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Karen ([personal profile] karen2205) wrote2004-09-15 12:04 pm

Coffee in Borders week two

[livejournal.com profile] neonchameleon pounced on me before I'd had a chance to search for the couple of books I was after, so we went in search of them together and then found a table to sit at. He'd been on a two day away-day thing and was laden down with a huge rucksack.

[livejournal.com profile] thefairmelissa came to join us and we got into a lovely theology discussion - I learnt a lot of things about Catholicism I hadn't known. We did the name dropping thing - we'd all known some of the same people in Oxford, though had never met while we were there. Then came a coffee trip - I needed to eat properly for reasons which will become clear in my next post (Francis - I must owe you some money) and [livejournal.com profile] mstevens coming along with two Americans - Sarah and Ben who are #perl inhabitants.

Melissa left us just after 7pm - lovely to have met you at last! [livejournal.com profile] hairyears came along soom after that and [livejournal.com profile] fluffymark also came at some point. I can't really remember what the conversation turned to then - there was a fair bit of India and computer techy bits and loads of other stuff:-) [livejournal.com profile] ali_anarres came along later in the evening - she'd been stuck at work for ages:-(

I distributed Green & Blacks expresso chocolate and it went down like ice cream on a summer's day.....it's fairly expensive, but *really* *really* tasty, so try some if you get the chance.

You lot seem to have much more stamina than me, so we're aiming to do the same next week - same time, same place:-)

(that's Borders in Oxford Street, 6pm onwards)

[identity profile] arkady.livejournal.com 2004-09-15 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
Sorry I didn't make it along; had a doctor's appointment at 6:10pm, and by the time I could have got there it would have been rather late - besides, I've rather overspent on stuff this month, what with the move and all, so I wanted to avoid book-temptation - I can't really justify buying more books after having bought a copy of DSM-IV-TR!

[identity profile] glissando.livejournal.com 2004-09-15 09:40 am (UTC)(link)
Only another week before I could technically take part. I'm assuming this is just a random set of people who happen to live in London meeting up? Nothing in particular in common between them? And would I be a real group baby at only 18?
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[identity profile] jiggery-pokery.livejournal.com 2004-09-15 12:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Missed you by about 14 hours!

Ah well :-)
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[identity profile] pne.livejournal.com 2004-09-15 12:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Sarah = "boojum"?
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[personal profile] kake 2004-09-17 09:01 am (UTC)(link)
Yes.

Not that I was there (yet another evening out sacrified to the god of Having A Sleep Pattern), but m said he was taking her.