easy to spoof though…
If it is real, it’s quite the coup for Tumblr, no?
I found the tumblr stickers.
hannahcooper
Right, time for another meet-up. I had a look for mine the other day, and I think I have three of the red nametags (one already filled out with my name on it, so fairly useless for anyone else), and approximately five of the tumblr cut-out logo stickers. I’ll add them to the stash for the next London meet-up!
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The London Tumblr meetup
Clockwise: Hannah, Ashley, Natasha, Neil, Dan, Rob
Photos by kapi
Well, the numbers more than doubled from the last meet-up, which bodes well for the future! New people, it was great to meet you all; Hannah and Kapi: good to see you again.
Not quite sure when kapi snapped the photo of me, but I seem to have the widest, most open collar that the world has ever seen. Must’ve been a very rare moment when I didn’t have a drink in my hand…
Glad we had an international element too, including a guest visitor on a flying visit to London. Anyone else that’s over here for a holiday, let us know and we’ll organise around you, because we’re that sad.
Here’s to the next one, always bigger and better. And always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom.
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London bods, don’t forget that tomorrow night is the Tumblr meet-up at the Crown Tavern in Clerkenwell, kicking off around 7:30.
See you there!
Augusto Pinochet
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As Sabine said, it’s way too easy to start a Tumblr. Stupid ideas made flesh, automagically.
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