Small Pleasures :: 11:12 PM :: easyjetsetter

More on Nosemonkey's pissup tomorrow, I have lots of touching wonderful things to say, but for now, I have had several excellent things occur to me this evening:

1) I received my first london whistle and catcall. I have missed the harrassment I used to complain about so much in Paris. How else is a girl supposed to know she's dressed sexily on a given day? I was pleased to see the image of class I seemed to be projecting in France (maid t'es trop classe!) translates well, as the guy whistled, bowed and said 'madame.'

2) I had a hankering for something sweet on the way home and discovered some raspberry millions, which I have not had since we used to go swimming on wednesdays at school and we'd stop in the chip shop on the way back and I'd get 100g for the ride home. The taste of them gave me proustian umbilical whiplash and I could suddenly smell the chlorine, the chips and Phillip Rogerson's aqua di gio... the only men's cologne which still turns my head.

3) I have a job interview tomorrow. Shan't jinx it by saying much, but when you're staring unemployment in the face three weeks away, an interview (and it's a step up - not in money, but in prestige and duration) is like manna from heaven.

Oh and:

1) I have now met four male bloggers. Every single one carried a messenger/courier bag. Until this evening, I had only met two, robin grant from perfect at an expat bloggers picnic, and MTF (for those of you who didn't know already know, surprise! I met him online.) This evening both Nosemonkey and Rafael Behr from the Observer sported the man bag. Two is merely a trend, four is evidence.

2) Nosemonkey and Rafael are both much younger and slimmer than I thought they'd be, especially considering how much NM claims to drink.

3) Nosemonkey said almost exactly the same of me (except the drinking bit) and added that he thought I was a bloke pretending to be The Only Girl Political Blogger On The Intarweb. I guess it's a compliment, in that I suppose he reckons that I think like a man...

4) I've been thinking a bit about this fallacious 'no girls on the internet' thing, and I reckon it's about time to do something about it. I'll be making a bit of a policy announcement on Monday to this end.