"Yours is beautiful...

country, Honeychurch."

Isn't A Room With A View a wonderful book? The film is excellent as well- Judi Dench, Helena Bonham-Carter, Rupert Graves, good soundtrack, stunning scenery...it doesn't get much better.

Or does it?

Well, today, I think Oxford rivals it. It is a beautiful day. Not even remotely autumnal. Practically summer. It has reduced me to speaking in sentence fragments...

Saw Broken Flowers last night. It was pretty good. Bill Murray is pretty good in pretty much everything. How pretty.

This morning, I awoke with sore arms. I think I overdid it with the weights. I did this exercise whereby you lie on your back on a bench and holding a dumbbell in each hand, raise your hands over your head so they are parallel to the floor. It kills but I'm convinced it's doing some good. I will soon have arms of Anthony H proportions. I will then be content. But not until. Oh no...I will not rest.

Anyway, despite my sore arms, I had a good outing this morning. The coach really worked us. Up and down the river, at a rate of 26 strokes/minute which may not seem fast but when you're going up and down the river, it's knackering. Up and down, up and down, up and freakin' down. OUCH! Felt good though. I'm such a sadist.

Had lunch at Balliol today. The food was excellent, as it usually is. Lentil and sweet potato thing, salad and chocolate tiffin. Yummy. Balliol Hall is very pretty. High ceiling, organ, fireplace, really wide. Everything a Hall should have/be.

Currently listening to: Have A Nice Day by Stereophonics.

My Jaffa Cake addiction has been replaced by a Nutella addiction. I've ALWAYS liked Nutella but now I've discovered that you don't actually have to spread it on anything to enjoy it. You can just eat it out of the jar with a spoon. Using my fingers would just be wrong. Nutella is HUGE is Italy. Weird. I'd have thought they'd have their own version. You KNOW what Italians are...

This weekend I'm off to London for Tuvia's Hallowe'en party. I'm supposed to be wearing a costume but I'm not sure what. I'm thinking a suit, with a few buttons undone with a Superman T-shirt underneath. Clark Kent in case you were wondering. There is a really good Superman T-shirt at Zara which would be ideal. Good or no?

Alternatively, a Venetian nobleman. I've always wanted one of those ornate masks with the big beaks. But what to wear with said mask?

Now listening to Creep (Radiohead) but the The Cure cover version.Yes, that sentence is grammatically correct and the word "the" has not been repeated unnecessarily. So there. I am nothing if not grammatical.

Tomorrow, Anthony H is coming 'round for supper. I trust he'll be dazzled by my culinary skills.

I'm not sure I like Anthony H though...
"a copy of maurice, which i sadly did not take to london with me yesterday, preferring instead to read about the english court."

Preferring to read about the English Court? Catastrophic!

Now sitting: in utter disbelief.