Currently doing the email rounds in London.

Interesting article about the effect of the bombings on tube journeys.
It’s difficult. I’ve been consciously not avoiding sitting next to ‘Asian looking’ people but that feels a bit patronising and tokenistic. I guess it’s better than nothing.
On the other hand, I haven’t been up top on a bus since it all happened.
It’s still weird that ‘Asian’ here means ‘Indian’, and ‘South East Asian’ means what Australians would call ‘Asian’. I think Australians are more likely to know what South East Asian country someone comes from, and Britons are more likely to know which ‘Asian’ country someone comes from.

I’ve been very quiet lately. Working hard to get everything finished before I fly to Vietnam to meet Mum. I’m having pre-trip drinks in Shoreditch on Sunday, if I haven’t told you already.
I’ve upgraded MT to test the newer comment spam fixes before I go to Vietnam, do let me know if you notice anything strange.

So I’m at a show biz party (thanks Min!) and a woman I met on the dance floor asks what I do.
“I work in a museum”, I say.
“Oh, really? Cool. My dad has a museum. Do you know the Design Museum?”
It was that kind of party.

Another excellent weekend. I saw three films from the French Film Tour, and went to Fist.
The best film of the lot was Pot Luck (L’Auberge Espagnole). It made me want to run away and live as a student in Europe. The Man on the Train and Summer Things were also very good.