This evening I ticced a tricky question, “If you had four words for the rest of your life, what would they be?” and I went on to answer my own question with a series of unusual choices:

“Teapot, Sex, Apricot, Lego.”…

One of my regular tics at the moment is, “Women” which comes out in a strange, slightly robotic voice. Occasionally it gets extended to, “I love women,” and that’s what I ticced this afternoon at work. One of my colleagues absentmindedly added, ‘Me too!’…

The other day I mentioned the tic-like labels Leftwing Idiot made when he was a child. The sentences he created were a surreal mix of ideas, just like many of my tics. He really enjoys the strangeness of tics, and these labels show his love of unusual language goes back a long way.…

Leftwing Idiot was wearing his Adidas sweater this evening when we were having dinner with Poppy. I’ve written before about my obsession with touching the trefoil logo with three fingers, something that’s commonly known at the castle as giving it a boofing.…

My friend Chiv’s been staying with me for a few days. He’s a musician and each evening he’s been practicing the trumpet, the guitar and singing, filling the castle with amazing music.

Last night as we were winding down for the evening he sang an old R&B song by Amos Milburn.…

Baclofen, the new drug I’m taking, comes as a liquid. My arm tics make taking it with a teaspoon impossible so I use a syringe. It’s a syringe without a needle so I can just squirt the medication straight into my mouth.…

Leftwing Idiot’s parents live very near the hospital where I go to see my consultant and we popped in to see them before my appointment there this afternoon.

Leftwing Idiot’s dad showed me some messages that Leftwing Idiot had made with a label maker when he was a child.…

During yet another ‘ticcing fit’ earlier, my arms contorted and my hands locked into a fixed position that happened to be over my tits so it looked and felt as if I was touching myself up. This made me and Leftwing Idiot laugh.…

I’ve talked a number of times before about the strong sensations I sometimes get from my tics. In the last couple of weeks these have been giving me bouts of intense discomfort. When they happen I move constantly with no control over what I’m doing.…

This evening along with Fran, Claire and Poppy I went to watch my friend Ruth perform. She’s a singer and along with five other people with Tourettes she showcased her talent at tonight’s event – Tourettes Live in London.

The show is part of a documentary which is being made about Ruth and the other young musicians.…