Here I am
Have just been told in no uncertain terms by one of my two readers to get on and update my blog. So here we go.
At the weekend we went to Brighton Pride and handed out more flyers for the York Lesbian Arts Festival. Here is the standard conversation to have on bumping into an acquaintance at Brighton Pride:
- It's a good day, isn't it?
- Yes, isn't it great, a free community event with a good atmosphere, like London used to be in the old days.
- Yes, and good for kids. [pointedly]
- Oh, is this your baby? How cute. Did you carry it or did you have your egg implanted in your girlfriend a la mode?
- Of course, that's the only way to make sure the baby is biologically related to both of us. I wouldn't have it any other way.
- Quite right too. Now I have to go and pee in the bushes. Bye.
I wish I were joking.
Spent most of the day sitting outside the women's tent with pals. The sound as it carried through the canvas was so distorted that it sounded like all-day karaoke, but at least we were near the action. Whenever someone who is booked for YLAF was announced, I was near enough to run inside and check that they were fabulous, which they were. Heard Al Start for the first time - she's going to go down a storm.
In the evening, travelled back with the lovely VG Lee to Hastings, 'just down the coast,' which turns out to be about a million miles away. I may have whinged more than was strictly necessary about the length of the journey - Friend Mary kindly pointed out that I could have gone back to London if I wanted.
Now I am trying to do about a thousand different things for the festival. We had a committee meeting a few days ago at which the secretary, Jane T, kept saying it was two months till the fest and I kept insisting it was three. But she may actually have a point. Yikes. If anyone wants to come and do all the work while I adjust my chair and colour-code my paperclips, please do.
Helen x
www.ylaf.org.uk
At the weekend we went to Brighton Pride and handed out more flyers for the York Lesbian Arts Festival. Here is the standard conversation to have on bumping into an acquaintance at Brighton Pride:
- It's a good day, isn't it?
- Yes, isn't it great, a free community event with a good atmosphere, like London used to be in the old days.
- Yes, and good for kids. [pointedly]
- Oh, is this your baby? How cute. Did you carry it or did you have your egg implanted in your girlfriend a la mode?
- Of course, that's the only way to make sure the baby is biologically related to both of us. I wouldn't have it any other way.
- Quite right too. Now I have to go and pee in the bushes. Bye.
I wish I were joking.
Spent most of the day sitting outside the women's tent with pals. The sound as it carried through the canvas was so distorted that it sounded like all-day karaoke, but at least we were near the action. Whenever someone who is booked for YLAF was announced, I was near enough to run inside and check that they were fabulous, which they were. Heard Al Start for the first time - she's going to go down a storm.
In the evening, travelled back with the lovely VG Lee to Hastings, 'just down the coast,' which turns out to be about a million miles away. I may have whinged more than was strictly necessary about the length of the journey - Friend Mary kindly pointed out that I could have gone back to London if I wanted.
Now I am trying to do about a thousand different things for the festival. We had a committee meeting a few days ago at which the secretary, Jane T, kept saying it was two months till the fest and I kept insisting it was three. But she may actually have a point. Yikes. If anyone wants to come and do all the work while I adjust my chair and colour-code my paperclips, please do.
Helen x
www.ylaf.org.uk
posted by Helen Sandler at Tuesday, August 09, 2005
3 Comments:
Oh, I should think you have more than two readers. By the way, "the Norwegian academic" mentioned in a previous post (I'm one of her students) sends her regards and says that counting the verb "take" wasn't boring at all. In fact it was very entertaining! Best of luck with YLAF-wish I could be there!
Blimey, look at this, someone commented and I didn't see it till now. Thanks HB! Say hi to the 'Norwegian academic'. Are you in Norway? Or York? Or somewhere in between?
In Norway.
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