Other Things I Remember About September

[squirmelia]

Wandering on beaches, such as Reculver, Margate (and Dreamland).
Walking briefly through the New Forest after having driven for days on end.
Reading Un Lun Dun by China Miéville, and The Gum Thief by Douglas Coupland.
Commuting and feeling like I was going crazy.
Dying my hair Volcano Red.
Getting so lost, I wandered all night around Leyton.
Finding a caterpillar at the Coldrum Longbarrow. Apparently, Coldrum might mean "Place of enchantments".
Visiting Noah's Ark.
Seeing Neil Gaiman and Susanna Clarke in conversation.

I remember zombies, who met outside St Paul's Cathedral and walked to Hoxton:
Zombies with pineapples on leads and tea-strainers for eye-patches, zombies clawing at restaurant windows, zombies looking out over the Thames, zombies in wedding dresses, zombies dancing to Michael Jackson's Thriller, zombie workmen, zombies with scuba gear, zombies rolling around the floor, zombie children with mouldy bread in their baskets, zombie skaters, zombies gnawing on clothing, cute long-haired zombie boys, zombies with hot water bottles and rollers in their hair, zombies lacking arms and zombies with extra arms, zombies with alarm clocks around their necks, zombie nurses and zombie Snow Whites, and zombies stopping cars and zombies on buses (via Vauxhall). Photos on Flickr: Zombies.
I remember shuffling through the graveyard to get home after that.

I remember Zone D:
Tube walk 44 - from Chesham to Chalfont and Latimer. Abandoned doors, boarded up buildings with turrets, trees with numbers, rivers, swamps, rusted machinery, waterfalls, houses covered in leaves, mansions, and sheep made out of wood.

Comments

[squirmelia.livejournal.com]

There were more details, but they were probably written in a moment of commuter anguish, and it's November now anyway.

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

I feel daft replying to such a wide ranging post with such a specific query, but what did you think of the Miéville?

[squirmelia.livejournal.com]

I liked it at times - it reminded me of some of my NaNoWriMo attempts. :) I read it a lot while I was commuting to London, so it felt somehow fitting. But I felt like it was a bit too long and got bored of it also, and got annoyed with some of the characters.

[hairyears.livejournal.com]

Bit of a quiet month, then.

[justwater.livejournal.com]

how many shopping daze til Christmas?

[squirmelia.livejournal.com]

Well, I already wrote about Costa Rica, Open House Weekend and taking a driving test. :P

[bickichick.livejournal.com]

lovely pics!!!
Noah's Ark way cool- I need to go there when I am in Kent.

adn Costa RIca is just spectacular!!

how are you finding the gum theif??

see you in like 23 days or so!! weeeeee. Email me your land line or mobile I'll need to call you before I leave and when I arrive in your neck of the woods.

[squirmelia.livejournal.com]

The Gum Thief was okay.. Did anyone actually notice my post to the list saying Doug said that was possibly going to be his last tour?

Shall mail you phone numbers.

yes I did

[bickichick.livejournal.com]

yes I did I am still horrified and in shock.- and I seem to think I replied to tyour post about that

at least one of us was there for the last one.

will you be home tomorrow I'll give you a call in the mornign my time