Jan 4, 2000

Some naive part of me really thought that there would be something new about it. The only thing new appears to be the 7 lbs of adipose tissue lodged about my middle and my breasts (admittedly there are worse things). I think, as I often do, that escape would be the answer. Even something as far from the exotic as taking the Number 19 bus through London from Chelsea to Islington one night. The Number 19 offers a delightful cross section of the city from South to North and the buses themselves remain an anomaly owing to the fact that they are some of the few remaining "rear entry" vehicles still running in the city. This means that the back left hand corner of the double decker beasts are open at all times, in fact there are no doors at all, merely a pole placed on the angle of the corner, which inevitably encourages one to run for them between stops and mount them while they lurch along.
- rachael 5-10-2000 4:38 pm