On diaries and nemeses

Hiya, I'm back.

Not much to report. On Monday a parcel dropped through the door from New Jersey, which caused me a few moments puzzling over what on Earth I'd ordered from the States. Then I remembered that I hadn't, but I'd agreed to review a new book about transgendered teenagers for an American publisher.

I read the first few chapters on the train back from Taunton and so far it's rather good. So I'll hopefully finish that in the next few days and let you know what I think.

What else to talk about? Um... [rifles through the pile labelled Unanswered Questions]

Lynn Jones asks:
If there wasn't the Internet or blogging, would you keep a diary?

Almost certainly not. I don't think of my blog as a diary replacement
as such anyway. I rarely post entries about what I did that day. For
me, blogging is a social activity. A place to share my ideas and
thoughts with other people.

I've tried keeping a diary in the past, but I find it difficult to
write without an audience, and it quickly becomes tiresome.

. . .

Alex asks:
Do you have a nemesis either on the internet or in real life?

Not at the moment, although I'd like a new one. There's nothing like a
good nemesis to make life worth living. :-)

If you'd like the job, the qualifications are pretty vague, but if you post pictures of a real girl on Flickr and pretend that they're of yourself en femme, you're pretty much a shoe-in. ;-)