It’s Leftwing Idiot’s birthday so I could at last give him his present. I bought it ages ago, and since then I’ve regularly, but involuntarily, told him what I’d got for him. I gave it to him last night and he opened it this morning.…

I had my phone nicked this evening. Leftwing Idiot calmly helped me call the phone company, the insurance company and the police. I spoke to the first two but he made the call to the police. This turned out to be a good move.…

Two of the projects I work for were spruced up today with the help of two hundred young volunteers who came to take part in a RockCorps event. These volunteers give four hours of their time in return for a ticket to a concert at the Royal Albert Hall.…

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It’s Bank Holiday Monday, it’s Carnival. I’m keen to go, but need to find someone to go with. Leftwing Idiot’s going – he loves Carnival and goes every year. I asked him last night if I could go with him but he wasn’t massively enthusiastic and said, “I don’t want to have to worry about you, or leave early.”…

King Russell’s mate Sam came over this evening and I was working on my blog while we were all watching TV. I left the room for a moment and when I got back I found the following on the screen:

“Testing testing, touch typing is possible but quite tricky.”…

In earlier entries I’ve described how, when I’ve bought presents for people, I can’t stop myself from telling them what I’ve bought. In fact, buying anything can be challenging because I find it almost impossible to avoid shouting out my pin number when it’s time to pay.…

I’ve just been reading over some of my earlier blog entries and what struck me was how powerful it felt to be able to share my thoughts without random interruptions from my tics. Although the tics are often funny it was refreshing to see my own words in solid sentences without the constant presence of squirrels or babies.…

Just before I left work I bent down to pick something up from the floor. I ticced so vigorously I straightened up and threw my head back sharply. I hit the shelf with my head and it came off its brackets, sending everything on it raining down around me.…

I had a great evening out last night. I caught up with friends I hadn’t seen for a while and met lots of new people. Sometimes I worry that it seems as if it’s not me but just a bunch of wild tics that have come out, and that I’m lost under them.…

On my way home from work we drove past a small fire on the edge of a park. I asked the cab driver to stop at the police station next door so I could tell them about it, but it was shut.…