London 15/06/1990 Friday My writing is like this because I didn’t sleep last night. I’m like a zombie. All the interesting news are about Patrick so let’s go! On Tuesday he called me arranging to meet on Weds at 5:40 at Arsenal station. Except I understood he’d call me on…
London 11/06/1990 Monday
London 11/06/1990 Monday Mental hangover day On Friday Patrick phoned me for us to arrange what to do on the weekend. I arranged for us to meet at the Brazilian squat at 5, on Saturday. Got there on Saturday and chatted to Denise and Robinson. Then Gustavo and some random…
London 06/06/1990 Wednesday
London 06/06/1990 Wednesday Blimey, I was in a funny place when I was writing the above. If I lost my memory and tried to make sense of my weekend by reading it I might feel a bit lost… I must have entered a self-destructive, compulsively irresponsible phase. After class, yesterday,…
London 04/06/1990 Monday
London 04/06/1990 Monday I just had one of the longest weekends of my life and the best one in England! Feels like a month has passed since I left home on Saturday afternoon… I arrived at the squat and Denise, Gustavo, and the guy who opened the squat were there.…
London 02/06/1990 Saturday
London 02/06/1990 Saturday Never has a year gone by so quickly! I went to the squat after work yesterday, to visit Denise. Gustavo would have been at work. I walked the 4km to Seven Sisters and on the way I walked past the place Denise and Gustavo were working. Were!…
London 29/05/1990 Tuesday, 7 Sisters Squats
London 29/05/1990 Tuesday Everything suddenly fell into place, from one day to the next, and now I don’t want to see Gustavo even if he’s dressed as Henrique. On Saturday night we smoked lots of hash and he said the most awful things to me. He said he didn’t trust…
London 25/05/1990 Friday
London 25/05/1990 Friday Hello! First the financial news: I decided not to work at Joe’s shop anymore and spent two more weeks delivering the magazines and looking for night jobs in supermarkets. Last week Helena told me there was a job in the cafe/restaurant just about the opposite side of…
London 11/05/1990 Wednesday
London 11/05/1990 Wednesday I’ll write in English to practice… Gustavo arrived, eventually, on last Friday. It was so strange, after 6 months, seeing him again. We went to Capoeira and we made love later on. It was just unbelievable. On Saturday I worked three hours at the shop because Joe…
London 02/05/1990 Wednesday
London 02/05/1990 Wednesday Letitia went on holiday and left her keys with me. Gustavo can stay there until they come back from Tenerife. The sun has been shining intensely for the last week, everyone is wearing shorts, it’s 25c during the day and it stays light until 9. It’s like…
London 28/04/1990 Saturday
London 28/04/1990 Saturday At Capoeira, on Monday, Denise and Robinson had a huge argument during lesson. A really bad one. So bad Letitia, her new boyfriend and Marcia left in the middle of the class. I was depressed, and so was everyone who stayed till the end. After it was…