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Eris is a 22 year old recently-graduated woman, who was born & bred in Wycombe. She thinks the town is just spiffy.

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The Postal Service

In Bill Bryson's book 'Notes from a Big Country', he comments on the differences between the English and American postal services. Now, I don't have my copy to hand, so you will have to excuse me if I don't get these details exactly right. Mr Bryson writes of his local American Post Office's 'Customer Appreciation Day', at which they give him free doughnuts and coffee. 'Huzzah!' he thought, 'American post offices kick their English counterparts into touch! All this AND less queueing?! My life, it is complete!'. Until a letter was returned to him that he had posted three weeks earlier to a friend, care of the bookshop the friend worked in, in a small American town, with no street name, assuming that because the bookshop was very much a landmark of this town, the letter would arrive. As the old saying goes, never assume, because it.... well, I am sure you know the rest.

Eris commits a terrible crime....

Yes, I admit it. The reason for my recent absence has been because I have not been in Wycombe. Myself and six friends went on holiday. Not to Wycombe. Not even in England. I went to Malta. I got back at 7am yesterday, having celebrated my 22nd birthday in a land other than England. It was my first time on a plane, and I adored it. I was so scared beforehand, but it was wonderful. I don't regret reaching 21 before I travelled abroad, because my memories of family holidays, spent in Cornwall and Devon, are wonderful. I also got the joy of being in the Mediterranean for the first time at an age when I can appreciate it. My poor friends were graced with classics such as 'Oh my god, guys, we are FLYING!!' 'Does anyone mind taking a photograph of me by this palm tree?' and, when a bus we were on suffered a case of exploded tyre, 'Oh my goodness, we are being shot at! I knew I should not have come to the colonies!

Childhood games

There is a news article on the main BFP site at the moment, entitled ‘children’s rooms buzzing with electricity’. It tells how children nowadays have so many electrical appliances in their rooms. Televisions, games consoles, even laptop computers. This got me thinking about my childhood. I was never allowed a television in my room, and quite frankly I never desired one.

Eris visits the Library

After work yesterday, my friend, who has requested that she be referred to as Prurient Badger, and I visited the new library. This was my first time there, as sadly I have been rather busy over the last few weeks, and Tuesday evenings, the only day it is open late, have been hard for me to get there.

Father's Day

Well, it is Father's Day. It seems that the only time of year that I tell Father Eris in a gushing fashion how much I love him, and how grateful I am for everything he has done for me over the last 21 years, is Father's Day, his birthday, and Christmas. The same with Mother Eris. There is a standing joke in our family that I write essays in cards. It isn't that I love my parents any less the rest of the year, I just think that I, like most children, take them for granted until the time comes for me to really appreciate them.

On why occasionally being negative is actually very positive

I'll put the stress on 'OCCASIONALLY' here, people. Being negative all the time is not healthy, and certainly not the way in which I consider well-adjusted people to live their lives. However, it occured to me today, during an instant messaging with a fantastic friend of mine (who I shall refer to as the Van Man until I can think of a more rad name for him, because he is a man with a van), that actually, being negative and having a rant occasionally is rather good for you.

Nightlife in Wycombe

Yikes, time flies when you are having fun!! Apologies for my absence, rest assured I have been reading the site and comments, I have just been as busy as a bee!