im cream crackered. nearly falling asleep on the way home from oxford where ive spent the weekend. saturday night i went out with my american friend and was quite pleased with myself. i saw a woman i really liked the look of - pale and red headed, slim and well dressed, elegant - now normally i would kinda glance wistfully at her and kick myself the next day for not being brave enough to say anything to her. this time i found myself talking to several women in several bars before i saw her again in a jamaican bar - so this time i managed to get her attention and chatted for an hour. it was really hard because it was so loud and so i finally got up the nerve to ask for her number - which she gave me - so we could try and talk properly somewhere a bit quieter. not sure what to suggest or even if i will use it (i think i shall though) and much less sure she will be interested but what have i got to lose? play the percentages my american cousin advises - and the more women i get up the courage to approach the easier it is. in the past women have always found me, asked me out, which is great but it means im out of practice. oxford seems to be full of intelligent pretty women which is not the case around here - i need to move!

i only got about 4-5 hours sleep and woke knowing there was no way i could drive anywhere for several hours. i walked into oxford in the wind (which blew my hangover away) and bought some present for my friends' children (7 and 4). i met up with them for a pub lunch (full veggie breakfast ) before we headed off to the pitt rivers museum to see the shrunken heads and other weirdness. the kids loved it - and it was fun seeing it through their eyes. we finished the afternoon at the turf (morse's haunt) but i stuck to coffee not wishing to top up my alcohol table. its early but i doubt i can stay awake much longer folks..