London, sometime in early 1991… I was living with my then boyfriend in a nice, one bedroom flat in Seven Sisters, after he’d been evicted from the squat where we first met and he decided to actually pay rent. He was earning a good wage as a civil engineer and…
London 09/11/1990 Wednesday
09/11/1990 Everyone in the block who was occupying a squat received a letter a month ago, the letter stated that the case was going to court on the 30th of October. Everyone thought that after the 30th there would have been another 2 weeks and everyone would have to go,…
London 09/10/1990
09/10/1990 Had a crazy week! Last Tuesday I decided to stay at home with my mum and not move out. And I started a photography course last Monday. On Monday I developed my first film, I spent all my money on materials for the course. I can’t survive on just…
London 26/09/1990 Wednesday
26/09/1990 We are back already, unfortunately. What a great trip. We arrived in Dublin at 23:00 on Thursday and Patrick’s relatives picked us up and took us to Ashbourne. We went straight to the pub for Patrick to drink proper Guinness and I met Patrick’s father’s four brothers. We went…
London 20/09/1990 Wednesday
20/09/1990 Gustavo went back to Brazil a while ago, I think it was the 30th of August. Tomorrow night Patrick and I are going to Ireland to his nephew’s christening on Sunday. I wasn’t going but he insisted and I thought why not? We are going to Galway and I’m…
London 14/08/1990 Tuesday
14/08/1990 Don’t feel like writing… My mum and I have to move out by the end of the week. I’ve no idea where to…
London 06/08/1990 Monday – 19th Birthday
06/08/1990 It’s been a while, let me try and recount the events of the last 13 days. On the 25th I was back in the restaurant, but hating it. Can’t remember what happened on the next two days. On Friday I arranged with Patrick to go to Peixe’s capoeira class,…
London 13/07/1990 Friday
13/07/1990 I can’t find a pen anywhere, so I’ll use this pencil instead… Hum, where to start… On Saturday I went to Seven Sisters with 2 bags full of clothes. I got there at 5 and there was no one in the Brazilian squat. I went to the 14th floor…
London 17/07/1990 Tuesday
17/07/1990 I was sent home early today from the restaurant as it was very quiet. There may not be any work for the next 2 weeks because of the summer holidays. That’s good but also bad as I’m skint and I bought a lot of things last week, and an…
London 19/06/1990 Tuesday
19/06/1990 On Friday, before going to meet up with Sandra, James came here saying he got us an audition for Glastonbury, which is on next weekend. Patrick asked me to go with him but it’s too expensive. If we go to show capoeira we get in for free! We met…