06/06/1990 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, Letitia and I…
London 04/06/1990 Monday
04/06/1990 I’ve 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. Robinson was…
London 29/05/1990 Tuesday, 7 Sisters Squats
29 May 1990 Everything suddenly solved itself, 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 me,…
London 25/05/1990 Friday
25/05/1990 Hello! First the financial news: I decided not to work at Joe’s shop anymore and spend another two 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 Joe’s shop.…
London 11/05/1990 Wednesday
11/05/1990 I’ll write in English to practice… He 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 phoned asking…
London 02/05/1990 Wednesday
02/05/1990 Letitia went on holiday and left her keys with me. He 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 summer! I’m…
London 28/04/1990 Saturday
28/04/1990 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 finished, me,…
London 22/04/1990 Sunday
22/04/1990 I was fired yesterday… I was kinda funny. Helena was grating the parmesan cheese and Joe asked her to stop and told me to do it instead. Well, that got my goat and I asked why I had to do it when Helena was doing it already… Oh, he…
London 12/04/1990 Thursday
12/04/1990 Went to work on Sunday and had a huge argument with Joe, him screaming at me, and me screaming at him, for him to stop screaming at me. I then said I wasn’t going to work there anymore, and for him to pay me. He said he could only…
London 06/04/1990 Saturday
06/04/1990 After three days off I went back to work yesterday. Nowadays, whenever I can I steal something. Well, not sure stealing is the right word. As I’m being paid such a bad wage I’m finding alternative ways of compensation. This week it was £10 and two packets of cigarettes.…