Squeak!

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“I speak two languages, Body and English.”
- Mae West

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I have an interview on Friday. For the TEFL course in London. I am rather happy.

I'm also rather nervous.

I've never had much trouble getting up and singing to a room of musicians. I'm fine if I have to give an impromptu tutorial or say something at a debate. But I'm always terrified of interviews. And this one's important.

So, until then my head will be full of all the TEFLy things I can read in preparation.

Oh, and I'm going to see what I can do about the finances, so I don't have to live on tea and biscuits the whole month.

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I've decided the mouse in my bedroom is called Bert - because it's the first name that came to mind. He's about five inches long, though half of that is tail, a brownish grey colour, and getting progressively less scared of me.

He patrols the skirting boards, looking for bits of crisps and sweets that I must have dropped, dragging them back to whatever secret place he comes from.

Do you think I'm soft because I left out some bits of bread for him last night? They were all gone in the morning.

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I've just realised - it's September the eleventh again. A date that somehow seems to come around more often than christmas.

Six years to the day that I turned on the TV and thought "Oh look, a disaster movie". Before looking again and thinking "Oh shit, there's going to be a war".

Two as it turned out - three if you include the Lebanon. And all catastrophic defeats for the most powerful empire that's ever existed - which I think is many times more incredible than the initial attacks themselves.

So, to take stock, we have:

* An American and world public that overwhelmingly favours withdrawal. Plus British, Turkish, Indian etc forces that have effectively withdrawn already.

* An American economy that's teetering on the edge of major recession, with some business interests served by an eventual victory, and some by just continuing to fight.

* No chance of victory, no exit strategy, and no government in Afghanistan or Iraq to negotiate with afterwards.

* Plans to bomb Iran, which is quite capable of responding with bombs of it's own - via terrorist groups.

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