Excerpts from my notebook
Notes on things noticed, seen, witnessed or experienced. Can double as evidence in a court of law if needed.
Man working behind tills at health food shop was able to identify baked goods (focaccia) through paper bag without looking at it
18th March 2026
Woman came into cafe holding multiple bags of vacuums and moving around with a demented intensity. As I watched her leave she turned back and gave me a menacing yet seductive glare.
17th March 2026
Most depressed train announcement I've ever heard. “Well…. This terminates at Hastings… Apparently“ followed by a long sigh.
Child did not once break eye contact with me across a cafe
11th March 2026
Saw a dog dance on hind legs for much longer than I anticipated
Someone was using a hose and on first glance thought they were wrestling a giant rat
Mistook a broom for a dog. I think I'm undergoing some kind of animal related psychosis?
7th March 2026
Got stopped by a girl half my age who asked about my outfit. She said she loves men dressed as ‘old fashioned gentlemen‘. I don’t know whether she was calling me old, or a suggesting I was a bit of a ‘character‘.
2nd March 2026
“Are you tripping balls Kiki?“ then “One fang sticking out” a woman on a train was saying to what I assume, and hope - is a strange looking child.
Saw woman wearing an outdoorsy style jacket, but the back was an entirely rhinestoned portrait of 3 tigers. Very classy.
Child smiling and throwing coins at a homeless woman like she was a busker
28th Feb 2026
“I try not to get any falafel“ said a man leaving a shop called we love falafel, while holding falafel
27th Feb 2026
26th Feb 2026
Saw a girl wearing head to toe tie dye openly weeping in the street
The girls who work in a cafe I frequent told me that a woman had been in 3 times that day, each time with another man. Good for her.
25th Feb 2026
Thought I saw a dead dove, turned out to be a plastic bag slumped on a park bench
Portsmouth now has a Lucy & Yak, which feels out of place
First taste of spring and Devotchka’s ‘How It Ends‘ came on shuffle while I was sat in the sunshine. Really rather nice
