13 Nov 2014, 14:23, Sam: I've been meaning to ask, if I may, since I noticed when I added you – how are you involved with Conservative Future? A few friends of mine are really into it, & I hadn't pegged you as the sort ^_^ 13 Nov 2014, 14:25, Damien: Why hadn't you pegged me as the sort? 13 Nov 2014, 14:26, Damien: Anyway, I'm more involved within NI conservatives, although at conference we do meet the mainland members. However, I've been too busy to really get acquainted and start off here. 13 Nov 2014, 14:26, Sam: Oh, it's just mostly a different sort of person :) 13 Nov 2014, 14:27, Damien: Haha remind me where we met? 13 Nov 2014, 14:28, Sam: (If I recall at all correctly; I was rather coked-up by that point) 13 Nov 2014, 14:28, Sam: Ah, our Unionist friends xD and you were with Jamison, I think, at James Saunders' party :) 13 Nov 2014, 14:29, Damien: Indeed 😊 13 Nov 2014, 14:29, Damien: All for good fun 󾍕 13 Nov 2014, 14:29, Damien: Haha oh yes, I remember, I was rather obliterated as well 󾆴 13 Nov 2014, 14:31, Damien: Are you interested in joining CF 13 Nov 2014, 14:31, Sam: Indeed ^_^ 13 Nov 2014, 14:31, Sam: Indeed 😊 13 Nov 2014, 14:32, Sam: Hypothetically or actually? I'm more High Tory in disposition; I'm not one to get involved, and I'm less Thatcherite than the grassroots, though I'm familiar enough with lots of people in the group :) 13 Nov 2014, 14:37, Damien: Oh I see. Even at that if you know a lot of people in in you may as well join, it's a very social party which throw the best parties!! 13 Nov 2014, 14:43, Sam: I'll consider that, but I have enough parties on my hand at the minute - I may have actually to consider cutting down >_< 13 Nov 2014, 14:44, Damien: Cutting down? Why the hell would you do that? 13 Nov 2014, 14:45, Sam: Because there's nothing in this world which can justify the pain of a cumulative comedown ^_^ 13 Nov 2014, 14:46, Sam: (or even a cumulative hangover, really) 13 Nov 2014, 14:50, Damien: If you drink enough you won't get hangovers, as for the comedown, there will be something to sort it 󾆴 13 Nov 2014, 14:53, Sam: With respect, that's the sort of advice that can only ever be given by somebody who never takes it ;P 13 Nov 2014, 14:55, Damien: Haha you're being a bore 󾌩 13 Nov 2014, 14:57, Sam: Spoken by the person who just recommended hair of the dog ;) 13 Nov 2014, 14:58, Damien: No I didn't? I'm saying If drink every day you won't get hangovers 󾌩 13 Nov 2014, 14:59, Sam: No, I know – http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_of_the_dog :3 13 Nov 2014, 15:01, Damien: Haha 13 Nov 2014, 15:01, Damien: I thought hair of the dog was drinking in the morning? Hmm 13 Nov 2014, 15:01, Damien: It works anyway 13 Nov 2014, 15:01, Sam: But anyway, let's not belabour the point ^_^ 13 Nov 2014, 15:02, Sam: Maybe not for me – I've worked out a hangover cocktail (admittedly inspired by the ones they have at ME hotels) of nux vomica, 5-HTP, lavender oil, and lots of water; you should try that ^.^ 13 Nov 2014, 15:58, Damien: Haha I love the ME Hotel haven't been in so long. Haha 13 Nov 2014, 15:58, Damien: Maybe I shall =p what's it called? 13 Nov 2014, 16:23, Sam: Oh, you can get it here: http://www.koibitolove.com/the-hangover-kit/ 24 Dec 2014, 21:38, Sam: I'm a bit out of it, take anything I say with a pinch of salt xD 24 Dec 2014, 21:39, Damien: Oh me too, have been all day haha 24 Dec 2014, 21:39, Damien: 󾦆󾦆 24 Dec 2014, 21:40, Sam: (Thank God for tolerant Uber drivers) 24 Dec 2014, 21:40, Sam: *xD 24 Dec 2014, 21:40, Sam: I've gone from having too much cava with Alex, to Christmas Eve dinner & lots of coke with friends of mine, & now I have a train journey to look forward to having taken far too much Tramadol — I hope your Christmas is as merry as mine xF 24 Dec 2014, 21:46, Damien: Hahha sounds rather fab. I've been drunk by myself and being judged by my parents, now sniff sniff for my sadly :( 24 Dec 2014, 21:47, Sam: Hey, I'm off to Cambridge to spend Christmas with extended family, I don't have much to look forward to either xD 24 Dec 2014, 21:47, Sam: I look forward to seeing you at that Eoghain Murphy thing; I assume you're coming? 🙂 29 Dec 2014, 15:09, Sam: It was lovely talking to you yesterday evening and I do hope last night wasn't too traumatising; do text me if ever you want to talk :) 29 Dec 2014, 17:20, Damien: Haha how would it of been traumatising? 29 Dec 2014, 17:23, Sam: You'd have to have a very resilient spirit not to be traumatised by cavorting with our dear host, n'est-ce pas? ^.^ 29 Dec 2014, 17:26, Damien: Hahaha would you have been traumatised? 29 Dec 2014, 17:27, Sam: I'd probably have left shivering and no longer able to speak ^_^ 29 Dec 2014, 17:28, Sam: (Though he seems like a lovely person) 29 Dec 2014, 17:38, Damien: Did you enjoy yourself? 29 Dec 2014, 17:38, Damien: Hahaha I didn't see much off him last night tbh 29 Dec 2014, 17:47, Sam: Oh, delightful; I think I saw about as much of him as I'd like to see xD but he's a good host and it was a better party than I'd expected, so yes, I must admit I did – I take it you did too? 🙂 19 Mar 2015, 23:37, Damien: Haha really? I can't stand leftys 19 Mar 2015, 23:37, Sam: I haven't seen a good Facebook comments fight in a year or so — thank you xD 19 Mar 2015, 23:41, Sam: Especially when they don't have decent arguments to back it up >_< 19 Mar 2015, 23:43, Damien: I don't have the effort for him anymore 󾰴 19 Mar 2015, 23:43, Damien: Lol 19 Mar 2015, 23:46, Sam: I'm going out with Kieran — what do you think about that? ^_^ 19 Mar 2015, 23:47, Damien: Not much to be honest 󾌴 19 Mar 2015, 23:48, Sam: Yes, no, Kieran randomly suggested that I ask that xD 19 Mar 2015, 23:49, Sam: How's your university and all that? 󾌵 3 Oct 2015, 12:06, Damien: Yes and you!! Sorry I was a bit of a mess haha!! X 4 Oct 2015, 13:08, Sam: We all are! X 30 Dec 2015, 03:55, Damien: Lovely party Sam, thank you for having 😊 x 31 Dec 2015, 18:03, Sam: Oh, God, what happened? X 20 Sep 2016, 09:39, Sam: Hey! I was just wondering if you're coming to our party? We're trying to get a sense of numbers so we know how much food / drink to get in. Xx 20 Sep 2016, 10:35, Damien: Hi Sam, hope you are well! I wish I could make, however I'm afraid I won't be in London on Saturday! I live around the corner though, so we should catch up soon! Xx 20 Sep 2016, 10:44, Sam: Sorry to hear -- and absolutely let's catch up soon! Whereabouts are you living now, then? 🙂 22 Oct 2016, 19:09, Sam: Heya – Kieran and I are throwing a bit of a Halloween dinner party on Saturday 29th (i.e. a week Saturday) at our new place: Flat 7, 11 Long St., E2. It should be an interesting time. Would be lovely to see you if by any chance you can make it! Xx 23 Oct 2016, 14:53, Damien: Hi darling, I would love to join, what time on Saturday? Xx 23 Oct 2016, 16:20, Sam: It's starting at six! Looking forward to seeing you again 🙂 25 Oct 2016, 17:23, Damien: Hi Sam, I'm very sorry, but I've mixed my days up. I've just realised that I had already been invited to see Miss Saigon on Saturday, by the lead herself! So I'm afraid I can't really get out of it 😓. Was looking forward to seeing Kieran and yourself. Perhaps we can catch up some time next week. Hope all is well XX 25 Oct 2016, 17:49, Sam: Oh dear -- no worries! Have a splendid night (it certainly sounds as though you will). When are you around over the next week or two? Xx 9 Dec 2016, 11:26, Sam: Hey! Sorry for the rather last-minute invitation. I'd thought our flatmate Chris would have rather you not come amid all the fuss between him and Mikey. I've just gone over the list of invitees with him and it turns out he's not bothered, so I thought I'd send an invitation out on the off chance that you might still be able to make it! Xx 9 Dec 2016, 16:25, Damien: Oh yes, I don't know why there would be a fuss with Chris, I know the story, but only know Mikey as a Friend of Jamison's. I hope to be able to make it later Xx 9 Dec 2016, 17:10, Sam: Fantastic! (And I hadn't realised there was much of a story at all 😛) 26 Mar 2018, 20:37, Sam: 26 Mar 2018, 20:37, Sam: Did we plan this? 26 Mar 2018, 20:37, Sam: If so it’s a bit of a late lunch 27 Mar 2018, 14:54, Damien: Hahahhaha 27 Mar 2018, 14:55, Damien: Oh god. I’m so sorry for that night Sam, I’m so bad when I drink 😰😖 27 Mar 2018, 19:09, Sam: Hey, it was really fun 27 Mar 2018, 19:10, Sam: And you can hardly have been any worse than I was ☃️ 7 Apr 2018, 09:30, Damien: Hey Sam, Kieran lost his phone last night, he’s staying at mine and will be back shortly after he wakes up xx 7 Apr 2018, 09:34, Sam: Hope you had a good time last night by the way! Was great to have you there 🙂 7 Apr 2018, 09:34, Sam: No prob! I keep telling Kieran to insure his phones, but, well, you can lead a horse to water... 😛 27 Sep 2018, 18:17, Sam: We’ll book in a cat sitter too though 6 Oct 2018, 18:24, Damien: Hi darling, looking forward to seeing you later. Is it okay if I bring a friend of mine along he’s at rather a loose end? Xx 6 Oct 2018, 18:35, Sam: And looking forward to seeing you too 🙂 6 Oct 2018, 18:35, Sam: Please! 12 Oct 2018, 21:48, Damien: Hey are you and Kieran in soho? 12 Oct 2018, 21:50, Sam: We’re back in Shoreditch now 12 Oct 2018, 21:50, Sam: You’re very welcome to join if you want 12 Oct 2018, 21:51, Sam: Bit of a lucky dip 12 Oct 2018, 21:51, Sam: We’re going for drinks with Raz who you’ve met, and a guy called Murray who none of us have met 13 Oct 2018, 13:29, Damien: Hahaha I will let you know how my night progresses darling.xx 15 Jan 2019, 21:44, Damien: Sam darling so sorry to hear about your breakup! Let’s catch up soon! 15 Jan 2019, 21:45, Sam: And yeah let’s definitely do something soon! 15 Jan 2019, 21:45, Sam: Aw, thanks for messaging - it’s totally cool though :) 15 Jan 2019, 21:45, Sam: I mean we all can - me and Kieran aren’t blanking each other or anything 15 Jan 2019, 22:10, Damien: Message expired This message is no longer available. 26 Jan 2019, 08:08, Sam: Are you still with Kieran? 26 Jan 2019, 08:08, Sam: Hey 26 Jan 2019, 08:10, Sam: I don’t have my keys and at some point I need to get in to feed Tigger, even if Kieran’s decided it was unimportant that I could actually get in last night to sleep 26 Jan 2019, 08:11, Sam: Please ask him to message me 26 Jan 2019, 08:23, Damien: Audio call 1 min 26 Jan 2019, 08:38, Damien: 08:38 26 Jan 2019, 08:38, Damien: Missed audio call 08:38 26 Jan 2019, 08:40, Damien: Audio call 8 secs 26 Jan 2019, 08:40, Damien: Kirean is on his way 26 Jan 2019, 08:40, Sam: Hope you’re well 26 Jan 2019, 08:40, Sam: Thanks 26 Jan 2019, 08:43, Damien: Audio call 2 mins 25 Aug 2019, 20:34, Sam: 25 Aug 2019, 20:34, Sam: I can’t believe I just missed you in Cannes 25 Aug 2019, 20:35, Sam: Ahhh no darling, what a shame! How long are you on the Riviera for? x 25 Aug 2019, 20:35, Sam: While my parents were going around all the clothes shops and I was just sitting around the cafes trying to find something interesting to do 25 Aug 2019, 21:38, Sam: I came back to London yesterday 25 Aug 2019, 21:38, Sam: Via my dad trying to buy a house in Roquebrune near Monaco 25 Aug 2019, 21:38, Sam: When are you back in London? Would love to see you at our moving-in party 25 Aug 2019, 21:38, Sam: 🙄 10 Sep 2019, 12:38, Sam: 10 Sep 2019, 12:38, Sam: goo.gl 10 Sep 2019, 12:38, Sam: Heya, we’re here: PubLove 308 Edgware Rd, London W2 1DY 020 7723 7980 https://goo.gl/maps/CBA9gFGjsdZtjcvn9 10 Sep 2019, 12:38, Sam: PubLove 10 Sep 2019, 12:38, Sam: �just messaging everyone to remind you to RSVP if you're planning to come so I can get a sense of numbers and know how much food etc to get - hope to see you there! 20 Nov 2019, 19:27, Sam: 20 Nov 2019, 19:28, Sam: ☹️ this is that Essex girl who gave us both a couple of cigarettes outside that restaurant in Whitehall and then added me on Facebook ^ 20 Nov 2019, 19:32, Damien: Omg the girl who was there for the wedding 😢😢 20 Nov 2019, 19:33, Sam: I know, it’s so sad 😢 I feel like I remember that quite well! She seemed really sweet 29 Nov 2019, 20:40, Sam: Do I hear you’re looking for a flatmate? My ex Louis is looking for a flat 👀 1 Dec 2019, 12:34, Damien: Yes I am indeed! It’s not quite ready yet, but put him in touch nevertheless! X 1 Dec 2019, 12:40, Sam: Amazing! What’s your phone number? I’ll put him in touch 🙂 8 Dec 2019, 17:38, Damien: Are you heading to Morgan’s party this evening 8 Dec 2019, 17:38, Damien: Hi darling 8 Dec 2019, 17:43, Sam: A bit hungover from James’s last night ... I don’t suppose you have any C? If not, I can get some 8 Dec 2019, 17:43, Sam: I wasn’t actually planning to, but yeah on second thoughts I think I will come along! 🙂 8 Dec 2019, 17:45, Damien: I’m afraid not, I did the last of it last night!! Do you want to meet for a drink before going? x 8 Dec 2019, 17:45, Sam: I’ll get some more on the way 8 Dec 2019, 17:45, Sam: Yeah absolutely, what about say 8 somewhere around the Edgware Road? Know anywhere good? 8 Dec 2019, 17:48, Damien: Yes perfect darling, let me think of somewhere x 8 Dec 2019, 18:07, Sam: My and Kieran’s old dealer isn’t picking up - I haven’t taken any in ages so I don’t know if he’s still active. Any chance you might have a guy who could deliver to Morgan’s? 🙏 8 Dec 2019, 18:08, Sam: Also there’s a pub right by Edgware Road station (the Bakerloo line one, not the one next to Morgan) which might be a cool place for a drink - I’ve been before 8 Dec 2019, 18:25, Damien: Yes let’s meet there x. 8 Dec 2019, 18:25, Damien: Yes the same thing has happened to me also! I’ll try get a number! 8 Dec 2019, 18:28, Sam: No worries, I’ve just got some! 8 Dec 2019, 18:28, Sam: See you there at 8 🙂 8 Dec 2019, 19:41, Sam: Hey we might be more like twenty past since our guy was a bit late - that ok? 8 Dec 2019, 19:51, Damien: I’ll see you then x 8 Dec 2019, 20:17, Damien: On my way! 22 Feb 2020, 22:51, Damien: Messages and calls are end-to-end encrypted. No one outside of this chat, not even WhatsApp, can read or listen to them. 22 Feb 2020, 22:51, Damien: Darling 22 Feb 2020, 22:51, Damien: What are you up to this eve ? 24 Feb 2020, 14:24, Sam: Oh, sorry, I totally missed that! What I was doing on Saturday night was shepherding Roman in the general direction of his parents’ house (since he’d taken far too much mephedrone and was having a whale of a time dancing in the street) so maybe a good thing I didn’t get your message that night 😅 24 Feb 2020, 14:24, Sam: But we should do something soon if you’re around!! 24 Feb 2020, 14:24, Sam: Let me know when you’re free 18 Mar 2020, 17:53, Damien: Sweetie, what you you up to this eve? 18 Mar 2020, 17:54, Damien: Are you about? 19 Mar 2020, 00:22, Sam: Oh no - I actually was about and very bored, but I completely missed this! 🙈 19 Mar 2020, 00:22, Sam: We should do something soon whenever you’re around 19 Mar 2020, 07:55, Damien: Hahaha I’m around all the time. No one seems to be in London. It’s so annoying 20 Mar 2020, 20:15, Sam: How about doing something next week? You’ll have to promise me you don’t have coronavirus 🐛 26 Apr 2020, 16:16, Damien: Darling are you still in London. I’m here till Tuesday would love to see you it you if you’re about! 26 Apr 2020, 18:15, Sam: I am!! Let’s do something, I’m free ... well, all the time really 😂 26 Apr 2020, 23:06, Sam: I asked Raz if he’d mind and he said “oh, god, yes, please!” - which I think is an affirmative response haha 2 May 2020, 18:00, Sam: https://twitter.com/s8mb/status/1256627152889556992?s=21 Is this true? This looks horrifying lol 8 May 2020, 13:40, Sam: 👋 you back in London yet? 8 May 2020, 19:41, Damien: Darlinggg I’m so sorry for the delayed response! I’m terrible at WhatsApp. I plan to be back in London next week some point, waiting to hear Boris’s speech on Sunday. I would love to to see you as always. How is everything? Xx 8 May 2020, 19:43, Sam: 22 May 2020, 20:02, Damien: Sam darling, how are you? I’m back in London this week and would hate to miss you! Are you free anytime this week xxx 22 May 2020, 21:57, Sam: I’m free all this week xxx name your day! 22 May 2020, 21:58, Damien: Tomorrow night? Sunday? Xx 22 May 2020, 21:59, Sam: Sunday would be easiest! Xx 22 May 2020, 21:59, Sam: By the way my friend Roman is going through benzo withdrawals - is there any chance you know how he could get some valium or something on the streets? 22 May 2020, 21:59, Damien: Perfect I can’t wait darling xx. 22 May 2020, 22:00, Damien: Let me think, I have guy in Bayswater xx 22 May 2020, 22:01, Sam: Me neither - really looking forward 💖 22 May 2020, 22:01, Sam: Please please do because I’m with him now and he’s really freaking out - I’d really appreciate it xx 23 May 2020, 21:40, Sam: Hey could you text me urgently about your guy? I’m actually staying with my new kind-of-bf at his house in Notting Hill tonight so it would be an ideal time to collect from Bayswater - and Roman is really really fucked up 24 May 2020, 07:57, Damien: So sorry darling I tried to call him other night. 24 May 2020, 07:57, Damien: +44 7495 988211 24 May 2020, 07:57, Damien: That’s the benzo dealers number xx 24 May 2020, 14:17, Sam: Aw, thanks xx I’ll give it to Roman to give him a call! 24 May 2020, 14:36, Sam: Oh dear, Roman says the guy behind that number says it’s a wrong number 24 May 2020, 14:36, Sam: Is this someone you haven’t talked to in a while? 24 May 2020, 14:39, Damien: It’s been ages let me someone else! 24 May 2020, 14:40, Sam: Awww thanks!! 24 May 2020, 15:23, Sam: Btw let me know if you’re still up for coming over tonight! 24 May 2020, 15:23, Sam: Also Roman has found a guy, so you don’t need to worry any more 24 May 2020, 15:23, Sam: Thanks so much for doing all this work for someone you don’t even know 💜 massively appreciate it!! 24 May 2020, 15:28, Damien: Not at all darling! Happy to help. I would love to see you tonight, I have my friend staying with me at the moment so I can’t really leave him. Is he okay to tag along I think you’ve met before. If not we can rearrange! Xx 24 May 2020, 17:04, Sam: Yes of course, bring him along!! 24 May 2020, 17:04, Sam: Always happy to meet new potential disease vectors 😉 24 May 2020, 17:07, Sam: By the way i don’t suppose there’s any chance you have a Juul charger? 24 May 2020, 17:07, Sam: I’ve left mine at Roman’s but he’s out tonight 24 May 2020, 17:07, Sam: Can’t remember if you use a Juul or not 🤔 24 May 2020, 17:12, Damien: Hahaha i thought you’ve already had it darling? I don’t have a Juul sorry :( what type of charger does it take I have so many here xx 24 May 2020, 17:22, Damien: What time suits for later darling? 24 May 2020, 17:31, Sam: How about 8? X 24 May 2020, 17:31, Sam: No worries at all - it’s an extremely specific weird custom magnetic charger so I’ll need to get a custom one 24 May 2020, 18:25, Damien: Perfect darling xxx 24 May 2020, 19:35, Sam: Btw if you have any kind of vape, would love it if you could bring 💖 24 May 2020, 19:39, Damien: I’m afraid not darling 😩 I can try pick one up in the way. Xx 24 May 2020, 20:07, Damien: Same darling just running a tad late. Be there soon xx 24 May 2020, 20:08, Sam: No worries at all! And no worries about the vape, sorry I missed that - raz has picked up some liquid for my backup vape 🙏 25 May 2020, 00:41, Damien: image omitted 25 May 2020, 03:08, Sam: image omitted 25 May 2020, 12:35, Sam: 25 May 2020, 12:38, Damien: Hahah oh yes you called your mother I think!! How are you feeling today darling? X 25 May 2020, 12:54, Sam: Not too bad actually! Red bull and a couple of solpadeine has sorted me out 😇 25 May 2020, 12:55, Sam: Still wanna have a sleepover tomorrow night? 😅 25 May 2020, 13:00, Damien: Of course darling, I can’t wait 😘 25 May 2020, 13:07, Sam: 25 May 2020, 13:07, Sam: I’ll send you a few out of the thousands my dad has sent me haha 25 May 2020, 13:07, Sam: Me neither 💜 25 May 2020, 13:20, Sam: Ok so my dad likes the outdoors, and basically all the photos he's sent me are just of the surrounding land and trees etc, and there are like two bad photos that actually have the house in them 25 May 2020, 13:20, Sam: but here ya go 25 May 2020, 13:20, Sam: 25 May 2020, 13:20, Sam: 25 May 2020, 13:20, Sam: 25 May 2020, 13:20, Sam: 25 May 2020, 13:20, Sam: 25 May 2020, 13:20, Sam: 25 May 2020, 16:20, Sam: Hey do you have a valium number in the end? This time not for Roman but for me - I haven’t heard from Phil in like 24h, can’t get in touch with his housemate Brooke, and am totally freaked out that he’s ODed or something - I can’t do anything practically so the best thing I can do is sedate myself 25 May 2020, 16:22, Sam: Never thought I’d say this but the drugs don’t work ... not the ones I have, at least 25 May 2020, 21:43, Sam: 25 May 2020, 21:59, Sam: 26 May 2020, 14:33, Sam: You still up for me coming round tonight? 😇 26 May 2020, 14:34, Damien: Yes darling!! Can’t wait. What time suits? x 26 May 2020, 14:43, Sam: How about 7 or 8? X 26 May 2020, 14:58, Damien: 8 is perfect xx 26 May 2020, 19:00, Sam: Perfect, see you soon xo 26 May 2020, 20:04, Sam: Hey I’m really sorry, I’m disorganised as always 🙈 Will be more like half past or a tiny bit later 26 May 2020, 20:05, Sam: Really excited to see you though x 26 May 2020, 20:05, Damien: Not to worry darling. See you soon xx 27 May 2020, 12:29, Sam: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v36/n06/david-runciman/the-stuntman 29 May 2020, 00:06, Sam: Tx for such a nice few days 💜 see you again on Saturday!! 29 May 2020, 18:12, Sam: 29 May 2020, 18:12, Sam: 29 May 2020, 19:48, Damien: I Love the speech bubble 💬 ahh 😂🤣😂 30 May 2020, 13:44, Sam: I know, the speech bubble absolutely makes it 😂 30 May 2020, 13:52, Sam: https://twitter.com/pippacrerar/status/1266656970330832897?s=21 30 May 2020, 18:31, Sam: Btw are you still up for doing something tonight? 30 May 2020, 20:30, Sam: Lemme know in like 30 mins or something or I’m gonna do something else 🙏 🙏 30 May 2020, 20:42, Damien: 😂😂 30 May 2020, 20:43, Damien: Darling so sorry for the late reply! Can we meet during the week when I’m back, I’m not quite feeling myself tonight for some reason 😕 xxx 30 May 2020, 20:46, Sam: Awh, no worries at all! Sure you don’t even want to go / come round for a drink? 30 May 2020, 20:46, Sam: Got Roman and potentially Raz + Grindr fuck around 30 May 2020, 21:11, Damien: Haha thank you darling, let me have a lie down and I’ll let you know 😘 4 Jun 2020, 10:07, Sam: 5 Jun 2020, 10:00, Damien: Thank you darling! You’re so kind to have ordered it for me. Can’t wait to start reading it 😘😘 7 Jun 2020, 18:58, Sam: I’ll warn you it’s quite ... long-winded ... but if you have enough time with nothing much to do and you can dig into it, he’s an incredible writer 😇 Get ready for lots of sentences like this though: http://ask.metafilter.com/35008/What-is-Prousts-longest-sentence 7 Jun 2020, 18:59, Sam: (That sentence is basically Proust musing on the gays, who he almost definitely was one of) 18 Jun 2020, 16:35, Sam: You fancy a drink tonight? I’m at a bit of a loose end 18 Jun 2020, 16:35, Sam: Can bring wine 🍷 18 Jun 2020, 17:00, Damien: Oh perfect darling. What time suits you? X 18 Jun 2020, 17:06, Sam: Oh thank god 18 Jun 2020, 17:06, Sam: How about 7 or 8? 😇 18 Jun 2020, 17:16, Damien: 8 it’s great 👍 xx 18 Jun 2020, 20:06, Sam: Sorry, will be there in 5 mins 18 Jun 2020, 20:07, Sam: Is it alright if Raz pops by for a drink at some point btw? I think he was meaning to at some point! 18 Jun 2020, 20:07, Sam: I mean at some point tonight ^^ in case that wasn’t clear lol 18 Jun 2020, 20:07, Damien: Yes darling perfect x 18 Jun 2020, 20:14, Sam: Ok I’m just downstairs - remind me what your number is? 🙏 18 Jun 2020, 20:14, Damien: 2909 xx 18 Jun 2020, 22:12, Sam: https://www.reddit.com/r/raisedbynarcissists/ 18 Jun 2020, 23:31, Sam: 19 Jun 2020, 12:34, Sam: Hey how about 7 as a time to regroup? :) 19 Jun 2020, 12:34, Damien: Perfect darling 👌🏻 19 Jun 2020, 12:35, Sam: See ya then! 19 Jun 2020, 18:35, Sam: Hey sorry, looking more like 7:30-45 19 Jun 2020, 18:35, Sam: hope that's ok 💕 sorry I'm such a shambles! 19 Jun 2020, 18:40, Damien: That’s perfect darling. See you then xx 19 Jun 2020, 19:54, Sam: Hey, sorry, I’ll be like 5 more mins - my first Uber turned me away for not wearing a mask 😷 🙈 19 Jun 2020, 19:54, Sam: And I think raz is following in like half an hour or so (you messaged him, right?) 19 Jun 2020, 19:55, Damien: Haha goodness me. 19 Jun 2020, 19:55, Damien: Yes that’s right. 19 Jun 2020, 19:55, Damien: See you soon x 19 Jun 2020, 20:59, Sam: Here ya go, the website my dad uses - for inspiration: https://www.themodernhouse.com/ 19 Jun 2020, 21:15, Sam: You should read the piece on Phil’s parents’ Cap-Ferrat house because it explains Nicki’s process -> https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/nh-article 19 Jun 2020, 21:15, Sam: I can totes see you doing all that 19 Jun 2020, 21:16, Sam: But also I guess my uncle can give some advice, even though he’s definitely no Nicki Haslam 19 Jun 2020, 22:17, Sam: 19 Jun 2020, 22:18, Sam: I’m heading home for a drink because I still feel energetic - but I hope you sleep well and I’ll chat to you tomorrow morn xo 20 Jun 2020, 09:45, Damien: Omg I’ve just woke! No recollection how I got to bed. I hope I wasn’t too much of a nuisance 🥺🥺 20 Jun 2020, 09:45, Sam: Haha you were a delight 20 Jun 2020, 09:45, Sam: I gave you a Xanax and you were pretty much gone from that point on 😴 20 Jun 2020, 09:46, Sam: Wanna try again tonight? 😅 20 Jun 2020, 09:53, Damien: I’m oh so sorry. Yes please come later. I’ll make sure I’m more alert 😅xxx 20 Jun 2020, 10:08, Sam: Nah you have nothing to be sorry for 💖 See you later! I’ll bring wine 20 Jun 2020, 10:10, Sam: PS I don’t know if you remember any of this, but you said (via my grandmother) that you’d call my uncle to chat about property development :) 20 Jun 2020, 10:10, Sam: that you’d call him this morning^* 20 Jun 2020, 11:12, Sam: 20 Jun 2020, 14:00, Damien: Perfect darling. 😘😘 20 Jun 2020, 17:27, Sam: Hey do you fancy coming to Divy’s for one drink before we go back to yours? I’m just having a drink with him - cool if not x 20 Jun 2020, 17:29, Damien: Yes that sounds good. Where is Divys? X 20 Jun 2020, 17:29, Damien: On Hanover Sq? 20 Jun 2020, 17:44, Sam: Hanover Street, next to Hanover Square :) 20 Jun 2020, 17:44, Sam: Flat 2, number 17b - I can let you in if you call me 🤙 20 Jun 2020, 17:48, Damien: Perfect darling. See you soon xx 20 Jun 2020, 17:49, Sam: See ya 👋 xo 20 Jun 2020, 18:01, Sam: We’re just rushing to Whole Foods to try to get food, fingers crossed we’ll get back before you get there but if not we’ll rush back 🏃‍♂️ 20 Jun 2020, 18:02, Damien: Oh take your time darling. I’m at least 20 mins away. Do you need me to bring anything 20 Jun 2020, 18:33, Sam: Oh sorry I’ve just caught this 20 Jun 2020, 18:33, Sam: Divy has tons of booze and we’re now dashing back 20 Jun 2020, 18:33, Sam: See you soon - fingers crossed we’ll beat you there xo 20 Jun 2020, 18:36, Sam: Divy is doing his best to hurry his very distractible friend along 20 Jun 2020, 18:36, Sam: It’s a bit of a battle 20 Jun 2020, 18:46, Sam: Ok we’re back 20 Jun 2020, 18:46, Damien: Location: https://maps.google.com/?q=51.514233,-0.148936 20 Jun 2020, 18:47, Damien: We going to The Wrong sq haha 20 Jun 2020, 18:47, Sam: Hahaha good, that probably buys us some time 20 Jun 2020, 19:19, Damien: Sorry it’s tamminh me fievevr 20 Jun 2020, 20:34, Sam: Oh sorry I’ve just got this - tell me if I’m being too inside-joke-y tonight - I suddenly felt bad at a couple of points that I’ve been chatting about random stuff that doesn’t mean anything to you 20 Jun 2020, 20:34, Sam: Feel free to tell me to shut up 💜 20 Jun 2020, 20:37, Sam: Also: feel free to ping me whenever you feel like heading home - I do wanna hang out with just you at some point xo 20 Jun 2020, 22:03, Sam: Tell me if you wanna go 20 Jun 2020, 22:03, Sam: Idk how you’re liking it 20 Jun 2020, 22:03, Sam: Honestly feel free to be up front!£ 20 Jun 2020, 22:05, Damien: Oh honestly fine darling. I really don’t mind xx 20 Jun 2020, 22:30, Sam: Ok let’s go in like 15 mins 20 Jun 2020, 22:30, Sam: I’m a tiny bit bored and I wanna chat to you on your own 💖 20 Jun 2020, 22:30, Sam: Not about anything specific, just in general 20 Jun 2020, 23:00, Sam: 20 Jun 2020, 23:01, Sam: 20 Jun 2020, 23:27, Sam: 21 Jun 2020, 02:53, Sam: https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/risk/estimates/riskbehaviors.html 21 Jun 2020, 17:10, Sam: Heya, is 7 a good time to aim for? Also do you fancy a stroll around the Barbican? xo 21 Jun 2020, 17:31, Damien: Yes that sounds perfect darling see you then xx 21 Jun 2020, 18:56, Sam: Heya, sorry, I’ve almost left 🙈 Just checking that you’re sure that the business centre or whatever it’s called - just somewhere to set up my laptop and work - is open 21 Jun 2020, 19:00, Damien: Yes let me just double check 21 Jun 2020, 19:04, Damien: 21 Jun 2020, 19:15, Sam: Hmm, I could work at yours but it might get a bit crowded! Haha 21 Jun 2020, 19:15, Sam: I guess we can give it a try and see how it works for both of us - fingers crossed maybe the Barbican cafe will have reopened, that’s a pretty decent place to work remotely! 21 Jun 2020, 19:15, Damien: You’re more than welcome to darling I can clear some space I’d you like cx 21 Jun 2020, 19:27, Sam: Aww thanks 💓 We can figure it out as we go, I guess! 21 Jun 2020, 19:28, Sam: Either way I’m omw, should be there in 10 x 21 Jun 2020, 19:31, Sam: Also, you up for drinks at Bethnal this Friday with me and Raz and Divy + co? X 21 Jun 2020, 19:38, Damien: Perfect. Yes if love to darling xx 21 Jun 2020, 20:54, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycle_of_abuse 22 Jun 2020, 13:36, Sam: 22 Jun 2020, 14:13, Damien: LOL 22 Jun 2020, 17:55, Sam: Oh hey actually if you could grab a couple of onions and a stick of butter, that would be amaze 💓 22 Jun 2020, 18:34, Sam: Hey do you happen to have a stick blender? 22 Jun 2020, 18:34, Sam: I’m considering doing pasta e ceci 22 Jun 2020, 18:34, Damien: Let me check 22 Jun 2020, 18:35, Damien: Afraid not darling 22 Jun 2020, 18:35, Damien: Sorry xx 22 Jun 2020, 18:35, Sam: No worries! 💜 22 Jun 2020, 18:47, Sam: 22 Jun 2020, 18:47, Sam: (My old English teacher) 23 Jun 2020, 12:38, Sam: https://www.themodernhouse.com/sales-list/blenheim-gardens/ love this 23 Jun 2020, 12:38, Sam: https://www.themodernhouse.com/sales-list/outhouse/ also this is stunning 23 Jun 2020, 12:39, Sam: https://www.themodernhouse.com/sales-list/halzephron-house/ 23 Jun 2020, 18:09, Sam: Fancy going down to Hammersmith to see Roman? 23 Jun 2020, 18:09, Sam: He does seem ok 23 Jun 2020, 18:10, Sam: Apparently he’s getting back in touch with his old pre-heroin friends 23 Jun 2020, 18:10, Sam: 23 Jun 2020, 18:10, Sam: apparently I’m meant to know who that is but my pop culture knowledge is dreadful ^ 23 Jun 2020, 18:16, Damien: Hahaha ive just hopped off the tube. Daisy Lowe is model isn’t she? Can’t say for sure! 23 Jun 2020, 18:37, Sam: Samuel Robinson-Adams Monzo Bank 04-00-04 16068982 MONZGB2L Broadwalk House, 5 Appold St London EC2A 2AG United Kingdom 23 Jun 2020, 21:29, Sam: Jesus sorry Roman is on transmit-only 23 Jun 2020, 22:07, Sam: https://shirazsocialist.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/kingsley-amis-on-the-hangover/ 23 Jun 2020, 22:08, Sam: https://shirazsocialist.wordpress.com/2010/12/27/amis-on-drink-mean-sods-guide/ 23 Jun 2020, 22:24, Sam: http://old.theexonian.com/2011/02/24/exeter-life/senior_spotlight_isaac_lederman 24 Jun 2020, 13:02, Sam: Btw if you wanted to ring my grandmother to get the right number, her number is 01223 351684 24 Jun 2020, 13:02, Sam: She won’t mind at all, she’s super chill and she’s normally around 24 Jun 2020, 13:03, Sam: Also we should plan our rescheduled Suffolk weekend for when you’re back from France! 24 Jun 2020, 13:04, Sam: Her name’s Cynthia in case you’re one of those people who likes to have a name! 24 Jun 2020, 18:52, Sam: Wait it’s your birthday tomorrow isn’t it? Argh I’m so sorry, I said I was bad at remembering to get people presents 🙈 🎂 25 Jun 2020, 00:01, Sam: Ok so in lieu of a present - wishing a v happy birthday to my favourite wino in the whole world 🎂 Thank you for such a lovely week staying at yours 💜 I just wanted to say I’ve genuinely loved every minute: the stupid drunk calls with Eimhear, talking about wool in way too much detail with Divy, whatever the fuck it was that we did with Roman... and obviously cuddling in bed too 🙈I love that you see so much good in everyone and everything. I love that you spend your life genuinely sincerely caring about everyone around you, and trying to make their lives better - even people like Kieran who are horrid to you. I love that you tell me I make you a better person when the truth is I’m not half the person you are. The only thing I hate about you is that you can’t see what a genuinely wonderful person you are. I’m absurdly privileged to have you in my life and I love you to pieces 💖 Hope you have the birthday you richly deserve and I can’t wait to see you when you’re back xo 25 Jun 2020, 00:02, Sam: I could say so much more, you’re an absolute treasure and I haven’t forgotten I owe you a proper birthday weekend 🥳 25 Jun 2020, 00:03, Sam: 25 Jun 2020, 13:57, Damien: Oh darling you’re so kind for giving me your grandmothers number I’ll be sure to give her a ring soon. Thank you. Re the birthday present don’t be silly. You were so nice to come and stay with me, I had such a nice time. That’s probably the nicest and most touching message I’ve received in a long time and had really cheered me up. You’re such a sweet person thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️ 25 Jun 2020, 13:58, Damien: HAHAHAH not quite profile pic material but definitely sums up the weekend 😘😘 25 Jun 2020, 19:29, Sam: Aww I’m touched 💕 25 Jun 2020, 19:29, Sam: It’s a brilliant photo! 😉 25 Jun 2020, 19:30, Sam: You still around tomorrow for drinks with Divy and co? And do you still want some company at your flat? Because I’m up for staying xo 25 Jun 2020, 20:13, Sam: 26 Jun 2020, 11:54, Sam: ^^^^ 26 Jun 2020, 12:14, Damien: Hi darling, I should be able to come today. I would live you to stay as well, but I have an early morning flight to France tomorrow. I somehow forgot :( xx 26 Jun 2020, 14:23, Sam: Ah, no worries at all! Is there any chance you could bring the small weekend bag I left, if you can find it? 🙏 26 Jun 2020, 14:24, Sam: There’s also a small chance I might have left my menthol Juul pods which would also be amazing to get back (if I did leave them), since they’re a nightmare to find at shops 😅 26 Jun 2020, 18:13, Damien: Yes darling of course I can’t seem to see the weekend bag. I’ve seen the July pods, and I think you’ve also left your razor/ I’ll pack it all up. Xx 26 Jun 2020, 18:19, Sam: Aww thanks! All I wanted from the weekend bag was the razor thing (or actually it was Raz who wanted it, to do his hair 😅) so that’s perfect xx 26 Jun 2020, 20:46, Sam: Heya - you still coming this evening? 26 Jun 2020, 21:39, Damien: Sorry darling I just nodded off. Is it too late to come now? Xx 26 Jun 2020, 21:47, Sam: Not at all! 26 Jun 2020, 21:47, Sam: Divy has coke so that might perk you up 26 Jun 2020, 22:03, Sam: Hey raz asks if you’re coming, since he’s dead set on getting those clippers 26 Jun 2020, 22:07, Damien: Perfect darling I’ll get myself ready now. Should be with you soon xxx 26 Jun 2020, 23:00, Sam: Heya - Roman asks if you’re bringing pills? Not sure exactly what he means 26 Jun 2020, 23:05, Damien: Oh yess 26 Jun 2020, 23:05, Damien: What’s the flat number I always forget 26 Jun 2020, 23:06, Missed audio call 27 Jun 2020, 00:42, Sam: Jesus Christ 27 Jun 2020, 00:42, Sam: I swear to god can someone else be the centre of attention for like three seconds 27 Jun 2020, 00:42, Sam: This is driving me mad 27 Jun 2020, 01:25, Sam: Sorry that this has been such a maddening night 27 Jun 2020, 01:25, Sam: I think it takes a lot to annoy either of us but this has been a lot 27 Jun 2020, 01:34, Sam: Jesus fucking Christ I’m sorry for that nightmare 27 Jun 2020, 02:14, Sam: Ok that’s the end of Roman 27 Jun 2020, 18:13, Sam: 27 Jun 2020, 18:14, Sam: Clearly I’m gonna be known among all my friends as a beater-upper now 🙄 27 Jun 2020, 18:14, Sam: How was your fight? xo 27 Jun 2020, 18:14, Sam: Flight* hahaha 27 Jun 2020, 19:11, Sam: 27 Jun 2020, 23:17, Sam: 28 Jun 2020, 20:22, Sam: 28 Jun 2020, 20:22, Sam: Also text me bitch 28 Jun 2020, 21:02, Sam: Ok I’ll be free in like 20 mins if you fancy calling me at 20 past? Sorry to be such a hassle 💖 28 Jun 2020, 21:32, Sam: Sorry, 5 mins! I’ll call you 28 Jun 2020, 21:32, Sam: Sorry I’m such an omnishambles with timing 28 Jun 2020, 21:39, Sam: Call me back whenever you’re around, I’m here all night xo 28 Jun 2020, 21:43, Damien: Sorry phone Died 28 Jun 2020, 21:43, Damien: Call you I in 29 28 Jun 2020, 22:05, Damien: image omitted 28 Jun 2020, 22:05, Damien: image omitted 28 Jun 2020, 22:05, Damien: image omitted 28 Jun 2020, 22:05, Damien: image omitted 28 Jun 2020, 22:05, Damien: image omitted 28 Jun 2020, 22:05, Damien: image omitted 28 Jun 2020, 22:05, Damien: image omitted 28 Jun 2020, 22:05, Damien: image omitted 28 Jun 2020, 22:06, Damien: image omitted 28 Jun 2020, 22:06, Damien: image omitted 28 Jun 2020, 23:12, Sam: I’ve spent like an hour now reading this and talking to Phil about it 28 Jun 2020, 23:12, Sam: And my considered opinion is oh my god what an utter shit 28 Jun 2020, 23:13, Sam: 28 Jun 2020, 23:14, Sam: I honestly don’t know what is the most enraging part of these messages 28 Jun 2020, 23:15, Sam: It’s a close tie between (a) saying off the bat that he’s realised none of the situation on Friday is his fault in any way (b) bizarrely implying that I’m going to steal his bloody ring, or alternatively your 4 clonazepam pills from your concierge (c) ‘almost killed myself’ in a vague attempt to use suicide threats to get sympathy (an old favourite) (d) trying to guilt you into giving him more drugs to see how far he can push the envelope (e) whatever the fuck else there is in there 28 Jun 2020, 23:15, Sam: I am in complete disbelief at this 28 Jun 2020, 23:25, Damien: Sorry. Didn’t see these messages. He seemed quite desperate to get in touch with houx sorry for doing that darling c 28 Jun 2020, 23:25, Damien: Omg I’m just reading the above. 28 Jun 2020, 23:25, Damien: That’s seriously fucked yo 28 Jun 2020, 23:26, Sam: Nah that’s fine, but I’ve said my piece and I don’t have anything more to say 28 Jun 2020, 23:26, Sam: To Roman I mean 28 Jun 2020, 23:28, Sam: I’m just ... I have never and don’t ever want to again deal with someone like this 28 Jun 2020, 23:28, Sam: I’d like to think I’m normally an ok judge of character but I seriously misjudged in this case and that’s become very clear to me in the last day or two 28 Jun 2020, 23:30, Damien: I feel so bad because you’ve invested so much into him. You must be feeling awful 28 Jun 2020, 23:30, Sam: I mean yeah, to be honest 28 Jun 2020, 23:31, Sam: I’ve done a hell of a lot to try to help him 28 Jun 2020, 23:32, Damien: I can’t imagine the scene yesterday it must of been heartbreaking for you. Completely grief struck 28 Jun 2020, 23:32, Sam: And that he responds by - being a total brat and expecting me to pay for everything in his life, and throwing a tantrum when for once I don’t - then trying to turn both you and Phil against me, and saying nothing is his fault at all - then cravenly getting you to put him in touch with me to try to apologise to get me back on side (having previously said everything is my fault) when he realises that isn’t going to work 28 Jun 2020, 23:33, Sam: Yeah I mean I don’t even know what to make of it 28 Jun 2020, 23:33, Sam: No, that was honestly less upsetting than all the manoeuvring with you and Phil over the last 48 hrs 28 Jun 2020, 23:33, Sam: I’m not hurt by him being a fuck-up and a bit of a brat - I already knew that 28 Jun 2020, 23:34, Sam: I *am* hurt by all of this trying to lie to my friends to turn them against me and get them on board as new enablers, the second he loses me as an enabler 28 Jun 2020, 23:35, Sam: I mean I’m touched that neither you nor Phil is having any of it 28 Jun 2020, 23:35, Sam: But Jesus yeah it’s not very nice 28 Jun 2020, 23:38, Damien: I would never believe a word of you beating him up it’s quite comical really. I desperately feel sorry for and hope you can recover ( I don’t see it likely) but maybe he’ll get himself back one day, but it seems not he’s just a ruthless drug addiction who will do what he can, abs Franklin no one needs this. I notices instantly with the string of replies and messages he was sending. I just got BBR doing with it. I’m very sorry that you went so much of his antics all to come to last night. You must be so sad about it all. 28 Jun 2020, 23:42, Sam: Yeah I’m really really horrified and upset and, just, ugh I was just saying to Phil that the flip side of all my close friends being fantastic people - you and him especially - is that I’m totally unprepared for this kind of stuff and it’s really upsetting and confusing 28 Jun 2020, 23:44, Sam: Like, you’re free to make your own mind up and I don’t mind at all if you want to be friends with Roman or try to make him better or anything like that, but I’m just glad that in this specific case you weren’t convinced by the lies and, idk, whatever on earth this is that is happening 28 Jun 2020, 23:46, Sam: I’m really really glad to have you as a friend, and I’m really horrified by the way Roman has turned out - I knew he was in a bad place but I didn’t know he was capable of being a bad person - I’m gonna get some sleep now I think because I’m exhausted and my brain is failing me - hope you have a really great night and I’m so sorry for all this chaos 😕💜 29 Jun 2020, 00:30, Damien: image omitted 29 Jun 2020, 00:30, Damien: image omitted 29 Jun 2020, 00:31, Damien: He’s using photos from ages ago 29 Jun 2020, 00:32, Damien: He’s insane 😢 29 Jun 2020, 00:32, Damien: He’s really desperate Sam 29 Jun 2020, 00:32, Damien: He’s not a well person 29 Jun 2020, 00:52, Sam: 29 Jun 2020, 00:54, Sam: Totally agree 29 Jun 2020, 00:54, Sam: Hard not to let it get to you though 29 Jun 2020, 00:54, Sam: This is utterly nutterly 29 Jun 2020, 00:56, Damien: I so sorry for him. How desperate to not admit his own bad behaviour than to pull a photo ip years ago. 29 Jun 2020, 00:56, Damien: It’s so sad 29 Jun 2020, 00:57, Damien: He’s like. Toddler trying to get out of trouble 29 Jun 2020, 01:00, Sam: Yeah I know 29 Jun 2020, 01:00, Sam: My god 29 Jun 2020, 01:00, Sam: Phil is getting all the same stuff 29 Jun 2020, 01:01, Sam: Along with god knows who else 29 Jun 2020, 01:01, Sam: I’m gonna take your and Phil’s advice and just treat it as mental illness and let it wash over me 😇 29 Jun 2020, 01:01, Sam: Awww I’m so glad I have you two as friends, I feel a lot better than I would otherwise xo 29 Jun 2020, 14:06, Damien: I just believe he was showing pictures of bruises of his arm which are literally 3 years old 🤣🤣😂 it we funny if it wasn’t so absurdly insane and unhinged. I hope you’re okay. I’m you must be quite upset by the whole thing 29 Jun 2020, 14:10, Sam: Honestly, yeah, I’m pretty peeved by all these unbelievably nasty accusations (especially after I spent 6 months and went to a load of effort and expense to try to help him out of his self-created problems) - but then on the other hand clearly no one believes him and all he’s doing is showing his friends what awful stuff he’s capable of, so 🤷‍♀️ I would be more disturbed and more angry if it weren’t so obviously implausible 29 Jun 2020, 14:11, Sam: But yeah, this has all been completely unhinged and validates that I made the right decision IMO 29 Jun 2020, 14:25, Sam: 29 Jun 2020, 19:06, Sam: 29 Jun 2020, 19:06, Sam: (This is the new iOS which randomly shows you old photos) 30 Jun 2020, 19:30, Sam: 30 Jun 2020, 19:31, Sam: Also how’s le midi? X 3 Jul 2020, 19:18, Sam: Let’s have a sweepstakes on how long it’ll take 3 Jul 2020, 19:25, Sam: 3 Jul 2020, 19:25, Sam: (at Divy’s - we’re doing face masks) 3 Jul 2020, 19:25, Sam: Feel like I’m back in your flat with all these cosmetics lol 3 Jul 2020, 19:49, Damien: Haha well quite. I read somewhere she was in intensive care for Covid, not sure if it was accurate. Within 3 months I think. 3 Jul 2020, 19:49, Damien: Haha what face mask is it your doing? 3 Jul 2020, 19:50, Sam: 3 Jul 2020, 19:50, Sam: Oh wow - she’s definitely gonna mysteriously die of corona... 3 Jul 2020, 19:50, Sam: Some Aesop one haha 3 Jul 2020, 19:52, Damien: Haha looking good. Let me know if they work tell Divy I say hello. 3 Jul 2020, 19:53, Damien: Have you heard much from Roman. 4 Jul 2020, 00:27, Sam: 4 Jul 2020, 00:27, Sam: I haven’t heard anything from Roman since I blocked him on everything, but I understand from Phil that he’s going to be going to ibogaine therapy in Portugal (with Phil paying for flights and Roman’s parents finally stumping up for treatment) 4 Jul 2020, 00:27, Sam: They worked very nicely actually 4 Jul 2020, 17:41, Damien: Sorry for the late reply darling I was in the cinema when you messaged. I can’t believe Phil is paying for the flights. Hopefully that will gibes your head some peace for a bit and when he gets back he’ll come and apologise for last week haha. 4 Jul 2020, 17:42, Damien: How is everything with you otherwise sweetie? 4 Jul 2020, 17:42, Sam: I now have to actually reply promptly don’t I? 😬😉 4 Jul 2020, 17:42, Sam: Oh my god I clicked on your message just as you sent it (meaning to click on another notification) 4 Jul 2020, 17:43, Sam: I can’t wait for you both to get back to London because I think you’d get on brilliantly actually - you’re both super kind people 4 Jul 2020, 17:43, Sam: Yeah that was really sweet of Phil - I mean, he originally offered to just pay for the whole thing - but that doesn’t surprise me, Phil is really sweet 4 Jul 2020, 17:44, Sam: As for Roman, I haven’t *really* thought about it... My original feeling was just that that’s the end of the friendship, forever, but I suppose if he *really* did have a path-to-Damascus moment and genuinely changed, then we could move past it 4 Jul 2020, 17:45, Sam: Other than that, I’m brutally hungover from drinking with Divy (always a bad idea) last night, but otherwise not too bad 😅 How’s France? 4 Jul 2020, 17:45, Sam: Phil is just entirely 100% sure that that’s what’s going to happen, and I’m not sure I agree with him but I sure as hell hope he’s right 🤞 4 Jul 2020, 18:00, Sam: ...although he quickly reverted to being his normal self - I was helping him and Jake pack last night, and he genuinely packed both hazmat visors for both of them because they’re flying commercial on the way back 🙄 4 Jul 2020, 18:00, Sam: Oh fuck sorry that was a lot of messages - we’ve been drinking all day to celebrate the end of lockdown 4 Jul 2020, 18:13, Damien: Darling no rules with replying, I’m the worst replier in the world, it’s actually embarrassing 😅 4 Jul 2020, 18:16, Damien: Yeah its a really sad story with Roman, I particularly last Saturday night, we was totally obsessed with the drugs, and I don’t really have much faith he will pack In ( for the moment) But hopefully when he is thinking clearly he’ll realise his behaviour. I can imagine you just want to wipe your hand clean of it, he’s really hard work. Bless him. 4 Jul 2020, 18:17, Damien: Hahaha i haven’t drank in a week I’m proud of myself, don’t miss the hangover whatsoever. So good to detox sometimes but leaves a lot to be desired! 4 Jul 2020, 18:19, Damien: The message you sent to Phil is so sweet ❤️❤️ 4 Jul 2020, 18:20, Damien: ...although he quickly reverted to being his normal self - I was helping him and Jake pack last night, and he genuinely packed both hazmat visors for both of them because they’re flying commercial on the way back 🙄...although he quickly reverted to being his normal self - I was helping… 4 Jul 2020, 18:20, Damien: I think you have patience of a saint when it comes to Roman. I certainly couldn’t cope with that behaviour 😂 4 Jul 2020, 18:20, Damien: Oh poor dear. Do they mean BA 😂 4 Jul 2020, 19:22, Sam: Aww thank you - I think I’ve genuinely become a better and happier person since I made a point of hanging out with really kind people and cutting all the nasty or selfish or embittered people out of my life (like Jamison and people like that) 4 Jul 2020, 19:22, Sam: It’s statistically the world’s most effective rehab 4 Jul 2020, 19:22, Sam: Oh I’m so proud of you, that’s awesome 👏 I call it the Roman effect - you meet him once and you never want to take anything again! It’s what stopped Raz from taking heroin ever again 4 Jul 2020, 19:23, Sam: Lol I don’t know actually - you and Divy are totally hilarious to me, I can’t imagine spending that much 4 Jul 2020, 19:24, Sam: I was acc just reading a Reddit thread about what you would consider to be growing up rich (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hl3tni/when_you_were_a_kid_what_was_a_sign_that_a_kid/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf) and I find it so weird that all the stuff in there would apply to me - except the really US-specific stuff 4 Jul 2020, 19:24, Sam: When you were a kid, what was a sign that a kid you knew came from a family that “had money”? 4 Jul 2020, 19:24, Sam: www.reddit.com 9 Jul 2020, 18:48, Sam: Oops, not so great news for Divy’s dad: https://www.standard.co.uk/insider/alist/lakshmi-mittals-brother-pramod-bankrupt-billionaire-a4488136.html 9 Jul 2020, 18:49, Sam: I’m gonna have to text him to ask what’s up, but this is going to be a v awkward one to broach 💸 9 Jul 2020, 18:51, Damien: Oh goodness. I hope hope Divy can steer clear of the bread line. 😅😂 9 Jul 2020, 19:01, Sam: I’ll remind him there’s always Universal Credit lol 9 Jul 2020, 19:01, Sam: Seriously though, poor Divy 9 Jul 2020, 19:02, Sam: I don’t feel at all bad for his dad, because he’s a total dick, but I feel bad for Divy 😬 9 Jul 2020, 20:15, Damien: Hahaha they rang me asking why I was in France and what was I doing to look for a job. 😂 9 Jul 2020, 20:15, Damien: I’m sure it’s not as bad as it seems 9 Jul 2020, 20:16, Sam: You should have said that you’re trying so hard to look for a job that you went all the way to the south of France! 😉 9 Jul 2020, 20:16, Sam: Yeah my guess is he’ll sign over a bunch of stuff to someone else so it doesn’t have to be surrendered, then start again fresh 9 Jul 2020, 20:17, Sam: Apparently this happened just before I last saw Divy and he didn’t mention anything, so I’m sure it’s not _that_ bad 🤞 9 Jul 2020, 20:18, Sam: Oh my god - all the suffering there is in the world, and here I am hoping that Divy’s dad won’t have lost too many hundreds of millions 🙄 not sure what that says about my values 10 Jul 2020, 12:50, Damien: Hahaha well quite, a towel boy at the beach or something haha 10 Jul 2020, 12:53, Damien: Hahahah im sure they’ll be able to keep the heating on over winter 😅 I suppose though it’s harder to lose hundreds of millions than to ever had them in the first place. Remember Elizabeth Holmes, who lost her billions offer night 😢 10 Jul 2020, 13:01, Damien: Ps, I was having an absolute meltdown earlier, and I had that Longchamp bag that we used when we went to Hammersmith to visit Roman, when I opened one of the pockets inside it I found half a Xanax which you left. It was so perfect ❤️❤️😘 11 Jul 2020, 23:12, Sam: Yeah I’m pretty sure they’ll be fine! And yeah exactly, it’s much harder to lose it than to never have had it at all (weren’t we chatting about this? the hedonic treadmill -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonic_treadmill) 11 Jul 2020, 23:13, Sam: Aww 💖 I’d completely forgotten that - that’s such a nice memory! What was the meltdown about? I hope you’re ok xo 11 Jul 2020, 23:14, Sam: Also I was going for drinks with Jamison earlier (I just vaguely said I would a while ago, and he’s just unrelenting in repeatedly asking me when I’m free, until I can’t plausibly keep saying I’m busy all the time) 11 Jul 2020, 23:16, Sam: And I honestly don’t know how or why you put up with it - it was just four or five hours of bottomless vitriol about Alex Camm and you (for being friends with Alex) and just everything and everyone - just a very small man very densely packed with a very large amount of hatred and resentment towards the world, and it utterly wore me out 11 Jul 2020, 23:21, Sam: I really hope you can come and hang out with me and Raz and Phil and Divy and all the rest of the gang when you’re back... You’re one of the good ones, and it depresses me that you have to put up with crap like that from people like that who really don’t deserve your time xx 12 Jul 2020, 00:54, Sam: “...well, if you think of someone like Tim as the archetype of a daddy...” - Raz just now, in the middle of explaining something about daddies (I thought Tim might appreciate that! 😅) 15 Jul 2020, 20:00, Sam: 15 Jul 2020, 20:17, Sam: 15 Jul 2020, 20:44, Damien: Sam darling I miss you so much, as I’m writing I’m on a train away from Cannes and I’ve taken half the Xanax which was left in my bag. 15 Jul 2020, 20:45, Damien: Meltdown was something silly as per usually, me getting into a state over nothing. 15 Jul 2020, 20:53, Damien: I’m so disappointed with reading this, when in reality I shouldn’t be. Jamison is a sad little man who continues to disappoint. Maybe you remember that I had a reference due this week for my Masters. And Low and behold (despite mention of due date) Jamison canceled at the 11th hour without apology. I’m torn between unfriending him on every platform or sending him a snide message. Thankfully I Havnet done either. I’m so sorry you had to listen to him, he’s an obnoxious little man, with absolutely no redeeming features it seems. 15 Jul 2020, 20:54, Damien: Miss you sooo much darling please let me knows when you can talk, or are able to visit me in France. Miss you so much 😛😘 15 Jul 2020, 23:32, Sam: Aww I miss you too 💝 Can’t wait to see you when you’re back! 15 Jul 2020, 23:33, Sam: I’m not surprised at all - let me know if I can help out with a reference, I’m happy to pretend you worked for me at my last company 😉 I honestly *would* unfriend him on every platform, not to provoke a reaction but to get out of this vicious cycle 15 Jul 2020, 23:34, Sam: This week has been crazy busy with back to back calls (I decided to get a proper job, and the hiring market is so crazy for SW engineers that I’ve just had one interview after another, and I think I’ve got close to finding a place I’d want to work) 16 Jul 2020, 13:28, Missed video call 17 Jul 2020, 22:57, Sam: 17 Jul 2020, 22:59, Sam: 17 Jul 2020, 23:05, Damien: ❤️❤️❤️ 17 Jul 2020, 23:05, Damien: I love this so much 17 Jul 2020, 23:05, Damien: I will reply properly when I’m home 😘 17 Jul 2020, 23:06, Sam: 💝 looking forward x 18 Jul 2020, 19:16, Sam: 👋 when are you back from the Midi? My parents want to know when we want to use Glebe (if you’re still up for an extremely belated birthday weekend) 18 Jul 2020, 23:16, Sam: Also, this may be the heroin talking (just a rare treat) but truthfully I miss the hell out of you... I wish you were here in my bed with me 😰 I really loved staying at yours and having someone to hug, and drink with, and cuddle up next to in bed. Nothing complicated and romantic, just really happy and genuinely (platonically) full of love 💕 I actually remember watching you on the phone to Jamison, just standing there grinning and thinking to myself: haha, he’ll never know what this feels like at all 18 Jul 2020, 23:17, Sam: I don’t know if that makes any sense at all, it’s possible that it doesn’t lol 18 Jul 2020, 23:18, Sam: I guess what I’m saying is come back to London so that I can have some cuddles haha 18 Jul 2020, 23:19, Damien: Hi sweetie, at the moment I’m not sure when I’m back, I was going to come back this week. But it is all up in the air, I should firm my plans on Monday and let you know. 18 Jul 2020, 23:19, Sam: Boooo 18 Jul 2020, 23:19, Sam: Come back ❣️ 18 Jul 2020, 23:20, Damien: Aww this is really sweet. Just exactly what I needed to hear. I can’t wait to come back and we can stay In bed and watch movies 😘😘 misss you too ❤️❤️ 18 Jul 2020, 23:21, Sam: 💜💜💜💜 honestly I miss you very much 18 Jul 2020, 23:21, Sam: I think we’re on the same page - right? - in that we don’t want it to be over complicated or romanticised or anything 18 Jul 2020, 23:21, Sam: It’s just genuinely nice to have someone to cuddle and all that 18 Jul 2020, 23:22, Sam: I miss that a lot 18 Jul 2020, 23:22, Sam: Also there are so many movies that we haven’t watched!! And it’s been ages since we last drunk-called Eimhear 18 Jul 2020, 23:22, Sam: We’re neglecting our Eimhear duties so much that she even just called _me_ up last week 18 Jul 2020, 23:23, Sam: Don’t take this in a soppy way but I miss you xo 18 Jul 2020, 23:23, Sam: Also get your plans down from the air and come back soon xxx 18 Jul 2020, 23:28, Sam: Omg Eimhear should come down to Suffolk for the weekend with us 18 Jul 2020, 23:28, Sam: As well as little Eimhear Jr or whatever her toddler (is it a toddler??) is called 19 Jul 2020, 17:32, Damien: Of course sweetie. You’re such a sweet and lovely person which always has me at ease 😘 19 Jul 2020, 17:33, Damien: Haha quite, let’s do it as soon as I’m back in London. There have been many funny developments with drunk Eimhear, she’s been out on all sorts of adventures. 😂 19 Jul 2020, 17:34, Damien: Hahahahaha I hope she was nice and not rude and obnoxious like she can sometimes be. 😂 19 Jul 2020, 17:36, Damien: I miss you too. My trip to France hasn’t been amazing. I hope to get back to London ASAP, however when I mention it too time he seems to get annoyed that I’m giving up and going home too soon. Very irritating actually, almost as much as the French. 19 Jul 2020, 21:31, Sam: I am, I am 🙇‍♂️ 19 Jul 2020, 21:32, Sam: It’s a plan - you can catch me up about France too! I have no plans except a few next week (among those, I’m seeing Jamison on Saturday just to get him off my back - although I’m worried he’s scheming to get _onto_ it lol - and I’ve also explicitly made separate plans the same night with another friend who’s going to fake an emergency at the point that I can’t handle any more Jamison 😅) 19 Jul 2020, 21:33, Sam: She was a total sweetheart - I love both of you 💜 Honestly you guys have such a sweet funny relationship 19 Jul 2020, 21:33, Sam: Like Batman and Robin if they were both catastrophic dipsos 😂 19 Jul 2020, 21:36, Sam: Oh no 😭 Why’s Tim so bothered? That sounds like a completely bizarre attitude to a holiday... Surely it’s meant to be a relaxing detox from London life – not some horrifying ordeal that you have to suffer through for as long as you can, like you’re on some kind of game show challenge!? 🤨😜 19 Jul 2020, 21:37, Sam: I’m gonna book in a joint birthday celebration on Aug 6-9 in Suffolk if you’re around? I’ll invite a few people and you should too xo 19 Jul 2020, 22:51, Sam: Ok I’ve agreed 6-9 with Divy and Jake - they’ll drive up, and they can fit 3 people in their car besides themselves, so I’ll put you and a couple of others in the car, and I’ll take the train up with any other stragglers 19 Jul 2020, 22:52, Sam: Actually imma call you in like 5 mins to check if you can make those dates 19 Jul 2020, 23:00, Sam: Ok I’m just gonna assume you can make it on those dates lol 20 Jul 2020, 10:11, Sam: 20 Jul 2020, 18:16, Damien: Sam sweetie sorry for being MIA, I was terribly stressed today. Enroute back to London now thank god. 20 Jul 2020, 18:16, Damien: I’ve blocked him on WhatsApp , so upset with his behaviour. I asked him several times if he would be my reference even up till last week, and at the 11th hour he decides “it we be corrupt for him to do seeing as he’s a anti corruption lawyer” I couldn’t believe he had the gall to use this an excuse. As you said he’s nothing but a black hole of misery. I have no desire to hear from him again. 20 Jul 2020, 18:16, Damien: Well quite. Tim’s getting him in such a state about me coming back to London, because I will inevitably get drunk and take pills. He has no faith in my self control ( probably right as well). Game show challenge is right. 20 Jul 2020, 18:16, Damien: Harry is coming to visit me in Cannes on those dates. Although he’s coming from the 1st to the 9th. Which when I think about it is a tad too Long for me to entertain someone on France. There’s only so many days when you can go to the beach clubs before it gets boring. So I’ll mention to him about changing his flights to come back for it. Hopefully he doesn’t drag his heals. 20 Jul 2020, 18:16, Damien: Perfect darling. That’s very kind of them. 20 Jul 2020, 18:16, Damien: 😂❤️❤️ 21 Jul 2020, 13:15, Sam: No worries - glad you’re coming back 💜 I’m back in London tomorrow and seeing a friend for drinks near you - if you’re around I’d love to wind up at yours (I can bring wine 🍷) 21 Jul 2020, 13:16, Sam: Yeah I agree, some people are just so fucked up that they’ll never integrate whatever issues they have, and be kind or good or worth having in your life You have to stick to the blocking, though - that’s the hard part... Like Arran’s friend Faith said to me: easy choices, hard life; hard choices, easy life! 21 Jul 2020, 13:17, Sam: As for Tim, at least unlike Jamison Tim actually is a good egg at heart, and I’m sure you guys could go to couples counselling and sort out these slightly fucked up dynamics. He definitely shouldn’t be getting agitated and trying to lock you up because he’s worried about you taking pills. I see where he’s coming from because it’s upsetting to be going out with someone (and I’m not saying you’re like this AFAICT, but I don’t know what you’re like with Tim) who’s out of control on booze or drugs - but this is just not a healthy way to handle it, it’s not going to make you better and it’s very likely to make you unhappier and therefore worse 😬 Honestly therapy is almost always the answer xo 21 Jul 2020, 13:18, Sam: So I think we can also manage the following weekend if that’s better, but you’ll have to let me know stat, because I’ll need to let Divy and Jake know, and also make sure that my parents know not to make any plans in Suffolk for that weekend 22 Jul 2020, 18:01, Sam: ¡let me know! 22 Jul 2020, 18:31, Missed audio call 22 Jul 2020, 18:44, Sam: Heya - you want me to come around and sort something out? 22 Jul 2020, 18:47, Sam: Ok I’m going to swing by, since that’s what I said on the phone and I *think* you and Alex understood me (clearly you’re pretty blotto so idk for sure) - worst case my friend Andy lives nearby so I can always grab a drink with him instead, if you’re ... indisposed 😅 22 Jul 2020, 18:48, Sam: I’m gonna bring some Xanax, and I don’t have any uppers but I can help you get some if that’s (really) what you need 22 Jul 2020, 19:42, Sam: 23 Jul 2020, 13:22, Sam: 23 Jul 2020, 13:22, Sam: Got a bit of a Discobolus pose going on there 23 Jul 2020, 13:25, Damien: I’m Going to go shopping for new wine glasses 23 Jul 2020, 13:25, Damien: I’m sorry you had to see that 😅😂 23 Jul 2020, 13:26, Damien: I really can’t thank you enough for taking care of me last night ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 23 Jul 2020, 13:29, Sam: Haha good idea 💡 23 Jul 2020, 13:30, Sam: And no don’t worry at all - I’m sorry I called Jamison (I’m kicking myself for temporarily not remembering that Eimhear would know your mum’s details) and it then spidering out into this huge thing that everyone knew about 😬 23 Jul 2020, 13:30, Sam: If it had been up to me and Eimhear then we wouldn’t have got anyone else involved, since it wasn’t really necessary 23 Jul 2020, 13:31, Sam: ^^ they wouldn’t have called your mum, they just needed the details so they had a next-of-kin on file 23 Jul 2020, 15:38, Damien: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 23 Jul 2020, 15:38, Damien: I might put it on instead do 23 Jul 2020, 15:39, Damien: I’m sorry about it all, I feel so bad for wasting your evening 23 Jul 2020, 15:40, Damien: You don’t Happen to know where my bed through is? 23 Jul 2020, 15:41, Damien: 23 Jul 2020, 15:41, Damien: I’ve seem to have lost a show as well 23 Jul 2020, 15:43, Sam: I think they took the bed throw to the hospital - it’s what they were carrying you in - did they not give it to you?? 😬 23 Jul 2020, 15:43, Sam: I have no idea about the shoe I’m afraid - might be worth asking the concierge in case you lost it when you went downstairs (when I was at the shop briefly) 23 Jul 2020, 15:44, Sam: Also I stole your iPhone charger because I thought I was going to the hospital and would need to charge my phone - in the end I wasn’t allowed to come with you, because of COVID, but I forgot to give it back to the concierge 23 Jul 2020, 15:44, Sam: I can drop it off this evening if you’re around - sorry, I know it’s a nightmare to be without one 23 Jul 2020, 16:14, Damien: HahaI thought maybe I threw it off the balcony or something bad. So funny you’ll have to tell me all the details. My recollection is so bad. You’re such an angel to take care of me like that! I’m very touched ❤️❤️ 23 Jul 2020, 18:47, Sam: Aww - thanks 💜 It was my pleasure haha 23 Jul 2020, 18:48, Sam: And I’m not surprised your recollection is bad 23 Jul 2020, 18:48, Sam: 23 Jul 2020, 18:51, Damien: Hahahahaha how did she even get her number 23 Jul 2020, 19:19, Sam: Oh I gave it to her earlier in the night, since Phil’s good at consoling people, and he’s in Mexico so it wasn’t so late over there 23 Jul 2020, 19:20, Sam: I’m slightly concerned that she’s exactly Phil’s type, and she’s also a damsel in distress which seems to trigger some avuncular instinct in him 🙃 23 Jul 2020, 19:22, Sam: 23 Jul 2020, 19:23, Sam: What’s the situation with eimhear and her ex-bf? Are they really not together? They seem very close, for exes at least 23 Jul 2020, 23:19, Sam: 24 Jul 2020, 10:48, Sam: Heya - did you still want to do something tonight? X 24 Jul 2020, 11:33, Damien: Omg he so does haha 24 Jul 2020, 11:33, Damien: I feel so guilty of all of this :( 24 Jul 2020, 11:34, Damien: Yes Absolutely. What time suits? X 24 Jul 2020, 11:36, Sam: Nah you shouldn’t feel guilty! It’s not that you’ve done anything wrong, it’s just that people are worried I guess 24 Jul 2020, 11:37, Sam: I’m also going to stop taking any drugs except occasionally psychedelics I think - I was with a friend last night and he was really distraught and said he was constantly scared that I’ll die (again). I just don’t want anyone to feel that way, so I’m going to change :) 24 Jul 2020, 11:37, Sam: So we can be detox buddies 😜 24 Jul 2020, 11:37, Sam: How about 5 or 6? We could watch a film if you like? 24 Jul 2020, 12:12, Damien: Yess let’s do it together. Let’s get clean. No chemicals ☢️ 24 Jul 2020, 12:13, Damien: This sounds perfect, can we make it 7:30 though? Xx 24 Jul 2020, 12:13, Damien: I can bring snacks. Xx 24 Jul 2020, 12:32, Sam: Amazing, it’s a plan 💜 And yeah, 7:30 would be fab! 24 Jul 2020, 19:17, Damien: Darling I’m just running a tad late I shall be there at 7:50 xx 24 Jul 2020, 19:19, Sam: Sure, no rush at all! 24 Jul 2020, 19:52, Sam: Oh fuck is there any chance you could pick up some Irn Bru? 🙏🙏🙏 24 Jul 2020, 19:52, Sam: And possibly ice? 24 Jul 2020, 19:52, Sam: Only if you’re not nearby yet x 24 Jul 2020, 19:54, Damien: Yess will do xx 24 Jul 2020, 20:03, Sam: Aww thanks 😍 24 Jul 2020, 20:18, Damien: I’m just outside, 24 Jul 2020, 20:18, Damien: It’s 15 24 Jul 2020, 20:18, Damien: ? 25 Jul 2020, 00:29, Sam: Oh no I’m so sorry I missed these!! 25 Jul 2020, 00:31, Sam: And I hope you’re ok 💙 I’m going to have a big drinks thing soon with all the nice people (you, Phil, Jake, Arran, Andy, Raz, etc) and I’ll invite you xo 25 Jul 2020, 00:32, Sam: I’m so grateful that I have this wonderful group of close friends who are all really kind and loving people, and I’d love it if you all knew each other too x 25 Jul 2020, 09:46, Damien: I’m so lucky have you. I really don’t know what I’d do without you at this point 😘😘 25 Jul 2020, 09:53, Sam: 💙 I’m really lucky to know you 25 Jul 2020, 09:53, Sam: I think you’d probably fall over a lot more lol 25 Jul 2020, 09:55, Damien: Ps did I leave my bag at yours? Shall I come and fetch it our are we meeting later in town for jakes Thing? Xx 25 Jul 2020, 10:38, Sam: Yeah come and fetch it! We’re definitely meeting for Jake’s thing, and I think you were keen on lunch but that may have just been a drunk thing 😉 25 Jul 2020, 10:40, Damien: Haha perfect. Can I come get it around one. As it has trousers in it I need tailored. But I’ll be in town after. 😘😘 25 Jul 2020, 10:42, Sam: Sure! Of course :) 25 Jul 2020, 13:15, Damien: Sorry I Nodded off. Are you still at home? Xx 25 Jul 2020, 13:41, Sam: Oops, sorry, yup I am! 25 Jul 2020, 13:41, Damien: Perfect. I’ll some now x 25 Jul 2020, 13:52, Sam: Awesome, see you soon! 25 Jul 2020, 13:53, Sam: 25 Jul 2020, 13:53, Sam: We should probably let him quarantine for at least the first few hours he’s back haha 25 Jul 2020, 13:55, Damien: Haha yes probably sensible lol 25 Jul 2020, 15:45, Sam: 25 Jul 2020, 15:55, Damien: 😂😂😂😂 25 Jul 2020, 19:01, Sam: Btw I'm going to get to Divy's by like half 8 I think - they're starting at 8 so come any time really :) 25 Jul 2020, 19:02, Damien: Okay perfect will do :) 25 Jul 2020, 19:15, Sam: 💜 25 Jul 2020, 20:16, Sam: Hey, really sorry, is there any chance you could grab a bottle of Cointreau and I’ll send you the £? I don’t have ID and Divy and Jake have said they’re running low 😬😬 25 Jul 2020, 20:17, Damien: Yes of course. Don’t worry about sending me £ xx 25 Jul 2020, 20:38, Sam: Oh lol sorry I missed that 25 Jul 2020, 20:38, Sam: As you might have guessed 25 Jul 2020, 20:38, Sam: Sorry for the call 25 Jul 2020, 21:01, Damien: Hahah no worries! What’s Divys flat Number 25 Jul 2020, 21:25, Sam: Oh fuck sorry 25 Jul 2020, 21:25, Sam: It’s number 2 25 Jul 2020, 22:37, Sam: Dave: “It’s crap coke” Divy: “It’s from a long line of people, it’s good coke!” Dave: “One of the bags is empty!” 25 Jul 2020, 22:38, Damien: Empty? What??😂😂 25 Jul 2020, 22:57, Sam: Meet us downstairs - Dave is escaping Divy 26 Jul 2020, 01:04, Sam: Aaarttgh sorry 26 Jul 2020, 01:04, Sam: One sec 26 Jul 2020, 10:10, Sam: 26 Jul 2020, 10:15, Damien: Perfect this sounds much for much better. I need to read up on psychodynamic it sounds fab 26 Jul 2020, 10:21, Sam: I’ll let you know when he’s sent some recommendations :) 26 Jul 2020, 13:06, Sam: 26 Jul 2020, 14:14, Damien: No preference at all xx 26 Jul 2020, 14:26, Damien: Thank you so much for Doing this 26 Jul 2020, 14:29, Sam: Amazing - I've let him know, I'll keep you posted!! 26 Jul 2020, 14:29, Sam: and no problem at all, I'm just being a moderately decent friend lol 26 Jul 2020, 14:29, Sam: Raz is right - I'm not being especially kind, you've just got used to a bunch of people who are total dicks :( 26 Jul 2020, 14:34, Sam: Out of interest did you ever read Brideshead Revisited? 26 Jul 2020, 14:34, Sam: *NOT* just the first two chapters which people like Eoghain Murphy like to read, with all the 1920s Oxford colleges and country houses and all that, thinking it's some kind of happy book -- but seriously all of it 26 Jul 2020, 14:35, Sam: Because I think it would really resonate with you 26 Jul 2020, 14:43, Damien: ❤️❤️❤️ 26 Jul 2020, 14:43, Damien: I completely agree I really need to find a nicer bunch of friends I think. Hopefully with a good therapist I can make it happen. 26 Jul 2020, 14:46, Damien: I never read the book. But I’ve watched the episodes and I loved it. I didn’t know there was a book. I’ll definitely have to get a copy👍🏻 26 Jul 2020, 19:15, Sam: Yeah I’m really hoping so - just waiting for my dad to reply to my last message x 26 Jul 2020, 19:16, Sam: Did you watch the whole show? If so, not much point reading the book (other than that it’s one of the most beautifully written books I’ve ever read 😍). But if you _didn’t_ watch the whole show then you should definitely read the book! 26 Jul 2020, 19:28, Sam: 26 Jul 2020, 19:47, Damien: I may just read it it in any case, and then watch the show. Mentioning it you’ve put me in the mood to watch it this evening haha 26 Jul 2020, 19:55, Damien: This is so kind. I certainly don’t know suicidal I feel, I know when I’m drunk I say these things ( not that I can remember) I don’t know how serious I would be about it. I would really be willing to try with a therapist which he could suggest. It seems I have a string of bad luck with them 😅 I really appreciate your help with all of this ❤️ 26 Jul 2020, 22:45, Sam: I’m way too tired to reply properly - I’m nodding off - but my dad’s sorting the therapist thing and I should have an update by tomorrow I will reply to your messages tomorrow, but for now - I love you and care about you very very much, and I’ll see you when you’re back from Cannes, first to stay at mine and then to go to Suffolk 💜 27 Jul 2020, 00:44, Damien: You too ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 30 Jul 2020, 21:13, Sam: 30 Jul 2020, 21:13, Sam: Lol sorry that preview clips off the comment I circled 31 Jul 2020, 11:28, Damien: Hahahah too funny, and very true! 31 Jul 2020, 11:29, Damien: How are you sweetie? Have you firmed the dates for Suffolk? I was going to book my Eurostar some time this week. 31 Jul 2020, 13:10, Sam: They’re totally firmed - 13-16 Aug :) 31 Jul 2020, 13:11, Damien: Perfect. I’ll get them booked xx 31 Jul 2020, 13:11, Sam: How’s France? Everything’s pretty well over here (busy though!) 31 Jul 2020, 13:11, Sam: 💖 31 Jul 2020, 17:05, Damien: France is lovely. I’ll be in Paris for a month, as I’m literally not learning anything in the south, and if I stay down here much more I’ll be as wrinkled as a prune. I started Swanns way properly today on the beach, couldn’t put it down was so good. ❤️ 1 Aug 2020, 17:43, Sam: Aw I’m really glad you’re enjoying France this time! Where are you staying in Paris? I really recommend L’Hotel for drinks (very expensive but I assume that’s not an issue for you), anywhere on the Ile St-Louis for dinner, and the back of Montmartre for an evening stroll (Rue Lepic is a beautiful way down at sunset) - actually I have a million more tips if you need any! Le Procope for a grande café style dinner is a good one 1 Aug 2020, 17:44, Sam: And I’m so glad you read Swann’s Way - it’s one of the few books that’s so incredible and insightful and life-changing that it feels like the person who wrote it had to be slightly more than human (the only others that come to mind are the Idiot, the Little Prince, and the Great Gatsby) 🤯 I guarantee you’ll start recognising parallels to the characters in your own life! I think you’re a Saint-Loup (though I think he comes into the story slightly after Swann’s Way) or maybe the narrator? Both of you are definitely Prince Myshkin out of the Idiot too. In terms of Proust - Jamison is definitely a Mme Verdurin, Eoghain a Baron de Charlus (without the actual blue blood), I’m a Swann (not a fully good thing), etc... 1 Aug 2020, 17:44, Sam: Lol clearly one of my faults is that I understand all my life by analogy to fiction 😰 1 Aug 2020, 17:45, Sam: By the way my dad found a therapist for you - I would really really recommend you give her a try, since he knows a lot of people, he knows what he’s talking about and he thought pretty hard about who would be a good fit 1 Aug 2020, 17:45, Sam: 1 Aug 2020, 17:46, Sam: I’m also in a bit of a weird place - got a slightly sour taste in my mouth about the way Phil is acting with a girl he’s seeing 1 Aug 2020, 17:46, Sam: 1 Aug 2020, 17:48, Sam: It’s quite depressing and confusing, because I thought of him as one of the kindest people I knew, but this strikes me as hugely selfish and cruel (in a way I think the most revealing thing is the choice of the word ‘unhealthy’ - which makes it clear that all he’s worried about is whether it’s good for _him_) 1 Aug 2020, 17:48, Sam: Totally knocked me for six, because it’s so unlike everything I’ve known of him up till now 4 Aug 2020, 13:03, Damien: Oh thank you I’ve been looking for recommendations, I keep going to the same places every time I come, Cafe Marly, Buddah Bar and Cos, like all the other tourists! How is it that you know Paris so well? I’ll need to meet some people who are keen to try them out with me. Be sure to let me know if you have any free time when you’re going to your aunts place in the French Country side. 4 Aug 2020, 13:03, Damien: For some reason I find Swanns way very relaxing to read he was a lovely style of writing, and for some reason I had imagined that it would be much more philosophical. haha I’ll look out for those and let you know. I’ve not heard of the idiot, I’ll have to loo for it when I’m back in London and I always thought the Petit Prince was a children’s book 🤔. 4 Aug 2020, 13:03, Damien: Thank you so much, I really appreciate aire this. It’s much more reassuring having a therapist recommended rather than ringing a therpay directory and booking appointments with a few in the beginning only in a few weeks to pact it in all together. I’ll definitely send her a message! 4 Aug 2020, 13:03, Damien: Hmm I wonder what way he means that, as In for instant gratification and just using her for sex? Have you since found anymore? Maybe it’s not as sinister as it sounds? 9 Aug 2020, 00:13, Sam: I don’t know actually - I just went a bunch as a teenager and throughout university, and I guess I figured out the places to get a good drink 😅 If you’re around in France then, you should join us on the Ile de Re! 9 Aug 2020, 00:15, Sam: Aw I’m really glad you like À la recherche - you’re definitely in the right place to be reading it 🙂 The Little Prince is a kids’ book but I always thought it was one of those kids’ books that’s still really profound even for adults! 9 Aug 2020, 00:16, Sam: And let me know how it goes with the therapist, I hope she’s good and I’m sure she will be 9 Aug 2020, 00:17, Sam: I’ve spoken to Phil - a lot - about all that, and about his motivations, and I’m 90% convinced he’s not being selfish about it... I’m certainly sure that he has really strong feelings for her, and I know people can act irrationally when they’re in that state (from long experience... 🙃) 9 Aug 2020, 00:17, Sam: By the way are you still coming to Suffolk this coming weekend? I can’t remember when you’re getting back from France 9 Aug 2020, 11:31, Damien: Hi darling, hope all is well. Yes I’m going to be staying in France till at least the end of September, it’s working wonders for my detox I’ve hardly had any drink or pills since I’ve left London! I’ve booked a couple of Eurostar’s to get back and forth, but this all hangs in the balance with quarantine. I’m hopefully coming back on Thursday afternoon to catch up with you in Suffolk. Im still yet to plan it.I’ll probably take a train from London and then a taxi after that. Is your house far from the station? 9 Aug 2020, 11:31, Damien: Also if you would like anything brought Paris let me know xx 9 Aug 2020, 23:20, Sam: Oh congrats on the detox! I’m really glad about that 🙂 Pretty much the same here (with some help from Phil in ‘prescribing’ a short course of Lyrica to get rid of my various drug tolerances - the great thing about Lyrica being that it’s so horrid that I stopped taking it as soon as poss) 9 Aug 2020, 23:21, Sam: And I hope you can make it - it should be lots of fun 💜 Divy’s taking his car so we could pick you up from King’s Cross, but if that doesn’t work for any reason (I can’t see why) then we’re like a 10-min drive from the nearest station and could definitely pick you up! 9 Aug 2020, 23:22, Sam: Nothing for me but I recommend going to Astier de Villatte if you fancy any trinkets (their incense is really really good too) - you won’t regret it 10 Aug 2020, 17:38, Damien: Ahhh darling I’m so proud of you congrats. Are you keeping off it all for a while, or will you be retoxing soon? 10 Aug 2020, 17:40, Damien: Ahh okay perfect, my Eurostar gets in at 7, which a realise is a bit annoying as I have some errands to run, so I’m going to try change it for an earlier train. x 10 Aug 2020, 17:41, Damien: Ahh thank you, I’ll send some stuff to Tim he’s Constantly complaining about the food in nyc 11 Aug 2020, 22:03, Sam: Aww thanks 💜 I’m planning to keep off it for a while at least, so I can reevaluate afterwards and decide if I want to make that part of my routine again 😇 11 Aug 2020, 22:04, Sam: 7 is great - I’ve let Divy & Jake know, but if you find an earlier train then that’s even better! 12 Aug 2020, 09:59, Sam: Scratch that, Jake forgot about his sister’s birthday on Thursday night, so we’re actually leaving on Friday morning, since it’s easier to drive with them on Friday than take the train on Thursday (you’re welcome to stay here Thurs night if you’re bored!) 12 Aug 2020, 10:39, Damien: Ahhh this works so much better, no rushing about! Yes I’d love too. See you tomorrow xx 13 Aug 2020, 19:06, Sam: Heya - sorry, I keep not getting WhatsApp notifications! Are you still coming over this eve? :) 13 Aug 2020, 19:07, Damien: Yes darling just heading to the gym now. What time suits you? X 13 Aug 2020, 19:15, Sam: Any time really! No rush though 🙂 13 Aug 2020, 20:38, Damien: Ahh perfect. I’m Running a tad behind. Does 10 suit? X 13 Aug 2020, 20:40, Sam: Totally fine! :) 13 Aug 2020, 22:10, Damien: Sorry on my way now. Got held up! 13 Aug 2020, 22:10, Damien: Location: https://maps.google.com/?q=51.519459,-0.088594 13 Aug 2020, 22:24, Sam: No worries! 13 Aug 2020, 22:24, Sam: Btw you might need to grab something to drink if you want anything, since we’re almost out 😬 13 Aug 2020, 22:24, Sam: I can wire you some £ 13 Aug 2020, 22:33, Damien: Haha cool, what’s your flat number again? 13 Aug 2020, 22:55, Sam: https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g187323-d8587094-Reviews-Kunsthaus_Dahlem-Berlin.html 14 Aug 2020, 00:54, Sam: http://www.the-site.org.uk/author/adam-phillips/ 14 Aug 2020, 09:24, Sam: 14 Aug 2020, 12:51, Damien: Oh no darling 😰 14 Aug 2020, 13:43, Sam: Oh don’t worry, it’s not that a big a deal - it was only a week’s holiday anyway, and was my aunt’s house so it’s not like we paid anything really 14 Aug 2020, 13:44, Sam: Btw I think we’re planning to head off around 3-4pm if that’s cool with you? 14 Aug 2020, 13:54, Damien: Yes that’s perfect darling see you soon x 14 Aug 2020, 14:25, Damien: Are you still planning to come here first? X 14 Aug 2020, 14:29, Sam: Yeah that’s still the plan, if that’s cool with you? 14 Aug 2020, 14:29, Sam: I’m just hurriedly packing my bags while also struggling to have a web chat conversation with a DHL ‘support agent’ 😭 14 Aug 2020, 14:34, Damien: Yes perfect darling 14 Aug 2020, 14:34, Damien: LOL 14 Aug 2020, 15:31, Sam: Sorry, I’m still waiting for Jake to let me know when they’re actually heading off 14 Aug 2020, 15:31, Sam: Will let you know as soon as I know! 14 Aug 2020, 15:39, Damien: Okay darling xx 14 Sep 2020, 21:04, Damien: 😂😂😂 that’s too much. I’m happy someone else did the same thing 14 Sep 2020, 21:05, Sam: Also a great film - you should watch it if you’re ever looking for something to watch! 14 Sep 2020, 21:05, Sam: Haha yeah it was a great parallel 😂 15 Sep 2020, 21:22, Sam: Also would you consider helping out with the interior design for Phil’s new(-ish) house in Notting Hill? He’s struggling with the design and I thought it might be a good thing for your (future) portfolio if you still wanted to get into it 15 Sep 2020, 21:22, Sam: also you still should call my property developer uncle for advice! 15 Sep 2020, 21:22, Sam: get into design / property development I mean ^ 16 Sep 2020, 15:36, Damien: Ahh I would love to do that. I started with my MSc yesterday. So I will call him soon when I know what I can ask. But please put me in touch with Phil. If it sounds like a lot of fun xx 18 Sep 2020, 19:34, Damien: Sam darling,I’m really sorry for the late notice. But I don’t think I’ll be able to make it this evening. I’ve had a really bad day, and not quite myself. So I wouldn’t be any fun if we did meet. When are you next free, I would love to see you. And thank you so much again for reminding me with your uncle, and trying to get involved in Phil’s renovation. Apologies again for being flakey. 18 Sep 2020, 23:30, Sam: Aww, no worries at all! I was pretty tired too! I’m free all next week, so let me know when you’re around ❤️ I’ll follow up with Phil because I’m sure he’d be happy with some interior design (at least, he seemed very happy with the idea on Tuesday 😅) 19 Sep 2020, 15:48, Damien: Does Wednesday evening? Xx 20 Sep 2020, 13:13, Sam: Ah, the Roman strategy 😉 20 Sep 2020, 13:14, Sam: Also sorry I missed this - yeah Wednesday evening works great! 20 Sep 2020, 13:14, Sam: Cool see you then darling 😘 23 Sep 2020, 16:17, Damien: Darling what time suits you this eve? And shall we find a spot on Shoreditch to meet? X 23 Sep 2020, 17:24, Sam: How about 8ish? And maybe the Boundary Project (the Conran place on Redchurch St)? they have a pretty nice rooftop bar 23 Sep 2020, 17:46, Damien: Great. I’ll see you then x 23 Sep 2020, 19:52, Damien: Darling I’ve arrived early. What do you want to drink? 23 Sep 2020, 19:54, Sam: Heya - I’m quite in the mood for a martini, but that’s probably going to get warm if you order it now, so maybe best to hold off 😅 23 Sep 2020, 20:03, Damien: I’ve got a table under my name. 23 Sep 2020, 20:03, Damien: Oh don’t worry at all. X 23 Sep 2020, 20:03, Sam: Sorry, I’ve just got in an Uber, should be 5 mins or so! Completely lost track of time chatting to raz 23 Sep 2020, 20:13, Sam: just got here - sorry I’m so late! 24 Sep 2020, 00:59, Sam: Forgot to send you that DFW talk: https://youtu.be/8CrOL-ydFMI You should watch it, he’s so spot on here! 24 Sep 2020, 00:59, Sam: This Is Water - Full version-David Foster Wallace Commencement Speech 24 Sep 2020, 00:59, Sam: youtu.be 26 Sep 2020, 21:17, Sam: including some of your friends haha 5 Oct 2020, 12:05, Damien: Sam darling, what are you’re plans this week? Is there any day which you’re in, and I can arrange for a carpenter, to come and retrieve the ring. Also darling do you have where I can get Mdaf from? X 5 Oct 2020, 23:46, Sam: I’m around every day this week - we’re both working from home now because of the new semi-lockdown! The only bad day is tomorrow, since Mohammed’s coming in the morning 5 Oct 2020, 23:46, Sam: (Oh sorry - Mohammed being our new cleaner, if I haven’t mentioned him before ^) 5 Oct 2020, 23:47, Sam: Also yeah, I know a few modafinil sources - there’s one place that’s on the clear net which you could use yourself (but it’s somewhat more expensive and the pills feel weaker than advertised), and then there are also some dark net places but I’d probably have to do that for you, especially since the newer places only support Monero which is a nightmare to acquire 5 Oct 2020, 23:48, Sam: I’d still recommend the dark net though - I actually need to order some more anyway, so I could just order you some, if you let me know how much you need (for context, I’d say 200mg is probably enough for a day of work) 6 Oct 2020, 10:05, Damien: Ahh perfect, I always much nicer working from home I think anyway. I’ll try find someone to come and you can let me know if it suits. 6 Oct 2020, 10:07, Damien: Thank you darling. I think 48x 200mg will get me through the year. Let me know how much xx 21 Dec 2020, 22:28, Sam: ^ thought you’d appreciate the tale of my grandmother’s trip to Newcastle 😂 24 Dec 2020, 11:53, Damien: hahhahaha I love it. I must take a trip to New Castle at some point haha 4 Feb 2021, 22:52, Sam: Jeeesus 4 Feb 2021, 22:52, Sam: Roman just sent me these: 4 Feb 2021, 22:53, Damien: OMG 4 Feb 2021, 22:53, Damien: That’s such transformation 4 Feb 2021, 22:53, Damien: Well done Roman. 4 Feb 2021, 22:53, Sam: 4 Feb 2021, 22:53, Sam: 4 Feb 2021, 22:53, Sam: Looks like a totally different person now... 4 Feb 2021, 22:54, Sam: Absolutely insane 4 Feb 2021, 22:54, Sam: I’m ALMOST attracted to him, except for the fact that I know it’s Roman 😂 4 Feb 2021, 22:54, Sam: Yeah I know!! Insane 4 Feb 2021, 23:01, Damien: Has he been clean this entire time? I’m impressed! Is he in that place in Ibiza? 4 Feb 2021, 23:05, Sam: I’m very impressed honestly! Although the challenge will be keeping it up once he gets back to London 4 Feb 2021, 23:05, Sam: Yeah, he has! And no he’s in a beach house he’s renting with his family in Mexico 5 Feb 2021, 19:28, Sam: You messaged Damien about your story 5 Feb 2021, 19:28, Sam: You messaged Damien about your story Haha, thanks for the reacts - you’ve had enough Eton mess for a lifetime I think 🍓 21 Feb 2021, 18:16, Damien: Sam sweetie as i managed to collect all my post as I dashing from the flat today and just opened a lovely cook book, which I assume is from you. Crook to cook, snoop dog 😂. Thank you so much, I can’t wait to try a few recipes out when I get to Ireland x 25 Apr 2021, 16:19, Sam: 25 Apr 2021, 16:19, Sam: Darling I’m Just outside, what’s your flat number again? 25 Apr 2021, 16:19, Sam: I got back yesterday. Afraid I’m Not about tonight. But pretty free next week x 25 Apr 2021, 16:19, Sam: Lol, this lunatic Facebook friend of yours has added me 😳😳 25 Apr 2021, 16:19, Sam: Sam Darling, I think I left my keys at your flat last night. You haven’t seen them have you? 25 Apr 2021, 16:21, Damien: Hahhahaha 😂😂😂😂 25 Apr 2021, 16:21, Damien: I have know clue who that Is! Is he chatting to you? 1 May 2021, 13:07, Damien: Hii darling how are you? 1 May 2021, 13:07, Damien: I’m finally back in London this week, are you free to hang out? 1 May 2021, 18:38, Sam: Hey! I’m not bad! When are you back exactly? Because we’re free tonight if you fancied coming over for a drink 🍷 8 May 2021, 19:27, Sam: Are you around tonight for a drink? Raz seems very keen to see you (and I am too ofc) 8 May 2021, 21:03, Damien: So nice to hear from you darling, I’m just waking up from a nap, I could pop over in the next 30 mins, if that’s not too late x 28 May 2021, 21:28, Sam: Oh sorry I missed this! It’s 21 29 May 2021, 12:36, Sam: Oh no, let me check 👀 29 May 2021, 12:37, Sam: Oh yeah it seems like you have! 😬 I don’t know what the best way to sort this out is... How did you get into your flat!? 29 May 2021, 12:51, Damien: I always leave it open. Are you home I can quickly pop over and get them 29 May 2021, 12:51, Sam: Yeah of course! Come whenever 🙂 29 May 2021, 14:32, Sam: Do you know when you’re coming? If it’s in the next few hours, I’ll leave your keys with the doormen downstairs (just because Raz and I are going out to laugh at the anti-vax protestors at Trafalgar Sq) 29 May 2021, 14:36, Damien: Oh sorry darling I was just waiting my wash to finish. I’ll pop over now :) 29 May 2021, 14:37, Sam: But you *may* have to follow someone into the flat 29 May 2021, 14:37, Sam: But you *may* have to follow someone into the flat, or buzz a random flat and explain (or say you’re delivering something or whatever) 😬 29 May 2021, 14:37, Sam: It may be easier to do it in a few hours’ time if it’s no harder for you? But if it’s easier for you to come now, I’ll leave them with the door guy 29 May 2021, 14:37, Sam: Since I’m literally about to leave 29 May 2021, 14:40, Damien: Actually in the next few hours would be much better 29 May 2021, 14:45, Sam: But head over whenever :) 29 May 2021, 14:45, Sam: But head over whenever 🙂 29 May 2021, 14:45, Sam: I’ll figure out a way and let you know! 29 May 2021, 14:53, Sam: I’ve left them here: 29 May 2021, 14:53, Sam: Pinned Location 29 May 2021, 14:53, Sam: Shell Recharge, Claredale Street, London, E2 6DQ, United Kingdom 29 May 2021, 14:54, Sam: On the west side of the building, within the gates of the entrance to where the bins are, on the wall, in a carton of eggs 😂 29 May 2021, 14:55, Sam: It’s not visible from the street but it’s visible if you go just within the gates (not actually into the building, just off the street, no keys required) of the bin entrance - halfway down the west-facing side of the building 29 May 2021, 15:25, Damien: hahaha brilliant 29 May 2021, 15:25, Damien: I’ll come get g them now 😜 29 May 2021, 15:40, Sam: Haha cool, let me know if you have any trouble! 29 May 2021, 16:12, Damien: Is it in here darling 29 May 2021, 16:13, Sam: At the location I sent 29 May 2021, 16:13, Sam: No I don’t even know where that is 😅 It’s on the western facing side of our building, about half way down 29 May 2021, 16:13, Sam: Oh darling I’m totally lost and I’m beginning to look very odd. I’ll come back in a few hours. Do you know what time you’ll be back? 29 May 2021, 16:13, Sam: Once you’ve gone through the gate, it’s in a carton of eggs on the wall to your left 29 May 2021, 16:13, Sam: There’s a gate and then a door to go into the bin room - it’s past the gate, but not through the door (so still outside but within a tiny gated area) 29 May 2021, 18:05, Damien: Darling if you’re not too busy why don’t you and Raz pop over and we have drinks on the balcony. If not I can get the keys when I’m back in London x 29 May 2021, 18:05, Damien: Ohhh god, I’m sorry I missed your messages 🙁 I’m back in 20 mins and I’ll retrieve them then and keep them safe! I really really need to do some work tonight but if you can live without them for a bit, we could come over tomorrow, or else we can sort out an Uber to drop them off at yours (should barely cost a fiver)? 29 May 2021, 18:07, Sam: Ohhh god, I’m sorry I missed your messages :( I’m back in 20 mins and I’ll retrieve them then and keep them safe! I really really need to do some work tonight but if you can live without them for a bit, we could come over tomorrow, or else we can sort out an Uber to drop them off at yours (should barely cost a fiver)? 29 May 2021, 18:13, Damien: Darling I’ve never known someone to work so hard. Not to worry, I leave tomorrow around noon. I’ll leave the modafinal in an envelope at the front desk, you can collect it when you’re leaving the keys of at some point. No rush. I’ll be away for. 6 weeks x 29 May 2021, 18:15, Sam: Yeah, I’m trying to get this startup off the ground before we run out of money, so I’ve got a lot of deadlines 😬 Thanks so much for the modafinil! If you’re sure you don’t need the keys, I can drop them off when I pick that up, at some point before you’re back x 29 May 2021, 18:16, Sam: But that’d at least sort out the keys problem 29 May 2021, 18:16, Sam: Oh I could let Raz know you’re free tonight in case he’s free, and in case you guys fancied having a drink? But then I guess you did last night, so I don’t know 🤷‍♀️ 29 May 2021, 18:16, Sam: Oh yes do let him know x 29 Aug 2021, 12:38, Sam: Hey, I don’t suppose you have a Modafinil dealer in London? Or did you buy it off the interwebz? I could do with some for my work rn 👀 29 Aug 2021, 12:49, Damien: I bought them online. 360 pills at the time and have about 300 left so you can take some.I’m still in Mykonos at the moment. But the door to my flat is open, and there’s some on my desk if you’re desperate. 30 Aug 2021, 12:18, Sam: Oh really? I’ll leave you some cash - how much did you spend on them? Seriously, please be honest, I do have the money 30 Aug 2021, 12:19, Sam: (Also, sorry for the late reply - my WhatsApp notifications are really buggy for some reason) 30 Aug 2021, 12:21, Damien: I really can’t remember. They were quite cheap. Just get me a drink the next Time you see m. I’m back in London, now but I’m just heading out for lunch so Ill leave them downstairs with the concierge 30 Aug 2021, 12:23, Sam: Thanks very much! You don’t need to leave too many - just a few so I can tide myself over until my online order arrives would be amazing! And let me know when you’re around - drinks on me, whenever you fancy over the next couple of weeks :) (I can bring Raz along too, if you and he are up for it) 30 Aug 2021, 13:10, Sam: Thanks so much! I’ve picked them up, and left you a couple of books (and I also owe you a round, just let me know when you’re around) Also, FYI, I’ve been experimenting with polyphasic sleep recently (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biphasic_and_polyphasic_sleep). I go to sleep when I finish work at 5 or 6pm, and sleep till maybe 10-11pm, then I’m awake for a few hours and go back to sleep at 1-2am. I actually feel way more energetic, and there’s apparently lots of scientific evidence that monophasic sleep is unnatural for pretty much all animals, including humans, and it’s detrimental for us to force ourselves into that pattern with the aid of caffeine etc. Seriously it’s worth trying out polyphasic sleep! 28 Sep 2021, 21:34, Damien: Sam, Im surprised I missed this message. Thank you so much for the book, i'm just about to start the idiot. I vaguely remember reading the Great Gatsby in school, however I think i may have just read the cliff notes for it. I will be definitely try out the sleep pattern It would be great to try anything, my sleeping pattern is really not the best at the moment anyway. 28 Sep 2021, 21:39, Damien: On a separate note i really must apologise for Saturday night, in that i couldn't so much as give you a hug hello, although Raz was quite adamant that we would be leaving immediately if Jamison was there, I think he gets quite upset and triggered by him, not unlike most people haha. And also sorry to hear that living together has not been the easiest of late, I think a lot of flatmates have found it difficult with the lockdowns and working from him etc 28 Sep 2021, 21:39, Damien: In any case im fully back in London now, with no plans to go anywhere so it would be lovely to see you soon for a proper catch up. 😘 29 Sep 2021, 20:03, Sam: Oh, I’m really glad you’re reading it! It does peter out by the second half, though the ending is interesting if you have the perseverance - but the first half is such a beautiful tableau that everyone should read it 💕 29 Sep 2021, 20:05, Sam: No, don’t worry at all! I’m certainly not Jamison’s greatest fan - as he certainly knows himself - but he’s been very persistent in seeing me (which apparently is the trick to get me out of my post-COVID lethargy 😁) and I figure we at least share a distrust of his/your friend Alex (sorry - I’ll bracket it there!) 29 Sep 2021, 20:08, Sam: But yeah, I’m willing to give anyone a chance, and he’s been surprisingly tolerable the last couple of times I’ve seen him As for Raz, well, yes… I respect his opinions, but I also respect my own opinions, and I think that’s become surprisingly an issue, lol 29 Sep 2021, 20:09, Sam: And yeah, it would be lovely to do something soon! When are you around? Let’s say no Jamison and no Raz, haha 5 Oct 2021, 12:45, Damien: Yes darling, I would love this, I've missed you terribly. Are you free any time this week? Xx 6 Oct 2021, 09:02, Sam: Hmm, honestly this week is a bit busy with work etc (plus seeing Jamison! excited to hear how that goes down with Raz! god … but he’s got a good mephedrone dealer at least, haha). Is there any chance you could do early next week? Literally even Monday or Tuesday … or, hell, Sunday? 6 Oct 2021, 11:48, Damien: Hahaha oh gosh, there will be fireworks there. Yes he is handy for that. Do you mean this Sunday coming for the following. If the latter, Monday would be ideal xx 9 Oct 2021, 18:51, Sam: Haha, quite - well, honestly I cba with the immaturity any more, so if there are fireworks then there are fireworks… but anyway, more importantly, yeah I meant this Sunday, but Monday would also work nicely if by any chance you’re still around? :) 9 Oct 2021, 18:55, Damien: Oh tomorrow would be awesome, I have to go to Ireland for a funeral on Monday now. So that Sunday would work perfectly. What time suits? x 9 Oct 2021, 18:56, Sam: Let’s do it then! Looking forward :) Maybe 7 or 8? 9 Oct 2021, 18:58, Damien: 8 works perfectly. Shall we meet somewhere in shoreditch? x 9 Oct 2021, 18:59, Sam: Sounds good to me! It’s a date 🤝😌 Lemme know if you have any preferences for places! 10 Oct 2021, 15:16, Sam: Heya, I’m really really sorry about this, but is there any chance we could do tomorrow instead? I ended up - against my better judgement - staying up all night and doing mephedrone, and I’ve been trying to press through but I’m just horribly worse for wear. I’m so sorry, I feel really bad, I hate being a flake, and especially for such a stupid and selfish reason. I’d have said earlier but I was hoping I could soldier on – which I think I can’t, and anyway I’d be basically mute and tired and terrible company 😬 I know I really shouldn’t have asked to meet tonight given I should have known last night was going/likely to turn out that way… I’d love to do it tomorrow or otherwise as soon as possible 🙏 10 Oct 2021, 15:21, Sam: I’m sorry for all the words, I just feel terrible (in both senses) and I tend to write lots when I feel guilty… I really care about you as a friend and I want to catch up, but I fucked up by going so heavy last night If you wanted me to, I could text you later if I feel better, but if so then please don’t turn down any other plans, because it would be fairly unlikely I should think :\ Again: I’m really sorry, this is my mistake, I’m really sad not to be able to see you tonight and I’d really like to do it either tomorrow or as soon as you can, if you’re still willing 🙏 🙁 10 Oct 2021, 17:00, Damien: Oh sweetie don’t feel bad at all. I’m just out at the moment so can’t reply fully, however tomorrow would work perfectly. 17 Oct 2021, 23:12, Missed audio call 6 Nov 2021, 00:56, Missed audio call 6 Nov 2021, 00:59, Missed audio call 7 Nov 2021, 22:32, Sam: Oh shit, I’m sorry, I totally missed these calls 7 Nov 2021, 22:32, Sam: I’ve been so preoccupied with William, which turned out to be ….. utter insanity, I’ll explain to you when I next see you 7 Nov 2021, 22:34, Sam: Not missed in the sense of didn’t respond, but in the sense of didn’t even receive them or see I had a missed call - my WhatsApp settings must be too locked down 7 Nov 2021, 22:34, Sam: Anyway - if you’re still moving into that place, I’m very much up for joining 8 Nov 2021, 12:53, Damien: Oh perfect darling. I’ll send you over the video of the apartment if it’s too your liking. How much were you able to pay? 8 Nov 2021, 12:56, Sam: I think £350 a month is fine with me. Are you still moving in on 30 Nov? And are you renting your flat out to Raz? I don’t want to leave him out in the cold (though beyond that, I’m not hugely fussed) 8 Nov 2021, 12:57, Damien: 350 a month or a week? Yes on the 30th. I think that’s the plan I haven’t quite worked it out that far ahead x 8 Nov 2021, 12:57, Sam: Haha, a week, I mean! 8 Nov 2021, 12:57, Sam: And cool, that sounds good 😌 8 Nov 2021, 17:13, Sam: Btw have you signed a contract yet? 8 Nov 2021, 17:36, Damien: Yah I just got it all sorted today 😉 8 Nov 2021, 17:37, Sam: Nice!! Looking forward! Let me know if you want me to sign any contracts with you :) 8 Nov 2021, 18:14, Damien: Okay darling 8 Nov 2021, 18:15, Damien: I was going to go furniture shopping you can tag along if you want, and let me know what you like. I’d hate to go and get loads of stuff and you hating it hahab 8 Nov 2021, 18:15, Damien: Sometimes I can have a rather garish tastes 8 Nov 2021, 18:17, Sam: That sounds fab! I’d love to come :) Where are you planning on going? 8 Nov 2021, 18:18, Damien: There’s a few nice furniture shops on Brompton cross and some around Sloane sq 8 Nov 2021, 18:18, Damien: I was also looking at soho home 8 Nov 2021, 18:19, Damien: Oh btw theres only one bed, do you have one? Or I can give you the one I have in the heron? 8 Nov 2021, 18:23, Sam: Ah, is there any chance you could send me a floor plan? The one at the Heron would be nice, but I don’t want to leave Raz high and dry if his bed isn’t his own (I honestly can’t remember) Alternatively I can probably sort my own - I can check w my parents etc Btw do you have a floor plan? And a road name / map? I should prob figure out some of the logistics 8 Nov 2021, 18:23, Damien: Yah I can send that over after dinner x 8 Nov 2021, 18:42, Sam: Thanks!! 🙏 8 Nov 2021, 21:43, Damien: https://www.foxtons.co.uk/short-let-properties/w8/chpk3872212 8 Nov 2021, 22:30, Sam: Hmmm.... How late is it for you to walk out of this deal? It's an extraordinarily kind deal for you to offer me what you have, but you're still getting a pretty tiny flat (considering what you're paying) and paying an *extraordinary* premium for an extremely expensive location, which isn't going to be lively because it's all bought up by property speculators and the super-rich (Divy's uncle lives on the next st and so Phil's family used to, etc) I mean, look at this flat which you can get in Clerkenwell for not much more than half the amount, and about 4x the room, and still a nice location: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/56555601?utm_source=v1:5bWFDybfWx7C7AGpeagt7mP3PgcqjuqJ&utm_medium=api Even in livelier locations in central west London, you can get way more for less money, e.g. Marylebone (https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/55675293/?utm_source=v1%3A5bWFDybfWx7C7AGpeagt7mP3PgcqjuqJ&utm_medium=api), Primrose Hill (https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/59971253?utm_source=v1:5bWFDybfWx7C7AGpeagt7mP3PgcqjuqJ&utm_medium=api), etc For me, it's really kind, but I just think the location-vs-flat tradeoff is way too extreme - I'd be radically underpaying you, and still not getting that much, bc I'm not that fussed about living right next to Kensington Palace Gardens For you, I'd radically encourage you to cut loose from this deal and go for something more sane - you can get SO much more for so much less, and it's insane to pay this much to live in a small flat in the most expensive part of London 8 Nov 2021, 22:30, Sam: Honestly, anything you can do to get out of this, I can't recommend it enough - the security deposit will be way less than you will lose renting it, and you won't be happy there 8 Nov 2021, 22:31, Sam: It's such close quarters that any Grindr date would practically end up being a threeway, lol 8 Nov 2021, 22:34, Sam: I'm just torn, bc I can get an en suite on my own in Bloomsbury for less, with the rent paid till January for no charge: https://www.spareroom.co.uk/flatshare/flatshare_detail.pl?flatshare_id=15989324&search_results=%2Fflatshare%2F%3Fsearch_id%3D1083097878%26mode%3Dlist%26editing%3D%26show_results%3Das%2Ba%2Bmap%26resume_last_search%3D1 Like, you're undercharging me, but you're (no offence) just burning money on this place beyond reason 8 Nov 2021, 22:39, Sam: Look, I'm not saying this for my own sake, but **it's not worth it** You'll get used to living in a super-prime location and it's not particularly interesting It'll make you way more happy to have a cool flat with space to yourself, rather than a blue square on the Monopoly board 8 Nov 2021, 22:44, Sam: Just take some time, live in my parents’ house (or my old Shoreditch flat which my dad took over from Kieran to rent as occasional overflow for his work) and take some time to make a decision that’s not insane for you I promise you, even if I don’t end up living with you, I’m saying this for your own sake: do not pay £4500 for a shoebox because that shoebox is on Park Lane - you will be miserable, I promise They’re selling you a fantasy of the area, but *the place you’ll be living in is the flat, not the area* 8 Nov 2021, 22:45, Sam: You just need to take some time, I think you’re rushing into this based on some Christmas fantasy, and it won’t be like that This is exactly what you wanted to get away from in your existing flat 9 Nov 2021, 10:09, Damien: Oh darling you’re totally right about the flat, it is probably a bit overpriced for what it is, although I’ve just been so desperate to get out of the shoebox in the Heron. Tim’s fortunately already paid for it 6 months in advance so I won’t worry too much about the cost. I’m just in dyer need of a half decent kitchen and a bath. I’m easily pleased clearly. Thank you so much for your offer though darling it’s very sweet. You’re welcome to stay in the other room,until you’re able to find somewhere more to your liking 😘 xx 9 Nov 2021, 11:41, Damien: Oh darling sort of good news, the flat fell through. 9 Nov 2021, 11:41, Damien: My hunt continues 9 Nov 2021, 11:47, Sam: Oh fantastic! And thanks for your message earlier - I really appreciate the offer and I’d love to share a flat, but, well …. not that one 😜 If you send me over a list of your requirements (area, rooms, whatever else there is) I can definitely help you hunt for a good one If you’re not *absolutely* dead set on the *most* super prime area, you could easily get something much cheaper and much better I’m not talking about living in, like, Leytonstone or Stratford - literally just even Clerkenwell or Bloomsbury or Primrose Hill or whatever :) But totally up to you! Let me know :) 9 Nov 2021, 12:14, Damien: 53-55 EARLS COURT SQUARE, LONDON, SW5 9DG photos.pdf • 3 pages document omitted 9 Nov 2021, 12:15, Damien: image omitted 9 Nov 2021, 12:15, Damien: What do you think of this one? 9 Nov 2021, 12:16, Damien: I was just thinking somewhere in West London, at this stage I don’t particularly care. Ideally something with a bathroom and abit of character, I quite liked the one you sent me in Clerkenwell. 9 Nov 2021, 12:16, Damien: Bloomsbury 9 Nov 2021, 12:16, Damien: Primrose hill 9 Nov 2021, 12:16, Damien: Little Venice 9 Nov 2021, 12:16, Damien: marlybone 9 Nov 2021, 12:16, Damien: South Kensington 9 Nov 2021, 12:17, Damien: Pimlico 9 Nov 2021, 12:17, Damien: Those types of places 9 Nov 2021, 13:39, Sam: Let me hunt for some this afternoon In terms of price I’d naturally guess at this order: South Kensington Little Venice Marylebone Primrose Hill Pimlico Bloomsbury (very dependent on exact part of Bloomsbury) I bet I can help find somewhere nice - the Clerkenwell one looks especially nice And I’m in no rush - if this flat is let before you find somewhere, I can live at my parents’, or in the old Shoreditch flat which my dad rented after Kieran left (as occasional overflow for his work) 9 Nov 2021, 13:51, Damien: Yes I’m In no particular mood use either fortunately xx 9 Nov 2021, 17:23, Sam: video omitted 9 Nov 2021, 17:29, Sam: Oh btw what’s your price range? I can’t believe I’m asking this, but how _low_ are you willing to go? I’ll treat the Notting Hill price as a maximum, but I don’t think we’ll get anywhere near that. And for ones where you’d be paying a lot more than me, I’ll look for ones with a nice master bedroom / en suite, or even a third/nth bedroom/s you could have 9 Nov 2021, 17:29, Sam: Also what’s your _earliest_ move-in date, and a reasonable guess at latest (eg I presume it should at least be sometime this year or very early next)? 9 Nov 2021, 17:30, Sam: And let me know how much of an advantage it is to have a move in date soon / before Christmas, so I know how much to weight that factor 9 Nov 2021, 19:06, Damien: Haha how sweet 9 Nov 2021, 19:07, Damien: Oh darling that’s fine I really don’t mind either way xx 9 Nov 2021, 19:07, Damien: I can move in whenever I’m Very flexible x 13 Nov 2021, 10:08, Damien: Sam darling how are you? Are you perchance at home on Tuesday at noon, I found a handy man who will be able to retrieve my ring from your balcony xx 13 Nov 2021, 23:01, Sam: Oh sorry I’ve been terribly converstipated: struggling to process my backlog of conversations 😅 I’ll definitely be around Tuesday at noon - or really any time of any day this week - so feel free to send him over! I hope I haven’t got back to you too late 🤞 Also have you had any more thoughts about flats? I’m sorry I haven’t sent any - I haven’t really had time to look yet - it’s been an exhausting week ☠️ 16 Nov 2021, 09:08, Damien: Hah I think I’m probably worse at replying that you. Let me check with the handy man, I think he’ll still be around. I haven’t even begun to look at flats it’s so difficult to find anything at the moment. Can you remind me of your address x 17 Nov 2021, 10:55, Damien: https://www.marshandparsons.co.uk/properties-to-rent/london/property/CSV154852/clifton-gardens/ 17 Nov 2021, 10:55, Damien: what do you think of this one 19 Nov 2021, 17:24, Sam: Oh god, I’m sorry I’ve been so bad at replying, I’ve been utterly swamped! Luckily my company’s just been acquired, so that actually puts me in a slightly better position salary-and-stock-wise, for renting a place… Let me take a look and I’ll let you know what I think :) 19 Nov 2021, 17:24, Sam: Oh god sorry it’s 404ing, hahaha 19 Nov 2021, 17:24, Sam: I really need to stop taking so long to reply 22 Nov 2021, 20:06, Damien: Oh darling, not to worry I’m the worst at replying haha. 22 Nov 2021, 20:07, Damien: Huge congratulations on selling your company. 22 Nov 2021, 20:07, Damien: When are you next free darling would be good yo see you x 23 Nov 2021, 13:31, Sam: I’m much freer from this week onwards - this acquisition is finally over so the death march has finished (thanks for the congrats, btw!) 😌 It’d be cool to chat about flats - I realise I’ve been way too inattentive to that task over the last month or so (and Raz seems strangely unbothered about it too) 23 Nov 2021, 14:21, Damien: Amazing. Are you free next Monday evening? I’m so keen to get started on flats hate being stuck in the shoebox xx 26 Nov 2021, 10:07, Damien: Sam Darling 26 Nov 2021, 10:07, Damien: What do you think of this? 26 Nov 2021, 10:07, Damien: 26 Nov 2021, 19:28, Sam: Oh wow, that looks really gorgeous - I like it 😍 27 Nov 2021, 08:56, Damien: It looks fun doesn’t it? 27 Nov 2021, 08:56, Damien: Are you free on Monday? 27 Nov 2021, 08:56, Damien: We can go see it maybe 27 Nov 2021, 11:24, Sam: Yeah, I’m game! Honestly I could actually do today or tomorrow, or else I can make time on Monday, as long as I know roughly when it’ll be :) 27 Nov 2021, 11:24, Sam: Do you want to book in a viewing or shall I? I’m easy 27 Nov 2021, 11:25, Sam: Sorry I’ve been so useless at communicating - I’ve had a flu-type bug which has really dragged on, as well as being super busy with my company being acquired - but I think I’m now out the other side (on both counts) 😌 27 Nov 2021, 20:11, Damien: Oh perfect. I’ll get book it for Monday, as I’m in the country till then. You poor dear, I thought you must of had a lot on your plate with something. I’ll organise a few viewings tomorrow and send them over xxx 28 Nov 2021, 13:30, Sam: Amazing, sounds like a plan 🤝 And yeah, definitely had plenty of my plate — the last month has been an all-you-can-eat buffet in that respect, lol — but it’s finally letting up, thank god 😅 30 Nov 2021, 15:46, Damien: Darling are you free any time this week to look at flats? Xx 30 Nov 2021, 15:46, Sam: Absolutely! What’s the best day? Xx 30 Nov 2021, 15:46, Damien: I’m actually free most of tomorrow afternoon and evening, would that work? Xx 30 Nov 2021, 15:47, Sam: Yeah, let’s do it! It’s a plan 🤝 xo 30 Nov 2021, 15:47, Damien: Awesome does 16;00 suit? Or maybe a little later? 30 Nov 2021, 15:48, Sam: I’m easy - whatever works best for you! 1 Dec 2021, 11:47, Sam: Heya - are you still planning to go for a viewing today? 👀 1 Dec 2021, 11:48, Damien: Sadly not darling the one that I had planned to see is gone. Do you still want to meet up and can look at a few and arrange the viewing? xx 1 Dec 2021, 11:59, Sam: That sounds good! I’m around any day this week (including today, if you end up getting any in time - but no rush! it’s a quiet week for me) 1 Dec 2021, 12:04, Damien: Ahh perfect I should be free around 5, shall I pop over there? Or you can come to the Heron? xx 1 Dec 2021, 13:24, Sam: I can come to you - if that’s cool? My flat is a mess, since I’m in the middle of getting it all tidied up so I can list it for rent :) 1 Dec 2021, 13:45, Damien: Ahh perfect. I just realised with times and thing it might be a bit later. Does that still work I'll keep you posted xx 1 Dec 2021, 16:43, Damien: Darling I just had a really horrible appointment with the dentist my mouth is in agony, she said it should go away after. Few hours, if you’re free tomorrow it may be easier to do it then if that works for you. Sorry about the confusion xx 1 Dec 2021, 16:47, Sam: Yeah, tomorrow would be great! That should give me some time to find some ideas beforehand :) Hope you feel better soon! 2 Dec 2021, 15:18, Damien: Sam darling im just at the getting back to the flat now. I should be free until 8, so feel free to come anytime before that if that works, did you manage to see any flats that you liked? Xx 2 Dec 2021, 16:01, Sam: Heya! I’ve found a few places I like - I can show you later :) I’m not sure I can get off work *too* early, but I can aim for maybe 5:30? Or 6? X 2 Dec 2021, 16:02, Damien: oh thats perfect, ill se you then xx 2 Dec 2021, 18:24, Sam: Hey, sorry I’m late, I’m hoping I won’t be more than 10 mins more! I was waiting on the street in the freezing cold for an Uber for like half an hour, and three of them cancelled on me before I gave up and took a bus 😬 This is the third or fourth time something like this has happened to me recently - idk what the hell is wrong with Uber over the last few weeks 2 Dec 2021, 18:40, Damien: Oh I know it’s so annoying getting ubers, I think most of the drivers left during Covid. 2 Dec 2021, 18:40, Damien: See you soon darling 2 Dec 2021, 18:46, Sam: Heya - I’m in your building - what’s your door number? 2 Dec 2021, 18:46, Damien: 2909 2 Dec 2021, 18:46, Damien: Just tell them to buzz you up 2 Dec 2021, 18:46, Damien: They all know me at the front desk 😳 2 Dec 2021, 19:06, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/60140245?utm_source=v1:5bWFDybfWx7C7AGpeagt7mP3PgcqjuqJ&utm_medium=api 2 Dec 2021, 19:06, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/60158206?utm_source=v1:5bWFDybfWx7C7AGpeagt7mP3PgcqjuqJ&utm_medium=api 2 Dec 2021, 19:06, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/60165319?utm_source=v1:5bWFDybfWx7C7AGpeagt7mP3PgcqjuqJ&utm_medium=api 2 Dec 2021, 19:44, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/60307207?utm_source=v1:5bWFDybfWx7C7AGpeagt7mP3PgcqjuqJ&utm_medium=api 2 Dec 2021, 19:48, Damien: https://www.foxtons.co.uk/LL/chpk3355923?utm_medium=email&utm_source=bos&utm_campaign=property_alert_manual&tbp=D7ABF94E97078C0A935A5E9E2378DC19F2F25915F889DFAC8204C08FB131ABEE 3 Dec 2021, 09:37, Sam: Heya - is there any chance we could possibly move this viewing a little earlier? I'd forgotten I'm actually going to my grandma's to bake Advent biscuits at the weekend (you're welcome to join if you like, haha) and I'm meant to be at my old flat at Calvert Avenue - which my dad picked up after Kieran left it - at 6:15 3 Dec 2021, 09:37, Sam: Also btw I'm so in love with this flat that I think we should get it no matter what - even if they can't do a viewing this early and you have to go on your own (which I hope doesn't happen, but it still wouldn't put me off) 3 Dec 2021, 09:44, Sam: Also also - just since I’m slightly anxious about spending so much more money than I am (in case I lost my job or whatever), would you be happy to split it 2000-2680, and you can take the nicer room? If you don’t have the money (or are anxious yourself) then LMK and we probably _can_ figure something out - I do _technically_ have the money, I’m just trying to avoid committing myself to paying an overly vast amount 😳 3 Dec 2021, 09:46, Sam: But yeah, gosh, I am so in love with this place and I think we should do whatever we can to make it work 3 Dec 2021, 09:58, Sam: 3 Dec 2021, 10:11, Damien: I’ll call up the estate now and see what viewings he has today, so pleased you’re keen on it as well. I think my maximum would probably be 550. Although I think there’s always abit if room to negotiate on the price pw, so it may works out that we can get it for 900 pw which would work out perfect. Xx 3 Dec 2021, 10:13, Sam: Yeah, that was another bit of advice Kieran gave, was to negotiate on the price! Well, OK, I’m relatively chilled out about it because I know at the end of the day I can technically afford it — I suppose I could _technically_ afford to rent the whole flat, but I just haven’t got used to the idea of spending that much money on anything 😳😂 3 Dec 2021, 10:13, Sam: So yeah, I’m sure we can figure out something that works for us 3 Dec 2021, 10:48, Damien: Haha I understand, I think there will definitely be some room to negotiate. I was able to get a viewing at 14:30 does that work for you? X 3 Dec 2021, 14:32, Sam: Oh shit, I’m so sorry, I typed out most of a reply and then stopped for some reason 3 Dec 2021, 14:32, Sam: Yes I am - I’m almost there 3 Dec 2021, 14:32, Sam: If you haven’t gone in the end, since I didn’t reply, I understand and that’s totally on me - I don’t know why I stopped before sending the message 3 Dec 2021, 14:40, Sam: Anyway, if you _are_ there: sorry, I’m slightly late, I’ll be there in 5-10 if you could stall for a tiny bit 🙏 If you haven’t gone in the end, I’ll go for a stroll and take some photos of the outside for you :) 3 Dec 2021, 14:44, Damien: Oh perfect darling see you soon xx 3 Dec 2021, 14:44, Damien: I was a bit behind so just arriving now 3 Dec 2021, 14:46, Damien: Location: https://maps.google.com/?q=51.493755,-0.179553 3 Dec 2021, 14:52, Sam: Oh thank god, we’re both late - I’m also like a minute away 3 Dec 2021, 14:55, Sam: Heya - what’s the door number? 3 Dec 2021, 14:56, Sam: Btw this is GORGEOUS 3 Dec 2021, 14:56, Sam: I absolutely love it 3 Dec 2021, 14:56, Sam: I have to get this out of my system now, because I’m going to seriously undermine our negotiating position if I say anything like that to the estate agent 😂 3 Dec 2021, 14:58, Sam: …is it a very long number or something? Lol 3 Dec 2021, 14:59, Damien: He’s showing me one at 44 3 Dec 2021, 14:59, Sam: Ok cool, I’ll head there - thanks! 3 Dec 2021, 14:59, Damien: Let me know when you’re outside I’ll come get you 3 Dec 2021, 15:00, Sam: I’m outside now :) just got here 3 Dec 2021, 16:03, Sam: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2003/03/hitchens-200303 3 Dec 2021, 17:58, Sam: Ah, no worries, Divy and Jake replied very warmly to my text 😌 Also, you really really really should read that Hitchens piece! 3 Dec 2021, 18:04, Sam: Also, aww, I’m unbelievably excited about moving in to this flat! My only regret is that we didn’t do it sooner 😭 6 Dec 2021, 09:27, Damien: Sam darling sorry for the late reply, I had to speak with Tim before signing the term sheet (seeing as he will be paying for It for the next 2 years) and the very most he is willing to pay is £2000 pm, so this would work out as about £900, if we split it. I can put the offer in but I’m not sure if we would get. I’m very sorry about this I wasn’t expecting to be so inflexible. Are you happy for me to put the offer in and see what happens. I’m sure we can still be able to find somewhere good if this one doesn’t work. Apologies again. 6 Dec 2021, 16:09, Sam: Oh sorry I missed your earlier message - that’s totally fine! It *was* very expensive and I was in a big rush with this flat - you know, if that was _the first place we viewed_, I promise promise promise you we can find somewhere equally good or better :) 6 Dec 2021, 16:09, Sam: And if we get it, that’s awesome too! 6 Dec 2021, 16:12, Sam: 6 Dec 2021, 16:12, Sam: So I can’t watch the video quite now, but I will asap 6 Dec 2021, 16:15, Sam: Interesting - he’s talking about a business they acquired, TriTax (? not sure of spelling), who are Amazon’s biggest landlord for their warehouses - apparently it’s publicly traded and makes a ton of money… So there’s an interesting example of one of those real-estate-based funds I was thinking about… I really really wonder if there’s a potential startup in this market 6 Dec 2021, 16:21, Damien: Oh that would be really interesting. Let me look it up. 6 Dec 2021, 16:22, Damien: I will reply fully when I’m back at the flat x 7 Dec 2021, 19:27, Sam: Argh, dilemma… Found a pretty nice place in Notting Hill, but it’s on Phil’s road about 2mins walk south from his house 😂 https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/60336780?utm_source=v1:5bWFDybfWx7C7AGpeagt7mP3PgcqjuqJ&utm_medium=api 7 Dec 2021, 19:29, Sam: (He’s at 27 Pembridge Villas, which is really the same road as Pembridge Road, and I think 2-3 minutes walk up the road, based on my many walks up that road, lol) 7 Dec 2021, 19:36, Sam: Also nice, in Knightsbridge: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/59227092?utm_source=v1:5bWFDybfWx7C7AGpeagt7mP3PgcqjuqJ&utm_medium=api 7 Dec 2021, 19:37, Sam: (I’m looking in your kinda areas, haha) 8 Dec 2021, 13:51, Damien: Ahh I just looked it up it seems to be a REIT, which tbh i wouldn't mind working for. Although recently REITs have come under criticism as their publicly traded and act more like equities than actual real estate, so they don't give much benefit over another stock in the short term. 8 Dec 2021, 13:55, Damien: Haha yeah me might find it weird if you were to move in down the street lol. I found a gorge one in Madia Vale, ( I think i showed it to you the other day?) but it was just across the street from Jamison, and I think you'd be hard pushed to find a worse neighbour in London haha 8 Dec 2021, 13:57, Damien: I really like the one in Knightsbridge. I found a couple as well, that you might like, I'll send them over whern i get back to my laptop xxx 11 Dec 2021, 17:16, Sam: Ah duck, I’m sorry I’ve been so terrible at getting back to you again! I’ve been swamped with viewings, but this is good - should mean I have no crossover between the two flats (and if there’s ‘negative crossover’, so to speak, I can always stay at the Shoreditch flat or my parents’ house or Suffolk or whatever) 11 Dec 2021, 17:19, Sam: But yeah, I think the Phil’s road flat is a bit too weird to do, definitely… But fuck no, moving in next to Phil is nothing in relation to moving in next to Jamison… In fact your message just reminded me I’ve been ignoring him for a month or so, so I finally decided to reply, and god save me now 11 Dec 2021, 17:20, Sam: 11 Dec 2021, 17:20, Sam: But no, I don’t think we can go anywhere near Maida Vale with a barge pole (and if we did, I might actually have to learn what a barge pole is, and acquire one) 11 Dec 2021, 17:21, Sam: I like it too! Shall we do a viewing? The way I see it, we’ve found a template for the kind of flat & area we both like, and that’s an order of magnitude more important than any _individual, specific_ flat 11 Dec 2021, 17:22, Sam: But yeah, I’m actually going for drinks with Louis this evening - as I do now and again - and I’m definitely going to solicit his help in looking (online) for flats, since he’s utterly fantastic at all the practical stuff that you and I know nothing about 11 Dec 2021, 17:23, Sam: (Like - what is an energy rating, what kind of boiler should a flat have, what terms are bad in a contract, etc etc, that kinda thing) 11 Dec 2021, 20:03, Sam: Jesus this is gorgeous: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/60359573/?search_identifier=adf4fb8d32aac8fa1fd931cacf5c02a5 11 Dec 2021, 20:03, Sam: First flat Louis and I came across! 11 Dec 2021, 20:03, Sam: In the mansion blocks literally encircling the Albert Hall 11 Dec 2021, 20:22, Sam: 11 Dec 2021, 20:26, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/55281725/?search_identifier=45fab70be414a660233df96eba412aa5 jesus, it has a weird layout but what a fucking stupendously gorgeous flat 🤯🤯 please please please can we go see this??? 11 Dec 2021, 20:34, Sam: jesus this is gorgeous, I'm in love with it - I'm going to book a viewing tomorrow morning 11 Dec 2021, 20:35, Sam: what they call a 'TV room' is basically a (small) private cinema 11 Dec 2021, 20:35, Sam: stupendously unique and cute and special 11 Dec 2021, 20:49, Sam: Also, sending you this because it's quite a nice flat, but also a weird in-between-y no man's land area, so I'm mainly just sending it as a record: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/59916279/?search_identifier=8bcff963ed2fdd73a886334748efd83d 11 Dec 2021, 20:58, Damien: Omg, I’ve been looking for months and I haven’t found anything as nice as the three you sent over. Absolutely love that can see Albert Hall always wanted to live In one of those mansion blocks especially with the view from the terrace. Definitely book a viewing with t he one in Hans place, I don’t think you can get a better location in London, I wish I could join you tomorrow although I’m still in Ireland, but if you send a video over im sure I can decide from that. I even love the one on Berchin place. 😍😍😍 11 Dec 2021, 20:58, Damien: It’s quite sad 😅 11 Dec 2021, 20:59, Sam: Awesome! And sorry, I meant I'd book it tomorrow, not that I'd book it *for* tomorrow! :) But let me know what your preference is - when are you back from Ireland? If it's gonna be a while, would you be comfortable doing a video call, or a recorded video or something (I think we could do both) 11 Dec 2021, 21:00, Sam: Also, this one is great just in terms of the ridiculously central Knightsbridge address, though the flat itself is quite middling : https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/59991914/?search_identifier=6094fda49d72a217d10241aa53c020d2 11 Dec 2021, 21:00, Sam: It's one of the great tragedies of our time, lol 11 Dec 2021, 21:10, Sam: Oh sorry, I didn’t read your message properly - cool, in that case I’ll prioritise getting the viewings booked in ASAP (b/c these flats will go _quickly_, even relative to normal speed) 11 Dec 2021, 21:10, Sam: The one in Hans Place I’m absolutely in love with - though the bedrooms are quite unequal, so we’d need to figure out how to split the rent (like before, I’m honestly happy with either: I’m happy to pay more for the nicer room, or to take the smaller room and pay less 🙂) 11 Dec 2021, 21:20, Damien: I’m back on Monday evening, although leave again on Tuesday morning 😅. I think a video call will definitely work. I love all of them, I just wonder if the one in Hans place is going to be big enough. I love all them especially the one my Albert Hall 😍😍I’m impressed that you were able to find such nice flats. 12 Dec 2021, 12:43, Sam: Ah ok! I love them all, definitely! Let’s do some viewings + videos and see what we prefer - Albert Hall is gorgeous and a safe bet, Hans Place is gorgeous but wacky and it’s very crucial to see what it’s like in the flesh, I agree 12 Dec 2021, 12:44, Sam: Oh also, if you’re in contact with James Saunders (I think you are?), is there any chance you could just relay to him that I’m locked out of my Facebook and I’m sorry if I missed his party (if indeed he threw one this year)? Based on when they normally are, I think I might’ve, which I just realised and it’s a huge shame 😬 14 Dec 2021, 06:10, Damien: Sam, darling sorry not to reply sooner. My phone ended up breaking, and I had to get a new one, finally back online now. I sent a message to James about you being locked out of Facebook. I think he’s having a NYE rather than a Christmas one. Did you a manage to get any bookings for the Hans place flat or the Albert Hall mansion blocks? Xxx 14 Dec 2021, 07:44, Damien: 15 Dec 2021, 12:51, Damien: Sam darling did you have any luck? 16 Dec 2021, 10:47, Sam: Ah sorry, I’ve been overwhelmed by viewings and work - but work is finished tomorrow, and I’ve just found someone who wants to take the flat, so I should be much freer 16 Dec 2021, 10:48, Sam: (And once I’ve let the flat then the pressure is on, haha) 16 Dec 2021, 12:10, Damien: Oh fab, that’s great. Hopefully we can start the NY in a new flat haha. Shall I tell James that you’ll go to his NYE party? X 16 Dec 2021, 12:18, Sam: Oh god sorry, I only just noticed that text from you! I tend to reply to people’s messages from the notification list, rather than actually in WhatsApp 😬 But yes, please do!! I’m so glad I didn’t miss his party :) Is there any chance you could ask if he’d mind if I brought Louis along? I saw him recently — actually I was talking to him when I suddenly realised that [I thought] I’d missed the party — and he was saying he really liked the people he met at the last one 16 Dec 2021, 12:19, Sam: (^including James of course! haha) 23 Dec 2021, 10:46, Sam: Hey, sorry I’ve been so terrible at this stuff, I’ve been preoccupied with leaving _this_ flat, and our huckster estate agent is trying to scam us for loads of money in order to agree a deal with a new tenant… I’m prob gonna stay at my parents’, or the shoreditch flat, or even suffolk or something for a few weeks (though actually I suppose one of the first two so I can help with / join the viewings) – once I’ve finished leaving this flat, and once I’m without my own place to live, then hopefully that’ll spur me (and actually give me time) to move this along 23 Dec 2021, 10:46, Sam: But I’m just checking that you’re still up for it? 23 Dec 2021, 10:47, Sam: I think once we’re actually actively working on it, it shouldn’t take longer than 2-3 weeks most likely 25 Dec 2021, 21:00, Sam: Merry Christmas! My Christmas present is: since my great-uncle died (the one you were going to call for career advice … obvsly *before* he died), his younger Spanish partner Jaime is moving to their Spanish house (the gorgeous carved-into-the-mountaintop one i showed you, with the infinity pool). My grandma has done a bit of coordinating with the family - Jaime and the kids - and they’re willing to rent out the Knightsbridge house to us for £4k, which is what I indicated we’d be able to pay. It’s a gorgeous place: 7 Trevor Place, if you want to check out the StreetMaps view. It’ll be a month before we can move in, because they’re renovating it a bit - I suspect because of the macabreness, even though it’s not literally where he died - but still! Yuletide blessings 🎁 🎄 25 Dec 2021, 23:23, Damien: Darling firstly so sorry to take so long to reply, when I got your message I was racing through an airport to catch an connecting flight which I ended up missing. Fortunately I managed to arrive in Belfast late last night to do my Christmas duties. Of course I’ll send im a message to James about Louis, I’m sure he won’t really mind that much, I don’t think he even notices when people bring extras. It was a little awkward because you were already in the guest list, and I wasn’t and for some reason he was hesitant to invite me, a sort of come If you want thing 😅 As for Harry the estate agent, I think he works mostly for the landlord, so I’ve noticed he creates a spiel about how unique the property is, and how it’ll be snapped up in hours etc etc, for the intention of pressuring you so he can shift as many as possible. 😅 So pleased to hear you’ve found someone to takeover your lease, that’ll make things much easier to move forward with. And absolutely I’m so keen on moving as soon as possible. 25 Dec 2021, 23:30, Damien: Oh darling so sorry to hear of his passing. But omg I just looked at the house what a bargain, I love it. I don’t think we could get anything better than that 😃 Have you seen inside? Xxx 29 Dec 2021, 13:46, Sam: Hey, sorry I’ve been terrible at replying! The move out of this flat has dragged on horribly, and I’m still coordinating and cleaning and moving stuff out … So, for the _new_ place, my grandma has discussed it all with Jaime etc to the extent I mentioned — where they basically said that they were going to list it for about that amount (absurdly undervalued by an order of magnitude of course) to get it out the way, and that if we could afford it then of course they’d rent it to us because it’s always better to keep it in the family. But the exact details, signing the contract, etc etc, that’ll have to wait till after the Xmas-NYE period when everyone’s less busy - so at least a week or so (and their decorating will take a month or so, so it’ll be Feb before we move in, but hopefully we’ll have a firm agreement and a contract signed before then, just so we can relax a bit) :) Also I’ve seen inside ages ago, but not recently, and they (at least Ron) were property developers so they were always renovating, haha… The answer to the implicit question is that yeah, it’s an order of magnitude nicer than anything that’s going to be on the market for 4k - suffice it to say 4k/mo is not its real market value 😂 30 Dec 2021, 13:04, Damien: Oh darling sorry to hear about your hassle with your moving out. I’m so grateful that you were able to organise it all with grandmother it sounds perfect. I agree i couldn’t imagine getting anything in that area for less than 6/7 per month. I really don’t mind not moving till February. I’m probably not going to be in London much in Jan anyway. Are you still going to James’s NYE party tomorrow? Track and trace have been on the phone non stop and checking if I’m isolating, after a positive PCR ( despite having a 2 following negative ones) they’re insistent that I don’t leave the house. Would hate to start the NY of with a hefty fine, and not sure if it’s really worth the risk. If I’m not back tomorrow, I’ll be back on the 3rd for sure. Xx 30 Dec 2021, 21:08, Sam: No problem at all, it’s all finished now and I’m at my parents’ (while they’re still in suffolk for a while) 30 Dec 2021, 21:08, Sam: 30 Dec 2021, 21:14, Sam: And yeah, it’s hard to imagine getting *anything* particularly nice for less than 6-7k a month — I mean in prime Knightsbridge where the house is, as opposed to (relatively cheap!) South Ken where we were looking — but let alone a 4-bedroom townhouse which will be newly renovated when we move in… It’s definitely a significant favour they’re doing us - but Jaime doesn’t really need the money (or the house: even aside from him living in the Spain house, still in London they have a huge penthouse nearby, not in One Hyde Park but in the other luxe building across the street and a few down), he just wants to keep it non-empty - emptiness is not good for houses - and have someone the family can trust to take care of it, so from that POV it’s a win-win for both parties 😌 30 Dec 2021, 21:15, Sam: oops - _he_ has a huge penthouse blah blah blah, not _they_ have - old habits die hard (and old uncles too) 🙈 30 Dec 2021, 21:15, Sam: Also yeah, I’m definitely going to James’s - an army couldn’t stop me 😜 I would never miss a James party, and I’m party-starved after the de facto lockdown of the last half year or so… I can’t believe I didn’t go to a single Christmas party…. 30 Dec 2021, 21:15, Sam: oh, lol, I responded to that question before reading the next part 30 Dec 2021, 21:18, Sam: Honestly I wouldn’t worry too much about COVID or fines - unless of course James is taking a worried-about-COVID stance, like I know some people have with their parties 🤔 I suppose the main question is: do you really really want to go? If so, two negative PCRs mean that in practical terms - not the insanely paranoid _official_ COVID guidance - you’ll be fine But yeah, obviously you should do whatever you’re comfortable with! I’m not saying this for my sake - there’ll be plenty of other people there, and I’m sure we’ll meet up soon enough anyway (we’ll probably need to, to chat through some of the latest stuff) - so from my perspective I’m obviously not fussed! I just wouldn’t want you to miss it if you were looking forward to going :) 30 Dec 2021, 21:21, Sam: ^ it’s funny reading this given my recent experience with Louis testing +ive for COVID a day after I saw him, and my mum encouraging me to still go to the (obviously tightly packed) theatre with my grandma and cousins before I could even get a lateral flow test, haha… my family truly truly do not give the slightest fraction of a fuck 😅 31 Dec 2021, 14:18, Damien: Is it really four bedrooms? I can’t wait to see it, I’m sure it’s perfect 😍. I know we couldn’t ask for a better location, I didn’t even look in Knightsbridge because it would be so far out of my budget, or if it was in, it would be some horrible broom closet. Ahh I can’t wait it’s going to be so fun living with you darling 😘 31 Dec 2021, 14:18, Damien: 😂😂 31 Dec 2021, 14:20, Damien: Oh it’s so annoying with the Covid thing, they were calling me everyday, and they almost always come and check up on you in this area of Belfast. It’s even more irritating as they changed the rules this morning so I could of actually of came back to London today no issue, oh well. 31 Dec 2021, 14:21, Damien: So pretty, love those shelves. 31 Dec 2021, 14:22, Damien: Is Raz still in the flat in Bethnal Green? I haven’t heard a peep from him in months. Hope he’s okay 31 Dec 2021, 20:55, Sam: I’ll reply to your messages in full soon, but quickly: Louis has just pointed out that if you do two lateral flow tests on day 6 and day 7 (after your first +ive test) you’re good to go! I don’t know if that applies to you, but I thought I’d say! 8 Jan 2022, 15:00, Damien: Say darling how are you? I’m just on my way back to London, finally footloose again and have shaken of the lethargy of the omicron. Are you around this evening it would be lovely to see you, Babs and I are going for drinks if you would like to join xx 8 Jan 2022, 15:03, Sam: Hiya! God, sorry I’ve been so terrible at replying, I’ve been slightly overloaded by work (and didn’t have much news to relay anyway quite yet) 😬 I’m slightly ill and at my parents’ house, so I’m not quite sure I’m up for anything, but how about sometime over the next few days or so? Is Oli around for a while? Also please let him know I’ll reply to his messages asap, I’m just a bit swamped and processing my backlog of chats 😵 (I can’t wait for the move to be done so there’s less on my plate!) 8 Jan 2022, 15:08, Damien: Oh gosh sorry to hear, hope you have a speedy recovery. Yes I should be around till the 13th, and then I’m going to try to sneak into France, not sure how successful I’ll be with that haha. Yes will do. It’s always a tad stressful moving, if you need any help with anything just let me know. Xx 1 Feb 2022, 12:39, Missed audio call 25 Feb 2022, 09:36, Missed audio call 10 Mar 2022, 23:35, Sam: +44 7507 821647 15 Mar 2022, 21:18, Sam: Hey! I've sent you £12 through Monzo. Tap here to claim it: https://pay.monzo.com/#SzqycyfD2WDZ2H53cWT0y6HFYPYmdNK2v3_vxBmW_dtQnUmQabUkxpmEuQ%3D%3D 17 Mar 2022, 20:58, Sam: https://twitter.com/jessicahodlr/status/1503556754168242186?s=24 17 Mar 2022, 21:09, Sam: Absolute gold: https://899thewave.fm/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/06/D88a29GX4AEBnEx.jpg 18 Mar 2022, 15:53, Sam: +44 7507 821647 19 Mar 2022, 23:12, Sam: No, it’s not the noise, I’m just tired and sick to death of this fucking weaselling from Kieran. I’m depressed and I wish I hadn’t moved out from living with Raz. I’m not comfortable having my friends around here because of his constant attempts to insert himself into every hangout I have with anyone, and just generally be nasty and try to humiliate people and turn everyone against each other. I expect that’s something to do with why you asked about the noise. I’m fine because I know he has no friends except the randoms off grindr who never return, but it’s fucking exhausting having to deal with it. I don’t know why the fuck I forgot why I moved out from shoreditch in the first place. My first major stock grant is coming in a little over 3 months and honestly I’m figuring out whether I can wait here till then (to put a deposit on a house) or go back to my parents. 19 Mar 2022, 23:20, Sam: It’s just like… I’m fucking 24, I have a career and friends I love and all of that, I don’t have fucking time or energy to deal with that backstabbing iago shit, and Roman and Jake (not Divy’s Jake) won’t come round while he’s here because of historical fucking creepy lying shit about them trying to have sex with him (like, what the fuck), which I suppose is all part of the ….. fuck it, I don’t know, I don’t pretend to know, I just do not play these fucking toxic games at this age so I’m out 20 Mar 2022, 08:49, Damien: Oh Sam, I’m so sorry to hear you’re feeling this way. You should absolutely be allowed to feel comfortable brining people around whenever you want . I hadn’t noticed it was quite that bad, I didn’t realise Roman or Jake, won’t come round because of him. That’s really not okay, please let me know if there’s anything I can do to help, I feel so bad to hear you’re having such an awful time 😔 20 Mar 2022, 11:03, Damien: Let me know if you want to go out for drinks later 20 Mar 2022, 11:04, Damien: I was thinking of maybe going to firehouse x 20 Mar 2022, 19:19, Sam: 20 Mar 2022, 19:19, Sam: 20 Mar 2022, 19:19, Sam: 20 Mar 2022, 19:19, Sam: 20 Mar 2022, 19:19, Sam: 20 Mar 2022, 19:19, Sam: 20 Mar 2022, 19:19, Sam: 20 Mar 2022, 19:19, Sam: 20 Mar 2022, 19:19, Sam: 20 Mar 2022, 19:19, Sam: 20 Mar 2022, 19:19, Sam: 20 Mar 2022, 19:19, Sam: 20 Mar 2022, 19:19, Sam: 20 Mar 2022, 19:19, Sam: 20 Mar 2022, 19:19, Sam: 20 Mar 2022, 19:19, Sam: 23 Mar 2022, 22:46, Sam: 23 Mar 2022, 22:46, Sam: 23 Mar 2022, 22:46, Sam: 23 Mar 2022, 22:46, Sam: 23 Mar 2022, 22:46, Sam: 23 Mar 2022, 22:46, Sam: 23 Mar 2022, 22:46, Sam: 23 Mar 2022, 22:46, Sam: 23 Mar 2022, 22:46, Sam: 25 Mar 2022, 20:03, Damien: Sam darling when ware you back? x 25 Mar 2022, 20:05, Sam: Sorry, I managed to overrun and go to fucking Finchley Road somehow - should be another 5-10 mins 🤞 27 Mar 2022, 19:22, Damien: Darling, how are you feeling? Are you still keen to come? We’re having drinks at Ogniska ( that place on exhibition road we went to). 27 Mar 2022, 19:42, Sam: Argh, I’m still quite uncomfortably sick, to put it lightly, but I really hope I can start to feel a bit better in time to join 🤞 I’ll let you know how I’m doing, and in the worst case I’d be up for having them around here sometime this week to catch up (it’s Oli and Benji, right?) 27 Mar 2022, 19:49, Damien: Oh I’m sorry, let me know if I can bring you something, nothing worse than being bed ridden. Ill maybe bring a few back for drinks and you can come say hello if you perk up xx 30 Mar 2022, 19:46, Damien: Sam darling, I’m so sorry, my message didn’t send earlier. We decided against the Londoner this evening, although will be going to the Firehouse if you still want to join? Xx 30 Mar 2022, 20:13, Sam: Yeah, absolutely! When are you guys meeting? 30 Mar 2022, 20:14, Sam: Oh shit I just got Alex’s message - sorry, I’ve been buried in work, god 30 Mar 2022, 20:14, Sam: I guess there are two options: if you’re likely to be coming back later, I’ll join for that later bit and I’ll have more time; if not, I’ll come now and do the work after (ie the other way around) 30 Mar 2022, 20:15, Sam: I think it’s like a 5min Uber though, so shouldn’t really take me much time at all 30 Mar 2022, 20:18, Damien: Yes I think Alex will be coming back in a little bit if you’ve got work, perhaps that works easier. Xx 30 Mar 2022, 20:19, Damien: We’re actually struggling to get a table right now, for whatever reason it’s super busy 😅 30 Mar 2022, 20:19, Sam: What would you guys prefer? I’m extremely easy - happy to go for drinks (it’d be a fun outing and I’m sure it would barely take 5 mins to get there) or equally can hang out here :) Honestly LMK… I mean realistically I’ll prob end up hanging out a bit here anyway - it’s not like I’m gonna super-rigidly immediately go to my room, haha 30 Mar 2022, 20:24, Damien: Maybe it would be easier if we met you back at the flat so far we’re standing waiting for a table and it’s not best fun. Sorry about this x 30 Mar 2022, 20:37, Sam: Haha, I remember doing exactly that at the Chiltern - they’re so fussy with that little row of grim standing-height tables and chairs across from the bar… It ends up feeling a bit like you’re at an airport Wetherspoons or something… Anyway, I’ll grab some nice snacks and drinks (I’ve discovered that Waitrose do a cookie dough dessert which is _heaven_) 🍪 30 Mar 2022, 22:22, Damien: Wonderful darling, just coming back now, see you soon xx 2 Apr 2022, 15:42, Sam: Jesus I am so fucking sick of this fucking socially retarded person who Kieran has apparently adopted as a houseplant 2 Apr 2022, 15:43, Sam: I can’t even relax in my own living room 2 Apr 2022, 15:43, Damien: Hahaha Tom? Did you make your flight? 2 Apr 2022, 15:43, Damien: Yah he’s a bit sheepish 2 Apr 2022, 15:43, Sam: Nah, I feel too ill in the end and I think I’m gonna go tomorrow 2 Apr 2022, 15:44, Damien: I don’t know why we comes around *so* much. 2 Apr 2022, 15:44, Sam: But I just feel confined to my room by this 2 Apr 2022, 15:44, Damien: It’s really weird 2 Apr 2022, 15:44, Damien: Is he there now? 2 Apr 2022, 15:44, Sam: I mean, we’re subsidising Kieran’s rent considerably, and he’s acting like it’s his own fucking house 2 Apr 2022, 15:48, Damien: Well quite, I wish Kieran could pick up on social cues. But I do think he dominates that space too much. Shall we say something to him? 2 Apr 2022, 15:48, Sam: Yeah I just have, and he’s told me to go back upstairs 2 Apr 2022, 15:48, Sam: I’m sick of this shit 2 Apr 2022, 15:49, Damien: 😦 2 Apr 2022, 15:49, Damien: That’s insanely rude 2 Apr 2022, 15:49, Sam: I think I’m gonna scope out other flats, and you’re welcome to stay here or you’re welcome to come with me - I’ll keep you very much in the loop 2 Apr 2022, 15:49, Sam: I’m not sick of you, or here, I’m just sick of Kieran and this shit 2 Apr 2022, 15:51, Damien: Yah I wouldn’t mind finding somewhere else. This crossed my mind, and I thought it would be quite difficult giving that Kieran pays so less. 2 Apr 2022, 15:52, Sam: Yeah, let’s do it - I’m so so tired and depressed by this atmosphere 2 Apr 2022, 15:52, Damien: This is so rude 😅 2 Apr 2022, 15:52, Sam: I’m sorry, it was my mistake 2 Apr 2022, 15:53, Sam: I’m gonna start looking for other places - this is just the most unpleasant, uncomfortable atmosphere, and honestly it makes me so nostalgic for living with Raz - or just not living in this horrid den 2 Apr 2022, 15:54, Damien: Oh not at all, I should it said something before. 2 Apr 2022, 15:54, Damien: Sounds good to me. Please just don’t leave me behind 😅 2 Apr 2022, 15:55, Sam: No of course not! I think our original plan was great and I’m fucking depressed to have wasted this time and money on this misstep 2 Apr 2022, 15:56, Sam: But oh well, from the medium/long-term view it’ll just be a blip 2 Apr 2022, 16:00, Damien: Yah exactly. I wonder how it’s best we do it, obviously no one’s going to take our rooms at rent we pay, and especially not at the price Kieran pays. We’d have to get people to take over the whole contract I imagine 🤔 2 Apr 2022, 16:04, Sam: I think it depends: if we still like the house (and I quite like the house?) maybe we just: • threaten to invoke the break clause if Kieran doesn’t leave • if he does leave, we’d either pay or [presumably before doing so] have arranged someone else we know • if he doesn’t leave, we’d then find a flat and invoke the break clause when appropriate Or something like that - I’ll hash out the exact logistics in my head 2 Apr 2022, 16:05, Sam: ^ or indeed just threaten to _leave_, at which point it’s a game of chicken based on joint & several liability 2 Apr 2022, 16:05, Sam: I dunno but give me some time to think of a plan and I will 2 Apr 2022, 16:06, Sam: This is my thing, lol 2 Apr 2022, 16:06, Sam: Game theory 2 Apr 2022, 16:06, Sam: I love a good puzzle 🧩 2 Apr 2022, 16:17, Damien: Love that. Seems like you know what you’re doing 😉 2 Apr 2022, 16:19, Sam: 🙃 I’m just so fed up of wasting my and your money on a charity halfway house for someone who’s consistently thanking me/us like this 🤷‍♂️ 2 Apr 2022, 18:44, Damien: Well quite. The other night I heard you till him to be quiet, and then I noticed after this he was even more loud, seemed like a massive fuck you. 4 Apr 2022, 04:14, Damien: Hi darling are you awake? x 4 Apr 2022, 22:10, Sam: Argh, sorry, I sorta lost today - I couldn’t sleep well last night and ended up falling asleep in patches throughout the day (combined with struggling to breathe until my inhaler was approved at like 3pm) - I’m gonna take that zopiclone you gave me in an hour or so, and wake up at a proper hour tomorrow 👌 (Also yeah, as for your penultimate message: I’ve given up on trying to expect decency in return for our charity - let alone decency for the sake of decency, lol.. I’m still trying to figure out a plan for that, but yeah, today’s been a bit of a writeoff) 5 Apr 2022, 19:53, Sam: https://shop.chezpierre.rs/men 5 Apr 2022, 21:33, Sam: https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1mag9NbDYEYjlHesS-p__RJt3iDoLVFb6xZq35j0Io10/mobilebasic 5 Apr 2022, 22:57, Sam: https://www.thedailybeast.com/prince-andrew-tries-and-fails-to-legally-label-virginia-giuffre-a-money-hungry-sex-kitten 6 Apr 2022, 11:35, Damien: Sam, I had to rush out this morning so didn’t have time to tidy that stuff I left in the sink. Sorry about this, I’ll do it when I get back. 6 Apr 2022, 18:37, Sam: Oh no worries at all! It’s totally fine - you clean up so much stuff most of the time anyway!! 6 Apr 2022, 18:37, Sam: Also, Roman’s coming over at 7, so two quick questions: when are you back, and, more importantly, do you happen to know when _Kieran_ is back? 😅 6 Apr 2022, 18:38, Sam: (I’m just asking the first question out of interest - realised I might have phrased it a bit like this was something you’d agreed to and forgotten about!!) 6 Apr 2022, 18:40, Damien: Haha, I’m back shortly after 7, but will be leaving shortly after. Kieran will be back tomorrow evening 👌🏻 6 Apr 2022, 18:52, Sam: Oh, you’re leaving after? Are you going to France tonight? Ah, that’s a shame, but no worries (obviously I wasn’t counting on you being back - or not having left - and I guess we’ll still have time for a quick drink!) 24 Apr 2022, 02:14, Sam: 👋 glad you’re back, but I’m gonna call it a night - I do like Oli, but I may well kill myself with a spoon if I have to listen to any more of him and Kieran, both refusing to shut up for half a fucking second to let anyone else speak 27 Apr 2022, 21:55, Sam: Sorry, I forgot to ask: is there anything you fancy by way of snacks? I’ve got 5 mins here before it closes so I can easily grab something 30 Apr 2022, 23:19, Sam: Why is this girl recounting the most boring quotidian events as if they were some kind of riotously funny caper? Lol it’s quite discomfiting 30 Apr 2022, 23:19, Damien: 😂😂😂😂 30 Apr 2022, 23:19, Sam: I’m quite impulsive - I liked him, so I sent him a text!!!! And went for a drink!!!!!! 30 Apr 2022, 23:19, Sam: Like lol ok 30 Apr 2022, 23:19, Damien: HAHAHHAHAHAH 30 Apr 2022, 23:20, Damien: I was trying so hard not to laugh when she kept saying how interetsisng Tom was LOL 30 Apr 2022, 23:20, Sam: And he thought I was being loud, so he said, he said…. SSH!!! Ahahahhaha 30 Apr 2022, 23:20, Damien: 😂😭😂😭 30 Apr 2022, 23:20, Sam: Yeah, lol, and I’m a cabbage 30 Apr 2022, 23:22, Damien: “And he responded yes! Just three letters” 30 Apr 2022, 23:25, Sam: Lol brilliant - ok I’m gonna think of an excuse 30 Apr 2022, 23:31, Sam: How do I know this girl’s country’s geography better than she does? Lol https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland 1 May 2022, 18:42, Damien: Hey darl 1 May 2022, 18:42, Damien: Do you want a quick drink before you go? 1 May 2022, 18:48, Sam: Hey! Sure, one mo :) I’m just trying to sort out a cab quickly 1 May 2022, 19:12, Sam: 1 May 2022, 19:13, Damien: Oh darl he looks like a thug 1 May 2022, 19:13, Damien: Abort abort abort 7 May 2022, 12:11, Damien: Sam darling, are you around today to help me with the shelves? I was going to sketch a few ideas and try to get a man to come out and take a look? Also what do you think about telling Lepenis? I imagine if we ask him and he says no, we do it anyway, and maybe clean it up afterwards? What do you think? X 7 May 2022, 23:14, Sam: Oh shit sorry I missed this - and sorry (this is why I opened the chat) you didn’t have a chance to get a word in just now 7 May 2022, 23:14, Sam: Let me read and process this properly, one mo 7 May 2022, 23:25, Sam: Oh sorry, I didn’t realise that message was from earlier 7 May 2022, 23:25, Sam: What’s been going on with Kieran? 7 May 2022, 23:26, Damien: Can we for some powder 🥹🙏🏻 7 May 2022, 23:26, Sam: Yeah let’s 10 May 2022, 11:25, Damien: 10 May 2022, 11:26, Sam: Omg lol, I’ve got to send him this 😂 14 May 2022, 22:40, Sam: Hey sorry, on balance I think I’m too hungover from last night - I’m terrible at handling it given I’ve been such a non-drinker recently 😬so I just don’t have the will to live (or the wille zur macht or whatever Oli would call it) to go to this thing BUT how about in recompense I can schedule something tonight for us and Oli and Roman and maybe a couple of others? I’ll set up a group chat this eve - if you and he are game - so it’s for definite :) 15 May 2022, 13:17, Sam: “H'm! you spent your postage for nothing, then. H'm! you are candid, however—and that is commendable. H'm! Mrs. Epanchin—oh yes! a most eminent person. I know her. As for Mr. Pavlicheff, who supported you in Switzerland, I know him too—at least, if it was Nicolai Andreevitch of that name? A fine fellow he was—and had a property of four thousand souls in his day." “Yes, Nicolai Andreevitch—that was his name," and the young fellow looked earnestly and with curiosity at the all-knowing gentleman with the red nose. This sort of character is met with pretty frequently in a certain class. They are people who know everyone—that is, they know where a man is employed, what his salary is, whom he knows, whom he married, what money his wife had, who are his cousins, and second cousins, etc., etc. These men generally have about a hundred pounds a year to live on, and they spend their whole time and talents in the amassing of this style of knowledge, which they reduce—or raise—to the standard of a science. 15 May 2022, 13:17, Sam: ^ from the first chapter of The Idiot - absolutely captures these people to a T 15 May 2022, 21:15, Sam: https://youtu.be/NcxvQI88JRY 15 May 2022, 22:06, Sam: 18 May 2022, 16:48, Damien: Sam darling, I’ve realised it’s Tim’s birthday this week so I ought to get him a present if I get it from ED account it will ruin the surprise, so I was wondering if you could send that money to this account instead: 18 May 2022, 16:48, Damien: image omitted 18 May 2022, 17:09, Sam: Wait, what money? Are you saying you want to send some money via my account? Or is there some money I owe you for something? God, sorry, I’m dreadful at remembering these things 18 May 2022, 17:13, Damien: Haha yah I forget as well 18 May 2022, 17:14, Damien: image omitted 18 May 2022, 17:14, Damien: It was this. 18 May 2022, 17:15, Damien: There’s no real rush, I just thought it would be a good way of getting round the Tim issue 18 May 2022, 17:45, Sam: Ah yeah, I _thought_ (not to ruin your plan, lol) that I’d solved it by paying that month’s rent (which I think was whichever one was within a few days of us sorting out that note?) If you paid that too, then … hmm… Don’t worry, I’m liquid and I can pay whenever & figure it out later, but it’d be rather shitty of the estate agents / landlords not to point it out if we’ve double paid (though I know I’ve overpaid before and they stayed surprisingly quiet, given their loudness if we ever underpay…) Anyway lemme know if you paid the one that was around the time of that note (incidentally if you could remind me of the date as well - if you know - that’d be super helpful) and I’ll try to figure out the neatest way to solve this one 🙏 18 May 2022, 17:46, Sam: Sorry for the stream-of-consciousness message, haha - I need to dam up my consciousness stream 18 May 2022, 18:21, Damien: yeah let me have a think, I remember it getting a little complicated lol 18 May 2022, 18:25, Sam: Yeah, from what I recall, I definitely made a point of not asking you for the money, but I also – bizarrely stupidly, I can’t recall why – didn’t tell you _not to pay it_ 18 May 2022, 19:15, Damien: image omitted 19 May 2022, 00:21, Sam: That wasn't a homeless at the door, was it !?!?! Also, thanks, I'll have a look and send it urgently if that's right - really sorry, I didn't realise [if it turns out I do] that I owed you money - I thought (and still think, I suppose, though I'm keen to see what transpires in terms of that post-calculation rent payment) that if anything I'd overpaid, so I never thought I'd not paid what was owed 😬 Anyway, ineffectual hand-wringing notwithstanding, is there any chance you could clarify what e.g. 'March rent', 'April rent', etc mean? b/c that could be either e.g. 'rent owed at March' or 'rent owed _for_ March', and _even then_ it could be 'end of March' or 'start of March' or anywhere in between, etc etc etc... Maybe we should talk it through in person tomorrow? (Sorry, I'm not disagreeing, I just can't quite even figure out what you mean by those figures - presumably they're not entirely correct considering that payment was _after_ we did this, but.....argh I'm very lost) 19 May 2022, 00:30, Damien: Haha fortunately not it was a Gorillas delivery. I imagine because we paid rent in advance it would be rent owed at March. Yah let’s do it tomorrow darling, I’ll run through it again in the morning x 19 May 2022, 12:50, Damien: image omitted 19 May 2022, 12:50, Damien: image omitted 19 May 2022, 12:50, Damien: image omitted 19 May 2022, 12:50, Damien: image omitted 19 May 2022, 12:50, Damien: image omitted 19 May 2022, 12:50, Damien: image omitted 19 May 2022, 12:51, Damien: Let me know if this makes sense or there are some bits that are bit confusing, I appreciate how I’ve it out might not be the most logical to most people haha I’ll be in my room for 2 hours or so x 19 May 2022, 21:45, Damien: Darling do you want to come down for a drink 19 May 2022, 21:47, Sam: Ooh, at Waitrose, but when I’m back (10-15 mins) I’d be very much up for it if you’re still around? Sorry I haven’t got back to your messages above yet, this last week and a half and counting has been insane at work 😬 But let’s chat when I’m back! 19 May 2022, 22:43, Sam: https://shirazsocialist.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/kingsley-amis-on-the-hangover/ 19 May 2022, 23:58, Sam: lol I can hear Kieran is doing his ageless routine: being an insufferable prat who's completely sublimely inconsiderate of other people, then moaning and shouting about how mean everyone's being when someone so much as points it out 19 May 2022, 23:58, Sam: classic 19 May 2022, 23:58, Sam: name a more iconic duo 20 May 2022, 00:01, Sam: How long do we want to pay for this privilege? That's the question - I'm increasingly fed up since we last spoke when I recommended giving him a chance (and I was pretty fucking fed up _then_ as it stood) 20 May 2022, 00:04, Sam: Also, I’ve spent years going on to Kieran about this slamming everyone and not thinking about his behaviour His functional retardation would be insufferable enough if he were paying for the damage - considering that he’s a pauper living in this almshouse, it would be an unimaginable way of comporting oneself for me or any other well-raised civilised human being 20 May 2022, 00:04, Sam: slamming every*thing*, lol 20 May 2022, 00:05, Sam: (This is assuming from the slamming sounds that that's what you're talking about [which are fine of course - I'll still be working for at least another hour, and it's for a good cause]) 20 May 2022, 00:53, Sam: Dammit I really need to check my whatsapp threads better BEFORE sending stuff - dw I've removed Kieran and I'm sure neither of you were online then 20 May 2022, 00:53, Sam: I'll figure out an excuse tomorrow but I cba now 20 May 2022, 00:54, Damien: Oh I’ve just opened my phone 20 May 2022, 00:54, Damien: I’m So confused 20 May 2022, 00:57, Sam: Oh I accidentally reopened WhatsApp and sent my message (which YOU should still be able to see, hopefully) in the group chat - then clocked (after about three more messages…) and very rapidly kicked Kieran out, and I’m positive he wasn’t online, so we’re good (I googled it and it should delete any phone notifications) 20 May 2022, 00:59, Damien: Oh I’m so confused 20 May 2022, 00:59, Sam: Sorry, realise I maybe sounded a bit grumpy just now 20 May 2022, 01:00, Damien: Come down for a quick drink 20 May 2022, 01:00, Sam: I'm jsut a bit frazzled raelly 20 May 2022, 01:00, Damien: Idk what’ joust happened 20 May 2022, 01:00, Sam: YEah I can pop down for a few mins if that works 20 May 2022, 01:00, Damien: Okay darl 20 May 2022, 01:00, Sam: But I really am quite tired and I've got half an hour at least of work in the way of sleep 20 May 2022, 01:00, Sam: So I really mean a few mins 20 May 2022, 01:01, Sam: gimme one mo, I'll pack this up and head down 20 May 2022, 01:01, Damien: Yes that’s fine sweetie 20 May 2022, 01:03, Damien: Come soon before I nod off 20 May 2022, 17:48, Damien: Yes darling are you about tomorrow eve, for sups? If not we Sunday eve works xx 21 May 2022, 00:03, Sam: Sorry, I’ll come join you asap - I’m just a bit nauseous (I’ve been ill since last night) so give me a few mins 21 May 2022, 02:08, Sam: Haha, if you get this, *you really are wasting your time tilting at windmills*... You are arguing with someone who literally has zero power in this situation - like, it's just insecurity, just a deimatic display that you're confusing with genuine power and prerogative It's sad, but you need to ask yourself "what is this person actually going to do?", rather than listening to his delusional insistences and assuming they're actually real / are demands he's able to back up with anything 21 May 2022, 02:52, Sam: Look, one of the books we read in Greek classes when I was at school was Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War (which is an extraordinary work of art - I'll expatiate on its merits some other time). One of the more famous passages is the Melian dialogue, where the Athenians invade Melos, a neutral island, and demand tribute or else they'll raze it to the ground. The Melians argue that to do so is ethically wrong, and the Athenians argue, famously, that "the strong do what they will and the weak suffer what they must". They raze Melos to the ground and for years 'Melian famine' is slang for total and utter privation. Aaanyway, I always remembered not only the Melian but also the much-less-appreciated Mytilenean dialogue – lotsa dialogues, always speaking-through, dialēgein – where the Athenians ARE convinced by the Mytileneans in a similar debate, and decide to spare their womenfolk and children, even most of their menfolk, and only execute the few ringleaders. Point is it doesn't demonstrate any less power than what they did to the Melians; true power is the opposite of making a show, it's self-assured and not peacocking. Anyway, the point is that we have the only power here and I don't think it's worth wasting your time on taking Kieran seriously. He's .... well, 'bluffing' is too kind; he's not doing anything that smart. He's just deluded and living in a fantasy world, because the alternative to that defence mechanism is ego death 22 May 2022, 14:36, Damien: Darling it’s so nice outside do you want to go for a walk? 22 May 2022, 14:40, Sam: Ooh, I’m just waking up and having some coffee, tidying up a bit, getting a tiny spot of work done - maybe at 4-4:30ish? Alternatively I’m going to dinner at my parents’ and you’re very welcome to come join if you’re totally at a loose end (might not be the worst thing since we’re probably likely to end up strategising about what we do with the flat, with Kieran, &c) 22 May 2022, 16:43, Damien: Yes perfect. Does 30 mins work? X 22 May 2022, 17:55, Sam: Oh shit, sorry I missed this - did you mean for a walk or for dinner? I’m going to dinner in 20 minutes or so, so I’m afraid a walk is imposs now (maybe we could do a late night stroll?!) 😬 But dinner I could definitely check! 22 May 2022, 17:57, Damien: Ahh that’s so kind to invite me. Although I’m meeting a friend around 20:00. We could do a night stroll when I’m back xx 22 May 2022, 23:49, Sam: Oh sorry, I registered your initial message and meant to reply when I got back, but I’ve been caught up in household chores & it seems like you’re out anyway! Ah well, we should do a walk tomorrow or early this week to discuss the various weekend matters while sober (as Herodotus describes the ancient Persian tradition: whatever you decide drunk should be reconsidered when sober, and whatever you decide sober should be reconsidered drunk 😁) Also it was interesting to chat to my parents about this stuff.. They agreed about Tig and Pig - well, they’ve _always_ maintained that I should have kept them and, having not kept them, that I should take them back, but anyway.. And interestingly they said that Kieran’s sister (during that particular saga) was actually a very polite houseguest, and had nothing in common with Kieran.. (And it made me reflect, apropos of all the excuses about his childhood: his previous male flatmate was _also_ from that religious sect, and not only was he well-behaved, but he went with the other (female) flatmate, who was a total stranger to him, rather than kieran.. Honestly how this all didn’t ring alarm bells is bewildering to me - I’m sorry, I don’t think we’ve really dwelt on it but I know I’m the one who suggested helping Kieran out and I’m very sorry I did that (sorry in the interior sense and sorry in the interpersonal/apologetic sense) 23 May 2022, 00:02, Sam: ^ My real current dilemma is whether to tell Edward anything - and _especially_ if he actively asks.. I honestly am not a spiteful person, even though I’m appalled at Kieran’s behaviour (I suppose I just don’t have the sort of personality that requires / fixates on revenge), but I’m uncomfortable about my moral obligations to Edward – again, especially and mainly in the event that he asks me anything, which is not unlikely if he seriously considers it.. I don’t know what you think about that? I mean, above all, and like my parents echoed, I’m just absolutely nonplussed at how Kieran thinks this is going to end.. If I had two sets of flatmates kick me out in barely six months, even if I was 100% convinced that I was behaving reasonably, I would still change my behaviour because clearly it isn’t going to work out well for me either way 🤷‍♂️ (Not to even mention the extraordinary number of guys he must spend an inordinate amount of time dredging up off grindr, with a literally zero percent success rate of keeping anyone around beyond one encounter (>95%) or at most a few weeks (100%)… I mean, just as a scientific oddity, I don’t know how a person can have so little self-understanding or even capacity for inductive reasoning….) 23 May 2022, 00:04, Sam: ^ sorry, those statistics were very bewilderingly expressed as my stream of consciousness corrected itself, but you get what I mean, lol 23 May 2022, 09:00, Damien: Ahh yes, I wasn’t feeling the best last night, but yes I agree we E should try to work out what to do. Let’s go through it at some point this week xx 23 May 2022, 09:00, Damien: Are you about later today? 25 May 2022, 13:33, Damien: Hey hey, are you around later today? 25 May 2022, 13:38, Sam: Yeah, absolutely, I’m always around 😅 (I was just thinking we need to figure something out in terms of kieran - whatever exactly that may be - because I feel like I’m just living in a prison, even more so as of the last week, though it’s undoubtably good that we’re finally dealing with it.. Anyway I’m quick-replying on my laptop **so if there’s anything you sent before this I can’t see it**, but I’ll check my WhatsApp as soon as I’m done w the immediate urgent thing I’m working on (I just figured I should reply to this message or else I never would)) 25 May 2022, 13:41, Damien: Yes shall we go for drinks somewhere in Marylebone. There’s a Zettners townhouse close by. We can’t have you feeling like that darling, absolutely not! Shall we aim for 7? x 25 May 2022, 19:13, Damien: Darling are you still about this eve? X 25 May 2022, 19:26, Sam: Yes, absolutely!! I’m still trying to get my work wrapped up - I can explain later but my workload’s been slightly awful lately - and then I might dash to Waitrose, but we can catch up before or after that, whenever and whatever suits, really :) 25 May 2022, 19:30, Damien: Perfect 👌🏻 25 May 2022, 19:30, Damien: Can we do before? 25 May 2022, 19:30, Damien: What time were you thinking? 25 May 2022, 20:10, Sam: Yeah, sure! I was thinking of going some time in the next hour, seeing as I’m craving some sugar and I don’t have anything sweet, lol - when are you around? 25 May 2022, 20:10, Sam: Haha sorry I don’t mean to make it sound like catching a flight, just to catch up in our own house, but if we both have stuff to do and time constraints then I guess we’ve gotta 🤷‍♂️ 25 May 2022, 20:18, Damien: Okay perfect! Let me know when you’re ready 🙌🏼 25 May 2022, 20:23, Sam: Oh sorry, I thought I was waiting for _you_ to get ready 😂 Gimme 30 secs to tidy up the car stuff and I’ll be downstairs 25 May 2022, 20:23, Sam: cat* stuff, I mean 🚗 25 May 2022, 21:55, Sam: So - shall I send kieran a message? Or did you want to wait until we’ve actually asked the landlord? Where did you leave it with him last time? 25 May 2022, 21:58, Damien: Let’s wait till we’ve asked the land lord. I think I said we’d play it by ear. Let me go over the contract tomorrow and we can work out the best move to make. He said he’d want to wait till July to move for various reasons. I think after he hear from the landlord we tell him that we’ve decided to go and set a date with him. 27 May 2022, 18:30, Damien: Sam darling I’m just at primrose hill having some pimms with Alex do you want to join? If not I should be back in an hour and we. An go do something fun :) x 27 May 2022, 20:00, Sam: Oh shit, sorry, work dragged on and then I was playing with the cats (who‘ve been pretty needy over the last few days).. I’ve gotta dash to Waitrose at some point to get Pig a new box of her food - her ‘connoisseur’s collection’, lol - but otherwise I’m free! 27 May 2022, 23:17, Sam: OK so, for Python, these would be my resources: - Codecademy's Python 3 course: https://www.codecademy.com/learn/learn-python-3 They have a Python 2 course which is free, but the Python 3 one is locked behind their 'Pro' membership, albeit with a 7-day free trial. I'd highly recommend taking it and doing it within the free trial, though if you've not finished by the time it elapses, I'd consider it (not much) money very well spent. It's a fantastic site and there are other good courses related to Python or data science or whatever. - For a super quick tour, the ever-excellent Learn X in Y Minutes has a page for Python: https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/python/ While Codecademy is the best recommendation I can make, this would be a good way to dip your toes in the water and see how you like it. You'd want to install Python 3 on your Mac first, so you can experiment. (For weird historical reasons Macs happen to come with Python 2 pre-installed - which is highly unusual for programming languages - and that can lead beginners down a very confusing path. I can help you install Python 3 or guide you through it over WhatsApp.) - The Python website itself has a tutorial here (though, whether intentionally or not, it assumes SOME acquaintance with certain programming concepts): https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/ I'd highly recommend doing it, tbh - if you need a job, then it's amazing how much money you can make after seriously not more than a couple of weeks picking up the tools. Especially if you have a quantitative degree, that would help in general and *particularly* with the data science path (if you were interested in that side of things). Or just as an amateur - in the proper original sense of the word - it's a super interesting worthwhile thing to do :) (And ignore the people who say Python is slow and bad. It *is* slow, but (a) that hardly matters on modern computers for almost all purposes, and (b) all the underlying 'heavy lifting' code for the maths-y and science-y libraries is written in C anyway) 27 May 2022, 23:23, Sam: ^ Also, Terminal-wise, basic tips for anything you need to do: - For every command you run (except a few 'built-in' ones), the first word - i.e. up to the first space - is executing a program by that name* and passing the rest of your command to that program as input. - You're always 'in' a directory ('folder'), much like when using Finder. You use `cd` to change directory (e.g. `cd Documents/my_folder`, or `cd ../..` to go back), and you can use `pwd` to show your current directory (though I believe the Mac Terminal app shows it in the window bar). You can also use `ls` to list all files in the current directory (`ls Downloads` - as an example - to list all files in another one by its path). I'll add on anything more that I can think of in another message, haha *These are all located in your file system somewhere, though it will search the PATH variable (`echo $PATH`) to find it in one of the directories ('folders') used for storing programs. You can run `which python` to show where it is (or `which -a python` to show _all_ matching programs in any of the directories in your path). 27 May 2022, 23:25, Sam: ^ Oh - for any command you don't understand, you can run e.g. `man python` to see its man page, usually including examples 27 May 2022, 23:25, Sam: (sorry, man page = manual page) 27 May 2022, 23:26, Sam: ^^ Oh and also, though using it like this is constantly bemoaned by old-school programmers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_(Unix)#Useless_use_of_cat), realistically `cat` is a good command to use to read a file (e.g. `cat ./myfile.txt`) 27 May 2022, 23:27, Sam: (You probably won't need to use the command line that much realistically, but I figured it may be useful to know the absolute basics if you're asked to do one or two things in a terminal) 28 May 2022, 11:01, Damien: Ahhh thank you for these will take a look over them later xx 28 May 2022, 17:20, Damien: How are you getting on darling? 28 May 2022, 18:11, Sam: Contact card omitted 28 May 2022, 18:21, Damien: video omitted 28 May 2022, 21:39, Sam: Sorry for the noises Pig is making - I’m just feeling quite sick and she will not shut up if I don’t play with her for so much as 5 seconds…. So I’m hoping that shutting her out will train her a bit, as well as relieving me 28 May 2022, 22:09, Damien: Oh no need to apologise 28 May 2022, 22:09, Damien: Let me know if there’s anything I can do :) 29 May 2022, 13:29, Damien: Sam darling did you get a chance to look this ?x 29 May 2022, 13:43, Sam: Sorry, I did actually but I couldn’t quite parse what’s going on, and then it got a bit sidetracked by the Kieran stuff.. I think this makes it look like I paid several things which IIRC I didn’t pay, and I’m not quite sure what the conclusion is (having said that, the inner logic seems fine 😅) 29 May 2022, 13:47, Damien: Haha yes I forgot as well, but just realised that I was supposed to send rent on Wednesday lol Let me know if there’s any bits which you don’t follow x 29 May 2022, 13:53, Sam: Oh shit, is it due then? I could’ve sworn it was on the 1st - that’s when I’ve been sending rent 🙃 Oh well I’ll recheck the contract.. And, as for that, yeah, let me go through it now and reassemble all the inflows and outflows of money - we’ve got all the info so it should be doable… I’ve just lost track in my head of any tally of who owes whom, since it’s flipped whenever we’ve adjusted the rents 🫠 But yeah, we’ve got the hard data in our bank accounts and so I don’t think we can ultimately disagree! 29 May 2022, 14:10, Damien: Haha yah I was having a look at the contract this morning to see if that clause was in and it said the 25th. X 1 Jun 2022, 21:50, Sam: image omitted 1 Jun 2022, 21:52, Sam: image omitted 1 Jun 2022, 21:54, Sam: 1 Jun 2022, 22:09, Damien: image omitted 2 Jun 2022, 19:32, Damien: I’d that a new Asian are one of the regulars 😅😄 5 Jun 2022, 20:24, Sam: Hey is there any chance I could beg a sleeping pill, if you still have any? (Only b/c I’ve not slept properly in days - given my current state - and it’s driving me a bit mad.. No probs if not though!) 5 Jun 2022, 20:32, Damien: Oh yes of course. I’m out atm but they be in the smallest pill bottle on my desk mixed with some Valium. 5 Jun 2022, 20:37, Sam: Ah, amazing, thanks so much! Much much much obliged 🙌 (I can’t even articulate how much I’m longing for some rest) 7 Jun 2022, 10:26, Damien: image omitted 7 Jun 2022, 11:02, Sam: Ah shit, I’m really sorry, this has gone on way too long - how much do I owe you? I’m not in much of a state to litigate it rn (lol) so prob easiest for me to just send it to you, and I can always look at it some other time 7 Jun 2022, 11:09, Damien: Sorry, I hope im not being too pushy, my cash-flow is just a bit of messy atm, especially as I’m off to France this eve, and I tend to over spend way to much there. But I’m around, this afternoon, or early evening were we can go through it., or anytime when I get back, but I think it probably should be right, or if not, not massively far off. 7 Jun 2022, 11:09, Damien: image omitted 7 Jun 2022, 11:10, Damien: image omitted 7 Jun 2022, 14:59, Sam: Nah it’s totally fine, I’ve been way too dilatory with this whole on-and-off let’s-try-to-figure-out-what-it-all-means thing, so it’s much easier this way.. I’ll send it as soon as I have a moment - will let you know! 7 Jun 2022, 15:01, Sam: 7 Jun 2022, 15:01, Sam: 7 Jun 2022, 15:03, Sam: (Not to mention the hideous grammar/semantics of “immigration enforcement” - enforcing immigration?!) 7 Jun 2022, 15:05, Sam: Ah shit I just noticed my dad made (more subtly) the exact same observation - ignore me 7 Jun 2022, 15:08, Sam: Also, back to the money points: were you and kieran talking about cleaner-related subventions? Do I need to send anyone anything? I didn’t really keep up with who was inviting her and for what, so I’m not sure what I owe (though, to be clear, I don’t mind in the slightest!!) 7 Jun 2022, 17:01, Damien: Sorry darling I’ve rushing around all day will read this when a bit later 7 Jun 2022, 19:43, Damien: Thank you darling. I’m sure we can go through it once I get back. As for the cleaner I wasn’t sure who paid her, I know we split the first on, and I thought kieran and you paid for the other two times. I’ll send money for the most recent one. 7 Jun 2022, 19:49, Damien: Yes how gross, sounds more like a man hunt. I think the UK has done enough over the years to make it clear they don’t want anyone stealing there jobs 😂, as if the Brexit fiasco wasn’t bad enough but Priti nasty Patel threatening any desperate migrant with a shanty town in Rwanda as punishment for evening trying 😅 12 Jun 2022, 19:52, Sam: Hey, sorry, is theee any chance you could let me in if you’re around? 12 Jun 2022, 19:52, Sam: Long story involving leaving my key with Kieran 12 Jun 2022, 19:52, Sam: Sorry! 12 Jun 2022, 19:52, Damien: Yes sure 12 Jun 2022, 19:52, Sam: Also christ it’s a bit of a war zone here 12 Jun 2022, 20:23, Sam: Lol I didn’t mean to sound like I was saying anything against my family there - just that I was pretty miserable because I’m still ill (I thought by Tue-Thu that I was over it, but apparently not) On the bright side I was chatting w my parents on the way back, and they said they’re quite keen for me to get some kind of flat, and that if we need 50 or 100 or whatever for a deposit that I should just ask and they can sort it 12 Jun 2022, 20:43, Damien: Oh so sorry to hear you’re still not feeling too good. Yes I suppose having to be sociable when you’re ill isn’t the best. Oh amazing, is that something you want to do? Tbh the fact that there was a murder less than 100m from the front door is making me quite keen move. If the homeless men following me to the door or the meth-heads shooting in the mews wasn’t enough ahhaa 13 Jun 2022, 15:10, Damien: Darling are you around for drinks later? X 13 Jun 2022, 18:23, Sam: Oh sorry - yeah, absolutely! I’m gonna dash to Waitrose in not long to get some meds, but I feel like I’m over the worst 🤞 13 Jun 2022, 20:08, Damien: Oh awesome. So pleased to hear you’re feeling better. I should be home in an hour or so 13 Jun 2022, 20:08, Damien: Shall we go then. 13 Jun 2022, 21:09, Sam: Yeah absolutely! That sounds good :) 13 Jun 2022, 21:19, Damien: Are you you free now? 13 Jun 2022, 23:40, Sam: 13 Jun 2022, 23:49, Sam: dnutt-lancet-011110.pdf • 8 pages document omitted 16 Jun 2022, 11:59, Damien: video omitted 20 Jun 2022, 10:37, Damien: Hi darling, did you still want to go to St Tropez at the end of the month? 22 Jun 2022, 21:03, Sam: 22 Jun 2022, 21:55, Sam: Lol I just realised: I feel like Sontag’s essay on cancer and euphemism is somehow very relevant to all this new word stuff: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illness_as_Metaphor https://monoskop.org/images/4/4a/Susan_Sontag_Illness_As_Metaphor_1978.pdf lol 22 Jun 2022, 21:58, Sam: https://youtu.be/7Mmi03G5oV0 25 Jun 2022, 16:12, Sam: image omitted 25 Jun 2022, 16:12, Sam: Jesus Christ I really need to get a better hold of my finances - I can’t quite believe that I managed to get through so much money (well, and that someone else did) in 30 days, lol 25 Jun 2022, 16:13, Sam: But yeah, not 100% sure what to do - sorry, I’m poor for a weekend 🤷‍♂️ How much is this thing? 25 Jun 2022, 16:14, Damien: Oh I’m so glad, I was just thinking if I could really be bothered going anyway 25 Jun 2022, 16:14, Sam: Hahaha ok good - lol I need to figure out how to administer a drip myself 25 Jun 2022, 16:14, Damien: Darling that is quite impressive I must say. 25 Jun 2022, 16:14, Sam: If phlebotomists and homeless people can find a vein then I’m sure it can’t be too hard 25 Jun 2022, 16:15, Damien: I’m clueless when it comes to finances also 25 Jun 2022, 16:15, Damien: Yes I’m sure there’s a course one can take 25 Jun 2022, 16:15, Damien: I’d end up saving so much money haha 25 Jun 2022, 16:15, Sam: Yeah…. god this reminds me of the time my parents realised they were still paying (a vast amount) for every phone contract that anyone in the family had ever had (due to uncancelled direct debits) - which I found absurd at the time but not so much now 25 Jun 2022, 16:16, Sam: Maybe we can take classes from Roman? Lol 25 Jun 2022, 16:16, Damien: Hopefully you can get to the bottom of it. Have you seen any transactions which sent yours? 25 Jun 2022, 16:19, Sam: Yeah, haha, I’ll show you later if you want - afaict (from my banking experience) someone’s managed to clone my contactless chip, which would explain the slow pace and somewhat limited expense of each transaction (b/c SCA) 25 Jun 2022, 16:21, Sam: Also, shit, did you say yesterday that you had some Adderall? I’ll happily pay you the market value of a pill or two (I’ll look it up) - prob not the best thing but it’s a mild enough drug that I’m technically prescribed (well, Elvanse) and financially I can prob afford a tenner or two on pills, just not hundreds on drips and all that over the next two days 25 Jun 2022, 16:21, Sam: (Sorry for the delay on that one- I think you said it yesterday but I just processed that echoic memory, lol) 25 Jun 2022, 16:23, Sam: Oh actually I suppose I could just take some mephedrone really - I’m not sure, I’ll look up the differences 25 Jun 2022, 16:25, Damien: Oh what a pain. You poor thing. 25 Jun 2022, 16:27, Damien: I have two dexamphetamines not quite sure what the difference is, but these are quite strong. I’ll check what I have. And no mean to pay. Although maybe we can barter, as I would absolutely love some mephedrone haha 25 Jun 2022, 16:32, Sam: I found the inevitable Roman message: > I know but it’s bizarre to include levoamphetamine as it is inferior to dexamphetamine in every way - worse side effect profile in terms of peripheral effects, vasoconstriction etc and far weaker in terms of its therapeutic effects. When you take adderall the therapeutic effects come almost entirely from dexamphetamine.. the addition of the 25% levo isomer does nothing really except make the side effects worse and potentially more dangerous. This is why countries like the uk with non-profit driven healthcare simply use dexamphetamine (despite shire being a uk based pharmaceutical company!). Also when it says amphetamine that means L-amphetamine (ie the levo isomer) 25 Jun 2022, 16:33, Sam: So it sounds good 👌 And sure, I’ve got a bunch left over, I’m very happy to trade one or two 25 Jun 2022, 16:53, Sam: https://www.theoadclinic.com/ 25 Jun 2022, 16:54, Sam: ^ the website is heavy on drug addict stuff, but they also did Roman’s ADHD diagnosis and they’ve basically functioned as a full-service clinic for various stuff for all of us, lol 25 Jun 2022, 18:28, Damien: Amazing 🤩 25 Jun 2022, 18:29, Damien: Also you probably won’t be able to sleep on that pill. If you need a zopi just shout. 25 Jun 2022, 18:29, Damien: image omitted 29 Jun 2022, 21:58, Damien: https://gb.revivme.com/therapies/royal-flush/ 30 Jun 2022, 14:05, Damien: image omitted 30 Jun 2022, 14:08, Damien: Also it was £1100 for the remainder. Sorry to be weird about it, but I’ve got so much to pay for this month. 30 Jun 2022, 19:49, Sam: Ah shit, sorry, I’ll get that of course - so 174 for the dry cleaning (minus the tie, lol 🤑)? 30 Jun 2022, 19:49, Sam: Wait, 74, sorry 1 Jul 2022, 23:07, Damien: Yes 74 haha 2 Jul 2022, 19:46, Sam: Have we decided to turn our house into a bad homeware store? Or a lift, or a ratty parochial nightclub-cum-bar? lol 2 Jul 2022, 19:46, Sam: (Also thanks, sent that earlier!) 2 Jul 2022, 19:46, Damien: Oh thank you darling x 2 Jul 2022, 19:46, Damien: Are you home? 2 Jul 2022, 19:47, Sam: Haha yeah I just got back - been out with my brother and sister at Pride (and Jake and a few other people) 2 Jul 2022, 19:47, Sam: (Jake from monzo, not Divy’s pet) 2 Jul 2022, 19:47, Sam: Is Kieran’s sister still here??! 2 Jul 2022, 19:47, Damien: LOL 2 Jul 2022, 19:48, Damien: Yes he’s been blasting that music for the last hour 😅 2 Jul 2022, 19:48, Sam: Ah joy.. well, I have to listen to the flies anyway, I suppose, and musically this isn’t _much_ worse 2 Jul 2022, 19:49, Damien: Does he know you’re back? I thought he would have know. better blasting music. 2 Jul 2022, 19:49, Damien: Yes apparently she’s staying this eve, with him in his room 2 Jul 2022, 19:49, Sam: Eh no I don’t mind that much.. one day in some flowers for algernon type scenario I hope to become braindead enough to derive pleasure from this music, lol 2 Jul 2022, 19:50, Sam: Oh good, and I just got _back_ from cambridge, lol, god 2 Jul 2022, 19:50, Damien: Lol 2 Jul 2022, 19:50, Sam: Did the last song just repeat or is this a different one? I can’t even tell 2 Jul 2022, 19:51, Damien: Are you doing much tomorrow, do you want to go for lunch? 2 Jul 2022, 19:51, Sam: It’s like intravenous pablum 2 Jul 2022, 19:51, Damien: HAHAHAHHAAH 2 Jul 2022, 19:51, Sam: Yeah sure! I’m feeling distinctly better now so I’m definitely game!! 2 Jul 2022, 19:51, Damien: 😂😂😂 2 Jul 2022, 19:51, Sam: 😂😭 2 Jul 2022, 19:51, Damien: Perfect, anywhere you want to go? 2 Jul 2022, 19:52, Sam: Feel like I’m in a fucking cheap gym 2 Jul 2022, 19:52, Sam: Anywhere good you know? I’ve not been around much, really 2 Jul 2022, 19:52, Damien: Let me think 🤔 2 Jul 2022, 19:52, Damien: I don’t understand why it needs to be that loud 2 Jul 2022, 19:53, Sam: I don’t know, I assume it was designed as some form of crowd control tbh 2 Jul 2022, 19:54, Sam: It’s like listening to kieran’s brain waves in audio form 2 Jul 2022, 19:55, Damien: LOL 2 Jul 2022, 19:56, Damien: We’re only going around the corner, it’s not like we’re gearing up for a night of raving 😅 2 Jul 2022, 19:56, Sam: Alternatively, what they play out of the speakers in Brave New World 2 Jul 2022, 19:56, Damien: I take it you don’t want to join haha 2 Jul 2022, 19:56, Sam: Yeah… I feel like I’ve already taken the cheap polystyrene coke 2 Jul 2022, 19:56, Sam: Haha I would sooner lobotomise myself with a mcdonalds straw 2 Jul 2022, 19:57, Damien: 😂😂😂😂😂 2 Jul 2022, 19:57, Sam: Thanks for the offer though, lol 2 Jul 2022, 19:57, Sam: Are you all going out?!? That sounds rather eldritch 2 Jul 2022, 19:58, Damien: Oh no, I was asked if I was doing anything I said no, and I didn’t want to be rude haha 2 Jul 2022, 19:58, Damien: Will probably just go for one to be polite 2 Jul 2022, 19:59, Damien: I’m curious as well, as I’ve never really spoken to Tara lol 2 Jul 2022, 19:59, Sam: I mean I don’t want to shame you into not going, or anything! I was actually talking to Tiger about her last night (since she’s also at Newnham) and she said she’s become a sorta decent nonkieranic person, I guess she just needed time to become a person 2 Jul 2022, 20:00, Sam: Which is very understandable after her childhood - I guess it’s like being a toddler.. still, humankind cannot bear very much kieranity 2 Jul 2022, 20:01, Damien: Lol maybe, Kieran acts really different around her. It’s a bit weird. 2 Jul 2022, 20:01, Damien: 😂😂😂😂😂 2 Jul 2022, 20:01, Damien: Well quite 2 Jul 2022, 20:03, Sam: Yeah I suppose Kieran’s always playing a character, and I guess it’s a different character for her, the self-actualised big brother role or whatever… I find it salutary to picture it with those exaggerated commedia dell’arte masks, lol 2 Jul 2022, 20:03, Sam: 2 Jul 2022, 20:05, Sam: I think he’s playing the nice character now, which is good, but still.. 2 Jul 2022, 20:05, Sam: you know 2 Jul 2022, 20:05, Sam: timeo Danaos 2 Jul 2022, 20:05, Sam: et Dona ferentes 2 Jul 2022, 20:06, Sam: dona*, dammit fucking autocorrect 2 Jul 2022, 20:09, Sam: God, it’s like I was saying, it’s like Tom and Daisy (and I perpetually feel like the slightly unworldly but morally grounded narrator, whatshecalled).. Eugh that’s such a horrible autoemetic thought 3 Jul 2022, 14:04, Damien: Darling shall we go out a little later in the early evening. Im not too Hu get atm 3 Jul 2022, 15:59, Sam: Ah, sorry - yeah that’s probably not a bad plan! I’m not too hungry now that I’ve been able to have some lunch 3 Jul 2022, 15:59, Sam: (my desire to eat was stuck in between the Scylla of encountering the clade Kierania and then the Charybdis of not being able to find my door keys.. so I decided in the circumstances that starvation was the least bad option) 3 Jul 2022, 16:00, Sam: ((on reflection that has to be the shittiest of our classical metaphors - _obviously_ Scylla is preferable to Charybdis, it’s literally just some fucking rocks)) 3 Jul 2022, 16:00, Sam: But yeah lmk when you’re around! 3 Jul 2022, 17:12, Damien: Oh poor you darling. That’s pain, they’re usually to deep in conversation to notice me come in the room haha. Tara was sent downstairs to sleep on the sofa last night, as Kieran picked someone up at KU 😢. 3 Jul 2022, 17:13, Damien: I’m around now, I’m yet to eat. Do you have any preference? I was thinking maybe the Ivy. Although we might be able to find something nice a bit closer. 3 Jul 2022, 17:32, Sam: Yeah, I’m game - do you mean the original Ivy or one of the brasserie places? Annoyingly I’m a bit stuck for a little while until my order for medicine etc turns up, which I ordered like half an hour ago and it still hasn’t come.. (I think maybe the morning after Pride means lots of orders) 3 Jul 2022, 17:36, Damien: Oh the original one. The other ones are never that good. But if you can think of anywhere else, just shout. After living in the Heron for those years, I’ve exhausted most restaurants I know. Oh you’re inhaler? Let me know, when it comes and we can plan from there :) 3 Jul 2022, 17:46, Sam: Nah just ibuprofen, Sudafed, the generic Long Island iced tea of “I’m a bit ill”, lol - gimme 5-10 mins to take the meds (they just came) and have some coffee, then I’m ready to go 3 Jul 2022, 17:50, Damien: Okay perfect 👌🏻 3 Jul 2022, 17:57, Damien: Sorry I should be ready in 10 3 Jul 2022, 17:58, Damien: Just finishing some shopping 3 Jul 2022, 17:58, Sam: Ah, no probs at all, that’s probably a less rushed timescale anyway 3 Jul 2022, 20:45, Sam: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2003/03/hitchens-200303 3 Jul 2022, 22:45, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nairac 3 Jul 2022, 23:37, Sam: I'm giving you £5 off your first trip on Bolt app. To accept, use code SAMR4D to sign up! Details: https://invite.bolt.eu/SAMR4D Promo varies by city 4 Jul 2022, 00:13, Sam: 4 Jul 2022, 14:02, Sam: 4 Jul 2022, 14:05, Sam: Also, sorry for going on so much last night, lol.. I think my alcohol tolerance has gone way down - I can’t believe half the stuff I was / we were nattering on about in that crowded bar (Auden’s line comes to mind, about ‘the art of pretending footmen can’t hear human speech’, haha) 4 Jul 2022, 14:06, Sam: And that poor Uber driver when we were banging on about so-and-so’s servants 4 Jul 2022, 14:07, Damien: Thank you darling xx 4 Jul 2022, 14:07, Damien: Hahaha I don’t think we were too load. I think that was said about Divys dad lol. 😂😂 4 Jul 2022, 14:10, Sam: Divy’s and Phil’s I think I was contrasting, haha.. Oh well, I’m sure he just thought we were mentally ill Tudor types (like the one time Divy was bellowing about his inheritance in the queue at Burger King, lol) 4 Jul 2022, 15:44, Damien: HAHHAHAA did he actually 😂😂 4 Jul 2022, 15:45, Damien: I think the only thing which might have raised an eyebrow is “ I’m not sure I would to press on the servants in Phil’s house” 😂😂 4 Jul 2022, 15:46, Damien: I’m sure he wasn’t listening though 4 Jul 2022, 20:08, Sam: Haha, god, I can’t say I remember the conversation verbatim (or seriatim or anything else)… I do vaguely remember mentioning my fracas with the Kenyan president, which I’m sure sounded comparably delusional, lol 4 Jul 2022, 20:09, Sam: I think if you grow up in London as a druggy teenager in the North London Private School Circle (lol) then you end up with a lot of anecdotes that you learn not to tell because you’ll sound like a Tudor 4 Jul 2022, 20:09, Damien: Oh yes when we passed the Intercontinental 😂 4 Jul 2022, 20:09, Sam: (Tudor the fantasist Hungarian escort, I mean - much as I like him - rather than the English dynasty) 4 Jul 2022, 20:10, Sam: Haha yeah 4 Jul 2022, 20:10, Sam: And those poor women next to us at the bar 4 Jul 2022, 20:10, Damien: LOL 4 Jul 2022, 20:10, Sam: One of them looked at me extremely askance when you left (and she finally had a line of sight) 4 Jul 2022, 20:10, Sam: Think I did a bit too much shouting about hard drugs 4 Jul 2022, 20:10, Damien: HAHAHHAHAHAHA 4 Jul 2022, 20:10, Damien: Too funny 4 Jul 2022, 20:10, Sam: 🙈 4 Jul 2022, 20:53, Damien: Sam darling, Kieran and I are watching a movie if you want to join. 4 Jul 2022, 20:53, Sam: Sure! Gimme 5-10 mins and I’ll come join :) (What are you watching?) 4 Jul 2022, 20:54, Damien: It’s a movie called BlueJasmine, it’s quite funny I think you’ll like it. 4 Jul 2022, 20:56, Sam: Ah cool, ok, I’ll be down in a mo! 5 Jul 2022, 00:19, Sam: Lol, this was the Hitler’s-nephew story I had in mind: > On reporting for duty, the induction officer asked his name. He replied, "Hitler." Thinking he was joking, the officer replied, "Glad to see you, Hitler. My name's Hess." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stuart-Houston) 5 Jul 2022, 00:20, Sam: Lmao at his article title: >This time, William threatened to tell the press that Adolf's alleged paternal grandfather was actually a Jewish merchant. He returned to London, where he wrote the article "Why I Hate My Uncle" for Look magazine. 5 Jul 2022, 00:25, Sam: 5 Jul 2022, 14:12, Damien: SCREAMING 😂 💀 10 Jul 2022, 00:59, Damien: Darling do you want to come down for drinks 🍹 10 Jul 2022, 14:18, Sam: Ah, shit, sorry, I was/am still _pas à Londres_ 11 Jul 2022, 20:17, Sam: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/people/5wypr7/professor-anneke-lucassen https://www.southampton.ac.uk/medicine/about/staff/tje.page 11 Jul 2022, 23:08, Sam: Heya, just remembered to mention I left your keys on your stairs, sorry, I was totally wiped out - thanks for the help! 12 Jul 2022, 16:16, Sam: 12 Jul 2022, 16:20, Sam: 12 Jul 2022, 16:55, Damien: Oh I love this 😍😍 12 Jul 2022, 16:56, Damien: Hahah yes, I left washing in the machine and went to France for a month. It’s tricky to get out, but a good dry cleaner can usually get rid of it 👌🏻 14 Jul 2022, 18:06, Damien: image omitted 14 Jul 2022, 18:16, Sam: Hahahaha 😂😂 If not disheveled then not exactly sheveled, as Wodehouse would have said 😂 14 Jul 2022, 18:16, Sam: I love that it was enough to spark concern, lol 14 Jul 2022, 18:16, Sam: We should have them round for a drink soon, I feel bad that I’ve been so remiss 14 Jul 2022, 18:22, Damien: I thought I looked quite good today 🥲😂 15 Jul 2022, 06:03, Damien: Are you awake darling? 15 Jul 2022, 19:12, Sam: Hey I don’t suppose I could buy a Valium or a Xanax or any such benzos as you may or may not possess (lol)? 15 Jul 2022, 19:12, Sam: My attempts to cure my hangover / sleep deprivation with lots of Red Bull and as much mephedrone as I could muster have just left me feeling very strung out 😬 (It’s more to counteract the stimulants than to actually sleep, so not urgent or medically necessary, lol, but if you do have some spare then I’d be much obliged) 15 Jul 2022, 19:14, Sam: ^ in hindsight I really ought to have taken Methistopheles up on his offer, given the way it keeps me awake and productive the following day…. dammit 15 Jul 2022, 19:41, Damien: Sadly I don’t, however that dealer has of Xanax, and he’s quite close by do you want his number? 15 Jul 2022, 19:42, Sam: Ooh, that would be nice, thank you! 15 Jul 2022, 19:42, Damien: Haha I’m doing a bit now, so might need to get some myself haha 15 Jul 2022, 19:42, Damien: 15 Jul 2022, 19:43, Sam: Haha, that would be convenient - should we coordinate an order? I can send him a text 15 Jul 2022, 19:43, Damien: Oh yes please do. If he has any zopi I’d love some 15 Jul 2022, 19:43, Damien: lmk and I can transfer xx 15 Jul 2022, 19:44, Sam: Fab - will ask him now! 15 Jul 2022, 19:44, Sam: 15 Jul 2022, 19:52, Sam: 15 Jul 2022, 20:06, Damien: HAHAHHAA 15 Jul 2022, 20:06, Damien: Has he called you G yet 15 Jul 2022, 20:25, Sam: Haha yes he has - also, all sorted, alea iacta est, unfortunately he doesn’t do zopiclone but I’ve got 10 Xanaxes (Xanii?) so you’re welcome to a few of those 15 Jul 2022, 20:26, Damien: Amazing🙌🏼 thank you so much lmk how much to send you x 15 Jul 2022, 20:27, Sam: Oh nah it’s totally fine, the price wasn’t much and it’d be silly to microscopically divide it 15 Jul 2022, 21:02, Sam: Also, this is quite interesting (I was browsing stuff to do with the Plain English / Anglo-Saxon words movement I was going on about yesterday): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Prime Kinda cool to try, if only in a Wittgenstein’s ladder sorta way, to try to eliminate it 100% and end up prob getting rid of the 90% of bad / dodgy usages 15 Jul 2022, 21:03, Sam: Btw let me know when you want to eat of the lotus and I can give you some pills 15 Jul 2022, 21:07, Sam: Reminds me a bit of Perec’s great La Disposition, the novel he wrote without the letter ‘e’ (iirc to symbolise the loss of his family in the Holocaust) - and what I think is the greatest, most mindblowing feat of English writing, which was the guy (Gilbert Adair iirc) who translated it into English _also without the letter ‘e’_ 15 Jul 2022, 21:08, Sam: I don’t know why I’m thinking about this shit, clearly between all the drugs my mind is utterly gone, lol 15 Jul 2022, 21:09, Sam: (As my and Arran’s old friend Alan (Sheridan) was always saying, the chemicals will fry your brain..) 15 Jul 2022, 21:09, Sam: Anyway lmk about les pilules 15 Jul 2022, 21:20, Damien: Oh this looks really interesting, will take a look a bit later this eve. 15 Jul 2022, 21:21, Damien: Hahaha my head is fried too. Let men know if you’re about later if you’re still up 15 Jul 2022, 21:22, Damien: Oh I think I should take one about 11. Hopefully it does sometimes I get me to sleep 😝 15 Jul 2022, 21:25, Sam: Oh I’m not sure it’s necessarily worth reading, it’s just a very impressive feat (Perec too, but mainly that translator - just stupendous talent) But yeah, there’d probably be other things higher on my list: did you ever read Brideshead? Or Powell (pronounced Po-el as my grandmother always insists on)? 15 Jul 2022, 21:26, Sam: ^ Brideshead gets a bad rap because of people like Oli’s friends who see the first section as some weird ideal to live up to, which is obviously not how Waugh intended it, as they’d know if they even made it to the end of what’s a very very short book, lol 15 Jul 2022, 21:26, Sam: (I always used to call Roman Sebastian back in the day, haha - that and Eton Mess) 15 Jul 2022, 21:27, Sam: D’you mean for pill purveyance or for hanging out? I feel surprisingly equable at the moment but idk how long it’ll last 15 Jul 2022, 21:28, Sam: Oh also, while talking about good books, and since I mentioned Wittgenstein, I’ve been in hysterics at Buzzfeed publishing the Tractatus as a listicle: https://www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/ludwigwittgenstein/fantastic-ways-to-distinguish-between-sense-and-nonsense Well worth reading it, if you’re ever super bored - I think Wittgenstein is the greatest paragon of absolute otherworldly, unworldly genius that I’ve ever encountered… (much like I apparently am to Kieran, lol, a rather ersatz substitute) 15 Jul 2022, 21:28, Sam: Anyway, hope you’re not suffering too much, and really do let me know as & when you want some soma 15 Jul 2022, 21:30, Sam: (That was meant to be a huxley reference, I don’t mean the literal drug called soma that Roman - hilariously - used to take (which I think he gave you)…. Obviously tbc I just mean the Xanax ) 16 Jul 2022, 21:26, Sam: 16 Jul 2022, 21:29, Sam: Hey did you say you’re going to Waitrose? If so could I possibly entreat you to pick up some cat food? I’ll pay you back right away or before 16 Jul 2022, 21:30, Damien: HAHAHHAHAHA Omg 16 Jul 2022, 21:30, Damien: You must give me some more context 16 Jul 2022, 21:31, Damien: Ahh no. I can pop in and get some though. Do you need it right away? 16 Jul 2022, 21:33, Sam: Haha there was an occasion of crushing up Xanax or valium into someone’s drink - in his (very qualified) defence the guy had expressed interest but was extremely shy (or, admittedly, possibly had lost interest), and in my offence I helped in the process (which I’ll eternally regret but I was given to understand he was interested and wanted to expedite the process involved in getting him out the flat - I did not participate) 16 Jul 2022, 21:33, Sam: I mean, only if you’re going by there! For context it’ll probably save me a maybe five quid delivery fee, and a bit of time, so it’d be helpful but not critical 16 Jul 2022, 21:34, Sam: A sort of Ghislaine Maxwell if you will 16 Jul 2022, 21:34, Damien: 😂😂😂😂😂 16 Jul 2022, 21:35, Damien: Too funny 😂😂 16 Jul 2022, 21:35, Damien: 16 Jul 2022, 21:35, Sam: Oh god lmao 16 Jul 2022, 21:35, Damien: Do they take an specific cat food? 16 Jul 2022, 21:35, Sam: To my eternal shame, undoubtedly 16 Jul 2022, 21:36, Sam: Yeah a very specific one, lol, the most gourmet I could ever find - one sec 16 Jul 2022, 21:36, Sam: But obviously anything you can find is much appreciated 16 Jul 2022, 21:36, Sam: 16 Jul 2022, 21:37, Sam: Think it’s somewhere between 5 and 10 ish 16 Jul 2022, 21:37, Sam: They also do a “chef’s collection” (I think it’s called) which doesn’t have the two-meat-per-sachet thing but seems equally good and they’ve had it sometimes 16 Jul 2022, 21:37, Damien: It’s probably the most interesting thing Kierans done lol 16 Jul 2022, 21:37, Sam: I’m really sorry lol 16 Jul 2022, 21:37, Sam: Yeah, haha, that list is mostly things he’s done to other people.. 16 Jul 2022, 21:37, Damien: Perfect I’ll pick some up 16 Jul 2022, 21:38, Sam: Thank you so much! Lemme know what it costs or I’ll send you maybe £7.50 (think that’s more than it is, to be safe) 16 Jul 2022, 23:18, Damien: image omitted 16 Jul 2022, 23:18, Damien: image omitted 16 Jul 2022, 23:18, Damien: 😎😎 16 Jul 2022, 23:19, Damien: Didn’t think I gave off that type of vibe 🥳 16 Jul 2022, 23:52, Sam: https://www.reddit.com/r/offmychest/comments/5mm2bj/rich_kid/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf 17 Jul 2022, 04:23, Damien: image omitted 17 Jul 2022, 15:46, Sam: image omitted 17 Jul 2022, 16:32, Sam: Heya, I don’t suppose you’re back and whether you know if i left my card in your room? 🤔 17 Jul 2022, 16:32, Sam: (my bank card, lol, not, like, my calling card) 17 Jul 2022, 16:39, Sam: On the assumption that you’re not back, I might do a Kieran and check your room — just the immediate environs where I might have dropped stuff — with the hopefully mitigating fact that, in the final analysis, there can’t really be anything in there that wasn’t in there when I/we left 🙏 (Sorry, I just want to get to Waitrose and get my hair cut before either of the foregoing close.. I’ll knock in case you are there) 17 Jul 2022, 16:41, Damien: Oh gosh sorry just seeing this 17 Jul 2022, 16:41, Damien: Lol 17 Jul 2022, 16:41, Damien: I also have your AirPods lol 17 Jul 2022, 16:41, Damien: I’ll bring them Down 17 Jul 2022, 16:42, Sam: Ohhh thanks, I was wondering about those too - sorry! I hope I didn’t leave my firstborn child or anything else lol 17 Jul 2022, 21:09, Sam: Hé, quand t’as fini, veux-tu regarder une histoire avec moi? J’ai besoin des êtres-humains - de temps en temps, lol - et j’aimai bien le dernier nuit 17 Jul 2022, 21:10, Sam: (soit, j’aime aussi les…xanaux?…) 17 Jul 2022, 21:14, Damien: Oui bien sur 👌🏻 17 Jul 2022, 21:18, Sam: Ah, je te remercie 🙏 lol 17 Jul 2022, 21:18, Sam: ^je dois chercher l’équivalent Francois de ‘lol’, lol 17 Jul 2022, 21:19, Sam: argh, français, ni Francois.. 17 Jul 2022, 22:07, Damien: Sorry about that. Im just popping to Sainsburys to get something to eat, so should be free after. Would you like anything? 17 Jul 2022, 22:08, Sam: Oh no worries, I was hoping I’d have time to have a drink so that’s, uh, tant pis, haha - I’m prob fine though, merci! 17 Jul 2022, 22:10, Damien: Sorry darling. That guy just seemed to go on and on about some a pilgrimage to Mecca which I had zero interest in listening to 😅 17 Jul 2022, 22:10, Sam: Hahahajj 17 Jul 2022, 22:10, Damien: I should be around most of the evening, I don’t go to sleep till like 1. So if you want come watch a movie lmk 17 Jul 2022, 23:28, Damien: Oh darling remind to send me your bank details and I can repay you for yesterday x 17 Jul 2022, 23:30, Sam: Sure, but do subtract the money I owe you for that cab and possibly other things! Samuel William Howard Robinson-Adams Monzo Bank 04-00-04 16068982 MONZGB2L Broadwalk House, 5 Appold St London EC2A 2AG United Kingdom 17 Jul 2022, 23:30, Sam: Sorry, ignore the BIC and IBAN and bank address, lol, it’s one of those auto-copy-paste deals 17 Jul 2022, 23:31, Sam: Also yeah, je l’aimerai, lmk when you’re up (or down or whatever) 18 Jul 2022, 00:10, Sam: Lol are you awake? I might otherwise get some sleep soon 18 Jul 2022, 00:12, Damien: Oh sorry I didn’t see the last message. I’ve just started a movie do you want to join. I think it’s quite good 👌🏻 18 Jul 2022, 00:12, Sam: Sure! Gimme one min 18 Jul 2022, 02:16, Sam: (Vraiment désolé, je t’aime, j’adore, mais je suis assez chaud quand je dors) 18 Jul 2022, 11:15, Damien: Haha yah I was melting last night far far too warm 😂 18 Jul 2022, 21:07, Sam: Yeah it was quite tropical… Btw, let me know if/when you might happen to think of any other movies that are urgently worth watching, lol (call it a standing…invite? exvite? self-invite? idk) 18 Jul 2022, 21:07, Sam: Also in any event I miiiiight ask you for one of the remaining Xanaxes (within my notional half, obv), since I’ve done two or three each of the previous nights - somewhat against my better judgement - and I can foresee a chance of getting a bit DT-y 18 Jul 2022, 21:08, Damien: Yes perfect let’s. How did that one finish btw 😂 18 Jul 2022, 21:08, Sam: god, lol, I do not need to collect another addiction - I will not ask for any more (call it a Ulysses pact) 18 Jul 2022, 21:09, Sam: Haha I don’t remember at all - let me think of some more.. I did see the trailer for a ‘good awful’ shark film (not Sharknado- think it was called Open Water or sth in that vein) but I’m by no means married to it, lol 18 Jul 2022, 21:10, Damien: Omg I’m so sorry I should of have you yours before I left for the countrysid. In a rush to catch my train earlier I just through them in my wash bag without thinking 🥲. 18 Jul 2022, 21:11, Damien: So sorry darling :( 18 Jul 2022, 21:11, Damien: Yes let’s do this. And can we pleEe plan our trip to the continent so depressing being stuck in Europe atm 18 Jul 2022, 21:14, Damien: I know it’s not the Sam but there’s some Methodrone left, it’s in a small Smythson envelope box 19 Jul 2022, 00:22, Sam: Oh no worries at all, I think that’s probably a good thing! And sorry if I seemed like I was cutting you, haha - I was just on a compulsory walk with Kieran 😶 and drinking alone 19 Jul 2022, 00:23, Sam: Quand va-tu revenir, de toute façon? Tu serai me manque à crever, aveuglément…d’autant plus que seulement Kieran est ici….. 🫠 19 Jul 2022, 00:24, Sam: Hélas je dois probablement m’ârreter - de peur que j’aggrave mon cas, mdr 19 Jul 2022, 00:24, Sam: Maintenant, au lit, lol/mdr 💤 22 Jul 2022, 21:08, Sam: Apropos of nothing, how do you feel about Tramadol? I’m thinking of getting some (I’ll get some anyway and I certainly don’t mean money-wise, I’m just thinking about how much to get) 22 Jul 2022, 21:10, Sam: Aussi, mon dieu, je viens de lire cet message-ci 22 Jul 2022, 21:26, Sam: image omitted 22 Jul 2022, 21:26, Sam: image omitted 22 Jul 2022, 21:30, Sam: Sorry for the unrequited text storm, but: I might if it’s ok give you some of the Tramadol at least for safekeeping, just to lash me to the mast and fill my ears with wax and all that… It doesn’t have cross-tolerance with morphine-like opioids like diamorphine/heroin but I still wanna be cautious 22 Jul 2022, 21:49, Damien: Sorry I can’t reply I’m at dinner 22 Jul 2022, 21:49, Damien: Message after 22 Jul 2022, 21:52, Damien: Yes absolutely. 22 Jul 2022, 21:53, Damien: Let’s go through the process when I’m home 22 Jul 2022, 22:38, Sam: Ah, thanks! In any event our mutual friend hasn’t come yet, so I’ll lyk when he does 🙌 22 Jul 2022, 22:38, Sam: (or _common_ friend, as my grandma would have me say….most certainly about this guy, lol) 22 Jul 2022, 23:18, Sam: Friendo has had an accident and can’t come today…. Dammit, lol - well, lmk if you want a Xanax or anything, otherwise, faute de mieux, I guess I’m prob off to bed 23 Jul 2022, 00:15, Sam: Also, I hope I haven’t fucked anything up… uh, pardon my French… (I promise I didn’t say all the above just to set up that joke, lol) I mean, look, fuck it, just to drop momentarily that wonderful civilised social mask that makes our lives so much safer and more numb and easier to trudge through to their end in a state of near-total anaesthesis— The highlight - in truth probably the one light - of my life is the handful of wonderful people I’ve met on this rock whom I know, whom I love, whom I care about.. Short of heroin, I don’t think there’s anything that’s made me feel that sort of ‘oceanic feeling’, that one thing that makes everything feel momentarily worthwhile, besides unfathomably deep love for the people I truly truly love and adore in the world. (In short, the Raymond Carver poem I remember well from my grandpa’s valediction – fig. 1, lol – but in reverse.) I’m not that concerned with the exact nature of that love, and it’s a pretty thin and amorphous line for me, so the last thing I want is that that silly blasted line awkwards things and walls me off from anyone or anything or… Structurally I feel like this is the point where I’m meant to work my way up to some grand peroration, but meaningfully I have nothing much more to say beyond that, so, well, whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must remain silent Just know that (1) I will endeavour to stop sending drunk texts, (2) I will try to go to sleep now, probably gritting my teeth mightily, (3) I hope this essay gets a good mark, sir, (4) I understand well that my feelings are my responsibility, and (5) even if love will tear us apart, hatred for Kieran will always be first and foremost, lol 23 Jul 2022, 00:15, Sam: 23 Jul 2022, 00:16, Sam: Au lit! lol fml 23 Jul 2022, 00:55, Missed audio call 23 Jul 2022, 03:57, Sam: Heyyy, sorry, I’ve gone back to my bed, just because you happened to fall asleep splayed out across the bed (🥲) and I couldn’t find a way to wedge myself in… I put your blanket over you and you look super cosy, lol. Text me when you wake up if you want me to come lay down with you, or if I’m not awake you’re welcome to come down here… I mean honestly I feel lonely in my bed and I like being with you. Anyway, now you’re sober you’ve probably figured out what I was talking about in my message from last night. Oh god. I don’t know that I can say about it any more than I can do about it. Above all else I care about you to the moon and back, whatever and always and no matter what. Hope u sleep well. 💖 PS I literally just ran upstairs – like, after the end of the last sentence – because it sounded like you fell out of bed. At least there was some quite serious-sounding crashing. Looks like it certainly wasn’t you, but no idea what it was. Hopefully your furniture is ok 😳 23 Jul 2022, 14:34, Sam: Jeeeesus you weren’t wrong about this ‘light’ oil-based colourant… like, Christ, I feel like that little Vietnamese girl with Agent Orange sprayed on her in that Pulitzer photo - this feels way more excruciating and corrosive and astringent than the last one, though maybe the first attack on my scalp weakened its defences 🫠 23 Jul 2022, 14:46, Damien: Sorry darling, I’m so flustered I haven’t had time to properly read these messages. Did you want me to mind some pills 23 Jul 2022, 14:46, Damien: My memory is shot from the Xanax 23 Jul 2022, 14:46, Damien: Did you use the purple Suff? 23 Jul 2022, 14:54, Sam: Oh, I haven’t actually got any yet - he had an ‘accident’ last night (drug dealers seem to have an astonishing high accident rate: likely meaning ‘it was an accident that I agreed to come’) so I’m waiting for him to get back to me re his promise to come today 23 Jul 2022, 14:54, Sam: Also, what’s the purple stuff? Lol, purple drank or something? 23 Jul 2022, 17:26, Sam: Dacodac, j’ai acheté les tramadols – fais-me savoir si tu veux un de ces 💊 23 Jul 2022, 17:47, Sam: D'ailleurs je viens d’avoir pris un des dix pilules, donc il y a neuf restant – desquelles je peux te donner maintenant un, sinon je te baillerai tous les neuf plus tard 23 Jul 2022, 17:49, Sam: (I swear prepositions and conjunctions are for some reason the one thing I have trouble with in French - having time to write things out is helping me remember them.. I suppose I have quite a meandering natural way of talking, with lots of subordinate clauses; general vocab is easy for me but not remembering all the little forgettable connective phrases) 23 Jul 2022, 17:53, Sam: Also, lol, I just ran it through Google Translate to check it’s intelligible in the worst case: apparently Google thinks ‘bailler’ is ‘to yawn’ - that’s bâiller, whereas bailler is to lend (I looked it up and apparently M Fillingham was a bit antediluvian, and the modern form is prêter 🤷‍♂️) 23 Jul 2022, 18:00, Sam: (Mr Fillingham was my nutty French teacher, who seems to have gone on to other things, having just looked him up: https://www.maguseducation.com/en/2016/11/21/1129/ Great memories of him standing on a chair and flapping his arms while shouting ‘oiseaux!’ when I was in the first form, lmao) 23 Jul 2022, 18:00, Sam: Also definitely a first-grade daddy lol 23 Jul 2022, 18:01, Sam: Def rate these Tramadol incidentally 23 Jul 2022, 18:01, Sam: Which is why I will ensure I give them to you in the aforementioned ulysses pact 23 Jul 2022, 20:29, Sam: video omitted 23 Jul 2022, 20:30, Sam: Oh also lmk your status- not sure if you’re upstairs and just particularly stationary, or if you’re out, lol 23 Jul 2022, 20:33, Damien: Sorry I’m so awful at replying to these. I will do soon, just sorting some things out! Are you about for a movie later? 23 Jul 2022, 20:35, Sam: video omitted 23 Jul 2022, 20:36, Sam: ^ Logically I’m sure the funnier bits in all these weird sneak clips must’ve been before I started filming 23 Jul 2022, 20:36, Sam: Absolutely! And no worries, you have a social life and I don’t rn (it’s the hangover of not scheduling anything while ill, lol) 23 Jul 2022, 21:44, Sam: image omitted 23 Jul 2022, 22:21, Sam: Heya do you mind if I steal a few of your cherry tomatoes (assuming they’re yours)? I’m just making some scrambled tofu - you’re welcome to half of you want some (I’m not vegan any more but I’ve retained a love of scrambled tofu, b/c it’s great) 23 Jul 2022, 22:22, Damien: Oh yes, I’m not sure they’re still good. 23 Jul 2022, 22:22, Sam: Haha I’ll scrutinise them very closely then 23 Jul 2022, 22:40, Sam: Lmk when you want to ditch 23 Jul 2022, 22:50, Damien: Hahaha yah, I was so exhausted for that conversation. 23 Jul 2022, 22:50, Damien: I just have to make a call 23 Jul 2022, 22:50, Damien: Should be free in like 20 23 Jul 2022, 22:51, Sam: Perfecto, lmk! 23 Jul 2022, 22:51, Sam: No rush ofc 23 Jul 2022, 23:23, Damien: Just finished haha 23 Jul 2022, 23:23, Damien: Come up whenever darling x 23 Jul 2022, 23:24, Sam: Parfait, donnez-moi un moment, lol 23 Jul 2022, 23:24, Sam: (mdr*) 24 Jul 2022, 09:12, Sam: 24 Jul 2022, 10:33, Damien: Awww that’s so sweet thank you 😘😘 24 Jul 2022, 10:33, Damien: Do you want to get drinks later this eve? 24 Jul 2022, 10:33, Sam: I will always want to get drinks, haha - allons-y! 24 Jul 2022, 10:34, Sam: 🥰 24 Jul 2022, 11:04, Sam: image omitted 24 Jul 2022, 12:35, Sam: Do you feel like going for earlyish drinks/snacks? Maybe the Ivy again? I do have a massive soft spot for the place (well, mostly from the Cambridge offshoot which I always ate at every night when I was there- I’ve hardly ever been to the original but I love their atmos in general) 24 Jul 2022, 12:36, Sam: ^just bc I have nothing much to do, lol - I’ll probably do some clothes shopping and see what else I can come up with, but maybe 7 or 8 could be nice if you’re around then 24 Jul 2022, 16:25, Sam: 24 Jul 2022, 16:29, Sam: 24 Jul 2022, 16:30, Sam: (Admittedly not everyone has the not-inconsiderable ‘privilege’ to be able to (both) obtain a professorship at Oxford purely because they fancy a move, lmao) 24 Jul 2022, 17:30, Damien: Sorry darling, I’m not ignoring you. I’m jusy having a nap. Will reply afterwards xx 24 Jul 2022, 18:42, Sam: Haha no probs, I just text a lot when I’m bored, but with no expectation that the victim’s gonna reply to all of it.. Yeah lmk when you’re awake 24 Jul 2022, 18:54, Damien: Perfect. Shall we finally book those train tickets. 24 Jul 2022, 18:54, Damien: I’m going to take a walk. But when I’m back x 24 Jul 2022, 18:55, Sam: Did you still want to go out in some shape or form? Either way let’s def book (esp bc I said I’d get back to Joe afterwards, since we were planning a little family thing) 24 Jul 2022, 19:07, Damien: I don’t mind darling, I’m happy to stay in. I suppose we could wander out. Shall we play it by ear? 24 Jul 2022, 19:16, Sam: Yeah, let’s! I’m very much up for either - can always order something in if not.. Meet in your room at some point? lol 24 Jul 2022, 20:15, Damien: Oh yes darling 24 Jul 2022, 20:15, Damien: Just frying a steak 24 Jul 2022, 20:15, Damien: Shall we say 15? 24 Jul 2022, 20:34, Damien: Oh I just realised that we do y have any drinks? 24 Jul 2022, 20:34, Damien: Shall we go somewhere near by? 24 Jul 2022, 20:34, Damien: What do you think? 24 Jul 2022, 20:38, Sam: Let’s do it! I’ll follow your lead since I’m not au fait with the nearby places 24 Jul 2022, 20:41, Damien: Perfect 24 Jul 2022, 20:41, Damien: I’ll be ready in 5 24 Jul 2022, 20:48, Sam: Ah perfecto! Moi aussi 24 Jul 2022, 22:19, Damien: Oh god how do off load him haha 25 Jul 2022, 00:12, Sam: Re von Moltke’s trial - true nobility: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmuth_James_von_Moltke 25 Jul 2022, 01:13, Sam: https://www.reddit.com/r/stupidpol/comments/jax534/thank_you_donald_very_based/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf 25 Jul 2022, 09:33, Sam: So many of these are so great actually: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_and_organisations_frequently_parodied_by_Private_Eye 25 Jul 2022, 11:00, Sam: Excellent speech from noted Eton alumnus Tony Benn: https://youtu.be/HfXmpJRZPYI 25 Jul 2022, 13:36, Sam: 25 Jul 2022, 19:14, Missed audio call 25 Jul 2022, 19:15, Damien: Oh darling they took to the hospital. How annoying. Is everything okay? Did you need me to bring anything? 25 Jul 2022, 19:22, Sam: Aww thank you - I’m totally fine I think :) As always, they take you to the hospital sort of just for the sake of it (possibly to teach you a lesson, lol). Hoping I’ll be back by the evening and maybe we can watch something 🤞 (And yeah, it’s gradually come back to me: I wasn’t even high, at least in the time period I remember - just trying to cope with the brutal hangover/comedown/undersleep/whatev from yesterday) 25 Jul 2022, 19:25, Damien: Oh sweetie, so pleased to see that you’re feeling better. Hopefully they give you one of those IV drips and and you can revive a bite. Let me know, hopefully you won’t have to stay St Mary’s is a horrible hospital! Xx 25 Jul 2022, 22:37, Damien: Darling have you been released from the hospital? Or do you need me to bring anything? X 26 Jul 2022, 04:10, Sam: Aw, I’m really sorry, I literally just got discharged (lol, my - disturbingly attractive - dr said I shouldn’t walk home, until I said where I lived and he reflected that it would probably take longer to walk to the cab rank 😅).. I’m sorry about all that fuss: as my memory came back, I realise (a) I hadn’t been trying to get high so much as trying in vain to cure my brutal hangover, and (b) judging by my spilling my drink all over myself, it was making that ill-advised hair-of-the-dog drink that prob combined with the Tramadol to do me in.. I’m really sorry about this, and I was really hoping to watch another movie xo (But yeah, I think I’ve got a thorough enough health checkup for half a lifetime, hahah.. I also liked that they said the reason for admittance was that “flatmate observed reduced gcs” [glasgow coma scale] 👨‍⚕️) 26 Jul 2022, 11:06, Damien: Oh don’t be sorry at all. I just feel bad for you that you had to go to St Mary’s. Haha I didn’t realise you were drinking. Poor you. Anyway let me know if there’s anything I can get you. Did they give you an IV drip? 26 Jul 2022, 12:39, Sam: Yeah, they gave me a load of IV stuff, and I’ve been tested for about everything ever.. I wasn’t actually _drinking_ per se, or rather I was per se but not in the usual sense - iirc it was just the one drink I took from that glass in the morning, then the one drink in the afternoon, most of which seems to have gone on my shirt and duvet, lol.. I’ve been picking it over and I think the probable cause is that I’m a poor metaboliser of codeine/derivatives, but even if they’re not having an effect, the half-life is quite long & so I overdosed myself over that 24h (and in hindsight I took quite a lot that evening and the next day - idk why I assume the clock gets reset after I go to sleep 😅) 26 Jul 2022, 12:40, Sam: St Mary’s isn’t too bad! Also as the aforementioned dr informed me, it’s where diamorphine/heroin was first synthesised - so hey, call it a pilgrimage 😁 26 Jul 2022, 12:41, Sam: Btw I’ll get you another of these t-shirts - it seems to have lots of suspiciously needle-sized holes in it, and I have no faith (well, honestly, no legit expectation) that intensivists in A&E give a fuck about sartorial integrity 26 Jul 2022, 12:45, Sam: 26 Jul 2022, 12:45, Sam: 26 Jul 2022, 12:48, Sam: Jeeesus I’m just reading through it and that haemoglobin one at the bottom of the first page is looking rather insanely high.. I wonder what the hell was going on there 26 Jul 2022, 15:28, Sam: image omitted 26 Jul 2022, 18:02, Sam: 26 Jul 2022, 18:05, Damien: Lol I’ll read this when get a minute, just out for drinks! 27 Jul 2022, 09:01, Sam: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=making+off+without+payment&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safari#imgrc=OnnZ-Pa3MlImZM 27 Jul 2022, 09:10, Sam: That teacher film reminded me of Fassbinder: https://youtu.be/AAhodrNP_zY He was a fucked up guy but he made some great films 27 Jul 2022, 14:15, Damien: image omitted 27 Jul 2022, 14:15, Damien: image omitted 27 Jul 2022, 14:15, Damien: Do you fancy going this weekend? 27 Jul 2022, 14:15, Damien: It makes no difference to me haha 27 Jul 2022, 18:25, Sam: The one thing I’ve got is my dad’s birthday on Sunday - I think we’re up in the country at my grandmother’s but I’m sure they could easily drop me off at St Pancras on the way back 🤔 27 Jul 2022, 18:28, Sam: Oh btw I got a couple of cocktails - they’re in the fridge, grab whichever you fancy 27 Jul 2022, 19:25, Sam: Sorry, Saturday ** ! 27 Jul 2022, 19:25, Damien: Sorry I’ll be down in a 5, just sending an email 27 Jul 2022, 19:25, Sam: Pas pressé 27 Jul 2022, 19:47, Sam: 27 Jul 2022, 21:40, Sam: In order of importance: - Brillat-Savarin (unlikely they have it but I fell in love with it via a producer friend of my aunt who had it regularly shipped from France to their beach house in Santa Barbara, lol) - Taleggio - Reblochon - Brie de Meaux - anything else you like.. 27 Jul 2022, 21:45, Sam: Oh and also crackers might be nice - Miller's Harvest are the best, Peter's Yard second-best 27 Jul 2022, 22:11, Damien: Ugh I’m so sorry. They didn’t have any of the cheeses in Waitrose. Most of their shelves are bare. I thought I’d try M&S, but it seems to be closed because of the strike. So I only managed to get some wine. 🥲🥲 27 Jul 2022, 22:11, Damien: So sorry 28 Jul 2022, 09:00, Sam: Oh it actually _was_ audio description for the blind: https://twitter.com/mollyjongfast/status/1552297094295306240 Meh, fair enough then! 28 Jul 2022, 11:02, Damien: Omg 28 Jul 2022, 11:03, Damien: I had planned to wake up 4 hours ago 😂😂 28 Jul 2022, 11:04, Sam: Haha I was just wondering about that.. 28 Jul 2022, 11:31, Sam: You know, the more I look at this place, the more I love it: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/61736878/?search_identifier=dfc3f638f9b393438decf063cc0701f9 28 Jul 2022, 11:31, Sam: I think we perhaps ought to just take it 28 Jul 2022, 11:31, Sam: and let the chips fall where they may 28 Jul 2022, 12:16, Sam: 28 Jul 2022, 13:25, Damien: Hahaha perfect. I adore this area 😍 28 Jul 2022, 13:27, Damien: Yes we ought to hatch a plan, soon, and let’s put it delicately to Kieran. I don’t want him to get too upset haha 28 Jul 2022, 13:27, Sam: Haha we can adore it from the sidelines 28 Jul 2022, 13:28, Sam: Yeah I very much agree: _sine ira et studio_, like I was saying 28 Jul 2022, 13:28, Sam: (Then again I can also see how the effect is even harsher if it’s done with concern/pity) 28 Jul 2022, 14:11, Sam: Dammit I was so excited about this one, from the outside and the location: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/61911915/?search_identifier=d236d0703bbf722d5fa3237bce4c2eae Then I saw the inside.. 28 Jul 2022, 14:11, Sam: Wonder if we could gut and renovate it, lol 28 Jul 2022, 14:21, Damien: 😍😍😍😍 28 Jul 2022, 19:24, Damien: image omitted 28 Jul 2022, 19:32, Sam: Oh yeah I did see one or two places on Brompton Sq - and Beaufort Gardens is basically across the street 28 Jul 2022, 19:33, Sam: Have a look at Beauchamp Place too - I think there was some there 28 Jul 2022, 19:33, Sam: (pr. Beecham for god knows what reason) 28 Jul 2022, 21:07, Sam: Heya, I’m leaving the living room door open since the cats are out - I’m happy to take the risk for myself, but for yourself maybe just watch out to avoid being burgled or anything.. I’ll be back in 5 28 Jul 2022, 21:08, Sam: It’s pretty much a purely nominal risk but I thought I ought to say something, lol 28 Jul 2022, 21:08, Sam: Also feel free to unwrap whichever cheeses you like - I’ve done the traditional thing of cow + sheep + goat, and there should be at least a couple of each 28 Jul 2022, 22:19, Sam: “A thrown banana missed its target and hit Widmerpool. The banana was over-ripe and it burst all over his face, knocking his spectacles sideways. Budd came down the shop, still laughing, and said: ‘Sorry, Widmerpool. That banana wasn’t intended for you.’ Widmerpool was obviously astonished to hear himself addressed by name, and so politely, by no less a person than the Captain of the Eleven. Do you know an absolutely slavish look came into Widmerpool’s face. ‘I don’t mind,’ he said, ‘I don’t mind at all, Budd. It doesn’t matter in the least.’ It was as if Widmerpool had experienced some secret and awful pleasure. As we went through the door, he was rubbing his gritty little knuckles together, still smiling at his great encounter with Budd.” 28 Jul 2022, 22:19, Sam: Powell was an absolute genius of character … an English Proust, that’s probably the best description 28 Jul 2022, 23:38, Sam: 29 Jul 2022, 00:26, Sam: 29 Jul 2022, 00:40, Sam: This was the piece I had in mind: https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/04/how-dianas-dance-with-the-media-impacted-william-and-harry 29 Jul 2022, 00:41, Sam: > What was flashing through Diana’s mind as the car entered that last tragic chase into the Alma tunnel? Today, it would be unreasonable to ask that William and Harry forgive the paparazzi who trained their cameras on their beloved mother’s dying moments in the Paris tunnel, the hungry clicking of their shutters the last sound she would ever hear. Or to forget how often in their presence one or another of that ruffian gang had made her cry. Or to admit that, even though her own sons were among the “countless others” the Bashir broadcast hurt, she had shrewd, pragmatic reasons for undertaking the interview. The camera was Diana’s fatal attraction and her most potent weapon—the source of so much power at the price of so much pain. She was always gambling with those odds. 29 Jul 2022, 01:49, Sam: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/47ksai/the_mysterious_death_of_the_marconi_scientists/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf 29 Jul 2022, 01:50, Sam: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/47ksai/the_mysterious_death_of_the_marconi_scientists/ 29 Jul 2022, 10:54, Damien: “Very kind, long email” LOL 29 Jul 2022, 10:55, Damien: Darling did you still want to go for breakfast? 29 Jul 2022, 14:30, Sam: Oh shit I was nowhere near awake, sorry 29 Jul 2022, 14:30, Sam: Could do lunch or something 29 Jul 2022, 14:30, Sam: Also Phil says come visit 29 Jul 2022, 14:30, Sam: 29 Jul 2022, 14:30, Sam: And also (lmao): 29 Jul 2022, 14:30, Sam: 29 Jul 2022, 14:30, Sam: (I told him to abort it) 29 Jul 2022, 14:42, Sam: Also lol I’d missed that 😂 29 Jul 2022, 14:54, Damien: 😂😂😂😂😂😂 29 Jul 2022, 14:56, Damien: Yes let me know. 29 Jul 2022, 14:57, Damien: Im just going to go for a run, but should be free after 29 Jul 2022, 15:10, Sam: Ah, cool cool, no probs! Wait have you left already? I’m just wondering whether I left my Gorillas bag in your room, lol 29 Jul 2022, 15:12, Damien: No not yet. I’ll bring them down in. few mins 29 Jul 2022, 15:13, Sam: Oh haha thanks - sorry, it’s got my nicotine 29 Jul 2022, 18:30, Damien: Sorry that took so long. Wasn’t expecting three and a half hours. 😅😅 29 Jul 2022, 18:30, Damien: Are you still up for doing something 29 Jul 2022, 18:51, Sam: Sure sure sure! Gimme 5-10 mins to finish up with work :) Is there any chance you could envodkafy the kitchen, if you happen to be on the delivery apps (I can give you a code)? I can otherwise but given I'm not free quite yet it might be nice to get a head start 29 Jul 2022, 18:52, Damien: Oh yes I’ll pop to waitrose :) 29 Jul 2022, 18:52, Sam: (I'm absolutely dead: been taking mephedrone, had two Xanax already - which ordinarily would knock me straight out - and am considering asking Kieran for some of the fentanyl I gave him) 29 Jul 2022, 18:52, Sam: wait, not fentanyl, what's it called 29 Jul 2022, 18:52, Sam: tramadol 29 Jul 2022, 18:52, Sam: also have ordered 2g of heroin for tomorrow (well, for the trip) fyi 29 Jul 2022, 18:52, Sam: Amazing, je te remercie beaucoup 29 Jul 2022, 18:56, Sam: image omitted 29 Jul 2022, 18:57, Sam: image omitted 29 Jul 2022, 19:04, Damien: Just hopping into the shower 29 Jul 2022, 19:04, Damien: Shan’t be long 29 Jul 2022, 19:30, Sam: No rush at all! 29 Jul 2022, 20:19, Damien: Oh nice 👌🏻 will Phil do some? Haha 29 Jul 2022, 20:19, Damien: Omg same 29 Jul 2022, 20:20, Damien: I Need to be careful with that Xanax, makes me so funny things and sleep walk. 29 Jul 2022, 20:20, Damien: Woke up naked, with the fitted sheet on me. 29 Jul 2022, 20:21, Damien: And I had stuffed Brendel I to a drawer 29 Jul 2022, 20:21, Damien: I think I still have some 29 Jul 2022, 20:21, Damien: Well I have yours that you left in my room lol 29 Jul 2022, 20:21, Damien: I hate to be a scrounge. Honestly it’s so embarrassing 29 Jul 2022, 20:43, Sam: 29 Jul 2022, 21:37, Sam: 29 Jul 2022, 23:32, Sam: 29 Jul 2022, 23:33, Sam: Oh also did you say you had any of the Tramadol? I wouldn’t mind a few if so 30 Jul 2022, 00:35, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_harvesting_from_Falun_Gong_practitioners_in_China 30 Jul 2022, 00:42, Sam: > Kirk C. Allison, associate director of the Program in Human Rights and Medicine at the University of Minnesota, wrote that the "short time frame of an on-demand system [as in China] requires a large pool of donors pre-typed for blood group and HLA matching," which is consistent with reports of Falun Gong prisoners having blood and tissue tested in custody. He wrote that China's short organ wait times could not be assured on a "random death" basis, and that physicians he queried about the matter indicated that they were selecting live prisoners to ensure quality and compatibility.[89] Dr. Jacob Lavee, Director of the Heart Transplant Unit at the Sheba Medical Center in Israel, recounts one of his patients traveling to China for a heart transplant. The patient waited two weeks for a heart, and the surgery was scheduled in advance—meaning the organ could not have been procured on the basis of a random death.[90] Franz Immer, chairman of the Swiss National Foundation for organ donation and transplantation, reports that during a visit to Beijing in 2007, he was invited by his Chinese hosts to observe a heart transplantation operation: "The organizer asked us whether we would like to have the transplantation operation in the morning or in the afternoon. This means that the donor would die, or be killed, at a given time, at the convenience of the visitors. I refused to participate."[9] 30 Jul 2022, 02:56, Missed audio call 31 Jul 2022, 00:04, Sam: I’m still up, let me know if you want to watch something :) Also, I’ll put together a French cheatsheet for us both, haha - remind me to send it to you, it’d be good practice for me to write it 31 Jul 2022, 04:28, Sam: FYI I don’t have much battery left, but I meant what I said tonight. I love you absolutely to pieces, you’re one of the most implausibly beautiful people I’ve ever seen in my life, and you have practically everything going for you. You’re colossally lucky to be who you are. You’re smart, funny, kind, gorgeous … _everything_, you’re everything. You’re damn near perfect in damn near every way. Honestly I am so so happy that you’re my friend, happier still that we have such a beautiful and positive thing right now, and I don’t quite believe this is real. You are such, such a rare person – such a rara avis 🐦 – and … I mean, Christ, anyone would be the luckiest person in the world to call you their boyfriend, and I’m the happiest person in the world to call you my friend, I really am. You make my life brighter and I’m delighted to be friends with you, I really really really am. Imma stop now because my phone’s about to run out of charge, but please know that I care about you enormously and I will always be here for you as your dear dear friend who thinks you’re an absolute treasure 💕 31 Jul 2022, 04:35, Sam: I mean, I’m sorry to be repeating myself and meandering on, but you really truly are so, so fucking perfect in practically every way.. I can’t believe you feel the way you do about yourself, because I can’t quite imagine actually being the person you are, and certainly not being unhappy about it - you’re not just extraordinarily beautiful, you’re the sweetest and kindest and most caring person, and I absolutely and utterly adore you, I truly truly do, and I’ll stop now because I could go on all night and I don’t want to bore you.. You’re one of the handful of people whom I love and treasure most in all the world, and I will always adore and admire and treasure you, and be here for you, in your corner, your friend always always always 💜 31 Jul 2022, 04:36, Sam: Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams, and I can’t wait for tomorrow :):) 31 Jul 2022, 12:26, Sam: 31 Jul 2022, 18:09, Sam: Ici, lol 31 Jul 2022, 20:47, Sam: 31 Jul 2022, 22:19, Sam: 31 Jul 2022, 22:19, Sam: Also I really really like your friend, what a sweetheart :) 31 Jul 2022, 22:20, Sam: 31 Jul 2022, 22:21, Sam: (About Trump hilariously having Ivana Trump buried on one of his golf courses, covered in ungreened clumped dirt) 31 Jul 2022, 22:38, Sam: https://www.maguseducation.com/en/2016/11/21/1129/ 1 Aug 2022, 06:15, Sam: You deleted this message. 1 Aug 2022, 06:19, Sam: video omitted 1 Aug 2022, 06:29, Sam: (Also, I’m not, like, ‘cracking onto you’ in a relationship sense, please rest assured of that.. I just love you to the moon and back _as a human being_, and separately I guess I’m obv attracted to you like anyone would be, lol) 1 Aug 2022, 09:01, Damien: Fan angle 🤪 1 Aug 2022, 09:16, Sam: LOL you’re so droll I can’t get that stupid thought out of my head now, mdr 1 Aug 2022, 10:46, Sam: Whatever it costs, that’s cool, btw - as long as it’s not wildly beyond 400 EUR 1 Aug 2022, 11:06, Sam: Aw, I love it here, I'm so glad we came :) I've really loved being here with you and Jacques so far - and can't wait to see Phil, and go swimming, and generally everything that's planned! Btw we should watch that film Le Weekend while we're here, just because our current situation reminds me so much of it (you'll see! not the loveless marriage, lol, just the Parisian backstory) 1 Aug 2022, 11:06, Sam: also we must not forget to go to Astier de Villatte - I think it'll be right up your street (or your psychic's street, literally) 1 Aug 2022, 11:15, Sam: image omitted 1 Aug 2022, 11:50, Sam: image omitted 1 Aug 2022, 11:51, Sam: also, tu me manques 😘 1 Aug 2022, 12:04, Sam: video omitted 1 Aug 2022, 14:00, Sam: Btw let me know what I owe you for this room 🖤 (I’m v v glad we came - it’s been so lovely, every single moment; I think I was really hypoxic in London, inert gas hypoxic, like the pig in the chamber, as opposed to your distressed cyanotic hypoxia) 1 Aug 2022, 14:36, Damien: Oh darling so sorry, I’m so hopeless of it replying. 1 Aug 2022, 14:37, Damien: Yes let’s try to watch it this evening. I’m so happy to be here, I forget how much I loved this city 🥺😍 1 Aug 2022, 14:38, Damien: Oh god yea. I can almost hear James’s grating voice in this photo ahhaa 1 Aug 2022, 14:39, Damien: I know darling, it’s been so warping in Paddington. Not for us. Haha. 1 Aug 2022, 14:40, Damien: I’m at Bobos in the Marais come soon. There’s so many places we must go xx 1 Aug 2022, 15:10, Sam: Oh sorry these have just all come through! I’m near the end of my call so I’ll come asap :) Are you with anyone? 1 Aug 2022, 15:10, Sam: I’ll just reply in person, haha 1 Aug 2022, 15:11, Damien: Moi seulement 😝 1 Aug 2022, 15:17, Sam: Ça sonne absolument parfait 😜 1 Aug 2022, 15:17, Sam: Je sortirai tout de suite 1 Aug 2022, 15:25, Damien: Location: https://maps.google.com/?q=48.860195,2.350947 1 Aug 2022, 15:39, Sam: Ok, really sorry, leaving now 1 Aug 2022, 15:39, Sam: Here’s my loc 1 Aug 2022, 15:39, Sam: Location: https://maps.google.com/?q=48.856426,2.335240 1 Aug 2022, 15:39, Damien: Oh no don’t worry take your time xx 1 Aug 2022, 15:40, Sam: Aw thanks 💕 But yeah I’m heading off now - also by way of compensation I’ll send you the French cheatsheet I was putting together earlier, lol 1 Aug 2022, 16:09, Sam: Hmm I’m on my way but my internet seems to have stopped working (despite my having unmetered internet & EE’s having promised equal service) - so just fyi, I’ll be there soon but god knows what my location says 1 Aug 2022, 16:10, Sam: ^ tried to send that via text, failed, have just connected to wifi and resent (sorry if some no longer makes sense in context) 1 Aug 2022, 16:27, Missed audio call 1 Aug 2022, 16:27, Damien: Oh darling you passed me 1 Aug 2022, 16:27, Damien: Location: https://maps.google.com/?q=48.860180,2.351058 1 Aug 2022, 16:27, Sam: Sorry, just finding the cafe! 1 Aug 2022, 16:28, Damien: Beaubourg 1 Aug 2022, 16:28, Sam: Been a nightmare finding wifi 1 Aug 2022, 16:28, Sam: Ah ok 1 Aug 2022, 16:28, Damien: It’s just in the corner 1 Aug 2022, 16:28, Damien: image omitted 1 Aug 2022, 16:30, Sam: Ah ok got it 1 Aug 2022, 16:30, Sam: I swear to god I will fucking pipe bomb EE 1 Aug 2022, 16:30, Damien: Hahahab 1 Aug 2022, 16:30, Damien: I know how to fix it lol 1 Aug 2022, 16:30, Sam: Monumentally useless 1 Aug 2022, 18:54, Sam: Aw, lol -> https://twitter.com/bartspits/status/1554132220708790273?s=24&t=sGuYCZPcNjqn9FW27PYeEQ 1 Aug 2022, 19:36, Sam: 1 Aug 2022, 20:56, Sam: 1 Aug 2022, 20:57, Sam: 1 Aug 2022, 21:01, Sam: Here ya go: https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B1AGWZuqDI4jHo 1 Aug 2022, 21:13, Damien: Oh shame darling, bar is closed 1 Aug 2022, 21:13, Damien: There’s a gorgeous one by the louvre 1 Aug 2022, 21:14, Damien: I’ll send you a location when hI n I get there 1 Aug 2022, 21:15, Sam: Parfait, je te verrais là-bas! 1 Aug 2022, 21:15, Sam: J’t’aime 💕 1 Aug 2022, 21:25, Damien: Location: https://maps.google.com/?q=48.861610,2.335230 1 Aug 2022, 21:29, Damien: Le café marly 1 Aug 2022, 21:32, Sam: Ah sorry, perfecto, I’ll head down now! Provided you guys are ready and don’t want more time alone? I’m very happy either way, I don’t want to intrude, but nor do I want to spend time without you(s) lol 1 Aug 2022, 21:33, Damien: Yes come soon xx 1 Aug 2022, 23:13, Sam: Omg lou reed! 1 Aug 2022, 23:13, Sam: Walk on the wild side 2 Aug 2022, 03:48, Sam: image omitted 2 Aug 2022, 03:48, Sam: image omitted 2 Aug 2022, 03:48, Sam: image omitted 2 Aug 2022, 03:48, Sam: image omitted 2 Aug 2022, 03:48, Sam: image omitted 2 Aug 2022, 03:48, Sam: image omitted 2 Aug 2022, 03:48, Sam: image omitted 2 Aug 2022, 03:48, Sam: image omitted 2 Aug 2022, 03:48, Sam: image omitted 2 Aug 2022, 03:48, Sam: image omitted 2 Aug 2022, 03:48, Sam: image omitted 2 Aug 2022, 03:48, Sam: image omitted 2 Aug 2022, 03:48, Sam: image omitted 2 Aug 2022, 03:48, Sam: image omitted 2 Aug 2022, 03:48, Sam: image omitted 2 Aug 2022, 03:48, Sam: image omitted 2 Aug 2022, 03:48, Sam: image omitted 2 Aug 2022, 03:48, Sam: image omitted 2 Aug 2022, 14:08, Sam: Ok, predictably I’ve missed that train - I’ll get the 3:30 one and see you a bit later on! 2 Aug 2022, 14:09, Sam: Yeah I think that was a somewhat colossally stupid thing to do, to leave it quite so late - sorry, I didn’t really even have time to connect to the wifi 2 Aug 2022, 14:16, Damien: Oh no darling. Poor you. I thought you were right behind 🥺. 2 Aug 2022, 14:17, Damien: So sorry 2 Aug 2022, 14:17, Damien: I thought you booked it at the restaurant 2 Aug 2022, 14:17, Damien: I’ll see you in Cannes, in a few hours x 2 Aug 2022, 14:17, Damien: What time does the next train arrive in at? 2 Aug 2022, 14:21, Sam: Oh no, I 100% meant for you to get on that train either way - I realised it was unlikely I’d get it sorted in time, even if I _had_ bought tickets (the train was long gone by the time I’d even connected to the wifi to buy or download them) 2 Aug 2022, 14:21, Sam: But yeah, it would have made no sense for you to miss the train too - if anything this gives me some time and solitude to get some work done, tbh 2 Aug 2022, 14:47, Damien: I’m sorry darling, I should of factored in time to buy a ticket. In any case that works fine, I think your train gets in at 10 or so? 2 Aug 2022, 15:00, Sam: Oh gosh no, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean for a moment that it was your fault! No, that would be preposterous, that I not be responsible for buying my own ticket in time, but you be responsible for making sure I do.. Nah, it was a somewhat stupid choice we _all_ made to leave _so_ absurdly late (I’m cavalier myself, but even I’d have left 5-10 mins if it were solely my call, lol), but my failure to pre-book a ticket - not that it made any difference anyway - is on me 👨‍⚖️ 2 Aug 2022, 15:00, Sam: Haha sorry I can never be at all concise 2 Aug 2022, 15:00, Sam: Anyway, yeah, I get in at half 10 - is that much much paternalistically than you? I can’t quite recall 2 Aug 2022, 15:01, Sam: much much _later_*, lol - autocorrect going a bit Biden there 2 Aug 2022, 15:15, Sam: Also, do you mind if I Instagram one of those photos of you? I’ll send you the one I had in mind.. I guess you can see from my Instagram that I like sharing photos of beautiful things, and you’re the most beautiful thing I’ve seen 2 Aug 2022, 15:16, Damien: Oh I think I get in at 8ish. We can work it out. Is it a bit late to land up at Phils. Perhaps we should get a hotel. What do you think? 2 Aug 2022, 15:17, Sam: Aaaalso how do you feel about what I said last night about boning up together on our French? I’d really really like that (partly so we can go to France together - skiing or Paris or the Midi or whatever - but mainly so we have a _langue privée_) 2 Aug 2022, 15:17, Damien: Post as you like. Hahaa you’re far too kind 2 Aug 2022, 15:17, Damien: Okay yes amazing 👌🏻 2 Aug 2022, 15:17, Damien: Shall we book some trips more in advance 2 Aug 2022, 15:18, Sam: Yeah let me see what I can sort out with Phil, but it may be good to at least prepare for a hotel.. Do you want to perhaps both look separately, and we can try to find (a) the nicest hotel and (b) the most-sufferable cheapest hotel (will explain my philosophy here but let’s see what we can do) 2 Aug 2022, 15:18, Sam: Aww thank you, jta 2 Aug 2022, 15:19, Sam: Aww I’m super excited - let me send you my cheat sheet when I’ve finished adding everything that I can think of to v1 (and removing everything I can think to remove!!) 2 Aug 2022, 15:19, Damien: Hmm I’m just thinking, does your train stop at Saint Raphael Vascure? Because that’s right beside St Tropez, and we could do a night or two there. 2 Aug 2022, 15:19, Damien: Ahh yes this is exactly what I do too haha 2 Aug 2022, 15:19, Sam: Yes let’s do it!!! I love the idea of just booking the trains / planes / whatever - it’s a great forcing function, while leaving the rest free to play by ear or at least closer to the time 2 Aug 2022, 15:20, Sam: Let me check! 👀 2 Aug 2022, 15:20, Sam: Awww sweet! Haha 2 Aug 2022, 15:21, Sam: 2 Aug 2022, 15:21, Sam: Lemme know some time before 10pm :) I’ll look in both Cannes and St T - and prob the hotel options will influence our choice 2 Aug 2022, 15:22, Sam: Aw I don’t think I’d be so relaxed with anyone else in such an objectively chaotic situation, lol 2 Aug 2022, 15:23, Damien: Oh yea have a look, and we can see. I’m easy either way xx 2 Aug 2022, 15:23, Damien: Hahaha sorry, I’m far too laid back 😜 2 Aug 2022, 15:29, Sam: Nah I love it 💙 I’m normally ‘the more laid-back one’ (to mutilate Auden lol) but I think you’re slightly beyond even me 2 Aug 2022, 15:30, Sam: 2 Aug 2022, 15:30, Sam: Full marks for GIF choices there, if you look closely, lmao 2 Aug 2022, 15:31, Damien: 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 2 Aug 2022, 15:31, Damien: Next time 🤣😂🤣😂 2 Aug 2022, 15:40, Sam: 2 Aug 2022, 15:40, Sam: 2 Aug 2022, 15:41, Sam: Haha ikr - congenitally unembarrassed (prob a better word than shameless, the more I think about kieran) 2 Aug 2022, 15:41, Sam: ((since actually he does have intense shame, or pudeur, or whatever you want to call it … you could write a whole thesis on how that - needing to drink the contents of a brewery before having sex - somehow coexists with “I just masturbated” or whatever the hell that was) 2 Aug 2022, 15:42, Damien: Oui bien sûr, est mon chevaux, bon? 2 Aug 2022, 15:43, Damien: HAhaha quite, these things happen. Keiran would do it without a care in the world. 😂😂 2 Aug 2022, 15:44, Sam: Chevaux? Cheveux peut-etre? Je comprends pas, haha 2 Aug 2022, 15:44, Sam: 🐎 2 Aug 2022, 15:45, Damien: Hahaha admittedly he was embarrassed after he said it, but nevertheless it was totally not okay to say haha 2 Aug 2022, 15:45, Sam: Haha sorry I’m not not understanding because my French is good - I’m not understanding because my French is bad, lol 2 Aug 2022, 15:45, Sam: Yeeeah - I mean I would pay good money to know what on earth could possibly have been going through his head 2 Aug 2022, 15:45, Sam: Clearly not sufficient oxygen, that’s for sure 2 Aug 2022, 15:45, Damien: Cheval 🐎 2 Aug 2022, 15:46, Damien: Chevaux - hair 2 Aug 2022, 15:46, Damien: Je pense 🤔 2 Aug 2022, 15:46, Damien: lol 2 Aug 2022, 15:47, Damien: I think he thought it was a frat house or something 2 Aug 2022, 16:10, Sam: Haha you’re wrong but you’re right about why you’re wrong 😁 _chevaux_ is the plural of _cheval_ (horse), while _cheveux_ is the plural of _cheveu_ (hair) 2 Aug 2022, 16:10, Sam: Nah he was definitely cracking onto you in some gross kieranic way - it doesn’t sound like a ‘straight lads out on the lash’ thing 2 Aug 2022, 16:11, Damien: Hahaha fucking French 😂 2 Aug 2022, 16:12, Damien: Yes not sure he could pull of straight lad out on the lash 😂😂😂😂 2 Aug 2022, 16:23, Sam: Haha I know, I knooooow, that’s why I want to figure out the key stuff I need to learn… I swear to god it’s those dozen or so most common verbs, not the random arcane vocabulary everyone obsesses about, out of the weird primitive notion that “fluency = knowing every word, not being in a state of not-knowing-words”.. You can get pretty far with the key verbs and grammatical concepts, connectives, etc, and then just _comment dire [English word]?_ for the rest, lol 2 Aug 2022, 16:24, Sam: Haha, no, I don’t think that’s really Kieran’s style at all.. god, everything about that story is so utterly eldritch, and it gets worse the more you think about it 2 Aug 2022, 16:57, Damien: darling did you have a chance to look at hotels? 2 Aug 2022, 17:18, Damien: Lol I think my train has broken down 2 Aug 2022, 17:19, Damien: So we may arrive at the same time at this rate 2 Aug 2022, 17:20, Sam: Ooh I’m just finishing off some work, then I’ll do that xoxo 2 Aug 2022, 17:21, Sam: I’ve got lots of time, so should be totally fine 2 Aug 2022, 17:21, Sam: Aww I’m sorry - I knew something like that would happen, that the universe would correct its unusual decision to mete out to me some bad luck 2 Aug 2022, 17:22, Sam: (lol I’m kidding, I’m not that much of a colossal kieranic solipsist) 2 Aug 2022, 17:22, Sam: ly bbz 2 Aug 2022, 17:23, Damien: Hahaha 😝 2 Aug 2022, 17:46, Sam: Christ this fucking country, I swear to god 2 Aug 2022, 17:46, Sam: the internet is making me want to kill myself with a spoon 2 Aug 2022, 17:46, Sam: i know the french are a slow people but how do they tolerate this ?!?!?! 2 Aug 2022, 18:03, Damien: HAHHAHAHAHA 2 Aug 2022, 18:03, Damien: I know, they’re so painfully lazy 2 Aug 2022, 18:03, Damien: They probably don’t notice 2 Aug 2022, 18:29, Sam: Hahaha, probably not… but yeah it’s like fucking waiting for Godot every time I try to load a website (Speaking of which, did you see the photos of you that I posted on the Gram? God, you are so heartbreakingly beautiful.. I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry, please tell me _tais-toi_ if you want to, I know you _do_ want to, but honestly I’m just dumbstruck 💕) 2 Aug 2022, 18:36, Sam: Less soppily, you _have_ to let me take some more photos of you, especially while we’re on the Cap! I really think I understand your prettiness inside out and backwards, and I know how to get a good photo of you (admittedly that’s far from difficult, lmao) 2 Aug 2022, 19:00, Damien: Hahaha not at all. I’m sure you’ll change your mind soon enough, must of been a good angle. Lol 2 Aug 2022, 19:00, Damien: Shall we go to St Tropez, or stay in Cannes 2 Aug 2022, 19:04, Sam: Change my mind about what? Haha, if you mean what I think you mean, I’ve not changed my mind about that for many many years 😂 Let me try a few more and I’ll be curious to see if you think my photos are improvements or not, ie whether they really are better or whether I’m just taking the sort of photos I totally-subjectively prefer 2 Aug 2022, 19:04, Sam: Ay, there’s the rub 2 Aug 2022, 19:05, Sam: Let me take a quick look at hotels now, since I’m p much done with work, and that should make it significantly easier to decide 2 Aug 2022, 20:19, Sam: Ohhhh wait my train is also an hour behind - ok that’s prob good, since I was worried we were approaching the 10pm mark for making a decision 2 Aug 2022, 20:20, Sam: How’s ur train bbz (lol)? 2 Aug 2022, 20:28, Damien: Oh sorry I nodded off, I just seen my train doesn’t get into Cannes till 22:30 🥲 2 Aug 2022, 20:28, Damien: I think it may be too late to get to St Tropez this eve. 2 Aug 2022, 20:28, Damien: Really I think either Cannes or Nice is fine 2 Aug 2022, 20:28, Damien: Shall we look at hotels there 2 Aug 2022, 20:33, Sam: Yeah, which do you prefer? I probably slightly prefer Cannes, just for being smaller / not a full-on megalopolis (or mediopolis at least) like Paris or London 2 Aug 2022, 20:34, Sam: I’ll look at some hotels now 👀 2 Aug 2022, 20:34, Sam: Tu me manques xox 2 Aug 2022, 21:26, Sam: 2 Aug 2022, 21:26, Sam: Also, sorry, found some places, lemme grab the links 2 Aug 2022, 21:49, Damien: Hahahaha 2 Aug 2022, 21:49, Damien: He’s so retro lol 2 Aug 2022, 21:49, Damien: I’ve just arrived in at Cannes 2 Aug 2022, 21:49, Damien: When is your train due in? 2 Aug 2022, 22:34, Missed audio call 2 Aug 2022, 22:45, Sam: Hey shit I’m sorry, I fell asleep 2 Aug 2022, 22:45, Sam: Just got out 2 Aug 2022, 22:45, Sam: Thank god for the very sweet family sitting next to me who were also getting off at Cannes 2 Aug 2022, 22:46, Sam: I’m really really sorry, I feel terrible - I’ll get a cab right now to wherever you are and we can strategise 2 Aug 2022, 22:49, Sam: Sorry, just got onto wifi to send that ^^ aaaaargh 2 Aug 2022, 22:49, Sam: I really hope you’re still awake and still around.. I’m really really sorry, I can’t find words to express what a fuckup this is 2 Aug 2022, 22:49, Damien: Hahahaha 2 Aug 2022, 22:50, Damien: Oh gosh poor you 2 Aug 2022, 22:50, Damien: I nodded off too 2 Aug 2022, 22:50, Damien: Location: https://maps.google.com/?q=43.551453,7.022128 2 Aug 2022, 22:50, Sam: Sorry if I made you panic :| 2 Aug 2022, 22:50, Sam: Oh I am so so so glad you’re still awake and here 2 Aug 2022, 22:50, Damien: I’m just getting a vodka. 2 Aug 2022, 22:50, Damien: Lol I was going to send out a search party lol 2 Aug 2022, 22:50, Sam: Can’t possibly find words to articulate my vicissitudes of emotion here lol 2 Aug 2022, 22:50, Sam: Awww i l y xo 2 Aug 2022, 22:51, Sam: Before I leave this station I’m going to sort out some mobile internet because this situation is impracticable 2 Aug 2022, 22:51, Sam: Gimme a few mins 2 Aug 2022, 22:51, Damien: Oh yes that makes sense 2 Aug 2022, 22:51, Damien: You may get it on the the EE app 2 Aug 2022, 22:52, Damien: Or if you call 150 2 Aug 2022, 22:52, Sam: Aww thank you, I’ll try that 💙 2 Aug 2022, 22:52, Sam: really starting to appreciate you even more than usual rn xo 2 Aug 2022, 22:53, Sam: Then I’ll get myself to your vodka clinic asap and we can make a plan xoxo 2 Aug 2022, 22:55, Sam: 2 Aug 2022, 22:56, Sam: Ohhh I didn’t pay my bill - I just read that text!! Lol 2 Aug 2022, 22:56, Damien: Ahhahahahaha 2 Aug 2022, 22:56, Damien: Lol 2 Aug 2022, 22:56, Sam: (I replaced my card like 2 or 3 months ago and I keep forgetting to add the new one, and have to pay my bill manually 🤦‍♂️) 2 Aug 2022, 22:56, Sam: Ah thank god that explains it, god why am I so unobservant 2 Aug 2022, 23:06, Damien: Hahahaha 2 Aug 2022, 23:06, Damien: Poor you darling 2 Aug 2022, 23:06, Damien: Hate when things like that happen 2 Aug 2022, 23:08, Damien: Darling walk the other way 2 Aug 2022, 23:13, Missed audio call 3 Aug 2022, 01:53, Sam: Lol I’m sorry if my apparently disturbed body has kept you awake - hopefully you’re reading this tomorrow morning, though you could be asleep for all I know, except I can’t quite tell if you’re 100% asleep, so either way I’m texting to be safe 3 Aug 2022, 01:54, Sam: (Sorry, that was terribly worded) 3 Aug 2022, 02:03, Sam: Shit, I’m sorry again, I was trying to turtle have a whore’s bath to freshen up after today without the noise of a shower, but in this dead silence everything feels excruciatingly loud, even so much as a tap or a bump… I’m not quite sure if perhaps your coughing was intended to signal your awake-ness, though I’m not sure to what end that would be 3 Aug 2022, 02:03, Sam: lol, quietly*, not turtle 3 Aug 2022, 10:41, Sam: Thank you so much for being so helpful with the logistics, I really appreciate it - sorry, I know it’s not your job to go running around making my holiday work (and making my work a holiday) - you’re an absolute gem of a human being and I appreciate you so so so so much xx 3 Aug 2022, 10:51, Damien: Oh darling you shouldn’t worry about making noice xx 3 Aug 2022, 10:51, Damien: Oh no not at all 3 Aug 2022, 10:51, Damien: I don’t mind at all. Maybe later on when you feel up, we can work out a plan xx 3 Aug 2022, 11:33, Damien: Oh darling the room is ready btw 3 Aug 2022, 11:35, Damien: I’m just at the beach. There was an issue with my card, In that I think I’ve lost it. So please tell me what I owe you for yesterday and today and i’ll send it over. 3 Aug 2022, 11:38, Sam: That would be perfect! I do feel perfectly up, haha - it’s more that I have work I need to do (but I can come do it over there if need be!) Also you don’t owe me anything for today - you booked it on your own card, I’m pretty sure :) We can work out whatever difference there is when I get there - unless it’s to your advantage, in which case I couldn’t care less, I’m not gonna do a kieran, hah 3 Aug 2022, 11:39, Sam: I’m starting to be harassed by the cleaners, lol, so I should prob head over to the new hotel 😂 3 Aug 2022, 12:07, Sam: Wow, Jesus, this is a hell of a room - thank you for being spectacular as always 🥰 3 Aug 2022, 15:01, Missed audio call 3 Aug 2022, 15:34, Sam: Oh no, sorry, I missed your call - what’s up? 3 Aug 2022, 16:47, Sam: 3 Aug 2022, 16:47, Sam: 3 Aug 2022, 18:02, Sam: Hey, we’re in Cannes, we have one more night at this hotel, and *tldr, on Damien’s “stop being English about it” spirit, we’re going to get a train and drop by tonight and see what’s going on, since it’s easiest with our plans*… Please *LMK if this is NOK* - we’re very prepared for no one to be home, but hey, we don’t too much mind a 20min train journey and so 🤷‍♀️ 🤷‍♀️ 🤷‍♀️ Longer story: I’m trying to figure what to do since I’ve not heard back. Ordinarily I’d prob infer you were just being polite (ugh that word), but given the very concrete plan of “we will be nearby next week” and your reply very much “oh then please come to this very house on that very week” I’m not sure you could possibly have expected this to unfold any differently, so I’m … stumped, but doubtful the invitation could possibly not have been sincere So I’m gonna assume that you wrote that in the expectation that we would come (which, well, I can’t imagine otherwise) and that you’ve not replied to my _penultimate_ message out of ordinary (ie human; conversation-has-to-tail-off-somewhere sorta thing) social sloppiness, and to my _very last_ message for some reason or another, maybe you missed it or maybe you’ve been busy with your (own!) family, and in any case on rereading it it was pretty unclear and un-urgent-sounding anyway, so … yeah, *long story short, the best option we can see (wanting to see you and wanting you to meet Damien) is to just go out on a limb at this point and turn up on your doorstep*, which I appreciate is quite bold but for all the reasons I mentioned I’m willing to take the gamble that you’ll be glad to see us - please get in touch if at all possible either way, because we’re heading off from Cannes literally as soon as I’ve sent this 3 Aug 2022, 19:02, Sam: This is what I meant when I was mocking that ‘I support sex workers’ crap: https://www.reddit.com/r/stupidpol/comments/wf4r4o/our_sister_sub_getting_it_right_the_other_side_of/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf 3 Aug 2022, 19:03, Sam: (Obviously at face value I would agree with the statement - the trouble is it’s not used remotely at face value, but to say ‘I support sex _work_’) 3 Aug 2022, 19:05, Sam: 3 Aug 2022, 19:06, Sam: I hate this utterly brainslappingly inane bollocks that passes for educated opinion 3 Aug 2022, 19:47, Sam: image omitted 3 Aug 2022, 19:48, Sam: 4 Aug 2022, 12:07, Sam: 4 Aug 2022, 12:07, Sam: 4 Aug 2022, 12:07, Sam: 4 Aug 2022, 12:07, Sam: 4 Aug 2022, 14:04, Sam: FYI I’ve just booked a direct flight to LHR on BA, 6:30pm -> 7:40pm, about £200 4 Aug 2022, 14:05, Sam: Good to have up your sleeve if _le jet facile_ happens to fall through 4 Aug 2022, 14:06, Sam: 4 Aug 2022, 14:09, Damien: Oh gosh how did you get it so cheap? 4 Aug 2022, 14:10, Sam: I honestly don’t know! The prices seem to be all over the place today - luck of the draw, I think 🤷‍♂️ (Or rather plane ticket pricing is inestimably complex because there’s so much money in it and the supply/demand/behaviouraleconomics maths is so complicated, but at a first approximation it’s luck, lol) 4 Aug 2022, 14:11, Sam: At a first approximation it’s magic 🪄 😁 4 Aug 2022, 14:14, Damien: Haha I’m so jealous 4 Aug 2022, 14:14, Damien: I just had to throw away £100 of cosmetics 4 Aug 2022, 14:14, Damien: And will probably have to pay for 100 to check my bag 4 Aug 2022, 14:14, Sam: Oh god - almost as much as the flight, lol 4 Aug 2022, 14:14, Sam: Oh, lol, more than the flight then 4 Aug 2022, 14:15, Sam: Yeah my dad did that with his expensive designer metal lighters (Paul Smith and whatever) on the reg 4 Aug 2022, 14:15, Sam: I think I said, lol 4 Aug 2022, 14:15, Sam: And was horrified and regretful every time 4 Aug 2022, 14:27, Sam: 4 Aug 2022, 15:04, Sam: Oh hey boyfriend I’m quite keen to hear what they ask you in terms of COVID vaccination documents & all that 💉 🙏 4 Aug 2022, 15:47, Damien: Hahahahhaha 4 Aug 2022, 15:47, Damien: Lol Cute xx 4 Aug 2022, 16:45, Damien: Oh they didn’t ask for anything fortunately 4 Aug 2022, 16:45, Damien: Just arriving into Venice 4 Aug 2022, 16:45, Damien: Shame you’re not here :( 4 Aug 2022, 17:14, Sam: Aww I wish I were there too - how long have you got in Venice? Promise you’ll take a photo for me? I just got through security and I’m about to board - I left some water bottles, perfume, etc in my bag, so they were picking it apart, and I was joking with them about the miscellanea (with tremendous sangfroid if I say so myself) while praying they stopped before they found the box with the heroin… 4 Aug 2022, 17:15, Sam: Hope ur flights and Venice sojourn go well xox 4 Aug 2022, 20:48, Damien: Omg 4 Aug 2022, 20:48, Damien: I would have been freaking out ahhaa 4 Aug 2022, 22:12, Sam: I _was_ freaking out 😜😜 I guess ‘visibly freaking out’ is different from ‘internally freaking out’, especially for me, lol… Speaking of which, I’ve just arrived to find Oli here, and Kieran droning on about something or other that sounded like he was trying to trash-talk you and me … at least until Oli started back-pedalling and kicking up dirt and generally making a lot of inhaling noises and half-formed attempts at speech to indicate my having got back, haha… (Not to suggest that Oli was somehow complicit with Kieran, just that he was trying to alert Kieran by way of the only thing he knows how to do, namely half-conscious spluttering, lol) 4 Aug 2022, 23:16, Damien: God he’s so pathetic. I really want to leave that place, it’s so awful. 5 Aug 2022, 00:10, Sam: God I absoLUTEly cannot stand him.. It’s not just the micro-story I retailed above, but also I’ve been drinking with him and Oli, and he’s been so insufferable that even Oli is cringing at him (no judgement of Oli - I have great love for Oli - but he’s far more tolerant!).. Gosh what was it? We were talking about Irish accents and, having made some ratty putdown about your accent (never failing to sell up whoever’s so much as turned their back, in return for a desperate claw at social cachet), and with Oli complaining about how people consider you (ie _one_) non-Irish if you don’t have an Irish accent, I made some crap joke about it being like considering someone not-black because they don’t say “wagwan”, and you could see Kieran’s eyes light up with the resolve to make some sort of racist joke (and thereby I suppose to impress us, in his reckoning), but without having any idea of what the joke would be, and ended up stammering through this painful attempt at a joke for about 20 seconds (to hold the floor) before coming out with “well….maybe they _aren’t_ black, then!” (Good one Kieran!) 5 Aug 2022, 00:11, Sam: God it’s just so tawdry.. So desperate to get in with whoever the current person is, by selling out whoever is not the current person… and not wise enough to understand that loyalty and integrity and kindness are far more valuable socially (not that that’s the reason one should aim to be that!) than stabbing people in the back for some cheap momentary laugh, not least because people are smart enough to know you’re a shitty person who will turn around and do the same to them 5 Aug 2022, 00:14, Sam: Sorry to be going on about this but it just grosses me out so so fucking much.. It’s so utterly fucking pathetic to behold.. If there’s one thing I’ve learned from this holiday, it’s how much I love and adore and care about you (because you’re a good egg through and through 🥚), and how much I loathe Kieran and all the miserable, craven, unctuous, Widmerpoolian qualities he represents.. I can’t put into words how much I want to punch him in the face when I see someone like him mocking someone like you 5 Aug 2022, 00:24, Sam: God I can hear him now making snide remarks at Oli about Exeter University… like, yeah, Kieran, what did Nancy Mitford say about BPP Law School Property of McDonald’s Inc 5 Aug 2022, 00:28, Sam: Aaand he’s currently ‘correcting’ Oli, who just said something about how some person has “a certain facility for language” (quite correctly albeit speaking a bit like my grandmother), which kieran has decided is _quite_ incorrect and amusingly so, presumably because he thinks ‘facility’ only means e.g. a cash withdrawal facility 5 Aug 2022, 17:30, Damien: Sorry for the delay In messaging, I was so agonisingly tired when I got in last night. I love Oli, but having to deal with him when he’s drunk at 3:00am is not exactly what I wanted to do when I got home after a long journey. He eventually passed out, I hope he wasn’t keeping you up too much as well, it was exhausting. Honestly I’m not really surprised that Kieran would be so two faced. I really don’t care whatever putdown he made about me, he probably says a lot worse to other people. I usually just turn a blind eye or try not to think about it. But arriving back yesterday to see the squalid sty he had turned the place into, (which is still like that now), and then shooing me on the stairs to move out of his way. I really cannot justify this flatshare, considering the rent percentage, and how disrespectful he is. He plays the pauper, and dominates this house. As you’ve probably noticed, I really don’t like any type of mess, and when trying to organise a £20 cleaner a week, he says he can’t afford it. Meanwhile entertains some generic Asian with cocktails on bar on Park Lane… not to mention asking us to pay him to clean. The more I think about it the more ludicrous and outrageous it is. Not to mention those things you told me Paris about the going’s on in the Shoreditch flat which were really quite dreadful. I think I should float the idea of ending the lease with him over the weekend. I think it’s best if it’s amical as possible. I can’t imagine he’d be as difficult not to be agreeable. God the state the of this flat is so depressing. Could you please message Mohammad, and see if he can come as soon as possible, it’s so gross 🤮. Also is there anything I’ve left in your bag, from when we were leaving the hotel yesterday. God I feel so awful today I have no idea why, trying to get some rest hopefully I’ll perk up :( 5 Aug 2022, 18:16, Sam: Yeah I don’t disagree with any of this, especially the point about Kieran’s double act (I think I was saying the same thing about his rent split with Eugene, that arguing a 200-1800 split is necessary is just not consistent with spending more than that on coke every weekend - he seems to regard rent as some tiny insignificant low-priority payment, at least for himself, though everyone else is expected to make any sacrifices necessary so that he doesn’t have to pay a normal amount / proportion of his income). “The more I think about it the more outrageous it is” - yeah I think this is the classic story with Kieran, the classic move-out-inducing metanoia. I don’t know why I reset to a blank slate when he asked to share a flat again this year. I’m sorry, it’s entirely my bad: there was no real way for you to know (how someone is as a flatmate is really pretty separate from how they are as a social acquaintance) whereas for me there was every way for me to know.. “He plays the pauper and dominates this house” - yeah that’s always been his strategy, to be a sort of Tartuffe figure. I’m not suggesting it’s necessarily conscious and self-aware, but it’s the way he’s fallen into being, presumably because he’s learned that it gets results. It’s why I’d be seriously torn about not telling Edward, if both of them were planning to share Edward’s house. It does feel like twisting the knife, wrt Kieran, but on the other hand I like Edward and it feels very very shitty to stand back despite knowing exactly what will happen (since Kieran doesn’t ever seem to learn his lesson and change - and it’s hard for me to come to a verdict on whether he would even benefit from being honest and upright, provided he doesn’t mind the occasional inconvenience of being caught out and sent on his way). We should discuss it with him amicably over the weekend, 100%. I expect it would have the positive side-effect of making him less shitty in the intervening time. (It’s funny to see that my suspicion was right after all: he’d fix his behaviour for a while - incidentally showing he well understands what he was doing wrong - and then lose interest as the immediate threat seems to have passed..) Aaaanyway *all the above stream-of-consciousness musing isn’t that essential - the key bits are:* Yes I’ll message Mohammed now and get him to come asap. Also, yeah, I feel dreadful too - is it an intense cold-like feeling, like a headache and a sore throat? And also feeling tired etc? I don’t know if you left anything in my bag, but I can check if you know what you’re looking for, or you’re welcome to check (I can bring it up). I’d check for you but I don’t know if I’d 100% remember what’s mine and what’s yours. Of course you’re always totally welcome to any drugs I may or may not have - if you let me know if there’s anything that feels like it might help, I can check around my room. 5 Aug 2022, 18:25, Sam: Oh also yeah I wouldn’t worry in the least about anything Kieran said or says about you. For one, we’re all ridiculous, and I think the worst insult of all is to be totally normal. Also, like I said about Jamison, I’ve been called worse things by better people. And - like with that anecdote I mentioned about Kieran trying to come up with a racist joke on the fly - he’s literally just making this stuff up to try to amuse whoever he’s with, since he’s trying to invent himself as some kind of shitty Gore Vidal knockoff, without the sense of humour. For whatever reason he’s learned that putting other people down, and doing it in a witty way (not that he actually _accomplishes_ that part 99% of the time), is what gets him approval from people. It’s pathetic. You’re an immeasurably better person than he is, you’re worth more than he is on your worst day. 💙 5 Aug 2022, 19:48, Sam: Aaalso do you mind if I give you the rest of this heroin, maybe tomorrow? It doesn’t really matter too much if you keep it or use it or throw it away, it’s just less _immediately_ aversive than throwing it all away 5 Aug 2022, 19:49, Sam: In fact, are you around tonight? I dunno if I’m around tonight - probably depends on whether a drink and some painkillers (ORDINARY painkillers, lol) make me feel better - but if I am & if you are, then I’d love as always to watch some rubbish in bed xo 5 Aug 2022, 20:22, Sam: Btw I’ve just realised: I got some anti-histamines earlier as part of my “please god palliate this cold” pack (you’re welcome to try some of the other stuff too) - but I was thinking, if your main issue with heroin is nausea, and since the prospect of addiction and whatever seems pretty low for you (even with the nausea I loved it), you might consider trying heroin with antihistamines.. It potentiates the heroin, and also cancels out the nausea, and IME it’s a pretty predictably potent palliative even for the common cold - well, either it palliates the symptoms, or it makes you just not care 😅 (And because I can seemingly never write a short message, TLDR: have got antihistamines, maybe try heroin with antihistamines, should make you feel much better) 5 Aug 2022, 20:38, Sam: Also, I realised earlier when I was referring to Tartuffe (and looked up Molière’s catalogue since I remembered we’d been talking about him with Jacques): I was insisting to Jacques that Molière wrote tragedies as well as comedies, and I think I was citing Phèdre and (mortifyingly) Racine, as if the latter was a play.. Turns out Racine was the author of Phèdre, and I somehow decided both were the names of plays and both were written by Molière.. I must have come across as a total imbecile and pseud, and now I look back on it he was very gracious about it 😭😄 5 Aug 2022, 21:41, Damien: Oh yes I forgot about the Eugene arrangement, it’s quite sad as they were supposed to be friends, and Kieran stood by ripping him off. It’s shocking that he’s been getting away with doing it for so long, but really I think coming back yesterday exhausted, and seeing just a pile of dishes and mess everywhere, it’s like living in student accommodation, it’s just disgusting, and for the amount we’re paying we can get much nicer than this. As for Edward I think maybe you’re right, I could just say something to him I suppose. 5 Aug 2022, 21:45, Damien: Yes let me mention something to him first to see how he reacts and we can work out what best way to do it, I don’t want to get him to get upset. I think we just say we don’t like living here and we want to move, saying it’s more to do with the flat and area. 5 Aug 2022, 21:47, Damien: Yes can I check tomorrow at some point. I still feel horribly wretched this eve, I don’t know why, plus I didn’t get a proper night sleep with Oli here last night so hoping to fall asleep pretty soon. 5 Aug 2022, 21:49, Damien: Yah, honestly it doesn’t surprise, one bit. I feel more sorry for him that he has to make snide jokes about me to get people to like him. Did I ever tell you about him doing that at the LGBT Careers in Banking event, where he started bitching to these strangers when I was stood next to him 😅. Poor Kieran 💔 5 Aug 2022, 21:50, Damien: Yes ofc i can come down and get it from you if you like! 5 Aug 2022, 21:51, Damien: I would love to but, I’m still feeling a bit funny, and just want to crash these eve 5 Aug 2022, 21:52, Damien: Oh yes I was thinking about that, I might give it a go in a little while. The problem is that I never really get a satisfying buzz from in and I always end up feeling worse than I’ve ever felt the following day 🥲🥲 5 Aug 2022, 21:55, Sam: Just to reply to the more time-sensitive stuff first: • Yeah, re this evening, honestly I’m not feeling much better, so - much as I always love our ongoing film festival - I think maybe better to regain our strength and do something tomorrow if we feel better :) • Sure, re my bag, I’ve extracted most of the stuff I urgently need, so I’ve left it outside my room, and if it would be helpful I can bring it up to you (I didn’t want to do that spontaneously in case you or your room are a mess - which, if you’ve got the same thing I have, I’d be amazed if you/it weren’t 😅) • Re the drugs: if you mean tonight, I can put the heroin and the antihistamines in my bag, if you think it’s worth a try? And I’ll reply to the other less-time-sensitive things in some separate bullet points :) 5 Aug 2022, 21:57, Damien: Haha yah my room is a mess at the moment. It’s driving me mad. 5 Aug 2022, 21:57, Damien: Yes I can keep the heroin safe for you I won’t use it don’t worry 😉 5 Aug 2022, 22:09, Sam: Haha I don’t really mind, though I expect you probably won’t (if you remember my taxonomy of different kinds of intoxication/addiction-to-intoxication, you fall into the Louis category – drunkenness-intoxication, like alcohol and ketamine and GHB – which is probably better than the opioid-intoxication type (‘narcotic’ in the traditional sense, ‘dull narcotics numbing pain’)) Either way, if the antihistamines make you enjoy it more, let me know and I’ll keep an eye out for any signs of addiction, because you’ve got enough there for an ‘opioid-naïve’ person to do every day for at least a month 5 Aug 2022, 22:10, Sam: Haha I’m sure this means there are, like, three atoms out of place 😜😘 5 Aug 2022, 22:23, Sam: Wrt the other bits of these messages: • Lol, this all reminds me of my grandpa’s roommates at trinity: that one roommate (I think I told you the story) that, after months of my grandpa and the other guy leaving dirty dishes piled up in the bath, and all manner of other I’m-sure-even-more-horrendous stuff, just upped and left Cambridge one day and no one ever heard from him again (I think it runs in the family, since I remember hearing about my aunt’s wadham roommate having a nervous breakdown when she saw mould growing out of the top of one of the mugs in the sink 😂🤮 Then again, I think my emotional sensitivity outweighs my messiness - I’m virtually insensate when it comes to _my own_ room, or my own space in general, but I’d never let it affect you, or Raz, or anyone I’m sharing a space with..) • The Eugene arrangement is really sad, yeah. He was extraordinarily decent to Kieran - honestly all my experiences with him over the years make me certain that he’s a real gentleman - and it’s embarrassing that Kieran ripped him off and generally sneers at him, for his ‘weakness’ in being ripped off. It’s a horrible sort of Thucydidean worldview. • As for Edward, yeah, I think it would be wrong not to say _something_. I mean really I know I ought to say something to _whoever_ he ends up sharing a flat with, but with Edward the calculation seems especially clear/pressing, since I know he’s a sweet and kind person (and, at that, one who’s likely to feel bad/awkward about kicking Kieran out when it comes to that), and, while I can’t hound every single person he ends up trying to live with, one person - especially someone with all those vulnerable traits and whom I really like and care about - seems reasonable.. • Do you want to do it yourself then? You don’t think it’s better to do it together? I can see the benefits of making clear it’s a united front, so he doesn’t try to play us off against each other … then again, he’ll probably try that anyway, and he has zero chance of success, aaand also perhaps a one-on-one conversation is better (and less emotionally fraught since the two of you were never - gosh, to my eternal mortification - in a relationship). ^ sorry, I realise I’m rambling on in my stream of consciousness way, but I’m quite conflicted about some of those points 6 Aug 2022, 15:33, Damien: Darling I have to meet someone in soho at 5:30 do you have time for a drink somewhere before I dash? 6 Aug 2022, 15:53, Sam: Sure, absolutely! Say quarter past 4 maybe? Or half past? I’m easy 6 Aug 2022, 16:07, Damien: Half past is perfect 6 Aug 2022, 16:32, Damien: Sorry can I take another 15 mins 6 Aug 2022, 16:32, Damien: Just running behind 😩 6 Aug 2022, 16:32, Sam: Oh yeah totally fine, I didn’t even notice it’d turned half past 6 Aug 2022, 17:56, Sam: https://twitter.com/ncallanan/status/1555442434343141377?s=24&t=ofXIxxAmBYt74eAJzv9nqg 6 Aug 2022, 18:20, Sam: 6 Aug 2022, 19:15, Sam: Are you really back already?! Wawagwansuchthatyouleftsoearly? 6 Aug 2022, 20:53, Damien: Ugh Alex was with his friend Antony, I gather they’re going to be in Soho a while 6 Aug 2022, 20:54, Damien: And then I walked past white company and saw a topper 6 Aug 2022, 20:54, Damien: So I couldn’t be bothered carrying it in to soho lol 7 Aug 2022, 00:10, Sam: Haha fair enough - sorry I missed this! 7 Aug 2022, 00:11, Sam: & hopefully that door-unlocking arrangement should work 🤞 7 Aug 2022, 00:12, Sam: Btw I forgot to ask, do _you_ feel better today? Part of me really wants some company - as per usual - but I also feel absolutely wretched and I’m not sure if it’s even a wise idea, especially if you’re prob not ill 7 Aug 2022, 13:56, Damien: Thank you so much for leaving the door unlocked darling. I imagine you were probably a sleep when I came in. 7 Aug 2022, 13:56, Damien: How are you feeling today? 7 Aug 2022, 16:31, Damien: Did you manage to get in touch with Mohammed 7 Aug 2022, 18:46, Sam: He’s actually just replied to me - what day would work for us? And yeah, I was probably asleep, and I’m feeling a bit better, though I still have a temperature.. I was wondering if it’s some sort of heroin withdrawal, conceivably, given I’ve never had this sort of usage before (ie having stopped longer than ever and then used it for a week (almost) straight).. I was actually thinking two things: - First, if it’s cool with you, I might give you the login details to my Wickr acct (the only way I can get heroin). You don’t actually ever have to log in to the thing, but it would give me confidence to know that you might log in (/might _be_ logged in). Not so much because I’m concerned I’ll get more, but because I don’t want you to be concerned that I may in future, or, at any given point in time, that I may _already_ have ordered it & be on it. (I might throw in the details for my delivery tracking app, even my banking app (technically unsafe but I trust you absolutely). - Second, I was reflecting that my one week of using it probably wasn’t the worst thing. I’d come to idealise it while I was off it (as you could prob tell from our conversations), whereas from my week on it it was surprisingly mediocre. Like, not bad, I won’t pretend it’s not enjoyable, but it wasn’t the magical elixir of total happiness that I’d started to think of it as, in my mind. I’m glad of that. In many ways it felt like a booster vaccine for my decision to quit. Also, the danger you incur on that stuff is just not worth it. Not only stuff like waving it around in front of that police car in Cannes, but also my experience in security at Nice was really among the closest I’ve come to spending >= a decade in prison, and it’s insane that I was so cavalier about it, just to save £50 or whatever on drugs to bring back to the UK.. Anyway, it’s been interesting to think about, and in a lot of ways, well, je ne regrette rien, haha.. Btw I’m working on this increasingly large cheatsheet (which I’m turning into an app) which I’m hoping on its own can be the basis for learning good enough French to communicate privately with each other.. I’ll send you the current form tonight no matter what, so we can get on with it - and I’ll make sure it has all the stuff / vocab we need to talk about the flat situation, haha 8 Aug 2022, 17:39, Damien: Yes I’ll be happy to take the login details, anything I can do to help :) 8 Aug 2022, 17:40, Damien: Haha yes I was thinking it was slightly risqué 8 Aug 2022, 17:40, Damien: I’m so sorry to keep having to ask, but can you left me in 8 Aug 2022, 17:40, Damien: I’ve left me my keep inside 8 Aug 2022, 17:40, Sam: Oh sorry, I had headphones in 8 Aug 2022, 17:41, Sam: One mo 8 Aug 2022, 17:41, Damien: Can you let me in haha 8 Aug 2022, 17:41, Sam: Haha I got it 8 Aug 2022, 20:52, Sam: 🤙 lmk if you wanna have a drink or watch something later! might not be a bad thing to strategise about the Kieran situation 9 Aug 2022, 02:07, Sam: Absolute must-read: https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/01/inside-prince-andrews-misguided-bid-to-explain-away-epstein 9 Aug 2022, 02:22, Damien: Oh darling, did you want me to take those login details? 9 Aug 2022, 02:24, Sam: Yes, I’ve just got them out of my phone :) It’s username ‘samziz’ and password ‘spider1S’ (both my defaults for everything since I was like 10 - don’t even ask why because I have no memory and no clue 😂) 9 Aug 2022, 02:24, Sam: Oh and the app is Wickr, just in case I didn’t say 9 Aug 2022, 02:25, Sam: Oh btw btw I’m v much up for semi-watching a film if you were keen to, whenever you go to bed, though on the other hand it’s quite late and I’m also happy to do another night if you want to _actually watch_ something, lol 9 Aug 2022, 02:26, Damien: Oh yes perfect. When Olly goes then sure. 9 Aug 2022, 02:26, Sam: Aw, nice, let’s do it 🤝 9 Aug 2022, 02:26, Sam: And yeah no rush! 9 Aug 2022, 02:26, Damien: You don’t have anything to make me sleepy by any chance haha 9 Aug 2022, 02:26, Sam: I don’t, sorry :( I’d be up for ordering some if you wanted to give whatshisname a shot 🤷‍♂️ 9 Aug 2022, 02:27, Sam: You could also take some heroin - that’s likely to make you sleepy - i dunno what your thoughts are about it 9 Aug 2022, 02:31, Sam: Oh and my Hotmail account, which technically gives you access to my Monzo: email is ‘samziz@live.com’, password is ‘ZXCVbnm129’ 9 Aug 2022, 02:32, Sam: You probably don’t need that, it’s prob a bit excessive - though you have my absolute invitation to access it - but hey, I trust you absolutely 9 Aug 2022, 02:32, Sam: (To be clear the rationale is that you can see if I’ve spent money on drugs, with near-unavoidability) 9 Aug 2022, 02:33, Sam: None of this is your job or a serious worry of mine, but I want you to theoretically be able to, because it’s a check on me & because it might alleviate some of your (and I guess Kieran’s and anyone else’s) concern - that’s the main thing that distresses me, that other people are worried about me 9 Aug 2022, 02:44, Sam: :) let me know when you’re around 9 Aug 2022, 02:58, Damien: Oh come up whenever 9 Aug 2022, 02:58, Damien: I’m just getting ready for bed 9 Aug 2022, 04:33, Sam: Ohhh good I just woke up 9 Aug 2022, 04:33, Sam: I fell asleep awake on my bed 9 Aug 2022, 04:33, Sam: I’m really sorry - assuming you’re asleep, then maybe we can do it more properly tomorrow 9 Aug 2022, 04:34, Sam: I really miss sharing a bed with you (no homo) and I’m sorry for the crap excuse, haha 9 Aug 2022, 04:35, Sam: (Not ‘excuse’ in the sense of ‘it isn’t true’, to be clear!! Just still happens to be a crap excuse) 10 Aug 2022, 10:21, Damien: Sorry darling will replay to this properly 10 Aug 2022, 10:22, Damien: In a little while. 10 Aug 2022, 10:22, Damien: I’m feeling so wretched 10 Aug 2022, 10:22, Damien: You wouldn’t happen to any Benzos 10 Aug 2022, 10:22, Damien: I hate to ask 10 Aug 2022, 10:23, Damien: I’m going to get some from the pharmacy in a little while 10 Aug 2022, 10:42, Damien: Sorry about that ^ all of a sudden in felt quite sick 10 Aug 2022, 13:12, Sam: Ah sorry, I missed this - nope, I don’t, unfortunately 10 Aug 2022, 13:23, Damien: Oh that’s fine. Sorry to ask, I just realised I had ran out Valium and getting in a tizzy 😅 10 Aug 2022, 16:50, Sam: No probs! I suppose there’s always whatshisname 10 Aug 2022, 16:50, Sam: So what’s going on with Kieran? 10 Aug 2022, 16:51, Damien: Haha yah I’d rather not 😅 10 Aug 2022, 16:51, Damien: Apparently he’s got a new job 10 Aug 2022, 16:51, Damien: Quite a hike in salary he said 👌🏻 10 Aug 2022, 16:52, Damien: The last few days have been manic, and I haven’t got a chance to see his reaction to the idea of moving 10 Aug 2022, 16:52, Damien: I’ll do that to night maybe 🤞🏻 10 Aug 2022, 17:20, Sam: Haha fair enough!! 10 Aug 2022, 17:20, Sam: And oh yeah sorry I meant moving (assuming you didn’t mean the job thing in relation to that) 10 Aug 2022, 17:22, Sam: I suppose it’s not a rush but I’m not sure whether this is a serious plan or just a perennial thing, blowing off steam, haha (mainly wrt looking for flats etc, and also probably - eventually - I want to move either way) 10 Aug 2022, 17:23, Sam: I suppose if he’s got a new job then that might make him more open to moving, and possibly just getting his own flat 10 Aug 2022, 17:23, Sam: (Though even that seems likely to end acrimoniously at this rate..) 10 Aug 2022, 17:38, Damien: Oh no, I can’t tell you how much I hate living here. This area of town is so awful, I mean there’s been a murder, a tramp turning following me the door, a groping and whatever that screaming match was outside the other morning, and then the squalid filth inside the flat. It just doesn’t add up to the amount we’re paying. I think before looking at flats we ought to a agree a time frame with Kieran, so we know when we need to move by. Although that isn’t much of an issue considering we both have places to go in the interim if it comes to that. We should then put it to the landlord and iron out the details and agree it with him. You know how slippery they tend to be, withholding money, going overboard with wear and tear. I think after that we can post it online, or try to rely it again with Lurot and Brand, I know a few estate agents do this but they typically take hefty fee. I’ve never relet a flat so I don’t know how easy it is or isn’t. Someone was telling me the rental market was quite hot with people not wanting to buy and instead deciding to rent, although not sure how all that will balance out. Also I was also thinking that if Kieran feels bitter about the whole thing he could make it so difficult to relet, by making a mess or telling prospective tenants that there was a murder outside 😂 idk maybe I’ve went off the ball on this different scenarios. 10 Aug 2022, 17:40, Damien: Oh I think that would suit him. I also wonder whether he’ll try to bridge the gap on the rent share seeing now he’s earning a considerable amount.. I mean I think it would be a decent thing to do. But I don’t know how much of an argument there is there. 10 Aug 2022, 19:23, Damien: Hey just on my way back now, does 8 work? 10 Aug 2022, 22:05, Sam: https://unherd.com/2020/12/women-already-have-a-jordan-peterson/ 11 Aug 2022, 13:26, Sam: I’ve just had some of this meth and I can confirm it’s a great coffee alternative 11 Aug 2022, 13:26, Sam: (For dealing with recurrent kieran-induced lack of sleep, in this instance) 11 Aug 2022, 13:26, Sam: Even if it still doesn’t do much else for me, lol 11 Aug 2022, 13:27, Damien: Oh no did he keep you up? I had knocked myself out with a zopi 11 Aug 2022, 13:27, Sam: ^ bizarrely I still feel very decadent and wild taking it in the daytime 11 Aug 2022, 13:27, Sam: Yeah I probably ought to get some more of those - I don’t think there’s any use trying to ask him to talk at a normal volume 11 Aug 2022, 13:28, Sam: I’ve tried explaining but I feel like a teacher at a sanatorium for the profoundly retarded 11 Aug 2022, 13:28, Damien: It’s much nicer than coffee too haha 11 Aug 2022, 13:28, Damien: Probabaly works out cheaper 11 Aug 2022, 13:28, Damien: Hahahahahhajaa 11 Aug 2022, 13:29, Damien: Hahaha well you know 3527537th times the charm 11 Aug 2022, 13:39, Sam: Yeah I do quite like it, in a way, though I find it unbelievably mild… Actually in a way I find the same for heroin, though I can see my behaviour is objectively way more addictive in the case of heroin (I wouldn’t jump through many hoops to get meth) 11 Aug 2022, 13:41, Sam: Haha indeed.. God it reminds me of a line from Wodehouse, about aunt calling aunt like mastodons bellowing across the primaeval swamp (probably misquoting a little, lol) 11 Aug 2022, 16:51, Sam: image omitted 11 Aug 2022, 17:19, Damien: Hahaha probably best you do haha 11 Aug 2022, 17:20, Damien: LOL I don’t know how you can be that behaviour, are people naturally just bashful 😅😅 11 Aug 2022, 17:22, Damien: Oh darling, I’m doing an application and one of the questions is “what is your best book recommendation and why?” I’m stomped. Do you have any idea of something brilliantly witty or something to say 😅😅 11 Aug 2022, 17:36, Sam: Oh god - fiction or non-fiction? And is there any impression of yourself in particular you want to telegraph? 11 Aug 2022, 17:37, Sam: (Also, at some point I’m considering maybe asking you to steal a bump of that heroin, if you still have it - I’m going to dinner with my aunt and grandmother (since they’re looking after Wolfie at my parents’) and I’m still quite dead.. Not critical though) 11 Aug 2022, 17:38, Sam: After that it might be easier to ditch it, b/c I don’t want to bother you again if I’m feeling awful some other time, which I probably will, lol (I know future me will curse me for that decision) 11 Aug 2022, 17:50, Damien: Ahh nice. Yes ofc, come up whenever you want. I don’t think I have a smaller bag which you could put it into? I don’t mind at all. Also there is some tramadol left if you would prefer that? 11 Aug 2022, 17:50, Damien: Oh any book. 11 Aug 2022, 17:51, Sam: Would 10-15 mins from now work? I don’t think Tramadol does much for me, but yeah, no rush 11 Aug 2022, 17:51, Sam: Off the top of my head… 11 Aug 2022, 17:51, Sam: Proust 11 Aug 2022, 17:51, Sam: Powell (ie a dance to the music of time) 11 Aug 2022, 17:51, Damien: I think because it’s a finance job people it may seem a bit contrived if I say something along those lines. Haha 11 Aug 2022, 17:52, Sam: Fitzgerald (I always liked Gatsby as a piece of prose even though it’s v short … though it’s standard reading at schools so idk) 11 Aug 2022, 17:52, Sam: Ohhh, yeah, maybe something less fiction-y (not necessarily NOT fiction but less fiction-y) 11 Aug 2022, 17:52, Damien: Ahh yes this would be great. Although not quite sure what to say 11 Aug 2022, 17:52, Sam: Hmm, maybe Thucydides’ history of the peloponnesian aar 11 Aug 2022, 17:52, Sam: war, Sammir 11 Aug 2022, 17:52, Sam: dammit 11 Aug 2022, 17:53, Sam: Yeah I dunno, it doesn’t give you much to say that’s relevant to a job 11 Aug 2022, 17:53, Sam: Wait lemme think 11 Aug 2022, 18:00, Sam: Thucydides: lets you say a lot about human nature, conflict, strategy, etc Ruskin: great prose stylist, also great on society etc (underrated on topics other than art) Gibbon: lots to say about the Roman empire; in a way I suppose similar-ish to Thucydides in what it lets you say Dostoevsky: lots on human nature, love, hatred, regret, awfulness of the Pevear-Volokhonsky translations, etc, lol Plato: about as obvious as you can get, but the less intensive/academic dialogues (like the Symposium) give you loads of philosophy-101-y interesting suggestions and argument structures to talk about Freud: something easy like the Psychopathologie - bit nuts in places (lots of places) but interesting ideas about the mind and all that.. alternatively stuff like the Future of an Illusion has interesting ideas about culture more broadly lemme try to think of some more.. i suppose, well, do you know _what_ you want to talk about? 11 Aug 2022, 18:00, Sam: as in what kind of subject might be interesting and relevant and on which you might have some thoughts 11 Aug 2022, 18:01, Sam: would also prob help me: I have lots of random stuff in my head but I'm terrible at thinking of lists ex nihil 11 Aug 2022, 18:01, Sam: o 11 Aug 2022, 18:03, Sam: Farnam St is a great blog and has some good articles on e.g. mental models, and they'll prob mention some longer / proper books which you could cite as your sorta fulcrum book to answer the question (and then talk about whatever they talk about): https://fs.blog/mental-models/ 11 Aug 2022, 18:03, Damien: Haha I was completely stomped when I came to that question, I just knew you’d be the right person to come to. 11 Aug 2022, 18:04, Damien: Ahh perfect. Thank you 🙏🏻. I’ll look through this and I’m sure I’ll come up with something 👌🏻 11 Aug 2022, 18:04, Sam: Haha I do have lots of pointless miscellanea stashed away in my brain I suppose 11 Aug 2022, 18:04, Sam: Shame I'm so terrible at thinking of anything spontaneously - I think my brain works better when someone says something about something specific, and I can go from there 11 Aug 2022, 18:06, Sam: I should have some of these if you need a copy.. At least Dostoevsky, possibly Ruskin, and I have Thucydides and Plato in the Greek but with lots of annotations and iirc translated bits at least for Thucydides 11 Aug 2022, 18:06, Sam: Anyway I might come up and grab some hard drugs in like 5 mins if that works, haha 11 Aug 2022, 18:06, Damien: Yes I think I may still to Proust. I’m sure that’ll work! 11 Aug 2022, 18:07, Damien: Yes perfect 👍🏻 11 Aug 2022, 23:01, Sam: Just been tidying up the notes I wrote on the way to my parents’, some other people I could think of: Tacitus: For much the same reasons as Thucydides and with much the same attitude (_sine ira et studio_). Wittgenstein: If for no other reason, just for the cut and thrust of his arguments - the Tractatus has always been my favourite even though it’s his ‘early’ work (a sort of Old / New Testament situation), and by general reckoning was repudiated by the Investigations … in which case I’m clearly too stupid, the Tractatus is where I get off. Also, the miscellaneous slim volumes of notes from his lectures are still smarter than anything I’ve written. Foucault: Gets a bad rap as being a ‘postmodern’ French intellectual and all that, but doesn’t deserve to be lumped in with Derrida and Lacan and all of them. His motif was identifying common institutions which are seen as almost logically required and certainly universal, and showing that they are arbitrary human creations and often damaging ones. See _Discipline and Punish_ (‘we invented the prison relatively recently to ‘tame’ people and socialise them for modern society, much like public schools’), _The Birth of the Clinic_ (‘the line between ‘medicine’ and non-medical ‘knowledge about illness’ is arbitrarily drawn and ritually enforced with customs like [as I was going on about recently] needless Greek words for everything’), etc. David Graeber: Brilliant economist/anthropologist, sadly died recently. His magnum opus is on debt, called _Debt: The First 5000 Years_: I always liked as a sixth-former his demolition of the Economics 101 factoid that pecuniary economies grew out of barter – he makes an economic/historical case that they grew out of debt, which perversely pre-dated money. He also wrote _Bullshit Jobs_, which is utterly fucking brilliant, answering the question of why Keynes’s prediction that rising productivity would lead to a 15-hour working week didn’t come true (spoiler: because middle managers - or all managers except those who are also beneficial owners, like some CEOs are - kept creating work to be done underneath them out of officiousness, and that these futile jobs are the cause of much modern alienation). Durkheim: His study on suicide, _Suicide_ (nice Graeber-style naming), most often comes up because it’s the so-called founding work in sociology, but it’s also an extraordinarily well-written monograph on modern society, which just happens to take suicide as the lens through which he looks at it. The parts on ‘egoistic suicide’ – suicide as a result of anomie*, as a result of the failure of the ties that make the individual feel part of a village, so to speak – are the high point, IMO. *He also discusses ‘anomic suicide’ but this is imo worse named and less related to anomie. Parfit: Academic philosopher, but don’t get me wrong - he’s interesting and a good writer. He wrote two books over the course of a half-century-odd at Oxford, which you only get away with if you’re utterly brilliant (well, I’m not sure anyone else even has). _Reasons and Persons_ is more intense early-career too-intelligent-by-half stuff; by the time he wrote _On What Matters_ he probably could have got away without even writing another book, and it’s far more contemplative, raises some fascinating conundrums, and is by far my favourite. Klemperer: I don’t know if he wrote more books, but the one he’s known for - by me at least - is _Lingua Tertii Imperii_ [the language of the third empire [Third Reich]]. If you know about the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis and the general academic suburb of linguistics that focusses on how language can shape thought, this is a historical investigation of that in the context of the Nazis specifically. Think of it as non-fiction Orwell. He says something about the ‘triad’ of diseased language - ‘defending, aggrandising, accusing’; always urgent, ‘shouting’, so to speak, and never calm - of which I think Trump offered a great example. 11 Aug 2022, 23:03, Sam: ^I’m frustrated with myself because I know there are far more writers I hugely admire, but, like I say, I’m terrible at thinking of them spontaneously - my brain only makes connections between things, so I need a jumping-off point, an entry point into the web 11 Aug 2022, 23:05, Sam: On Foucault and _Discipline and Punish_, I know Alan always regretted translating it ‘discipline’ in the title - ‘surveil’ is a better translation, but it would be wildly pretentious not to use the regular/official title of the book 11 Aug 2022, 23:24, Sam: Btw let me know if you want me to look over your answer (and/or I suppose any others) - I _can_ write _moderately_ well, lol (I just choose not to ;)) 11 Aug 2022, 23:25, Sam: Sorry, not to imply that _you_ can’t, obviously - it’s more that everyone benefits from another pair of eyes, like a doctor getting a second opinion 12 Aug 2022, 12:17, Sam: ^^ thought it may be useful to have a copy of Fowler’s, apropos of all the answer-writing stuff - it’s definitely the authority on English afaik & a great reference (the third edition, not the original - as brilliant as the original may be, it’s def nowhere near current) 14 Aug 2022, 11:59, Damien: Sam, I’ve just read through the things you sent. I can’t think you enough it’s given me so much to start on. Are you around for a drink this eve xx 14 Aug 2022, 12:14, Sam: Ah, thanks! I’m sure there’s loads more to say - it’s pretty much an infinitely broad question.. And yeah I’m definitely around, let’s do it! 14 Aug 2022, 14:48, Damien: I knew you were the perfect person to asks 14 Aug 2022, 14:48, Damien: Are you around now? 14 Aug 2022, 14:48, Damien: I really need to get out of this house 😅 14 Aug 2022, 14:52, Sam: Argh, I'm just doing some work I sorta need to get done (well, not work per se, but a side project I'm working on with a friend).. Maybe if you go for a stroll or whatever, we can get a drink late afternoon / early evening? sorry! 14 Aug 2022, 14:53, Damien: Oh that’s fine just let me know when you’re ready 🙌🏼 14 Aug 2022, 17:40, Sam: Sure! Come to think of it I’ll just work before and afterwards, so it probably doesn’t matter too much when we do something 14 Aug 2022, 17:41, Sam: Btw, I don’t suppose you have any more of that meth that I could buy (or that you have a source)? (I’ve still got your pipe, lol - and I feel bizarrely mentally drained today so as always I’m looking to fix it with drugs) 14 Aug 2022, 17:41, Sam: ^probably not the best idea, but oh well, it’s basically ADHD medication, lol 14 Aug 2022, 17:42, Sam: well it _is_, I suppose, it’s Desoxyn 14 Aug 2022, 17:50, Damien: This message was deleted. 14 Aug 2022, 17:51, Damien: Oh Kieran bought some Meth yesterday bored your pipe. I’m sure he’ll have quite a lot left, or a least I hope he does haha 14 Aug 2022, 17:51, Damien: Yes I must but my some more of that 14 Aug 2022, 17:51, Damien: Adderall 14 Aug 2022, 17:52, Damien: Shall we go out at 6? 14 Aug 2022, 17:53, Sam: Oh haha I didn’t even notice that the pipe was gone… god I really need to tidy up in here but it’s perpetually like #7 on my list of priorities 14 Aug 2022, 17:53, Sam: And yeah, 6 sounds good! 14 Aug 2022, 17:55, Sam: Also, did you say that whatshisname sold it? I’m not sure I can be bothered to wait for Kieran to never reply to anything that doesn’t involve someone paying him money 14 Aug 2022, 17:55, Damien: LOL 14 Aug 2022, 17:55, Sam: Oh well I suppose this does involve paying him money, but it doesn’t involve paying him money _for nothing_, which seems to be the one way to get a prompt response 14 Aug 2022, 17:55, Damien: yes Zack 14 Aug 2022, 17:56, Sam: Ahhh, perfect, will send him a text! Thanks! 14 Aug 2022, 18:04, Sam: Sorry, is 6:15-20 ok? Zack’s coming in 5-10 mins 14 Aug 2022, 18:04, Sam: (He’s always on time, if not before time, so none of the usual drug dealer worries on that front) 14 Aug 2022, 18:20, Sam: Ugh it is _intolerably_ hot out there 14 Aug 2022, 18:20, Sam: Btw I don’t suppose you have another pipe I could borrow? 14 Aug 2022, 18:20, Sam: Or else I suppose I’ll just counter-raid Kieran’s room, assuming he won’t get back to me 14 Aug 2022, 18:20, Damien: Oh there’s a shop around the corner which sells them 14 Aug 2022, 18:21, Damien: Has Zack come? 14 Aug 2022, 18:23, Sam: Oh yeah I’ve got the stuff, just not a way to consume it.. aargh why does life have to be so difficult 14 Aug 2022, 18:23, Sam: I think I will just counter-raid Kieran’s room, much as it grosses me out 14 Aug 2022, 18:24, Damien: Oh I can just go get another one 14 Aug 2022, 18:24, Sam: I just can’t stomach going out again right away just to get the pipe 14 Aug 2022, 18:24, Sam: Oh no don’t worry, it’s not worth it, really 14 Aug 2022, 18:24, Damien: It will be less than 5 mins 14 Aug 2022, 18:24, Sam: Yeah but the heat 14 Aug 2022, 18:24, Sam: Lol 14 Aug 2022, 18:24, Damien: Lol I just need to get outside 14 Aug 2022, 18:24, Sam: Oh ok, in that case I’d be very very much obliged 14 Aug 2022, 18:24, Damien: But after we can for a drink? 14 Aug 2022, 18:24, Damien: I’m so dead 14 Aug 2022, 18:24, Sam: If you let me know what it costs I’ll pay you back 14 Aug 2022, 18:25, Sam: And obv do have some of the meth 14 Aug 2022, 18:25, Sam: Oh wait, only if that’s not bad for you, idk - sorry, I wasn’t thinking from that perspective 14 Aug 2022, 18:25, Sam: And yeah of course, let’s do it 14 Aug 2022, 18:48, Sam: Is it too embarrassing to wear a Caffè Nero shirt? Like, I don’t give a fuck myself, but I know Kieran was too embarrassed to wear it when he was looking to borrow a black shirt once, which is maybe just Kieranism, but also maybe it’s just healthy human amour-propre which I’ve never had 14 Aug 2022, 18:49, Damien: I don’t think so. If they start being assey we can go somewhere else 14 Aug 2022, 18:50, Sam: Perfecto! I’ll just be 30 secs then 14 Aug 2022, 18:56, Sam: Sorry, 10 secs, I’m just putting out some food for the cats 14 Aug 2022, 18:56, Sam: And I’ll also have one last desperate puff of meth, lol 14 Aug 2022, 21:26, Sam: Ok I’ve left the heroin on your staircase - I don’t have the heart to throw it away, is there any chance I could entrust it to you to dispose of? lol 14 Aug 2022, 21:27, Sam: Either way it’s out of my hands and into eternity 14 Aug 2022, 21:29, Damien: I’ve sorted it darling dont worry 😘😘 14 Aug 2022, 21:29, Sam: Haha thanks!! Ashes to ashes, dust to dust 🧘‍♀️ 14 Aug 2022, 21:36, Damien: Hahahahaha lol 14 Aug 2022, 21:36, Damien: 🥲🥲🥲 14 Aug 2022, 21:48, Sam: Ah, thanks for taking that stuff, I honestly feel way better that it’s not here.. (again, not that I’m some drug-crazed automaton, but it forecloses a path to a nigglingly tempting habit that adds up over time) 15 Aug 2022, 18:50, Damien: Judging my Keirans stomping about at 5am this morning I doubt he’ll be up for doing anything 😅 15 Aug 2022, 18:51, Damien: Are you around this eve or tomorrow 15 Aug 2022, 18:52, Damien: As I mentioned I’m trying to detox for a week, but I’ve come to realise, there’s few activities often do that doesn’t involve drugs or alcohol hahahah 15 Aug 2022, 18:52, Sam: Haha, yeah, I didn’t notice that but in that case it sounds quite unlikely.. I’m around this eve and tomorrow, and I could desperately do with something to drink, lol (I probably ought to just go downstairs and purloin someone’s wine but I cba) 15 Aug 2022, 18:53, Sam: Yeah exactly.. I’ve been there and done that and it wasn’t really very interesting except as a sort of movie trailer for death 15 Aug 2022, 18:53, Damien: Hahahaha I’ve pulled a muscle in my back as well so I feel like an cripple 15 Aug 2022, 18:54, Damien: I have some rose in the fridge if you’d like 😜 15 Aug 2022, 18:54, Sam: Oh yeah that sounds pretty grim.. 15 Aug 2022, 18:55, Sam: The muscle, not the rosé 15 Aug 2022, 18:55, Sam: If you don’t mind my stealing a glass I’d be very very very very very much obliged 15 Aug 2022, 18:56, Damien: Oh darling have the rest of it 15 Aug 2022, 18:56, Damien: By the time I get to it it’ll be vinegar 15 Aug 2022, 18:58, Sam: Ahh, thanks- I might grab a glass now then 15 Aug 2022, 18:59, Sam: God I really need to stock up on some domaine ott before summer is over (if it isn’t already - god knows with the seasons over the last few years) 15 Aug 2022, 19:01, Damien: Oh god yes. I we can get some from majestic wines 👄 15 Aug 2022, 19:06, Sam: I think the rosé _est disparu_ 15 Aug 2022, 19:06, Sam: Oh I might actually do that this evening, yeah 15 Aug 2022, 19:07, Sam: And for now I’ll order something from the great cyclist immiseration economy of serf deliverers 15 Aug 2022, 19:38, Damien: https://youtu.be/fJKNxP-tjIQ 15 Aug 2022, 19:39, Damien: This is showing in an hour, do you want to go? 15 Aug 2022, 19:39, Damien: I don’t know if it will be that good 15 Aug 2022, 19:39, Damien: I just need to get out of this room haha 15 Aug 2022, 19:41, Sam: Ooh, do you mind if I just have a drink first? Either here (if it ever arrives) or somewhere outside? I just don’t think my head is capable of making any decisions, lol - feel bizarrely wiped out 15 Aug 2022, 19:42, Damien: Haha yes of course, I know that feeling all too well lol 15 Aug 2022, 19:47, Sam: Haha thanks - I’ll let you know when my wine’s come (and obviously do have some, though it looks quite vile- they didn’t have much choice) 15 Aug 2022, 19:47, Sam: After careering bizarrely away from me and down Edgware Rd and Oxford St, my delivery guy has now teleported to bloody West Hampstead, so I have no clue what’s going on 15 Aug 2022, 21:42, Damien: image omitted 16 Aug 2022, 11:53, Sam: Hey do you have any Rennies / antacids, or any other OTC meds that might help with nausea? I’ve been throwing up all night, no idea why, haven’t slept, am utterly desperate (Sorry, will reply to your message when I’m no longer in pain, either way) 16 Aug 2022, 11:54, Sam: Or any tea with ginger in, or plain ginger (deceptively potent antiemetic) 16 Aug 2022, 11:55, Damien: Oh no, I’m so sorry darling. Let me take a look. If not I’ll go get some x 16 Aug 2022, 11:55, Sam: Oh, if you have anything at all it’d be amazing - otherwise don’t worry, I’m not dying 16 Aug 2022, 11:56, Damien: I have antihistamines 16 Aug 2022, 11:56, Damien: And some IBS Stuff 16 Aug 2022, 11:56, Damien: Really I don’t mind going to get some stuff 16 Aug 2022, 11:56, Sam: Oh I’ve had antihistamines already and for whatever reason they didn’t do much 16 Aug 2022, 11:56, Sam: What’s the IBS stuff called? I’ll Google it 16 Aug 2022, 11:56, Damien: I’ll have to go out anyway at some point 16 Aug 2022, 11:57, Damien: Buscopan 16 Aug 2022, 11:57, Sam: I mean honestly I’ll still try anything you have at the moment, just to not be in this state for another minute 16 Aug 2022, 11:57, Sam: Ah thanks, will Google 16 Aug 2022, 11:57, Sam: Also sorry if my manners lapse - I’m not feeling good at all 16 Aug 2022, 11:57, Sam: Really appreciate your help 16 Aug 2022, 11:58, Damien: I’m going out anyway, I’ll get some Rennie x 16 Aug 2022, 11:59, Sam: Ah, thank you 💗 I’ll hold off on the buscopan then, since it’s agonising to swallow and digest rn, so the cost-benefit analysis is prob not great 16 Aug 2022, 17:04, Damien: How are you feeling darling? 16 Aug 2022, 18:01, Sam: Yeah, better than I was before, I think, as of an hour or two ago - I don’t know what on earth happened to me there 16 Aug 2022, 18:01, Sam: (I’m torn between food poisoning / bug or else _possibly_ some sort of heroin withdrawal, though it’s only once or twice that I’ve had vomiting as a symptom, and also the timing doesn’t really line up) 16 Aug 2022, 18:01, Sam: Btw what did those meds & stuff set you back? And also are you still wanting to have a drink with Kieran and discuss? 16 Aug 2022, 18:01, Sam: (I’ve had a puff of meth an hour ago - ooh, I do wonder if that’s related - and I’ll see if one or two more will wake me up a bit, lol) 16 Aug 2022, 18:08, Damien: Oh yes, I can put a message in the group chat. Only if you’re up for it? 16 Aug 2022, 18:09, Damien: Maybe it was that wine 🤔 16 Aug 2022, 18:09, Damien: Pleased you’re coming out other side 18 Aug 2022, 14:30, Damien: Sam darling wishing you the the happiest of birthdays, and many happy returns of the day. Let’s celebrate when you’re back in London xx 18 Aug 2022, 20:04, Sam: Ahh, thank you!! It’s such a beautiful evening up here (for once nicer than London, lol).. And yeah, let’s do something, absolutely - any excuse for a celebration 😁 21 Aug 2022, 13:50, Damien: image omitted 22 Aug 2022, 16:13, Damien: https://www.knightfrank.co.uk/properties/residential/to-let/st-pancras-chambers-euston-road-london-nw1/kgq012297695?utm_medium=paidsocial&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=cataloguelettingspropsecting_2021_resiL_convN_uk&utm_content=carousel&fbclid=IwAR02Ro4PEFvzW1WBVbvtNDW24sq7VoJR9QE_wmnhU3aIewepY0DEqXQlYBM_aem_AXwfdoLVBE9be_BWVAfk3U2sTJry3AB3hzmeExRhWh044bmx4_g7ZmnII_5YJq8le8wc5k7KY1wsVsicdr74wa8QTcvxhotnFx3iglo4un-_k8cI3VvokETqOq9cITfaE3M 22 Aug 2022, 20:16, Sam: Gosh this is getting a bit Shakespearean when we’re feeding even Edward the party line 😂 I may need to know what to say to whom.. 22 Aug 2022, 20:17, Sam: I’m sure I can help sort something out for you - or I suppose for kieran - if you’re high and dry 22 Aug 2022, 20:19, Sam: And wow, that’s quite an incredible flat, though I suspect, once the Airbnb-type novelty wears off, it’ll just feel like an expensive flat in a not-very-nice location 22 Aug 2022, 20:19, Sam: But yeah, it’s quite stunning, in a sort of magazine profile sorta way 22 Aug 2022, 20:19, Sam: Actually I ought to do some hunting as well 👀 22 Aug 2022, 20:26, Damien: Oh im sure it will be fine 22 Aug 2022, 20:26, Damien: Yes. Lets, when are you back from the country> 23 Aug 2022, 10:30, Damien: Slightly unorthodox of me to ask, but do have any T In the house. Only for the purpose of an appetite suppressant 😅 23 Aug 2022, 10:31, Sam: I don’t, nah 😬 Nor do I here - I brought the remainder with me and then did it in a few days, lol.. Whatshisname does half a gram for £40 though! 23 Aug 2022, 10:32, Damien: Oh half a gram that’s handy. Perfect darling. 23 Aug 2022, 10:32, Damien: Hope you’re having fun there. 23 Aug 2022, 10:32, Damien: I’m Just leaving Belfast 🙌🏼🙏🏻 24 Aug 2022, 15:31, Sam: Hey, did you get any in the end? I’m just on my way back, fancying some kind of mind-altering substance (don’t judge me), and wondering whether I can buy a tiny amount from you - or else dw, I’ll just ask Zack 24 Aug 2022, 15:31, Damien: Yes, and you would be doing me a favour taking the rest of it off my hands haha 24 Aug 2022, 15:36, Sam: Are you going to be there at 5pm or so? Sorry, just realised I forgot my keys and figuring out whether to go back to the house (still 10 mins away) 24 Aug 2022, 15:36, Sam: Travel is always such a mess, lol 24 Aug 2022, 15:38, Sam: Actually nvm, we went back for the key, just to be safe 24 Aug 2022, 15:40, Damien: I got some cut today and I’ve already lost one 24 Aug 2022, 15:56, Sam: Oh shit, sorry I missed this message in my distress/hurry! 24 Aug 2022, 15:56, Sam: Didn’t mean to send what must have sounded like such a brusque / ingrate acknowledgment 24 Aug 2022, 15:57, Sam: And haha no worries - all sorted now! I keep meaning to get a whole bunch cut and leave them in a bowl, but I’m always too lazy to get myself to Selfridges 24 Aug 2022, 15:58, Sam: 24 Aug 2022, 16:52, Sam: 24 Aug 2022, 16:52, Damien: Hahaha this is so cute 24 Aug 2022, 16:53, Damien: Are you just leaving? 24 Aug 2022, 16:53, Sam: Nah we’re on our way now - should be back by 6 or half 6 :) 24 Aug 2022, 17:27, Damien: GIF omitted 24 Aug 2022, 18:45, Sam: Hahaha… This is why my mum’s friend Joanna (when she was prescribing me adhd meds) recommended eating chocolate bars and other junk food 24 Aug 2022, 18:45, Sam: Btw is there a good time for me to deliver you of your drugs 24 Aug 2022, 18:45, Sam: *? 24 Aug 2022, 18:46, Damien: Lol 24 Aug 2022, 18:46, Damien: Oh yes come on up 24 Aug 2022, 18:50, Sam: Cool cool, one mo 24 Aug 2022, 19:35, Sam: Lol this is the Brian Sewell clip I meant, which that video very strongly reminded me of: https://youtu.be/5oDVmCjUvHE 24 Aug 2022, 19:39, Sam: Also 2:55 is 1000% me at one of Eoghain Murphy’s parties 24 Aug 2022, 19:39, Damien: OMG ive seen this hahahahahah 24 Aug 2022, 19:39, Damien: Lol 24 Aug 2022, 19:40, Sam: ‘and look vaguely like armchair upholstery because of their vile fat figures’ 😂 24 Aug 2022, 19:40, Damien: video omitted 24 Aug 2022, 19:40, Damien: he’s on tik Tok now haha 24 Aug 2022, 19:40, Sam: Omg is that, like, young Martin Popplewell at the beginning? I legit thought it was him with a filter 24 Aug 2022, 19:41, Sam: I’m very glad that the Eoghain is now seemingly hors de combat 24 Aug 2022, 19:41, Sam: Also, Christ, his teeth are enough to put his dentist’s three kids through public school 24 Aug 2022, 19:44, Damien: He looks like a sea creature 24 Aug 2022, 19:45, Damien: His father was a dentist 🫢 24 Aug 2022, 20:01, Sam: Oh god really? That’s like Arran’s mum being a drug counsellor (as indeed she was), lol.. Someone has to come up with some sort of theory to explain this shit 24 Aug 2022, 20:01, Sam: Like some eldritch thing from the aphotic zone 24 Aug 2022, 20:02, Sam: Btw Zack is coming around in 15 mins, in case you want to share another few puffs 24 Aug 2022, 20:54, Damien: Oh can I come for a few puffs now? 24 Aug 2022, 20:54, Sam: He’s not arrived yet but he says he’s on his way - 10 mins and I can come up to your room? 24 Aug 2022, 20:54, Sam: (… which is in finer fettle than mine rn, lol6 24 Aug 2022, 20:54, Sam: )* 24 Aug 2022, 22:32, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62147901/ 24 Aug 2022, 22:38, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62242040/ 24 Aug 2022, 22:39, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/58901390/ 24 Aug 2022, 22:44, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62272575/ 24 Aug 2022, 22:45, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62268771/ 24 Aug 2022, 23:13, Damien: Dear George, I am writing to ask for permission to leave tenancy of 5 Rainsford Street, W21PY on the 25th of October 2023. As a result of unforeseen circumstances, we are not confident in our ability to carry on making rent payments. We would greatly appreciate it if you allowed us the chance to find replacement tenants or to cover advertising costs in finding new tenants, and in so releasing us from the tenancy agreement. If we were to find new tenants to cover the lease, there is the slight complication in that a 3rd of the annual rent was paid up front amounting to £19,066.66, seeing as we are half way through the lease this credit amount would now be £9533.33. We kindly ask if this amount can be used to cover the following two months’ rent which comes to £9565.98, and we will pay the difference of £32.65. We apologise for this inconvenience and hope that you will be able to work with us in resolving this as smoothly as possible. Yours sincerely, Damien, Sam and Kieran. 24 Aug 2022, 23:19, Sam: Another cheap one, this time in Kbridge (10/10 location on Hans Pl): https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/61548301/ 24 Aug 2022, 23:27, Damien: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62254395/?search_identifier=ca49e1a425fef6685ee36301e8709d56 24 Aug 2022, 23:29, Damien: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/property/mayfair/?beds_min=2&page_size=25&price_frequency=per_month&q=Mayfair&radius=0&results_sort=newest_listings&search_source=refine&pn=2 24 Aug 2022, 23:31, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62259859/ 24 Aug 2022, 23:33, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/60271331/ 24 Aug 2022, 23:40, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebensborn 24 Aug 2022, 23:58, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/48925964/ 25 Aug 2022, 00:00, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/55081771/ 25 Aug 2022, 00:02, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/61274790/ 25 Aug 2022, 00:13, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62123427/ 25 Aug 2022, 00:14, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/61212496/ 25 Aug 2022, 00:26, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62210493/ 25 Aug 2022, 00:31, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62198486/ 25 Aug 2022, 00:33, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62161690/ 25 Aug 2022, 00:34, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/61898276/ 25 Aug 2022, 00:36, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/58502035/ 25 Aug 2022, 00:44, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62115779/ 25 Aug 2022, 00:53, Sam: Sorry, I hate to be a pain, and even if you find it and leave it downstairs it’s cool w me, but I just feel like I’ve given you a rope to hang yourself with (not to imply that you know where it is now, but you probably will do before long, in the state we’re in) 25 Aug 2022, 00:54, Sam: Anyway, if I’m typing after this point, I’m just typing an edit to that email, so dw lol 25 Aug 2022, 01:02, Sam: Dear George, I’m writing to ask permission to terminate our tenancy at 5 Rainsford Street, W2 1PY on the 25th of October 2023. For unforeseen reasons, we’re not confident in our ability to keep making rent payments beyond that date. I’d be much obliged if you allowed us to terminate the lease conditional on our finding replacement tenants, or else paying any advertising & other costs you might incur in finding new tenants. Should we find new tenants to cover the lease, there’s a slight complication in that a third (£19,066.66) of the annual rent was paid up front. As we’re halfway through the lease, £9,533.33 of this amount remains. For us, it would be ideal if this amount could be applied to the next two months’ rent (£9,565.98 in total, of which we’ll pay the remaining £32.65). I’m sorry for the inconvenience, and I hope we can all work together to figure something out. I am, sir, with high honour, your most faithful and obedient servant, Damien, Sam & Kieran 25 Aug 2022, 01:02, Sam: ^ I’m joking about the valediction line, obviously don’t send that 25 Aug 2022, 01:08, Sam: Also, on the off chance you might know where it is and are just craving drugs (which mental state I know well), I _promise_ you’ll be happier sleeping now and smoking tomorrow, rather than vice versa.. Also, since iirc most of the stuff was left, it’ll create a somewhat invidious predicament w/r/t defraying the remainder… I feel bad for putting you in this position but please please listen to the better angels of your nature, take a Valium, call it quits, do it again tomorrow if necessary after replenishing your body 25 Aug 2022, 01:10, Damien: Ahhahaha I have called it quits. But still can’t believe there’s a lost bag here. 😐 25 Aug 2022, 01:10, Damien: Are you sure it’s not somewhere 25 Aug 2022, 01:10, Damien: On you 25 Aug 2022, 01:11, Sam: I’ve checked loads bc I’d be mortified if it were (lol) but I’ll check once more 25 Aug 2022, 01:11, Sam: All I can think is that I knocked it under the bed or the printer or something 25 Aug 2022, 01:12, Sam: If you really truly don’t know where it is, then I don’t need it tonight - I just… obv I wouldn’t blame you at all but I’m concerned I’ve kinda given you the opportunity to do what I did with the heroin 25 Aug 2022, 01:13, Sam: (I obviously don’t mean to impugn your kalokagathia and all that - just that drugs tend to take over one’s brain like one of those creepy wasp parasites) 25 Aug 2022, 01:13, Damien: Oh don’t worry 25 Aug 2022, 01:13, Damien: I found it 25 Aug 2022, 01:13, Sam: Haha sorry - oh cool, cool cool cool 25 Aug 2022, 01:14, Sam: I feel a bit absurd taking the drugs from you (who probably wants them) to me (who doesn’t want to have them), but I prob should 25 Aug 2022, 01:14, Sam: If you wanna take a crystal or two then I don’t mind, but I don’t want to ruin your general sobriety 25 Aug 2022, 01:15, Sam: Aaanyway lemme know if there’s a good time to deliver you of them 25 Aug 2022, 01:15, Damien: It was inbetween the ottoman and the bed I’ll keep it safe for you. 25 Aug 2022, 01:15, Sam: Wait do you think we should just give them to kieran, since he’s awake? Or is he not safe? God are we all meth fiends now? 25 Aug 2022, 01:16, Sam: Actually fuck it, nah, I’m sorry, I ought to take it off you - you’ll thank me in the morning 25 Aug 2022, 01:16, Damien: Yes probably best you keep the meth and I can mind the heroin 25 Aug 2022, 01:16, Sam: Wait, the heroin? That’s still around? Lol 25 Aug 2022, 01:16, Sam: Anyway yeah that sounds good 25 Aug 2022, 01:16, Sam: Sorrrryyyyyy 25 Aug 2022, 01:17, Sam: Can I come up in a minute or two? Or you can give it to kieran if you feel like it - as a demonstration of my disinterest - as long as it’s not bad for him I guess 25 Aug 2022, 01:18, Damien: Oh yes come one to whenever 25 Aug 2022, 01:18, Sam: Cool cool, will be one min - do take a grain or two if you really want, I don’t want to be horrid 25 Aug 2022, 11:06, Sam: Btw, good result last night - 10/10 for meth-fuelled real estate window shopping ☑️ Wdyt your top three areas are? I’m inclined to go for - factoring in cheapness - Bayswater, Marylebone (specifically Conranistan), Covent Garden (specifically, Seven Dials and that road that Covent Garden is on) (That said, my top place to Bayswater is largely driven by that one flat, lol) 25 Aug 2022, 11:07, Sam: Also please please please do remove the jokey valediction in my edit of the email - can prob just go with “yours &c” or “yours sincerely” or whatever 25 Aug 2022, 11:14, Sam: 25 Aug 2022, 11:19, Sam: Also, this one’s quite nice, albeit slightly odd: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62141108/ 25 Aug 2022, 11:24, Damien: HAHAHHAHA ofc 25 Aug 2022, 11:25, Damien: Oh I love it 😍😍 25 Aug 2022, 11:26, Damien: Gosh, I hope the landlord is decent about all this, otherwise all this looking is quite painful 25 Aug 2022, 11:30, Sam: V cheap unfurnished mews house in Eaton Mews, near Eaton Sq (where Nigella lives and also the approximate southern border of Prime Belgravia): https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62118558/ 25 Aug 2022, 11:31, Sam: And yeah, I can’t see any reason why they wouldn’t be 25 Aug 2022, 11:33, Damien: Oh gorge, it would be fun furnishing it 25 Aug 2022, 11:33, Sam: And another one in waaay more prime Belgravia: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62024343/ Even if the deco looks like a workers’ café whose owner was vaguely inspired by Manet’s Folies-Bergere painting 25 Aug 2022, 11:33, Sam: Yeah definitely! For that price it’s def worth it 25 Aug 2022, 11:33, Damien: Although there seems to be little natural light 25 Aug 2022, 11:33, Sam: True true - well, I blame Cubitt 25 Aug 2022, 11:34, Sam: But yeah there’s just so much available really - hard to choose 25 Aug 2022, 11:34, Damien: 😍😍😍😍 25 Aug 2022, 11:35, Sam: My principle with Belgravia is basically: the closer to Motcomb St, the better 25 Aug 2022, 11:35, Sam: So yeah, location-wise the last one is super nice 25 Aug 2022, 11:38, Sam: Aaand another, this time a flat: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/39556466/ Location is _about_ (within reason) as nice as you can conceivably get - Cadogan Sq at the crossing with Pont St 25 Aug 2022, 12:39, Damien: This message was deleted. 25 Aug 2022, 20:07, Sam: Hey do you fancy a drink at some point & a bit of strategising about the move? I s’pose we’ve got about a month 25 Aug 2022, 20:08, Sam: (Obv wildly unlikely that there won’t be a gap between moving out and moving in somewhere else, but still) 25 Aug 2022, 20:23, Damien: Yes perfect 25 Aug 2022, 20:23, Damien: Are you free for a quick drink now? 25 Aug 2022, 20:24, Damien: Kieran bought us some château neuf de pape 👌🏻👌🏻 25 Aug 2022, 20:34, Sam: Oh I’m just at Waitrose - 5 mins? (Do you need anything?) 25 Aug 2022, 20:34, Sam: Oh nice, I’m confused but much obliged 25 Aug 2022, 20:40, Damien: Alex said ‘he’s going to ask for something’ lol 25 Aug 2022, 20:44, Damien: Are you back? x 25 Aug 2022, 20:45, Sam: Lol, yes, classic Kieran 25 Aug 2022, 20:45, Sam: Think we need to lay it down until we know what it’s gonna cost us 25 Aug 2022, 20:46, Sam: 5 seconds from it 25 Aug 2022, 20:46, Sam: Lol, non aliis sed sibi 25 Aug 2022, 20:46, Damien: Okay coming now 25 Aug 2022, 20:46, Sam: I was gonna ask if you fancied doing it in your room? 25 Aug 2022, 20:47, Sam: Just since it’s the more cosy (and private..) spot 25 Aug 2022, 20:47, Sam: Sorry, I’d offer my room, but tbh I can’t imagine you’d prefer that, lol 25 Aug 2022, 20:47, Damien: Kierans away HHa 25 Aug 2022, 20:47, Sam: Not till it no longer looks like Indonesia after the Boxing Day tsunami 26 Aug 2022, 14:53, Sam: Is there anything else we should remove? I’m mildly apprehensive about drug paraphernalia scattered sorta passim throughout the house (Also, God, I hadn’t even realised what a state my room is in.. I think I’ve just entered an Epictetus-like state of detachment, ataraxia.. the inner citadel, lol) 26 Aug 2022, 16:12, Sam: I think this may be a bit of a fool’s errand - Pig is scratching away at the box, etc etc, and it just makes us look ‘like a guilty thing surprised’ (to steal from wordsworth lol) 26 Aug 2022, 16:12, Sam: Then again, she seems reasonably happy, so from their POV it’s fine 26 Aug 2022, 16:21, Damien: 😂😂😂 26 Aug 2022, 16:22, Damien: Well if this viewing doesn’t come to anything there’s a virtual viewing tomorrow 26 Aug 2022, 16:23, Damien: Gosh I’m so shocked about how dirty the flat is. The carpets the stairs, the wooden floor 26 Aug 2022, 16:24, Damien: I think it’d be good yo get it deep cleaned regardless 26 Aug 2022, 16:24, Damien: I’ve given up on Mohammed haha 26 Aug 2022, 16:24, Damien: Also should we move that litter tray into kierans room 26 Aug 2022, 16:25, Sam: Yeah it’s pretty appalling.. I’m surprised at how much stuff I managed to clean up in an hour, but it’s nowhere near showable 26 Aug 2022, 16:25, Damien: If you’re in there they they’ll take a quick look around and probably wont notice it 26 Aug 2022, 16:25, Sam: Also, I’m going to have to dash soon enough to catch a train (I’m _hoping_ to make it for 5pm, if poss, but 6pm - ie leaving 5:30-40 or so - is a hard deadline) 26 Aug 2022, 16:26, Sam: Yeah let’s do that 26 Aug 2022, 16:26, Sam: Have you heard anything from them at all, OOI? 26 Aug 2022, 16:26, Damien: The person viewing is running slightly late 26 Aug 2022, 16:30, Sam: Thank god for that, ok - I might move into my actual room just so I can pack stuff (and take Pig with me) 26 Aug 2022, 16:30, Sam: Ahhhh shit sorry, she’s escaped, she’s on the run 26 Aug 2022, 16:41, Sam: El gato has been sighted 26 Aug 2022, 16:42, Sam: Sorry, I’ve just kept her in here with the door closed, because the wardrobe thing became a bit futile - all that happened is she very loudly scratched and miaowed, which sorta makes it equally obvious yet also made us look shifty about it 26 Aug 2022, 16:42, Sam: better that she was sighted this way tbqh 26 Aug 2022, 16:50, Sam: Hahaha I just noticed we left out the cat box in my room anyway, that’s a bit of a giveaway 26 Aug 2022, 16:50, Sam: (_I_ left out..*) 26 Aug 2022, 16:50, Sam: Thank god it actually aligns perfectly and actually quite naturally with our story 26 Aug 2022, 17:51, Sam: Ok, im back earlier than expected - tube took forever to arrive, so it’d have been pointless to go 26 Aug 2022, 17:51, Sam: I’m going to dial in for part of dinner, but otherwise if you’re around I’m up for flat planning (though obv tomorrow also works if you now have plans) 26 Aug 2022, 17:52, Damien: Ahh perfect! will let you know 26 Aug 2022, 18:43, Damien: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/126422852#/?channel=RES_LET 26 Aug 2022, 18:45, Damien: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/123017459#/?channel=RES_LET 26 Aug 2022, 21:10, Sam: Hey, (1) when do you fancy chatting, and (2) I’m thinking of ordering some Waitrose stuff - do you want anything? (Even snacks?) 26 Aug 2022, 21:14, Damien: Oh sorry I’ve been napping 26 Aug 2022, 21:14, Damien: For whatever reason I’m totally exhausted 26 Aug 2022, 21:15, Damien: I can come down and in 20 mins 26 Aug 2022, 21:15, Damien: Does that work? 26 Aug 2022, 21:15, Damien: Actually, does waitrose have miso soup? 26 Aug 2022, 21:15, Sam: Perfect! And yeah it seems to: 26 Aug 2022, 21:15, Sam: 26 Aug 2022, 21:15, Sam: If that one looks right? 26 Aug 2022, 21:16, Damien: Yes that’s the one perfect 👌🏻👌🏻 26 Aug 2022, 21:16, Sam: I guess it’s a ‘pour hot water in’ type deal 26 Aug 2022, 21:16, Sam: Ah perfect, cool - will add those 26 Aug 2022, 21:49, Damien: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/126465038#/?channel=RES_LET 26 Aug 2022, 22:04, Damien: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/126411659#/?channel=RES_LET 26 Aug 2022, 22:19, Damien: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/126372830#/media?channel=RES_LET&id=media12&ref=photoCollage 26 Aug 2022, 22:24, Sam: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/123714122 26 Aug 2022, 22:28, Damien: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/126395168#/?channel=RES_LET 26 Aug 2022, 22:38, Damien: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/124828028#/?channel=RES_LET 26 Aug 2022, 22:39, Sam: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/126372830 26 Aug 2022, 22:54, Sam: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/125685689 26 Aug 2022, 22:56, Sam: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/122050934 26 Aug 2022, 23:01, Damien: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/124938845#/?channel=RES_LET 26 Aug 2022, 23:52, Sam: God I ought to stop doing this meth - like, I’m not staying up all night and properly binging, but doing it in front of you makes me look at myself from the outside & it’s a pretty bleak sight 26 Aug 2022, 23:56, Damien: Oh honestly I’m not judging at all, it’s quite impressive how you pace yourself with it, when I do it I’m like a dog with a bone ahha 27 Aug 2022, 00:03, Sam: Haha, thanks, though I think what I said in relation to Kieran is prob true, that in reality the person who can integrate his drug use with a normal functioning life is far _more_ likely to become an addict.. 27 Aug 2022, 00:04, Sam: I should prob get back on ADHD meds tbqh - first bc I remember meth did nothing for me when I was on them, and secondly bc Roman’s doctor once pointed out that his patients often stopped doing drugs once they were diagnosed with ADHD (cynically it’s another, legitimated addiction, like methadone; less cynically the drug use is a bad way of sating a need, I guess) 27 Aug 2022, 00:05, Sam: Aaanyway I’ll let you sleep, lol - thanks for a good sesh 27 Aug 2022, 02:26, Sam: Fwiw, for the morning: I’ve avoided putting everything in the dishwasher bc the whole rigmarole is inevitably so loud, but I’ve rinsed them so the fly situation hopefully won’t get worse 🤞 (and will sort in the morn) (Also, god, between cleaning up and working it’s now 2:30 and this probably is not a healthy way to live..) 27 Aug 2022, 13:09, Damien: Did you manage to get any sleep darling? X 27 Aug 2022, 13:12, Sam: Oh of course, though only at like 3am, haha - I’ve been thinking about a potential startup I was talking about with Joe the other day, and I think the meth turned me into a bit of a Captain Ahab last night drawing up notes about it 😄 (I probably ought to get a script for ADHD meds again for the reasons I mentioned) 27 Aug 2022, 13:16, Damien: Oh yes, I was going to buy some online, I’d you want to go In on a batch. 27 Aug 2022, 13:16, Damien: I was wondering you wanted to get lunch somewhere? I was going to do some shopping In central x 27 Aug 2022, 13:26, Sam: Oh, thanks for the offer, though I’ll probably just ask Joanna to prescribe me some again, if only for a thin veneer of medical oversight 27 Aug 2022, 13:26, Sam: (sorry- ^my mum’s friend who prescribed for me last time, just to keep at arm’s length, haha) 27 Aug 2022, 13:27, Sam: And sure, I think I’m very probably game- where were you thinking? (Also, are we not central?? Lol) 27 Aug 2022, 13:29, Damien: Haha yes I suppose we are. I’m a little hungry, I was thinking of getting lunch somewhere, maybe Ottolenghi, and the going to Selfridges 27 Aug 2022, 13:58, Sam: Sounds great! Is there an Ottolenghi near here? You mean the original Notting Hill one? Or closer? 27 Aug 2022, 14:07, Damien: There’s one at the bottom of Marylebone high st 27 Aug 2022, 14:07, Damien: Shall we go in 20 27 Aug 2022, 14:07, Sam: Oh I never knew about that one! Ok, 20 mins sounds perf 💯 27 Aug 2022, 14:08, Sam: Lol did I ever tell you about my dad going to Ottolenghi so much that he’s on the back of one of their cookbooks? (Like, just as a randomly photographed customer, lol) 27 Aug 2022, 14:09, Sam: bookended by lols.. I probably rely on them too much 27 Aug 2022, 14:09, Sam: But it _is_ brilliant 27 Aug 2022, 14:09, Damien: Hahaha no? That’s so funny 27 Aug 2022, 14:09, Damien: I had one of the cook books but have lost it unfortunately. Might pick one up today. 27 Aug 2022, 14:11, Sam: 27 Aug 2022, 14:11, Sam: And yeah it’s great, food of my childhood - we should grab a few 27 Aug 2022, 14:12, Sam: Like, having been to see e.g. Creepy Chris’s parents, I am deeply and eternally grateful that I never had to suffer through the horror apparently known to the English as a Sunday roast 27 Aug 2022, 14:21, Damien: 😂 27 Aug 2022, 14:35, Sam: Sorry, gimme 2 mins and I’ll be down 27 Aug 2022, 14:35, Damien: I’m ready whenever you are 👌🏻 27 Aug 2022, 14:35, Sam: Haha we’re having this conversation in reverse 27 Aug 2022, 14:35, Damien: Ahhaa didn’t they go out of there way to make you a curry or something ridiculous lol 27 Aug 2022, 14:36, Sam: Omg lol indeed they did 27 Aug 2022, 14:36, Sam: English people curry 27 Aug 2022, 14:36, Sam: Possibly worse than the Holocaust 27 Aug 2022, 14:37, Sam: If I were actually some Brick Lane Bangladeshi teenager I’d have felt deeply insulted by the despoliation and parading-around-dead-like-Hector of my culture 27 Aug 2022, 14:38, Sam: Aaanyway, god, I think I’m gonna have some meth and some coffee to wake me up, but I really need to stop taking this stuff b/c every day is not a good omen 27 Aug 2022, 15:47, Sam: https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/risk/estimates/riskbehaviors.html 27 Aug 2022, 16:27, Sam: Sorry if I was being a bit opaque there - this one: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b9/MagrittePipe.jpg 27 Aug 2022, 16:28, Sam: (The bar is called Magritte… or rather for some reason Le Magritte) 27 Aug 2022, 17:40, Sam: 27 Aug 2022, 18:56, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_and_non-U_English 27 Aug 2022, 21:16, Sam: Aw, give Edward my best, and sorry if I was a bit scattered, or talking too much, or too much about railways, or whatever - lol my superego is working overtime 27 Aug 2022, 22:37, Sam: Also if you’re still with Edward could you possibly ask him what that line of poetry was in his place card from lunch? I think he quoted one line and I said the other line of the couplet, so I must’ve known it, and for some reason it crossed my mind, immediately was replaced by some Wordsworth line about kids (high instincts, blah blah blah, etc), and now it’s really irritating me, lol 27 Aug 2022, 22:37, Sam: (…the most non-emergency emergency 🙃) 27 Aug 2022, 22:47, Damien: John Betchman x 27 Aug 2022, 22:48, Sam: Wait, from the card? Was it? Does he remember the poem? I can find the line myself I’m sure 27 Aug 2022, 22:49, Sam: Lol sorry about this psychic emergency 27 Aug 2022, 22:49, Sam: (I do remember the Slough poem being mentioned, and also I think I mentioned the one about King George, but I’m not sure it was either) 27 Aug 2022, 23:00, Sam: Aaaalso do you mind if I give your sister my number so she can ask about Eoghain’s sister? She seemed quite concerned & I don’t want to play Chinese whispers 27 Aug 2022, 23:00, Sam: 27 Aug 2022, 23:01, Damien: Sure darling x 27 Aug 2022, 23:50, Sam: Ah, thanks! I hope it’s some sort of misunderstanding 🤞 Awful if true.. It sounds like she was a sweet person 27 Aug 2022, 23:50, Damien: Oh sorry, just seeing these now 27 Aug 2022, 23:50, Damien: Not Una 27 Aug 2022, 23:51, Damien: The younger sister Emma 27 Aug 2022, 23:51, Damien: Also are you smoking any more T tonight? 27 Aug 2022, 23:51, Sam: Oh gosh I don’t know what to say to that… I don’t want to say it’s a relief, though for my sister personally I suppose in a way it is 27 Aug 2022, 23:52, Sam: I don’t know really, lol - I’ll probably try to avoid it (I have so far, since a tiny bit I smoked after I got home) but who knows, haha 27 Aug 2022, 23:52, Damien: , I’m going to follow you’re guidance of how to lose weight. 27 Aug 2022, 23:52, Damien: I wanted to take some in the morning 27 Aug 2022, 23:52, Sam: I’ll be up a little while more if you want some, though tomorrow when we’re both compos mentis I’ll ask you whether you really want me to offer you any in future 27 Aug 2022, 23:53, Damien: But cba getting a pipe lighter and the actual T before then haha 27 Aug 2022, 23:53, Sam: Oh right, I see - yeah that’s totally fine, you’re v welcome to some 27 Aug 2022, 23:53, Sam: Won’t kill us, and tomorrow I can figure out if you want me to hold you to some kind of Ulysses pact not to take it 27 Aug 2022, 23:54, Damien: Honestly I just want it as a an appetite suppressant. It’s original purpose in the 50s ahha 27 Aug 2022, 23:54, Sam: Yeah, haha, I’ll see if I can find the old ad for it 27 Aug 2022, 23:54, Sam: (Also I think auden wrote most of his poems on a Benzedrine inhaler, lol) 27 Aug 2022, 23:55, Sam: 28 Aug 2022, 00:29, Sam: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/126223529 28 Aug 2022, 00:30, Sam: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/126406736 28 Aug 2022, 11:19, Sam: Hey, fyi our neighbour gave us a bag full of wine he had left over before his move 🍷 (very sweet of him!) 28 Aug 2022, 11:19, Sam: So that’s what that wine is, basically 28 Aug 2022, 11:19, Sam: Some of it is cava, but he meant well 28 Aug 2022, 12:44, Damien: Hahahha I was wondering, ‘since when did Sam drink Harp beer’ 28 Aug 2022, 12:44, Damien: Bless that’s quite sweet 28 Aug 2022, 12:45, Damien: Always good to have supplies. 28 Aug 2022, 12:45, Damien: Are you around? 28 Aug 2022, 12:47, Sam: Haha, yeah, that’s not quite my tipple 28 Aug 2022, 12:47, Sam: Classic of the English to have foul pondwater with their boiled vegetables and gamey meat 28 Aug 2022, 12:48, Sam: But yeah it was very sweet of him, and at a glance lots of it looks quite quaffable (if not the beer) 28 Aug 2022, 12:48, Sam: Well….. to steal from Bill Clinton, it depends what your definition of the word ‘around’ is, lol 28 Aug 2022, 12:49, Sam: Like, I was hoping to get some work done - ie not fritter the whole day away like yesterday (though I obv had a nice time) - but I can definitely spare a few hours whenever you fancy! 28 Aug 2022, 12:49, Sam: (Sorry to be diffic…) 28 Aug 2022, 12:51, Sam: I’ve had two coffees to counteract the valium haze, so my body should be in a pleasant equilibrium for a few or two few hours till I crash, haha 28 Aug 2022, 12:58, Damien: Oh yes maybe later. I had a few things to do as well. I was just wondering if there was a few puffs worth in that pipe you can spare. I will happily give you some moeny for some, atm I just can’t be bothered with the faff of waiting for Zack, getting a pipe etc etc. 😅 but if not it’s fine, I’ll caffeinate myself up, sometimes that that has a similar effect. 28 Aug 2022, 13:05, Sam: I’m out of actual bagged-up meth, but I think there’s a bit in the pipe (I put a fair bit in and didn’t smoke much - though since you use the flamethrower and hold it way closer I don’t know what’ll add up to a few puffs for you, haha) 28 Aug 2022, 13:05, Sam: Gimme 2 mins and I’ll bring it up 28 Aug 2022, 13:06, Sam: Also, fwiw, I highly recommend not heating it so much, at least in this particular case given you presumably want to husband it - just that so much gets burned off while you’re between breaths 28 Aug 2022, 13:06, Damien: Oh honestly if It’s the last bits 28 Aug 2022, 13:06, Damien: You have it really 28 Aug 2022, 13:07, Sam: Nah take it, I’ll get some more anyway - I truly couldn’t care less 28 Aug 2022, 13:07, Damien: You’ll get much more from it 28 Aug 2022, 13:07, Sam: I’d say if I did (or lie that I had none 😄) 28 Aug 2022, 13:07, Sam: I promise I really don’t care - I can’t promise it’ll be that much to you (not so much wrt tolerance, more our different smoking styles) but give it a try 28 Aug 2022, 13:08, Sam: Also I’ve got you a replacement flamethrower since I’m not sure where yours is (sorry about that) 28 Aug 2022, 13:09, Damien: Oh honestly you shouldn’t worry I’m sure it will turn up 28 Aug 2022, 13:10, Damien: Thank you I really appreciate it 28 Aug 2022, 13:22, Sam: Really good article, apropos of the medical meth & heroin point: https://www.vice.com/en/article/yw4nnk/how-the-us-stopped-a-possible-solution-to-the-heroin-epidemic 28 Aug 2022, 14:20, Damien: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62298213/?search_identifier=906649541b9ef757c5ca33fbf4b86df7 28 Aug 2022, 14:20, Damien: Oh darling look a house in Knightsbridge 28 Aug 2022, 14:20, Damien: Relatively cheap as well 28 Aug 2022, 14:30, Sam: Oh wow - interesting area too, technically in Sector #3 but with what looks to be a very quick alleyway through to Brompton Road and thence Sector #2 28 Aug 2022, 14:31, Sam: ^ ya know, in my sorta chorography of Knightsgravia - the three-slice pizza trisected by Sloane St first and then Brompton Road 28 Aug 2022, 14:32, Sam: (where Sector #1 is Belgravia, Sector #2 is Luxe Knightsbridge, and Sector #3 (where my uncle’s house is) is Less-Luxe Knightsbridge) 28 Aug 2022, 14:33, Sam: Also the house itself looks, well, I suppose not exactly _remarkable_ (in the way of the Bayswater flat) but a very nice house 28 Aug 2022, 14:33, Sam: Add to our (mental) viewings list maybe? 28 Aug 2022, 14:50, Damien: Remind of the Bayswater flat again? 28 Aug 2022, 17:19, Sam: Celui-ci :) 28 Aug 2022, 17:22, Sam: Also, were you still planning to get some more meth? Ought we join forces so he doesn’t have to come twice (lol)? I don’t mind doing it if necessary - I’m going through absolute hell (albeit necessary hell) validating this startup idea, so I could do with some 28 Aug 2022, 17:23, Sam: (And fuck it, it’s not heroin, I’m just gonna stop beating myself up about it for now, and get some ADHD meds as soon as Joanna’s sent a script) 28 Aug 2022, 17:25, Sam: Also means we can order half grams, I suppose as long as that’s what we both want - for me I don’t really mind so it’s your call 28 Aug 2022, 17:26, Sam: **TLDR: do you still want meth, if so how much, & can I get yours for you?** 28 Aug 2022, 18:00, Damien: Oh sweetie, sure let’s. I wouldn’t mind a few puffs. I’ll need some for tomorrow haha 28 Aug 2022, 18:00, Damien: Shall we share gram? X 28 Aug 2022, 18:01, Sam: Sounds good! I’ve coincidentally just asked Zack, and he’s getting some in an hour, so he’ll come then :) 28 Aug 2022, 18:02, Sam: Well, an hour in dealer time, which is about ~1h30 in our time 28 Aug 2022, 18:02, Sam: Think it’s a weird effect of special relativity from zooming around on his scooter 28 Aug 2022, 18:02, Damien: Hahaha yah 28 Aug 2022, 18:02, Damien: Let’s hope he doesn’t manage to hurt himself this time 28 Aug 2022, 18:03, Damien: Can I send you the cash over, I’d go to the atm, although I’ve lost the only card that I remember the pin to 28 Aug 2022, 18:03, Sam: Oh nah dw, can figure it out later on 28 Aug 2022, 18:09, Sam: Pretty amazingly roomy flat on BeaufGar: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62288974/ 28 Aug 2022, 18:10, Sam: Whatever the fuck is going on with the prices on Beauchamp Place + Beaufort Gardens is an utter, utter mystery to me 28 Aug 2022, 18:11, Damien: I’d love it if the lighting wasn’t so fluorescent and everything else so Greg 28 Aug 2022, 18:11, Damien: Grey 28 Aug 2022, 18:11, Sam: I think lightbulbs would be a reasonably priced investment, lol 28 Aug 2022, 18:12, Sam: Also we’d just apply Sam’s Rule of Life #17: never use main lights, always floor lamps 28 Aug 2022, 20:20, Damien: Did Zack ever come back? X 28 Aug 2022, 20:21, Sam: 28 Aug 2022, 20:21, Damien: Ahh hurrah 28 Aug 2022, 20:21, Damien: 🙌🏼🙌🏼 28 Aug 2022, 20:53, Damien: Did you want to come down for drinks? x 28 Aug 2022, 20:53, Sam: Sure! Gimme 5 mins 28 Aug 2022, 20:53, Sam: If that suits 28 Aug 2022, 21:06, Damien: This message was deleted. 28 Aug 2022, 21:49, Damien: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/55081771/ 28 Aug 2022, 22:02, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/59585432/ 28 Aug 2022, 22:12, Sam: me rn: https://youtu.be/99og_g7rXnA 28 Aug 2022, 22:16, Sam: The near Heaven one: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/61939331/ 28 Aug 2022, 22:21, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/61078202/ 28 Aug 2022, 22:28, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62286597/ 28 Aug 2022, 22:31, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/61548301/ 28 Aug 2022, 22:35, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/39556466/ 28 Aug 2022, 22:39, Sam: Oh you were right - while CadSq isn’t _technically_ connected to MotSt, it’s essentially right next to it, divided by a road that’s basically just a metres-long figment on a map 28 Aug 2022, 22:39, Sam: Unbelievable 28 Aug 2022, 22:40, Sam: I just do not understand what is happening.. That flat will be cheaper for both of us than the current one, assuming the bedrooms are slightly unequal and we split something like 2000-1500 28 Aug 2022, 22:40, Sam: Anyway, I suppose we likely won’t end up in that very flat, but it’s all very encouraging 28 Aug 2022, 22:41, Sam: _Especially_ as this is roughly the worst time to be flat hunting, usually (b/c uni students & uni grads) 28 Aug 2022, 23:34, Sam: No need to reply tonight, but I’m curious to know whether you like Portobello Road (as in the proper, nice Notting Hill stretch, not when it stretches off into eternity….or Kensal Green, whichever is closer) 28 Aug 2022, 23:36, Sam: And also whether you like the bits of Notting Hill - I think you’d still call it Notting Hill - _beyond_ Portobello Road (ie to the west), in the sorta concentric circles around Lansdowne Cres 28 Aug 2022, 23:37, Sam: Sorta where Jimi Hendrix died and where the David Cameron era Conservative set was based - maybe you’d call it Ladbroke Grove 29 Aug 2022, 12:12, Sam: 29 Aug 2022, 12:12, Sam: lol sorry the ‘you’ is not addressed at you, in case the notification preview looks alarming 29 Aug 2022, 12:13, Damien: Hahahahahhaha 29 Aug 2022, 12:13, Damien: It did 😂😂😂 29 Aug 2022, 12:14, Sam: Hahaha, I really need to stop using ‘you’ to mean ‘one’ or ‘he/she/they’ 29 Aug 2022, 12:16, Sam: Lol, my other pet peeve: people on Twitter talking about PrOnOUnS as if it literally just means trans people shit 29 Aug 2022, 12:16, Sam: “When _I_ was young, we didn’t have _pronouns_!!!!!” 29 Aug 2022, 12:20, Sam: Ah shit, also 29 Aug 2022, 12:21, Sam: I think I either owe you money for rent, or I owe the landlord money for rent, but either way I need to get on with paying it (especially if it’s the latter) 29 Aug 2022, 12:21, Sam: I’ve been sorta vacillating and forgetting about it, meaning to ask one or the other of you 29 Aug 2022, 12:21, Sam: Like- is it from this month that they started applying your money to the rent payments? 29 Aug 2022, 12:25, Damien: Oh gosh. Is there an email or something? 29 Aug 2022, 13:06, Sam: 29 Aug 2022, 13:07, Sam: Wait wdym? And do you mean an email address or an actual email (like, a message by email)? 29 Aug 2022, 13:09, Damien: Ahh I just saw the email, I sent over my part 🤔 29 Aug 2022, 13:10, Damien: Maybe kieran forgot 29 Aug 2022, 13:11, Sam: Oh, I haven’t got an email, weirdly - so I _am_ meant to be sending it to them, and not you? 29 Aug 2022, 13:11, Sam: Also it’s probably not Kieran who forgot - well, it’s at least me.. or not ‘forgot’, but I’ve been unsure whether I’m meant to be sending it to you or them 29 Aug 2022, 13:11, Sam: Well, I suppose I forgot in that I’ve kept meaning to ask but forgetting 29 Aug 2022, 13:11, Sam: Are they not applying your overpayment to the rent as of this month then? 29 Aug 2022, 13:12, Sam: Also, if you got an email, is there some late charge? Absolutely needless to say I’ll pay that myself 29 Aug 2022, 13:15, Damien: Oh no, they decided against that. They’re just going to pay me back up front 👌🏻 29 Aug 2022, 13:15, Damien: Having went through the contract the other day, I can tell you, they only apply interest on rent outstanding 14 working days after it was due 😜 29 Aug 2022, 13:16, Sam: Oh lol fantastic, I ought to arbitrage that with whatever interest I earn from Monzo 29 Aug 2022, 13:47, Sam: Also lol I meant to send this last night (when it was vaguely relevant) but it’s so great I have to send it now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBX123HJVLc 29 Aug 2022, 13:47, Sam: “ok, then… these few questions may make less sense” lmao 29 Aug 2022, 13:52, Sam: (Also, if you’ve never seen the Jacob Rees Mogg one, you should…. with Ali G, I mean, not with Gore Vidal, lol) 29 Aug 2022, 16:25, Sam: uh, Tara has come "to check on the cats" - presumably at Kieran's behest, obviously, I'm not blaming her 29 Aug 2022, 16:26, Sam: I don't know what on earth Kieran is doing, and whether this is Kieran qua autist or Kieran trying to pull some trick 29 Aug 2022, 16:35, Damien: Hahhaha will he do this when we move into the next place 😂 29 Aug 2022, 18:10, Sam: I....would _like_ to say no 29 Aug 2022, 18:11, Sam: ....I suppose I could _say_ it 29 Aug 2022, 18:11, Sam: image omitted 29 Aug 2022, 18:11, Sam: as in: you can create a website like samsheroin.gethigh 29 Aug 2022, 19:35, Sam: 29 Aug 2022, 21:26, Sam: Also, hey, is there any chance you could pick up another of those pipes, if the place is nearby? I’ll send you the £5 (lol) and I’d be much obliged - I tried some a little while ago, and some just now, and I think you’re right that it doesn’t seem to be burning so well 29 Aug 2022, 21:26, Damien: Yes yes 29 Aug 2022, 21:26, Damien: Did you find that flame thrower 29 Aug 2022, 21:27, Sam: I did find what I think was ‘my’ one (in my bed for some reason), but it seems be low on fuel - not quite out but low.. I’ll happily defray the cost of whatever paraphernalia you get 30 Aug 2022, 00:36, Sam: https://youtu.be/sWt8ZIgDA9I 30 Aug 2022, 00:56, Sam: monzo.me/s 30 Aug 2022, 01:04, Sam: Jesus why does the cash machine always ask if I want an ‘advice slip’ 30 Aug 2022, 01:04, Sam: Does ANYONE fucking know what an advice slip is 30 Aug 2022, 01:05, Sam: Also, do you know when Zack will be here? I’m waiting in the alleyway for now (I normally do, just bc he usu comes shortly after) but will come back inside if you know otherwise 30 Aug 2022, 01:05, Sam: (…..realising a moment too late that my first two texts probably inured you to the notifications) 30 Aug 2022, 01:06, Damien: Let me check 30 Aug 2022, 01:06, Sam: “Stop doing meth” lol 30 Aug 2022, 01:07, Sam: Thanks! 30 Aug 2022, 01:12, Damien: He hasn’t replied yet darling 😅 30 Aug 2022, 01:12, Sam: Nice new Shoreditch one, tho maybe a 7 and at the high end price-wise: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62293924/ 30 Aug 2022, 01:12, Sam: Oh haha, ok I’ll just come in, prob easier 30 Aug 2022, 01:13, Sam: Oh shit I just saw a legit incredible warehouse one 30 Aug 2022, 01:13, Sam: Movie grade 30 Aug 2022, 01:13, Sam: Elle Deco grade 30 Aug 2022, 01:13, Sam: Will send once I 30 Aug 2022, 01:13, Sam: in 30 Aug 2022, 01:17, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/61932511/ 30 Aug 2022, 01:18, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/54071580/ 30 Aug 2022, 01:33, Sam: Barbican: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62149728/ 30 Aug 2022, 01:34, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62147901/ 30 Aug 2022, 01:49, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62067175/ 30 Aug 2022, 01:52, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/61998550/ 30 Aug 2022, 01:52, Damien: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/property/notting-hill/?beds_min=2&page_size=25&price_frequency=per_month&q=Notting%20Hill%2C%20London&radius=0&results_sort=newest_listings&search_source=refine&pn=4 30 Aug 2022, 01:55, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/61903950/ 30 Aug 2022, 02:01, Damien: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/59190757/?search_identifier=e41f05afa188f05adcdad13265861265 30 Aug 2022, 02:18, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/61318866/ 30 Aug 2022, 02:28, Damien: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62230388/?search_identifier=bb214e1d1eb4f505ae093e6f46a82c38 30 Aug 2022, 10:31, Sam: Btw- let me know if you want some of this stuff to stay awake.. Probably not the best of habits, but we did go quite overboard & for myself I can’t see another way of getting in proper working order 30 Aug 2022, 10:54, Damien: Oh I’m so sorry. I was just chasing the high, and monging out 😳. I hope I wasn’t too annoying. And yes I think I’ll be looking at ADHD medications going forward. I feel really scummy/trashy smoking it the way I did last night. I think I’ll try and avoid it for a period now. I feel quite guilty for leading you astray 😅. Im just on my flight to Greece. Surprisingly feeling quite well. I’ll see you in a week or so. Hopefully in a better state xx 30 Aug 2022, 11:06, Sam: Ohhh gosh, I forgot you were flying this morning ☠️ This gives me terrible flashbacks to the time I had to get a 9am train after Marc Corbett-Weaver’s NYE party (and back in the day when the Eurostar connected via Brussels rather than going straight to Amsterdam) 30 Aug 2022, 11:07, Sam: And yeah, your holiday should be a good obligatory detox I suppose! No use beating yourself up, imo - all things in moderation, including moderation itself 🤓 30 Aug 2022, 11:08, Sam: Also, if you need some inner strength, the Enchiridion -> http://classics.mit.edu/Epictetus/epicench.html 30 Aug 2022, 11:09, Sam: (fancy word for handbook) 30 Aug 2022, 11:09, Sam: (en = in, cheir = hand, rest is just nounification boilerplate) 30 Aug 2022, 11:12, Sam: Lol I’ve noticed I become more pretentious when sleep-deprived - I think my brain is just disorganised and eclectic and without sleep it all comes out.. eheu 30 Aug 2022, 14:19, Sam: 30 Aug 2022, 14:31, Damien: Hahahahaah 30 Aug 2022, 14:31, Damien: Both is those people 30 Aug 2022, 14:31, Damien: Yikes 😂 30 Aug 2022, 14:31, Damien: How are you feeling? 30 Aug 2022, 15:36, Sam: Yeah, not too bad - like before, it keeps me awake, I s’pose 30 Aug 2022, 15:36, Sam: And intermittently on Grindr apparently 30 Aug 2022, 15:37, Sam: 30 Aug 2022, 15:37, Sam: (I’m not attracted to him, I just have a bad habit of trying to be friendly) 30 Aug 2022, 16:05, Sam: 30 Aug 2022, 16:53, Damien: BAHAHHAHAHAHAHA 30 Aug 2022, 16:53, Damien: Savage 30 Aug 2022, 18:35, Damien: Omg look at Zacks story on WhatsApp 30 Aug 2022, 18:35, Damien: LOL 30 Aug 2022, 21:54, Sam: 30 Aug 2022, 21:54, Sam: Where do I find stories on WhatsApp? Lol, this whole ‘story’ thing is after my time 30 Aug 2022, 21:55, Sam: Also, I meant to say, if/as you liked that little speech (/ end of speech / peroration /…) by Tony Benn, there’s a great one, weirdly enough from Jon Stewart, the comedian, which I stumbled upon the other day through a more recent update article: https://youtu.be/_uYpDC3SRpM 30 Aug 2022, 21:56, Sam: ^i think it’s just universally gratifying to watch someone light up a bunch of useless politicians 30 Aug 2022, 21:57, Sam: But credit to him, it’s a spectacular speech… echoes of Pericles or whatev 30 Aug 2022, 23:07, Sam: 30 Aug 2022, 23:08, Sam: Like, do these people have even a passing acquaintance with fashion or with art? 30 Aug 2022, 23:10, Sam: As my grandma always says, you’re paying them to advertise their brand on your clothes.. For whatever you’re paying to the designer — on the infinitesimal off chance that this person _did_ pay it to the designer and not Mr Ding Dong — you could write ‘BALENCIAGA’ on the bloody thing yourself 30 Aug 2022, 23:10, Sam: /rant over 30 Aug 2022, 23:12, Sam: Also, an iPhone case? You could power a hydroelectric plant from the energy of Balenciaga turning in his grave 31 Aug 2022, 09:40, Damien: HAHAHHAHAHAHAH 31 Aug 2022, 09:41, Damien: Sam Omg 😂😂😂 31 Aug 2022, 09:43, Damien: He was pouring oil on Rolex watch with a wad of cash in one hand, mumbling some hood talk which I can’t decipher, seemed quite funny lol 31 Aug 2022, 09:43, Damien: And what about the phone case? 31 Aug 2022, 09:45, Damien: If I were that shade of orange I would stay away from white 😬 31 Aug 2022, 09:48, Damien: Honestly I think the only thought process in this over the top branding is - ‘People will be impressed that I can afford so much on a phone case’ 🤡 , and judging by the tit tat in his room he really can’t ahhaa 31 Aug 2022, 18:05, Sam: Hey, do you know of another place that does those pipes? I’ve managed to destroy the current one (honestly I’m so terrible at this, I think I got more out of it just inhaling the smoke from yours) 31 Aug 2022, 18:06, Sam: It’d be faster to just burn the bloody money, lol 31 Aug 2022, 18:06, Sam: ^ and sorry, I promise I’ll reply to your messages once I’m home - I’m just out and the place we used is closed 31 Aug 2022, 22:04, Sam: God, my kingdom for a fucking pipe.. Why is it so hard to get a pipe? This is unbelievable 31 Aug 2022, 22:06, Damien: Omg I’m so sorry, I forget to reply to this. I’m trying think of where I saw some, maybe the bottom of the edgeware road toward marble arch. 31 Aug 2022, 22:06, Damien: Let me check 31 Aug 2022, 22:07, Sam: Wait no don’t worry, I found one - of course - just after I sent that 31 Aug 2022, 22:07, Damien: Lol where did you find it 31 Aug 2022, 22:07, Sam: (I mean, obviously I haven’t been looking for the entire intervening 4 hours, but still, haha) 31 Aug 2022, 22:08, Damien: Oh I’d hope not. That would be me 🤡 31 Aug 2022, 22:08, Damien: Lol 31 Aug 2022, 22:09, Damien: Where out of interest 31 Aug 2022, 22:09, Damien: If you put the pipes in the dishwasher 31 Aug 2022, 22:09, Damien: It cleans them 31 Aug 2022, 22:11, Sam: It’s way down Edgware Road unfortunately 31 Aug 2022, 22:12, Sam: Honestly, you have no idea how excruciating it is to walk into every shop with pipes in the window — which, it being Edgware Rd, is essentially the majority of them — having the same fucking conversation 31 Aug 2022, 22:12, Sam: Namely: 31 Aug 2022, 22:13, Sam: “Uh… I don’t suppose you have any pipes?” “Pipes? What kind of pipe?” “….glass pipes?” “Hmmmmm….. no, we don’t do those” [or some similar enough variant thereof] 31 Aug 2022, 22:14, Sam: Sorry for slow typing, I’ve only got one hand free (not for that reason, lol-just walking back w my spoils etc) 31 Aug 2022, 22:16, Sam: Honestly I should’ve just said ‘meth pipes’, because apparently it would’ve had the exact same fucking effect 31 Aug 2022, 22:17, Damien: hqhahhahaha 31 Aug 2022, 22:18, Damien: I’m so sorry, I find this all hysterical. 😂🤣😭 31 Aug 2022, 22:23, Sam: Haha, yeah, it would have been hysterical from the outside, I suppose 😶😄 31 Aug 2022, 22:24, Sam: Those fucking shisha pipes, I swear, it was the death of me trying to figure out which place was sufficiently dodgy…. Though once I saw it, I knew in an instant 31 Aug 2022, 22:26, Sam: Also, even there I had to awkwardly ask the guy if he had the same windproof lighters, because I liked them very much indeed, but did he have them _without_ the word ‘BITCH’ (capitals theirs) printed in massive letters along the side? 31 Aug 2022, 22:26, Sam: 31 Aug 2022, 22:27, Sam: He did seem slightly offended by that, like I’d insulted his xenia 31 Aug 2022, 22:30, Sam: Ok, to your earlier messages: 31 Aug 2022, 22:30, Sam: Lol, to what bit? My wearing him down? Or one of my messages? 🫣 31 Aug 2022, 22:34, Sam: Hahah I love that.. I’m sure my hatred of Rolexes is well understood already, though I’ll grant a dispensation to drug dealers, who are allowed to buy tacky meretricious things like Rolexes and Ferraris and Jeff Koons sculptures to show off their wealth 31 Aug 2022, 22:35, Sam: LOL 31 Aug 2022, 22:36, Sam: Yeah, he looks like he sleeps in a sun bed.. God only knows why English people think this stuff is a good look 31 Aug 2022, 22:37, Sam: (Nor why it’s always the same people who loathe and contemn anyone who actually HAS melanin) 31 Aug 2022, 22:39, Sam: I mean, honestly, at this point they may as well ditch the letters altogether and just put a massive oversized price tag on the bloody things.. (Might save their PE fund owners a few mil 🤷‍♂️) 31 Aug 2022, 22:40, Sam: ^ I know I have a few things like that - the one that immediately comes to mind is my torn givenchy hoodie, but I’d sooner it hadn’t the name on it tbh 31 Aug 2022, 22:40, Sam: Ooooh, this is quite neat, especially since I bought two pipes - to be a bit safe - at that last shop 31 Aug 2022, 22:41, Sam: Fucking THIRTY THREE POUNDS for two pipes and two lighters, he 100% saw me coming 31 Aug 2022, 23:17, Sam: Jeeesus, I’m just talking to someone who might actually beat my existing penis record (Louis) 31 Aug 2022, 23:18, Sam: I’d take a photo if only I knew a way to circumvent Grindr’s screenshot (and screen recording … tried that) protection mechanism 31 Aug 2022, 23:18, Sam: 31 Aug 2022, 23:21, Sam: ^ idk what it is but the hungs of Grindr seem to be proliferating and growing hung-er — global warming??? (island gigantism??) 31 Aug 2022, 23:55, Sam: 31 Aug 2022, 23:58, Sam: Also, soz abt this insane thread, but I had to have some photos so I took some on my laptop camera (🙈): 31 Aug 2022, 23:59, Sam: 31 Aug 2022, 23:59, Sam: 31 Aug 2022, 23:59, Sam: 1 Sep 2022, 00:00, Sam: Content warning: scenes of intense penis 2 Sep 2022, 19:33, Damien: video omitted 2 Sep 2022, 19:36, Sam: Lol brilliant 2 Sep 2022, 19:37, Sam: Though those sites never feel accurate to me, especially when they do their own weird extrapolations 2 Sep 2022, 19:38, Sam: Look up some absurdly expensive street and it’ll be like ‘Kensington Palace Gardens: average price £2.70 and 0.3 peppercorns’ 2 Sep 2022, 19:53, Sam: Lol I just found a long thread* with Jake about your skiing incident with Tim, & the aftermath of Edward’s dinner party.. It’s pretty funny to look back on - I can send it to you but I’m not sure if you want to look back on it, or through my eyes — I definitely wasn’t _unkind_ but I may have been a bit blunt in my descriptions of / words for certain things 😄 *thanks to iMessage’s awful search, which is remarkably accurate in finding the things I _don’t_ want 2 Sep 2022, 22:07, Sam: 2 Sep 2022, 22:12, Sam: What is it about this that _literal meth heads_, who don’t even know how to continue having fucking _teeth_, can easily master, while I, a supposedly educated person still in possession of several teeth, seem to affect everything I touch in the manner of some sort of inverted King Midas, for whom every single paraphernalium immediately shatters, or catches fire, or is trampled by an elephant or falls into an active volcano or god knows what bloody else? 2 Sep 2022, 22:13, Sam: (Yes I know ‘paraphernalium’ is not a real word, but ‘paraphernalia’ is a made-up cod-Greek word in the first place, so….fair game) 2 Sep 2022, 22:15, Sam: second and last, if that was unclear.. 😩 2 Sep 2022, 22:15, Damien: Oh darling I’m so sorry for not replying. I will do so after dinner 👌🏻😘 2 Sep 2022, 22:16, Damien: Oh please I wouldn’t dream of seeing it ahaha 2 Sep 2022, 22:17, Damien: Oh did you manage to break the pipe? Haha 2 Sep 2022, 22:57, Sam: No problem! I always assume people will reply as and when :) 2 Sep 2022, 23:05, Sam: Haha fair enough - it’s not unkind to you, ultimately it’s very fond, it’s just that I don’t know if you’d endorse some of the explanations/descriptions I gave Jake, haha 2 Sep 2022, 23:07, Sam: Yup.. by dropping it in the sink… well, perhaps ‘dropping it _within_ the sink’ - like, barely an inch - would be a better descriptor 2 Sep 2022, 23:09, Sam: Aaalso, my god, I realised barely ten minutes ago that we’ve been holding it wrong 2 Sep 2022, 23:09, Sam: (yeah, ik, _wrongly_ - I’m referring to the iPhone 4 thing) 2 Sep 2022, 23:09, Sam: Anyway, recte: 2 Sep 2022, 23:10, Sam: 2 Sep 2022, 23:12, Sam: It’s now so obvious, aargh - like, of course the smoke should go up through the aspiration handle thingie.. God, I feel the same way I did when I realised you can just put the fucking soup spoon in your mouth and not sip it like it’s a tiny little doll-sized bowl, even if it’s frightfully gauche and absolutely infra dig etc etc 2 Sep 2022, 23:14, Sam: (not a problem with meth smoking, it being a less judgemental hobby with less discerning practitioners) 3 Sep 2022, 14:27, Sam: Hahaha I just got recommended this, presumably because of what we were watching: William Buckley interviewing Tony Benn (pbuh): https://youtu.be/0hES7WlDLs8 3 Sep 2022, 14:30, Sam: I have very mixed feelings about Buckley, though I do think* he’s not comparable to modern right-wing American commentators *without wanting to trot out the weary old trope of “Mr X who does [typically a hated] Thing Z _couldn’t hold a candle to_ Mr Y who does Thing Z at present. It was a different time then, weren’t it?” 3 Sep 2022, 14:31, Sam: But I love that line near the start: “he [=Benn] began his pursuit of autoproletarianisation when […]” 😁 3 Sep 2022, 14:50, Sam: (a) continuing my usual free association: his same programme interviewed Macmillan (again pbuh) of which there’s a very thought-provoking clip here: https://youtu.be/GVUX8TlrZKs (b) I just saw I mangled the sentence at the end, lol… I meant to put it as « Mr X who does [usu hated] Thing Z _now_ couldn’t hold a candle to Mr Y who did Thing Z a generation ago ». 3 Sep 2022, 14:50, Sam: god I need to stop procrastinating 3 Sep 2022, 14:51, Sam: think it’s now my greatest skill 3 Sep 2022, 14:51, Sam: not just amateur crastination 3 Sep 2022, 15:02, Sam: ^ actually, having interrogated my brain, tbh I think the main if not only thing I’ve liked about Buckley is that he was, say, the one famous incident excepted, urbane towards the other person - e.g. he wouldn’t do a whole interview with Corbyn consisting mostly of himself shouting about socialism is wrong In essence it lets the other person make their point, which feels like table stakes if not the very definition of ‘interview’, but yeah, Fox News and all that 3 Sep 2022, 15:03, Sam: I’m honestly just talking to myself tbh, lol - no need to reply 3 Sep 2022, 15:03, Sam: Anyway let me know how things are where you are! 3 Sep 2022, 15:03, Sam: On a more mundane note: god, we do need to do something about this Tara thing 3 Sep 2022, 15:03, Damien: Oh darling, I think perhaps a phone call will be better later 3 Sep 2022, 15:04, Sam: Since she’s been around several more times, either with a key or with some sort of crowbar, and sometimes at like fucking 9pm 3 Sep 2022, 15:04, Damien: Is it werid that they’re going to Paris together 3 Sep 2022, 15:04, Damien: GIF omitted 3 Sep 2022, 15:04, Sam: I assume you mean a phone call about Tara, as opposed to a phone call about my feelings concerning mid-20th-century American conservative commentators 3 Sep 2022, 15:05, Sam: If so, yeah, let’s, 100% 3 Sep 2022, 15:05, Damien: Yeah that’s not cool 3 Sep 2022, 15:05, Sam: What 3 Sep 2022, 15:05, Sam: Que 3 Sep 2022, 15:05, Sam: Quoi 3 Sep 2022, 15:05, Damien: It’s really over steeping the line 3 Sep 2022, 15:05, Sam: [german word] 3 Sep 2022, 15:05, Damien: Yah check the group chat 3 Sep 2022, 15:06, Damien: He’s spending 2 days in Paris with his sister 3 Sep 2022, 15:06, Sam: As far as I’m concerned, the line was the front door step, haha 3 Sep 2022, 15:06, Damien: Could you imagine 3 Sep 2022, 15:06, Damien: It’s so weird 3 Sep 2022, 15:06, Sam: Christ it’s even like a romantic weekend 3 Sep 2022, 15:06, Damien: Who knows 3 Sep 2022, 15:06, Sam: This whole thing has a very powerful emetic effect on me 3 Sep 2022, 15:06, Sam: I mean god knows 3 Sep 2022, 15:07, Sam: But it’s certainly strongly redolent of incest 3 Sep 2022, 15:07, Damien: Knowing kieran they’re probably sharing a single bed to save money 3 Sep 2022, 15:07, Sam: Who goes to fucking Paris with their sister? (Or anywhere really, absent some clear circumstantial reason) 3 Sep 2022, 15:08, Sam: I guess I got the train up to Suffolk with Flo and Roxy the other day, given we were coincidentally travelling the same evening, and so our parents didn’t have to drive to the station twice, but even that is somewhat unusual, lol — but spending a weekend in Paris? Fucking incroyable 3 Sep 2022, 15:09, Sam: Actually, fucking is probably not incroyable, is indeed eminently croyable 3 Sep 2022, 15:09, Sam: Just……_eugh_ at the whole thing, I don’t know what else to say 3 Sep 2022, 15:10, Sam: (for once in my life) 3 Sep 2022, 15:10, Damien: HHahahhahahahhaha 3 Sep 2022, 15:10, Damien: It’s so fucking weird 3 Sep 2022, 15:10, Damien: I mind ask to join them to get more information 3 Sep 2022, 15:11, Damien: It’s fucked up 3 Sep 2022, 15:11, Sam: Haha, please do, I’d be much obliged 3 Sep 2022, 15:11, Sam: I choose to picture it as that film Le Weekend (I think we saw the trailer) 3 Sep 2022, 15:13, Sam: Also weird given Kieran has never shown interest in girls 3 Sep 2022, 15:14, Sam: Though I wonder if incest is like paedophilia - one of those psychosexual oddities where it seems that the person’s sex preference among adults is totally unrelated, both two separate things 3 Sep 2022, 15:16, Sam: Either way, if you feel like sleuthing, I’d certainly be curious to know if it’s as creepy as it sounds 3 Sep 2022, 16:12, Missed audio call 3 Sep 2022, 16:42, Sam: Oh shit, sorry, could you do half an hour? I’m just about to have a shower 🙏 🙏 3 Sep 2022, 16:42, Sam: (Actually the time you called would’ve worked fine, but my phone was on silent 😬) 3 Sep 2022, 17:01, Missed audio call 3 Sep 2022, 17:42, Sam: Sorry, this thread is just a litany of missed deadlines… I just got out of the shower, and can’t quite believe I was in it for so long, but I just felt gross after the meth — *I’ll try calling you in 5-10 mins once I’m clothed and downstairs*, I think that’s prob less burdensome for you than the current approach 3 Sep 2022, 17:42, Sam: But yeah, obviously no expectation that you’ll be able to take it 3 Sep 2022, 17:47, Sam: Oh god kieran is back 3 Sep 2022, 17:48, Sam: Ahh, ok, I’ve just read his message in the group chat 🤦‍♂️ I should’ve seen that coming 3 Sep 2022, 19:01, Sam: 3 Sep 2022, 19:03, Sam: You deleted this message. 3 Sep 2022, 19:03, Sam: Ah ffs 3 Sep 2022, 19:04, Sam: 4 Sep 2022, 13:22, Damien: He was super edgy on the phone to me earlier 😅 hope he’s good…. 4 Sep 2022, 13:22, Damien: Is that cleaner doing a good job? 4 Sep 2022, 15:29, Sam: I honestly do not know - it seems sorta reasonably clean but not _tidy_, though I’m not sure what’s attributable to Kieran after she left.. 4 Sep 2022, 15:30, Sam: (I’ve retreated again to my room, lol….to my redoubt) 4 Sep 2022, 15:31, Sam: Hmm, I’m not sure…. I can’t recall if yesterday evening he was any weirder than usual - hard to discriminate, tbh 4 Sep 2022, 15:54, Sam: Also, I was looking through my past messages (to find one to send to Kieran, to avoid explaining sth), and Christ some of them are quite amphetamine-deranged I reeeeally ought to switch to something more subtle, like plain old speed/Adderall for work, or just get the Elvanse script set up again.. (I know there’s no physical component, that it’s just the ‘ugh I wish I were high/stimulated’ – I’ve failed at it enough days fo know – but it’s the same part of my brain that’s (unusually) bad at e.g. doing chores w/o forgetting or procrastinating) 4 Sep 2022, 16:15, Damien: Is he being annoying again? 4 Sep 2022, 16:18, Damien: Hahaha yah I know how you mean. Have you not been feeling good on it. Jacque gave my some Ritalin the other day and it’s had no effect on me, I don’t know whether that’s because of the meth the other day haha 4 Sep 2022, 16:35, Sam: No, not really, tbh, aside from conversations being awkward as always… and his going on about getting addicted when I was attempting to smoke _les drogues_ (I stayed up till 2am trying to execute the bloody rigmarole, and got nothing but a couple of puffs at the start..) 4 Sep 2022, 16:36, Sam: Think it’s just force of habit, and expectation 4 Sep 2022, 16:38, Sam: I’ve felt fine, both on and off, but yeah, on what’s turned out to be my weekend off (not for want of trying!), I’m sorta contemplating the habit 4 Sep 2022, 16:39, Sam: Also the Ritalin thing is weird - there shouldn’t be any cross-tolerance, though there might be what I think I’ve heard my mum call ‘behavioural sensitisation’ 4 Sep 2022, 16:41, Sam: (ie that you’re used to the feeling of being high) 4 Sep 2022, 18:49, Damien: https://www.knightfrank.co.uk/properties/residential/to-let/onslow-square-london-sw7/knq012200453?utm_medium=paidsocial&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=cataloguelettingspropsecting_2021_resiL_convN_uk&utm_content=carousel&fbclid=IwAR2G-INcVgP1OumKZiQ3S3WzvBADgTU6gAjyWTwxR2zSp9PqmcVCs4iHQ8E_aem_AQfeLV4UItrnw2i9i_SOGXol6ipCf539Q0uchrN79-9IFdqj3dt70-keS_Xp9cm9frYu_9Octz5PevHTFl7OPXjIRDUXg3EGQMdfWmQChHhNTqnUuvYVJ5F_KGcFt7ofB7D1A7vsfVOQC7JolCho7WSr 4 Sep 2022, 18:49, Damien: Omg look how cheap 4 Sep 2022, 18:49, Damien: What do you think 6 Sep 2022, 13:55, Sam: Oh wow I love that one - though sadly it’s under offer according to the far-too-small badge (maybe it wasn’t when you sent it) 6 Sep 2022, 13:56, Sam: Also sorry for the delay - think I was going slightly mad on that meth, so I cut it - from now on, back to mephedrone if I want to get high 6 Sep 2022, 17:33, Damien: Haha you don’t happen to have any left 6 Sep 2022, 17:34, Damien: Has kieranna left to Paris yet? 6 Sep 2022, 17:44, Sam: Lol I’m afraid not, but I can get some whenever you come back - it’d be fun to do some classic meth planning, just not (practically) every day any more 😁 6 Sep 2022, 17:57, Damien: Hahaha 6 Sep 2022, 17:57, Damien: Why not 😜 6 Sep 2022, 18:04, Sam: Hopefully it might be better for not having done it 6 Sep 2022, 18:05, Sam: Absence makes the heart grow fonder, and all that 🙃 6 Sep 2022, 19:14, Sam: Let me know if you need anything from me, re Zack 6 Sep 2022, 19:15, Sam: Should be up in 15-25mins 6 Sep 2022, 19:16, Sam: ^lol I’ve developed a professional habit of precise estimates (not necessarily the same as _accurate_ estimates😂) 6 Sep 2022, 19:18, Sam: Also I don’t suppose you noticed whether kieran left any wine that I could probably forage? 6 Sep 2022, 19:18, Damien: Oh there’s some red I just bought down stairs 6 Sep 2022, 19:18, Sam: (Because honestly fuck it) 6 Sep 2022, 19:18, Sam: Oh I’d sooner take Kieran’s wine, but faute de mieux I might take you up on that - thank you 🙌 6 Sep 2022, 21:43, Sam: The Singapore thing is worth reading: https://www.wired.com/1993/04/gibson-2/ 6 Sep 2022, 22:15, Damien: There’s two meth heads camping in Rainsford st tonight, who just saw me leave with out locking the door 6 Sep 2022, 22:15, Damien: Hope they don’t let themselves In 😅 6 Sep 2022, 23:03, Sam: https://youtu.be/aHun58mz3vI 6 Sep 2022, 23:31, Sam: Oh god I did wonder why the door was unlocked when I got the Gorillas order 6 Sep 2022, 23:31, Sam: I probably ought to lock it 6 Sep 2022, 23:31, Sam: After asking them for some meth 6 Sep 2022, 23:37, Damien: Hahahaha 6 Sep 2022, 23:37, Damien: Don’t worry I’ve since locked it 7 Sep 2022, 21:33, Sam: Btw, seeing as I was typing this just as you came in.. 7 Sep 2022, 21:34, Sam: I’ve been intermittently watching chunks of that Tony Benn / William Buckley interview, and Jesus the bit shortly before 31:00 (30:55? lol) is one of the most spectacular displays of nemesis that I’ve ever seen 7 Sep 2022, 21:34, Sam: ^ wait, sorry, the link, since it was a while back: https://youtu.be/0hES7WlDLs8 7 Sep 2022, 21:35, Sam: Like, Buckley awkwardly ejaculating his little statistics, trying to regain higher ground, coming across very much like Kieran 7 Sep 2022, 21:38, Sam: Honestly from 20 mins onwards it’s superb, but that part and the whole 5-and-something minutes from then is such a…._stentorian_ case for a political and moral viewpoint 7 Sep 2022, 21:38, Sam: Tldr = Highly recommend 8 Sep 2022, 02:11, Sam: God, sorry, I really need to sort out my urge to make toast at like 2am - I think the meth fucked up my sleep and eating cycles.. And it’s such an impossible nightmare trying to be quiet in the dead of night - suddenly it transpired that every fucking thing and every action causes some deafening clang or ping or plink or clud.. Hopefully* it’s less audible from upstairs than it feels like it is in the kitchen *inner grandma etc etc but 100% proper English would sound ridiculous….I should stop bothering about it 8 Sep 2022, 09:19, Damien: Oh you didn’t wake me at all darling 8 Sep 2022, 09:19, Damien: I didn’t hear a peep. No doubt I can always hear bull in China shop crashing around lol 8 Sep 2022, 09:20, Damien: I was going to go to N Peal sample sale at the music room if you wanted to join? 8 Sep 2022, 10:02, Sam: Oh gosh, it sounds good but when is it? Technically I’m working 8 Sep 2022, 10:02, Sam: Well, not really technically, I suppose, except inasmuch as it’s technical work 8 Sep 2022, 10:05, Sam: 8 Sep 2022, 10:05, Sam: 8 Sep 2022, 10:05, Sam: Uncowed by such things as laws and regulators and newspapers, lol 8 Sep 2022, 18:32, Sam: Queen is dead 8 Sep 2022, 18:32, Sam: Wonder if Eoghain Murphy will commit seppuku 8 Sep 2022, 18:32, Damien: No 8 Sep 2022, 18:32, Sam: Christ it’ll be weeks of straight Queenalia 8 Sep 2022, 18:32, Damien: Oh gosh 8 Sep 2022, 18:32, Damien: LOL 8 Sep 2022, 18:33, Sam: Yeah, I mean, I think she’s been nearly dead for like a decade 8 Sep 2022, 18:33, Damien: LOL 8 Sep 2022, 18:33, Damien: I thought they’d put her in a freezer or something 8 Sep 2022, 18:33, Sam: I mean, she seemed like a nice lady, it’s obviously sad news like for anyone else 8 Sep 2022, 18:33, Damien: Lol 8 Sep 2022, 18:33, Sam: Haha yeah - 8 Sep 2022, 18:34, Damien: The bbc have been hysterical about it all day 8 Sep 2022, 18:34, Sam: You must’ve seen Raz’s meme about Prince Philip, I’ll see if I can find it - he _really_ looked like he’s been cryogenically frozen and defrosted in a microwave 8 Sep 2022, 18:35, Sam: Yeah, someone on Twitter literally said to me “do you have no shame????” - or words to that effect - _just for replying to a tweet at this terribly sad time_ 8 Sep 2022, 18:35, Sam: Literally a tweet which had zero to do with the Queen’s recent moribundity 8 Sep 2022, 18:35, Sam: And more recent deadness 8 Sep 2022, 18:38, Damien: Liz truss was obviously too much for her on Tuesday 8 Sep 2022, 21:02, Sam: Haha, truly a damning verdict from Queen Liz, but I can’t disagree with her 8 Sep 2022, 21:04, Sam: She never pulled her punches, indeed never pulled or pushed anything.. RIP in peace, Queen Elizabeth 1698-2022 8 Sep 2022, 21:07, Sam: Incidentally, lol, I think possibly the one sole* sound that travels through the walls/floors (aside from directly walking around, of course) is the great squeaking of the beds, haha.. I couldn’t care less but figured you might *I’m trying to make this prefatory ramble long enough that the notification doesn’t give you a heart attack 8 Sep 2022, 21:09, Damien: Omg this is so embarrassing. I’m apologise unreservedly, it was totally him ofc. 8 Sep 2022, 21:10, Sam: Not sure if that applies in the other direction, since this house has had a worse effect on my sex life than a fucking Benedictine monastery 8 Sep 2022, 21:10, Sam: Oh haha I don’t care at all, genuinely 8 Sep 2022, 21:10, Damien: We must test the walls in the next place 8 Sep 2022, 21:10, Damien: Well kieran is a bit of a libido killer haha 8 Sep 2022, 21:10, Sam: I only mean it in case you cared 😂 8 Sep 2022, 21:11, Sam: Yeaaaah… I think I just haven’t wanted to bring anyone round tbh 8 Sep 2022, 21:11, Sam: With the exception of (1) literally night #1 of being here, and (2) my meth-fuelled week of Grindr, lol 8 Sep 2022, 21:12, Sam: But yeah it’s weird, I don’t quite understand the physics but I guess it’s a percussive sorta phenomenon 8 Sep 2022, 21:15, Sam: Anyway yeah, I was and am far too distracted by the incipient hellscape that will be the Post Liz Weeks 8 Sep 2022, 21:44, Sam: God it blows my mind that so many people on the internet are SHOCKED AND DEVASTATED that Queen Liz should die…. I mean, she was like 700 years old, she wasn’t exactly buying green bananas, was she????? 8 Sep 2022, 21:45, Sam: Like please would someone tell me what in the name of the Lord did these godforsaken fucking anencephalic plate-collecting halfwits _expect_? That she’d transform into a butterfly??!?! 8 Sep 2022, 21:45, Sam: They talk about it like she was bloody Jim Morrison.. 8 Sep 2022, 21:46, Sam: “Taken too soon, only the good die young, she had a good 72 hours left in her” 8 Sep 2022, 21:46, Sam: My Lord 8 Sep 2022, 21:46, Damien: Fuck off. She would NEVER have put a banana via the royal oesophagus. Fillet steak mignon only with a béarnaise on the side$, medium rare, and don’t you even contemplate scrimping on the chips you c*nt 8 Sep 2022, 21:46, Damien: And a Diet Coke m’fanwy 8 Sep 2022, 21:46, Sam: Haha, per oesophagum nostrum 8 Sep 2022, 21:47, Sam: These people are so dense I’m amazed they don’t just sink into the fucking earth 8 Sep 2022, 21:48, Sam: It’s just … god it’s a testament to the skill of today’s tertiary neurosurgeons 8 Sep 2022, 21:48, Damien: I can’t stop laughing at this omg 🤣🤣🤣🤣 8 Sep 2022, 21:50, Sam: Haha I mean… like, yeah, it’s not exactly the surprise of the fucking century - she was at the opening party for Stonehenge, she was basically a living fossil 8 Sep 2022, 21:50, Sam: Anyway lol 8 Sep 2022, 21:50, Sam: I am dreading these few weeks 8 Sep 2022, 21:50, Damien: Jurassic practically darling 8 Sep 2022, 21:51, Damien: Shocked she outlasted Harrison ford 8 Sep 2022, 21:51, Sam: 8 Sep 2022, 21:51, Sam: Hahaha - though the evidence keeps mounting for the theory that Keith Richards will only be killed by the eventual heat death of the universe 8 Sep 2022, 21:51, Damien: I feel the whole thing was quite stage managed that she was able to appoint a new government and then die 8 Sep 2022, 21:52, Damien: She must been in the fridge for a time while 8 Sep 2022, 21:52, Sam: Yeah that feels a bit odd - didn’t Diana also die quite soon after Blair was elected? Or am I misremembering? He was loving it, lol 8 Sep 2022, 21:52, Sam: Haha yeah I’m sure of it - next up is Biden 8 Sep 2022, 21:53, Sam: I love that the nutty pro-Biden contingent - who it turns out are as mad as the pro-Trump lot & I don’t know why I’m surprised - are _still suggesting he’ll run for a second term_ 8 Sep 2022, 21:54, Sam: Like….he couldn’t even fucking run _tout court_, I’m pretty sure he couldn’t _walk_ for one 8 Sep 2022, 21:55, Sam: Unless they Weekend At Bernie’s him with some marionette-type apparatus 8 Sep 2022, 23:46, Damien: Sorry darling 8 Sep 2022, 23:46, Damien: I haven’t read the Rest of the stuff 8 Sep 2022, 23:46, Damien: But do you have any meth left 8 Sep 2022, 23:47, Sam: Absolutely- most of a gram, by the looks of it 8 Sep 2022, 23:48, Sam: I actually wouldn’t mind some I suppose - I suspect it’s non-vintage meth though, the worse stuff, Veuve Zack NV 9 Sep 2022, 00:08, Sam: ? I was expecting a quick reply, haha (not that _I_ mind, but I assumed _tu as besoin des drogues_ - so more in case you missed my reply) 9 Sep 2022, 00:09, Damien: I was in the tube sorry 9 Sep 2022, 00:09, Damien: Can you join me in in 10” 9 Sep 2022, 00:10, Sam: Ohhh I thought you were at home, haha - I was curious about your apparent sudden nonchalance 😂 9 Sep 2022, 00:10, Sam: And yeah absolutely 9 Sep 2022, 00:11, Sam: I was wondering about asking Zack whether he could kindly give us some proper meth for our £80 - perhaps not in those exact words - but that shouldn’t make any difference, we can do this stuff and I can ask him also 9 Sep 2022, 00:11, Sam: (I don’t mean free meth for the previous £80, just next time / thenceforth) 9 Sep 2022, 05:28, Sam: Btw, before I go to bed, just to be clear, I’ll assume you didn’t mean to give away this cardigan & return it unless you explicitly actively want to give it to me… Slightly awkward phrasing, but I’m just experienced enough with giving nice things away while drunk or high that I know how galling it is.. (Herodotus writes of the Gauls or some such group having a custom of repeating when sober any decisions taken while drunk, and while drunk any decisions taken while sober, haha) 9 Sep 2022, 06:42, Damien: Oh darling you wore it better anyway 9 Sep 2022, 06:43, Damien: We finally got some more if you want to join 9 Sep 2022, 12:10, Sam: Oh did you? Did you find a good dealer? Sorry, I overslept, and definitely wasn’t gonna wake up at 7 anyway 😂 9 Sep 2022, 12:11, Sam: Also, I don’t suppose I left my other drugs and my weird nail clipper drug snorting talisman? I’m pretty dead and I’m not remotely reluctant to use some mephedrone to keep myself alert 9 Sep 2022, 12:14, Damien: Hahahaha I did eventually lol 9 Sep 2022, 12:14, Damien: I’ll take a look for you darling x 9 Sep 2022, 12:14, Sam: You think as good as Zack’s 2022 vintage (as opposed to Zack NV) 9 Sep 2022, 12:14, Sam: ?* 9 Sep 2022, 12:15, Sam: Thanks!! I’d not have left it anywhere weird, but I s’pose it could’ve fallen or whatev 9 Sep 2022, 12:15, Damien: Oh much much better 9 Sep 2022, 12:15, Sam: Ah fuck it I think I’ll get some to keep me awake - it’s nonpareil for that purpose 9 Sep 2022, 12:15, Sam: How much is it? Mind you, even £130 for proper stuff is better than £80 for Zack NV 9 Sep 2022, 12:18, Damien: Oh I got stuff for 70 9 Sep 2022, 12:18, Damien: Shall I bring you some down? 9 Sep 2022, 12:19, Sam: Oh god I wouldn’t mind a tiny amount, at all, but don’t worry about giving me too much - I don’t need much 9 Sep 2022, 12:19, Sam: Honestly probably even an old pipe would do 9 Sep 2022, 12:20, Sam: Actually if I could possibly recover one of those pipes temporarily … and maybe also borrow one of your lighters? Did you sort those out? Happy to pay 9 Sep 2022, 12:20, Damien: Oh gosh this is a gross habit. I’m so cross with myself, I think I’m going to pack it in all together. 9 Sep 2022, 12:20, Sam: Sorry, to buy one from you I mean - paying to borrow a lighter would be a bit absurd, but given they seem essentially unreusable, maybe a bit silly to talk of ‘borrowing’ one too 9 Sep 2022, 12:21, Sam: I feel better after that brief interstice - honestly, as long as I’m not thinking about heroin, I’m happy, haha 9 Sep 2022, 12:21, Sam: Though, as Solon said, call no man happy until he’s dead not from a heroin overdose 9 Sep 2022, 12:22, Sam: I can come grab some btw - hardly seems fair to expect delivery, lol 9 Sep 2022, 12:31, Sam: Hey is there any chance I could grab another lighter? 9 Sep 2022, 14:11, Sam: Btw Isaac seemed like a sweet guy! For some reason at first - literally very possibly as simple as “he’s in Alex’s usual role/place” - I was worried he was going to be a bit chippy, but he seems like a very cool person :) ^ He should get in touch with my sister if he doesn’t know anyone in Cambridge, since Flo *does* know anyone in Cambridge, lol (she’s far more gregarious than I am) 9 Sep 2022, 14:12, Sam: (I’m still annoyed that my proposal of ‘erat [regina]’ as the meaning of ‘E’ in ‘ER’ got lost in the noise, lol..) 9 Sep 2022, 14:12, Sam: Also, I’m grateful of any excuse to bring up Catullus 16 😁 9 Sep 2022, 14:12, Sam: Also also: good meth 9 Sep 2022, 14:12, Sam: ^ might ask you at some point for the number, but not urgent 9 Sep 2022, 14:19, Sam: ^ having said that, he _was_ very fascinated by my ethnicity, which is totally understandable and welcome _iff he didn’t_ keep forgetting each previous discussion and asking that I explain my whole genealogy again 😂 9 Sep 2022, 14:24, Sam: I think he also seemed to be of the impression that I was some very recent immigrant to this country, and kept falling back on that explanation when I was eg bemused by the Cult of the Queen Deity, haha… I get it though, obviously that’s his own background, but I don’t think I quite conveyed that, like, even my grandmother boarded in England, went to Cam, that her mother was English, that her family had houses in Ken even when she was a child, that my detachment from England is maybe one third due to my ethnicity but two thirds due to coming from a section of London that doesn’t really feel any fealty towards flags and Sunday roasts and all that Long message but it’s quite an interesting topic I guess … for me, lol 9 Sep 2022, 14:28, Sam: Sorry, I don’t mean he immigrated himself - if I remember rightly it was his parents who did(?).. Anyway, totally inoffensive in that racial sense, more just a repetitive conversation, haha 9 Sep 2022, 14:30, Damien: Oh he’s so sweet. Such good fun as well, I really ought to see more of him. I think it’s so admirable that he’s going back to university a bit later on. He certainly won’t have any problems making friends, but it would nice to put him in touch with Flo. 9 Sep 2022, 14:31, Damien: Oh yes I’ll send it to yiu. I’ll just ask him first, I do t w at him to get weird. Haha he wanted come in last nights very handsome guy ahha 9 Sep 2022, 14:33, Damien: Haha yes I thought that was a bit odd too. I wouldn’t dream of asking anyone, especially not someone I’ve just met lol. 9 Sep 2022, 14:56, Sam: Yeah, you have her number I think, from when we thought the wrong Eoghain Murphy sister had died (sorry, that’s a terrible thing to say, but you know what I mean).. And yeah, I was worried he’d be some insecure person who’d go on about Cambridge interminably, but I can’t remember his mentioning it at all of his own volition - I think in the end I said more about it than he did, lol 9 Sep 2022, 14:57, Sam: Ah, thanks! And, uh, he wanted to come in a handsome guy? Haha I might be more able to parse this if I knew whether ‘he’ = Isaac or the dealer 9 Sep 2022, 14:59, Sam: Oh nah I didn’t mind at all in that political way - he clearly was interested because it’s his own background, and honestly even from ordinary English white people I’d never begrudge someone their innocent curiosity (I love my sister but I hate her - really, a very big culture of people’s - resentment of innocent interest … it’s like they want to go back to segregation or something, where white people don’t try to learn about other cultures or become friends with other people) 9 Sep 2022, 15:00, Sam: ^ not that I’m not amused by those conversations - eg that “where are you from?” now very clearly to me means “why are you brown?”, lol - but it’s almost never malign 9 Sep 2022, 15:02, Sam: “Where are you from?” “Canonbury - like, near Islington” “But like where are your *parents* from?” “Uh, my mum was born in Islington, and my dad nearby” Etc etc 9 Sep 2022, 15:03, Sam: Though honestly I just skip straight to my grandma now, and go on about curries and my wonderful connection with my homeland and all that 9 Sep 2022, 15:03, Sam: “When she was a child, in the paddy fields, with the tigers…” 9 Sep 2022, 15:03, Sam: You can sorta take Little Black Sambo and change the names around 9 Sep 2022, 15:08, Sam: It reminds me of her story about my aunt taking in leftover cake from Fitzbillies (Cambridge institution) for lunch at school after her birthday, and one of the teachers asking if cake was a traditional Sri Lankan thing to eat for lunch, lmao I guess I find it silly in the same way my sister does, but to me it’s more amusing than somehow offensive, and I don’t take the view that most people are evil and odious and hateful (in both senses) etc 9 Sep 2022, 15:11, Sam: Oh I also did wonder if he was somehow ‘into’ me, esp when he was trying to lay back on me (I’m not sure of the word - sorta in a recumbent posture).. But given my current messiness and bad clothes and inattention to my looks, I dunno - maybe it was more for some other reason, not sexually/romantically 9 Sep 2022, 15:56, Sam: Btw is there any chance I could get the number for this guy, if he’s happy to give it? (I’m also very happy to buy some of your stuff but only if I were doing you a favour rather than the other way around … essentially I would like to transform money into hard stimulant drugs in some way so as to keep myself awake) 9 Sep 2022, 15:57, Sam: ^ it’s great but it wears off before THAT long for me (like any meth obv), whence the request 9 Sep 2022, 15:57, Damien: Sorry I will reply to the above in a bit I’m just a little tired haha. I’ll send him a message x 9 Sep 2022, 15:57, Sam: Oh I don’t mind at all about the above 9 Sep 2022, 15:58, Sam: I only send stuff to people for them to read it rather than as a “Blah blah blah. Discuss.”-type essay question, haha 9 Sep 2022, 15:58, Sam: Thanks for asking the purveyor of fine meth 9 Sep 2022, 15:58, Sam: Eternally obliged 9 Sep 2022, 16:03, Damien: +44 7376 677999 9 Sep 2022, 16:03, Damien: He’s called Bernard :) 9 Sep 2022, 16:03, Sam: Ah, grazie mille! 9 Sep 2022, 16:03, Sam: Odd name for a drug dealer but I won’t turn him away 9 Sep 2022, 16:05, Damien: He’s very sweet, took a zip car to come round from south ken 9 Sep 2022, 16:09, Sam: Ahh, nice! Yeah it makes for shall we say a piquant contrast with Zack and his inability to travel about 500m in less than 4 hours 9 Sep 2022, 16:20, Sam: Ah wait, should I WhatsApp or text? Or call? 9 Sep 2022, 16:20, Damien: LOL 9 Sep 2022, 16:20, Damien: WhatsApp xx 9 Sep 2022, 16:20, Sam: Ah perfect - he seems offline but given the time im sure he won’t be long! Thanks so much 9 Sep 2022, 17:02, Damien: Are you having any problems with the wifi? 9 Sep 2022, 17:02, Sam: Yeah I don’t know what’s going on - I’ve switched to my mobile tbh, & if it carries on then I’ll call them 9 Sep 2022, 17:02, Sam: Also, did you get in touch with this Bernard guy? He hasn’t yet replied (I did happen briefly to open it and he was online, so… 🤷‍♂️ 🤷‍♂️) 9 Sep 2022, 17:02, Damien: Oh gosh. Shall I turn the box on and off, that usually helps ahha 9 Sep 2022, 17:03, Sam: Where actually is the box? I have no memory of that 9 Sep 2022, 17:03, Sam: For me I’m fine - if you can’t connect whatever to your phone, I’m v happy to go down (I assume it’s somewhere downstairs) 9 Sep 2022, 20:13, Sam: Waaaait, I just noticed you gave me earlier (or somehow put on my chest of drawers since then?!) a pink bag I’m guessing of meth? Is that for safekeeping? If it’s a gift I certainly can’t take it without paying you, not in addition to this cardigan, haha 9 Sep 2022, 20:53, Damien: Oh yes let me think about that, as half of it is Isaac’s haha 9 Sep 2022, 20:53, Damien: Did Bernard arrive? 9 Sep 2022, 20:55, Sam: 9 Sep 2022, 20:55, Sam: Ok you prob have no sense of scale in that photo - I’ll show you later haha 9 Sep 2022, 20:56, Sam: Yeah, he did - I guess that photo kinda answers your question lol 9 Sep 2022, 20:56, Damien: Beautiful haha 9 Sep 2022, 20:56, Sam: Yeah no probs at all - I mean honestly I probably would’ve assumed it was meant for me and taken some, except luckily I only saw it, well, 10 seconds before I asked you 9 Sep 2022, 20:57, Sam: (Luckily for you, I mean, and Isaac 😅) 9 Sep 2022, 20:57, Sam: Wait so why _did_ you leave it there? (Maybe you said and I didn’t hear or profess) 9 Sep 2022, 20:57, Sam: process* 9 Sep 2022, 20:59, Damien: Oh I can’t remember I think I was worried there wasn’t enough in the pipe. In anycase I can’t imagine issac wanting it, nor me ( ima try abstaining for a while haha). It’s it’s yours if you want it 9 Sep 2022, 21:19, Sam: Are you sure you can’t imagine Isaac wanting it? I’ve just got 3g - for not much reason other than to get him here faster - so I really have no need of it… Though maybe as a gift it’s a white elephant of sorts - the habit, at least 9 Sep 2022, 21:21, Sam: 9 Sep 2022, 21:22, Damien: Omg you got 3 grams haha 9 Sep 2022, 21:22, Sam: As for Isaac, and also for you tonight: I never really know whether an offer of meth is a kind thing or a poisoned chalice - it’s a bit of a nightmare 9 Sep 2022, 21:22, Sam: (When not solicited, I mean) 9 Sep 2022, 21:22, Sam: Yupppp 9 Sep 2022, 21:22, Damien: Lol what is up with the Wifi. It’s driving me mad 9 Sep 2022, 21:23, Sam: 9 Sep 2022, 21:23, Damien: Let me ask Isaac I’m sure he won’t mind 9 Sep 2022, 21:23, Damien: lol 9 Sep 2022, 21:23, Damien: He’s so hot right 9 Sep 2022, 21:24, Sam: I honestly have no clue - my first suspicion was that I failed to pay the bill (ie my card expired or was replaced and I didn’t update it, which has happened at least with other bills of mine) … but I haven’t had either of those things happen lately, and this is also like midway between bill dates (~= end of month iirc) 9 Sep 2022, 21:24, Sam: ^ they charge me by card for some reason, not by direct debit (bank account) 9 Sep 2022, 21:25, Sam: Yeah, earlier in the day I’d have had a different attitude (lol) but now I’d just give it to Isaac unless it will lead him into iniquity and ruination 9 Sep 2022, 21:27, Sam: Yeah 100%, though I don’t know if it’s his looks - he just has a hot voice (and weirdly middle-class accent?! not saying that’s relevant to his hotness), and demeanour, and he seems very sweet and kind and talkative 9 Sep 2022, 21:27, Sam: I get the sense he does a brisk trade in HNH Grindr parties 9 Sep 2022, 21:30, Sam: But yeah I would 1000% sleep with him… lol I’d be the only person to sleep with his dealer for free* *#1 object of my grandmother’s opprobrium (‘for free’) but sometimes ‘free’ just doesn’t read the same way 🫠 9 Sep 2022, 21:33, Sam: 9 Sep 2022, 21:37, Damien: Ffs 😂😂😂😂 9 Sep 2022, 21:37, Damien: It’s as if they’re trying to brainwash us 9 Sep 2022, 22:33, Damien: image omitted 9 Sep 2022, 22:49, Sam: Omg LOL 9 Sep 2022, 22:49, Sam: That is an absolute classic 9 Sep 2022, 22:50, Sam: Wait that’s tonight? 😂 Are you still taking the stuff? Do you think he’s gay? That seems quite wild to me but then I s’pose I only saw him for a minute or so 9 Sep 2022, 22:50, Sam: Yeah, get this as well: 9 Sep 2022, 22:50, Sam: 9 Sep 2022, 22:51, Damien: Oh he’s def gay, he was flirting with me last night. If only issac wasn’t here haha 9 Sep 2022, 22:51, Sam: _And verily she lived alongside us,_ cheek by jowl, if cheeks were separated from jowls by colossal palace walls patrolled by hundreds of guards with Marge Simpson hats, and only strayed outside in a huge armoured Rangie with police escort… 9 Sep 2022, 22:52, Sam: She lived in a palace only because she couldn’t bear to see the suffering of her compatriots… If she saw people starving or freezing to death after their benefits were cut, she might have felt impelled to give them a few quid off her to prevent their imminent deaths! 9 Sep 2022, 22:52, Sam: (That’s also why none of them could live in her 770-room palace, nor the others, nor at least get to kill and eat the swans) 9 Sep 2022, 22:52, Sam: I mean god 9 Sep 2022, 22:54, Sam: … we at the BBC mourn her not because we and the public are snivelling cap-doffing forelock-tugging troglodytes who couldn’t get any more absurd without ‘false consciousness’ tattooed on their face – no, not at all – but because she did her *duty* and lived a life of *service*, which duty and which service were apparently 'to wear silly hats and wave at people from a distance'. Not for her some easy job like coal mining or emergency medicine!!! 9 Sep 2022, 22:54, Sam: Truly she made those people at MSF look like shit 9 Sep 2022, 22:58, Sam: So we have to mourn her death in repeat on 24-hour news, with people crying in public, like the clips from fucking North Korea which we laughed at after Kim Jong-Il died, because otherwise quicker than you can say panem et circenses the public might realise that they have a pathological parasocial attachment to someone who is *essentially* just a random enormously rich aristocrat whose family we have forced into a bizarre Truman Show reality in a kind of ancestral torture, and none of us can stop talking insane drivel and look at this with clear eyes 9 Sep 2022, 22:58, Sam: Ok I’m done ranting 9 Sep 2022, 22:58, Sam: But oh my god I just can’t 9 Sep 2022, 22:58, Sam: With this week 9 Sep 2022, 22:59, Sam: Also seriously 9 Sep 2022, 22:59, Sam: ? 9 Sep 2022, 22:59, Sam: He was laughing to me about how you ran up like a crazy person in your underwear, lmao 9 Sep 2022, 23:00, Damien: I think you hit the nail on the head haha 9 Sep 2022, 23:00, Damien: Hahahah they were my home shorts 9 Sep 2022, 23:01, Damien: I had underwear underneath 9 Sep 2022, 23:01, Damien: Haha in a good way 🥺 9 Sep 2022, 23:01, Sam: Haha I guess it just looked like that (assuming it was the same you went to the newsagent in!) 9 Sep 2022, 23:01, Sam: Oh yeah, absolutely, fondly, no it wasn’t in a bad way at all 9 Sep 2022, 23:01, Sam: I think he was just amused 9 Sep 2022, 23:02, Damien: Oh there’s still hope hahaha 9 Sep 2022, 23:02, Sam: You should ask him on a date 😁 9 Sep 2022, 23:02, Sam: He seems like he MUST have an interesting story 9 Sep 2022, 23:02, Damien: Yes those shorts do seem to raise a few eyebrows 9 Sep 2022, 23:02, Damien: I don’t think London is ready for them 9 Sep 2022, 23:02, Damien: Too revealing ahha a 9 Sep 2022, 23:03, Damien: Hahaha yes marriage material 9 Sep 2022, 23:03, Sam: Yeah I think if they got any higher they might well 9 Sep 2022, 23:03, Damien: My parents will be so proud 9 Sep 2022, 23:03, Sam: Haha I’m enjoying this season 9 Sep 2022, 23:03, Damien: 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 9 Sep 2022, 23:04, Sam: Quite… gosh this reminds me of the time I brought a porn actor (idk what to call them but ‘pornstar’ feels like some A-list thing) home and had an unimaginably awkward time that I think I’ve repressed 9 Sep 2022, 23:04, Damien: 9 Sep 2022, 23:04, Sam: home when I was a teenager at my parents, if unclear, sorry 9 Sep 2022, 23:05, Sam: Hahaha wait let me find this tweet 9 Sep 2022, 23:05, Damien: Hahahhahahahhaha 9 Sep 2022, 23:05, Damien: Who was he? 9 Sep 2022, 23:06, Sam: 9 Sep 2022, 23:06, Sam: I think his porn name was Kayden Spike fwiw - he was Daniel something, I can’t remember his last name but can look 9 Sep 2022, 23:06, Sam: Now Daniela I believe 9 Sep 2022, 23:08, Sam: I just realised it doesn’t exactly redound to my credit that I remember his ‘porn surname’ but not his real one 9 Sep 2022, 23:09, Sam: To be clear, I think I watched the porn out of academic interest but I’m not a fan, lol 9 Sep 2022, 23:10, Sam: Aaaaaaaaanyway 9 Sep 2022, 23:10, Sam: Wait are you still avec garçon? 9 Sep 2022, 23:10, Sam: Oh wait sorry you got a Deliveroo 9 Sep 2022, 23:11, Damien: Jamias pas avoir un garçon 9 Sep 2022, 23:11, Sam: I momentarily thought it was a guy and somehow that stuck in my brain, lol 9 Sep 2022, 23:11, Sam: Yeah I realise my mistake 9 Sep 2022, 23:11, Damien: 😬😬😬 9 Sep 2022, 23:11, Sam: Haha - that settles the neurotoxicity debate 9 Sep 2022, 23:12, Damien: Well I suppose you went with the best odds 9 Sep 2022, 23:13, Sam: God I just leant on the remote and bloody Prince Charles’s face flickered to life right next to me, looking as he always does like a sort of sad plate that was cursed with a soul 9 Sep 2022, 23:14, Sam: I just can’t say King Charles (certainly not without looking back fondly on what happened to the first one) 9 Sep 2022, 23:14, Sam: Wait I can just do more meth, I’ll do that 9 Sep 2022, 23:14, Damien: Hahahahahah 9 Sep 2022, 23:15, Sam: Yeah I imagine Liz hoped it would be some kind of omen 9 Sep 2022, 23:15, Damien: Yes they take every opportunity to remind everyone he’s King now 9 Sep 2022, 23:15, Damien: I’m so sick of it 9 Sep 2022, 23:15, Damien: You can’t escape it 9 Sep 2022, 23:15, Sam: Yeah it’s an absolute nightmarish lava-filled hellscape 9 Sep 2022, 23:16, Sam: It’s like a fucking scopolamine-induced dream sequence 9 Sep 2022, 23:16, Damien: You’d have to be blind and deaf not to notice, and even at that you’d know every minute and detail of what was going on haha 9 Sep 2022, 23:17, Sam: Yeah I can’t even escape it on fucking Deliveroo 9 Sep 2022, 23:17, Sam: I really really feel for the first time in my life that I’m living in North Korea 9 Sep 2022, 23:18, Sam: The amount of utter batshit insane decorticated fucking drivel that I have read in the last 49 hours is enough to fertilise all of Mesopotamia 9 Sep 2022, 23:19, Sam: Lol, I meant to write 48 but I guess that sounds quite precise 9 Sep 2022, 23:19, Sam: Ugh god I’m even bored of my own bloody messages at this point 9 Sep 2022, 23:20, Sam: What more can you say? Carolus Rex, may God deliver us 9 Sep 2022, 23:22, Sam: Sorry, I’m also deathly bored, but since it’s only you here I may get something off Grindr instead of Deliveroo… 10 Sep 2022, 01:49, Sam: 10 Sep 2022, 01:49, Sam: 10 Sep 2022, 02:14, Sam: Also Kieran _still_ isn’t back, I wonder if he’s died or been further disfigured in some terrible plane crash or train derailment?? (Should that terrible event come to pass, I’d of course be devastated, much like Prince Charles on this _dies horribilis_, bounding and skipping along on the news, maddened by grief) 10 Sep 2022, 03:56, Sam: 10 Sep 2022, 10:21, Damien: video omitted 10 Sep 2022, 10:22, Damien: Same as losing your granny 👵 10 Sep 2022, 11:06, Damien: image omitted 10 Sep 2022, 11:06, Damien: Next it’ll be on Grindr haha 10 Sep 2022, 11:07, Damien: LOL 10 Sep 2022, 11:21, Damien: ‘Further disfigured’ 10 Sep 2022, 11:22, Damien: GIF omitted 10 Sep 2022, 13:01, Sam: Oh haha I have seen it on Grindr, though mercifully I think mostly people are joking.. But yeah, I’ve seen a handful of temporary usernames like ‘RIP Queen Liz ❤️’ (Also, like, she’s been resting in peace for the past fucking 30-odd years, jesus) 10 Sep 2022, 13:07, Sam: Words fail me…. 10 Sep 2022, 13:08, Sam: https://youtu.be/j8v_XqFO8Bc Me right now 10 Sep 2022, 13:09, Sam: (^think I was unconsciously echoing one of the lines from that scene in this message) 10 Sep 2022, 14:02, Sam: OMG lol -> https://youtu.be/zrCT7SOg1mw 10 Sep 2022, 14:02, Sam: Your Spotify thing made me want to watch the Prince Phillip one again - the real one - and I can’t believe people have moved so quickly with the memes 10 Sep 2022, 14:03, Sam: I genuinely wasn’t even looking for one for her - god, whoever made that (“1 day ago”) absolutely restored my faith in humanity 10 Sep 2022, 14:27, Sam: Also: let’s give this stuff to Isaac, at least if he ever does it himself / with others not including you (?) - basically unless it’s a poisoned chalice 10 Sep 2022, 14:28, Sam: But yeah I think I’m just a lotus eater by nature and will prob carry on doing it until it runs out, so at least disposing of the extra gram might help 10 Sep 2022, 18:30, Sam: https://twitter.com/jrc1921/status/1568291682914902017 Someone explain to me where we went astray since the 60s…. when a literal Tory peer (Lord Altrincham) could say all this: > She will not, however, achieve good results with her present style of speaking, which is frankly “a pain in the neck”. > Like her mother, she appears to be unable to string even a few sentences together without a written text. > The personality conveyed by the utterances which are put into her mouth is that of a priggish schoolgirl, captain of the hockey team. > When she has lost the bloom of youth the Queen's reputation will depend, far more than it does now, upon her personality. > Many influential people, of varying political opinions, are able to combine a high regard for the Royal Family with a fundamental scepticism as to the viability of the institution. This is not the militant republicanism of the young Joseph Chamberlain, but as a state of mind it is more dangerous, because it is so mild and elusive. Like, can you _imagine_ the BBC saying _any of that_ nowadays?? 10 Sep 2022, 18:31, Sam: Goddammit I’m so bored, this is absurd.. more like ennui than boredom - I think I’m going stir crazy…. Did you say there was some party tomorrow? 10 Sep 2022, 18:33, Sam: Kieran’s presence just triggers a sort of ‘spooky action at a distance’ where the whole house feels cursed even if not in his presence 10 Sep 2022, 19:50, Damien: Yes you must come. 10 Sep 2022, 19:51, Damien: It’s significantly louder 10 Sep 2022, 19:52, Sam: Haha yes, apparently we operate a budget gym, or a hold line for a water company 10 Sep 2022, 21:41, Sam: Wait is that someone for you? 10 Sep 2022, 21:41, Sam: At the door I mean 10 Sep 2022, 21:42, Sam: Sorry if it’s a stranger- I assume 95% of the time yea boy 10 Sep 2022, 21:42, Sam: it’s not*, not yea boy, lol 10 Sep 2022, 22:41, Sam: Was that Jamison who was downstairs like an hour ago? I’d have checked, but I was holed up in the Zarathustra’s cave that is my room.. 10 Sep 2022, 22:42, Sam: If so, (a) did we not tell Kieran he (Jamison) wasn’t welcome, and (b) extrapolating from past observations, I expect it won’t be long till he has keys & is letting himself and Rob into the living room at 9pm 10 Sep 2022, 22:54, Sam: God the last six months in this house has felt like being in one of the cages in the Rat Park experiments.. I know when we were talking about it I quoted that line from Virgil, the _et haec olim meminisse iuvabit_*, but truthfully I’m pretty damn sure I’ll look back on it as six months spent on nothing…in a cave…on drugs. (The inner citadel, lol..) * ”even these things we will one day look back on with fondness” (more literally: “and these one day will cause us joy to remember”, though I think ‘et’ is in the poetic sense of ‘even’, not ‘and’) (I can’t remember the state of your Latin so I’m covering my bases, lol) 10 Sep 2022, 22:54, Sam: Horrid 10 Sep 2022, 22:54, Sam: Anyway I might look at some flats 10 Sep 2022, 22:54, Sam: I’ll send you anything I find - though at this point I assume we’re neither of us expecting to move from here directly to the next place 11 Sep 2022, 01:03, Sam: Oh btw did Kieran say whether - and, if so, when - mister _ceci n’est pas une Jamison_ is coming back here? 11 Sep 2022, 01:03, Sam: Just hoping I have time to make some toast, and I swear I can hear jamisonic noises in the distance 11 Sep 2022, 01:04, Damien: Oh he didn’t say. Knowing kieran he’ll come in like a baby elephant, with some awful person he picks up on soho 11 Sep 2022, 01:04, Damien: Like the meth guy from freedom bar 11 Sep 2022, 01:06, Sam: Oh, Methistopheles? What the hell happened with him in the end? I faintly remember Kieran going on in very gross terms about wanting to have sex with him 11 Sep 2022, 01:17, Damien: He’s probably fallen down some horrible drug hole 11 Sep 2022, 01:17, Damien: Maybe he’ll be back tonight 11 Sep 2022, 01:17, Damien: If there isn’t anyone worse haha 11 Sep 2022, 01:17, Sam: Haha - dum spiro spero 11 Sep 2022, 01:18, Sam: Although I’m not doing much breathing right now I guess 11 Sep 2022, 01:18, Damien: HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA 11 Sep 2022, 01:18, Sam: Haha…. god, I so dread his returns 11 Sep 2022, 01:19, Sam: Just casts a pall over the place 11 Sep 2022, 01:19, Sam: Well, next year in Jerusalem! 11 Sep 2022, 01:19, Sam: Or Belgravia or whatever 11 Sep 2022, 09:49, Damien: What on earth was we shouting about at 6:30 11 Sep 2022, 09:51, Damien: If it wasn’t for you here I wouldn’t bother in th slightest. What really annoys me as since we’re moving, the very little consideration he has to begin with is just gone. 11 Sep 2022, 10:11, Damien: image omitted 11 Sep 2022, 10:31, Damien: GIF omitted 11 Sep 2022, 13:54, Sam: Shouting about? I can’t remember that 🤔 11 Sep 2022, 13:55, Sam: Ohhh, to me? I think the living room door was unlocked, or possibly he meant literally open (I guess possible if you thought I’d close it, and I may have retired to my bedroom without looking in that direction or thinking of it), and he was checking that the cats were inside 11 Sep 2022, 13:56, Sam: Which seems a bit useless to me - the time to check if they’re inside would seem to me to be when the door’s _closed_ 11 Sep 2022, 13:59, Sam: Haha, my brain initially parsed ‘consideration’ in the legal sense, and I think that’s probably quite apt… I’m not sure he’s ever been actually considerate of us, or any other human beings, or anything that’s not him, or indeed his own ‘enlightened self-interest’ or anything other than his immediate gratification 11 Sep 2022, 14:03, Sam: I don’t mind suffering for the time being as long as he doesn’t actually (uh, to reuse a word, _further_) damage the house and cause us to lose more money 11 Sep 2022, 14:04, Sam: I mean, I do pity him for this - there’s nothing really there besides running around refilling leaky jars 11 Sep 2022, 14:05, Sam: (I mean in the sense of Plato’s kinda crap metaphor, iirc from the end of the Republic) 11 Sep 2022, 14:06, Sam: Oh for God’s sake… 11 Sep 2022, 14:08, Sam: 11 Sep 2022, 14:08, Sam: Dammit, no, the Gorgias, not the Republic 11 Sep 2022, 16:01, Damien: 😂😂😂😂😂😂 11 Sep 2022, 16:01, Damien: Omg 11 Sep 2022, 16:03, Damien: Darling are you around later to look at flats 11 Sep 2022, 16:03, Damien: And did you want to come to that thing later 11 Sep 2022, 16:22, Sam: I realised I have a family thing at half 6, though I’m prob gonna be back by 9 or 10 so it’d depend how late you’re up (for the former) and for the latter how late it starts 11 Sep 2022, 16:24, Damien: Oh let me check 11 Sep 2022, 16:24, Damien: Did you want to look at flats at some point as well? 11 Sep 2022, 18:14, Sam: Yeah that’s what I was referring to as the former (the latter being your, uh, antepenultimate message) 11 Sep 2022, 18:14, Sam: So basically it depends how late you’re up or want to look 11 Sep 2022, 18:27, Sam: Sorry, slight change of plan: I think this meth has fucked up my lungs, I can’t really countenance the walking necessary to get to my parents’ (obv not walking the whole way, but to and from stations), and on my mum’s suggestion I’m gonna go to St Mary’s and get some inhalers and possibly oral steroids (apparently) to sort this out 11 Sep 2022, 18:27, Sam: Not exactly sure how much difference that makes to our plans - prob means I have a bit more time 11 Sep 2022, 18:28, Damien: Oh no darling, do you need any help? 11 Sep 2022, 18:29, Sam: ^ Slightly poorly worded - I didn’t tell my mum that it was because of smoking meth, haha, only the symptomatic bits (that my asthma was bad) 11 Sep 2022, 18:29, Sam: Thanks, though I’m good I think! I should be able to walk there without issue 11 Sep 2022, 18:30, Sam: Like, it’s not _that_ bad and for now the blue inhaler tempers the worst bits (at the expense of being jittery and looking like I’ve got DTs), it’s just a little bit on the borderline 11 Sep 2022, 19:24, Damien: Oh gosh 11 Sep 2022, 19:24, Damien: Do you want a Valium? 11 Sep 2022, 19:44, Sam: Lol is it bad to intentionally smoke some of the burned meth before I leave, so my asthma is slightly worse, so I’m likelier to get more effective meds? 🫠 11 Sep 2022, 19:44, Damien: Hahaha surely you can play it up more 11 Sep 2022, 19:45, Damien: But yes maybe take a break from the meth 😂 11 Sep 2022, 19:52, Sam: Nah I’m useless at that - I don’t know if it’s just a hard thing to fake, or if it’s maybe my autism (I vividly remember one part of the Asperger’s diagnostic process that involves telling a story based on some toy figurines - I just absolutely couldn’t, 0%) 11 Sep 2022, 19:53, Sam: Yeah, I think it’s probably best - I’m mildly apprehensive about this week (last week I was helped a lot by the fact that Zack’s shit batch of meth, iirc, I first got on Saturday and used on Sunday) 11 Sep 2022, 19:53, Sam: Then again I’ve got a work retreat - god help me - from like Tuesday for a couple of days, maybe a few, so that puts quite a hard limit on it 11 Sep 2022, 19:54, Sam: But yeah, abstaining from pleasure is just not my thing 11 Sep 2022, 19:55, Sam: otium tibi molestum est Catulle 11 Sep 2022, 19:55, Sam: Probably hideously mangling that line… But yeah- free time is not good for me 11 Sep 2022, 20:09, Sam: 11 Sep 2022, 20:09, Sam: My least favourite place 11 Sep 2022, 20:09, Sam: Think I’ll ditch it if it goes on too long 11 Sep 2022, 20:11, Sam: I should’ve mentioned it’s also impossible to _induce_ bad asthma, as I’m discovering now… well, not without a flight of stairs or a pipe of meth 11 Sep 2022, 20:11, Sam: (same reason, only bc it gets better while you’re stationary for ages) 11 Sep 2022, 20:11, Sam: Wish I’d taken some meth with me, lol 11 Sep 2022, 20:12, Damien: Hahaha oh darling we should abstain for a while 11 Sep 2022, 20:12, Damien: It’s clearly causing bother 😫 11 Sep 2022, 20:14, Sam: Nah it’s not really the meth’s fault - I’ve never given a fuck about handling my asthma properly, as a result of which it’s much worse, and just having the right inhaler would have prevented this (It gets incrementally worse every time it’s aggravated by sth in your environment anyway - meth was a very big factor but inevitably not the only cause) 11 Sep 2022, 20:15, Sam: (incrementally worse … _unless_ you have and use the preventative inhaler, I mean) 11 Sep 2022, 20:15, Sam: Blue one is a very temporary palliative rather than a cure 11 Sep 2022, 20:16, Sam: (For context, given it’s been such a plot device of late: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salbutamol) 11 Sep 2022, 20:25, Sam: Come to think of it, I probably ought to tell you what to do if I have an asthma attack 11 Sep 2022, 20:26, Sam: (which I don’t know, because _fucking miraculously_ I’ve never had an asthma attack, but it’s very possible) 11 Sep 2022, 21:34, Sam: 11 Sep 2022, 22:55, Sam: 11 Sep 2022, 22:56, Sam: I am a mystery of medicine, lol 12 Sep 2022, 00:24, Damien: Omg I’m just back home abs seeing these messages 12 Sep 2022, 00:25, Damien: Are you still at the hospital? 12 Sep 2022, 00:39, Sam: I’ve just discharged myself (to their evident unease but I’m satisfied I’m fine) 12 Sep 2022, 00:39, Sam: So I’ll be back in 5-10 mins if you want to look at flats 12 Sep 2022, 01:08, Sam: 12 Sep 2022, 01:10, Sam: (Also, I’m back, to be clear - I’m assuming it’s quite likely you’re asleep and thus not going to look at flats, haha) 12 Sep 2022, 04:50, Sam: Lol is it just me who can hear - actually literally feel - kieran _absolutely railing_ some boy 12 Sep 2022, 04:50, Sam: My brain is very confused about how it feels about this 12 Sep 2022, 10:02, Damien: Omg fortunately I passed out ahha 12 Sep 2022, 10:05, Damien: Did you see then one he brought round yesterday, it looked like the love child between quasimodo and Frankenstein. I almost screamed when I saw him 😅 12 Sep 2022, 10:13, Sam: Hahaha no I didn’t - I thought it might’ve been Mikey based on the voice, but I’m glad to know it wasn’t 😶 12 Sep 2022, 14:22, Sam: ^ actually shit I do remember for a terrifying moment it looked like I might not be able to pay the bill because my mobile internet was also cut off due to a failed payment - which is super odd, because I know I’ve always had money - I never bother checking my balance or transactions (partly out of horror, lol) and I’ve confidently got cash out for drugs before and after it failed 12 Sep 2022, 14:23, Sam: actually I can just check my Monzo and see why it failed / if it failed / if it was even tried 🤦‍♂️ ignore me! 12 Sep 2022, 14:25, Damien: hahahhaha, if you thought my shorts where short, this guy was guy was practically wearing Y fronts lol 12 Sep 2022, 14:25, Damien: Lol hate when that happens 12 Sep 2022, 15:37, Damien: https://www.knightfrank.co.uk/properties/residential/to-let/cheval-place-knightsbridge-london-sw7/knq012255996 12 Sep 2022, 15:37, Damien: what do you think of this one? 12 Sep 2022, 16:53, Sam: Jesus… Grindr?! Also, has kieran had / still got some hookup around today, like in the daytime, or is it audio hallucinations from some sort of refractory (mild) meth psychosis? 12 Sep 2022, 16:54, Sam: because I could swear I’ve heard periodic, uh, well, sex, basically (or the noises conventionally consequent upon sex 😂) 12 Sep 2022, 16:54, Damien: Omg is he in? I thought he went to the office today? 12 Sep 2022, 16:55, Sam: He’s definitely been in up to some point, not sure exactly when, bc he’s walked past my room etc 12 Sep 2022, 16:55, Damien: Oh god, I’d rather hear someone hit a bag of cats against a wall that Kieran having sex 12 Sep 2022, 16:56, Damien: Are you sure that wasn’t me 12 Sep 2022, 16:56, Sam: (god I’m gaslighting myself now - no I’m absolutely certain I don’t have visual hallucinations) 12 Sep 2022, 16:56, Damien: lol I’m not having sex with anyone, just to rule that out haha 12 Sep 2022, 16:56, Sam: To be clear I mean at some point maybe late this morning, not necessarily since 12 Sep 2022, 16:56, Damien: 😂😂😂 12 Sep 2022, 16:57, Sam: Nah, I mean, *although* I do think I can usually identify who it is without seeing them, I did see him 12 Sep 2022, 16:57, Sam: But yeah, either way, this hallucination shit is quite disturbing 12 Sep 2022, 16:57, Damien: Oh poor you darling 12 Sep 2022, 16:57, Damien: Do you want a Valium. 12 Sep 2022, 16:57, Damien: Or to go for a walk 12 Sep 2022, 16:57, Damien: They can be so horrible 12 Sep 2022, 16:58, Sam: Kieran seemed quite casual about it but I’ve not experienced anything like that - distrusting my brain - outside maybe one sorta visual hallucination when I had a super high fever as a kid (but that was more psychedelic / hypnopompic/hypnagogic than anything else) 12 Sep 2022, 16:58, Sam: Oh nah I’m fine now, but I do occasionally question whether my senses are lying to me 12 Sep 2022, 16:59, Sam: It’s super fascinating but definitely occasionally, uh, I don’t know what to call it - not emotionally distressing but annoying and tedious 12 Sep 2022, 16:59, Sam: Seems to last a day or so perhaps after my weekend binges - maybe lack of sleep 12 Sep 2022, 16:59, Sam: Anyway sorry - yeah, I’ll look at that flat & send you some that I happened on 12 Sep 2022, 17:01, Sam: I do think it replays in my head things I’ve recently heard (the most annoying being the buzzing fly I had last weekend just after chasing out a bunch of flies), so it is definitely possible 12 Sep 2022, 17:01, Sam: But sorry, flat hunt is the main thing - I find the hallucination thing fascinating in a cartesian sorta way but it’s a bottomless conversational pit So: flat hunt 12 Sep 2022, 20:21, Damien: How are you feeling Sam darling x 12 Sep 2022, 22:38, Damien: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62237905/?search_identifier=a96361d607481d2bb7586e11df2593f2 13 Sep 2022, 10:04, Damien: Sam darling, how did you sleep? I was going to get some Modafinal 13 Sep 2022, 10:04, Damien: Was wondering if you still wanted to get some with me 13 Sep 2022, 10:05, Sam: Yeah I’m definitely up for that, if you’re happy for me to send some £ and get some - I prob won’t do it today since it’s already much too late, but it’d be useful tomorrow :) 13 Sep 2022, 10:06, Damien: Yah precisely. 13 Sep 2022, 10:07, Damien: image omitted 13 Sep 2022, 10:08, Damien: Also I hate to be a pain, but can I send you money, it’s just my chip and pin isn’t working so otherwise I’ll have to go to the bank 😅 13 Sep 2022, 10:08, Damien: Let me know, it’s not too much of an issue either way. 13 Sep 2022, 10:08, Sam: Sure, I’m not fussed from a money point of view, more from a laziness / time point of view - any chance I could just give you my card to withdraw from? 13 Sep 2022, 10:09, Damien: Sure that works 👌🏻 13 Sep 2022, 10:09, Damien: Shall we get one box for now, and see how we get on? 13 Sep 2022, 10:23, Damien: 13 Sep 2022, 10:23, Damien: What do you think? 13 Sep 2022, 10:24, Sam: Yeah that’s nonsense, don’t pay anything - or if you’re really desperate, play along and see what payment method they ask for, and maybe also whether they show any sign of being in the area (or, hell, even in the country) 13 Sep 2022, 10:25, Sam: “we don’t do shits with our clients parcels” sounds like an Indian doing a bad impression of a black person 13 Sep 2022, 10:27, Damien: HAHHAHAHAHAHA 13 Sep 2022, 12:50, Sam: image omitted 13 Sep 2022, 12:50, Sam: "2 of many" lol 13 Sep 2022, 12:51, Sam: No idea why Monzo refused the direct debit – or what it even means to 'refuse' an existing direct debit, I wasn't on that team tbh – but will figure it out 13 Sep 2022, 12:52, Sam: image omitted 13 Sep 2022, 12:53, Sam: "Please wait 10 minutes for no reason before clicking your activation link. A perfect amount of time to make some tea, do a few chores, and forget about this process altogether!" 13 Sep 2022, 13:06, Damien: Ahhahahahah 13 Sep 2022, 13:06, Damien: Omg this is so ridiculous 13 Sep 2022, 13:06, Damien: 😂😂 13 Sep 2022, 13:08, Damien: image omitted 13 Sep 2022, 23:27, Sam: image omitted 13 Sep 2022, 23:28, Sam: Ah shit sorry, I meant to reply to your messages - I will now, lol 14 Sep 2022, 01:23, Sam: Sorry for the delay, I've tried to pack and get everything sorted quickly before, which has succeeded except for the 'quickly', lol... (Still, our train leaves at 10 from Paddington, which - even for me - shouldn't be particularly hard to manage) To your actual message… I once saw a woman thrown out of a funeral (of a distant relation) after making a huge show, weeping, sniffling, collapsing to the floor in front of the widow and family, the full English, couldn't get any worse short of actually prising open the coffin and desecrating the corpse. And yeah, damn right she was thrown out, it's obscene, it's a profanation of mourning. *How do people still struggle with this?* Like, she's not your grandmother. You either have an unhealthy and unreal parasocial attachment, or you're pretending grief you don't feel or understand. To type and post and sign one’s name to that abject pile of brain-damaged maudlin shite ... Jesus wept 14 Sep 2022, 01:25, Sam: Oh lol he's also 'infuriated' that The King (capitalised like it's a glam-rock band) and The Queen Consort (female punk outfit perhaps?) aren't given due respect? I mean.... exactly what respect is due them? If it's due them for nothing they did & only for their (his) inherited rank, then of what ultimate value or significance is that respect? If it's due them for something they did, then in the whole of their lives _what the hell can anyone tell me they did?_ 14 Sep 2022, 01:26, Sam: Anyway... interesting times, as they say 14 Sep 2022, 18:05, Damien: image omitted 14 Sep 2022, 18:05, Damien: Very weird to be invited to dinner and then being asked to cook it 😅😅 14 Sep 2022, 18:23, Sam: Hahaha, a few things kieran does well? Uh…. incest, noise, and identical-looking Chinese men? 14 Sep 2022, 18:24, Sam: Incest is a bit on the nose, perhaps - should’ve plumped for, like, fraternal-sororal relations 14 Sep 2022, 18:24, Damien: SCREAMING 😂😂😂🤣🤣 14 Sep 2022, 18:24, Damien: I can’t with him 14 Sep 2022, 18:25, Sam: Also yeah that’s quite funny - also that it’s at ours and you’ll probably end up cleaning up (sorry, I’ll try to leave my inner citadel & my cave for long enough to clean up) 14 Sep 2022, 18:25, Sam: Yeah I’m not sure this dinner will be any good, we should perhaps warn Edward (I mean not culinarily - though that too - but as an occasion) 14 Sep 2022, 18:27, Damien: Yes apologies in advance. He’s already got Edward bringing three bottles of wine 🫠 14 Sep 2022, 18:28, Sam: Quite…. Also lol I hadn’t read those messages but I love Kieran’s absolutely blithe blanking of my messages while posting his own and addressing it to both of us 14 Sep 2022, 18:30, Sam: I mean obviously most of my messages I don’t really intend or even want replies to (I don’t really get the convention of seriatim replies to every single message, however unexpected) but still quite funny in view of that convention 14 Sep 2022, 18:40, Damien: Honestly he's been so rude, since we've been moving out. Its beginning to get on my nerves. Hopefully Edward gets the measure of him, sooner rather than later. 14 Sep 2022, 18:40, Damien: on a seperate note, what do you make of this flat? 14 Sep 2022, 18:40, Damien: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/127008530#/?channel=RES_LET 14 Sep 2022, 19:26, Damien: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/57844784/?search_identifier=be024fa337bd53a18d94fd45aa1fedb4 14 Sep 2022, 19:29, Damien: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62205782/?search_identifier=bbfe1c6f1833c498044c46ef270eec9c 14 Sep 2022, 19:29, Damien: what do you think of this one ☝️ 14 Sep 2022, 20:42, Sam: Interesting… He’s been perhaps a bit worse with me, though generally _personable_, while shitty at the same time… Possibly the one thing that pissed me off was his not-exactly-churlish-but-nor-charitable response when I apologised for using the toaster at 1am - the thought hadn’t crossed my mind before, but after he was like “it’s ok”, I did think I shouldn’t be apologising for a transgression that was practically _a kindness_ considering his endlessly staying up and shouting both outside and underneath my bedroom (ie the kitchen), at 3am, without the slightest consideration that I was even there (except one occasion where I heard him - because of course I could still hear him 🙄- asking Maciek/howeverthefuckitsspelled to be a bit more quiet) 14 Sep 2022, 20:43, Sam: I’m just finishing off dinner at this hotel with work - the above text may be long but it dashed out of my unconscious without the slightest bit of mulling-over required, haha - but I’ll look once I’m done and back in my room 14 Sep 2022, 20:45, Damien: I would never apologise, he’s woken me up several times because. 14 Sep 2022, 20:45, Damien: I may not go to dinner on Friday 14 Sep 2022, 20:45, Damien: I think the whole thing is ridiculous 14 Sep 2022, 21:43, Damien: He’s so awful 🫠🫠 15 Sep 2022, 01:07, Sam: ‘Woken up’ as in “sought to wake you up [presumably to ask something or whatev]” or “incidentally woken you up”? He’s definitely done the latter countless times to me, and the former enough, like the time the other night that you mentioned.. I just do not, can not, and will not ever understand what, if anything, goes through his mind.. 15 Sep 2022, 01:08, Sam: I assume it’s like that Homer Simpson monkey scene 15 Sep 2022, 01:10, Sam: GIF omitted 15 Sep 2022, 01:11, Sam: Christ I just re-read my message for context and I think my wordiness is getting worse - that’s a ludicrous amount of text for such a simple point 15 Sep 2022, 01:34, Sam: Deleted my message since I sent on iMessage (can resend here if you’ve not got & read), but I forgot to say on iMessage: You _absolutely_ shouldn’t be his kitchen coolie, as my grandmother would slightly old-fashionedly put it… I mean, if you helped at all, far better and more enjoyable just to be chef de cuisine and spare everyone from Kieran’s acid and joyless tomato sauce (you can always tell someone who doesn’t taste their food while cooking). Though if I were you, I’d not help, tbh (Also, sorry for late messages - got back to my room at almost 1 and don’t have to get up till 10, so 🤷‍♂️) 15 Sep 2022, 10:30, Damien: Acid and joyless tomato sauce 🤣🤣🫠 15 Sep 2022, 10:30, Damien: It’s so accurate 15 Sep 2022, 10:31, Damien: In might get some stuff from Harrods or Fortnum’s 15 Sep 2022, 22:22, Sam: A short phrase born of long experience, lol 15 Sep 2022, 22:22, Damien: I had spare theatre tickets this eve 15 Sep 2022, 22:22, Sam: Yeah that wouldn’t hurt… Though makes me wonder: what would be the best place to get genuinely delicious pre-prepared or half-prepared _meals_ for a dinner? I genuinely do 15 Sep 2022, 22:23, Sam: dk*, bloody autocorrect 15 Sep 2022, 22:23, Damien: I’ve been drinking all day 15 Sep 2022, 22:23, Damien: When I arrived 15 Sep 2022, 22:23, Sam: Oh good 15 Sep 2022, 22:23, Sam: Oh god*, lmao 15 Sep 2022, 22:23, Sam: Oh shit sorry I mis-parsed - imma let you finish 15 Sep 2022, 22:23, Damien: Edward then arrived 15 Sep 2022, 22:24, Sam: Oh it’s TONIGHT 15 Sep 2022, 22:24, Sam: ? 15 Sep 2022, 22:24, Damien: He was the only one around 15 Sep 2022, 22:24, Sam: Oh thank the lord almighty 15 Sep 2022, 22:24, Damien: For the theatre 15 Sep 2022, 22:24, Damien: I started spewing all horrible things about Kieran 15 Sep 2022, 22:24, Damien: I feel awful 15 Sep 2022, 22:25, Damien: I told him to pull the plug on the whole thing 15 Sep 2022, 22:25, Sam: I don’t know that I even disagree with that, let alone would beat myself up 15 Sep 2022, 22:26, Sam: Wait tell me more 15 Sep 2022, 22:27, Damien: I’m with Edward now 15 Sep 2022, 22:28, Damien: I’ve been so angry 15 Sep 2022, 22:28, Damien: When are you home 15 Sep 2022, 22:29, Sam: Ah, sorry, I seem to have given the impression that I was coming home today (maybe I literally said / even thought that; if so, sorry!).. I’m back tomorrow, iirc midday or some time not late, but let me check the schedule 15 Sep 2022, 22:29, Sam: 15 Sep 2022, 22:29, Sam: 15 Sep 2022, 23:39, Sam: 15 Sep 2022, 23:39, Sam: Other Paris post is perhaps a bit odd - heroin clouded my judgement a bit - but less uncomfortable 15 Sep 2022, 23:40, Sam: Might reword garçon too since it’s a bit cringe 15 Sep 2022, 23:42, Sam: (I hope it goes entirely without saying but I obviously am not embarrassed by _you_, lol - it’s just a bit cloying and harassmenty and also weird when housemates) 16 Sep 2022, 00:16, Missed audio call 16 Sep 2022, 00:16, Damien: Sorry 16 Sep 2022, 00:16, Damien: Darling 16 Sep 2022, 00:16, Sam: Ah, shit, sorry, I’m still with work (obv not _at_ work, lol) - I can text! 16 Sep 2022, 00:16, Sam: What’s up? 16 Sep 2022, 00:16, Damien: I’m trying to convince Edward to ditch the bitch 16 Sep 2022, 00:16, Sam: Hahaha - how can I be of service? 16 Sep 2022, 00:17, Damien: On another note 16 Sep 2022, 00:17, Damien: I’d quite like ti see the queen. 16 Sep 2022, 00:17, Sam: Oh yes I’d like to confirm she’s dead 16 Sep 2022, 00:18, Damien: So I bit I’d. Tina would. Be amazing 16 Sep 2022, 00:18, Sam: (I’m kidding, lol - as I said, I have no antipathy to her personally… systems, not people) 16 Sep 2022, 00:18, Damien: Omg. I love you 😂😂 16 Sep 2022, 00:19, Damien: Do you have a lighter and some lift to put in the pipe 16 Sep 2022, 00:19, Sam: Ah there should be a bag in my drawer next to my bed, though if there’s any chance you could leave some then that’d be nice 🙏 🙏 (I mean, I know you prob wouldn’t take the whole gramme - I think it was that much at least - and you’d be entitled to it anyway, but ah well) 16 Sep 2022, 00:20, Sam: I can’t remember where I put the lighter, sorry - you could search around my room, I don’t really mind, but it might not be a pleasant experience and you’re probably better off (assuming you have the wherewithal) getting another cheap one… Sorry, I know it’s yours and again you’re v welcome to search!! 16 Sep 2022, 00:21, Sam: Sorry if my room is a mess - I was tossing things around in a rush to leave yesterday morning (and made it onto the train literally as it was leaving - didn’t even have time to apologise to the nice woman whom I accidentally shoved while she was helping me on) 16 Sep 2022, 00:21, Sam: Bit of a mare de la nuit 16 Sep 2022, 00:21, Damien: 16 Sep 2022, 00:22, Sam: cheval? not sure if female noun is diff (chevale??), lol 16 Sep 2022, 00:22, Sam: Sorry I’ve had lots to drink / had to drink lots 16 Sep 2022, 00:23, Sam: Ah I can’t write for the same reason for which I can’t talk (ie I’m still with work people) 16 Sep 2022, 00:25, Sam: ^^ I C A N T T A L K A B O U T M E T H R I G H T N O W ( O R R E A L L Y A B O U T A N Y T H I N G ) 16 Sep 2022, 00:25, Sam: A M W I T H W O R K ^ 16 Sep 2022, 00:26, Damien: 16 Sep 2022, 00:28, Sam: Ah goddammit - that’s so predictable of kieran.. It’s fine, I’ll take his possessions as collateral 16 Sep 2022, 00:30, Sam: Are you sure it’s intentional? Also wdym by ‘for this month’? Just bc I can’t recall if we pay in arrears (ie for the month just past) or in advance, like officially… Do you mean the rent due about a fortnight ago? 16 Sep 2022, 00:31, Sam: Sorry, still can’t take a call really rn 16 Sep 2022, 00:32, Sam: Sorry about that- am at table basically 16 Sep 2022, 00:32, Missed audio call 16 Sep 2022, 00:32, Sam: Easy enough to dash off a text, not too hard to listen to an audio thing, diffic to call and speak 16 Sep 2022, 00:33, Sam: Would advise increasing your font size maybe?! 16 Sep 2022, 00:35, Missed audio call 16 Sep 2022, 00:36, Damien: Do you remember where you put the meth 16 Sep 2022, 00:37, Sam: In my bedside table drawer- if there’s any chance you could open it over a surface to avoid spilling it (for cats..) I’d be much obliged 🙏 🙏 16 Sep 2022, 00:44, Damien: sticker omitted 16 Sep 2022, 11:53, Damien: Omg sorry about yesterday 16 Sep 2022, 11:53, Damien: I was so drunk 16 Sep 2022, 11:53, Damien: Lol 16 Sep 2022, 11:53, Damien: When will you be back? X 16 Sep 2022, 13:17, Damien: Oh I’m not sure how to change that. lol I was forever using j’aime with people. It’s a funny one, I always got it confused with J’adore 😂 16 Sep 2022, 13:22, Sam: Back at 4:20pm apparently - not sure if they’re aware of the reference there, lol 16 Sep 2022, 13:23, Sam: No probs at all 😁 I obviously realised we were going in circles after a while, but hey, everyone’s been there! 16 Sep 2022, 13:25, Sam: Haha it’s less a linguistic error (it expresses what I wanted to express at the time 😂) and more that I now want to purge that awkward bit of history 16 Sep 2022, 13:26, Sam: ^ to be clear the photo above is me editing the text - the first _aime_ is not _aime bien_ in the original and (for now) still current post 16 Sep 2022, 13:26, Sam: And that is exactly what I want to purge 🙃 16 Sep 2022, 13:26, Sam: In a nutshell.. haha 16 Sep 2022, 13:27, Sam: (I was just inserting it in the edit view - then cancelling - to explain the change that I meant) 16 Sep 2022, 14:22, Damien: Hahaha 16 Sep 2022, 14:22, Damien: See you soon, I’ can take a look at it when you’re back if you like 16 Sep 2022, 16:06, Damien: https://www.chestertons.co.uk/en-gb/property-to-rent/gb/chelsea+embankment/wel200035 16 Sep 2022, 16:06, Damien: what do you think of this? 16 Sep 2022, 17:59, Damien: Darling are you back soon! I’ve found a load of properties which we can go through 😝 16 Sep 2022, 18:04, Sam: I am, yeah :) And yeah there’s no uncertainty about the French, it’s really just about whether Instagram shows the original, which would be even more hilariously awkward.. Though I was prob worrying a bit too much, in hindsight 16 Sep 2022, 18:05, Sam: What’s a good time to look through properties? And relatedly what’s the status of Kieran’s ghastly dinner? I think he said it was starting at 8, which I’m disinclined to believe, given there’s no cooking going on 16 Sep 2022, 18:05, Damien: God it’s going to be such a disaster 16 Sep 2022, 18:06, Damien: I don’t know why he insists on cooking. I mean surely he knows he’s no good at it 16 Sep 2022, 18:06, Damien: God I’m turning in to such a nasty bitch 16 Sep 2022, 18:06, Damien: I’m free any time x 16 Sep 2022, 18:12, Sam: Yeah I can’t imagine it will turn out well, and I’m somewhat embarrassed if this is the repayment of my (dinner) debt to Edward… (Then again, I haven’t repaid that debt in about two years and counting, so maybe it doesn’t hurt that Kieran has at least done something) 16 Sep 2022, 18:14, Sam: But yeah, I don’t quite know why he’s actually putting on this dinner & I assume he has some ulterior motive 16 Sep 2022, 18:14, Sam: I mean, tbqh I’m not sure Kieran has ever had any non-ulterior motives 16 Sep 2022, 18:14, Damien: Yes exactly 16 Sep 2022, 18:15, Sam: (…citerior motives? idk) 16 Sep 2022, 18:15, Damien: I pre warned him yesterday. Haha 16 Sep 2022, 18:15, Sam: I genuinely do not know - same as with his obstreperous nocturnal behaviour.. I’m not sure what, if anything, goes through Kieran’s mind 16 Sep 2022, 18:16, Sam: Wait, pre-warned him of what particular point? 16 Sep 2022, 18:16, Damien: Oh I told Edward it was going to be a disaster 16 Sep 2022, 18:16, Sam: Ohhhh Edward, I see, I wasn’t quite sure 16 Sep 2022, 18:17, Sam: In that case I think it should be OK, if we’ve (or you’ve), like, disowned it 16 Sep 2022, 18:18, Sam: Also I’m gonna smoke some happy crystals I think, before this disaster unfolds 16 Sep 2022, 18:19, Damien: I shit I still have your lighter 16 Sep 2022, 18:19, Sam: Were you thinking of looking at properties beforehand? 16 Sep 2022, 18:19, Sam: Oh no worries I’ve found mine 16 Sep 2022, 18:19, Sam: Well, yours 16 Sep 2022, 18:19, Damien: Yes. I’m just going to go to M&S and some things 16 Sep 2022, 18:19, Damien: Shall we say 20 mins? 16 Sep 2022, 18:20, Damien: Lol I bought another one last night, and he jokingly asked why I needed it 🫠 16 Sep 2022, 18:20, Sam: I might just continue resting for a few mins since I’ve been walking for what feels like bloody days (long story - we missed a train and had two casualties who are now in hospital in Stratford-upon-bloody-Avon) 16 Sep 2022, 18:20, Sam: Haha that’s great.. wait, you mean the shopkeeper, right? Or kieran? 16 Sep 2022, 18:20, Sam: Also yeah 20 mins sounds perfect! 16 Sep 2022, 18:20, Damien: Oh the shopkeeper 16 Sep 2022, 18:42, Damien: I’m free whenever darling 16 Sep 2022, 18:55, Sam: 16 Sep 2022, 18:55, Sam: Sadly they’re out of Fiji water or I’d have suggested coupling it with that 16 Sep 2022, 18:56, Damien: Aww thanks darling. 16 Sep 2022, 18:56, Damien: I remember kieran had some so I’ll just ask him when he gets back 16 Sep 2022, 18:56, Damien: Whenever that will be 🫠🫠🫠 16 Sep 2022, 18:57, Damien: Is now a good time to look at flats? 16 Sep 2022, 19:16, Sam: Lol after all that I’ve managed to exhaust this lighter with about three brief … ‘lightings’? Also yeah kieran always seems to have plasters for some reason 16 Sep 2022, 19:16, Sam: Probably bought them like 9 years ago and has refused to throw them away ever since 16 Sep 2022, 19:16, Damien: LMAO 16 Sep 2022, 19:16, Sam: Ah shit, yes, if you’re still around - sorry, wasn’t really monitoring my phone 😬 16 Sep 2022, 19:17, Damien: Yes I’m just upstairs :) 16 Sep 2022, 19:17, Sam: Cool cool, gimme just 30-60 secs 16 Sep 2022, 19:18, Sam: Oh btw do you happen to have the lighter fluid upstairs? Or is that downstairs (if you know)? I prob ought to get some more, though also ought to stop my every-weekend (-and-some-weekdays) usage 16 Sep 2022, 19:18, Damien: Oh I haven't seen that anywhere 16 Sep 2022, 19:19, Damien: but I have a new one which seems to work quite well 16 Sep 2022, 21:51, Damien: Do you want to have a puff. I feel so bad for pestering you about it. I’ll be happy to bank transfer, I feel like such a scourge 😰 17 Sep 2022, 01:06, Damien: Contact card omitted 17 Sep 2022, 01:12, Damien: image omitted 17 Sep 2022, 03:07, Sam: video omitted 17 Sep 2022, 04:43, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont_Street?wprov=sfti1 17 Sep 2022, 04:46, Sam: ^ the ‘literary references’ section conveys it I think 17 Sep 2022, 05:52, Damien: Omg I took this video 🤣😂 17 Sep 2022, 12:24, Sam: 17 Sep 2022, 12:25, Damien: Hahahhaha 17 Sep 2022, 12:25, Sam: Oh haha I thought it was kieran 17 Sep 2022, 12:25, Sam: For some reason 17 Sep 2022, 12:25, Damien: I think he might be the one 17 Sep 2022, 12:25, Sam: Hahaha yeah definitely a fantastic match!!! 17 Sep 2022, 12:26, Sam: Qualities definitely not shared by everyone else on my grid 17 Sep 2022, 12:26, Sam: The man without qualities 17 Sep 2022, 12:26, Sam: Btw I would prob expect the kitchen to be like that for like a week hence 17 Sep 2022, 12:27, Damien: Hahahahha 17 Sep 2022, 12:27, Damien: I mean if that his key selling points, I can’t wait to hear more 17 Sep 2022, 12:28, Damien: Oh I’ve already accepted that I’ll probably do it at some point 😅 17 Sep 2022, 12:28, Damien: God that would was awful 17 Sep 2022, 12:28, Damien: I might get him some cooking lessons 17 Sep 2022, 12:28, Damien: Apparently he’s 30 in a few weeks 😅 17 Sep 2022, 12:39, Damien: Do you want to do something today? I’ve been so fuzzy, so don’t want to see anyone, as my eyes are a dead giveaway I’ve been up all night ahha 17 Sep 2022, 12:56, Sam: Oh dear god 17 Sep 2022, 12:57, Sam: Yeah I’m so glad that my parents were decent cooks and that I picked up at least the fundamentals, the tacit knowledge and all that 17 Sep 2022, 12:57, Sam: Also yeah sure, let’s! Wait, did you actually not sleep?? 17 Sep 2022, 12:58, Sam: (I did stay up a while longer being daft, then slept till not long ago) 17 Sep 2022, 12:58, Sam: Also I meant to send that Zizek interview - I just can’t stop watching it, hahah: https://youtu.be/xN2ZGSX0cIE 17 Sep 2022, 13:00, Sam: She’s clearly trying to prosecute the interview in a certain way, and he’s not at all unfriendly but it’s just clearly not his language (figuratively speaking) 17 Sep 2022, 13:05, Damien: Lol, yah he really doesn’t give a shit, and she’s trying so hard to get a rise out of him 😂😂 17 Sep 2022, 13:06, Damien: How many hours did you get? 17 Sep 2022, 13:09, Sam: Haha yeah exactly.. It reminds me of my delightful evening with that rancid embittered old twink-manqué that Marc Corbett-Weaver was going out with 17 Sep 2022, 13:09, Sam: *out with whom Marc Corbett-Weaver was going 🤓 17 Sep 2022, 13:09, Sam: Oh I actually have no idea - possibly something like 6? 17 Sep 2022, 13:10, Sam: I woke up naturally rather than with an alarm, so can’t’ve been much less 17 Sep 2022, 13:11, Sam: Btw could I possibly purloin that gas canister? I was hoping to have some morning meth to get my tachycardia going 17 Sep 2022, 13:11, Damien: Hahahaha oh yes him. He’s insane 17 Sep 2022, 13:11, Damien: Poor thing 17 Sep 2022, 13:11, Sam: Probably not a sensible idea but fuck it, I’m somewhat tired and it’s not gonna make a vast difference to anything 17 Sep 2022, 13:11, Damien: His accent is so weird, it’s as if he learnt English from a Liverpudlian 😅 17 Sep 2022, 13:12, Damien: Oh of course darling 17 Sep 2022, 13:12, Sam: Oh gosh I can’t quite remember his accent - I think I was trying not to listen 17 Sep 2022, 13:12, Damien: Oh the canister 17 Sep 2022, 13:12, Sam: He was like someone doing a bad ham-acted impression of Kieran 17 Sep 2022, 13:12, Damien: I have no idea when that went 17 Sep 2022, 13:12, Damien: Let me have a look 17 Sep 2022, 13:12, Sam: Oh maybe it’s downstairs, I’m not sure - I’ll go and check when I can be bothered 17 Sep 2022, 13:13, Sam: If it’s up there I can obv come and get it 17 Sep 2022, 13:13, Sam: Je te remercie tres fort 17 Sep 2022, 13:14, Damien: It’s not up here, but there’s two other lighters up here I’d that’s any help 17 Sep 2022, 13:14, Sam: Oh nah that’s fine, I’ll try downstairs in a moment - thanks!! Sorry for the hassle 17 Sep 2022, 13:14, Damien: Oh no hassle at all 17 Sep 2022, 13:27, Sam: Btw 16:40 is so on the mark 17 Sep 2022, 13:27, Sam: At least in my view 17 Sep 2022, 13:35, Sam: Are you quite sure that thing’s not in your room? I can’t seem to find it anywhere 17 Sep 2022, 13:35, Sam: I remember seeing it last night and I bloody wish I could remember where I saw it, haha 17 Sep 2022, 13:36, Damien: Ohh 17 Sep 2022, 13:36, Damien: Hmm let me double check 17 Sep 2022, 13:36, Sam: the lighter fluid, that is, if that was unclear 17 Sep 2022, 13:36, Sam: Thanks! Sorry! I may well be wrong 17 Sep 2022, 13:37, Sam: 17 Sep 2022, 13:37, Sam: Soz for the hass 17 Sep 2022, 13:38, Damien: No not at all. I wonder if kieran took it back 😅 17 Sep 2022, 13:38, Sam: Yeah actually that was my other thought 17 Sep 2022, 13:38, Damien: Sorry darling it’s not up here 😕 17 Sep 2022, 13:39, Sam: While continuing with his reaction formation - or whatever you’d call it, the lady doth protest too much etc etc - about not doing meth 17 Sep 2022, 13:39, Sam: No probs, I can prob get some from Deliveroo or whatever 17 Sep 2022, 13:39, Sam: Actually there’s probably SOME fluid in the thing anyway 17 Sep 2022, 13:42, Sam: Lol I just looked it up to confirm my second-hand half-understanding of Freud / psychoanalytic theory, and this is a very timely bit of research from Wikipedia: > When Caucasians who actually showed non-racist, egalitarian tendencies were told they scored high for racist tendencies, they gave more money to an African-American panhandler when leaving the testing lab than those who were not accused of harboring racist sentiments.[6] 17 Sep 2022, 13:47, Damien: Are you sure you don’t want the other lighter? I think it’s works quite well haha 17 Sep 2022, 13:54, Sam: Lol I love that at 28:20 she gives him an out (‘was it a joke?’) and instead he enthusiastically confirms it wasn’t, and launches into the arguments for that particular verboten belief 17 Sep 2022, 13:55, Sam: Hmm, maybe if I could buy it from you at some point that’d be nice (since I can’t quite get it going adequately), though having just screwed up my throat again (from my attempts) it’s reminded me that I really ought to get my script filled before doing anything else 17 Sep 2022, 13:56, Sam: As part of which about a minute later he gives an elaborate and deeply uncomfortable analogy about how he’s deeply in love with her 😂 17 Sep 2022, 13:58, Damien: Oh honestly they don’t cost anything 17 Sep 2022, 13:58, Damien: Hahah 17 Sep 2022, 13:58, Sam: And I think his point was right (and reminds me of that line from Auden’s poem: not universal love, but to be loved alone..) 17 Sep 2022, 13:59, Sam: Oh nah I’ll pay the £8 I think you said it cost, lol - or something of that 17 Sep 2022, 13:59, Sam: But yeah I should get going first or I’ll not do it before they close 17 Sep 2022, 14:00, Damien: Oh no it’s fine. As you said it all comes out in the wash anyway. 17 Sep 2022, 14:01, Damien: Plus I’m sure I’m in your debt anyways haha 17 Sep 2022, 14:05, Sam: Ah, thank you - well I should also at least get one of my own… 17 Sep 2022, 14:07, Sam: …or not… I guess that’s part of it, that the smart thing would be to get the right things, buy in bulk, stock up, etc, but in the cold light of day you* feel that to do all of that is to admit that you’ll continue this not-great habit, or even to decide to continue it *I give up on ‘one’, but to be clear that’s what I mean 17 Sep 2022, 14:07, Sam: Same way my mum before she quit smoking - before I was born - would buy 10-packs of cigarettes, smoke one, regret it and throw them away, then buy another 10-pack, …. 17 Sep 2022, 14:09, Sam: Lmao, another Zizek classic: “Can you see why that offended people?” “I see but I still think that I was right.. [long Slovenian explanation]” 17 Sep 2022, 14:14, Sam: I also love his extended defence - almost sua sponte - of his own envisioned trans-related toilet partitioning scheme, with _three_ different bathrooms divided along extremely confusing lines (at 32 mins or sth) 17 Sep 2022, 14:15, Sam: Eh more like 31:30 actually, but god this is all so brilliant and it’s worth watching the whole thing 17 Sep 2022, 14:15, Sam: Also that Tony Benn / William Buckley one, excluding the somewhat dull initial 10-15 mins 17 Sep 2022, 14:17, Sam: “they are searching for their own identity, am I bigender, trigender, transgender, whatever” lmao 17 Sep 2022, 14:23, Sam: “What is returning now in this new racist right is the worst clichés of postmodernism: there is no objective reality, there are just different stories circulating […]” 17 Sep 2022, 14:26, Sam: My god he’s so on the mark about the weird ‘alt right’ (?) as well as the left I _hate_ that shit and it’s implicit in far more than it’s explicit in, mostly in the godawful tedious peevish whining about “so-and-so is biased because they endorse what one person believes and not another” …. like yeah, there is a reality, there is truth, _the world is all that is the case_ and _a logical picture of facts is a thought_, etc 17 Sep 2022, 14:27, Sam: If you removed or assigned a clear explicit consensus meaning to the words ‘bias’ and ‘opinion’ there would be no alt right (ie the whiney nasal-voiced teenager contingent, not plain old conservatives) 17 Sep 2022, 15:08, Sam: 17 Sep 2022, 15:10, Sam: Which I could practically have written myself, if I could bear more than a few seconds of Jordan bloody Peterson (of the classic band Jordan Peterson and the Peevish Whiners) 17 Sep 2022, 15:12, Sam: Christ, Americans, honestly - I would take our Rod Liddle type Spectator opinionmongers any bloody day of the week (hell, I actually liked A A Gill, in spite of myself) 17 Sep 2022, 15:16, Sam: Just a rogues’ gallery of creepy fucking helium-voiced petulant manchildren 17 Sep 2022, 15:17, Sam: (Four minutes to find the _mots justes_ lol) 17 Sep 2022, 16:44, Damien: Lol. Love this 17 Sep 2022, 16:44, Damien: What are you up to? 17 Sep 2022, 16:50, Sam: Oh shit sorry, I meant to say 17 Sep 2022, 16:50, Sam: (but got caught in several chats and chores) 17 Sep 2022, 16:50, Sam: that 17 Sep 2022, 16:51, Sam: The pharmacy closed at 1:30pm as I now realise 17 Sep 2022, 16:51, Sam: Not too fussed because that was barely after I woke up iirc, so I’d never have got there - but it does mean I have no chores (besides finally pushing that fucking code) 17 Sep 2022, 16:53, Sam: I might also get a new clean pipe… bc I need to stop with this psychology (my possession or privation of a clean pipe has almost certainly zero effect on my stopping or not stopping) 17 Sep 2022, 16:54, Sam: Aaand dammit could I at some point borrow that lighter? That way I might be able actually to heat it long enough to smoke - as I meant to do like 5 hours ago lol 17 Sep 2022, 16:55, Sam: No rush, I’ve got Pig on my lap so I’ll give her 5-10 mins of rest before moving (unless for any reason you’d prefer that I get it sooner) 17 Sep 2022, 16:59, Sam: Before I forget- this is absolutely hilarious if you’ve not seen it: https://youtu.be/ySvcdXZH6KQ (Just while I’m procrastinating by watching YouTube clips from his shows..) 17 Sep 2022, 17:01, Damien: Oh drats. That’s annoying, do you have any left 😬 17 Sep 2022, 17:01, Damien: I have a cleaner pipe if you would like it? 17 Sep 2022, 17:48, Sam: Oh no it’s fine, this is just for the brown inhaler, which I’ve not had for ages anyway (well, and also for some steroids and other prophylactics) 17 Sep 2022, 17:49, Sam: Hmm, perhaps that would be quite nice actually - I might finally come and steal your pipe and lighter whenever there’s a good time 🙏 Then I’ll quickly finish this work, aaand then we can look at some flats, or whatsoever you might want to do, lol 17 Sep 2022, 17:52, Damien: Oh yes perfect x 17 Sep 2022, 17:53, Damien: You have to explain what to do if ever do have an asthma attack 17 Sep 2022, 17:55, Sam: Honestly I’d imagine the only thing one can do is call an ambulance… Although, considering our closeness to St Mary’s, it honestly may be easier just to call an Uber 🤷‍♂️ 17 Sep 2022, 17:57, Sam: I suspect even if paramedics could make a useful difference at the scene, they still would get there not only after the Uber would _arrive_ (in which case that would be an important advantage) but also after it would …. uh, arrive…. there….. christ why is English such a useless language 17 Sep 2022, 17:57, Sam: I guess you could perform an emergency tracheotomy with a biro or something, but I’d probably avoid that, and I’m not sure if it’d even help in the case of asthma (🤔 ??) 17 Sep 2022, 17:59, Damien: I’ll watch a YouTube video 17 Sep 2022, 17:59, Damien: It’ll be fine 😝 17 Sep 2022, 18:00, Sam: Haha yeah I don’t really think there’s much to do - even if I couldn’t breathe whatsoever, I’m pretty sure I’d get to the hospital in time to avoid brain damage 17 Sep 2022, 18:00, Sam: (Also, I’m pretty sure - I really need to read about it myself - that it wouldn’t be sudden, that I’d have plenty of time to make you/whoever aware) 17 Sep 2022, 18:02, Sam: Or indeed just call an Uber myself, and for once have an excuse not to talk to the driver about their opinions on road closures (_of_ road closures, I know - ugh I hate having to choose between correctness and sounding acceptable) 17 Sep 2022, 18:03, Sam: I need to stop sub-editing myself, it’s a very annoying habit (I mean for me, let alone for others) 17 Sep 2022, 18:04, Sam: Probably won’t bring shame on me for eternity that I get one or two prepositions wrong (or choose to use the wrong ones) 17 Sep 2022, 18:04, Damien: Lol 17 Sep 2022, 18:05, Damien: Oh gosh, when was the last time you had one? 17 Sep 2022, 18:05, Damien: Has Bernerd been yet? 17 Sep 2022, 18:24, Sam: I think it comes from my sorta weirdly earnest wittgensteinian belief in precise language, that the world is facts (states of affairs), logical propositions are collections of signs representing a certain state of affairs (and predicating truth-values of them), and language should as closely as possible mimic logical propositions in representing exactly a particular warranted state of affairs (/representing the world as the speaker claims it is) 17 Sep 2022, 18:24, Sam: Which is probably a bit quixotic and- Jesus that last text turned out long 17 Sep 2022, 18:25, Sam: And which anyway Wittgenstein himself proooobably repudiated at least on the conventional reading 17 Sep 2022, 18:25, Sam: Anyway none of that matters 17 Sep 2022, 18:25, Sam: I’ve never had one 17 Sep 2022, 18:26, Sam: Which is why I’m so clueless - very probably I never will, but I guess this meth use (while we’re using it) is a complicating factor 17 Sep 2022, 18:27, Sam: Nah, he’s just replied again saying he’ll come here next 17 Sep 2022, 18:27, Sam: Nah, _but_ he’s…* 17 Sep 2022, 19:06, Damien: How are you getting on darling? 17 Sep 2022, 19:06, Sam: 17 Sep 2022, 19:06, Damien: Lol 17 Sep 2022, 19:06, Damien: Omg what did you send him 😂😂😂 17 Sep 2022, 19:06, Sam: Oh shit I missed this, sorry 17 Sep 2022, 19:07, Sam: Not badly at all! I actually got some good lighting out of that lighter on my last try (why is it always at the last, most useless moment, like getting Juul pods finally 20 mins before returning to London yesterday, or noticing your meth bag last time 5 mins before Bernard came) 17 Sep 2022, 19:08, Sam: Lol gimme 1 sec to get out the door and off to the ATM, then will send (the context is a bit confusing but I’m amazed that _of all my messages_ this was the one that made him say that, lol) 17 Sep 2022, 19:08, Sam: Operative phrase being ‘of all my messages’ 17 Sep 2022, 19:11, Sam: Hey I’m really sorry but is there any chance you might happen to have a card that I can steal to withdraw some cash? (I’ll send the cash beforehand so no probs if it’s an old or empty card/acct, or if you don’t know whether it is) 17 Sep 2022, 19:12, Sam: Sorry, just that I as always have left it to the last minute, assuming I’d easily find mine, and god only knows where it is 17 Sep 2022, 19:12, Sam: I wonder if otherwise I can bank transfer it to him 17 Sep 2022, 19:12, Damien: Let me check darling 17 Sep 2022, 19:12, Damien: Oh he does do bank transfer 17 Sep 2022, 19:12, Sam: Actually he probably won’t be as fast as he said he would be 17 Sep 2022, 19:12, Sam: Oh neat! 17 Sep 2022, 19:12, Damien: 17 Sep 2022, 19:13, Sam: Ok, I’ll ask him and no problem if he does - also I realise the request is extremely presumptuous / a bit too far perhaps, sorry about that 17 Sep 2022, 19:13, Sam: Ah nice - oh so it’s Brendan, not Bernard? 17 Sep 2022, 19:13, Sam: I guess you got the individual letters correct 17 Sep 2022, 19:13, Damien: I think it’s Brendan 17 Sep 2022, 19:13, Sam: (In that it’s an anagram) 17 Sep 2022, 19:14, Damien: Alex told me he was called Bernard 😅 17 Sep 2022, 19:14, Sam: Hahaha ok this makes more sense (from a very loosely ‘nomen est omen’ sorta perspective, in that Bernard is not a hot name) 17 Sep 2022, 19:14, Sam: God I suppose I do have some weirdly superstitious beliefs 17 Sep 2022, 19:28, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo 17 Sep 2022, 19:51, Sam: Should be 5-10 mins - just gonna quickly smoke some of the existing meth (lighters permitting), push that code, stash the new meth, close the door, and then I’ll be 🆙 17 Sep 2022, 19:52, Sam: Hope that works - also, not now but in an hour or so, I might go to Waitrose to pick up some lighter fluid and cheese twists, so MLK if you want anything 17 Sep 2022, 19:52, Sam: Bloody autocorrect… let me know, not Martin Luther King 17 Sep 2022, 19:53, Sam: You may also Martin Luther King if you want anything 17 Sep 2022, 19:56, Damien: HAHHAHAHA 17 Sep 2022, 20:40, Damien: image omitted 17 Sep 2022, 21:14, Sam: 17 Sep 2022, 22:09, Sam: Interestingly I just looked up the old Italian term I was reaching for earlier, for the first floor of an apartment building back when fewer stairs meant they were at a premium whereas a ‘penthouse’ was just a garret, and it’s _piano_ nobile 17 Sep 2022, 22:09, Sam: Which is interesting & which I mention because.. 17 Sep 2022, 22:10, Sam: Obviously I must have muddled it up with the Latin _primum non nocere_ (‘first, [_to_ if strictly translating] do no harm’) 17 Sep 2022, 22:10, Sam: And it made me think of one of Freud’s case studies from the Psychopathology which I always hated and found ridiculous 17 Sep 2022, 22:12, Sam: Where the patient forgot the word _aliquid_ (neuter nom/acc of pronoun _aliquis_, ‘someone’) when quoting a line from (I think) Virgil 17 Sep 2022, 22:13, Sam: And Freud uses this to deduce that - iirc - the guy’s girlfriend is pregnant and that he (the guy) is only unconsciously aware of the fact 17 Sep 2022, 22:13, Sam: I thought it was laughable then, but this makes me wonder - and after my dad’s COVID toilet roll / hoarding / anal retentive story nothing will ever surprise me 17 Sep 2022, 22:14, Sam: Aaanyway, let me know when you’re done with your shower, and please don’t feel the need to reply to my extremely whimsical non sequitur 17 Sep 2022, 22:14, Sam: ^ that being said, I should think you prob need to go either now or in a few mins, assuming plans haven’t changed 17 Sep 2022, 22:16, Sam: Sorry, if it wasn’t clear here — I’m skipping over a lot of implicit connections and inferences because the explanation is longwinded enough already — *the reason he draws an inference from ‘aliquid’ to the idea of pregnancy is nothing complex, just the simple and obvious association of pregnancy with liquid* (amniotic fluid, ‘waters breaking’, &c &c) 17 Sep 2022, 22:31, Sam: Sorry, I know I’ve left half the shopping in the bag in the kitchen - I’m about to head down and unpack 17 Sep 2022, 22:36, Sam: lol also I missed perhaps the only important fact necessary to this story, which is that I said/thought _primum_ nobile (I wish WhatsApp had a ‘deliver quietly’ option like iMessage does, or just _some_ way to indicate that a message doesn’t really matter, that it’s just more footnotes to footnotes to meth-fuelled ramblings about Freud and 19th century Italian architectural nomenclature) 18 Sep 2022, 01:11, Damien: Lol I thought it was very interesting. I’m amazed you have such a brilliant mind even on meth 😮 18 Sep 2022, 01:21, Sam: Hahaha not a brilliant mind, just the superfices 18 Sep 2022, 01:22, Sam: Btw if you want to look at flats / debrief (lol) / whatever, I have predictably spent all my time on Grindr and am still up 18 Sep 2022, 01:24, Sam: ^ to be fair to myself I’ve been having a couple of super interesting chats, not just doom scrolling 18 Sep 2022, 01:25, Sam: 18 Sep 2022, 01:25, Sam: 18 Sep 2022, 01:25, Sam: 18 Sep 2022, 01:27, Damien: Omg 😂😂😂 18 Sep 2022, 01:28, Damien: It’s the two things that somehow go together meth and Grindr. I don’t know why I was even on it last night for 6 hours, and I wasn’t even remotely horny 18 Sep 2022, 01:38, Sam: Haha yup, tell me about it, very glad of the diversion 😂 18 Sep 2022, 01:39, Sam: Think it gives you (/one) a sorta Modafinil-like tunnel vision… Well, me at least (I’m sure it interacts godawfully with my ADHD (at recreational doses)) 18 Sep 2022, 01:41, Sam: Also: were you wanting to ‘meet up’ still for flats or other chatter? I’m fine either way but would be good to know (a) for planning and (b) in case you’re expecting me to come up or whatever 18 Sep 2022, 01:41, Sam: (I really truly am not that bothered either way, so don’t feel you have to say yes or have to say no) 18 Sep 2022, 01:45, Damien: Are you around tomorrow instead me I’m so bloody tired. I’ve just taken a zopi 18 Sep 2022, 01:45, Damien: Hoping I can get some rest 18 Sep 2022, 01:58, Sam: Ah, sorry I missed this - yeah no probs at all! I’m sure we’ll be much clearer then than now 👌 👌 Sleep well! 18 Sep 2022, 11:23, Damien: Did you get any sleep? 18 Sep 2022, 11:24, Sam: Funnily enough I woke up literally about 10 seconds ago lol 18 Sep 2022, 11:30, Damien: Oh hope not from my text 😅😅 18 Sep 2022, 11:34, Sam: 😂 Maybe, actually, but if so then I mustn’t’ve been that tired - if I’m underslept nothing short of tap-dancing elephants or the end of Mahler’s third would wake me up 18 Sep 2022, 11:44, Damien: Or Kieran 🌪 18 Sep 2022, 11:45, Damien: Lol we should of subletted this place 18 Sep 2022, 11:46, Damien: Most of the hotels are full haha 18 Sep 2022, 12:08, Damien: Do you want a coffee? X 18 Sep 2022, 13:16, Sam: Oh gosh, sorry, I’m terrible at getting back to messages in time - I’m just at the hospital chemist to fill my script, and I assume you’ve already had your coffee? Haha 18 Sep 2022, 13:16, Sam: Thank you though! 18 Sep 2022, 13:18, Sam: Also yeah, I imagine subletting would’ve been very profitable, though it’s the old logic of insurance* I guess: trade a small certain loss for no risk of a greater loss (no one rents and we’re stuck paying) 🤷‍♂️ *I’m amazed either this logic doesn’t have a name or that I’m not aware of it 18 Sep 2022, 13:19, Sam: Haha yeah I was saying to him that I might get a seismograph just to record the endless noise 18 Sep 2022, 13:20, Sam: Oh also how was your night? 18 Sep 2022, 13:26, Sam: God I’m going to miss being so close to St Mary’s 18 Sep 2022, 13:26, Damien: Hahahahhahahahha 18 Sep 2022, 13:26, Sam: Or at least one of london’s major trauma centres / major large hospitals I’m likely to get taken to 18 Sep 2022, 13:26, Sam: (Not to imply that I expect to suffer major trauma, lol) 18 Sep 2022, 13:27, Sam: But yeah just having a proper hospital on the doorstep is def useful 18 Sep 2022, 13:27, Sam: Not sure that was even a joke 😂 18 Sep 2022, 13:28, Damien: I suppose his stomping about isn’t too different form an earthquake lol 18 Sep 2022, 13:28, Damien: Hahaha yes we should maybe that factor that in when looking at flats. Prepare for the next overdose lol 18 Sep 2022, 13:29, Damien: Did you get your inhalers 18 Sep 2022, 13:29, Damien: Oh it was fine. Albeit, the whole thing has left me quite confused 😂 18 Sep 2022, 13:50, Sam: Lol I think the earthquake may be preferable 18 Sep 2022, 13:51, Sam: Also yes, not a bad idea, haha - god I’m more worried about stimulant overdoses than I was about heroin ones 18 Sep 2022, 13:51, Sam: I mean in the sense of their hedonic value/disvalue, not their likelihood 18 Sep 2022, 13:52, Sam: Wait sorry one mo, still reading & replying but just gonna put some things away 18 Sep 2022, 13:52, Damien: I think we should get a defibrillator, or some other things to deal with overdoes 18 Sep 2022, 13:52, Damien: Do you want to come shopping 18 Sep 2022, 13:52, Damien: 🛍 18 Sep 2022, 13:57, Sam: Sorry, by this I mean that heroin overdoses aren’t unpleasant, aren’t harmful if you survive them, and myself I tend not to weigh death that heavily (I wouldn’t generally want to die because it’s usually either anticipated or painful – them’s the choices, lol – but a heroin overdose is quite a philosophically pure reductio of death, just death, no adulterants, same way I always go on about vapes/Juuls presenting quite a pure question about nicotine alone) 18 Sep 2022, 13:57, Sam: Anyway, doesn’t matter really, but interesting to ruminate on 18 Sep 2022, 13:58, Sam: Yeah, I did, at long last (along with steroids and some other stuff in the goodie bag) 18 Sep 2022, 13:58, Sam: Hmm, interesting…. I’m keen to hear more 😅 Especially considering the guy is in my sorta line of work (obviously at a somewhat higher level, haha) 18 Sep 2022, 14:01, Sam: Yeah, or an adrenaline syringe, which iirc does the same thing in almost all imaginable circumstances (I guess maybe excluding ‘catastrophic’ trauma or some other situation where you can’t find a vein - ie v unlikely in my case, I hope) 18 Sep 2022, 14:03, Sam: ^ in other words an epipen - actually I’m quite curious about whether you could use an actual epipen in that way 18 Sep 2022, 14:03, Sam: Oh perhaps - where are you going? 👀 I have a couple of chores but it’s still fairly early 18 Sep 2022, 14:04, Damien: We should definitely look into it ahha 18 Sep 2022, 14:04, Damien: I was going to go to Selfridges, and then head to liberty and go to some of Indépendant places 18 Sep 2022, 14:04, Damien: … in soho 18 Sep 2022, 14:22, Sam: Yeah I’m gonna do a quick Google just out of curiosity… I imagine the dosage, if anything, would be the difference 18 Sep 2022, 14:23, Sam: Cool cool cool - what sort of time? Sorry, I’m just deliberating, and also seeing how long my Long Island iced tea of meds takes to kick in 18 Sep 2022, 14:24, Damien: As soon as you can darling 18 Sep 2022, 14:24, Sam: (Not strictly necessary but I’ve had a little less stamina from the lack of oxygen) 18 Sep 2022, 14:24, Damien: 😝😂 18 Sep 2022, 14:24, Damien: Oh sorry darling 18 Sep 2022, 14:24, Damien: Is there anything I can do to help? 18 Sep 2022, 14:24, Sam: Cool, gimme a few mins to have some food and get this room hoovered (constant Tig and Pig mess…) then I’ll come along 18 Sep 2022, 14:25, Sam: Nah it’s no worse than it’s been all week - just it’s liable to be a bit of a pain if walking lots 18 Sep 2022, 14:25, Sam: (‘lots’ by my / this week’s standards, lol) 18 Sep 2022, 14:39, Damien: Perfect darling 18 Sep 2022, 14:39, Damien: Are you nearly ready 18 Sep 2022, 14:43, Sam: Ah, sorry, I’m not really feeling much yet from these steroids - is it possible for you to do some shopping, I can do these chores, and if you’re having a drink I can get a cab down and meet you? (I mean, I can obv walk back — the steroids took maybe 30-90 mins in the hospital, hard to say bc of how temporally disorienting those wards are — but I just mean I can get there quickly) 18 Sep 2022, 14:44, Sam: ^ probably it won’t kill me but it was a bit of a drag walking around places while I was away - it’s like having half a lung really 18 Sep 2022, 14:44, Damien: Oh yes that works perfect. 18 Sep 2022, 14:44, Sam: (I actually suspect that my bad asthma management - not using the brown inhaler etc - was prob causing a lot of my torpor way before the meth) 18 Sep 2022, 14:44, Damien: I’ll send you a message after x 18 Sep 2022, 14:45, Sam: Awesome, perfect! I’ll keep my phone on loud, though I normally get these relatively quickly anyway 18 Sep 2022, 16:57, Sam: Lesson: Do not put lots of new crystals into yesterday’s pipe - I think they’re lost forever 18 Sep 2022, 16:57, Sam: Goodbye, crystals 18 Sep 2022, 16:57, Sam: ave atque vale 🫡 18 Sep 2022, 16:57, Damien: oh what happened? 18 Sep 2022, 16:58, Sam: God this is such a tedious and silly process, I don’t know why I bother 18 Sep 2022, 16:59, Sam: Oh, the old stuff just burned immediately (I have no clue why but I assume because it’s old) - I guess I’ve done this before but maybe it was the _amount_ of old residue, or something else, idk 18 Sep 2022, 17:00, Sam: Fucking English, I mean ‘burn’ as in ‘become exhausted / carbonised by excessive heating’, rather than ‘be subjected to heat / flame’ 18 Sep 2022, 17:13, Sam: Also, I don’t suppose you’ve noticed whether the WiFi works for you? It still seems not to be working for me - not urgent for me, but annoying & briefly confusing whenever my devices periodically auto-connect 18 Sep 2022, 17:16, Sam: lol dammit I just realised I should’ve done: 🫡 & 👋 Like, the cheerfulness of the wave emoji makes it absolutely hilarious to me 18 Sep 2022, 17:17, Damien: Oh it was a bit wierd for me to begin with, but I just switched my Mac on and off and then it worked :) 18 Sep 2022, 17:17, Damien: LMAO 18 Sep 2022, 17:17, Sam: Oh interesting! I’ll try that - thanks!! 18 Sep 2022, 17:18, Sam: lol ikr 18 Sep 2022, 18:26, Sam: 18 Sep 2022, 18:27, Sam: Just… like… 18 Sep 2022, 18:27, Damien: HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA 18 Sep 2022, 18:27, Damien: Omg 18 Sep 2022, 18:27, Damien: Lol 😝 18 Sep 2022, 18:28, Sam: the paragraphs of dreary phatic nonsense, followed by the tiny barely-even-there afterthought that they’ll be selling stuff on the funeral route in case you fancied a sandwich 18 Sep 2022, 18:28, Sam: An instant classic, lol 18 Sep 2022, 18:29, Sam: On a lesser note also the unexplainable decision to open their stores at 5pm ‘to serve the community’ 18 Sep 2022, 18:33, Sam: Like, why not before 5pm? Is the community hibernating or is the queengrief purely an antecrepuscular ritual? (Obviously they can’t say “we’ll hold off from hawking our wares till 5:00 as a sop to your weird funereal rituals, but if you think we’re not catching the evening rush you’re fucking kidding me”) 18 Sep 2022, 18:33, Sam: I just love every word of it 18 Sep 2022, 18:34, Sam: Anyway - is there anything I can do to help with flat stuff? I might at the very least search for some flats, _in case_ there are any new ones or which you missed 18 Sep 2022, 19:18, Sam: B T dubs, imma get some lighter fluid, lmk if you need anything from that shop 18 Sep 2022, 19:23, Sam: 18 Sep 2022, 19:24, Damien: Hahahahhahahah Omg I can’t, you’re too funny 😂😂😂😂 18 Sep 2022, 19:24, Damien: Oh I’m out for dinner this eve. But I I’ll be skeins most of tomorrow :) 18 Sep 2022, 19:26, Damien: Actually I’d you get some bottled water I’d be much obliged 18 Sep 2022, 19:26, Damien: Okay go thought being guniter was such a big turn off 😂😂 18 Sep 2022, 19:45, Sam: Haha I’m not mugging for a laugh, just using solemn ridicule - ya know, Juvenalian… I’d feel horribly uncomfortable doing gag lines 18 Sep 2022, 19:46, Sam: Like with Joe England & Co’s ostentation - at least for me, it’s unsettling when you know someone’s saying/doing sth for your reaction 18 Sep 2022, 19:47, Sam: ^ aka the Joely Trinity, lol 18 Sep 2022, 19:47, Sam: ok _that_ was a tiny joke.. anyway, to your other messages: 18 Sep 2022, 19:49, Sam: Oh I meant anything I could do on my own anyway! Lmk 18 Sep 2022, 19:51, Sam: No prob! I assume Fiji, tho they prob haven’t any- will get w/e I like best iff you’ve no pref 18 Sep 2022, 19:51, Sam: ^ lol, compensatory terseness 18 Sep 2022, 19:54, Sam: Poor Guniter :( 18 Sep 2022, 19:55, Damien: Thank you 🙏🏻 18 Sep 2022, 19:55, Sam: 18 Sep 2022, 19:56, Sam: Bloody autocorrect - Bernard Brendan, not Alex’s dead great-grandfather 18 Sep 2022, 19:56, Damien: hahahhahahahahhaha 18 Sep 2022, 19:56, Damien: Omg 😂😂😂😂 18 Sep 2022, 19:56, Sam: I know, so embarrassing lol 18 Sep 2022, 19:56, Sam: I think meth has made it worse 18 Sep 2022, 19:56, Damien: Lol only because he’s so hot 18 Sep 2022, 19:56, Sam: I’m set on changing my style 18 Sep 2022, 19:56, Damien: I might take up a drug habitat to get to see him more 😂 18 Sep 2022, 19:57, Sam: Will now be imagist poet like Pound Paris metro thing or Kevin word scene from Office 18 Sep 2022, 19:57, Sam: Habit? I think you already have a drug habitat 😂 18 Sep 2022, 19:57, Sam: Padd house like island of lotophagoi 18 Sep 2022, 20:00, Damien: Me? No. 18 Sep 2022, 20:00, Damien: I’m start my 257253 detox this month tomorrow 18 Sep 2022, 20:02, Sam: It’s a tremendous achievement! You successfully came off drugs hundreds of times! Eat that, Betty Ford 18 Sep 2022, 20:02, Sam: (disclaimer: I mean Betty Ford no ill, she was a queen) 18 Sep 2022, 20:03, Damien: I might check out some rehab clinics 18 Sep 2022, 20:03, Damien: Need a holiday 😅 18 Sep 2022, 20:03, Damien: Betty Ford may be next 18 Sep 2022, 20:04, Sam: Hahaha I too will if I‘ve not stopped by next flat 18 Sep 2022, 20:05, Damien: One of are meth neighbours goes to this place every other month 18 Sep 2022, 20:05, Sam: Think parents’ is terminus ante quem though- not really poss to smoke there 18 Sep 2022, 20:05, Damien: 18 Sep 2022, 20:05, Sam: (I’m allowed one silly Latinate phrase after good short write) 18 Sep 2022, 20:05, Damien: Shall we go? 18 Sep 2022, 20:06, Damien: Lol didn’t you manage to in Suffolk 18 Sep 2022, 20:06, Sam: Oh, for that, Phil and Roman are the ones to ask for recs / advice 18 Sep 2022, 20:07, Sam: Yeah, was after lockdown #1 - I was less seriously addicted (few months) 18 Sep 2022, 20:07, Damien: I don’t want a rehab rehab, just a place where I can dry out in peace 18 Sep 2022, 20:07, Sam: Second ‘attempt’ was not deliberate but I’d blown all my money 18 Sep 2022, 20:07, Sam: Third was this one, which I now think done tbh (for heroin) 18 Sep 2022, 20:08, Sam: Ah yeah, suffolk good for that 18 Sep 2022, 20:09, Damien: Oh I’m glad to here. We should ditch the meth 18 Sep 2022, 20:09, Damien: Stick to more usual drugs like coke haha 18 Sep 2022, 20:09, Sam: For opiates / opioids drug cycling a godsend (though I not do this time) - but this drug only soul addiction so not really work 18 Sep 2022, 20:09, Sam: glossary: soul = psychological 18 Sep 2022, 20:10, Sam: now use good Anglo-Saxon words like in Basic English 18 Sep 2022, 20:11, Sam: Also yes should 18 Sep 2022, 20:12, Sam: Ugh, coke no good, just kill bad part of drunk leave good part, same think as speedball 18 Sep 2022, 20:18, Sam: Ok, I’ll stop the Kevin talk, but must not go back to Latinate aureation (tbf, is obv no way to say Latinate without Latin, and aureation is term of art / like proper noun) (am reading this -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_and_Latinate_equivalents_in_English, super interesting, and still tickles my weird belletristic (words as art/pretty) drive) 18 Sep 2022, 20:19, Sam: Anyway enjoy your dinner (half French-y words is ok I think lol) 18 Sep 2022, 20:21, Sam: may you sup well* 18 Sep 2022, 21:20, Sam: Ok, got 2 bottles of Fiji, all shop had! Also, lol, your Fiji use reminded me of this -> https://vlipsy.com/vlip/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt-do-you-want-a-water-SeDnsiyp (lol is not only Anglo-Saxon - nee I mean the words themselves - but also well short) (‘very’ is banned (lol) but ‘well short’ makes me sound like a chav) (also: ‘nee’ (‘needless to say’) = ‘obv’) 18 Sep 2022, 21:48, Sam: ^ btw I’m not 100oeh* earnest about the Anglo-Saxon words thing, it’s half a fun game and half a Hegelian fightback against Latinism - I will stop soon *’of each hundred’ - stands in for ‘per cent’ (and ‘pc’; not sure about ‘%’) 19 Sep 2022, 00:06, Sam: 19 Sep 2022, 00:06, Sam: Though still happy at how much I could write in this silly way (this message among them) 19 Sep 2022, 00:07, Sam: Shit, no, I said ‘message’ …. fucking bane of my life 19 Sep 2022, 00:07, Sam: ‘sending’ (noun) was my best replacement 19 Sep 2022, 00:07, Sam: Lol I’ve gone mad 19 Sep 2022, 00:15, Damien: Yes I’m struggling to follow it now haha 19 Sep 2022, 00:17, Damien: You should send this to Bernard 😂😂😂 19 Sep 2022, 01:06, Sam: Yeah it’s the stupidest idea I’ve had, among a long and impressive oeuvre of stupid ideas that includes going out with Kieran 19 Sep 2022, 01:07, Sam: Hahah I’m sure he’d love it - I just don’t know why I can’t be more concise and it’s really irking me now 19 Sep 2022, 01:07, Sam: Actually maybe meth 19 Sep 2022, 01:09, Sam: You can’t even bloody write ‘pure English’ in pure English 19 Sep 2022, 01:10, Sam: Felt like I was writing that novel that Perec wrote with no ‘e’s in it 19 Sep 2022, 10:46, Damien: Lol if he was to directly pay me why hasn’t he already 😅 19 Sep 2022, 10:48, Sam: Yeah, that’s what I don’t get… I mean, it certainly was the plan at one point to draw down your overpayment and for Kieran + I to pay you (I wasn’t sure if you were saying that was never the plan, ie before I replied?), but I don’t see how on earth that means he’s unable to pay? 19 Sep 2022, 10:49, Damien: I made it made more sense, given what how we had thought this would all pan out. 19 Sep 2022, 10:49, Sam: Yeah I found our exchange - dammit I wish I’d just bloody sent it to you, haha 19 Sep 2022, 10:50, Sam: Wait wdym? There’s too much deities for me to parse this 19 Sep 2022, 10:50, Sam: Fucking autocorrect - deixis 19 Sep 2022, 10:50, Damien: But we served notice less than a month ago 😅 19 Sep 2022, 10:51, Sam: If you mean my antepenultimate message, I just meant because I’d have avoided sending it to the wrong estate agent, lol 19 Sep 2022, 10:51, Sam: In a purely ‘killing baby Hitler’ sense, that is 19 Sep 2022, 10:51, Sam: Not saying there’s any actual difference in the abstract 😅 19 Sep 2022, 10:52, Sam: Also, woo, the Queen is dead and today is a bank holiday 19 Sep 2022, 10:53, Sam: As the grand mufti of Paddington I need to decide what the laws say about bank holidays and meth 19 Sep 2022, 10:53, Sam: (I’m kidding, lol, I need to work anyway) 19 Sep 2022, 10:53, Sam: Or, well, to do stuff 19 Sep 2022, 10:54, Sam: Anyway yeah I’m not sure what the upshot is? Is he seriously saying he can’t pay? 19 Sep 2022, 10:54, Damien: I mean if we moving out in 2 months then the total that rent we would have owed would be the same as the my rebate, and at the time I think there was a worry that the landlord was going to be difficult. But yeah none of that happened 😅 19 Sep 2022, 10:56, Sam: Ah, I see, yeah - if anything he should have _more_ money (in the abstract economistic ‘discounted future cash flows’ kinda sense) 19 Sep 2022, 11:01, Damien: I mean did he think I was going to give him a loan of £1000 😅😅😅 19 Sep 2022, 11:01, Sam: Fuck knows honestly - I’m keen to hear what he says 19 Sep 2022, 11:02, Sam: Also, was just looking up - wrt one of my Grindr chats - the Homeric Greek pontos, because I suddenly wondered how the etymology relates to Attic Greek thalatta (I suspect not at all, still haven’t checked) 19 Sep 2022, 11:02, Damien: I’m trying to work it out with George, but until the accounts are settled, there will interest building etc. It’s just a headache. 19 Sep 2022, 11:03, Sam: 19 Sep 2022, 11:04, Damien: LOL 19 Sep 2022, 11:04, Sam: 😂 don’t know why I find it such a funny thought 19 Sep 2022, 11:04, Sam: 😬 oh yeah this reminds me I really ought to get my money back from the other estate agents 19 Sep 2022, 11:05, Sam: When is kieran going to chat to you? That should shed a lot of light 19 Sep 2022, 11:06, Damien: Oh honestly, I really don’t care what he has to say. 19 Sep 2022, 11:06, Damien: In fact I’d rather not have to listen to him 19 Sep 2022, 11:43, Sam: TLDR = want to move on 28th so I can see Louis on 29th; tell me if this OK or else I can postpone Louis or the move 19 Sep 2022, 11:44, Sam: Shit I meant to delete those earlier messages for you as well - think I might’ve just deleted them for me, dammit 19 Sep 2022, 11:44, Damien: Oh that works fine with me 19 Sep 2022, 11:45, Sam: Cool cool 😎 I can’t think of any way that that could hinder your move, but of course feel free to move on the 27th if you’d sooner move before me 😂 19 Sep 2022, 12:03, Sam: Also, lmao, reading the YouTube comments on Dylan Thomas’s reading of one of Auden’s poems -> https://youtu.be/ED4sN16x1ls, in which he (Thomas) is _fucking obviously_ taking the piss, and of course all the comments are by these frightened philistines who - in their horror of ‘not getting it’ - all post these elaborate explanations of why he’s doing such a stupid reading 19 Sep 2022, 12:03, Sam: My favourite is this one: 19 Sep 2022, 12:03, Sam: 19 Sep 2022, 12:03, Sam: Like, have you _ever heard Hitler speak?????_ Does he sound like Dylan Thomas doing a bad impression of Auden the campy old queen??!! 19 Sep 2022, 12:08, Sam: 19 Sep 2022, 12:08, Sam: No aesthesis, just mimesis 19 Sep 2022, 12:12, Sam: I dislike the subtitle there - thinking anything is art is sth I can respect, but is not the same as thinking anything _you’re told [eg by its being in a gallery] is art_ is art Anyway sorry I should stop procrastinating - gonna turn off my phone 19 Sep 2022, 12:13, Sam: Knock on my door if you need me (or iMessage or sth, that should get through to my laptop) 19 Sep 2022, 12:13, Sam: Honestly you could prob just knock on the floor, haha 19 Sep 2022, 13:43, Sam: Turning my phone on to ask: did you ever hear a _good_ reading?? I was just in a rabbit hole listening Simon Schama read Auden’s ‘Lullaby’ in that rushed way you'd read to someone who already knows the words, and it struck me I can't think of one good reading, besides Christopher Hitchens' of 'Dulce et decorum est'.. In part it’s small things like not getting the beat right, but mainly they never seem to get the soul of it.. 19 Sep 2022, 13:43, Sam: Anyway, done now 19 Sep 2022, 13:44, Damien: Ohh I must look it up. 🤔 19 Sep 2022, 13:44, Sam: I’m kinda liking this Anglo-Saxon thing now I’ve cooled down about using Latin where needed 19 Sep 2022, 13:45, Sam: Like, well, needless to say the title of Dulce et decorum est, but also phone and all that - it’s really quite easy with those small, uh …. exceptions 19 Sep 2022, 13:45, Sam: Nah it’s dreadful 19 Sep 2022, 13:46, Sam: If you mean the Schama one - the Hitchens one is muchly good (lol) 19 Sep 2022, 13:47, Sam: I think it’s maybe just hard when you (I) have your own way of reading it in your head 19 Sep 2022, 13:48, Sam: Ya know, silliness aside, I like the way that my odd Anglo-Saxon thing makes you split the long words into their meat and bones - it reads much better for it 19 Sep 2022, 13:49, Sam: Anyway, 👋, and lmk (by iMessage) if I can help do any household chores!! 19 Sep 2022, 16:07, Sam: 19 Sep 2022, 16:07, Sam: ^ etymology of ‘male’ 19 Sep 2022, 18:01, Sam: Hey I don’t suppose you got any plasters the other day? Just I hit the wall - by mistake - while hunting a fly, and got a few flesh wounds, lol 19 Sep 2022, 18:03, Sam: ^ I wasn't trying to engage the fly in a bare knuckle fight, haha, it's .... it's too long and silly to explain 19 Sep 2022, 18:04, Damien: Oh no sweetie. Sorry to hear, did you get the fly? In anycase kieran has the plasters 😅 19 Sep 2022, 18:05, Sam: Fly is MIA, and I’ll ask Kieran about the plasters - thanks!! 😅 19 Sep 2022, 18:34, Sam: Hmm, I could swear the smoky stones don’t do nearly as much now that my asthma meds have kicked in - very odd 🤔 I don’t know how that could be 19 Sep 2022, 18:35, Sam: In truth it may be for the best 19 Sep 2022, 22:29, Sam: You deleted this message. 19 Sep 2022, 22:39, Sam: ^ I just thought: I’m not sure if you can see that I deleted a message (at 22:29) since I deleted it before I took my phone off airplane mode - I was going to ask if you’d let me make pasta & tomato sauce with that stuff in exchange for some of the end product, but in the end I’m not sure I have time 19 Sep 2022, 22:39, Damien: Oh ofc darling help yourself 19 Sep 2022, 22:39, Sam: Though I’d like to offer a worse deal in which I take one (1) or two (2) slices of your bread in exchange for a small amount of money, lol 19 Sep 2022, 22:39, Damien: I probably won’t make any use of that stuff 19 Sep 2022, 22:40, Damien: Honestly help yourself, it’d mostly go to waste x 19 Sep 2022, 22:40, Sam: Haha I need to get some Juul pods anyway, so I’ll get some slightly better bread of which you’re welcome to some 20 Sep 2022, 01:33, Sam: Ok this meth is definitely keeping me awake, and I’m not sure it’s doing much else.. Also not sure why I’m still doing it.. I worry it’s gone back to how it was before, about which I have mixed feelings, lol 20 Sep 2022, 10:55, Damien: Maybe it depends on the batch 🤔 20 Sep 2022, 12:39, Sam: I’m not sure - I started that batch on Friday and only on Sunday did it get worse (it being the weekend and me being a mess, I of course did it every day - actually in your presence each day I think) It aligns much more closely with the asthma improvement (from steroids mostly - I did wonder if the steroids themselves might somehow counteract the meth). I’d have thought the connection would go the other way, haha - actually I remember being excited at my new potential lung capacity when I got back from the hospital.. 20 Sep 2022, 12:40, Sam: Also I feel much much better - it was nice to go to Waitrose just now over lunch, given I’ve been lazily ordering everything in for months on end.. I’m starting to suspect that not treating my asthma was actually a large part of all of that 20 Sep 2022, 12:41, Sam: However, I did overdo the meth last night (in an attempt to get something out of it) and hardly slept, so I’ve been doing it this morning just to keep myself awake, esp since I’ve got dinner with my parents tonight - but oh well, the crucial thing is that it seems to be back to doing nothing besides keep me awake 21 Sep 2022, 00:35, Sam: Fwiw I’ve semi-closed my door (just because I’m doing my favourite thing: loudly eating cheese twists in the dead of night, in the witching hour) - if Tig or Pig decide to express their customary enthusiasm for the Chairman they either are being lazy or think the door is properly shut.. Either way, I’ve not actually shut them out & I’ll let them in if they do! 21 Sep 2022, 00:36, Sam: (They complain no matter what side they’re on when I close it, and no matter that it’s literally all of 5-10 minutes, lol) 21 Sep 2022, 13:11, Damien: Sorry will reply this in a bit 21 Sep 2022, 13:12, Damien: But thought I’d let you know the shop that sells the pipes is gone 🥲 22 Sep 2022, 13:22, Sam: Oh, funnily enough I actually was looking for it last night, spontaneously after going to Waitrose - I was wondering if it opened only on certain days.. 22 Sep 2022, 13:23, Sam: What I wouldn't give to know the story behind these sorts of businesses... As far as I can humanly see, it's GOT to be part money laundering on top of just selling semi-criminal shit - no way they can pay rent with a handful of odd tenners from local meth-heads 22 Sep 2022, 17:14, Damien: Fret not darling I saw some pipes down the bottom of the Edgware road,. They were doing a deal with a pipe and some poppers 😂They clearly know their target market lol 22 Sep 2022, 17:15, Damien: video omitted 22 Sep 2022, 18:38, Sam: HAHAHA yeah, I'm sure I've said it loads but I'm _convinced_ that the dealers around here know exactly what their drugs are being used for... and that their Rolexes are bought with gay meth sex money, haha 22 Sep 2022, 18:41, Sam: Also, reminds me, I meant to send this brilliant American local news article ages ago: https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2008/jan/18/man-says-novelty-love-roses-feed-drug-problem/ I love these people... They'll go on about small gubmint, and then the second their offie starts selling meth pipes they go running to the mayor to ban the sale of any materials capable of conveying heat 22 Sep 2022, 18:43, Sam: Haha yup 100% - I think I said I'd send you this a while back & never did (it's just some guy who does these trash YouTube 'analyses' of popular events, but I binged them over a few weeks last year because they can be quite drily hilarious) 22 Sep 2022, 18:44, Sam: ah shit I still didn't send the link..: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTtL-8eaejQ 23 Sep 2022, 02:31, Sam: Shit I just realised that UC on Grindr doesn’t refer to the University of California… dammit I was _wondering_ why there were so many Americans about 23 Sep 2022, 19:19, Damien: 😂😂😂😂😂 23 Sep 2022, 20:27, Missed audio call 23 Sep 2022, 22:39, Damien: Sam darling, Jacques said he’s already been in touch with you. You don’t mind I’d if he stays? If not are you about to let him in tomorrow morning. 23 Sep 2022, 23:24, Sam: Oh shit sorry, I’ve been terrible with my texts! Yeah absolutely it’d be lovely to see him, and I said the same to him :) (Also told Kieran, because he doesn’t have a leg to stand on, and I imagine he’s wise enough to stay sitting down) 23 Sep 2022, 23:24, Sam: (I mean, as I said to Jacques, I know flatmate ethics is a murky thing but I wouldn’t say it’s even something that really needs permission, any more than having a hookup over…) 23 Sep 2022, 23:25, Sam: Prob the murkier thing is people subletting their room for extended periods without permission, like, so you’ve got a total stranger now sharing your flat for months or whatev 23 Sep 2022, 23:26, Sam: Also shit I just processed your last sentence - yeah it’s a safe enough bet that I’ll be around, lol (To be clear: I will be around) 24 Sep 2022, 13:21, Damien: Oh yes quite. That’s definitely a Kieranic thing. 24 Sep 2022, 13:22, Damien: Well quite, it makes a change from the neighbours thinking it’s a half way house for desperate Chinese men 😅 24 Sep 2022, 13:23, Damien: *very desperate 25 Sep 2022, 18:14, Sam: Oh shit, sorry, I missed these - yeah, god, some of the Kieran faux pas (or really vrai pas) from this house have been rather wild 25 Sep 2022, 18:15, Sam: Lol I love that a correction was required to add ‘very’ 25 Sep 2022, 18:16, Sam: But yeah if we stayed I’d have been tempted to commission a sign: Paddington Meth Den for Chinese Men 25 Sep 2022, 18:18, Damien: 😂😂😂😂😂😂 25 Sep 2022, 18:19, Damien: Haha quite. I hope they can recover from their visit. 25 Sep 2022, 18:20, Damien: Reflecting I wonder if the house plant had been drugged with Valium 🤔 25 Sep 2022, 20:48, Damien: Sam darling, I was going to organise a taxi for about 20 mins. 25 Sep 2022, 20:48, Damien: Does that work for you? 25 Sep 2022, 21:11, Damien: image omitted 25 Sep 2022, 21:14, Missed audio call 25 Sep 2022, 21:26, Damien: 26 Sep 2022, 16:48, Sam: Wait did you just say something to someone about the lockedness of the doors? It's _probably_ going to be me, though I haven't touched them _today_ 26 Sep 2022, 16:48, Sam: (lol I suppose that means either (a) it's not me or (b) it _is_ me and it's been unlocked for quite some time) 26 Sep 2022, 16:49, Sam: Also, so much for Kieran moving out today.... 26 Sep 2022, 16:49, Sam: Don't know quite what's happening with that 26 Sep 2022, 16:50, Damien: Hahaha I was just annoyed cause I thought it might of been keiran haha 26 Sep 2022, 16:53, Sam: Actually shit, wait, I did check it last night before I went to bed, it was unlocked, and I sorta shrugged my shoulders and headed to bed 26 Sep 2022, 16:54, Sam: (maybe not the brightest, but I just cn't b a at that point) 26 Sep 2022, 16:55, Sam: Wait is there actually more than one key? Otherwise I guess it's Jacques who probably doesn't realise his is still the only key (or that it needs locking / doesn't single-lock, etc) 26 Sep 2022, 16:57, Sam: I don't know why I'm discussing this angels-on-a-pinhead topic at such length, lol .... we definitely have enough other things to hold against Kieran, not least the state of the house 26 Sep 2022, 17:44, Damien: Oh I know. Those steroids I’ve been taking have made me a bit of a short fuse today haha 26 Sep 2022, 17:45, Damien: Apologies. Hopefully i’m not sounding too ridiculous 😂 26 Sep 2022, 17:47, Damien: I’ve just vented on some poor customer service person at fortnum and mason, 😂 26 Sep 2022, 17:47, Damien: God forgive me 26 Sep 2022, 18:17, Sam: Haha no it's fair enough 26 Sep 2022, 18:19, Sam: I remember saying to a guy from ... DPD? DHL? one of them ... that I really appreciated all his help but you need someone to complain at, and the company - I'm sure quite deliberately - uses them as human shields 26 Sep 2022, 18:20, Sam: I vaguely remember likening it to Dresden, lol 26 Sep 2022, 18:20, Sam: That I was really complaining at him for good reason, pour encourager les autres 26 Sep 2022, 18:22, Sam: Also I think there exist good reasons to be angry, at least hypothetically (and, in our kitchen, also _actually_) 26 Sep 2022, 21:33, Sam: Btw wrt Jacques and meth, I meant to say we really ought to get our stories, uh, crystal clear… Like, I did tell him a mostly accurate version (that we had been taking it somewhat often at weekends, and the odd Thurs or Fri*), though I _didn’t_ tell him I was on it as we spoke (Sat night) mostly bc I know it makes non-druggies feel weird when they know that. Have you said anything? Have you not said anything? Have you glaringly omitted anything? Is it a big deal for any reason if either you’ve underplayed the truth or (less likely but poss) if I have? *prob some of our flat-hunting sessions fell on other days, but honestly I don’t remember anyway 26 Sep 2022, 21:33, Sam: haha, god, ‘less likely’ only in the sense that I said so much of it 26 Sep 2022, 21:34, Sam: Not that I’m just a tremendously moral and upstanding person and you’re an ignoble scoundrel 26 Sep 2022, 22:03, Sam: Shit sorry 26 Sep 2022, 22:03, Sam: I meant to say: I repaired to my room to make a burnt offering to the gods 26 Sep 2022, 22:03, Sam: Without the risk of your and Jacques’s coming in midway through 26 Sep 2022, 22:03, Sam: I have not just left my plate etc with no plan to come back 26 Sep 2022, 23:14, Sam: 26 Sep 2022, 23:17, Damien: Hahahahhahaha 27 Sep 2022, 00:13, Sam: I think the lighter fluid might have given the game away 27 Sep 2022, 00:14, Damien: Hahaha I don’t know why I jumped up so quickly I don’t particularly care too much lol 27 Sep 2022, 00:14, Sam: Also, if weed brings out latent schizophrenia, meth has 1000% brought out my latent Asperger’s 27 Sep 2022, 00:14, Sam: not terribly latent in the first place admittedly 27 Sep 2022, 00:14, Damien: Do you mind if I have a puff. When I have my set on it it’s hard to get it off 27 Sep 2022, 00:14, Damien: Sorry 27 Sep 2022, 00:14, Damien: I’m being so desperate 27 Sep 2022, 00:15, Sam: Haha yeah you did seem quite alarmed 27 Sep 2022, 00:15, Sam: Nah it’s fine, I’ll grab one of the other pipes and just give it to you with something in it 27 Sep 2022, 00:15, Sam: And indeed the other lighter 27 Sep 2022, 00:16, Damien: Thank you soooo much 27 Sep 2022, 00:16, Sam: And the other canister with the lighter flu- ah dammit that’s the one thing missing from the ark 27 Sep 2022, 00:16, Damien: Let me send you some money 27 Sep 2022, 00:16, Damien: I feel so awful 27 Sep 2022, 00:17, Sam: Nah I really don’t care, it’s fine - I’m gonna, uh, ‘have recourse to Brendan’s services’ before we move out anyway 27 Sep 2022, 00:17, Sam: If nothing else, I’ll probably want to get some for whenever I can do it 27 Sep 2022, 00:19, Damien: Yah same 27 Sep 2022, 00:19, Sam: (Actually (when I was sitting around flat-chatting with him lol) he did indicate that he’d deliver to that Canonsbury-adjacent flat, which is basically my parents, lol …. but best not open that particular Pandora’s box) 27 Sep 2022, 00:19, Damien: I wouldn’t mind seeing Brendan 27 Sep 2022, 00:19, Damien: Haha 27 Sep 2022, 00:19, Sam: my parents’*, possessive 27 Sep 2022, 00:19, Sam: As in it’s only a bit dalstonwards of them 27 Sep 2022, 00:20, Sam: Hahaha well he’s seen the shortlist and he covers all of that 27 Sep 2022, 00:21, Sam: And yeah, obv dalstonwards is further away from him / from the centre, so I guess _a fortiori_ he probably… dammit 27 Sep 2022, 00:21, Sam: God I’m always a bit apprehensive also that my Juul sounds a bit like I’m lighting up meth, haha 27 Sep 2022, 00:22, Sam: Poor Jacques 27 Sep 2022, 00:22, Sam: Anyway, willl grab stuff now 27 Sep 2022, 00:22, Damien: Hahahha don’t worry, I can’t hear anything 27 Sep 2022, 00:23, Sam: Interesting! Haha actually I guess not, no, I can’t imagine ever hearing something so quiet from your room 27 Sep 2022, 00:23, Sam: Eg I can hear you talking now but can’t make out the actual words, and mostly all I hear is any bumps that come through the floor 27 Sep 2022, 00:24, Sam: Anyway sorry - bloody meth induced tunnel vision - will gather the stuff now 27 Sep 2022, 00:26, Sam: I’m afraid it might be quite a tiny bit 27 Sep 2022, 00:26, Damien: Hahha, I gosh sorry darling :( 27 Sep 2022, 00:26, Damien: I’ll pipe down abit 27 Sep 2022, 00:27, Sam: Also, I’m oddly ravenous and might make some pasta and pesto (my nanny always did it & its 100% my lazy comfort food; the cheaper the pesto, the better, for some reason) 27 Sep 2022, 00:27, Sam: So let me know if you want some 27 Sep 2022, 00:27, Sam: Oh god lol that wasn’t my point, sorry 27 Sep 2022, 00:27, Damien: Oh really I just one the one puff 27 Sep 2022, 00:27, Sam: Lol I was just illustrating my point - not remotely loud enough to disturb me 27 Sep 2022, 00:27, Damien: Ahhaha fortunately I’m not very hungry 27 Sep 2022, 00:28, Damien: There are some cheese soufflés in the fridge which you’re welcome to and a pizza 27 Sep 2022, 00:28, Sam: Haha I hope you mean ‘unfortunately’.. Reminds me of the reply my sister got at work from that prof 27 Sep 2022, 00:28, Sam: (The “dear Florence, I am delighted to inform you I will be on holiday”, lol) 27 Sep 2022, 00:29, Sam: Anyway yeah where should I leave el methe ? 27 Sep 2022, 00:29, Sam: Also thanks! I’m prob going to do the pasta but, for the offer, grazie mille 🙏 27 Sep 2022, 00:29, Damien: Oh in your bathroom maybe 27 Sep 2022, 00:29, Damien: Thank you Soo much 27 Sep 2022, 00:30, Damien: LOL 27 Sep 2022, 00:30, Sam: Ah perfect, that makes sense - I’ll let you know in half a min when I’ve made the deposit 🕵🏻‍♂️ 27 Sep 2022, 00:30, Sam: Wait, that’s not the spy word 27 Sep 2022, 00:30, Sam: When I’ve made the drop.. eh whatever 27 Sep 2022, 00:31, Damien: Hahahhaha 27 Sep 2022, 00:31, Damien: 👮‍♂️ 27 Sep 2022, 00:33, Sam: Les drogues est dans la salle de bains 27 Sep 2022, 00:34, Sam: Dammit, les drogues _sont_…* 27 Sep 2022, 00:34, Sam: Actually why am I using French as a (well, jokey) code language 27 Sep 2022, 00:35, Sam: Drugs in toile’ 27 Sep 2022, 00:35, Damien: Hahhaha amazing darling 27 Sep 2022, 00:35, Sam: That’s meant to be a cockney style glottal stop 27 Sep 2022, 00:35, Damien: Thank you so Judy 27 Sep 2022, 00:35, Sam: No probs, it’s my Judy 27 Sep 2022, 00:35, Damien: Much* 27 Sep 2022, 00:35, Damien: Lol Jacque is just sitting here making annoying jokes 27 Sep 2022, 00:36, Sam: ‘Much much much Judy’? 27 Sep 2022, 00:36, Damien: He really can’t read a room 27 Sep 2022, 00:36, Sam: Lol what do you mean? About your manque de meth? Or what? 27 Sep 2022, 00:37, Sam: I’ve left the gas o it side 27 Sep 2022, 00:37, Sam: I assume you couldn’t hear my knocking 27 Sep 2022, 00:38, Sam: Hopefully you’ll get these texts 27 Sep 2022, 00:38, Sam: Wait shit I’ll just give you my lighter 27 Sep 2022, 00:38, Sam: If you leave the other outside, we can just swap and I’ll refill as needed 27 Sep 2022, 00:39, Sam: Also I’ve got my lighter if you want it - maybe just drop by my room 27 Sep 2022, 00:39, Sam: Jesus Christ I’m not even worried about the meth 27 Sep 2022, 00:40, Sam: I’m more worried Jacques now thinks we’re having some sort of torrid affair 27 Sep 2022, 00:41, Sam: Or god knows what.. I think the elaborate hugger-mugger is prob somewhat incommensurate to the tiny thing we’re trying to hide 27 Sep 2022, 00:41, Sam: Lol 27 Sep 2022, 00:42, Sam: about Jacques finding out about the meth.. is what I meant for that to mean 27 Sep 2022, 00:44, Sam: ^ I really think it’s easier to just say … though for tonight I guess it’s done and dusted, enfin la fin 27 Sep 2022, 00:45, Sam: But the truth can be spoken only by one who rests in it, as old Witt says 27 Sep 2022, 00:47, Sam: ^^ at minimum I should be 100% clear that _I_ - like, for my part - don’t mind in the least 27 Sep 2022, 01:06, Damien: Lol honestly hi have no idea how you can write this texts after smoking that stuff. I’m far too jittery. Did he come downstairs to the bathroom? That annoys me, honestly, he doesn’t know how to behave, following me yo the bathroom. If I was sure it was him, I’d open the door and blow it in his face. I don’t like snoopers haha. 27 Sep 2022, 01:07, Damien: Lol I mean he really couldn’t of picked a wrong time, he suggested going else tomorrow. 27 Sep 2022, 01:07, Sam: What? No, that was me, lol, I’m sure I said in my texts - I just heard you clicking the empty lighter 😄 27 Sep 2022, 01:07, Damien: Hahaha ohhh inseee 27 Sep 2022, 01:07, Damien: Lol 27 Sep 2022, 01:07, Sam: ^ This is why I was worried about doing meth downstairs - some sounds seem to travel very well, like the clicking, lol 27 Sep 2022, 01:07, Sam: Trebles I think 27 Sep 2022, 01:07, Sam: Like why Kieran talking downstairs is especially annoying 27 Sep 2022, 01:08, Sam: But yeah no worries lol 27 Sep 2022, 01:08, Sam: I heard you accusing him when I was heading back to my room, but I assumed this was some 4D chess sorta thing 27 Sep 2022, 01:08, Sam: Like you hadn’t opened the bathroom door and engaged in some kind of meth-related skulduggery 27 Sep 2022, 01:08, Sam: 😅 27 Sep 2022, 01:09, Damien: Lol he’s always at my apron strings 😅😅😅 27 Sep 2022, 01:10, Sam: Haha yeah fair enough, I don’t blame you given your having to share a room 27 Sep 2022, 01:10, Sam: And the flat move and stuff, lol - and also probably some meth paranoia 🙃 27 Sep 2022, 01:11, Sam: Basically it’s a bit crowded here 27 Sep 2022, 01:11, Sam: *well, really for you, and less so now for me 🤪 27 Sep 2022, 01:14, Sam: For CHRIST’S sake kieran has even left the fucking pans unwashed in the sink 27 Sep 2022, 01:15, Sam: Brilliant, I’ll just wash up the pots, pans, cutlery, crockery, probably the fucking pasta itself, and after qualifying as a _chef de dishwashing_ for a three-star restaurant I at last can make a bowl of fucking pasta 27 Sep 2022, 01:20, Sam: 27 Sep 2022, 01:25, Sam: Also, please please please tell me if my 1:30am cooking is in the least bit audible from your room - I can v easily close the door (I’m only _not_ closing it bc Tig & Pig hate closed doors, and supposing you can’t hear) 27 Sep 2022, 02:03, Sam: Also sorry about the cat noise, if you’re still awake - they’re having a grand old time playing with the remaining box (which they’ve knocked 45deg off the sofa so it’s balanced against the coffee table) 🫠 27 Sep 2022, 02:19, Damien: This behaviour won’t last long at Edward’s. 27 Sep 2022, 02:20, Damien: No no no, don’t do it. 27 Sep 2022, 02:20, Damien: The cleaner will 27 Sep 2022, 02:21, Damien: I hate to pass the buck like, but it’s neither of ours. Maybe a a few things are, but certainly not the bulk 😅 27 Sep 2022, 02:22, Damien: Lol bless them 😂 27 Sep 2022, 02:28, Sam: Oh I’m only doing it so I can make some pasta.. God you’d think he was the one who’d grown up in supposed poverty, having to do things for himself, like in that Monty Python sketch with the Yorkshiremen, etc 🙄 27 Sep 2022, 02:29, Sam: Like, my grandma is more self-sufficient than he is, and she only learned at university that _the lights didn’t turn on by themselves when she walked into a room_ 27 Sep 2022, 02:29, Sam: [and that most people didn’t have servants to do it] 27 Sep 2022, 02:30, Sam: He’s also left dirty plates and cutlery _on the kitchen table_ – because we all know that when the sink is full of rubbish, it’s a sign that you should….. leave your future rubbish on the table! 27 Sep 2022, 02:31, Sam: Hence the traditional English phrase “everything including the kitchen sink, and also table” 27 Sep 2022, 02:42, Damien: hahahhahaha this has been going on for months. Its so annoying, even though he sits in the kitchen all day working ( asking us to leave when hes on a call) and doesn't do anything about it haha 27 Sep 2022, 02:42, Damien: i came back from Ireland once and the kitchen was in a similar to what it is now. 27 Sep 2022, 02:43, Damien: I reluctantly cleaned them, and the moment i finished Kieran started cooking with the same pots and pans which had been there for a few days 27 Sep 2022, 02:43, Damien: after he used them 27 Sep 2022, 02:44, Damien: he put them back in the sink, where they remained for several more days 27 Sep 2022, 02:44, Damien: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62510560/?search_identifier=cf0233098223eb7a57422afd3ad9ec2d 27 Sep 2022, 02:44, Damien: ^^ Check this one out 27 Sep 2022, 02:44, Damien: its so cheep 27 Sep 2022, 02:44, Damien: three bed 27 Sep 2022, 02:44, Damien: in CG 27 Sep 2022, 03:08, Sam: Ah, a classic…. I just don’t know how he survives in the world 27 Sep 2022, 03:09, Sam: Like, Durkheim talks about altruistic suicide as one of his four (I think?) kinds of suicide 27 Sep 2022, 03:09, Sam: I have seriously considered altruistic homicide 27 Sep 2022, 03:09, Sam: Lol - also yeah I’ll take a look now at that flat 👀 27 Sep 2022, 03:09, Damien: flats.docx document omitted 27 Sep 2022, 03:10, Damien: have a look at these ones too 27 Sep 2022, 03:10, Damien: some are quite exciting 27 Sep 2022, 03:12, Damien: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62503631/?search_identifier=190c4aecf0db77343b8eb8347097232b 27 Sep 2022, 03:14, Damien: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62458157/?search_identifier=190c4aecf0db77343b8eb8347097232b 27 Sep 2022, 03:15, Damien: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62511698/?search_identifier=2e29dfd3d41fa8d136442db02c05dd93 27 Sep 2022, 03:16, Damien: ^^^ This one ticks all the boxes for me 27 Sep 2022, 03:16, Damien: just tell me to stop if this is on overload 27 Sep 2022, 03:18, Damien: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62491601/?search_identifier=2e29dfd3d41fa8d136442db02c05dd93 27 Sep 2022, 03:33, Damien: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/127415660#/?channel=RES_LET 27 Sep 2022, 03:34, Damien: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/126206825#/?channel=RES_LET 27 Sep 2022, 13:47, Damien: https://cleansimply.co.uk/book-a-cleaning/ 27 Sep 2022, 13:48, Damien: I think this one is the best value 27 Sep 2022, 13:48, Damien: are you able to book it? 27 Sep 2022, 13:56, Sam: Oh gosh sorry I missed last night’s texts too 27 Sep 2022, 13:56, Sam: Some of those look awesome - I’ll take a proper look in 10 mins or so 27 Sep 2022, 13:57, Sam: Also, re the cleaning: what would the actual date / time be? Do you have any prefs (or strict requirements)? 27 Sep 2022, 13:57, Damien: I think early tomorrow 27 Sep 2022, 13:57, Damien: Just the carpets Need to ve clean 27 Sep 2022, 14:00, Sam: Lol, Alex’s turning up suddenly made me want some meth - like Proust and his madeleine 27 Sep 2022, 14:02, Sam: Oh sorry, I opened WhatsApp just to say that & didn’t register your messages 27 Sep 2022, 14:03, Sam: (think I’m so used to random chitchat in this thread) 27 Sep 2022, 14:03, Sam: But yeah, cool, will do early tomorrow 👌 27 Sep 2022, 14:48, Damien: Me too 😭 27 Sep 2022, 14:48, Damien: Amazing did we manage to get a slot? 27 Sep 2022, 17:24, Sam: Not yet, per my other message - sorry, I’ll reply to them now (about how many bathrooms and maybe more stuff, I just scanned it) but I’ve not been able to give it much time 😬 27 Sep 2022, 17:24, Sam: But yeah I know this is equally my responsibility and I can sort it out 27 Sep 2022, 17:24, Sam: God I wish I could just pay someone to do the whole bloody move for me (not movers - like, admin and everything) 27 Sep 2022, 17:25, Damien: Ahhh sorry, I would do it but I can’t get into my banking app, to verify the payment 🫠🫠🫠 27 Sep 2022, 17:26, Damien: I just wonder if there’s a deadline for getting a clean tomorrow lol 27 Sep 2022, 20:31, Damien: Did you put your email down for the cleaner? 27 Sep 2022, 20:31, Sam: No, I checked through the form and you’d left yours - I wondered about changing it but didn’t 27 Sep 2022, 20:31, Damien: Ahh I see 27 Sep 2022, 20:32, Damien: I was just wondering as they still haven’t sent an email through 😅 27 Sep 2022, 20:33, Sam: Hmm, odd… I’ll check mine but I’m sure I didn’t (not ‘sure’ in the colloquial sense of ‘kinda sure’, but ‘sure’ in the … actually fuck it I give up on this godforsaken language) 27 Sep 2022, 20:33, Damien: Did they credit your account? 27 Sep 2022, 20:34, Sam: I actually used the (unicode) character for the existential quantifier the other day in a work doc, bc I had no other clear way to say the fucking thing 27 Sep 2022, 20:34, Sam: I hope, but more likely they debited it 😉 27 Sep 2022, 20:34, Sam: (you mean the cleaning co, right?) 27 Sep 2022, 20:35, Sam: Sorry, wasn’t meant to sound snarky, it’s like the chemise thing - nightmare to remember 27 Sep 2022, 21:54, Sam: My god, I just noticed you can actually see when the meth solidifies, if you look down at it closeishly - it clouds over, in maybe a second, from the hottest point outwards.. It's actually quite fun to watch 27 Sep 2022, 21:58, Sam: Actually I wonder what its melting point is, and I guess its boiling point too 27 Sep 2022, 21:59, Sam: After reflexively grabbing it by the _fornacula_ the other day, I know it cools down very rapidly - like, it hurt, but didn't burn me 27 Sep 2022, 22:00, Damien: Oh ofc haha 27 Sep 2022, 22:00, Damien: Omg this is my favourite bit 😍😍😍 27 Sep 2022, 22:22, Sam: Oh it's close but for me I'd have to say inhaling the meth 27 Sep 2022, 22:22, Sam: 😜 27 Sep 2022, 23:07, Sam: Ah, I just realised I didn’t write down the PIN you mentioned 27 Sep 2022, 23:07, Sam: I can confirm what I recall on here, if that’s cool security-wise? 27 Sep 2022, 23:07, Sam: And was also gonna ask for bank details in order to transfer the £ first 27 Sep 2022, 23:07, Sam: Sorry about this - I always remember at the last min 27 Sep 2022, 23:07, Sam: (I’ve not left yet, and no huge rush) 27 Sep 2022, 23:08, Sam: Thanks again for all of this - much much much obliged 🙌 27 Sep 2022, 23:17, Sam: Hey, still no huge rush but buzzing in case you missed these 27 Sep 2022, 23:17, Sam: Sorry, it really pains me to be like this, and I really appreciate the favour 27 Sep 2022, 23:18, Damien: Oh sorry I was on the phone lol 27 Sep 2022, 23:18, Damien: 27 Sep 2022, 23:19, Sam: Ah thanks, perfect! And no worries, yeah, I could hear (not voices but the vague muffled sound of platonic Voice, lol) 27 Sep 2022, 23:19, Sam: Well obviously not the other person on the phone I suppose, given I’m not an owl 27 Sep 2022, 23:20, Sam: Anyway yeah, thanks so much, I’m greatly indebted to you* *not as a result of going on a shopping spree with your card or suchlike 27 Sep 2022, 23:30, Sam: Btw I’ve left the door open downstairs for Pig - sorry, I know it’s not quite comme il faut, but it should realistically be fine 27 Sep 2022, 23:30, Sam: (As in, while I’m gone - to be 100% clear) 27 Sep 2022, 23:34, Sam: Hey could you possibly remind me of the PIN? I actually entered mine unthinkingly, and think I remember what you said but I don’t want to get it wrong, in case it swallows your card 27 Sep 2022, 23:35, Sam: I’m really sorry for this whole rigmarole 27 Sep 2022, 23:35, Damien: Oh not at all 27 Sep 2022, 23:35, Damien: It’s 7432 27 Sep 2022, 23:35, Sam: Can call if you prefer 27 Sep 2022, 23:35, Sam: Oh perfect thanks 27 Sep 2022, 23:35, Sam: Just meant security-wise, though in reality WhatsApp is as secure as can get 27 Sep 2022, 23:36, Sam: And lol that is indeed what I remembered anyway 🙈 27 Sep 2022, 23:37, Sam: Perfect, done, all fine - spat and didn’t swallow 27 Sep 2022, 23:37, Sam: Je te remercie 27 Sep 2022, 23:57, Sam: This was a joke, to be clear - spat cash and didn’t swallow your card (as I said I was worried about) 28 Sep 2022, 00:30, Sam: Lol I was just listening to that poem of Auden’s about homeness (https://youtu.be/pUGVqup9ZGo?t=2800) to mark the occasion 😇 Never forget, never again.. 28 Sep 2022, 00:31, Sam: In particular the line about not needing ‘to be at home to those I am not at home with’ (ok, in that old-fashioned sense we weren’t ‘at home to’ Kieran, but gimme some artistic license) 28 Sep 2022, 08:01, Sam: Shit, sorry, I assumed you were awake but if you’re still trying to sleep I can turn off the hoover 28 Sep 2022, 08:01, Sam: Lmk - I don’t really care when it goes on 28 Sep 2022, 08:45, Sam: Sorry also for the crashing noises - I’m in a bit of a situation fausse here, what with not being able to close the door (bc cats) or delay the crashing (bc move-out deadline) 28 Sep 2022, 08:45, Sam: So hopefully you are - and were - awake (lol) 28 Sep 2022, 08:46, Damien: Oh I’ve been up since 6 so it’s been fine. I was worried my alarm was waking you up haha 28 Sep 2022, 08:55, Sam: Oh, nah, I've been semi-awake for ages - I've had fitful sleep (at best) from the meth 28 Sep 2022, 08:55, Damien: Bloody Meth 28 Sep 2022, 08:55, Sam: But oh well, I knew that was what these few days would be like - I'm actually pleased with how it's gone so far (in general, though also therefore with my sanity/meth/etc) 28 Sep 2022, 08:56, Damien: I’ve just seen a homeless man give another homeless man a BJ on Pread st 28 Sep 2022, 08:56, Sam: Haha - I'm eternally grateful for its honestly quite mindblowing power to let you cope without sleep 28 Sep 2022, 08:56, Sam: jeeeeesus 28 Sep 2022, 08:56, Sam: christ, as I was saying to Louis: 28 Sep 2022, 08:56, Sam: image omitted 28 Sep 2022, 08:57, Sam: ^ sounds like you saw someone struggling with the "? -> money" stage, lol... 28 Sep 2022, 08:58, Sam: though honestly, even in my worst throes _(and there's nothing worse than being the deadest you've ever felt in your life from withdrawal fatigue, not wanting to move an inch, yet also needing to go down to Bethnal Green and socialise with some homeless men just to be in for a chance of being ripped off for some crap heroin)_ I don't think I'd have plumbed those depths 28 Sep 2022, 09:00, Sam: always thought Lou Reed nailed it, tho I've never known why the music is so cheerful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99og_g7rXnA 28 Sep 2022, 09:01, Sam: haha actually was I playing this song / that album when we were waiting for Zac once? 28 Sep 2022, 09:03, Damien: LOL 28 Sep 2022, 09:04, Sam: Yeah it puts you in a bit of a bind, haha 28 Sep 2022, 09:04, Sam: But ON THE STREET??? What? Where exactly? 28 Sep 2022, 09:04, Damien: Just outside the super drug 28 Sep 2022, 09:05, Sam: Curiously apposite 28 Sep 2022, 09:05, Damien: I’m sure you can still catch them in the act 😂😂 28 Sep 2022, 09:05, Damien: Maybe you can get a good deal. 28 Sep 2022, 09:06, Sam: Haha I can get meth for sex from any of 200 different suppliers in like 0.7 seconds 28 Sep 2022, 09:06, Sam: (…grindr) 28 Sep 2022, 09:08, Sam: Also, when does Jacques go? I have no modesty about smoking meth around you, but with him I’m a bit ill at ease, not quite sure what he thinks or knows or is desired to know or cetera 28 Sep 2022, 09:09, Sam: And given my lack of sleep and my current ‘fuck it’ attitude - like I said, you can’t take it with you when you go - it’s highly likely to be early 28 Sep 2022, 09:09, Sam: Not lack of sleep.. want of sleep, whatever you’d say 28 Sep 2022, 09:10, Sam: Aaalso - sorry to inundate you - we really ought to be serious about not bringing so much as a crystal of the stuff into the next world 28 Sep 2022, 09:11, Sam: (to extend the metaphor... the new flat/house, that is) 28 Sep 2022, 09:20, Sam: Oh shit, I just realised I have to be on a call in 10 mins about something I'm meant to have looked into but for longwinded reasons have not -- 10 mins is usu enough time for this stuff when I'm using 100% of my brain, but *this does mean I am going to take some meth* so that my eyes stop closing & my brain works 28 Sep 2022, 09:20, Sam: so let me know if there's anything I can do to be less blatant about it - I'll close the door of course 28 Sep 2022, 09:25, Damien: Could you check the invoice number on the of the deep cleaner 28 Sep 2022, 09:25, Sam: Yeah sure, one sec 28 Sep 2022, 09:25, Sam: Also yeah please don't worry about replying to that crap right now 28 Sep 2022, 09:25, Sam: except possibly jacques and meth - anyway not urgent - one sec, checking emails 28 Sep 2022, 09:26, Sam: Wait actually you put _your_ email in (I think some Hotmail address?) 28 Sep 2022, 09:26, Damien: I’ll read them after 28 Sep 2022, 09:26, Sam: Were we not talking last night about your not having got the email yet? 28 Sep 2022, 09:27, Damien: Yah I didn’t get the email. So they’re trying to search via the bank payment. 28 Sep 2022, 09:28, Sam: Ohhh I see 28 Sep 2022, 09:28, Sam: Like, the ID of the payment? 28 Sep 2022, 09:29, Sam: Shit I've got a call - can this wait 10 mins? Really sorry 28 Sep 2022, 09:29, Sam: Also, the call I meant here 28 Sep 2022, 09:29, Sam: so in the end I'll read up while everyone else is speaking, lol 28 Sep 2022, 09:29, Sam: or I guess try to blag my way through (at which I'll be equally useless today) 28 Sep 2022, 09:38, Sam: christ i hate the effect this stuff has on my speech - I can touch type these messages at basically the speed of speech, but for some reason my brain turns all _The King's Speech_ whenever I join a meeting or whatever 28 Sep 2022, 09:38, Sam: aaanyway: I'm done 28 Sep 2022, 09:38, Sam: I was gonna say, just before the call I checked my account and all I see that COULD be them is a £5.99 payment from 'Pending' (like, that's the name of the merchant) 28 Sep 2022, 09:39, Sam: I strongly suspect that _is_ them, but I have no clue why they haven't taken the full amount - could we do it over the phone now? I'm happy either to give you my card details (fair's fair, lol) or to speak to them myself 28 Sep 2022, 09:40, Sam: or ofc do it otherwise - obv I suspect phone is easiest, but it deosn't have to be 28 Sep 2022, 09:40, Damien: Yah I called them they said they could only do it tomorrow 28 Sep 2022, 09:40, Damien: Unlimited 07970 997 493 Response Cleaning 0776 4849 644 Hadley St James 0207 731 8900 Evo Cleaning 07590 019 172 It might be quite hard to find on short notice but see if they can squeeze you in anywhere! 28 Sep 2022, 09:40, Damien: Are you able to call these 28 Sep 2022, 09:41, Damien: I would but I have to head out 28 Sep 2022, 09:43, Sam: Yeah absolutely, I’ll call now - presumably this is to ask for a slot ab ovo? 28 Sep 2022, 09:43, Sam: Like, that there’s not some existing context that I should explain / pick up 28 Sep 2022, 09:48, Damien: No no 28 Sep 2022, 09:48, Damien: I haven’t called any of them 28 Sep 2022, 09:54, Sam: Cool cool - in the worst case, could they come tomorrow? And, if so, how much should I disprefer that? 28 Sep 2022, 09:55, Sam: e.g. if one has a slot tomorrow but others are left to be called 28 Sep 2022, 09:55, Damien: No I don’t think they can come tomorrow as well we’re handing the keys over at noon. 28 Sep 2022, 09:55, Sam: From your POV alone I mean 28 Sep 2022, 09:55, Sam: Ah shit - I forgot they take longer than mohammmed 28 Sep 2022, 09:55, Sam: Dammit ok 28 Sep 2022, 09:56, Sam: This is extremely short notice then, basically, though thank god it’s early int he day 28 Sep 2022, 09:56, Sam: Sorry, that wasn’t meant to sound like a criticism of you 28 Sep 2022, 09:56, Sam: I’m just sizing up the situation 28 Sep 2022, 09:56, Sam: You’ve obv done far more than I have or than you owed 28 Sep 2022, 09:57, Damien: Lol if you don’t get anything in the next 20 Mins lmk x 28 Sep 2022, 10:17, Damien: Did you Manage to get through to any of them 28 Sep 2022, 10:23, Sam: Sorry, am on phone to one, will explain asap! 28 Sep 2022, 10:27, Sam: Ok, so, so far: Unlimited: I couldn’t get through (will try again) Hadley St James: fully booked 👎 Evo Cleaning: calling me back in ~15 mins 🔜 28 Sep 2022, 10:27, Damien: Fingers crossed for EVO 28 Sep 2022, 10:28, Sam: I’ll call the one remaining in a few mins but I’m just in the middle of quite a hectic work thing 😬 ^ I realise this is not supererogatory & I’m not, like, doing you a favour - I’ll do my part (or this fraction of my part) but frustratingly I didn’t plan work v well for this 28 Sep 2022, 10:28, Sam: Christ with the time I spent writing that I prob could’ve called 28 Sep 2022, 10:33, Damien: Oh with the cancellation, and my card problem, I suppose it’s a bit hectic. I’m sure it won’t be impossible to get someone today haha 28 Sep 2022, 10:34, Sam: I think not…. I detect a noticeable difference between what I’ll call the Landline Companies (proper firms with staff and bookings) vs the Mobile Companies (“let’s see if we can book you in” where I suspect ‘we’ is - as it were - the pluralis maiestatis..) 28 Sep 2022, 10:35, Sam: Sorry 28 Sep 2022, 10:35, Sam: TLDR: mobile numbers are prob individual cleaners or tiny groups that will be desperate for work 28 Sep 2022, 10:35, Sam: Anyway I’ll call that last one now 28 Sep 2022, 10:52, Sam: Evo called back and suggested coming at 4, but had a lot of questions for which I had no good answers 28 Sep 2022, 10:52, Damien: Did you tell them to come? 28 Sep 2022, 10:52, Sam: Like: they want to know if the house is empty enough for everything to be accessible to clean 28 Sep 2022, 10:53, Sam: They also would PREFER that we not re-enter the house after they clean - or maybe not ‘prefer’ but that’s customary - from the obvious enough legal liability standpoint 28 Sep 2022, 10:54, Sam: Or, well, the fact that these tenancies often end in disputes, which - if we made a mess after they cleaned - could get nasty & they could get wrongly embroiled in it 28 Sep 2022, 10:55, Sam: I tried to suggest to her that we were just thinking of it as a regular clean but more thorough, not as something we’d be planning to be able to rely on legally/contractually, but the words did not come out of my mouth terribly clearly at all 28 Sep 2022, 11:11, Sam: Sorry - in effect there are two questions for you: - Is your room empty enough that they can clean everything, so to speak ‘inside out’? - How do you feel about the fact that we’re staying here afterwards & that it may affect the LEGAL usefulness of this clean? Is that part of what you were paying for, or not? 28 Sep 2022, 11:12, Sam: I said I’d revert to her - as the Indians say - sorta asap ish, but no hard deadline 28 Sep 2022, 11:13, Sam: actually I guess 'revert' _is_ just the Latin for 'get back to' 🤷‍♂️clever.. 28 Sep 2022, 11:33, Damien: Yes those things are fine :) 28 Sep 2022, 11:34, Sam: OK perfect, thanks!! 28 Sep 2022, 11:48, Sam: Confirmed for 2-3pm ✅ (Still haven’t actually discussed price, but honestly I’d exercise my options just to get out of this place, lol) 28 Sep 2022, 11:49, Sam: I know I said 4pm earlier - so did they - but understandably at such short notice they can’t stand on ceremony 28 Sep 2022, 11:59, Sam: One sec, just writing an email to them to confirm the details 28 Sep 2022, 12:00, Sam: Tell me if hugely urgent and I can pick up 28 Sep 2022, 13:38, Sam: Just to confirm, I've sent the £ and they should be here at 3pm by the latest estimate 28 Sep 2022, 13:38, Sam: And I think they said to budget for 5hrs 28 Sep 2022, 13:39, Sam: Sorry by the way for being such an indolent belaptopped narcotist throughout all of this.. At the end of the day I just have less to move, and tomorrow is allotted to moving it 28 Sep 2022, 13:40, Sam: But I'm sorry about leaving to you the cleaning stuff till this morning, and the landlord diplomacy really pretty much tout court 28 Sep 2022, 13:44, Damien: Oh not all. No need to apologise. 28 Sep 2022, 13:54, Sam: Eh… well, imma order some coffee, do you want some? Or Jacques? 28 Sep 2022, 13:55, Damien: Sorry for not replaying more fully, I’m just racing around. I would love some coffee ☕️ 28 Sep 2022, 13:55, Damien: Anything Iced 28 Sep 2022, 14:01, Sam: No probs at all, I’m usually just rubberducking anyway 28 Sep 2022, 14:02, Sam: I’ll grab something iced (or cold at least, since it’s Gorillas) - let me know if you fancy anything else 28 Sep 2022, 14:02, Sam: Like, really do - I’m not Croesus but I do not give an infinitesimal fraction of a fuck about a few quid 28 Sep 2022, 14:03, Sam: And we should def not be low on caffeine or whatever we need today 28 Sep 2022, 14:03, Damien: Hahhaha that makes a pleasant change from Keiran lol 28 Sep 2022, 14:04, Damien: Oh if you could get some water 💧🙌🏼 28 Sep 2022, 14:04, Damien: I’d really appreciate it 28 Sep 2022, 14:04, Sam: Haha good yeah we didn’t puzzle out the mystery of Kieran’s finances 28 Sep 2022, 14:04, Sam: And yeah of course! 28 Sep 2022, 14:04, Sam: A couple of bottles? And Fiji, right? 28 Sep 2022, 14:05, Sam: Lol at your current consumption it might be cheaper to just buy a seaplane and fly to Fiji 🙃 28 Sep 2022, 14:06, Sam: 28 Sep 2022, 14:06, Sam: Nor Badoit 28 Sep 2022, 14:07, Sam: Nor Acqua Panna … eh let me just see if I can navigate to all their waters 28 Sep 2022, 14:08, Sam: 28 Sep 2022, 14:08, Sam: 28 Sep 2022, 14:08, Sam: 28 Sep 2022, 14:10, Sam: Ah I’ll get you some water cans since they seem to have your imprimatur 😜 28 Sep 2022, 14:12, Damien: Thank you so much darling 😘 28 Sep 2022, 14:13, Sam: No probs! My pleasure 28 Sep 2022, 14:14, Sam: Very literally … god I could do with a coffee, the meth somehow just doesn’t hit the same way 28 Sep 2022, 15:19, Sam: image omitted 28 Sep 2022, 15:19, Sam: (well, I can’t see what the hell else that could mean, in plain English … wow) 28 Sep 2022, 15:23, Sam: Also, given all the stuff it says about neurotoxicity: please tell me if I’m going a bit Flowers for Algernon - like, if I start watching Ru Paul’s Drag Race or talking about how the Queen lived a life of service 28 Sep 2022, 15:30, Sam: 28 Sep 2022, 15:37, Sam: ^ for the record my 3pm call got quietly moved to 4:30pm, so that’s not a factor any more I don’t think 28 Sep 2022, 17:10, Sam: I’m doing selections for your bathroom - they want to know what’s to be taken and what goes straight to the showers 28 Sep 2022, 17:11, Sam: I gave it the old college try but I’ve now reached the third or fourth circle of hell: the sink drawers 28 Sep 2022, 17:11, Sam: And it’s not feasible for me to choose 28 Sep 2022, 17:11, Sam: Not sure what you want - this isn’t all rubbish surely? 28 Sep 2022, 17:12, Sam: Because once I leave this room, it becomes _de jure_ a bin 28 Sep 2022, 17:12, Damien: Oh please just leave what’s in the drawers 28 Sep 2022, 17:12, Damien: I’ll get them when I’m back 28 Sep 2022, 17:12, Sam: The issue is they then can’t clean 28 Sep 2022, 17:12, Sam: Do you want them not to clean? 28 Sep 2022, 17:12, Sam: The drawers I mean 28 Sep 2022, 17:13, Sam: I’m not even sure they’re comfortable with simply not cleaning, given the legal/disputes context and all 28 Sep 2022, 17:13, Sam: I think I heard one of them crying not long ago 28 Sep 2022, 17:14, Damien: Well we’re voiding that because we’re staying in after anyway no? 28 Sep 2022, 17:18, Sam: Yeah I think so, but it’s still a bit of a shitty situation for them, I guess 28 Sep 2022, 17:19, Damien: I’ll come back and put it in a bag 28 Sep 2022, 17:22, Sam: Thus far you’re probably lucky that you share my dad’s taste for Frederic Malle perfumes, because if it were Emporio Armani or whatev then it’d have gone straight in the bin, lol 28 Sep 2022, 17:23, Sam: Lol sorry this is so bloody dramatic 28 Sep 2022, 17:24, Damien: Hhahah yes thank goodness for that. 28 Sep 2022, 17:24, Sam: ^ I just mean in that I’m aware of its quality/expense - not that I’m making aesthetic judgements 28 Sep 2022, 17:24, Damien: I’ll come back to sort it out 28 Sep 2022, 17:24, Sam: Also lucky it’s not kieran, hahaha - after what happened to the fridge… 28 Sep 2022, 17:24, Damien: You haven’t thrown anything out have you? Haha 28 Sep 2022, 17:24, Sam: Sorry, I know it’s stressful 28 Sep 2022, 17:24, Sam: Nope 28 Sep 2022, 17:24, Sam: Nor will they before calling me to confirm; at the very least 28 Sep 2022, 17:25, Sam: Whereupon if you’ve not reached the house yet, I’ll try to have that conversation about not cleaning it 28 Sep 2022, 17:25, Sam: But yeah, it’s more complex than it’d be with Mohammed - I’ve already had it to an extent about certain things 28 Sep 2022, 17:43, Sam: Wait did I just hear you say you didn’t need to take them out ???? 28 Sep 2022, 18:19, Sam: lol that bathroom exchange was like your Sophie’s Choice 28 Sep 2022, 18:20, Sam: 28 Sep 2022, 18:20, Sam: Though it’s very similar to my own texting, really - maybe it _is_ Asperger’s 28 Sep 2022, 18:21, Sam: Eg my response about Goethe did not exactly sequitur 28 Sep 2022, 18:22, Damien: Lol he’s such a pain, not very perspective. I wouldn’t dream of getting in the way when people are trying to move. 🌪🌪 28 Sep 2022, 18:28, Sam: Yeah, it definitely is somewhat maladroit - I guess he could just not have picked up on it, if he does have Asperger’s 28 Sep 2022, 18:28, Sam: I guess it’s not one spectrum - probably some people have it more severely in some ways than others 28 Sep 2022, 18:30, Sam: Like: I don’t think I’m particularly unusually socially unperceptive, but my (ab, mis)use of language is very Asperger’s - practically Aspergest’s 28 Sep 2022, 18:32, Sam: And obsessing oneself with one topic, carrying on at great length, not picking up on signs of uninterestedness (_not_ disinterest 😉) — though, eh, I do notice (and mostly expect) that the other person is uninterested, I just don’t give a fuck, hahah 28 Sep 2022, 18:32, Sam: Getting quite meta here 28 Sep 2022, 18:53, Sam: Btw you’ve got a mug of rice on the kitchen counter with a flannel on it, which I’d have thrown away if I’d not noticed it’s from the White Company 28 Sep 2022, 18:54, Sam: Is there a story behind this particular mise en scene 28 Sep 2022, 18:54, Damien: Ahhh thank you. There’s a lot of dishes of mine which I need clean 28 Sep 2022, 18:54, Damien: I was following Kierans example haha 28 Sep 2022, 20:27, Sam: Ohh haha I thought it might’ve been something like you’d dropped your phone and were doing the old rice trick 28 Sep 2022, 20:27, Sam: The flannel confused me 😅 28 Sep 2022, 20:28, Sam: I’ve rescued it and washed the stuff (I mean, they would’ve, but Christ I feel like Marie Antoinette when I’m sitting around doing nothing) 28 Sep 2022, 20:28, Sam: This is fucking awful - one of them has been crying in the bathroom 28 Sep 2022, 20:29, Sam: Not sure if it’s our house or is just that miserable a job regardless 28 Sep 2022, 20:34, Damien: hahqhhahahahaha What? 😂😂😂 28 Sep 2022, 20:51, Sam: Yeah, I'm not quite sure if it's the same one I thought I heard earlier 28 Sep 2022, 20:52, Sam: Hard to tell if it's maybe just one person who's having a rough time of it, or whether these people are, like, slaves 28 Sep 2022, 20:53, Sam: But £500, between however many of them there are (and a cut to the woman who's evidently the bourgeoise) for like 5 hours' work and counting, it's not fucking much 28 Sep 2022, 21:52, Damien: How are they getting on …. 28 Sep 2022, 21:53, Damien: Are they still there 28 Sep 2022, 22:25, Sam: Oh no, sorry, they left at maybe half past 9 - looks perfect to me 28 Sep 2022, 22:26, Sam: Though I feel … I dunno, just sad and angry to see nice people forced into this evidently miserable kind of work 28 Sep 2022, 22:27, Sam: Had a nice chat with one of them about India and Sri Lanka - I think she was the one crying 28 Sep 2022, 22:28, Sam: Though obv I’m hesitant to start inventing some kind of ‘personal fable’ that it was due to me, or even necessarily due to our house, and not a breakup or a bereavement or general weltschmerz or god only knows what 28 Sep 2022, 22:28, Sam: Anyway 28 Sep 2022, 22:43, Damien: Omg I can’t believe one of the cleaners was crying 😂😂😂😂 29 Sep 2022, 00:27, Sam: 29 Sep 2022, 00:28, Damien: Omg 29 Sep 2022, 00:28, Sam: Also yeah, 😂 in the sense that it’s comically awful, definitely.. But also just sad 29 Sep 2022, 00:28, Damien: It was my fathers account 😅😅 29 Sep 2022, 00:28, Sam: But in a way that I’d have no clue how to fix, bc I suspect it’s more than just ‘English capitalism’ and is a side effect also of their coming from India recently to work (as she said) etc etc 29 Sep 2022, 00:28, Damien: Ugh I need to wipe the whole thing or get a new apple TV 29 Sep 2022, 00:28, Sam: Oh hmm, weird 🤔 no clue sadly 29 Sep 2022, 00:29, Damien: You must work Out how much I’ve been spending 29 Sep 2022, 00:29, Damien: Although I just had to restart the Apple TV 29 Sep 2022, 00:29, Damien: So maybe it’s just went a bit weird 29 Sep 2022, 00:29, Sam: I don’t think it’s anything - and besides I wouldn’t consider it right to ask you to pay back some sum of money older than e.g. a couple of weeks 29 Sep 2022, 00:31, Sam: I think there’s an implicit rule that if I didn’t notice, then (a) I’ve long since compensated for my notional impoverishment and it didn’t bother me, while (b) you’ve long since compensated for your notional enrichment, and … ah duck it I’m too tired to write this 29 Sep 2022, 07:49, Damien: No please let me, I’ve spent alot on Amazon prime aid feel bad if it was all coming from your account 😅 29 Sep 2022, 08:56, Damien: Oh gosh I’m sorry, I hope I didn’t wake you 🙏🏻 29 Sep 2022, 10:38, Missed audio call 29 Sep 2022, 17:21, Damien: How’s it going darling? 29 Sep 2022, 17:21, Damien: All okay? 29 Sep 2022, 21:12, Sam: Ah, sorry, no, not quite - Tig and Pig don’t get on with Wolfie (to summarise..) and are currently stuck in the bike shelter outside (with heat and light and water and food!), and I’m trying to sort something else out 29 Sep 2022, 21:14, Damien: Oh gosh. I’m sorry, what a palaver, that was the case with my cat in Ireland when we got a dog. 29 Sep 2022, 21:14, Sam: But no option available is ideal for long, assuming I want (a) to be with them, (b) not to be _in ongoing terms_ spending an inordinate amount per X (for a day or a week it’s fine, if it’s part of a larger plan) 29 Sep 2022, 21:15, Damien: I think they adjust gradually 29 Sep 2022, 21:15, Sam: My parents don’t seem to think so (& so the real problem at the moment is - respectfully, lol - them) 29 Sep 2022, 21:18, Sam: Sorry, got waylaid by another practical conv about that 29 Sep 2022, 21:18, Sam: This* 29 Sep 2022, 21:18, Sam: To be fair, like my story of my school friend’s Rhodesian ridgeback eating their friends’ chihuahua at a dinner party, he _is_ a breed that’s notionally incompatible with, in this case, cats 29 Sep 2022, 21:19, Sam: In that dog’s case, dogs and other carbon-based life forms 29 Sep 2022, 21:19, Sam: Anyway the upshot is that I’m afraid I’m gonna be fairly rushed in terms of finding a flat 29 Sep 2022, 21:21, Damien: Yes let’s get cracking. I wonder if we can get something temporary. 29 Sep 2022, 21:21, Damien: Did you have a look at the flats a sent you? 29 Sep 2022, 22:53, Sam: Yeah I’d really really really like that 29 Sep 2022, 22:58, Sam: I’m on my way to my aunt’s for hopefully only a couple of nights or so - this is prob gonna require a short-term, less-short-term, and mid-term plan 29 Sep 2022, 22:58, Sam: God I hate this situation- I don’t know what I was fucking thinking, I could’ve done some viewings and we’d be in a new place by now 29 Sep 2022, 23:01, Sam: ^ Sorry, I of course love my aunt but she’s in Harrow - it’s Harrow-on-the-Hill [ie the school & grounds & a handful of houses basically] but it’s still a nightmare to get anywhere 29 Sep 2022, 23:15, Damien: Oh I’m sorry darling. You poor thing after all the chaos this afternoon. 29 Sep 2022, 23:18, Damien: I take it there’s no one closer you can stay with for a few weeks who wouldn’t mind Tig and Pig 🤔 29 Sep 2022, 23:18, Damien: I’m totally frazzled rn 29 Sep 2022, 23:18, Damien: But message me in the morning, and we can get work out a solution. 30 Sep 2022, 00:41, Sam: I’ve just got there and had some elevenses (well, eleven pm ses) 30 Sep 2022, 00:45, Sam: Sorry, got waylaid 30 Sep 2022, 00:46, Sam: Meant to say: yeah, cats have settled in, & good to have some fixity for a day or two (and she’s away from tomorrow anyway) 30 Sep 2022, 00:46, Sam: Also 30 Sep 2022, 00:47, Sam: And of course after I spend the day going through hell and finally get here 30 Sep 2022, 00:48, Sam: My aunt says - off the top of her head, like she mightn’t’ve said it - that her old friend Ollie (who lives across the street) has an empty flat in Goodge St that’s free until she puts it back on the market 30 Sep 2022, 03:07, Sam: Dear god harrow-on-the-hill Grindr is lousy with ‘18 year old’ kids from the school 30 Sep 2022, 11:29, Damien: 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 30 Sep 2022, 11:29, Damien: That good be a good stepping stone 30 Sep 2022, 11:29, Damien: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/127452140#/media?id=media0&channel=RES_LET 30 Sep 2022, 11:29, Damien: This has been on for about a month 30 Sep 2022, 11:29, Damien: Shall we few it and put a very Low offer 30 Sep 2022, 11:30, Damien: Like 4600 30 Sep 2022, 13:29, Missed audio call 30 Sep 2022, 13:29, Damien: Sam there was a laptop left In the flat is it yours? 30 Sep 2022, 13:30, Sam: Oh gosh it’s possible - I took 3 of mine but it’s very possible there was another 30 Sep 2022, 13:30, Damien: It’s a ThinkPad 30 Sep 2022, 13:30, Sam: Sorry, I lose track a bit 30 Sep 2022, 13:30, Damien: 30 Sep 2022, 13:30, Sam: Oh that was meant to be rubbish, they can toss that 30 Sep 2022, 13:30, Sam: That’s the drawer that I realised I had somehow missed on both the cleaners day and the moveout day 30 Sep 2022, 13:31, Sam: Which is insane because I remember checking the chest of drawers several times - it’s like that cognitive illusion with the ball and the gorilla 30 Sep 2022, 13:32, Sam: But yeah, I left it there after I discovered it, so as not to disturb the inventory, & bc I don’t care that much 30 Sep 2022, 13:32, Sam: Since we’ll have already been dinged 30 Sep 2022, 13:34, Sam: They can take it if they want 30 Sep 2022, 15:29, Sam: Also yeah let's do it 30 Sep 2022, 15:29, Sam: We could also consider short-term lets (like, 2-3 months - could give us time to find a forever home, though it's a complex decision) 30 Sep 2022, 15:30, Sam: You also pay more: my family once (when a renovation overran) spent iirc £18k/mo - which was more money back in circa 2010 - on a shitty three-bedroom super-spartan flat in Highbury 30 Sep 2022, 15:33, Sam: Oh shit, I was talking in entirely selfish terms - of course neither my aunt nor her friend would mind if you shared it, but it's a one-bedroom flat (and I think my aunt thought she'd offer it free or for a peppercorn rent) 30 Sep 2022, 15:33, Sam: ^ but yeah, as my aunt said, it would be entirely up to you but it's more that she thought you wouldn't want to live in such straitened circs 30 Sep 2022, 15:33, Sam: (based on the impression of you that I probably gave, lol) 30 Sep 2022, 15:34, Sam: 30 Sep 2022, 15:34, Sam: 30 Sep 2022, 15:54, Sam: I say 'friend' in deference to my aunt - they lived across the street in Hammersmith, they now live across the street in Harrowschoolville, and it's a bit of a transparent Susan Sontag / Annie Leibovitz sort of fiction 1 Oct 2022, 09:23, Sam: 1 Oct 2022, 09:23, Sam: 1 Oct 2022, 09:23, Sam: 1 Oct 2022, 09:24, Sam: That’s how they did Pearl Harbor 2 Oct 2022, 11:35, Damien: Hahahahaha I don’t think 7 inches is anything to shout about lol 2 Oct 2022, 11:36, Damien: Lol that’s the exact one I use too 2 Oct 2022, 11:36, Damien: Yes let’s do it 🙌🏼 2 Oct 2022, 20:28, Damien: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/127624124#/?channel=RES_LET 2 Oct 2022, 20:28, Damien: Darling what do you make of this? 2 Oct 2022, 20:39, Sam: Ooh, let me look now! I’ve finally just got to the Goodge St flat 2 Oct 2022, 20:39, Sam: Where I am in perhaps the greatest Grindr hookup location: above Mr Toppers 2 Oct 2022, 20:39, Sam: … 2 Oct 2022, 20:40, Sam: You deleted this message. 2 Oct 2022, 20:40, Damien: Oh fab, what’s it like there? 2 Oct 2022, 20:40, Sam: 2 Oct 2022, 20:40, Sam: It’s actually very nice tbh - small-ish but very well finished 2 Oct 2022, 20:40, Damien: Hahahhahaha 2 Oct 2022, 20:41, Damien: Oh gosh 2 Oct 2022, 20:41, Sam: “For men & women” 😳 2 Oct 2022, 20:41, Sam: Mr Toppers goes both ways 2 Oct 2022, 20:41, Sam: Lol sorry I’m too amused by Mr Toppers to care about anything else - you should come by if/when you’re back à Londres 2 Oct 2022, 20:42, Sam: I’ll look at that flat now 2 Oct 2022, 20:42, Sam: And the others… 2 Oct 2022, 20:42, Sam: Also yeah, lol, that’s a bit bizarre 2 Oct 2022, 20:43, Sam: I mean, not to judge, obviously, but weird to make it the leading thing on your profile 4 Oct 2022, 00:50, Sam: 4 Oct 2022, 00:50, Sam: Actually I don’t know why I wouldn’t do that - we’re never going to get it out of him otherwise 🤷‍♀️ 4 Oct 2022, 00:51, Sam: Like, Christ, it’s a sum of money I’d not even pick up if I dropped it 4 Oct 2022, 07:52, Damien: Oh yes what was the cleaning. 4 Oct 2022, 07:52, Damien: Hahah do 4 Oct 2022, 07:52, Damien: He would be counting on that. 4 Oct 2022, 07:53, Damien: It’s the “ASAP” and the “URGENT ⚠️” which annoys me. 4 Oct 2022, 07:55, Damien: He’s so quick to get his deposit back 4 Oct 2022, 10:33, Sam: 4 Oct 2022, 10:33, Sam: (Nor in mine, nor _was_ or is it urgent, but then nor is this) 4 Oct 2022, 10:44, Damien: I was tempted to be petty and ignore the URGENT !!!!!!! ⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️ 4 Oct 2022, 10:44, Damien: Which translates to “ drop what you’re doing and send me money” 4 Oct 2022, 11:59, Sam: Yeah, I saw them as they came in, but I'd sooner eat a hedgehog than dance attendance on Kieran and his 'urgent' shrieks for money 4 Oct 2022, 12:01, Sam: I will 100% pay this far more slowly than I would have if he'd sent it without that ... just out of sheer bloody-mindedness 4 Oct 2022, 12:06, Sam: Haha yeah I think that's an apt translation - obv it's justifiable if e.g. one finds oneself stuck in a Mongolian jail without money to pay the bribe, but in these circs there's nothing bloody urgent about it at all 4 Oct 2022, 12:08, Sam: Kieran could perhaps do with a lesson in distinguishing 'urgent' from 'important' ..... along with other concepts, like 'right' from 'wrong', or 'sister' from 'fuckbuddy' 4 Oct 2022, 12:17, Damien: 😂😭😂😭😭😂😂😂😭 4 Oct 2022, 12:17, Damien: ☠️☠️ 4 Oct 2022, 12:17, Damien: LMAO 4 Oct 2022, 12:17, Damien: Did you get follow up messages? 4 Oct 2022, 12:39, Sam: Nope.. I suspect he knew I was - shall we say - _more owed against than owing_, and decided against trying his luck 4 Oct 2022, 12:40, Sam: 4 Oct 2022, 12:41, Sam: (well, not 'tried', it's just who I am - though 'magnanimous' is a more generous descriptor than 'cba') 4 Oct 2022, 12:41, Damien: Yah I suppose. I do not wonder after looking at the inventory, the damage he’s created is going to exceed his £1000 share of the deposit 😅 4 Oct 2022, 12:42, Damien: Not that it matters too much, but can’t imagine him reimbursing, we probably will never hear from him again if that’s the case lol 4 Oct 2022, 12:42, Sam: I mean, like, I don't think I so much as _mentioned_ to him his notional share of the internet bills, for the whole time we were there 4 Oct 2022, 12:43, Sam: really because I don't care about it & nor should he, financially or socially 4 Oct 2022, 12:44, Sam: And yeah, no, like I said, I'd not hand over a penny - to anyone - that I weren't content to lose 4 Oct 2022, 12:44, Sam: with money it's always _adieu_ and never _au revoir_, lol 4 Oct 2022, 13:00, Sam: 4 Oct 2022, 15:13, Sam: 4 Oct 2022, 15:43, Damien: 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 4 Oct 2022, 15:44, Damien: image omitted 4 Oct 2022, 16:06, Sam: I’m not sure I can spare a moment to (properly) look rn, but I should be able to later 4 Oct 2022, 16:06, Sam: Is it urgent, do we need to approve quickly? 4 Oct 2022, 16:06, Sam: Sorry to put this on you 4 Oct 2022, 16:53, Damien: Hahahahahahahhaha 4 Oct 2022, 16:53, Damien: ⚠️⚠️⚠️ 4 Oct 2022, 16:53, Damien: Hopefully he can manage a few hours 4 Oct 2022, 19:36, Sam: Perfecto - will take a look in a moment :) Also, lol, I just spent like ages wondering why the bread wasn't there which I'd bought earlier ..... only to realise my aunt had put it in the cupboard*, which I hadn't considered since I've totally adopted Raz's working-class bread-in-fridge convention *she came round in the morning to fix something, since this flat is hers & I couldn't 4 Oct 2022, 19:37, Sam: Actually tbf I only tend to put the rubbish pre-sliced newsagent-stocked sorta bread in the cupboard .... but that's most of what I buy now, for the same reason (plus Aspergerish preference for simplicity) 4 Oct 2022, 19:38, Sam: ^ in turn, my aunt herself says 'serviette' rather than 'napkin' (from uni I think) and I'm always briefly befuddled by that 4 Oct 2022, 19:38, Sam: (serviette being frightfully non-U, lol) 4 Oct 2022, 19:38, Sam: anyway 4 Oct 2022, 19:39, Sam: after that little disquisition I'm gonna make some toast & then handle the flat stuff 4 Oct 2022, 20:18, Sam: Is it just me, or is this not a sentence: > In addition, Beth Daniell's approach in "Narratives of Literacy: Connecting College Composition to Culture" describes how studies in "little narratives [that] almost all examine literacy in particular local settings" championed by scholars who "seldom make theoretical statements that claim to be valid for literate cultures in general or literate cultures in general," which would allow students to engage in cultural critique (403). I absolutely _cannot_ parse it in any grammatically sensical way... 4 Oct 2022, 20:19, Sam: (from Wikipedia, which is why I'm confused - it's usually very well and consistently written) 4 Oct 2022, 20:20, Sam: (it's talking about some absurd American academic discipline with insipid US-social-progressive jargon, so perhaps the writers are of a lower standard) 4 Oct 2022, 20:52, Sam: More urgently: the deposit thing... 4 Oct 2022, 20:55, Sam: For one, I'm uncertain what 'carpet burn lines' means, whether _carpet burn_ in the sense of friction or whether plain old 'carpet-situated burn-induced lines'.. Also unsure whether 'landing 2' is mine or yours, at a glance - if yours, then prob not the same as the Kieran carpet issue 4 Oct 2022, 20:56, Sam: 'ceiling dents' are plain mystifying - I assume this is confirmed to be us, but I have no clue how we'd dent the ceiling 4 Oct 2022, 20:57, Sam: 'bedroom 2 headboard shaded' - very likely, lol, given my sedentary lifestyle for those months 4 Oct 2022, 20:57, Sam: sedentary and re🙃🙃cumbent 4 Oct 2022, 20:57, Sam: ^ no clue what happened there with the emojii 4 Oct 2022, 20:58, Sam: dw i'm not live blogging the whole thing 4 Oct 2022, 20:59, Sam: basically there are a load of issues she flags, almost all of them certainly rightly, others of them possibly wrongly but (let's be frank) probably rightly 5 Oct 2022, 00:00, Sam: 5 Oct 2022, 00:00, Sam: 5 Oct 2022, 00:02, Sam: (Ok ik there’s one obvious answer but, like, Louis had a similarly big dick and it was definitely apparent in those kindsa clothes, uh, ‘through thick and thin’) 5 Oct 2022, 00:02, Sam: ((ok he still has it, but ykwim)) 5 Oct 2022, 11:24, Damien: hahaha yes unless he's tucked it in the second picture, or was hard in the second picture 5 Oct 2022, 11:24, Damien: maybe he tampered with it. 5 Oct 2022, 11:27, Damien: yahh, all the carpet stains/burns in my room were there previously, I think thats mentioned on the checking in inventory. 5 Oct 2022, 11:27, Damien: @Damien I've checked through the inventory and it all looks reasonable. You OK to follow up with George about deductions, incl. for any further cleaning? I'd recommend pointing out that we left a near-new Hotpoint dryer worth ~£150 -- it's useful for the new tenants and might put him in a more forgiving mood about some of the damage / uncleanliness etc. (of course, if he wants to be an ass about it he * could * count that against us too.. but from what you're saying that sounds unlikely ... :) Also, if you could get a sense from him about how long deposit return is likely to take, that'd be v helpful :) Thank you! @Damien @Sam Robinson-Adams 2 In terms of sharing the cost of deductions (incl. for any further cleaning), I suggest we split these equally 3 ways. Any objections? :) 5 Oct 2022, 11:28, Damien: L 5 Oct 2022, 11:29, Damien: Lol is it just me or does this sound so obnoxious "Also, if you could get a sense from him about how long deposit return is likely to take, that'd be v helpful :) Thank you!" 5 Oct 2022, 11:29, Damien: I suggest we split these equally 3 ways. Any objections? :) 5 Oct 2022, 11:29, Damien: well of he would suggest that after incinerating half of his carpet lol 5 Oct 2022, 11:30, Damien: Anyway Im not particularly rushed when it comes to getting the deposit. We can put that on the back burner. 5 Oct 2022, 11:31, Damien: There is more urgent things that need to be dealt with ASAP ⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️ 5 Oct 2022, 11:32, Damien: Did you have a chance to look at any more flats… I’m just thinking I need to sort something out in London soon, this short stint in Ireland is reversing all my Therpay over the last year 🫠🫠🫠 5 Oct 2022, 12:00, Sam: Yeah I’m quite curious, lol - I s’pose for some people it’s quite a drastic difference 5 Oct 2022, 12:01, Sam: Ah ok nice - I wasn’t sure whether she was aware of the checkin inventory, given some of what she said, though perhaps she’s not meant to be 5 Oct 2022, 12:01, Sam: ^ I mean Inventoria the inventory lady 5 Oct 2022, 12:03, Sam: Yeah I entirely agree - I’m inclined to agree (whether quickly or not) to the inventory, not for that reason but because they’ve been so decent that I think quibbling over some minor details would be kieranic 5 Oct 2022, 12:04, Sam: (Incidentally I was thinking the other day that the Russian _poshlost_ - which I vaguely remember from Nabokov - is quite close synonym of _kieranicity_) 5 Oct 2022, 12:05, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poshlost 5 Oct 2022, 12:05, Sam: Anyway yes this is also my priority - it may seem like a good situation but I’ll go clinically stir crazy if I’m alone in this flat much longer 5 Oct 2022, 12:06, Sam: Honestly I think we should probably minimise the ‘in tray’ of newly found flats - ie add only the really really urgently good ones - and instead just methodically go through & view the ones we already accumulated 6 Oct 2022, 22:22, Sam: 6 Oct 2022, 22:23, Damien: 😂😂😂 6 Oct 2022, 23:29, Sam: Also, apropos of the poetry recitation stuff I was banging on about, the short reading at the very start of this doc is the perfect counterpoint to Simon Schama’s reading (the one I was complaining about) of the same poem: https://youtu.be/pUGVqup9ZGo It’s weirdly difficult to say what the difference is…. The one above isn’t perfect, but it’s _felt_, whereas the Schama one is ham-acted, voulu, there’s nothing quite behind the eyes 6 Oct 2022, 23:31, Sam: Oh it seems I didn’t link the Schama originally - this is it: https://youtu.be/BoFSHSnbY10 (dgmw, I liked his book on the Revolution, but he’s also an old ham and this reading is true to form) 6 Oct 2022, 23:37, Sam: Also prob helps that the first and last stanzas are the heights of that poem - Auden in his very rare moments of greatness - while the middle and _especially_ the second stanza make you feel like he was paid by the word But still there’s a difference, there’s a kind of auctoritas, a gravitas, to the second guy, that Schama most definitely lacks 6 Oct 2022, 23:37, Sam: Anyway more importantly: I really ought to get more serious about finding a flat - do you have any preferences at the mo? 7 Oct 2022, 18:22, Damien: image omitted 8 Oct 2022, 00:12, Sam: Oh god is this about the deposit? I usually reckon on a timescale of 'weeks at best, between a month and two months at worst' - he seems to be expecting it on the timescale of a (pre-FPS) bank transfer 8 Oct 2022, 13:10, Damien: image omitted 8 Oct 2022, 14:44, Damien: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/127866086#/?channel=RES_LET 8 Oct 2022, 14:45, Damien: what do you think darling? 8 Oct 2022, 14:46, Sam: LOL - this is absurd… with a bit more standard conversational hedging (“I’m a bit stuck without that money because I need to pay for [x]”) it could have been ok, but as it stands he almost makes it sound like _your_ duty 8 Oct 2022, 14:46, Sam: I’m not even sure which word to italicise at the end there 8 Oct 2022, 14:46, Sam: (It’s a bit like Ancient Greek pronunciation) 8 Oct 2022, 14:47, Sam: Just looking 👀 8 Oct 2022, 14:47, Damien: Hhahahaha 8 Oct 2022, 14:47, Damien: I suspect George is a busy man 8 Oct 2022, 14:48, Damien: Im not bombarding him with messages over a bloody deposit 8 Oct 2022, 14:48, Damien: of which his share is £1000 8 Oct 2022, 14:48, Damien: and unlikely to get back 8 Oct 2022, 14:51, Sam: Sorry for the delay, was just … lighting? … the kettle 8 Oct 2022, 14:52, Sam: (Heating the kettle? Turning the kettle on? Doesn’t one of Pinter’s play contain an argument about this?) 8 Oct 2022, 14:52, Sam: Anyway 8 Oct 2022, 14:53, Sam: Flat looks very nice, formally perfect in terms of bathrooms etc I guess save for the ~adjacency~ nextness of the bedrooms, and price v good 8 Oct 2022, 14:53, Sam: I’ll take a look at the new ones now - I was gonna say, I’ve been really remiss in not working on this, and I ought to get some viewings booked for this weekend 8 Oct 2022, 14:53, Sam: Or tomorrow, realistically (or even then unrealistically) 8 Oct 2022, 14:54, Sam: Also what do you want to do in terms of viewings? Shall we try to get video viewings? I’d prob favour that _for a first viewing_ anyway, since most places we’ll exclude, and I/we can always do a second 8 Oct 2022, 14:54, Damien: I plan to be in Lonodn next week at some point. Need to sort it out, so i absolutely could do some bookings 8 Oct 2022, 14:55, Sam: Yeah I don’t blame you here - also I don’t think Kieran realises (fuck knows how not) that the overwhelming likelihood is that we’ll owe George, not vice Vera’s 8 Oct 2022, 14:55, Sam: vice versa dammit 8 Oct 2022, 14:55, Damien: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/127000211#/?channel=RES_LET 8 Oct 2022, 14:56, Damien: Yes, especially with burning his carpet up. I wonder if his damages are capped at his deposit or will he be willing to reimburse us haha 8 Oct 2022, 14:56, Sam: Oh nice! How long for? I’d offer you a place to crash, but it may be close quarters Xxxx 8 Oct 2022, 14:56, Sam: Ugh 8 Oct 2022, 14:56, Sam: Why the fuck did autocorrect insert those xes 8 Oct 2022, 14:57, Sam: An especially creepy message to do it on - lol, sorry 8 Oct 2022, 14:57, Sam: 👀 8 Oct 2022, 14:57, Sam: Yeaaaah I don’t think we’ll get any money back under circs like those 8 Oct 2022, 14:58, Sam: The reason one only trusts Kieran as far as one can throw him is that the threat of throwing him is the only way to trust he’ll do anything 8 Oct 2022, 14:58, Sam: So yeah, under circs like that, with no sword of Damocles dangling over him, _no chance_ 8 Oct 2022, 15:02, Sam: Also South Ken one is very nice - though somewhat expensive and partly (?) unfurnished.. I don’t recognise the road name so lemme check that, one mo 8 Oct 2022, 15:03, Sam: Ohhhh it’s in the Ultrastational Lands, sorta beyond Exhibition Rd and above whatever it’s called (is it Cromwell Rd st that ooh T?) that runs east-west, but not yet at Ken High St 8 Oct 2022, 15:04, Sam: at that point, lol, not ‘st that ooh T?’) 8 Oct 2022, 15:04, Sam: Not a bad thing but I just don’t know what they’re like 8 Oct 2022, 15:05, Sam: Sorta place I’ve never had a reason to walk through, only due to the vagaries of what’s nearby and what one might need to walk to - no blot on its escutcheon 8 Oct 2022, 15:05, Sam: Guess there’s just never happened to be a thing or event that’s driven me there 8 Oct 2022, 15:06, Sam: If you’re down in London we could head there and have a stroll, if we like the flat? 8 Oct 2022, 15:06, Sam: Or house rather 8 Oct 2022, 16:28, Sam: On first thoughts, should we perhaps be brutally efficient and focus narrowly on a handful of flats that we like? How long can we bear living like this? I don't mind this flat at all, and the aloneness is nice for work, but I feel terrible for Tig and Pig every time I realise how much they miss the outside 8 Oct 2022, 22:49, Sam: This is very nice, if you try to see it through the clearly-self-taken photos (more truthful/honest but thus obv compare poorly with all the professionally-photographed flats): https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/59841528/?search_identifier=7e35c2b439e7d81ed6310a88ff42d795 8 Oct 2022, 22:50, Sam: ^ also very cheap, which you also have to judge it in relation to - aaand I'm not sure about the twin beds, but Brie de meaux I'd be happy to take them 8 Oct 2022, 22:50, Sam: lol I typed that lazily enough that autocorrect figured I meant Brie de meaux rather than faute de mieux 🙃 8 Oct 2022, 22:59, Sam: 8 Oct 2022, 23:00, Sam: dammit I meant to correct ‘this note’ to ‘this letter’ but screwed it up 8 Oct 2022, 23:02, Sam: also just LOL at sending a 9yo a note with the sentence “[we hope] the response to Mill, that James Stephen made, is interesting from the perspective of someone writing in the 1870s” 9 Oct 2022, 13:35, Damien: Sorry darling for not replying. I've been swamped with messages. I've think that i'll be back in London in Tuesday. I'm not too sure, but at the very latest on Thursday. 9 Oct 2022, 13:38, Damien: For the flat search, should be both create separate lists of what we find, merge them, and then independently rank them, and then maybe few the top 5? 9 Oct 2022, 13:38, Damien: what do you think 9 Oct 2022, 13:38, Damien: im going to take an hour now to have a look :) 9 Oct 2022, 13:39, Sam: That would be quite a fascinating exercise actually - I was wondering (while explaining our process out loud to my parents) to what extent we moderate / adjust our own judgements so we end up more or less aligning.. since it can’t be that we entirely agree 🤷‍♀️ 9 Oct 2022, 13:41, Damien: Book1.xlsx document omitted 9 Oct 2022, 13:44, Damien: We did it on these criteria before, but that one took forever, and i think works best if we're in the same room haha. If we took an average of the ranking we should find a selection of ones we both like, instead of going through each one one by one. 9 Oct 2022, 13:45, Damien: I imagine there will be quite a lot of overlap in the lists. 9 Oct 2022, 13:51, Damien: Interestingly the Beauchuamp Place apartment is still online haha 9 Oct 2022, 17:00, Sam: Ah, yeah, I'd have expected most of them would be, tbh! Interesting they're going so quickly 9 Oct 2022, 17:00, Sam: Not because places don't go quickly, but because, by whatever principle of statistics I'm sure you're familiar with, the ones we're most likely to encounter at any given point are those which have 'survived' the longest 9 Oct 2022, 17:01, Sam: Also, sorry, my afternoon turned out to be quite distracting - I can book in as many video viewings as we need this week though, and hopefully, as always, it'll happen very very quickly once we start actually doing it 9 Oct 2022, 17:02, Sam: 'slowly, then all at once', to quote from that shitty movie I watched in the sixth form, The Fault in our Stars 9 Oct 2022, 17:02, Sam: (such a superb line but such an embarrassing source) 9 Oct 2022, 17:06, Damien: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eRI6dXR6EvKM7cwikWXBYph5y3q73e7hXPSqVbWvqWo/edit?usp=sharing 9 Oct 2022, 17:09, Damien: Yes i'm sure some initial video viewings should help with the short list. I've just went through Rightmove, and created a list. There were some flats which still haven't been taken. I've ranked them in order of preference. Do you wnat to add some on yourself, and then we can rank all of them, and then start eliminating some. 9 Oct 2022, 23:36, Sam: Shit, sorry, I'll do the same - I've been horribly busy with various chores etc (and procrastinating) 9 Oct 2022, 23:36, Sam: I feel so horrible for Tig and Pig every day we're here - I'm extremely keen to find somewhere asap really 9 Oct 2022, 23:37, Sam: (not that it's a horrid place, but i know - well, for Pig - it's just heartrending that she's lost the outside world) 9 Oct 2022, 23:50, Sam: Oh I've sent you a request to edit the sheet, but no worries if not, I can duplicate it and copy them in later 10 Oct 2022, 00:21, Sam: OK, I've added a few new ones in my copy: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PqAPN6uPdkgl6KiIZ-3Uble2WuqBN8XI2PTYQ5Wo0a0/edit?usp=sharing 10 Oct 2022, 00:23, Sam: I also cut off (not in your copy!) the last bunch of your ones, drawing the boundary at 6 rows (for no good reason really - I was gonna do 5 but I like South Ken, whereas I don't really Earls Court or West Ken or [at our age] Little Venice) 10 Oct 2022, 00:24, Sam: Aaand for want of time I've only reviewed two of yours - I haven't even reviewed the last one of _mine_, lol 10 Oct 2022, 00:24, Sam: (It's quite hard to reëvaluate the other ones / where it should rank as the rank column grows longer - as you must know I guess) 10 Oct 2022, 00:27, Sam: Oh shit also: I decided to limit myself to £4k for that quick run (just bc the lower end was a bit unrepresented, and bc I don't think the market is SO efficient that you can't find bargains under that) 10 Oct 2022, 00:27, Sam: And also because I'm sure you covered well the range you were looking in 10 Oct 2022, 00:28, Sam: But I'll have a quick glance tomorrow morn in the higher range to confirm 10 Oct 2022, 00:28, Sam: I perhaps should've done under £4.5k or something, but I wanted a challenge (and check out the one I ranked 1st, right by South Ken and utterly gorgeous) 10 Oct 2022, 00:28, Sam: right by South Ken station* 10 Oct 2022, 09:36, Damien: Hahaha yes it takes a few adjustments, can be quite taxing ahha 10 Oct 2022, 09:36, Damien: Yes, I suspect that there will be a few that will be added today. 10 Oct 2022, 09:40, Damien: Yes I loved this one too. The building its in, isn't the nicest. although at that price its works perfect. 10 Oct 2022, 09:41, Damien: What did you make of the one in Pimlico. I know we decided against that area but it some how appeared in my search. 10 Oct 2022, 09:41, Damien: Its done to such a high standard, from the cornicing, to the parke and marble flooring 10 Oct 2022, 19:52, Sam: Yeah, I’ll do some more reviewing now - and I loved the one in Pimlico (maybe I need to evaluate again, though I’d be interested in your thoughts on my 1st-ranked one - the location is fantastic, as is the flat, and the price, and … I honestly struggle to see much wrong with it) 10 Oct 2022, 19:53, Sam: 10 Oct 2022, 20:19, Damien: I think it’s gone darling 🤯🥲 I did love it, my only issue was that it was in an apartment block, but thinking about that again it probably doesn’t matter. 10 Oct 2022, 20:19, Damien: I will have a double Check if any new ones have been added on zoopla this eve or tomorrow morning. 10 Oct 2022, 20:20, Damien: Im back in London on Thursday morning and wanted to schedule some viewings for my one piece of mind shall we confirm in the morning which ones and I’ll call around? x 10 Oct 2022, 20:22, Damien: Also darling is it possible if I can stay with you on Thursday night, even in your reception area. If not I totally understand. I just have been out of the loop with people and don’t want to get back in contact with asking if I can stay in their flat. It’s surprising to get a somewhat decent hotel in London it’s a £500+ 10 Oct 2022, 22:01, Sam: Oh yeah of course, no problem at all! I’ll have to tidy up, haha - I can’t remember if I offered, but I was at least considering offering, and my only doubt was whether you’d want somewhere nicer 😄 10 Oct 2022, 22:06, Sam: Oh no worries if it’s gone - though what do you mean about the apartment block? Do you just mean in the generic sense, a building with lots of flats (vs a house with a few)? Or do you mean something more specific, like mansions or council blocks? 10 Oct 2022, 22:36, Sam: Incidentally, I’d not have watched this but for YouTube’s recs, but it’s quite an interesting short discussion: https://youtu.be/_-dHmu4AXnA (He’s obv, well, I gather the UK equivalent is Jeremy Kyle - I’d not expected much, but he’s bloody right, I have to say, at least about the hypocrisy and snobbery in someone like Paxman’s criticism… I think Paxman is right that, from my second- and third-hand knowledge, the UK press _is_ slightly more responsible about ethics / what’s in the public interest, and I also obviously wouldn’t watch either myself, but the criticism of the one (working class catfight shows) and not the other (celebrity news, prurient reportage of non-celebrities) is insupportable) 10 Oct 2022, 22:38, Sam: ^ sorry, I tell a lie: I did watch Jeremy Kyle once as a teenager – with someone from my school who lived in ‘Gants Hill’ and was maybe on a scholarship or else whose dad was probably a black cab driver, but whose family in any case were the sort of people who watched it (I mean no judgement!) – and I can’t remember being a huge fan of it but I suppose I can understand what the appeal consists in.. 10 Oct 2022, 22:39, Sam: Anyway, long story short: it’s a very interesting albeit very short exchange, and Jerry Springer comes off as a surprisingly likeable/sympathetic man 10 Oct 2022, 22:40, Sam: Aaand I will now look at some flats 11 Oct 2022, 09:04, Sam: Also, I really don’t get Paxman’s appeal to people.. He can be good occasionally, very evidently when he respects the subject (he did a good interview with ol Christopher Hitchens at the end of his life), but at the other end of the spectrum the tone of dripping, de haut en bas contempt is the opposite of productive I remember almost warming to Tommy Robinson when he was being snarled at by old Pax Britannica, on Newsnight, about what it was like to be working class… (That interview seems now to have been expurgated from the internet 🤨) 11 Oct 2022, 12:54, Damien: I can definitely see Springers point. I think the people who went on his show knew what it was all about and probably ramped up the hysteria to get on it in the first place. I've watched both Jeremy Kyle and Jerry Springer for sheer morbid curiosity, and I can tell you its more a joke on the Springer show, just ridiculous people shouting at each other. I don't think Springer tries to intervene or offer help, only to ramp up the drama. In my opinion the Kyle show is more worse, he gets these really emotionally troubled people on and makes fun of them in the most sanctimonious way and pretending to care. Its at least refreshing that Springer is honest, unlike Paxman who is just disagreeing to put himself in a better light, he'd probably step over these people if they were dying in the street lol. 11 Oct 2022, 12:55, Damien: Oh it doesn't matter too much, i was just being precious in wanting a a house. 11 Oct 2022, 12:56, Damien: Hahaha thank you so much, I have a flight at 6:30 in the morning from City so i probably won't sleep. I may do another sweep on flats then 11 Oct 2022, 12:57, Damien: In the mean time did you manage to find anymore flats? 11 Oct 2022, 14:47, Damien: I’ve made two bookings so far for Thursday, the Pimlico one and the the Shoreditch one. Waiting to hear from Cromwell Gardens. As for Egerton, I lost my patience with some pushy yuppie and hung up haha Of the 4 you added. One was gone, the other just had one bathroom, I didn’t like the Hans place one and the Glendower you ranked quite low… 11 Oct 2022, 14:49, Damien: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/127452140#/?channel=RES_LET 11 Oct 2022, 14:49, Damien: This one has been reduced again 11 Oct 2022, 14:51, Damien: I mean if i don't get any other viewings on Thursday I could book this in. Whilst I ranked it the lowest, i quite like the flat, just not the price and the size. 11 Oct 2022, 14:52, Damien: It can't hurt to to put in an offer in at 4250 and see what happens. 11 Oct 2022, 14:52, Damien: wdyt. 11 Oct 2022, 14:53, Damien: Also the viewings for pimlico and Shoreditch are at Noon and 13:30, do you think you'd be able to come? 11 Oct 2022, 15:04, Damien: 11 Oct 2022, 21:51, Sam: Shit, sorry, I’ve been so nightmarishly busy today - free now, though, and will take a look at your flat messages - also sure absolutely I can come! 11 Oct 2022, 21:53, Sam: Also yeah we should do this more - they’ll all be in high demand, but ultimately it’s not the NYSE, it’s still only valued at whatever some guy might happen to come along and pay 11 Oct 2022, 21:53, Sam: It’s not securities _on_ the NYSE - eh, you know what I mean 12 Oct 2022, 14:26, Damien: image omitted 12 Oct 2022, 14:26, Damien: image omitted 12 Oct 2022, 14:27, Damien: URGENT!!!!! 12 Oct 2022, 14:27, Damien: I can’t with him 12 Oct 2022, 14:35, Sam: Oh Jesus Christ 12 Oct 2022, 14:35, Sam: In nomine patris et filii et cetera et cetera 12 Oct 2022, 14:35, Damien: He’s just going to piss everyone of haha 12 Oct 2022, 14:35, Sam: How does he expect this to be a quick process? 12 Oct 2022, 14:36, Sam: Yeah they’re just going to be even slower 12 Oct 2022, 14:36, Sam: I hope to god he doesn’t ever get anyone pregnant 12 Oct 2022, 14:36, Damien: HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA 12 Oct 2022, 14:36, Sam: “I was expecting baby to arrive the next day, but I am informed that baby will take nine months. This is unacceptable.”..: 12 Oct 2022, 14:37, Sam: “My sister and I were planning to go on holiday” 12 Oct 2022, 14:37, Damien: 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 12 Oct 2022, 14:37, Damien: Omg 12 Oct 2022, 14:37, Damien: LMAO 12 Oct 2022, 14:37, Sam: Ugh god, it’s especially annoying given they’ve been so decent, and given we’d be lucky if we don’t get a negative amount anyway 12 Oct 2022, 14:37, Damien: 😂😂😂 12 Oct 2022, 14:37, Sam: Haha god I don’t want to think about kieran any more 12 Oct 2022, 14:38, Sam: I can’t believe this - he’s not even moving into a new fucking flat?!? 12 Oct 2022, 14:38, Sam: I mean aside from edward’s 12 Oct 2022, 14:38, Sam: House, rather 12 Oct 2022, 14:38, Sam: Speaking of which, have we heard from Edward lately? Not that I’m necessarily expecting a Tartuffe or Mother Bates sort of situation, but …. I’m not expecting it _not_ to happen either 12 Oct 2022, 15:30, Damien: image omitted 12 Oct 2022, 15:30, Damien: Poor Edward 12 Oct 2022, 15:31, Damien: 😂😂😂 12 Oct 2022, 15:31, Damien: video omitted 12 Oct 2022, 15:33, Damien: This is the Cromwell garden flat 12 Oct 2022, 15:33, Damien: What do you think? 12 Oct 2022, 23:24, Sam: It looks quite incredible - my only concern is Pimlico, not that it's _not nice_ but that we might later regret getting somewhere that's ... well, not more central, actually less central (taking Charing Cross as the traditional centre point of London), but in a nicer bit of central London 12 Oct 2022, 23:29, Sam: Wait, Cromwell Gardens is South Ken.. For some reason I got it into my head that this was the Pimlico flat! That's incredible then, what's the catch? I can't quite believe that.... 12 Oct 2022, 23:30, Sam: > That's incredible ... I can't quite believe that god I really need to remember the meaning of the word 'incredible'... 12 Oct 2022, 23:32, Sam: Haha what the hell? That's bizarre, I hope this isn't some kieranic scam... 12 Oct 2022, 23:36, Sam: You deleted this message. 12 Oct 2022, 23:39, Sam: oh shit ignore me, that's a comma in the number, imma delete that because it's a bit vu[]lgar now 12 Oct 2022, 23:46, Sam: 12 Oct 2022, 23:47, Sam: Just in the sense of looking for a flat in Knightsbridge, lol - just realised that might be a bit vague 13 Oct 2022, 10:01, Sam: Btw if you need my address, it’s 61 Goodge St W1T 1TL (A lot of ‘1T’ in there, as a certain purveyor of fine medicaments observed the other day) 13 Oct 2022, 10:02, Sam: Oh it’s also Flat 2, but I’ll be expecting you so I v much doubt I’ll somehow not be contactable (and you’ll need me to let you in no matter what) 13 Oct 2022, 10:03, Sam: I guess in an absolute emergency, like I fall dead or something, I’m told the hairdresser below has a secret passageway type thing into the building (if you tell them you know my aunt (Susan, I suppose, to them)) 13 Oct 2022, 10:28, Damien: Oh fab darling. Haha was that Bernerd? 13 Oct 2022, 10:30, Damien: image omitted 13 Oct 2022, 10:30, Damien: image omitted 13 Oct 2022, 10:38, Damien: Oh this has been cancelled 🫠 13 Oct 2022, 10:59, Sam: Yeah, it was Brendan, lol (This mixup always makes me want to call him Bernard Braden (Alex’s great-grandfather)) 13 Oct 2022, 12:31, Damien: I’ll see you soon 13 Oct 2022, 12:31, Damien: Location: https://maps.google.com/?q=51.502098,0.062461 13 Oct 2022, 12:32, Sam: Oh god I ought to tidy up - also I can’t promise you much, though you’re very welcome to some meth, which I’ve been taking for about 24 hours straight because I have waaay too much stuff to deal with and still somehow not manage to give any to looking for flats ☠️ 13 Oct 2022, 12:33, Sam: But yeah, it’s a small place and I’ve made it feel smaller by way of lots of mess (some of it incidental, some of it deliberate, like turning sections of the place into cat adventures out of guilt for Tig and Pig) 13 Oct 2022, 12:34, Damien: Oh dammit, I should of brought the Modafinal I bought 13 Oct 2022, 13:03, Sam: Oh no worries, the meth suits me fine for now - not great but I did stop for a while (I was just too busy to do it, lol), so I’m confident it’s not a heroin-kind addiction 13 Oct 2022, 13:04, Sam: I mean, if I had a wonder drug I were taking every day because it were enjoyable and productive and life-improving and had no side effects, I don’t know how one would distinguish that from addiction, by the vulgar model of addiction.. I tend to go by Kingsley Amis’s test, ‘are you getting more out of it than it’s taking out of you?’, by which it’s not exactly roundly good but it scrapes a clear enough ‘pass’ **That being said, Modafinil is my plan, since it’s the one other good stimulant that’s biochemically unrelated to meth (as in, not just by chemical/structural similarity, but by the receptors it acts on) 13 Oct 2022, 13:15, Sam: Oh shit are you basically here 13 Oct 2022, 13:15, Sam: By the looks of it 13 Oct 2022, 13:15, Damien: Hahaa yah sorry 13 Oct 2022, 13:15, Sam: God I cannot promise you much - of myself or of the flat 13 Oct 2022, 13:15, Sam: I’ll head down, one sec 13 Oct 2022, 13:15, Damien: Oh darling don’t worry whatsoever 13 Oct 2022, 13:16, Damien: I’m so grateful for letting me stay xx 13 Oct 2022, 16:45, Sam: Haha, I imagine less so now 😂 Sorry for being in such a state, both me and the flat - a bit like Humbert going to Dolores’s trailer park trailer to see her middle-aged and fat 13 Oct 2022, 16:45, Sam: But no probs, it’s probably slightly better than sleeping on the street, albeit less spacious 13 Oct 2022, 19:11, Damien: No still very grateful darling. The flat was much better than Rainsford st used to be on an average day haha 13 Oct 2022, 19:18, Damien: Sam darling, are you still up for a drink With Edward? 13 Oct 2022, 19:32, Sam: Oh gosh, sorry, yes, absolutely! Very keen in fact 13 Oct 2022, 19:33, Sam: (I mean I’d always love to see Edward, but especially now given I very much want to be debriefed on his Kieranfrage) 13 Oct 2022, 19:35, Sam: My god that’s a bleak judgement of Rainsford St 😂 13 Oct 2022, 19:37, Sam: I think I basically adopted the Muselmann strategy / posture in response to Kieran & his goings-on 13 Oct 2022, 19:38, Damien: Perfect. Can you come to soho by 8:30 13 Oct 2022, 19:38, Sam: I’m keen to hear what Edward has done: fight, flight, freeze, or fawn 👀 13 Oct 2022, 19:38, Damien: Actually I’ll come back and we can go together x 13 Oct 2022, 19:38, Sam: Yeah sure - where in Soho? 13 Oct 2022, 19:39, Damien: I think he said comptons which is quite quiet 13 Oct 2022, 19:39, Damien: I mean we can go anywhere 13 Oct 2022, 19:39, Sam: Oh yeah that also works, though I’m easy! It’s only a 5-10 min walk to _the nearest corner of_ Soho - which I think is the busiest one 13 Oct 2022, 19:39, Sam: Oh yeah let’s do it - yeah I think it’s a straight walk down to Soho Sq and then not far to Comptons iirc 13 Oct 2022, 19:39, Sam: That’s the ursine one, right? Lol 13 Oct 2022, 19:47, Sam: 13 Oct 2022, 19:47, Damien: Yes exactly x 13 Oct 2022, 19:47, Sam: (I _probably_ should not do this, but also do I _really_ want to bet on making it to … is it 55? 🙃) 13 Oct 2022, 19:48, Sam: Ah nice, perfect 👌 👌 13 Oct 2022, 19:48, Sam: Not that I’m into bears but it’s got a sweet atmosphere I think 13 Oct 2022, 20:01, Sam: Heya - when are you back, roughly (if indeed you are coming back first)? Just wondering when to schedule my whore’s bath 😶 13 Oct 2022, 20:01, Sam: Wish I could have a bloody whore’s sleep too 13 Oct 2022, 20:19, Damien: Oh gosh sorry darling 13 Oct 2022, 20:19, Damien: I should be with in 10 Mis. 13 Oct 2022, 20:19, Sam: Nah no woz 13 Oct 2022, 20:19, Damien: Mins 13 Oct 2022, 20:19, Damien: Does that work? 13 Oct 2022, 20:20, Sam: Cool cool! Btw, if you ever get stuck without me for any reason, there’s the aforementioned hairdresser trick (or just wait for someone else to go in and say you’re in flat 2), and then I’m told there’s a spare key on some sort of electricity thing in the vestibule or possibly not far outside it 13 Oct 2022, 20:20, Sam: And yeah that works great :) 13 Oct 2022, 20:29, Damien: Thank you xx 13 Oct 2022, 20:30, Damien: Location: https://maps.google.com/?q=51.519970,-0.144835 14 Oct 2022, 01:27, Damien: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/127990034#/floorplan?activePlan=1&id=media2&channel=RES_LET 14 Oct 2022, 01:31, Damien: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/127979357#/?channel=RES_LET 14 Oct 2022, 02:46, Damien: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62630167/?search_identifier=e87a13c27ead0329da3b11e2daa5982b 14 Oct 2022, 07:11, Damien: Thank you so much for letting me stay. I hope I didn’t get in the way too much 😅. Arrived at LYC with plenty of time, and the had to go through 30 mins of security 14 Oct 2022, 07:11, Damien: Last one on the plane as usual lol 14 Oct 2022, 07:11, Damien: Did I happen to leave my folder there 14 Oct 2022, 13:18, Sam: Oh gosh, sorry, let me check in 5 mins! I can’t immediately see it but it’s very possible 14 Oct 2022, 13:19, Sam: Oh also, speak of the devil: Khaki Kwashiorkor lost the chancellery 14 Oct 2022, 13:21, Sam: Or whatever he’s called …. lol, Kamikaze Kumquat, great horror of Guardian cartoonists 14 Oct 2022, 16:48, Damien: I can’t think where else it would be.🫠 14 Oct 2022, 16:49, Damien: OMG 14 Oct 2022, 16:49, Damien: Too good 14 Oct 2022, 16:49, Damien: Lol it’s so bad 🫠 14 Oct 2022, 16:49, Damien: What was the name of that estate agent you sent that money to? 14 Oct 2022, 16:55, Sam: Oh gosh sorry, it is here, yeah, it’s on the microwave - do you need me to send photos of anything? I’m happy to 14 Oct 2022, 16:56, Sam: Also yeah that video is brilliant 14 Oct 2022, 16:56, Sam: And btw I’ve emailed you a thread that has loads of contact details etc within it 14 Oct 2022, 16:56, Sam: No pressure, do whatever you fancy doing! :) and grazie mille in case you do have time 14 Oct 2022, 16:57, Damien: Oh no, I can manage with out it. It’s very nice here darling you should come 14 Oct 2022, 17:00, Damien: Oh btw, I started acting more weird than usual on the flight. I suspect it was something to do with Brendan’s special T. It was so strange, I thought the tray table was made of fabric, and I ended up scratching it, to investigate whether. God help the passenger beside me. So bizarre. 15 Oct 2022, 07:28, Sam: Oh gosh.. I did think my hallucinations had got more … verisimilar? … as I think I said, iirc in some characteristically opaque explanation, lol 15 Oct 2022, 07:28, Sam: The gates of horn and the gates of ivory, iirc 15 Oct 2022, 07:29, Sam: I’m not a fan of that variety at all, for that and other reasons 👎 15 Oct 2022, 07:29, Sam: I’d love to but that’s the veeeeery last thing on my list rn, lol 15 Oct 2022, 08:43, Damien: Oh yes you have a funeral to attend 15 Oct 2022, 08:43, Damien: 😅 15 Oct 2022, 08:43, Damien: Did you manage to schedule that booking? 15 Oct 2022, 08:51, Sam: Quite… 15 Oct 2022, 08:52, Sam: I’m … gosh I didn’t even know what to say to Alex - ‘looking forward’ doesn’t seem like les mots justes … but I’m glad to be able to be there 15 Oct 2022, 08:53, Sam: You should’ve met her, she was exactly your sort of lady, that whole archetype that the duchess/whateveress from that talk show clip 15 Oct 2022, 08:54, Sam: dammit, _…was also an instance of_ as I meant to finish that sentence 15 Oct 2022, 08:55, Sam: Sort of a failed diva who never compared to her sister or parents and spent her life in this old primrose hill house drinking brandy and smoking the cheapest cigarettes she could get them to sell her at Shepherd’s 15 Oct 2022, 08:55, Sam: No, I was gonna ask actually: is there a good time for you, iff you want to dial in? 15 Oct 2022, 08:56, Sam: I mean obv no pressure to & I can record instead - it’d only be useful I guess if you think you’ll have questions / things to ask me to focus on 15 Oct 2022, 11:43, Damien: Oh I trust you darling x 15 Oct 2022, 22:47, Sam: 15 Oct 2022, 22:47, Sam: Shit ffs I mean Brendan - why does my brain call him George 15 Oct 2022, 22:47, Sam: ie envious of Roman 15 Oct 2022, 22:48, Sam: ^ sorry, context: I can’t recall if I mentioned the exact detail, but last I saw him I described the door as green and he argued that it was definitely grey 15 Oct 2022, 22:48, Damien: Ugh he’s so hot. I’d probably just order drugs just to see him 😂😂 15 Oct 2022, 22:48, Sam: And we had a protracted debate first in person and then over text 15 Oct 2022, 22:49, Sam: LOL I don’t know how you have a crush on him 15 Oct 2022, 22:50, Sam: My attitude has always been the one of that shark from Finding Nemo: fish are friends not food 15 Oct 2022, 22:50, Sam: ie the friends vs food distinction 15 Oct 2022, 23:04, Damien: More lust 🫦 17 Oct 2022, 21:56, Damien: Sam darling did you manage to find that folder I left in your flat 17 Oct 2022, 23:01, Sam: Ah sorry - I did, I think I said above! 17 Oct 2022, 23:01, Sam: Ah yeah, here :) if that’s what you meant 17 Oct 2022, 23:01, Sam: To which you replied 😅 18 Oct 2022, 06:42, Sam: 18 Oct 2022, 09:19, Damien: Am I able to pop round at some point? 18 Oct 2022, 09:19, Sam: Oh sure, definitely! What sort of time? 18 Oct 2022, 09:20, Damien: Maybe 11ish? 18 Oct 2022, 09:24, Damien: https://www.knightfrank.co.uk/properties/residential/to-let/lancaster-gate-hyde-park-london-w2/hpq012274843 18 Oct 2022, 10:37, Sam: Dammit, sorry, yes that works fine! 18 Oct 2022, 10:37, Sam: Or equally any other time 18 Oct 2022, 10:38, Sam: Maybe while you’re here we can book in a viewing for the Oxford Circus flat, just so I don’t forget (well, have it slip under my other tasks) 18 Oct 2022, 10:58, Sam: Fwiw, I feel quite bad accepting these deposit terms - they are ludicrously generous given the almost numberless problems we caused... For one, they took nothing at all for the inventory palaver, or for Kieran's burned carpet, etc... 18 Oct 2022, 10:59, Sam: Part of me wants to simply pay back from my own share 18 Oct 2022, 11:00, Sam: The other, more bloody-minded part of me wants to take a _ruat caelum_ approach and get Kieran to pay back an equal share of what we really owe 18 Oct 2022, 11:00, Sam: Above all: _why are they doing this?_ I just don't understand it - it goes beyond not screwing us over, they've elected to lose a fair amount, at our expense, and for no clear reason 18 Oct 2022, 11:01, Sam: sorry: 'to our advantage', not 'at our expense' 18 Oct 2022, 11:11, Damien: Sorry, does 12 work instead? 18 Oct 2022, 11:11, Damien: We can talk about the above when I come over 18 Oct 2022, 12:03, Damien: Location: https://maps.google.com/?q=51.513393,-0.132335 18 Oct 2022, 12:04, Sam: Ah shot I thought I’d replied - yeah 12 is great :) see ya! 18 Oct 2022, 12:18, Damien: I’m just outside darling x 18 Oct 2022, 12:19, Sam: Oh shit one sec! 18 Oct 2022, 15:44, Sam: Hey, urgently-ish (sorry to be kieranic): 18 Oct 2022, 15:44, Sam: You said Kieran is only owed £1000 of the deposit 18 Oct 2022, 15:44, Damien: Yes that’s right 18 Oct 2022, 15:44, Sam: Is the remainder split equally between us, or is it £2200 to me and the rest to you? 18 Oct 2022, 15:44, Sam: I don’t care, but 18 Oct 2022, 15:45, Damien: Yes I think it worked out like that 18 Oct 2022, 15:45, Sam: I need to confirm what I’m happy with (presumably just the minimum amount I’m comfortable going to me) 18 Oct 2022, 15:45, Sam: In the email thread ^ I mean 18 Oct 2022, 15:45, Sam: Lol, which one of those two? 18 Oct 2022, 15:45, Sam: Please do be honest if it goes to you, I don’t care at all 18 Oct 2022, 15:46, Sam: And it may well 18 Oct 2022, 15:46, Damien: It was split equally 18 Oct 2022, 15:46, Damien: I’m almost sure :) 18 Oct 2022, 15:46, Sam: Ah ok - cool cool, thanks! I guess it doesn’t strictly matter, as long as you and kieran confirm the same 🤷‍♂️ but for your sakes if I were you I’d confirm you’re not being screwed over 18 Oct 2022, 16:20, Sam: 19 Oct 2022, 11:49, Sam: Wait, is the email kieran has sent correct?? That he should get £1226? That seems inaccurate 19 Oct 2022, 11:49, Sam: Esp given the deductions, and if you said he paid in £1k 19 Oct 2022, 11:49, Sam: Unless you’ve agreed something with him since, I would hit pause 19 Oct 2022, 11:50, Damien: Oh I looked again, he did pay £1500. 19 Oct 2022, 11:50, Sam: Oh ok, cool cool 19 Oct 2022, 11:50, Sam: All good then 👍 21 Oct 2022, 00:46, Sam: 21 Oct 2022, 17:34, Sam: image omitted 21 Oct 2022, 17:37, Sam: (sorry, I hate that creepy joke, but I was amused at his ageing in reverse, haha …. also, ignore my messages there, I’m kinda simplifying my ornate sexual pathology 😅) 22 Oct 2022, 09:03, Sam: 22 Oct 2022, 09:22, Damien: Hahhah you should send him Kieran’s way 22 Oct 2022, 11:33, Sam: Haha I should 22 Oct 2022, 11:33, Sam: Btw I’m meaning to do more flat stuff this weekend because I realise I’ve been gravely remiss 22 Oct 2022, 11:34, Sam: Thought this was quite cool, among the new ones - three-bed in a nice location, midway between South Ken station and the Kings Road (not too far down in Philistan), and for a preposterously low price: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62684209/ 22 Oct 2022, 11:35, Sam: (I’m conscious we shouldn’t add too much and should work through the existing pipeline since this is late in the day … but can’t resist *with not too much emphasis* sharing a few) 22 Oct 2022, 11:50, Damien: Omg shall we get it? 22 Oct 2022, 11:50, Damien: The rest of the pipeline is all gone 22 Oct 2022, 11:50, Damien: 😅😅😅 22 Oct 2022, 16:12, Sam: Oh we should - I’m going a bit stir crazy here, some viewings would not do me an ounce of harm 22 Oct 2022, 16:12, Sam: I don’t think I can bear another day cooped up in this flat 22 Oct 2022, 16:13, Sam: Lol - I’ll send some others from the ‘news’ 22 Oct 2022, 16:14, Sam: Nice-ish, just off Sloane Sq to the south, in mansion-block land; extraordinarily cheap: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/47384111/ 22 Oct 2022, 16:15, Sam: Quiiiite nice, Rutland Gate, western edge of K’bridge Pizza Slice #3 (the least nice); mid-priced; is in a ‘20th c’ ‘block’: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/55347992/ 22 Oct 2022, 16:18, Sam: Prime Belgravia (saying that first as it’s really the main perquisite of this one), not super nice st architecturally but v v nice location-wise, sorta between Lowndes Sq and Motcomb St (ie Waitrose); flat itself is mediocre but perfectly nice: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62610168/ 22 Oct 2022, 16:22, Sam: Pretty gorgeous flat; area is that slight no man’s land in a 2min radius of South Ken station; it’s on Fulham Rd but please rest assured it’s not Fulham (mirabile dictu): https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/61775543/ 22 Oct 2022, 16:26, Sam: V nice location, Brompton Rd near K’bridge station; one bedroom is quite Spartan but honestly I’m cool with that, idc that much: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62652996/ 22 Oct 2022, 16:26, Sam: But yeah, this is one for which to look at the floor plan and not the photos 22 Oct 2022, 16:27, Sam: Or indeed just the map, lol 22 Oct 2022, 16:28, Sam: Decor is a tiny bit ‘Benji meets Proust meets council estate gran’ but …. ah I can’t describe this one, maybe just check it out: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/54622248/ 22 Oct 2022, 17:59, Sam: 22 Oct 2022, 18:57, Sam: 25 Oct 2022, 00:47, Sam: 26 Oct 2022, 20:59, Sam: Hey, shit, how have I just thought this: what do you think about where this (ie my current) flat is? It’s cheap for where it is, it’s right next to Soho - aa we saw - and it’s similarly insalubrious, but doesn’t really have an identity (like, people say Fitzrovia, but it doesn’t feel like much more than an arbitrary square drawn on a map … v much unlike eg Soho) 26 Oct 2022, 21:00, Sam: “It is to Soho as Marylebone is to Mayfair”, as those bloody Common Entrance papers would put it 26 Oct 2022, 22:43, Sam: 28 Oct 2022, 12:04, Sam: 28 Oct 2022, 12:19, Sam: 28 Oct 2022, 12:19, Sam: Excuse my godawful highlighting skills 28 Oct 2022, 12:41, Damien: Oh gosh, so sorry i've been so bad at replying :'( 28 Oct 2022, 12:41, Damien: Will look at these later today, 28 Oct 2022, 13:11, Sam: Haha I suppose we _have_ had a change in Prime Minister since your last message 😜 God, poor Liz Truss, trying to implement her teenage libertarian manifesto, not Thatcher enough to just tell some people they were going to die (or indeed Bevan: that line from the ‘lower than vermin’ speech) 28 Oct 2022, 13:12, Sam: 28 Oct 2022, 13:13, Sam: Anyway yeah I’m meaning to look at the new ones soon - and no worries, the advantage of being slow is that there’s lots of time for great stuff to come on the market 30 Oct 2022, 01:10, Sam: 30 Oct 2022, 01:10, Sam: 30 Oct 2022, 18:14, Sam: 31 Oct 2022, 06:58, Sam: 1 Nov 2022, 14:04, Damien: Lovely 😂 1 Nov 2022, 14:05, Damien: Sorry darling been MIA. I was quite I’ll with Covid. How are you? 1 Nov 2022, 14:05, Damien: Have you seen any flats? 2 Nov 2022, 00:39, Sam: Oh gosh, sorry to hear! I _thought_ you’d gone rather silent - as opposed to me, for once… I’ve not been very good with this stuff, _but_ I saw my aunt for dinner and she suggested going into the estate agent across the road where they’re far more clued up on local stuff than one could be via Zoopla. So I … well, I didn’t go in, but on the way back I took a look, and they have some absolutely superb places I’ve not seen on Zoopla at all, and which look to be of a much higher standard.. 2 Nov 2022, 00:40, Sam: 2 Nov 2022, 00:40, Sam: 2 Nov 2022, 00:40, Sam: 2 Nov 2022, 09:36, Damien: I saw this one as well 2 Nov 2022, 09:36, Damien: It’s three bed 2 Nov 2022, 09:36, Damien: So we can get someone to take the third room 2 Nov 2022, 09:37, Damien: Shall we just go for it 2 Nov 2022, 17:53, Damien: URGENT 🚨 ⚠️ https://search.savills.com/property-detail/gbkbreknl130305l 2 Nov 2022, 17:53, Damien: What do you think of this 🫶🏼 3 Nov 2022, 07:08, Sam: Oh shit I totally missed these last night 3 Nov 2022, 07:08, Sam: Will look now and yes let’s go for it if no probs 3 Nov 2022, 07:08, Sam: 3 Nov 2022, 12:41, Damien: https://www.knightfrank.co.uk/properties/residential/to-let/lancaster-gate-hyde-park-london-w2/hpq012274843 3 Nov 2022, 21:44, Sam: 3 Nov 2022, 21:45, Sam: Sorry, that feels mean now - I was assuming he was English (because only the English would speak it so poorly) but I just realised it’s possible he’s not, lol 3 Nov 2022, 21:45, Damien: HAHAHAHAHAHAH 3 Nov 2022, 21:45, Sam: Also wow, that’s gorgeous 3 Nov 2022, 21:45, Sam: Let me just analyse it properly 3 Nov 2022, 21:45, Damien: He probably is English lol 3 Nov 2022, 21:45, Sam: The last link you sent I mean 3 Nov 2022, 21:46, Sam: Yeah that’s Essex through and through, lol 3 Nov 2022, 21:46, Sam: Further away from English than Proto-Aramaic 3 Nov 2022, 21:47, Sam: There’s no WAY this flat is for real 3 Nov 2022, 21:47, Sam: If it is, we should take it stat 4 Nov 2022, 10:35, Damien: Yes absolutely, I just a called them, they said they could do viewings today, I’m not back in London so im I won’t be able to. His number is +44020787150 4 Nov 2022, 10:46, Sam: Oh brilliant - could you do a video viewing? As in, either if he could show us around over video (which maybe we shouldn’t do) or more likely I can just hold my phone 4 Nov 2022, 10:47, Damien: Hahah yeah, I’m just slightly hesitant about making the same mistakes as last time lol 4 Nov 2022, 10:47, Damien: Plus i think a lot of things get missed with the video 4 Nov 2022, 11:05, Damien: Sorry, I just looked and it doesn't have a bath 😢 4 Nov 2022, 14:18, Sam: Yeah true… We could always do a second ‘confirmation’ viewing 4 Nov 2022, 14:19, Sam: Hmmmmm…. is that a hard criterion? I don’t mind hugely if we skip this one - I’d take it but hey another will come along - but I’m not sure we can afford many more hard criteria 4 Nov 2022, 17:17, Sam: Lol I just got the joke here 4 Nov 2022, 19:04, Damien: Lol I’m so glad you did 4 Nov 2022, 19:04, Damien: image omitted 4 Nov 2022, 19:04, Damien: image omitted 4 Nov 2022, 19:05, Damien: ‘Can’t acorn 🐿’ 4 Nov 2022, 19:07, Damien: Sorry darling I will get back to the looking for flats tomorrow. I’m feeling positively wretched for the 3rd time this month 🤒🤧 5 Nov 2022, 03:24, Sam: HAHAHA I love that, I genuinely laughed out loud (which appropriately enough is the one occasion on which I _won’t_ say ‘lol’) 5 Nov 2022, 03:25, Sam: And no worries, you’ve done waaay more than I’ve done - I know I’m grievously remiss 5 Nov 2022, 21:04, Sam: Wait, shit, did you not mean this as [implicitly] “therefore it’s off the table”? I just realise d 5 Nov 2022, 21:09, Damien: Oh it’s fine, I’m sure I can live without a bath. Did you manage to get in contact with them? 5 Nov 2022, 21:51, Sam: Oh no I thought you were saying that in the sense of “it’s not an option” - hence my messages about the disutility of too many hard criteria 5 Nov 2022, 21:52, Sam: Lol I can’t believe that - in hindsight i don’t know quite why I read it that way, though to an extent I can see how maybe it slightly supported that interpretation 5 Nov 2022, 21:52, Sam: I should have been clearer in my reply and then maybe I’d / we’d have clocked the misunderstanding 🤦‍♂️ 5 Nov 2022, 21:53, Sam: Anyway - am just at my parents’ and my sister and her girlfriend are coming over tomorrow, and we’re gonna try to book a viewing for that time since we were planning a stroll in the park anyway 5 Nov 2022, 22:37, Damien: Ahhh amazing 🙏🏻 6 Nov 2022, 12:59, Damien: Ugh, I think I’ve been in a state of Covid induced brain fog over the last 3 weeks, that or else staying at my parents has sent me into a state of disassociation haha. In any case I have to be back in London this week for definite, most likely Monday/Tuesday. My aunt in the country is very poorly and my uncle isn’t managing. It’s quite a tricky situation as obviously I have nowhere to stay when I get back, I’ve looked into trying to rent a flat for a short period, and that sharply increases the price, for example £1900, for one month in … South Tottenham, which the thought of makes me retch. I have a call tomorrow with a short-let company trying to find a place, for maximum of 3 weeks in the West End, which no doubt I’ll pay through the nose for, however I’m happy to do so as long as I have something sorted by Saturday. That does not mean to say, I necessarily have to move on Saturday or at the end of my short-let, I really just need to have something organised quickly as I’m beginning to get myself in a flap over all this. I hope I’m not being too pushy, (and sorry if so), but I imagine you’re getting a bit tired of being stuck in Goodge St, as lovely as it is. Also, for the criteria of the flat, I suppose I can relax my need for a bath, although I think two bathrooms is a must, and at least one with an ensuite. I’ve been thinking, and I would really want to insist on a 6 month break clause, only for the fact I really don’t know what will happen between now and then, as things are so up in the air I can hardly say for sure if I will still be in London, albeit 99% chance likelihood I will be, but nothing is for sure. I really hate to be that person, but do you remember we said we wouldn’t have any T in the new flat, do you still want to do that? I hate to sound square/strict about it, it’s just I wouldn’t trust myself around it at this point, it’s only been recently since I’ve stopped craving it after the last time we did it together. I’m very much openminded about letting people do whatever they want, but I think I need a long period of abstinence from it, and with the temptation being there it may not be the best thing. I hope you understand and don’t think I’m being too pushy or controlling. 6 Nov 2022, 13:01, Damien: Ugh sorry to boke all that out. Let me know what you think. And if you’re about later we can go through some flats. 6 Nov 2022, 17:55, Sam: Hey, yeah, I absolutely agree with you. I think I'm losing my mind with this current living situation - I'm just horribly guilty about Tig and Pig's conditions, especially Pig having lost her outside world that she used to explore, and .... in any event .. 'yes'. That basically covers it, lol. Also yeah, even under these circs I've been reflecting, chatting to fam, etc, and I do think the 2 baths req is prob sound. The Charybdis to avoid (the Scylla being obvious) is that we get somewhere, it's horrid, we have to move, and we spend way more than to find somewhere nice. Nah, let's be sensible. But we can cut a lot out - I can expand, but basically I think what you said is all v sound. As for a six-month break clause, I have no idea of the viability of that, but it sounds like a fine thing to try for. If not, maybe we could agree something between us. Ultimately if one of us had, say, a one-month period to find a new flatmate, he'd probably be totally fine, and to the other person (well, most likely you by the sounds of it) that would probably be acceptable to pay _iff that event, uh, eventuated_. We can figure it out. None of this sounds intractable, in essence. As for T, yeah, I think realistically our two options are (a) neither of us has it, or (b) one of us has it, in which case both of us have it (being generous souls... or potentially stealing it from one another I guess - I did that with the heroin after all [albeit it was mine that I'd vouchsafed you I guess, idk]), and that way lies madness.. I have the honour to be, with great humility and servility, your most humble servant, Sam (lol) 6 Nov 2022, 17:56, Sam: (felt that long reply called for an appropriate valediction) 6 Nov 2022, 18:02, Sam: Speaking of which - I’m just rewatching that Brian Sewell clip and I thought a reminder might brighten your day 😅: https://youtu.be/5oDVmCjUvHE I love him- maybe it’s just that I hate convention, but I’ve huge respect for those who don’t give a damn and ‘go like a blight upon the dullness of the world’ (or however £ put it) 🤷‍♀️ 6 Nov 2022, 22:02, Sam: Ohhh shit I meant to say, you’re obv totally welcome to stay here, if it’s acceptable to you!! I don’t know why my brain skipped that 6 Nov 2022, 22:13, Damien: That’s so so kind darling I’m yo-yoing so wouldn’t want to disrupt you. 6 Nov 2022, 22:14, Damien: Well reply properly to all of this in the am, as well as getting a start on the flat stuff 👌🏻 7 Nov 2022, 20:25, Sam: No, no problem at all! Sorry I’ve been so incommunicado, it’s been a long day of work! I’ll look at the flats from my parents (lol I initially wrote that with an apostrophe I assume because I’m so used to referring to the house) and send you some of the ones I looked at & liked over the weekend 7 Nov 2022, 20:28, Damien: Oh I had a look at them, of the top of my head there were three I liked. One in Angel, which I called and it’s not ready till mid December, and is a 5 month lease. One in Notting Hill, which isn’t available till January, and Lennox Garden, which is unfurnished 😅. I have however arranged a viewing for a flat on Wednesday at 13:00, on Wardour St Soho. It’s in the Pathe building. Very nice I’ll try find it for you and send it over :) 7 Nov 2022, 20:28, Sam: Also, sorry, I meant to say: I hope everything’s alright with your aunt! I know she’s difficult - if it’s the right aunt I’m remembering talking about - but I dunno, I don’t like talking about the worth of a human life as though one were weighing the merits of inviting them to a tea party (however popular that mindset may be becoming), and difficult people have their reasons for being difficult, and… Anyway, I think everyone deserves peace at the end 7 Nov 2022, 20:29, Sam: Oh nice, I’ll take a look! Also, a 5 month lease?!? And nice, I’m looking forward - should be an easy walk from here 7 Nov 2022, 20:29, Sam: Thanks for doing all this! Sorry about my indolence 7 Nov 2022, 20:29, Sam: Sorry, not attributing said mindset to you(!) 7 Nov 2022, 21:29, Damien: Aww thank you darling. Yes I totally, I’m rather dreading going, these things are never nice, and she doesn’t seem to be taking dying very well 😅 7 Nov 2022, 21:33, Damien: Sorry I should of asked you before I arranged it 7 Nov 2022, 21:35, Damien: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/85948425#/?channel=RES_LET 7 Nov 2022, 23:03, Sam: God I’m just walking back from Tesco and there’s a car going down the street blasting such truly calamitously bad music that I initially thought it was having engine problems 7 Nov 2022, 23:03, Sam: Like … whatever’s the car equivalent of agonal breathing 7 Nov 2022, 23:04, Sam: Oh dear… Well, they say life’s a bitch, so perhaps they’re fond of one another 7 Nov 2022, 23:06, Sam: No, that’s a terrible thing to say, I know, I’m sorry, I’m just being droll… It’s horrid - I’m sorry it’s happening… Apparently my grandpa asked his doctor (of decades) if he could give him a little something to speed it up, and his doctor said no or else he’d be working at McDonald’s 🙃 Wait, what is it exactly that’s ailing her? 7 Nov 2022, 23:08, Sam: Oh wow that’s very luxe 7 Nov 2022, 23:59, Sam: Sorry, was about to say but got waylaid: I’ve almost-unconsciously shifted my mindset to Very Southerly Fitzrovia and also Soho (I think of the former as sorta ‘North Soho’, with the same inaccuracy but not the same dishonesty as south Marylebone people and estate agents who call that area North Mayfair) I guess I just like the bustle of life here, living here - it’s central in a way that paddington wasn’t, where you can go for a walk (normally for drugs, not flanerie) at 2am and still bump into tourists and clubbers, and something in me likes that 8 Nov 2022, 00:00, Sam: Also, no, don’t worry in the least about the Soho booking - I really appreciate your moving this along (and, honestly, appreciate the time constraint too!) 8 Nov 2022, 00:01, Sam: For the record, I chose the wording ‘people and estate agents’ advisedly 8 Nov 2022, 10:29, Damien: Yes me too, I totally agree! I love the hustle and bustle, as long as it’s not on the Edgeware road 😅 8 Nov 2022, 10:29, Damien: I’m quite excited about the Soho one 8 Nov 2022, 10:30, Damien: It ticks all the boxes so far 8 Nov 2022, 11:09, Damien: Darling could I ask a huge favour? I have some errands to run this afternoon, and Id rather not have to drag my luggage around behind me, am I able to leave it with you? 8 Nov 2022, 11:41, Sam: Bloomsbury, near Gower St Waterstones and UCL: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/40405141/ ^ Meant last night for this to become a list - it didn’t, but may as well send 8 Nov 2022, 11:42, Sam: Of course! What sort of time? (Not that it really matters, but might be good to know I g et as s 🤷‍♀️) 8 Nov 2022, 11:42, Sam: guess*, lol - that is not the way I lean 8 Nov 2022, 11:43, Sam: Yeah, it was interesting but rather different from Soho 😅 As my grandma once said to me while extolling the wonders of Wood Green: it’s wonderful, it feels like one’s in the third world! 8 Nov 2022, 12:24, Damien: Oh fab I’m like an hour? 8 Nov 2022, 13:29, Damien: Sam darling are you there? 8 Nov 2022, 13:42, Sam: Ah shit, sorry - yeah I’m there 8 Nov 2022, 13:42, Sam: Here 8 Nov 2022, 13:43, Sam: At the flat, that is; if you meant on WhatsApp, then probably not, lol 8 Nov 2022, 13:45, Sam: Ohhh shit sorry have you already got here? Goddammit I need to stop putting my phone on silent - sorry, I’m not quite mentally used to living somewhere where people can’t knock on the door or buzz on a buzzer (There _are_ buzzers, so you can prob buzz the neighbour, the St Moritz guy, or just whoever - my aunt’s name is Sue if it helps - but yeah, this flat for whatever reason doesn’t have any phone to receive the buzzes ) 8 Nov 2022, 13:47, Damien: Oh I’m just in primary dodging the rain 8 Nov 2022, 13:47, Damien: Can I come now? 8 Nov 2022, 13:58, Missed audio call 8 Nov 2022, 13:58, Sam: Ah shit sorry 8 Nov 2022, 13:59, Sam: I don’t know what’s going on with my notifications 8 Nov 2022, 13:59, Sam: Yeah of course! 8 Nov 2022, 14:29, Damien: image omitted 8 Nov 2022, 14:29, Damien: I’m getting so excited about this one 8 Nov 2022, 15:08, Damien: image omitted 8 Nov 2022, 18:34, Damien: Sorry darling just getting something to eat, shall I come by around 8, does that work for you? 8 Nov 2022, 18:36, Sam: Totally and utterly altogether fine! 8 Nov 2022, 18:36, Sam: I’m here all evening really 🤷‍♀️ 8 Nov 2022, 18:36, Sam: So makes no odds to me 8 Nov 2022, 19:42, Sam: Oh gosh sorry I just processed your above messages - will read on my way to Tesc 8 Nov 2022, 21:06, Damien: Sorry darling just around the corner x 8 Nov 2022, 21:07, Sam: 8 Nov 2022, 21:11, Sam: Sorry, that turned out quite long - but yeah, what a rattish widmerpoolian figure, I’m stunned to imagine any town in England - irrespective of politics - would vote him in as its binman 8 Nov 2022, 21:23, Sam: Wait you weren’t just in the flat, were you? I assume not, haha - I just had what must’ve been the most vivid acoustic hallucination, to the point that I actually said something or other in response, which I’ve _never_ done (though at points I’ve been uncertain which was horn and which was ivory).. Quite alarming, though, as George pointed out, very likely the plain old sleep deprivation is a large part of the cause 8 Nov 2022, 21:24, Sam: never done before** 8 Nov 2022, 21:24, Sam: This isn’t a roundabout way of asking your ETA, haha 8 Nov 2022, 21:24, Damien: Hahahaha oh darling no I’m on the stairs, I did knock, but I think you were in the bath. 8 Nov 2022, 21:25, Sam: Ohhhhhhh shit ok sorry 8 Nov 2022, 21:25, Sam: Well thank god it wasn’t a hallucination 8 Nov 2022, 21:25, Damien: Sorry my fault for not giving you more than 10 mins warning 8 Nov 2022, 21:25, Sam: One sec, soz 8 Nov 2022, 21:25, Damien: I’m so disorganised 8 Nov 2022, 21:25, Sam: Both our faults I guess, haha 8 Nov 2022, 21:25, Sam: But at least I can still tell which gate is horn and which ivory 🤷‍♀️ 8 Nov 2022, 21:25, Sam: One mo 8 Nov 2022, 22:53, Sam: image omitted 8 Nov 2022, 22:54, Damien: Omg 8 Nov 2022, 23:18, Damien: Are you still going to work c’est soir? 9 Nov 2022, 00:49, Sam: Oh yeah I’m planning to - why? 👀 9 Nov 2022, 00:50, Damien: Oh I was just wondering if you were ordering from Brenden 9 Nov 2022, 00:51, Sam: Ahhh yes gimme 10 mins - he usu only comes late ant war 9 Nov 2022, 00:51, Damien: Sorry I didn’t mean to sound interrogative haha 9 Nov 2022, 12:00, Damien: Sam darling are you still coming to the viewing at 1:30? 9 Nov 2022, 13:49, Sam: Oh dammit I’m not getting notifications and somehow it completely slipped my mind 😬 I’m very happy to go with your judgement and maybe I can sort another viewing or get them to send some more photos (I can’t believe that the professional photog they must’ve hired wouldn’t at least have _taken_ photos of each room) 9 Nov 2022, 13:49, Sam: Did you like it? 9 Nov 2022, 18:48, Damien: Sam darling let me know if you’re placing an order with Brenden, I don’t want that much so he wouldn’t travel lol 9 Nov 2022, 18:49, Sam: Oh gosh yeah what would you want? I was about to text him, so good timing (I’ll make a note in the input box for his chat so I can’t forget!) 9 Nov 2022, 18:50, Damien: Oh some G Xanax if he has it 9 Nov 2022, 18:50, Damien: Oh could you see if he has some zopi 9 Nov 2022, 18:50, Damien: It so 5 would Be great 9 Nov 2022, 18:51, Damien: And the smallest amount of g he is willing to sell xx 9 Nov 2022, 18:51, Damien: 🫶🏼 9 Nov 2022, 18:51, Sam: Lol I’m tempted to interpret this like the old joke about the programmer buying eggs 9 Nov 2022, 18:52, Sam: But yeah sure - 5 Zopiclone pills, or 5 packs, or sth else? Also what about the Xanax? Is that instead of Zopi, or as well, or is it abandoned? 9 Nov 2022, 18:53, Damien: 5 zopiclone A Strip a Valium/ Xanax 9 Nov 2022, 18:58, Damien: Sorry that sounded blunt. Haha both together would be amazing. Thank you so so much xx 9 Nov 2022, 18:59, Sam: Oh no worries, if anything the terseness is much appreciated! Haha 9 Nov 2022, 18:59, Sam: ^in this specific context I mean!! 9 Nov 2022, 19:04, Sam: Btw I’ll assume “a strip a Valium/Xanax” is pirate talk for “a strip of Valium/Xanax” (only alternative I can exegesise is “a strip per Valium/Xanax” which I _think_ wouldn’t make sense) 9 Nov 2022, 19:04, Sam: Didn’t mean for that to sound as supercilious / rude as it did 9 Nov 2022, 19:04, Damien: Totally 9 Nov 2022, 19:04, Sam: To be honest I could prob make this my email & text signature 9 Nov 2022, 19:04, Damien: Brendan will probably know 9 Nov 2022, 19:05, Sam: Amazeballs! I’ll keep you posted 9 Nov 2022, 19:25, Damien: Thank you darling x 9 Nov 2022, 19:26, Damien: Has he said anything? 9 Nov 2022, 19:40, Sam: Pas plus 9 Nov 2022, 19:40, Sam: Sadly 9 Nov 2022, 19:40, Sam: I’ll still keep you posted, haha 10 Nov 2022, 21:42, Damien: Thank you so much for everything, I definitely didn’t mean to intrude I think Alex was just on a mission, after seeing your pipe in the bathroom haha. I’m yet to hear back from the soho flat so I’ve had a look at a few more places today just in case it falls through , have you seen any? Will send a some over. Are you busy on Saturday, as I could potentially schedule some for then. Also on the Alex front, I think it’s good to include him on the flat like soho, as it’s beneficial. A 5000 split between the two of us is a bit much, I want to keep it below 2200 max. I think we can’t get something sorted this week, as a temporary solution, I may look at a short let 1 bed…as I really really need a base in London, I’m beginning to feel a sofa surfer gypsy, and with everything which is going on I must be close to Dorset, Anyway most of the properties I’ve looked at are only available in the new year. So the short let could tie me over till then, or rather until there’s something we both like that starts then. In any-case I’m just hoping the Soho flat offer is accepted. I thought this would of been a lot easier with our budgets, but think with the shift away from buying and more to renting, has thrown a spannar in the works 😪😪 11 Nov 2022, 21:54, Sam: Ah shit I’m so sorry I missed this 11 Nov 2022, 21:57, Sam: I don’t know why but I was certain you hadn’t texted (prooobably not sleeping the past two nights had something to do with it…) 11 Nov 2022, 22:03, Sam: Re Alex and the flat: I’m totally on board with him joining for the Soho flat - I think that’s a great fit. What I’d maybe avoid, which possibility he did hint at, is doing what we did with Kieran after my uncle’s house fell through, namely carrying on looking as the three of us. I like Alex and he’s not Kieran, none of this has anything to do with _him specifically_, but (a) his contribution would be at most £1000, same as Kieran, and (b) he’s not even necessarily looking for the whole [tenancy period which in practice will be >=1yr]. I think that would be a very very bad idea. If his situation changed, or if he were in some way able to underwrite those concerns, so to speak, then it’d be different. And again I like Alex and it’s not remotely to do with him per se (besides his plans and his budget I suppose). 11 Nov 2022, 22:11, Sam: Actually I was saying to my parents last night that my bigger worry about Alex (after they naturally asked some questions about ‘who he was’, maybe _slightly_ in that middle-class way but mainly in light of Kieran) was not so much Alex himself, but that his renting the spare room for part of the tenancy (crucially the initial part) might lull us into a false sense of sufficiency, into feeling that we can afford the flat because, hey, the first rent payments will only be X or Y and we’re looking no further ahead. I thought that was more a hypothetical risk - though by no means an unlikely one - but your comment about 5000 being too much (about which you may well be right!) makes me more concerned that this probably isn’t the right place. I haven’t thought about it much. I don’t necessarily find myself praying that we’ll sign on this one, but that doesn’t necessarily mean much & again I’ve been awake three days. 11 Nov 2022, 22:24, Damien: Oh I completely agree and I said as much too him. I don’t want to spend more than what I did in Paddington atm, ideally, and for the Soho flat it would of all added up nicely. I think this flat was definitely an exception to the rule, and I’d much rather a great 2 bedroom over an okay 3 bedroom. I thought if he stayed three months he good bring the average annual rent down a bit. 11 Nov 2022, 22:25, Damien: Yes tbh it was a fab flat, and the offer I put in, was quite low, so I’m almost certain it’ll be rejected. 11 Nov 2022, 22:26, Damien: Also the estate agent hasn’t been in touch today 11 Nov 2022, 22:29, Damien: I’m much more worried about finding one soon. I really need a place in London asap, and getting a little stressed. Unfortunately I haven’t had a chance to look at any flats, but as well as the two bed flats, I’ll look at some 1 bedroom short let or studio in the interim. The timing really couldn’t be worse with my aunt, and also for my sanity with being in Ireland. 😥 11 Nov 2022, 22:45, Sam: Yeah it’d not have been a bad thing - and of course we could have let out the third bedroom after he left, possibly for a bit closer to ‘market’ rent (though, as my parents said, £1000 may not be far off market rent considering the lack of any bath or shower besides in other people’s bedrooms 😂), BUT I think it’d have been a bad idea if we actually expected not to be able to pay without his contribution. In any event it’d be another complexity to deal with. 11 Nov 2022, 22:46, Sam: Sorry, that penultimate sentence doesn’t really flow, prosody-wise. Maybe italicise ‘expected’ in your head, lol 11 Nov 2022, 22:48, Sam: Also no you’re totally right, really. I was going to go and see some boy off Grindr in Sheffield but actually it’s a bit mad. I was on the fence anyway tbh, just in terms of whether it was worth the fuss. 11 Nov 2022, 22:48, Sam: So yeah I should be around! 11 Nov 2022, 23:49, Sam: 12 Nov 2022, 08:42, Damien: https://www.knightfrank.co.uk/properties/residential/to-let/argyll-mansions-303-323-kings-road-chelsea-london-sw3/chq012231737 12 Nov 2022, 12:11, Sam: Looks nice but ultimately perhaps a bit ‘meh’ - though the price is excellent 12 Nov 2022, 12:11, Sam: I’m gonna have a proper look now 12 Nov 2022, 12:11, Sam: Not that you haven’t looked properly, that’s to say, but I haven’t 12 Nov 2022, 12:15, Sam: Also, re Soho and what I’m calling Noho*, imma check with the estate agent across the road who seemed to have endless nice places (did I send those photos of their listings? I can’t recall) *This tiny section, (Goodge) st and down, the Fitzrovian foreskin severed from Soho by the scalpel that is Oxford St but still really more similar to it than to, say, Fitzroy Sq 12 Nov 2022, 12:16, Sam: 12 Nov 2022, 12:21, Sam: Like, you can’t but be impressed by his actual and genuine care in phoning around on their behalf - and also slightly terrified that this all was govt policy and remains govt philosophy 12 Nov 2022, 12:27, Sam: Aaand amazed that libertarians (perhaps I ought to add some scare quotes there), like your friend C3PO or whatever his name is, continue to vaunt Thatcher as some sort of hero of liberty 12 Nov 2022, 12:29, Sam: To which I’m tempted to add the caveat - inter multi alia - of “except in Ireland” (https://twitter.com/conorjh/status/1162399754594279427) 12 Nov 2022, 14:46, Sam: 12 Nov 2022, 15:27, Sam: 12 Nov 2022, 15:28, Sam: Hmm, ok, it’s made Uber Pet the default, presumably since my move - that would explain the prices and some of the confused expressions 12 Nov 2022, 15:29, Sam: Still, £13 even… That shouldn’t be more than a tenner for the Uber I thought I knew 12 Nov 2022, 17:41, Sam: If only for the insane view: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/52321960/ 12 Nov 2022, 17:57, Damien: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62859309/?search_identifier=85a5fa80a55b733240083354ab6af218 12 Nov 2022, 17:57, Damien: Omg this one 12 Nov 2022, 17:57, Damien: It’s perfect 12 Nov 2022, 20:12, Damien: I will make a list of places to view tomorrow or Monday. If we can’t get somewhere on either of those days, I’ll really need to take a short let for a few months, to tide me over. I’m so sorry, I’m not saying this to try to pressure you, I’m just need dire need to have something sorted by next week, and hopefully with a move in very quickly after that. 😫 12 Nov 2022, 20:13, Damien: The spring garden flat is perfect 12 Nov 2022, 20:13, Damien: Slightly rough around the edges 12 Nov 2022, 20:13, Damien: But we can get some handy man to come in and tidy it up if needs be 13 Nov 2022, 14:30, Sam: Oh gosh, yeah, that’s fair enough - and no worries about the short let, that’s functionally what I got months ago and have still got, so you’d only be equalising our situations! But yes we really ought to get on with this. Part of me thinks the delay so far has not been a bad thing - I think we’ve reviewed all the places that were listed in our areas and our range, and ultimately, at some point, time is the only input you can vary.. However, **I do think, having spoken with my mum about it, that looking _also_ in at least a _slightly_ lower price bracket wouldn’t be bad & would likely mean we’d have a bigger selection available, because most people and thus most flats are in that bracket** 13 Nov 2022, 14:33, Sam: Oh wow yeah I know roughly that road, it’s the walk up from Trafalgar Sq to Pall Mall - in my mind it’s a TINY bit touristy/tatty, part of that bit of ultra-central London (esp by that traditional Charing X def) where you get tourist tat shops occupying surely-mega-expensive real estate just because there are so many tourists that it’s worth their while – in consequence of which it feels a tiny bit like the Lebanon or something – but I’d be very very happy with it 13 Nov 2022, 14:33, Sam: Actually I haven’t looked at the flat yet, lol 13 Nov 2022, 14:35, Sam: Yeah I actually quite like it - it’s on the nice side of normal, could be done up, and doesn’t cost too much 👍 What it’s like to live in … would you call that St James’s? … I have absolutely no clue, but it can’t be that bad, and you’re a hop and a skip away from the edge of Covent Garden 🤷‍♂️ I imagine it has quite a cool apocalyptic vibe at night 13 Nov 2022, 14:36, Sam: 14 Nov 2022, 19:49, Sam: 14 Nov 2022, 19:49, Sam: video omitted 14 Nov 2022, 19:50, Damien: HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAA 14 Nov 2022, 19:50, Damien: Lol 14 Nov 2022, 19:50, Damien: How are you darling? 14 Nov 2022, 19:50, Damien: I tried to are arrange a viewing for that flat but wasn’t able to 15 Nov 2022, 13:07, Sam: Oh gosh I’m sorry, I can’t believe I didn’t reply last night - I’ve found some flats I like, but I’m nowhere near finished looking in all the areas.. I’ll at least re-find and send you the ones I liked asap 15 Nov 2022, 13:10, Sam: 15 Nov 2022, 23:01, Sam: Ah shit did I ever tell you the amount to send to the other George for the drugs?? Dammit - I just saw your text in Flat Cats and it's reminded me of all my outstanding payments (like to the cleaning lady for literally this afternoon) 15 Nov 2022, 23:01, Sam: ^meant to send that after the flat cats one but for some reason didn't hit send 15 Nov 2022, 23:02, Sam: Also, I'm really sorry about my inaction in the flat search - I know it's been really remiss of me and that 'sorry' doesn't really atone for it, lol 15 Nov 2022, 23:03, Sam: What are your current practical plans, like, wrt how seriously you're gunning for finding a flat in the next week, and how much you're looking for a short let? 16 Nov 2022, 10:06, Sam: Haha I love that my 10am alarm (I reuse the existing alarms mainly) that just went off still has the label ‘Order heroin!!!’ 16 Nov 2022, 10:06, Sam: Fond memories, lol 16 Nov 2022, 21:31, Sam: Decor a bit naff, but 3 beds for less than £2k each (nb *each*): https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/60756611/ 16 Nov 2022, 21:32, Sam: ‘each’ meaning me and you, to be clear - if and for as long as Alex were paying £1k it’d be less than, well, £1500 each 16 Nov 2022, 21:33, Sam: _while_, dammit, there’s the word - not _for as long as_ 16 Nov 2022, 21:53, Damien: Omg it’s perfect 16 Nov 2022, 21:53, Damien: We’d have to furnish it though 🤔 17 Nov 2022, 01:57, Sam: Ah shit I meant to send you this but I never sent the message - why do I always do this 17 Nov 2022, 01:58, Sam: This one in Fitz, I mean, at £3k a month (!!!) and not only are both bedrooms en suite* but each is on its own floor: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62855155/ *sadly, as with Soho, this is without a third communal bathroom - but I think prob a net win 17 Nov 2022, 02:00, Sam: ^ this is just by me - looks to be a trivial distance (30-50m?) up one of the roads leading northwards off Goodge, more or less at the exact same longitude 17 Nov 2022, 02:00, Damien: Oh this is amazing 17 Nov 2022, 02:01, Damien: Shall we arrange a viewing? 17 Nov 2022, 02:01, Sam: But yeah, that’s a downside.. I also know what it’s like to live in that ‘micro-neighbourhood’ (as I call it in my idiosyncratic psychogeography) - Lucas lived right by the Whole Foods when we did the startup - and it’s a weird fucking area 17 Nov 2022, 02:02, Sam: ie where the other flat is, that weird micro-area right next to Piccadilly Circus, too close to start calling it Soho / St James’s / c 17 Nov 2022, 02:02, Sam: Haha knowing me I’ll still fail to get there - maybe you should go 😂 17 Nov 2022, 02:02, Sam: Nah I’m kidding obviously - yeah I’ll call and arrange one tomorrow 17 Nov 2022, 02:05, Sam: Only downsides I can think of are the slightly dull decor (which we can fix) and the again having only one room for a kitchen, dining room, living room, etc Admittedly a separate dining room is a luxury that not many flats have nowadays, or probably people and their houses in general…. I still remember trying to help my grandma look for houses and struggling to find one with the requisite laundry and pantry, lol 17 Nov 2022, 23:05, Sam: Shit I really need to get on with this tomorrow 17 Nov 2022, 23:06, Sam: Also, it occurred to me on the ritual 1min walk to Tesco at 11 –the terminus ante quem – that it’s a bit silly I should choose to live in central london given I barely leave my flat, lol (Even when I’m in normal fettle and socialising etc, I generally do it at home or at someone else’s, which could be anywhere) 17 Nov 2022, 23:08, Sam: Of course I’m still going to, because who cares, I’ve got the money and, in that weird psychogeographical maybe-autistic way, it pleases me - but still, lol I also thought it was funny that here I am, maybe a few minutes’ walk from Oxford Circus, and still there isn’t a Waitrose that feels conveniently close by (besides the one at John Lewis which is such a horrifying grotesque hellscape) 17 Nov 2022, 23:13, Sam: Also, this one - I don’t even know what to think of it in any way, it’s too disorienting to judge, so I figured I’d put it out there: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/63035506/ Disorienting in terms of size and decor (could it be made nice? you’re probably a better judge), disorienting in terms of area (right by Bond St station, near North Audley and then Grosvenor Sq, and among those Peabody blocks (possibly in one of them), disorienting in terms of price (what’s the catch? or is the advertised flat already the catch? again, too disorienting to evaluate) 17 Nov 2022, 23:13, Sam: Sorry, missing a close paren before the final ‘disorienting’, but you can probably parse it, haha 17 Nov 2022, 23:15, Sam: Also this - for my money one of the nicest micro-areas of Marylebone, and mid-price-range, but also unfurnished and I’m not sure if we’d call Marylebone central in the desired sense: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62983400/ 18 Nov 2022, 20:32, Sam: 18 Nov 2022, 21:18, Damien: I’m delighted to see they’re working on anti leak technology 18 Nov 2022, 21:18, Damien: Its very important 19 Nov 2022, 14:57, Sam: This looks eerily like Paddington in the kitchen finishing and the little drab mews st, but it IS just between Goodge and Soho - and weirdly cheap, so swyt: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/63039535/ 19 Nov 2022, 15:00, Sam: Also see what you think of this one - I haven’t looked in detail at the flat, only because I so love that street that I had to send it to you right away: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/57389382/ 19 Nov 2022, 15:01, Sam: 19 Nov 2022, 15:01, Sam: 19 Nov 2022, 15:02, Sam: ^ ‘lift and daytime porter’, ‘could be used as a three-bedroom flat’ 19 Nov 2022, 15:03, Sam: ^^ 900sqft, not sure if good but think maybe so? 19 Nov 2022, 15:03, Sam: well, ‘big’, I mean, not ‘good’ - you know what I mean - I just don’t have a mental map of sqftage to perceived space 19 Nov 2022, 15:08, Sam: This is _beautiful_, and very spa-like (there’s a slightly dissipated, louche seeming armchair in the bathroom, lol), though expensive if not with a third person in the third bedroom: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62767366/ 19 Nov 2022, 15:09, Sam: (on the grounds that we considered Wardour expensive) 19 Nov 2022, 15:13, Sam: Very nice but unusual and in a quieter area than here, and is an old listing so may well not be avail: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/59700762/ 19 Nov 2022, 15:19, Sam: This Goodge St one is still available and they just reduced it to 3900 - should I call and get a viewing? Not much time left today but could do it in a rush or tomorrow: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/50383429/ 19 Nov 2022, 15:20, Sam: As you can tell from my relative urgency, I’m quite keen on that one, esp since the reduction (on the 16th) indicates it’s still ~def avail but also that it may not be for long 19 Nov 2022, 15:21, Sam: (I just know I like Goodge, I guess, and also it’s a 3-bed with good room but which we can afford ‘as a two bed’, so to speak - guess Alex could join for a bit then/or could use as a spare) 19 Nov 2022, 15:22, Sam: ((Take ‘can afford’ to mean ‘is within the amount we consider sane to spend on rent’ - ykwim)) 19 Nov 2022, 16:08, Damien: Yes the Goodge st one is Perfect. How many bathrooms? 19 Nov 2022, 16:09, Damien: This is perfect too 19 Nov 2022, 16:23, Sam: One en suite and one en … appartement, lol 19 Nov 2022, 16:23, Sam: Not sure if that’s better or worse than two en suite - in the Alex case prob better, in the other maybe worse but good for guests 🤷‍♂️ 19 Nov 2022, 16:24, Sam: It’d mean splitting the rent unevenly depending on who wants what, but it’s such little money that idek 19 Nov 2022, 16:24, Sam: _Especially_ with Alex - but yeah I think it’s a nice problem to have.. I suspect the Soho one would be stressful if circumstances changed or whatever (though it’s also a 3-bed, so 🤷‍♀️) 19 Nov 2022, 21:06, Sam: 19 Nov 2022, 21:06, Sam: “I didn’t think it was a very good idea going to Blackpool” 19 Nov 2022, 21:06, Sam: “Try harder to make good choices” LOL 19 Nov 2022, 21:07, Sam: (Someone just liked it so I got notified, lol, I wasn’t just … reading it) 20 Nov 2022, 12:50, Sam: 20 Nov 2022, 21:10, Sam: 20 Nov 2022, 21:10, Damien: Yes mine too 🫶🏼 20 Nov 2022, 21:10, Sam: Hahaha 20 Nov 2022, 21:11, Sam: God we should really find a flat btw - how’s it on your front? 20 Nov 2022, 21:11, Damien: Darling did you manage to get any viewings 20 Nov 2022, 21:11, Sam: No external pressure per se on mine, but I really want to get it over with 20 Nov 2022, 21:11, Damien: I’ll be back in London on Tuesday 20 Nov 2022, 21:11, Sam: No, sorry, I wasn’t totally sure what your status / feelings were 20 Nov 2022, 21:11, Sam: I mean I probably didn’t need to know - but it was an excuse, lol 20 Nov 2022, 21:11, Damien: Will do a sweep and try organise some for Tuesday 20 Nov 2022, 21:11, Damien: I think all the ones you sent were good. 20 Nov 2022, 21:11, Sam: That would be amazing - I mean, if there are any that we think we’d like, at least 20 Nov 2022, 21:12, Sam: I have to say I haven’t yet seen one that’s made me REALLY think “this is the one” 20 Nov 2022, 21:12, Sam: I suspect it’ll come in the coming week or two hopefully, as we look more closely and as more come out 20 Nov 2022, 21:12, Damien: Although a shed in Wandsworth would be better than being in Belfast with my parents 🫠🥴 20 Nov 2022, 21:12, Sam: (And as we get more desperate and our definition of ‘the one’ slips, lol) 20 Nov 2022, 21:12, Sam: Haha do you mean the Vice article? 20 Nov 2022, 21:12, Damien: I hope to god. I think I’m going loopy 20 Nov 2022, 21:13, Sam: But yeah I can sympathise 20 Nov 2022, 21:13, Damien: Or loopier 20 Nov 2022, 21:13, Sam: Yeah I - like, nothnn in T against my family 20 Nov 2022, 21:13, Sam: And I’m obv not with them now 20 Nov 2022, 21:13, Sam: But you just go stir crazy after a while in close quarters 20 Nov 2022, 21:13, Sam: Also in not so close quarters - generally just in quarters 20 Nov 2022, 21:14, Damien: How are you managing on Goodge st? 20 Nov 2022, 21:17, Sam: I’m fine but I feel dismal for the cats, that’s the main thing 20 Nov 2022, 21:17, Sam: Tbh even a two-bedroom flat immured under the ground like vestal virgins or Marc Corbett-weaver would be an improvement on this 20 Nov 2022, 21:18, Sam: Just that there’s such little room here for them to run around 🤷‍♀️ 😞 21 Nov 2022, 10:09, Damien: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62960649/?search_identifier=85a5fa80a55b733240083354ab6af218 21 Nov 2022, 10:09, Damien: Ffs why can’t we find someone to match our budget 21 Nov 2022, 10:10, Damien: Are you free for a phone call today? 21 Nov 2022, 10:10, Sam: Yeah absolutely! Let me know what time works for you :) (After 11:30 at least, for me, or v likely my call will end earlier but I’ll have to let you know) 21 Nov 2022, 10:11, Damien: Ah perfect, shall we say noon, just to be on the safe side 21 Nov 2022, 10:12, Sam: Sounds good! Fab :) 21 Nov 2022, 13:52, Sam: 21 Nov 2022, 13:52, Sam: I’m not fucking any talking robots 21 Nov 2022, 13:53, Damien: Ugh I loath that man 21 Nov 2022, 13:53, Damien: Sorry I’m taking so long with calling you 21 Nov 2022, 13:53, Sam: Yeah they could probably put a painted balloon in the suit to much the same effect 21 Nov 2022, 13:53, Sam: No probs! Honestly I’d somewhat forgotten, haha - I should’ve messaged 21 Nov 2022, 13:54, Damien: I’m so easily distracted 21 Nov 2022, 14:21, Damien: image omitted 21 Nov 2022, 14:22, Damien: Am I a bad person for laughing at this. 21 Nov 2022, 14:22, Damien: 😅 21 Nov 2022, 14:32, Sam: Haha I have no idea I’m afraid 21 Nov 2022, 14:32, Sam: Doesn’t exactly sound auspicious 21 Nov 2022, 14:32, Sam: God I’m very glad we’re no longer in the dumps 21 Nov 2022, 14:39, Damien: Hahahaha well quite 21 Nov 2022, 14:39, Damien: Did you make any headway with viewings 21 Nov 2022, 14:42, Damien: https://www.druce.com/property-to-rent/COF220103/2-bedroom-flat-kings-road-london-sw10/ 21 Nov 2022, 14:43, Damien: https://www.druce.com/property-to-rent/NHO090214/3-bedroom-flat-ledbury-mews-west-london-w11/ 21 Nov 2022, 15:53, Damien: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62790270/?search_identifier=c2a8b959f8f4ffeb71787876b1bd3693 22 Nov 2022, 13:10, Damien: Sam darling how are you? 22 Nov 2022, 13:52, Sam: Oh god, no, I’ve been terribly lazy - I suppose I’m sorta quietistic about the process, like, in that I know I’m keeping on top of all the new places coming on the market, and, well, I’m holding out hope that one will come soon but honestly I prob should look at more of the old ones 22 Nov 2022, 13:53, Sam: I wonder if it’s worth just trying out the idea of video viewings? Trying out _asking_, at least? 22 Nov 2022, 13:54, Sam: Currently the only reason I can see for going in person - in this case _from their perspective_* - is as a kind of costly signal, that we’re going to all this fuss and so we must be serious *but obv its being worthwhile to them is in our interest 22 Nov 2022, 13:55, Sam: But, like, if we had to pay them a small amount for a viewing, say, I’d do that in a heartbeat sooner than schedule in-person ones - anyway I’m sure we won’t! Let’s see 22 Nov 2022, 20:17, Missed audio call 22 Nov 2022, 20:17, Sam: Hey, what’s up? Sorry, I can’t talk now bc of a work evening thing, but I can call back? Or talk on here? 22 Nov 2022, 20:45, Sam: This is quite nice - Hill St in Mayfair (not sure of Mayfair still for the reasons we discussed, but Hill St is v nice, going from S Aud (basically Park Ln) to Berk Sq - it’s where Divy’s family have their offices): https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/60711410/ 22 Nov 2022, 20:51, Damien: Call me when you get. Moment 22 Nov 2022, 20:52, Sam: Sure! My mum is also trying to call at some pt in the ‘functionally now’ range, so hopefully won’t be too much of a palaver 22 Nov 2022, 20:52, Sam: Btw I think I underrated the Trafalgar Sq one - I just looked again and I really like it, scruffy though it may be in some of the decor 22 Nov 2022, 20:53, Sam: I think you’d be v good at adding little bits of polish and bringing out some more character - and it’s super cheap in what, now I think about it, is basically the edge of soho and covgar 22 Nov 2022, 21:04, Sam: Also wtf is this place for real???? https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62845306/ 22 Nov 2022, 21:05, Sam: ^ only avail from 5 Jan 23 (ie the new year) but tbh I wouldn’t rule it out given we’re about to hit Cecember (Jesus we’re about to hit December) 22 Nov 2022, 21:05, Sam: Genuinely that place is insane 22 Nov 2022, 21:09, Sam: This is bloody nice too - actually maybe we should have a call or synchronous text about these Mayfair places - it’s not necessarily my favoured place to live, but it makes a very good central point from which the area ~1mi around contains most of our favoured places: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/63086336/ 25 Nov 2022, 03:30, Sam: image omitted 25 Nov 2022, 09:21, Damien: Omg yes let’s! 25 Nov 2022, 09:21, Damien: I can give them a call today 26 Nov 2022, 20:31, Sam: Also this: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/63328623/ 26 Nov 2022, 20:32, Sam: Also also: sorry I’ve been so terrible over the past few days - I can give them a call tomorrow if not.. How are things with you? How urgent is it to find somewhere? It’s not terribly urgent for me but I wish it were 26 Nov 2022, 20:33, Sam: Goddammit I knew it would but hoped it wouldn’t end up like last time (the interstices I mean) 26 Nov 2022, 20:33, Damien: Oh this looks amazing 26 Nov 2022, 20:33, Damien: So cheap 26 Nov 2022, 20:34, Damien: Oh quite urgent at this point 26 Nov 2022, 20:34, Damien: I’m losing the will to live 26 Nov 2022, 20:34, Damien: I’ve spent thousands in hotel rooms 26 Nov 2022, 20:35, Damien: Honestly I think when I’ve signed on a flat I’ll feel much better 26 Nov 2022, 20:36, Damien: It’s just the bit inbetween which is stressful 26 Nov 2022, 21:21, Sam: Yeah it’s a nightmare 26 Nov 2022, 21:22, Sam: I lost the will to live ages ago - fortunately I don’t have the will to kill myself either 26 Nov 2022, 21:22, Sam: Hoping this was a typo for _on_ hotel rooms, lol - starting to sound a bit Catcher in the Rye there 26 Nov 2022, 21:23, Sam: Then again, what with minibar prices…. 26 Nov 2022, 21:23, Sam: Anyway it looks like there’ve been a bunch more listed so I’ll send you any I like! Re Soho I think … wait lemme just get going to Tesco and then I’ll finish this thought 27 Nov 2022, 01:37, Sam: Oh my god I ADORE this one (not as overly cheap as the others, but not that diff from Paddington, possibly cheaper): https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/63297249/ 27 Nov 2022, 01:38, Sam: Wait no actually £3900 is less than £2k each, assuming an even split - yeah that must be less than we paid in Paddington 30 Nov 2022, 01:35, Sam: Very richly deserved and stentorian response from someone on Twitter: https://twitter.com/larsnewbould/status/1597741775514632192 God bless that man 30 Nov 2022, 17:46, Damien: Sorry darling for being so quiet, I a little under the weather. Hopefully I can sort some stuff out tomorrow re flat xx 1 Dec 2022, 14:02, Damien: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/63357272/?search_identifier=097373db11fc642849612bd463f602a0 1 Dec 2022, 14:02, Damien: What do you think of this? 1 Dec 2022, 14:03, Damien: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/54997543/?search_identifier=3adbe6e8683089bc0ceeec47deab21b9 2 Dec 2022, 02:57, Sam: 2 Dec 2022, 02:59, Sam: Dammit I meant to crop that to his bit, not my blathering reply - I don’t know why I don’t feel that seemingly normal human vanity (or maybe I do but just about besides my appearance 🤷‍♀️) but I just found that hilarious to be honest (Though I _am_ very curious about my mouth now) 2 Dec 2022, 03:01, Sam: And Jesus wow that’s lovely - though is it one of the SLIGHTLY less nice micro-areas? Like, is that roughly where the soup kitchens are, and the crazy black preachers with the megaphones? 2 Dec 2022, 03:05, Sam: (Maybe I’m out of date - I distinctly remember waiting for an Uber next to one of those fucking megaphone preacher people, and after he’d shrieked for the thousandth time about how we should _LUUURVE YOUR NEIGHBUH_ I shouted back at him that I was pretty sure the neighbours didn’t reciprocate that love …. So yeah I’d be quite keen to know for sure if it’s that street, haha) 2 Dec 2022, 18:47, Sam: Hey, sorry, quick question and no pressure at all, but I don’t suppose you’d be willing and also (ideally) able to stay here for a couple of nights and feed the cats? I’m happy to get a cleaner in to get rid of the three 50m balls of string they’ve unspooled around all the furniture, lol 2 Dec 2022, 18:49, Sam: (No pressure, really, it’s not a big deal at all, and may even not be necessary - just asked you first bc I figured there was a chance it may actually be positively useful ) 2 Dec 2022, 21:58, Sam: Also holy shit: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/62686267/ 2 Dec 2022, 21:59, Sam: I don’t like Mayfair in general, but South Audley St will always be dear to me 2 Dec 2022, 22:00, Sam: And this looks to be above Richoux, my old haunt 2 Dec 2022, 22:02, Sam: And, less personally, it’s the south-west corner of Mayfair I always mention by way of exculpation: the one extant appendix, the one nice little vestige that remains, when ‘the rest is dross’, of what must at one point have been a nice place 2 Dec 2022, 22:03, Sam: Sorry lol - long and florid story short, it’s a nice flat, and seems to have three bathrooms (??) and two living rooms (???) 3 Dec 2022, 09:10, Damien: I haven’t noticed any problem with your mouth darling! What photo are you using? 3 Dec 2022, 12:18, Sam: Haha it was quite a bad one tbf - methed-up 5am vibes.. But nah I’m not seriously insulted, I’m more or less impervious to that (or probably the things I’m vain about aren’t the obvious targets anyone would go for, lol) 3 Dec 2022, 12:20, Damien: Lol gosh, I suppose even methed up vibes you’re still doing better than most. 3 Dec 2022, 12:20, Damien: LMAO 🤣🤣 3 Dec 2022, 12:20, Sam: Also, are you in London over the weekend? (To be absolutely abundantly clear blah blah blah blah elephant banana yoghurt I mean in relation to the cat-sitting request above - I don’t want to trap you in a ‘yes’, hence this parenthetical, but I also don’t want to make you feel you can’t say no, hence my hiding this part to give you an out) 3 Dec 2022, 12:21, Damien: Let me think, I travel plans, and where I might be are a little all over the show, so I don’t know if I’m the best person to ask, I will be in London on Tuesday, so can always swing my head round and make sure they’re okay… although my be awkward coordinating keys and stuff 🤔 3 Dec 2022, 12:21, Sam: Hahaha I definitely do fine on Grindr (though not as well as Raz or Roman, lol - but nah I’m very happy, most of the people who are into me I’d consider out of my league, but apparently this personality thing is not so widespread any more) 3 Dec 2022, 12:22, Sam: Yeah I don’t necessarily want to / think it’s realistic to go at this point anyway, but I’m being cautious in case I want to end up screenshotting these messages 😂 3 Dec 2022, 12:22, Damien: It’s gorgeous, I love the parquet flooring. 3 Dec 2022, 12:22, Sam: End up wanting to*, whatever, ykwim, lol 3 Dec 2022, 12:22, Damien: Shall I book an viewing 3 Dec 2022, 12:22, Sam: Yeah there are some lovely ones that have come on lately 3 Dec 2022, 12:23, Damien: What do you think of the one on forth st. We’d need to go and buy some furniture 3 Dec 2022, 12:23, Sam: Let me just grab my ‘liked’ list or whatever it’s called 3 Dec 2022, 12:23, Sam: Frith right? 3 Dec 2022, 12:23, Sam: Or I think there is a Forth St so idk 3 Dec 2022, 12:23, Damien: I imagine if we go out one day and spend 2K each or something 3 Dec 2022, 12:23, Sam: But yeah Frith St is fine 3 Dec 2022, 12:23, Damien: This one 3 Dec 2022, 12:23, Sam: Or not fine sorry 3 Dec 2022, 12:23, Sam: You know why I mean 3 Dec 2022, 12:23, Sam: What* aaaaargh 3 Dec 2022, 12:23, Sam: The no furniture situation is fine 3 Dec 2022, 12:23, Sam: The flat is lovely 3 Dec 2022, 12:24, Sam: Ah yeah ok that’s the one 3 Dec 2022, 12:24, Damien: I mean if you can’t find anyone else, I can’t try my best to help, but I’m not the best to be counting on ahha 3 Dec 2022, 12:26, Damien: I reckon so too. But would you be happy going with me one day to buy it all. Some decent bits with some IKEA kindling should be fine 3 Dec 2022, 12:26, Damien: I really love the soho one ahha 3 Dec 2022, 12:26, Sam: Oh I probably _could_, it's whether I necessarily went to quite that effort... I think on reflection it'll now be one night anyway so I can prob just leave them with food 3 Dec 2022, 12:26, Sam: Yeah absolutely! OK let's go for it 3 Dec 2022, 12:26, Damien: I’ll call them now 3 Dec 2022, 12:27, Sam: It's absurdly cheap, and tbh Soho and this very specific bit of South Fitzrovia was I all I've ended up wanting anyway 3 Dec 2022, 12:27, Sam: God knows why - they just have life force, in that fascist sense, that sorta _vitality_ and all 3 Dec 2022, 12:28, Sam: Awesome! Thanks! In any case I should be able to do a view most times today tbh - I'm not really sure where you are but I assume you'd want to as well 3 Dec 2022, 12:31, Damien: You’re absolutely right it is so so cheap. I’ve called them and they said they would get back to me about a viewing today, and as well ask the landlord if they’re willing to put in some extra furniture! 3 Dec 2022, 12:33, Damien: I’m in Ireland till tomorrow or Monday, my plans are so higgledy piggledy at the moment. I think between us you’d win the prize for most organised 3 Dec 2022, 12:34, Damien: What time are works best for you to view it. I hate to insist on viewings, but the Rainsford st flat was really a lesson learned 3 Dec 2022, 12:39, Sam: 3 Dec 2022, 12:40, Sam: Dammit WhatsApp’s preview has clipped precisely the relevant bits, lol 3 Dec 2022, 12:40, Sam: Oh wow, neat! Ok yeah I can definitely go 3 Dec 2022, 12:41, Sam: Ohhh haha in that case certainly don’t worry about the cat thing 😅 lol, it was nowhere near that level of emergency 3 Dec 2022, 12:42, Sam: Really I’ll be doing nothing all day - if I end up going for the night, it’ll be later than they’d do viewings, realistically, so just consider it a wildcard * 3 Dec 2022, 12:42, Sam: Any time, in short 3 Dec 2022, 14:36, Sam: 3 Dec 2022, 14:36, Sam: Liked my reply to his tweet, I think I meant to say, more specifically 3 Dec 2022, 14:39, Sam: (Though props to him for staying the course and using “one’s” for the possessive pronoun, rather than melting into a pool of “their” and “themselves” etc like most people who speak Proper English and insist on Traditional Correct Grammar and believe they’d never use ‘they’ in the singular third person) 3 Dec 2022, 15:48, Damien: SCREAMING 💀💀💀 3 Dec 2022, 16:43, Sam: 3 Dec 2022, 16:45, Sam: Well, more about the utterly braindead arguments people have about the royals (“X is an asshole!” “No, Y is an asshole!” like _yes you quarterwits they are indeed BOTH ASSHOLES_) 3 Dec 2022, 18:20, Sam: Also I don’t suppose you managed to arrange a viewing? Or, either way, that you’d be able to do one tomorrow? 3 Dec 2022, 18:21, Sam: (iff you’re back tomorrow - I can’t quite recall but I think you said tomorrow or the next day, tho obv you’re not contractually obliged to that) 3 Dec 2022, 18:29, Damien: Oh sorry darling, I’ve been ringing them to try to get a viewing, but no answer 3 Dec 2022, 18:29, Damien: I’m sure we can sort something out 3 Dec 2022, 18:29, Sam: Oh thanks! Also sorry if my message sounded a bit demanding - it’s obv not your duty 3 Dec 2022, 18:30, Sam: Actually sorry, yeah, I meant to say I can pick up calling them (or visiting them) tomorrow - though lemme take a more thorough look at the listing just in case we missed something 3 Dec 2022, 18:31, Sam: If it’s what it seems (_especially_ if they could furnish some furniture) it’s a crazily good option 3 Dec 2022, 18:32, Sam: Not option, but …. [word].. god knows, I cba, lol 3 Dec 2022, 18:32, Sam: deal 3 Dec 2022, 18:33, Sam: Alas it _is_, as my aunt pointed out, only avail from Feb 1 - but prob not a huge deal 3 Dec 2022, 18:37, Damien: I reckon a bulk from IKEA, mixed in with a few nice bits. What do you think? 3 Dec 2022, 18:38, Damien: I’m not too fussed about this. I mean by the time Christmas and the new year is out of the way it doesn’t seem too bad 3 Dec 2022, 20:42, Sam: Wait, in terms of what _we_ should get? Or what _they_ [separate emphasis] _will_ get? 3 Dec 2022, 20:43, Sam: Yeah that’s what I said to her - and yeah December is a write-off even if we ourselves were prepared 3 Dec 2022, 20:43, Sam: Also 3 Dec 2022, 20:43, Sam: 3 Dec 2022, 20:43, Damien: I mean they is no furniture whatsoever 3 Dec 2022, 20:44, Sam: 3 Dec 2022, 20:44, Sam: This was meant to be a disapproving smoke puff 3 Dec 2022, 20:44, Damien: I don’t think he’s well! 3 Dec 2022, 20:44, Sam: Not some kind of middle class grime rapper sound cloud album cover thing 3 Dec 2022, 20:44, Sam: Oh yeah I don’t think so at all 3 Dec 2022, 20:44, Damien: Oh darling love your hair 3 Dec 2022, 20:45, Sam: But the politicising … well I mean it _is_ political, but in the way that a crazy person shrieking about the new world order is political 3 Dec 2022, 20:45, Sam: There’s something intangibly odd about the way that headline is written 3 Dec 2022, 20:46, Damien: 3 Dec 2022, 20:46, Sam: Haha thanks 😂 It wasn’t meant to be a good photo, just a facial——aah dammit I could’ve finally used those Memoji things 3 Dec 2022, 20:46, Sam: Lol is that right now? Hot, haha 3 Dec 2022, 20:46, Sam: The meth I mean 3 Dec 2022, 20:47, Sam: Speaking of which I should have some meth - I’ve been weirdly abstinent this last week for some reason 3 Dec 2022, 20:47, Sam: I’ve felt disturbingly sane 3 Dec 2022, 21:00, Sam: 3 Dec 2022, 21:00, Sam: 3 Dec 2022, 21:15, Sam: 5 Dec 2022, 11:42, Damien: Darling sorry to add you into that chat, without saying to you first, are you able to view the flat today, I would but I’m not in London 😢 5 Dec 2022, 13:04, Damien: Also if he doesn’t reply I reckon just go at that time, if you can. 5 Dec 2022, 13:04, Damien: Only if you can. 5 Dec 2022, 13:04, Sam: Oh sorry I missed that! Thanks for arranging it, sorry about my indolence 5 Dec 2022, 13:05, Sam: And yeah I definitely can - I’ll head down for 2 5 Dec 2022, 13:05, Sam: I need a new meth pipe anyway and that’s probably the place one would get one 5 Dec 2022, 13:05, Sam: (lol) 5 Dec 2022, 13:06, Damien: 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 5 Dec 2022, 13:06, Sam: (Very possibly I shouldn’t - I’ve quite enjoyed essentially barely having one, with the effect that I’ve had dribs and drabs but mainly stayed sober, lol - but oh well) 5 Dec 2022, 13:06, Sam: 🎉🎊 5 Dec 2022, 14:27, Damien: Did you give him a call? 5 Dec 2022, 14:28, Sam: I tried a couple of times, yeah, it didn’t seem to connect 5 Dec 2022, 14:28, Sam: I can drop back down anyway in less time than anyone would be bothered about waiting - but I doubt he’ll come through 5 Dec 2022, 14:29, Sam: Estate agents are worse than fucking teenage MDMA dealers 5 Dec 2022, 14:30, Damien: 020 7734 4062 5 Dec 2022, 14:30, Damien: Try this one ☝🏻 5 Dec 2022, 14:30, Sam: Ah, I didn’t clock that - will give them a try! 5 Dec 2022, 14:30, Damien: They’re such swines 5 Dec 2022, 14:30, Sam: What’s this cutoff about anyway? 5 Dec 2022, 14:31, Damien: I think they have a lot of offers already so they’re going to decide to take one tomorrow 5 Dec 2022, 14:31, Damien: So today is the last day for viewings 5 Dec 2022, 14:34, Sam: That sounds hiiiighly unconventional 5 Dec 2022, 14:34, Sam: May well be that that's how they're doing it, but it makes me feel a bit sus, especially that we just so happened to land on the last day 5 Dec 2022, 14:35, Sam: Also, lol, Perry was right: https://youtu.be/kfeBReJA-0g?t=963 (just sending it for that one line and his hilariously snobbish delivery) 5 Dec 2022, 15:02, Sam: 5 Dec 2022, 15:03, Sam: I haven't checked the number but from that photo I'm absolutely sure it's at least an estate agent 5 Dec 2022, 15:03, Damien: Hahaha yes it’s him 5 Dec 2022, 15:03, Damien: I think you may be able to go later at 6ish 5 Dec 2022, 15:03, Damien: Or so 5 Dec 2022, 15:18, Sam: He seems to be saying not, and that instead they'd send us a video - I'm a bit sceptical at this point 5 Dec 2022, 15:18, Sam: Admittedly I'm sceptical of any estate agent, but I mean beyond that 6 Dec 2022, 05:52, Sam: image omitted 6 Dec 2022, 08:36, Damien: Bless him. Remember it was an unfair dismissal, they made fun of his hair 🥲 6 Dec 2022, 10:43, Sam: 6 Dec 2022, 10:44, Sam: Yes and — still more devastatingly – they asked if he might develop back pain because of his posture 6 Dec 2022, 10:45, Sam: That sorta thing will cut a man to the quick, that will 6 Dec 2022, 12:03, Damien: Well quite, especially when you have Bipolar II 6 Dec 2022, 14:02, Damien: Darling by anychance are you putting an order in with Bernerd. I wanted some Benzos, but I don’t think he delivers for less than £100, and I certainly don’t want that much haha 6 Dec 2022, 14:15, Sam: Hahah yes, his Munchausen’s 6 Dec 2022, 14:16, Sam: Funnily enough I am literally right now … or I was _trying_ to - wait one sec I’ll just send you the conv 6 Dec 2022, 14:16, Damien: Excellent 6 Dec 2022, 14:17, Sam: 6 Dec 2022, 14:17, Sam: 6 Dec 2022, 14:17, Sam: 6 Dec 2022, 14:17, Damien: Thank you 🙏🏻 6 Dec 2022, 14:17, Sam: Boding in a somewhat forward direction ^ 6 Dec 2022, 14:18, Damien: Oh has he not replied 🥺 6 Dec 2022, 14:19, Damien: Lol 6 Dec 2022, 14:19, Damien: 10 Xanax + 10 zopiclone 6 Dec 2022, 15:33, Damien: Are you free later? 6 Dec 2022, 15:33, Sam: Ahh shit lemme message him now, so sorry, one sec 6 Dec 2022, 15:34, Sam: He’s just replied to say woke up late & heading out asap 6 Dec 2022, 15:34, Sam: Also yeah absolutely 6 Dec 2022, 15:34, Sam: You picked a good day- my parents’ cleaner is coming 6 Dec 2022, 15:35, Sam: Lol we can make it a mess again 🙃 6 Dec 2022, 15:36, Damien: Hurrah 😃 6 Dec 2022, 16:11, Sam: 6 Dec 2022, 16:27, Sam: God I just looked in the mirror and I look disturbingly healthy 6 Dec 2022, 16:28, Sam: This is dire 6 Dec 2022, 16:28, Sam: It’s imperative that George deliver immediately 6 Dec 2022, 16:28, Sam: Lol 6 Dec 2022, 17:11, Sam: 6 Dec 2022, 17:11, Sam: I reckon a hard boiled would’ve done the trick 6 Dec 2022, 17:12, Sam: Normal Island, as they say on Twitter 6 Dec 2022, 17:13, Sam: 6 Dec 2022, 17:14, Damien: Looks like the real McCoy 6 Dec 2022, 17:48, Damien: How are you getting on? 6 Dec 2022, 17:50, Sam: It looks like those grim videos you occasionally, uh, come across on porn sites, with people drinking their own cum from a glass 6 Dec 2022, 17:51, Sam: Lol, sliiightly distasteful comparison, but I think less distasteful than that profanation of a hollandaise 6 Dec 2022, 17:51, Damien: Did you get it darling 6 Dec 2022, 17:51, Sam: Nope 6 Dec 2022, 17:51, Sam: Sorry, I meant to reply to that message but figured I’d reply to your latest 6 Dec 2022, 17:51, Sam: Not like he’s cancelled but just 6 Dec 2022, 17:52, Sam: Wait one sec 6 Dec 2022, 17:52, Sam: 6 Dec 2022, 17:52, Damien: Lol 6 Dec 2022, 17:53, Sam: I don’t know what on earth is up with him at the moment 6 Dec 2022, 17:53, Damien: He’s so annoying 6 Dec 2022, 17:53, Sam: I’ve literally been doing this dance for like 5 days 6 Dec 2022, 17:53, Sam: Dw it hasn’t got to the point of saying he’s coming those times - I think he will today 6 Dec 2022, 17:53, Damien: He better hurry the fuck up 6 Dec 2022, 17:53, Sam: But yeah it’s been a back and forth of “are you around?” and then three hours later “yeah I am” and then …. Etc etc etc 6 Dec 2022, 18:01, Damien: Oh what a nuisance 6 Dec 2022, 18:38, Damien: Darling what a good time to pop round and talk flats? 6 Dec 2022, 18:40, Sam: Oh maybe 8 or so? I don’t mind - what’s your night looking like? 6 Dec 2022, 18:43, Damien: Oh 8 is perfect 6 Dec 2022, 18:43, Damien: Has he delivered yet? 6 Dec 2022, 19:45, Damien: Shall I come? 6 Dec 2022, 19:46, Sam: Ah dammit, sorry - yes he just has, about 10 mins ago :) I took the Xanax he had, but I’m not too fussed about £ so I’m cognisant that I’m effectively offering to sell it to you, and you don’t owe me anything 6 Dec 2022, 19:46, Sam: Also yes come 6 Dec 2022, 19:47, Sam: (I mean obviously you owe me something if you take it, haha, I’m not going too over the top - I just mean I never feel comfortable making purchasing decisions on someone else’s behalf) 6 Dec 2022, 19:57, Damien: Oh I’ve racked up a bill I imagine, just keep me up to date. It’s all pounds shillings and pence to me 😅 6 Dec 2022, 19:57, Damien: I’m on my way 6 Dec 2022, 19:58, Damien: Are you sure I’m not distrusting 6 Dec 2022, 19:58, Sam: Wait am _I_ sure _you’re_ not distrusting?? 6 Dec 2022, 19:59, Sam: Also: nice, see ya soon 🔜 6 Dec 2022, 19:59, Damien: Disturbing** 6 Dec 2022, 20:00, Sam: If you wanted to take them it would be £37.50 I think he said (it’s all a bit notional bc he doesn’t have spare change - and separately it does seem quite an insane amount for this one strip of Xanax) 6 Dec 2022, 20:01, Sam: Put it like this: I knew I could’ve texted you if I were serious about getting your permission - I didn’t, because I couldn’t be bothered and I was willing to buy them for myself if you didn’t want them (bc tbqh they may come in handy and right now I’m not likely to bother getting cheaper ones) 6 Dec 2022, 20:01, Sam: So yeah feel free to go either way - btw where are you coming from today? 6 Dec 2022, 20:14, Damien: Marylebone 6 Dec 2022, 20:14, Damien: See you soon darl 6 Dec 2022, 20:14, Damien: Location: https://maps.google.com/?q=51.520287,-0.149404 7 Dec 2022, 15:25, Damien: Sam darling, can you send me your bank details for the Xanax 😘 9 Dec 2022, 15:57, Sam: 9 Dec 2022, 15:58, Damien: HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA 9 Dec 2022, 15:58, Damien: You’re both 1st and 2nd 9 Dec 2022, 15:58, Damien: LOL 9 Dec 2022, 19:52, Sam: Haha yup 👑 🙈 9 Dec 2022, 20:23, Sam: Oh also, so as not to ignore you, and I guess since this is more a ‘meh’ than an ‘it would be wrong for me not to pay’/‘I insist’ matter, I think monzo.me/s should work 9 Dec 2022, 20:26, Sam: Oh sorry, I mean to your propreantepenultimate message (lol) 10 Dec 2022, 23:33, Sam: I'm really sorry about the delay btw- I'm trying to find somewhere asap & I'll send you what I find, but not what I don't find (you know what I mean) 10 Dec 2022, 23:34, Sam: Just I feel like I'm losing my mind here, with the solitude and also–to a not insubstantial extent–the meth, so I really really want to get the fuck out 10 Dec 2022, 23:35, Sam: Not to make it sound like the meth thing is spiralling - it's already spiralled, the last couple of weeks have been a modest but definite improvement - but I guess that's made me see more clearly what a miserable situation I'm in (which is probably why people get addicted to meth) 10 Dec 2022, 23:35, Sam: (not to imply I was or am addicted, but I guess addiction is just use plus time) 11 Dec 2022, 13:03, Damien: Yes let’s sort it this week 11 Dec 2022, 13:03, Damien: I’m very committed to it now 11 Dec 2022, 15:05, Sam: Awesome, let’s do it! 11 Dec 2022, 15:05, Sam: On y va! 👊 11 Dec 2022, 15:06, Sam: wdyt of this one?: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/43251961/ 11 Dec 2022, 15:07, Sam: Looks very very good for the price, but the price is a bit unnecessarily low (at an equal split it’d be less for each of us than Paddington was for me) 11 Dec 2022, 15:14, Damien: Hmm is that a bed in the living room bits nice, although a tad too boxy. I think we can do better. Let me have a look now on rightmove/zoopla x 12 Dec 2022, 10:42, Damien: Sam darling how is your diary tomorrow? 13 Dec 2022, 23:59, Sam: Ahhh shit I’m really sorry I totally missed this - last 24h was a bit mad - what’s up? 14 Dec 2022, 16:24, Damien: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/63429312/?search_identifier=587b6be18ca456545ad39270ad38f19a 14 Dec 2022, 16:24, Damien: What do you think of this? 14 Dec 2022, 18:25, Sam: Holly shot 14 Dec 2022, 18:25, Sam: Holy shit* lol 14 Dec 2022, 18:26, Sam: That’s gorgeous, I love it - and so much character 14 Dec 2022, 18:26, Sam: In a slightly _Benji’s old flat_ kinda way 14 Dec 2022, 18:27, Damien: Hahaha I think it’s fab too. Shall I call tomorrow to arrange a booking? 14 Dec 2022, 18:27, Sam: Yeah that’d be amazing! Or I can - or let’s just say we both commit to doing it and see who wins, haha 14 Dec 2022, 22:38, Sam: Aww I think the guys at the Tesco just Friends-from-Philadelphia-ed me - I was picking up a pack of cigarettes for the guy outside, and asked them (at his request) for the cheapest they had, said I had no ID but it was for the guy outside, whereupon they gave me something-or-other*, which I gave to him & he seemed absolutely over the moon and just unwarrantedly grateful given this was a distinctly sublunary gift (lol) as far as I knew…. Or perhaps he’s just a man of simple tastes 🤷‍♀️ *impossible to tell, now that they come wrapped in 6 inches of lead and their own little hazmat suit 18 Dec 2022, 09:57, Damien: Sorry darling the connection is a bit off 18 Dec 2022, 09:57, Damien: Are you close? 18 Dec 2022, 09:57, Sam: I’ve just got here - what’s your room num? 18 Dec 2022, 09:57, Damien: It’s 641 18 Dec 2022, 09:57, Damien: See you soon 18 Dec 2022, 09:58, Sam: See ya! 18 Dec 2022, 09:58, Sam: Oh wait 18 Dec 2022, 09:58, Sam: What floor are you on? Im assuming 6, per convention, but not sure 18 Dec 2022, 09:58, Damien: I think it’s 6 yes 18 Dec 2022, 09:59, Sam: Cool cool cool - yeah I think 90% of the time that’s how they do it 18 Dec 2022, 13:21, Sam: video omitted 18 Dec 2022, 14:09, Damien: 😘😘😘 18 Dec 2022, 14:09, Damien: What are you getting up to? 18 Dec 2022, 17:07, Sam: Oh not much atm, mostly working and procrastinating 18 Dec 2022, 17:07, Sam: I’m actually now a World-Cup-level crastinator 18 Dec 2022, 17:07, Damien: Oh sorry to miss you earlier. I’m on a coach to the country now. It’s the most horrible journey haha 18 Dec 2022, 17:07, Damien: Did you say you have a viewing later? 18 Dec 2022, 17:09, Sam: Ohhh I didn’t realise! Nah it’s tomorrow - I’m currently trying to finagle another bidink (portmanteau of twink and..) around, who’s from Essex and looks Essexy but has a ludicrously comically big dick 18 Dec 2022, 17:09, Sam: I prob overfixate on metrics lol 19 Dec 2022, 10:50, Sam: Thoughts? https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/63488904/ 19 Dec 2022, 10:51, Sam: Also there’s a viewing at 12 if you want to video call in or whatever, but no worries 19 Dec 2022, 10:51, Sam: Or no stress/pressure, rather (seemingly worries can only had after the fact, by the arcane rules of English) 19 Dec 2022, 11:11, Damien: Omg I love it, such a good price 19 Dec 2022, 11:11, Damien: Shall we arrange a viewing 19 Dec 2022, 11:12, Damien: Yes I’ll call you then x 19 Dec 2022, 12:12, Sam: 19 Dec 2022, 12:17, Damien: Hahah oh god 19 Dec 2022, 12:17, Damien: Did you find it? 19 Dec 2022, 12:37, Sam: Yup, I did and it’s lovely! It’s actually the first place on Berners St, the one I preferred - either there was a mixup (for the better?) or it was actually the same flat with old photos? I’ll check the listing when I get home but you should take a look at the video - there are two offers on it so it’s the classic ‘need to move quickly’ scenario (though tbh is it ever not? and we’d prob be nervous even if they said they didn’t have offers) 19 Dec 2022, 12:38, Damien: Ahh perfect 19 Dec 2022, 12:38, Damien: Do you have the video 19 Dec 2022, 12:39, Sam: Lol in the time it took me to write that, I am indeed home 19 Dec 2022, 12:39, Sam: Ah sorry, one sec 19 Dec 2022, 12:39, Sam: video omitted 19 Dec 2022, 12:39, Sam: Wait haha no sorry not that one 19 Dec 2022, 12:44, Damien: Omg I love it 19 Dec 2022, 12:44, Damien: How much is it on for? 19 Dec 2022, 12:44, Damien: Shall we put an offer in 19 Dec 2022, 13:21, Sam: Yeah me too! It’s on for 4116 19 Dec 2022, 13:21, Sam: Per month 19 Dec 2022, 13:21, Sam: I’d definitely put an offer in, imo 19 Dec 2022, 13:22, Sam: Though note the second bedroom is a fair bit bigger so idk how we’d do that 19 Dec 2022, 13:22, Sam: I’m very happy with either - like, I have simple tastes & so am tot fine with the smaller one, but also I’d be happy to pay more if I ended up taking the larger one bc I’d appreciate Ethan too 19 Dec 2022, 13:22, Sam: Appreciate _that_ too* 19 Dec 2022, 13:22, Sam: Lol 19 Dec 2022, 13:23, Sam: But I’m just saying we’d prob not split the price evenly 19 Dec 2022, 13:24, Sam: Well, bigger and also has that en suite, though like in Bethnal Green the bathroom across would be functionally mine most of the time (obv not saying you / guests can’t use it, lol) and is not super different from an en suite _reaaaally_ 19 Dec 2022, 13:25, Sam: ^ wording there is assuming the bugger room is likely to be yours 19 Dec 2022, 13:25, Sam: Wait sorry nigger 19 Dec 2022, 13:25, Sam: Bigger 19 Dec 2022, 13:26, Sam: God my brain 🧠 19 Dec 2022, 13:33, Damien: Shall we offer this, I think it’s quite a good price. Yes I agree, there is quite a difference between the two rooms, how would you be happy in splitting it? 19 Dec 2022, 13:33, Damien: Hahaha, I’m subbed tan isn’t too much 🤣 19 Dec 2022, 14:34, Sam: I think let’s 👌 I’ll create a new chat with the offer form - soz for delay, work has been biz 19 Dec 2022, 14:35, Sam: Uh, price wise I guess we can agree later but maybe we should agree a rough order of magnitude now just in case we disagree? But I don’t think we want anywhere near Paddington levels of inequality 19 Dec 2022, 14:35, Sam: Partly because there sad 19 Dec 2022, 14:36, Sam: Sorry, I fell over, lol 19 Dec 2022, 14:36, Damien: Ahh fantastic 🙌🏼🙌🏼 19 Dec 2022, 14:36, Sam: Partly because the difference there was greater, and partly because it was just an unfair split regardless - I don’t think it should inform how we split this one 19 Dec 2022, 14:36, Sam: (I think my rent was dragged down by Kieran’s artificially low rent, and sorta setting mine in proportion to that) 19 Dec 2022, 14:37, Sam: Like, in everything but principle I’d be happy paying £2k 19 Dec 2022, 14:37, Sam: Or £2057 or whatever half would be 19 Dec 2022, 14:38, Damien: I think that works great. 19 Dec 2022, 14:38, Damien: What part of Berners st is it? 19 Dec 2022, 14:38, Sam: Wait what’s this to? I wasn’t actually suggesting paying £2k - I think we might want like a 10% difference or something like that, whatever that would be, idk 19 Dec 2022, 14:39, Sam: But actually tbh I think let’s just go ahead 19 Dec 2022, 14:39, Sam: We’ll figure something out, and the important thing is that we can both afford it at whatever split - like, for either of us, paying, say, 3k (totally made-up figure- no import!) would be fine 19 Dec 2022, 14:40, Sam: So that gives pleeeeeenty of room for any split we might decide, and more besides 19 Dec 2022, 14:40, Sam: It’s across the street from Denny’s Brands, sorta around the middle 19 Dec 2022, 14:41, Sam: Oxst maybe 20 secs walk, Oxcirc maybe 3-4 mins, tho there’s a really pretty entrance to Tot Ct Rd on one of the mirroring streets on the Soho side - may even be the one that Berners St becomes 19 Dec 2022, 14:41, Sam: Anyway I’ll set up a chat 19 Dec 2022, 14:42, Damien: Oh good, so it really close to the tube station? 🙌🏼 19 Dec 2022, 14:49, Sam: 19 Dec 2022, 14:49, Sam: Sorry, my phone ran out midway - didn’t genuinely take that long, lol 19 Dec 2022, 14:54, Damien: Oh darling one more thing, I know it’s furnished, but how much of the stuff is actually staying, are they taking the art work? 19 Dec 2022, 15:30, Sam: Haha, you’re in luck - that was among the few things I asked 😅 19 Dec 2022, 15:31, Sam: Basically it seems like some of them they may want to take due to sentimental or whatever other value, but we could absolutely ask and there’s a decent chance they could leave certain things (we could obv ask what the status of all the paintings is, and then make a selection) 19 Dec 2022, 15:32, Sam: Sorry, that’s the paintings - I also asked generally about other stuff, and I think they’ll take books and stuff (books being the one thing I can think of that affects the ‘vibe’) - like, photos of themselves, stuff like that - but most of it stays 19 Dec 2022, 15:32, Sam: Obviously all of this is negotiable: we could ask them to take even more, or leave certain things 19 Dec 2022, 15:33, Sam: Probably not the family photos lol 19 Dec 2022, 15:36, Damien: 🤣🤣🤣🤣 yes best they take those with them 19 Dec 2022, 15:37, Damien: I only think that is irking me slightly is that brown hideous rug. I mean it’s a small issue and if they say no I can hide it in a cupboard or something 19 Dec 2022, 15:37, Damien: What do you think? 19 Dec 2022, 15:50, Sam: Haha I’m sure it’ll be fine 19 Dec 2022, 15:50, Sam: As in, that asking them to take it will be fine 19 Dec 2022, 15:51, Sam: Also, I suppose, that the rug will be fine (and can at least be becupboarded) 19 Dec 2022, 15:51, Sam: There’s a large storage closet-y room-y thing at the end of the hallway which I may not have captured in the video 19 Dec 2022, 15:52, Sam: (Maybe half the size of Paddington’s - you could maybe stand in it but not comfortably) 19 Dec 2022, 17:04, Sam: Ah, shit, we shoudl get this form in 19 Dec 2022, 17:04, Damien: Sorry 19 Dec 2022, 17:04, Damien: You’re right 19 Dec 2022, 17:05, Damien: Let me take a look 19 Dec 2022, 17:06, Sam: I'll just write out the details I think 19 Dec 2022, 17:06, Sam: but the one thing I need to agree with you is the exact rate 19 Dec 2022, 17:06, Sam: can't recall if I said, but: 19 Dec 2022, 17:06, Damien: Thank you darling, I really appreciate it🙏🏻 19 Dec 2022, 17:07, Sam: I suggested making a higher offer in view of the two existing offers (both at asking price), and he seemed a bit less 'pro' that than I expected 19 Dec 2022, 17:07, Sam: But 19 Dec 2022, 17:07, Sam: He did seem quite positive about the idea of offering a longer tenure (can't recall the word) 19 Dec 2022, 17:07, Sam: lease maybe, whatever 19 Dec 2022, 17:07, Sam: So I'm not sure which of those two we'd be happy with - and we could always renegotiate after the original offer 19 Dec 2022, 17:08, Sam: Not sure if this is really an offer so much as an invitation to treat 19 Dec 2022, 17:08, Sam: (sorry, legally, I mean - considering whether we'd be bound to it) 19 Dec 2022, 17:08, Damien: How long do you think? Maybe 12 months? 19 Dec 2022, 17:08, Sam: So 12 months is the standard (though obv we could suggest anything) 19 Dec 2022, 17:09, Sam: I think he was suggesting the other offerors had proposed 12 months 19 Dec 2022, 17:09, Sam: Maybe 18 would be more likely to get it 19 Dec 2022, 17:10, Sam: On the other hand, not the end of the world, and it's v possible even with that that they (a) would have accepted us anyway or (b) will reject us anyway 19 Dec 2022, 17:10, Sam: (given there are other factors, mainly around who we are) 19 Dec 2022, 17:10, Damien: Yes good thinking, maybe we offer £4250 rather than £4116 19 Dec 2022, 17:10, Sam: Yeah let's go for that, that sounds sensible - and 100-odd quid is never gonna make a difference ever 19 Dec 2022, 17:11, Damien: I think 18 months sounds good 👌🏻 19 Dec 2022, 17:11, Sam: Won't necessarily clinch it given the aforementioned other factors, but may be a nice blandishment 19 Dec 2022, 17:11, Sam: may sweeten the deal at least 19 Dec 2022, 17:11, Sam: Oh nah I don't think we need to do both 19 Dec 2022, 17:11, Sam: Oh well though 19 Dec 2022, 17:11, Sam: May as well 19 Dec 2022, 17:12, Sam: I dunno - let me know in the next 5 mins if either of those are particularly worth avoiding for you, while I'm writing this message 19 Dec 2022, 17:12, Sam: Oh shit 19 Dec 2022, 17:12, Sam: You do realise this is starting in Feb, right? 19 Dec 2022, 17:13, Sam: Sorry, can't recall if you saw it on the listing, or if I mentioned it 19 Dec 2022, 17:13, Damien: I would probably prefer, offering more in rent than a longer tenancy. I’m easy either way 19 Dec 2022, 17:13, Damien: Oh what date in Feb? 19 Dec 2022, 17:14, Sam: I can check but it was early Feb - and maybe let's then offer 12 months and the amount you suggested👌 19 Dec 2022, 17:14, Damien: Ahh if it’s early February it’s fine 👌🏻 19 Dec 2022, 17:14, Sam: Shall I say in the offer terms 'whatever the date was, in early Feb' 19 Dec 2022, 17:14, Damien: Perfect. Thank you so much for doing that, I’m absolutely dead today 🫠🫠 19 Dec 2022, 17:15, Sam: also how come? just tryng to figure out how serious, whether it's about having a place to live (which is fixable) or something that'd absolutely require a flat (i dunno - hosting your aunt's funeral or something) 19 Dec 2022, 17:15, Sam: sorry, that's a terrible example 19 Dec 2022, 17:15, Sam: in every sense of the word terrible 19 Dec 2022, 17:15, Sam: but was trying to think of some out-there gravely important thing 19 Dec 2022, 17:15, Damien: Yah I think that’s fine, It won’t matter too much. 19 Dec 2022, 17:17, Damien: 🤣🤣🤣 no, I found it quite funny actually. I can definitely find something for January it should be fine. I’ll probably go away in Jan as well so it works well! 19 Dec 2022, 17:17, Sam: OK, neat - will say early Feb 19 Dec 2022, 17:17, Sam: and that's a relief about your aunt, lol 19 Dec 2022, 17:17, Sam: also, gonna say 4261 bc it makes the weekly amount round (980) - assume fine 19 Dec 2022, 17:18, Sam: tho the weekly amount wasn't round to begin with - not sure how they arrived at that number 19 Dec 2022, 17:20, Damien: That sounds perfect. Thank you so much for putting the offer in 🙏🏻🙏🏻 19 Dec 2022, 17:21, Damien: I will have a browse at some contingencies incase they reject it. 19 Dec 2022, 17:24, Sam: Ah shit I forgot to say early Feb 19 Dec 2022, 17:24, Sam: will put it in when he's done writing 19 Dec 2022, 17:25, Sam: and will make clear not a hard condition (I think?) but earlier the better 19 Dec 2022, 17:25, Sam: worst case you could stay here for the intervening time 19 Dec 2022, 17:26, Sam: also thanks re contingencies! i think the price may sweeten the deal, and also us being just two tenants (possible others are couples, maybe 'professional sharers', or families, etc) 19 Dec 2022, 17:26, Sam: I don't mean one offeror would be multiple families, lol - it's Fitzrovia, not Stalingrad - but ykwim 19 Dec 2022, 17:29, Damien: I hope so, ot looks amazing 😍 19 Dec 2022, 17:30, Sam: Yeah, I love the look - btw is there any chance you could let Rob know your details? I'll need them anyway when I fill in the form, unless you want to 19 Dec 2022, 17:31, Sam: which would actually be a help but only if you've time 19 Dec 2022, 17:34, Damien: Just sent them, so I think he’s got everything now. Thank you so so much again for organising all of this, I really owe you one xx 19 Dec 2022, 21:13, Sam: Ah, amazing! And no, thank my mum, or else I certainly wouldn’t have bothered, haha 19 Dec 2022, 21:13, Sam: I’m really glad we ended up still _just about_ in north Soho - I actually do feel a bit silly calling it Fitzrovia when it’s _so_ absurdly close to Oxford St.. Do we just call it Soho? Noho?? 19 Dec 2022, 21:19, Damien: I know right, I think you can still call it soho for sure 19 Dec 2022, 21:19, Damien: Maybe it’s Bloomsbury? 19 Dec 2022, 21:53, Sam: I'd prob say Soho - to me Bloomsbury is the other side of Tot Ct Rd, and I can't think of anything else I'd identify as an area 19 Dec 2022, 21:54, Sam: Yeah I dunno, it's a weird area, but I love it, especially with how post-apocalyptic that bit of Ox St has always felt in the evenings / at night (i.e. when I'm awake) 19 Dec 2022, 21:55, Sam: I really hope they don't embourgeoise that bit of Oxford St, tho I suspect they v likely wil 19 Dec 2022, 21:55, Sam: l 20 Dec 2022, 13:57, Damien: Sam Darling what’s the name of your company you’re working for? 20 Dec 2022, 13:58, Sam: Ah sorry it’s Abrdn (Aberdeen, that is, Asset Management - they paid £1.2m for that brilliant new name) 20 Dec 2022, 13:58, Sam: I believe the legal name is indeed Abrdn 20 Dec 2022, 17:24, Sam: image omitted 20 Dec 2022, 19:48, Damien: SCREAMING 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 20 Dec 2022, 19:55, Sam: You deleted this message. 20 Dec 2022, 20:01, Sam: And invariably he’ll live someplace called something like Broxborough, population 32, which is just 75 mins on the fast bus from Morestonpool which is in the north of Westhamptonshire, and [blah blah blah somehow never ending up anywhere that you’re certain is a real place name] 20 Dec 2022, 20:02, Sam: And will still wear makeup and ‘nice’ H&M clothes all the time for reasons that remain one of the great mysteries of our age 20 Dec 2022, 20:05, Sam: (Actually maybe my H&M reference is a bit dated - is H&M even a thing any more? What’s the equivalent? I don’t take note of where the Grindr teenagers’ clothes are from, lol… God this is the first year of my life where I’m starting to feel like there’s a clearly wholly distinct generation of adults, or near-adults, below me with a culture that’s entirely alien to mine) 23 Dec 2022, 10:34, Damien: Yes darling a the woke brigade! 23 Dec 2022, 10:35, Damien: 23 Dec 2022, 10:35, Sam: Yeah let’s see how we feel, but no cost to keeping him sweet 23 Dec 2022, 10:35, Damien: Taking all the art and the sofa, I mean those were the few things I liked. 23 Dec 2022, 10:36, Damien: I’m traveling most of today 23 Dec 2022, 10:36, Sam: Yeah, honestly I haven’t had enough time to properly think - it doesn’t feel ‘real’ to me yet, tho that’s prob a reflection of the aforementioned lack of time rather than the flat 23 Dec 2022, 10:36, Sam: I’m not quite sure what I think 23 Dec 2022, 10:36, Damien: But I will have a look at other flats to see, I think the scales have went out of our favour. 23 Dec 2022, 10:37, Sam: I love the location, I think that’s almost ideal, though - as I said to my aunt - I almost liked being on the first floor here and thus among the din of the st 23 Dec 2022, 10:37, Damien: I think if they take the sofa it’ll be semi furnished. 23 Dec 2022, 10:37, Sam: The flat itself I honestly can’t quite picture myself in - just hard to know what it’ll be like for some reason 23 Dec 2022, 10:37, Sam: I think it was arguably misfurnished to begin with 😅 23 Dec 2022, 10:38, Sam: (Nah, I mean, as I said to the Essexman, I actually like the style and I suspect you do too, but I also suspect that they didn’t expect people too, and thus maybe planned on tenants _wanting_ to get rid of furn) 23 Dec 2022, 10:39, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/57030831/ 23 Dec 2022, 10:39, Sam: Nicer one on Berners https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/61185388/ 23 Dec 2022, 10:40, Damien: Yahh, I loved the style, it’ll just be a headache having to fill the walls, where the outline of pieces of work would still be noticeable. 23 Dec 2022, 10:40, Sam: Nah there are loads that have just come on - I don’t think the scales are particularly ill-tipped, I think I’m just lazy and you’re, well, ok my point is for whatever reason I haven’t looked that much and either you haven’t or you’ve excluded these for reasons I’m missing 23 Dec 2022, 10:41, Sam: Yeah, agreed - and suspect he’d take the nicer / larger things 23 Dec 2022, 10:41, Sam: May also be a bad landlord in a practical sense because … I mean, yes, he will be s bad landlord in a practical sense, lol 23 Dec 2022, 10:53, Damien: Yes, I have been lazy. Somewhat distracted maybe. Yes I will have a look today, I’m just about to get a 2.5hr train. So will have a look. Lots of nice things come at this time of year! 23 Dec 2022, 10:55, Damien: Yes this one is much nicer 👌🏻 23 Dec 2022, 10:55, Damien: Let me call them 23 Dec 2022, 11:35, Sam: Yeah- big fan of the covgar leech tip 23 Dec 2022, 11:35, Sam: Of the CovGar one too*, lol 23 Dec 2022, 11:36, Sam: Let me do some more looking too 👀 23 Dec 2022, 20:27, Sam: 23 Dec 2022, 20:27, Damien: HAHAHHA FFS 23 Dec 2022, 20:27, Damien: Lol 23 Dec 2022, 20:27, Sam: Like, honestly, just say “I’m a paedophile”, it’s much easier 23 Dec 2022, 20:28, Sam: At LEAST something straightforward like “want younger” 23 Dec 2022, 20:28, Sam: It’s so cringe-inducing - like, sure, you’re into some abstract age gap, it really could be anything!! 27 Dec 2022, 03:22, Sam: 27 Dec 2022, 08:46, Damien: Hahaha are you going sailing? I would say yes, although impulsivity is a popular topic with my therapist so idk. 27 Dec 2022, 08:46, Damien: Did you have a good Christmas? 27 Dec 2022, 08:46, Damien: In Suffolk? 27 Dec 2022, 10:52, Sam: Hahaha fair enough - no I am certainly not going with this man sailing alone around the Caribbean 27 Dec 2022, 10:53, Sam: Also yeah it was pretty good! Where’ve you been? 27 Dec 2022, 11:06, Damien: Hahah actually just looking at that body it’d be a hard no. 27 Dec 2022, 11:07, Damien: I’m in Ireland, will be back in London on the 30th or 31st 27 Dec 2022, 11:09, Damien: Im going to look at flats today, im so sorry for the delay on all of that, ive been distracted, plus thought everything would have been closed anyway 27 Dec 2022, 15:45, Damien: Flats Sam + Damien .xlsx document omitted 27 Dec 2022, 15:45, Damien: Darling have a look at that and tell me what you think 27 Dec 2022, 15:46, Damien: i think we should take a look every day as new stuff will be added coming into the new year 29 Dec 2022, 10:13, Sam: Honestly I think if he were Adonis himself (rather than Andrew Adonis) I’d still say no 😂 29 Dec 2022, 10:14, Sam: Oh no, so have I - but it seems like things have gone a bit lukewarm on the Berners St flat, and prob we should follow our instincts 29 Dec 2022, 10:14, Sam: I’ll take a look in a few mins - thanks, and sorry I didn’t catch this till now! 29 Dec 2022, 17:04, Damien: Did you manage to take a look darling? 29 Dec 2022, 21:51, Sam: Shit, sorry, I was on the ol meth binge last night and I ended up sleeping most of that time 29 Dec 2022, 21:52, Sam: I’ll look through properly on my laptop, but while I’m on my phone & in the bath, are there any you’re particularly keen on? I suppose it’d be good to know anyway (unless you think it’d bias my impressions of them) 29 Dec 2022, 21:52, Sam: ^ ie just so I can look at those first, till I’m at my laptop 29 Dec 2022, 22:55, Sam: Hey, what do you say we just view this and take it? It looks absolutely fine to me, more than fine really, and … I dunno, I think carrying on the current way will end either with one of us jumping off a bridge or with us taking somewhere worse 🤷‍♀️ https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/53376491/ 30 Dec 2022, 13:21, Damien: Haha oh sweetie, I know its getting so tiresome looking. I’m ready to pounce on any atm its driving me mad too. Im back in town tomorrow, and going to get some viewings, hopefully at Berners St. 30 Dec 2022, 13:21, Damien: Also i havent worked out where im staying tomtorow yet, if all esle fails can i stay with you. Not to worry if not xx 30 Dec 2022, 16:22, Sam: Ah sorry yeah if coyyese ! 30 Dec 2022, 16:22, Sam: Of course fatter 30 Dec 2022, 16:22, Sam: Rather, dammit - sorry, phone is wet 31 Dec 2022, 09:51, Damien: Ahh perfect. I think I’ve found a place, hopefully haha. Are yiu back in London? 31 Dec 2022, 13:37, Sam: Wait, you mean for tonight or to rent? Haha - yup je suis à Londres 31 Dec 2022, 13:37, Sam: Ah shit it’s NYE - insane to think it’s been three full years elapsed since things were good 31 Dec 2022, 13:37, Damien: Oh just for tonight :) 31 Dec 2022, 13:37, Damien: Im looking to see if any new flats have been posted 31 Dec 2022, 13:38, Damien: Are you going to James’ party? 31 Dec 2022, 13:38, Sam: Ah ok, fair enough! But there seem to be lots of good places - wait one sec I just need to write something to a friend about the NHS (weird experience last night, will explain) and then will look at flats 31 Dec 2022, 13:38, Sam: And also ask James if it’s ok to come since I’ve not RSVPed 31 Dec 2022, 13:38, Sam: Well, not Red, I guess 31 Dec 2022, 13:38, Sam: But ykwim 31 Dec 2022, 13:38, Sam: I like to think it’d be more of an RSTP anyway 31 Dec 2022, 15:24, Damien: Shall we go to the party together 31 Dec 2022, 15:24, Damien: I hate arriving alone 31 Dec 2022, 16:59, Sam: Oh yeah of course! Let’s 31 Dec 2022, 18:21, Damien: Awesome 31 Dec 2022, 18:21, Damien: Shall we meet at yours in a bit 31 Dec 2022, 20:03, Sam: Ah shit sorry 31 Dec 2022, 20:04, Sam: 31 Dec 2022, 20:04, Sam: But yeah let’s - what time suits? 31 Dec 2022, 20:23, Damien: I’m an hour 31 Dec 2022, 20:27, Damien: Omg hit heroin? 31 Dec 2022, 20:27, Damien: Is that * 31 Dec 2022, 20:33, Sam: Noooo haha, the ‘not sending so many ‘ah shit sorry’ messages’, lol (ie not missing so many messages, or maybe more realistically just cutting out the apologies) 31 Dec 2022, 20:36, Sam: 31 Dec 2022, 20:42, Damien: Yes darlings you don’t need to apologise xx 31 Dec 2022, 20:43, Sam: I don’t want to be a lazy left-wing cliché (‘magical NHS, wonderful and cost-efficient yet also struggling and underfunded’), I’m sure there are ways the NHS can improve, but it’s certainly not for want of people doing heroic work on the front line for way less than they could make privately or in investment banking or whatever, so … gosh it’s just awful that I’m one of the lucky n% 31 Dec 2022, 20:43, Sam: Thanks, sorry 🙃 31 Dec 2022, 20:43, Sam: Where are you atm btw? 31 Dec 2022, 20:44, Sam: Re ‘for way less than they could make privately’: I know of which I speak 31 Dec 2022, 20:44, Damien: Omg darling you poor thing, did this happen last night 🥺🥺 31 Dec 2022, 20:45, Sam: Yeah I don’t know how - it was bizarre 31 Dec 2022, 20:45, Sam: Something in my flat, because it got bad as soon as I got back as well 31 Dec 2022, 20:46, Damien: I’m so sorry to hear, what could it of been do you think? 31 Dec 2022, 20:46, Sam: But yeah don’t worry, I’m generally quite relaxed, and was probably still quite relaxed in relative terms last night 31 Dec 2022, 20:46, Damien: Oh darling that must of been so scary 31 Dec 2022, 20:46, Sam: 31 Dec 2022, 20:46, Damien: Location: https://maps.google.com/?q=51.524300,-0.074399 31 Dec 2022, 20:47, Sam: Ah, poor yorick etc etc 31 Dec 2022, 20:47, Sam: Yeah I know it well - from the dot are you almost opposite the perfumier 31 Dec 2022, 20:48, Sam: *? 31 Dec 2022, 20:48, Sam: The one we went into in soho 31 Dec 2022, 20:48, Damien: Yes that’s right, very close. Just by your old flat x 31 Dec 2022, 20:48, Damien: Shall I make my way to yours now 31 Dec 2022, 20:48, Damien: I imagine it takes about 20 mins to get across To you 31 Dec 2022, 20:49, Sam: Yeah why not - seems a good plan! 31 Dec 2022, 21:26, Damien: Sorry just a little held up won’t be too long xx 31 Dec 2022, 21:44, Sam: Oh no rush at all! Whenever you’re ready :) 31 Dec 2022, 22:01, Sam: Hey not the best time to take a call - will explain - but what’s up 31 Dec 2022, 22:01, Missed audio call 31 Dec 2022, 22:02, Sam: Or else gimme 2 mins if abs new 31 Dec 2022, 22:02, Sam: abs nec 31 Dec 2022, 22:02, Damien: oh I’m just downstairs 31 Dec 2022, 22:02, Sam: …absolutely necessary 31 Dec 2022, 22:02, Damien: Shall I come back? 31 Dec 2022, 22:02, Sam: Ah ok - nah sorry, gimme - min and will come down 31 Dec 2022, 22:02, Sam: 1 min 31 Dec 2022, 22:02, Sam: Sorry, bloody iPhone keyboard 31 Dec 2022, 22:02, Sam: Was just ordering Pig her food before Infograph 31 Dec 2022, 22:02, Sam: Chest I give up on spelling 31 Dec 2022, 22:02, Damien: Are you sure can I can come back x 31 Dec 2022, 22:03, Sam: Nah totes fine ofc 31 Dec 2022, 22:03, Sam: Yohh uh cou try the door, good chance it’s open 31 Dec 2022, 22:03, Sam: Sorry I think I have moisturiser on my hands that’s making the keyboard a bit budging 31 Dec 2022, 22:03, Sam: Dodge 31 Dec 2022, 22:03, Damien: Lol 31 Dec 2022, 22:04, Damien: Don’t worry take your time x 31 Dec 2022, 22:04, Sam: Did not mean for this to sound like … uh … like it prob did 31 Dec 2022, 22:05, Sam: Sorry I also warn you the flat might be a state 31 Dec 2022, 22:05, Sam: Well, is a state 31 Dec 2022, 22:05, Sam: Albeit in the way that Western Sahara is a state 31 Dec 2022, 22:05, Damien: Oh don’t worry at all really it’s fine 31 Dec 2022, 22:06, Sam: Mostly from my frantic attempt to find any hidden/forgotten asthma inhalers yesterday 31 Dec 2022, 22:06, Sam: Just grabbing a T-shirt and will come down 31 Dec 2022, 22:06, Sam: Sorry, expected you to text beforehand, tho obv you weren’t obliged to - it’s just my weird assumption for some reason 31 Dec 2022, 22:07, Damien: I can pop to M&S and get some boos 31 Dec 2022, 22:07, Damien: Would that be easier? X 31 Dec 2022, 22:08, Sam: Oh I’m on my way down the stairs but no worries if you’ve left 31 Dec 2022, 22:09, Sam: Ok I’ll continue down the stairs just in case lol 5 Jan 2023, 16:06, Damien: Sam darling did you see the list of furniture that they’re taking from the flat on Berners st? 5 Jan 2023, 16:07, Damien: Part of me feels like we should make a much lower offer and see what they come back with. 5 Jan 2023, 16:08, Damien: Taking all the decent stuff as well as the art and asking to pay the same amount doesn’t make much sense? 5 Jan 2023, 16:09, Sam: Oh gosh no, I’ll take a look.. That’s crazy - are you suggesting our counter-offer be less than the asking price? I think prob it should be 5 Jan 2023, 16:10, Sam: I mean, if we offer at all … I dunno, the only reason I can see for doing so is that we may well take months more if we don’t 5 Jan 2023, 16:10, Sam: But I’m not too hot on it any more tbh 5 Jan 2023, 16:10, Sam: Then again, if you were happy, I’d prob take it, so don’t take that as a no 5 Jan 2023, 16:11, Sam: As in, if you were keen, rather- not saying I’m keen to take it 5 Jan 2023, 16:12, Damien: Well if you’re not too hot on it the let’s forget it. I had a rather taxing back and forth with some estate agent form Dexters about the other one on Berners st, so going to try arrange something for Monday. 5 Jan 2023, 16:13, Sam: 5 Jan 2023, 16:14, Damien: HAHAHAHHA 5 Jan 2023, 16:14, Sam: Oh yeah that one looked much nicer - I’m looking now too, and my parents are pestering me about finding somewhere 5 Jan 2023, 16:14, Damien: ffs 5 Jan 2023, 16:14, Sam: (For my own sanity I think) 5 Jan 2023, 16:14, Sam: And yeah that’s brilliant 5 Jan 2023, 16:15, Sam: I was thinking “where’s that in Marylebone?”, assuming maybe somewhere far north along Euston Rd, and it didn’t even occur to me that it was there & I should have recognised it 12 Jan 2023, 10:06, Damien: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/130469759#/?channel=RES_LET 12 Jan 2023, 10:06, Damien: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/124091498#/?channel=STU_LET 12 Jan 2023, 10:06, Damien: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/130565162#/media?channel=RES_LET&id=media7&ref=photoCollage 12 Jan 2023, 10:07, Damien: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/129852191#/media?channel=RES_LET&id=media7&ref=photoCollage 12 Jan 2023, 10:07, Sam: Ooh taking a look now 12 Jan 2023, 10:07, Damien: let me know which ones you like and i can arrange viewings x 12 Jan 2023, 10:07, Damien: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/130202285#/?channel=RES_LET 12 Jan 2023, 10:08, Damien: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/128679389#/media?channel=RES_LET&id=media5&ref=floorPlanPage 12 Jan 2023, 10:08, Damien: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/128677859#/floorplan?activePlan=1&channel=RES_LET&id=media2 12 Jan 2023, 10:08, Damien: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/130352888#/media?channel=RES_LET&id=media5&ref=photoCollage 12 Jan 2023, 10:08, Damien: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/129838901#/media?channel=RES_LET&id=media7&ref=photoCollage 12 Jan 2023, 10:09, Damien: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/129983237#/?channel=RES_LET 12 Jan 2023, 10:59, Damien: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/121118459#/media?channel=RES_LET&id=media0&ref=photoCollage 12 Jan 2023, 10:59, Damien: What do you make of this one? 12 Jan 2023, 11:11, Damien: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/130486256#/?channel=RES_LET 12 Jan 2023, 13:41, Damien: Did you have a chance to look darling? 12 Jan 2023, 17:54, Damien: https://www.foxtons.co.uk/properties-to-rent/sw1x/chpk1688929 https://www.foxtons.co.uk/properties-to-rent/w1k/chpk3407623 12 Jan 2023, 17:54, Damien: These two look quite promising 12 Jan 2023, 17:55, Damien: Evelyn Mansions, Carlisle Place, SW1P 12 Jan 2023, 17:55, Damien: This is a nice one too 12 Jan 2023, 17:55, Damien: image omitted 12 Jan 2023, 17:55, Damien: 1200 Dwf 12 Jan 2023, 17:55, Damien: Sqf 12 Jan 2023, 17:56, Damien: He’s yet to give me the price so don’t hold your breath 13 Jan 2023, 09:12, Sam: Oh wow, thanks for doing this! Jesus, sorry, it seems like you’re speeding up rather more than I am (which is def a good thing but I ought to get better with this) 13 Jan 2023, 10:09, Damien: I’m slightly going mad without a fixed address. I have 4 viewings today, one at noon. On Lamont place, just of the Kings Road. From what I recall it’s the good part of the Kings Road… and the Eaton place one, at 16:00, followed by south Audley st and Carlisle place. I think I know your taste well enough now that you’ll like at least one of them. I can do the viewings and send the videos, or you’re welcome to join me x 13 Jan 2023, 10:12, Sam: Oh wow - sorry, I feel bad you’ve been so industrious and I’ve not 13 Jan 2023, 10:13, Sam: I might come along to south audley just bc of my sentimental attachment to that bit of Mayfair and that st in particular 13 Jan 2023, 10:13, Damien: I have much more free time on my hands haha 13 Jan 2023, 10:13, Sam: Don’t suppose it’s anywhere near no. 78? (Opposite a car park, or at least where there was a car park I guess 10 years ago now… jesus) 13 Jan 2023, 10:14, Sam: Haha fair enough! Still, I feel bad, haha 13 Jan 2023, 10:15, Damien: It’s right above Richoux 13 Jan 2023, 10:21, Sam: Ohhhh yeah, sorry, I remember 13 Jan 2023, 10:22, Damien: https://www.chestertons.co.uk/en-gb/property-to-rent/gb/south+kensington/hea171583?utm_campaign=HEA171583&utm_content=prpletmatch_email&utm_medium=email&utm_source=rps&utm_term=Emily+Moffatt 13 Jan 2023, 10:22, Sam: Near Mount St Gardens 13 Jan 2023, 10:22, Sam: And the public library 13 Jan 2023, 10:22, Damien: https://www.chestertons.co.uk/en-gb/property-to-rent/gb/south+kensington/fcl220426?utm_campaign=FCL220426&utm_content=prpletmatch_email&utm_medium=email&utm_source=rps&utm_term=Emily+Moffatt 13 Jan 2023, 10:22, Sam: Actually a surprisingly nice bit of Mayfair - or was still when I knew it, but I realise this is now (jesus) a decade or more ago 13 Jan 2023, 10:22, Damien: What do you make of either of these 13 Jan 2023, 10:22, Sam: Hold on lemme take a look 13 Jan 2023, 10:23, Damien: The one of Eaton place looks amazing just on the border of Belgravia and Knightsbridge 13 Jan 2023, 10:24, Sam: Oh 100% 13 Jan 2023, 10:24, Damien: Technically it’s in Belgravia, but only just 13 Jan 2023, 10:24, Sam: Just looked at #1, the one on Ol Bromp, and I think it depends how far down 13 Jan 2023, 10:24, Sam: And will now look at #2 13 Jan 2023, 10:25, Sam: Emp Gate looks good but quite large and … well, not expensive for what it is, but what would the plan be exactly? (Not saying there isn’t a possible one but wanna be Syrah 13 Jan 2023, 10:25, Sam: sure* 13 Jan 2023, 10:25, Sam: I don’t want to be a grape 13 Jan 2023, 10:27, Sam: Genuinely torn between West Eat and South Aud - may wait till you’ve diligently gathered the info, lol 13 Jan 2023, 10:27, Sam: I mean till the viewings, sorry - tho may join for S Aud if only for nostalgia and to see how it’s doing 13 Jan 2023, 11:00, Damien: Not sure, it is quite large, with two extra bedrooms we can sublet the rooms if we wanted. 13 Jan 2023, 11:01, Damien: https://www.moveli.co.uk/property/002172 13 Jan 2023, 11:01, Damien: What do you think of this? 13 Jan 2023, 11:01, Damien: Is your heart set on the west end, or would you still be open to west. 13 Jan 2023, 12:16, Damien: Location: https://maps.google.com/?q=51.482056,-0.179902 13 Jan 2023, 12:16, Damien: video omitted 13 Jan 2023, 12:16, Damien: And just this part of the kings road 13 Jan 2023, 12:16, Damien: I managed to get a viewing for the Emperors gate one around 3 13 Jan 2023, 14:07, Damien: Actually turns out emperors gate is unfurnished so I’ve left it 13 Jan 2023, 15:13, Damien: Sam darling, the estate agent and I will probably be on south Audrey st around 4:30ish, 13 Jan 2023, 15:13, Damien: I’ll keep you posted though 13 Jan 2023, 15:46, Sam: Oh wow, sorry, let me watch now, one mo 13 Jan 2023, 15:46, Sam: Re South Audley, will quickly take another look - how keen are you on it? If you think it’s one of the top bets, then I’ll grab an ube and come down 13 Jan 2023, 15:48, Damien: Yes, that or Eaton place and Elveyn mansions 13 Jan 2023, 16:23, Damien: 13 Jan 2023, 16:23, Damien: 13 Jan 2023, 16:23, Damien: 13 Jan 2023, 16:24, Sam: Oh gorgeous! I can’t immediately recall the road but will look up 13 Jan 2023, 16:24, Damien: Gorgeous streets 😍 13 Jan 2023, 16:24, Sam: Ohhh yeah I know it 13 Jan 2023, 16:25, Sam: My friend Izzy was on Wilton St just next to there 13 Jan 2023, 16:25, Sam: Belgravia just one big mass to me 13 Jan 2023, 16:39, Damien: video omitted 13 Jan 2023, 16:40, Damien: He said that he didn’t have the keys for the other flats :( 13 Jan 2023, 16:40, Damien: But let me know what you think 13 Jan 2023, 18:14, Sam: Oh wow I love it - from the first 10-20s at least (will carry on) 13 Jan 2023, 18:14, Sam: Is this the Belgravia one? 13 Jan 2023, 18:15, Sam: Thanks much this 13 Jan 2023, 18:16, Damien: Yes that’s the one in Begravia 13 Jan 2023, 18:17, Damien: Belgravia 13 Jan 2023, 18:19, Damien: It is quite expensive, £5200 I just wonder if we could get better elsewhere 13 Jan 2023, 18:55, Damien: image omitted 14 Jan 2023, 00:15, Sam: Lol this is so classic 14 Jan 2023, 00:18, Sam: “Also, the landlord is planning to move the flat to Clacton-on-Sea, and will be replacing the energy efficient lightbulbs with vellum fuelled stoves” 15 Jan 2023, 04:17, Sam: Not remotely ‘Mayfair’ as it purports, but still quite a nice / busy / buzzy location: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/63693944/ 15 Jan 2023, 04:17, Sam: (basically: opposite the side entrance to Selfridges; the nice east one, not the door into the food hall on the west) 15 Jan 2023, 10:39, Damien: Perfect let’s do a viewing 🙌🏼🙌🏼 16 Jan 2023, 12:51, Damien: Sadly that one has gone 16 Jan 2023, 12:52, Damien: :( 16 Jan 2023, 12:52, Damien: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/130750382#/?channel=RES_LET 16 Jan 2023, 12:52, Damien: Don't you love it this one? 16 Jan 2023, 13:00, Damien: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/63507813/?search_identifier=78a3ffddc72e07ec6e2218ca14ecda47 16 Jan 2023, 17:03, Damien: Sorry if I’m coming across too gung ho about this property search. I just want to find something asap, even if the move in is in Feb just have something. All the chaos of living out of a suitcase is beginning to make me loopier than usual. I’m back tomorrow, and am being shown some properties in the West end, hopefully something will come up. I’m sure you’re not enjoying it Goodge st either. I really need to get this flat stuff sorted soon, I think if wr haven’t found anything this week, I’m going to start to look for one and two bed from next week. I’m sure it won’t come to it, but just as a contingency the stress is getting to me more than I had anticipated. I’m by no means saying this to put pressure on you, and don’t want a repeat of Rainsford st. I know I’ve been quite bad at looking over the last month but really hope we can find something soon xx 17 Jan 2023, 01:27, Sam: Oh no, shit, sorry, I wouldn’t hold that against you in the least! No, it’d be absurdly unjust to expect you to go without what I’ve had for the past … Christ, not far off how long we were in Rainsford St. It’s absurd really. We could do it in a day if we had to. I think the curse has been that we haven’t had to. In a way it’s prob been a good thing that we’ve had time to let good places come along, but it’s gone way past absurd now. I thought ‘over by Christmas’ - despite the joke - would actually be a reasonable goal. Anyway I’ll look over what you sent and what’s on Zoopla, and please don’t worry, even if you wanted to switch to looking for your own flat right this instant I couldn’t hold it against you at all. You’re well within your rights, please please don’t worry. But yes hopefully let’s find something! 17 Jan 2023, 01:41, Sam: Oh, I was chatting to my very lovely upstairs neighbour (whose message I sent in the Alex chat) and she was wondering why I didn’t install a ‘separator’ so we could share this flat. And, like, do these people have a fucking Tardis?? How on earth could two human beings live in this space? Christ 17 Jan 2023, 01:42, Sam: ^ tbf she was saying they usually live in Washington for 10 months of the year, so I guess maybe she hasn’t quite internalised it.. 17 Jan 2023, 13:54, Damien: Just about to view the flat on south Audley st 17 Jan 2023, 13:54, Damien: Forgot how much I loved this area 17 Jan 2023, 13:55, Damien: video omitted 17 Jan 2023, 15:20, Damien: video omitted 17 Jan 2023, 20:59, Sam: Oh wow, nice! Sorry I’ve taken so long to get to this 😬 What do you make of it? 17 Jan 2023, 21:00, Sam: Yeah, south west Mayfair is the only remaining bit of Mayfair the way I remember it, probably the absolute tail end of it being a nice place to be 17 Jan 2023, 21:04, Sam: 17 Jan 2023, 21:07, Sam: In fact I googled it the other day in this connection, and saw something saying 'given the very successful development at 77 South Audley St', and thought, shit, that was either across from or next to 78 (long story), so it was definitely either just a townhouse (if next) or an ancient car park or a shoddy embassy iirc (if opposite) 17 Jan 2023, 21:08, Sam: Ah shit it's the car park, yeah, that'll be what they've purged to make yuppie flats - god, anyway, more importantly *what sense did you get of the area today?* Evidently my knowledge is entirely out of date 17 Jan 2023, 21:09, Sam: lol i'm just realising how much I sound like the opening paragraphs of Brideshead 17 Jan 2023, 23:12, Sam: Btw are there any I should/can view, either with you or to take some of the load? I’m very willing and slightly able, lol 17 Jan 2023, 23:14, Sam: Actually, shit, this new one on Rupert St is quite nice: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/52222671/ It’s near Shaftesbury Ave, so it’ll have that nice post-apocalyptic zombie movie nocturnal atmosphere that I so like (unironically) 17 Jan 2023, 23:14, Sam: Well, I mean, it’s _off_ Shaftesbury Ave, obviously, but it’s a short road so also near 17 Jan 2023, 23:15, Sam: Also a super-luxe-looking but eh-quite-close-to-top-of-desired-price-range flat on Goodge: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/63748070/ 18 Jan 2023, 12:45, Damien: It’s unfurnished :( 18 Jan 2023, 15:16, Damien: It’s a basement flat, and really try and damp. It was actually a tad depressing so despite it being in a great area, I’m going to veto that one ahha 18 Jan 2023, 15:19, Damien: Shall we put an offer in on this one 18 Jan 2023, 15:39, Sam: Oh shit sorry - no I’d probably agree on South Audley - I know the road intimately and where Richoux is is a little commercial stretch, probably not the nicest bit (which is, well, the Grosvenor Sq end is prob nice to live at - esp if the wine shop is still there - but the bottom from (I think) Hill St down to the end where it joins Curzon is it for me) 18 Jan 2023, 15:40, Sam: Cba to check if I closed all my brackets there - point is I don’t disagree that strongly, and anyway I also think whatever good remains will be crushed before long too 18 Jan 2023, 15:41, Sam: Which one is that? Sorry, I watched a bunch of it but not sure I picked up on the location 18 Jan 2023, 15:41, Sam: Oh that’s a shame - I can’t recall the price but I’d not be OVERLY concerned - just add on another couple hundred a month for leasing or theoretically amortising furniture costs over the rental period 18 Jan 2023, 15:43, Sam: Tho we might end up like my friend Jake, lol: https://twitter.com/jakewrightuk/status/1589384969444806656?s=46&t=oh1DogcClVLRwhIOLsRNQw 18 Jan 2023, 19:58, Sam: An unusual one but … I genuinely don’t know whether I like it or not: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/63753636/ 18 Jan 2023, 20:00, Sam: And here’s a mystery one in Mayfair (Hertford St is basically Shepherd’s Market) - worth my emailing to ask more? 👀 https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/63750876/ 21 Jan 2023, 06:20, Sam: Holy shit the Hertford St one is nice: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/63775809/ I say we go see it today and aim to take it 21 Jan 2023, 11:19, Damien: Yes Perfect! Let me know when. 21 Jan 2023, 13:50, Sam: Ah shit - when are you around? 21 Jan 2023, 13:51, Damien: I’m free most of today, not much planned haha x 21 Jan 2023, 13:52, Sam: Ok lemme give them a call and see if they can make time 👀 21 Jan 2023, 13:53, Sam: 21 Jan 2023, 13:54, Sam: “My dad’s butler” as if it’s the most normal thing in the world, haha 21 Jan 2023, 13:54, Damien: Hahahaha omg 21 Jan 2023, 13:54, Damien: Who’s he? 21 Jan 2023, 13:54, Damien: Is he being genuine? 21 Jan 2023, 14:18, Sam: Called and no answer - will try again in 5 :) 21 Jan 2023, 14:18, Sam: And oh he went to school with Roman and for some reason has been chatting to me sorta nonstop for, well, a week-ish, not long 21 Jan 2023, 14:20, Sam: I have a huge crush on him because he’s totally gorgeous and lovely and as far as I can see perfect in just about every way - very annoying and unfair lol - but I’m not quite sure yet about his motivations … eh I’ll tell you more when I see you 21 Jan 2023, 14:22, Sam: But yeah he’s not doing the social-climb-y thing, nah, his dad’s the Duke of Richmond and he’s proper ‘upper upper class’ (his grandpa knew our fam friend the MoB [dead, not current] at longleat which I’ve confirmed) - not entirely my scene but he’s also sceptical of it (though loves his family, who, to be fair, sound actually lovely and super cool) 21 Jan 2023, 14:22, Sam: I’m still slightly concerned that he’s a meth hallucination, haha 21 Jan 2023, 14:24, Sam: Did I ever show you that clip of Jack’s dad going on about eugenics and ‘higher beings on the tree of life’ etc? God, if so I’ve gotta send you his dad’s take on that guy - nothing like a good inter-aristo slapdown, de haut en bas 21 Jan 2023, 14:25, Sam: Anyway ignite all that - I’m just glad to have a bit of a purpose again 21 Jan 2023, 15:33, Damien: Oh darling all sounds very promising. 🙌🏼 21 Jan 2023, 15:33, Damien: Hahahahahaha have you been hitting the pipe hard? 21 Jan 2023, 15:35, Damien: Any luck? I can try again if not, god I’m going slightly mad, sitting in a pup in Mile end, drinking pale ale, and researching mindfulness clinics in Goa. I’m close to losing the plot 😅😂 21 Jan 2023, 15:38, Sam: Hmm, this is very strange 21 Jan 2023, 15:38, Sam: I called a few times, kept alternately ringing out and getting put through to an estate agent in Surrey 21 Jan 2023, 15:39, Sam: Initially I and the guy I spoke to most times assumed it was their London office I was looking for - I eventually thought to ask the name of the agent (having not really processed it when he was giving his ritual gargled phone salutation) and it was totally different 21 Jan 2023, 15:39, Sam: He didn’t recognise the name of the agent on the listing at all - but the phone number at least _went to_ them 21 Jan 2023, 15:40, Damien: Oh what a pain. Oh never mind, let me take a look on zoopla/rightmove and see what they have xx 21 Jan 2023, 15:40, Sam: But I’m bemused at how this could be a scam - surely the phone number is the one fucking thing you’d want to get right??? 21 Jan 2023, 15:40, Sam: It may be a genuine mistake somehow - like, maybe they have a third party that uploads the listings and got them mixed up with another company, say 21 Jan 2023, 15:41, Sam: Although ‘AP Living’ lists an address of ‘Gossamer Gardens’ - I and the guy were puzzling this out on the phone - which (1) sounds suspiciously fake, like something from an Enid Blyton book, and (2) doesn’t exist in London, Google’s first suggestion being in Ontario 21 Jan 2023, 15:41, Sam: There are other listings of the same flat iirc - possibly some are legit? Idk 21 Jan 2023, 15:42, Sam: I think I said before that it’s amazing people don’t get scammed so often - like, have you ever rented a flat except under circumstances where for all you know the ‘estate agent’ may have just booked it on Airbnb for a few days and ‘let’ it to 50 people??? 21 Jan 2023, 15:43, Sam: Yeah me too - luckily there are nice places besides this one, though if this one were real I think it’d win handily 21 Jan 2023, 18:42, Sam: Oh, I meant to say, do you know anything about racing? Does Goodwood mean anything to you?? 22 Jan 2023, 13:05, Sam: May be worth a look: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/63576349/ 22 Jan 2023, 13:08, Sam: If only bc my friend Tom has a flat in that development (dw, think he spends most of his time at his house in Norfolk (Burnham Market of course lol)) and I know it’s lovely. Right by Covent Garden station. Lovely ‘carved out’ indoor courtyardy space. Come to think of it not bad for Tig and Pig, which is v rare for central London but obv shouldn’t be a deciding factor! Then again, not cheap exactly, and would depend how we liked Covent Garden - it’d be the equivalent of here in terms of closeness to Soho, but set off to the east rather than the north, so less convenient for Ox St etc 22 Jan 2023, 13:25, Damien: Oh yes will take a look 22 Jan 2023, 13:26, Damien: What are you up to today? 23 Jan 2023, 16:53, Damien: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/63564247/?featured=1&utm_content=featured_listing&search_identifier=5031391652867bf49a8c5015c374c99e 23 Jan 2023, 16:53, Damien: What do you think of this one? 23 Jan 2023, 17:00, Sam: Looks very nice but maybe a bit suburban, and esp for the price.. I’m not sure though, neither wedded to it nor divorced 23 Jan 2023, 17:00, Sam: Wdyt about eg this one https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/63779201/ 23 Jan 2023, 17:01, Sam: Location drawn on map is wrong, Hill St is opposite side of Berkeley Sq (incidentally where Divy’s family have their offices and where my old school friend Tom DaCosta - of dog-eating ridgeback fame - lived, so I know it well) 23 Jan 2023, 17:02, Sam: It’s barely a dozen houses really - quite a short st, bridging Berk Sq with S Audley iirc 23 Jan 2023, 17:03, Damien: I love the location, although the basics are really low budget, the sink in the bathroom, or that faux marble worktop in the kitchen. It would drive me mad. 23 Jan 2023, 17:03, Sam: Yeah, the deco is a bit like a cheap Harley St dentist’s waiting room 23 Jan 2023, 17:05, Sam: I dunno - I want to say beggars can’t be choosers, but then I also feel like most beggars aren’t spending 50-60k a year on their cardboard boxes, so … yeah I dunno really, we’ll have to make some compromises on anything, but this isn’t, like, my favourite place in the world, it’s just an ok one I saw while having a glance just now 23 Jan 2023, 17:05, Sam: I’m torn really - but yeah no I’m certainly not mad about this one, though in general we can always redecorate if we find somewhere that’s otherwise nice 23 Jan 2023, 17:06, Sam: Well, not the sink etc, that’s a worse disadvantage, yeah 23 Jan 2023, 17:06, Damien: Haha well quite, I thought we had quite a good budget but apparently not. Ahha 23 Jan 2023, 17:07, Sam: Nah I think we do, but we’re looking for quite a particular type of place and I guess the rate is just not high enough - and there are always gonna be some trying their luck 🤷‍♀️ 23 Jan 2023, 17:08, Sam: Sorry, I mean, like, the rate at which places come on the market 23 Jan 2023, 17:09, Sam: But yeah it leaves us at a bit of an impasse I guess - maybe the one seam we could mine is old listings 23 Jan 2023, 17:09, Sam: Like, I’ve tended only to look at the new ones, on the assumption that old ones - esp the nice old ones - will have gone, but that’s prob not entirely true 23 Jan 2023, 17:09, Sam: (And I knew it was not entirely true, ofc, but I guess it’s an effort-vs-payoff thing, and that balance is starting to tip) 23 Jan 2023, 17:12, Damien: True, what areas are you most keen on, Soho, GG, Mayfair, Fitzrovia, Marylebone, Bayswater, and SK/Knightsbridge 24 Jan 2023, 07:46, Sam: Hmm, maybe: Soho, this bit of Fitzrovia (generally the southernmost, subgoodgean bit), Mayfair Then in a different, slightly lower category: Bayswater, SK / KB, Marylebone What’s GG? 24 Jan 2023, 07:46, Damien: Oh sorry, that was supposed to be Covent Garden. 24 Jan 2023, 07:47, Sam: Oh yeah CG would go in my top category 24 Jan 2023, 07:48, Sam: Basically anywhere bordering Soho, or Soho itself (though perversely Soho itself, despite being the radix bonorum, maybe ranks a bit lower) 27 Jan 2023, 13:45, Damien: Sam darling, how are you? Have you seen any flats at all. I really need somewhere asap, as staying between Edward’s and Ireland is really taking its toll. I’m back tomorrow, are you around d this weekend? We can scope out a few together. I’ve started to look at one beds too, just as I desperately need somewhere soon. I’m not saying that to put pressure on you to choose somewhere, more that you’re not surprised if I impulsively just choose somewhere. I’m so sorry about this, it’s just been quite hectic over the last few months and I just need to sort it xx 28 Jan 2023, 03:26, Sam: Ah shit, no, I’m sorry, I’ve been a bit remiss. Well, also there’s just not much you can do after a certain point: either give it time or lower our standards or else you look for something yourself (which I again 100% understand, since I got somewhere about 3 days in, lol - no it’s been ludicrously uneven and of course I don’t hold it against you in the slightest). If we lowered standards, it’d prob be area (which I realise I’m prob the pickier about), or bathrooms (I’m more inclined to cave on that, tho I take your pt and am of two minds), or that general subjective scan of how nice a place is. But no, my position is: I obv would like to find somewhere, and I’ve been keeping an eye on Zoopla, but I also know that even if we make great play of sitting around looking serious and compiling lists there are only so many flats coming on the market 🤷‍♀️ And so it’s sorta up to, well, both of us to figure out what we want - but no of course I’d never hold it against you if you opt for somewhere on your own (or for that matter with anyone else) :) 28 Jan 2023, 03:28, Sam: In addition to those options, we could raise price, but we’d then prob want more in return, and less comes on the market the higher you go. (At £50m ish I think Phil’s parents’ house has been on the market for 5+ years, say..) 30 Jan 2023, 08:39, Damien: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/131166752#/floorplan?activePlan=1&channel=RES_LET 30 Jan 2023, 08:41, Damien: what do you think of this one? 30 Jan 2023, 11:29, Damien: https://www.chestertons.co.uk/en-gb/property-to-rent/gb/hyde+park/hyl080119?sentID=123168730&tid=123168730&utm_campaign=HYL080119&utm_content=property_match_-_online&utm_medium=email&utm_source=match&utm_term=image1 30 Jan 2023, 13:11, Sam: Ooh I’m a big fan 30 Jan 2023, 13:11, Sam: I like it 30 Jan 2023, 13:25, Damien: Ahh perfect, I’ve arranged at 3, do you want to join, or should I take a video and send it over? 30 Jan 2023, 15:56, Sam: Oh shit, I’m really sorry, I just got fed up with this phone and picked up a new one, and everything’s getting a bit lost in the switch-over 😬 30 Jan 2023, 15:57, Sam: I actually just opened WhatsApp to message you to say I was browsing through my instagram photos which I can finally see in high quality, and I was horrified to see that photo in the hotel in Paris - I _do_ look scarily gaunt and haggard and cadaverous 30 Jan 2023, 15:58, Sam: But yeah, really sorry I missed this - I’m not sure I could’ve joined anyway because of a work call at 3, but I guess I might’ve.. Anyway what’s done is done - how was it? Do you mean the first one you sent? 31 Jan 2023, 13:31, Damien: The one in Knightsbridge was quite tatty, it was a hard no for me. 31 Jan 2023, 13:32, Damien: video omitted 31 Jan 2023, 17:40, Sam: Oh wow, looks nice! I like it - do you happen to have the listing? 31 Jan 2023, 17:40, Sam: Also sorry again for making you do all this work 31 Jan 2023, 17:41, Sam: (I know that pointless word doesn’t actually make it better - I’m thinking of swearing it off - but I guess at least it’s a token of “I realise this so not great”) 31 Jan 2023, 17:42, Sam: Also wdyt about this? https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/63754706/ Looks to be about 50m from the centre of London (lol) and is very cheap and a good space - what’s currently _in_ that space I’m less mad about, but we could change it 31 Jan 2023, 17:44, Damien: Oh no need to apologise at all. I have amble time at the moment 31 Jan 2023, 17:48, Damien: They haven’t put it up online yet. I’ll try and get some details 31 Jan 2023, 18:00, Damien: It’s on for 5500, the estate agent seems to thing we could get it for 5000 31 Jan 2023, 18:57, Damien: https://www.foxtons.co.uk/properties-to-rent/w1f/chpk3642090 2 Feb 2023, 20:46, Sam: Oh shit sorry 2 Feb 2023, 20:46, Sam: Though I think I might’ve found somewhere perfect: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/54698400/ 2 Feb 2023, 20:48, Sam: I think *iff it’s real (which I’m cautious about)* and if I’m not missing some catch, it looks utterly gorgeous and for quite a good price 2 Feb 2023, 20:48, Sam: It’s just about within the bounds of plausibility I think 2 Feb 2023, 20:49, Sam: And they do list a Soho office, so it’d be pretty easy for me to walk down and verify this (tho even their providing their address makes me cautiously confident – if an estate agent has an office in Soho that’s not, like, a coworking space, I think that’s about as much proof of legit-ness as can reasonably be hoped) 2 Feb 2023, 20:51, Sam: Ok, I’m now actually enthused about somewhere for the first time in ages, possibly the first time tout court - I’ll call tomorrow morn 2 Feb 2023, 20:58, Damien: Ahh I love it. But I think it’s already been snapped up 2 Feb 2023, 20:58, Damien: image omitted 2 Feb 2023, 22:13, Sam: Hoddammit 2 Feb 2023, 22:13, Sam: Oh it’s Hod again 2 Feb 2023, 22:13, Sam: Dammit 2 Feb 2023, 22:13, Sam: God that’s annoying 2 Feb 2023, 22:13, Sam: Hod* 3 Feb 2023, 19:20, Sam: Oh wow I love this: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/60469719/ 3 Feb 2023, 19:22, Damien: ahh amazing 3 Feb 2023, 19:22, Damien: Are you able to view it? 4 Feb 2023, 12:41, Sam: Ah shit - yeah I’m just up in Cambridge but actually I ought to give them a call 4 Feb 2023, 12:41, Sam: Do you like it? 4 Feb 2023, 12:41, Sam: And the location, and any other particulars? 4 Feb 2023, 12:43, Sam: It’s not very far at all from my flat I don’t think - a bit further than e.g. that Soho one, but not much.. I’ll take a video for you (I’ve just replaced my phone, and this _super mega ultra max plus with marshmallows on top_ or whatever they call them by now should take a pretty good video) 4 Feb 2023, 13:33, Sam: 4 Feb 2023, 14:32, Damien: I love it, I’d happily put an offer in. 4 Feb 2023, 15:05, Sam: Ok, I’m not quite sure what my schedule is but I’ll let you know - sorry, not a great day to be out of London, and not sure what I can really do till I know 4 Feb 2023, 15:06, Sam: I’d ask you to view it but - aside from the obviously unfair balance of work so far - I probably wouldn’t sign on the dotted line without seeing it anyway, so I don’t think there’d be much point 4 Feb 2023, 16:22, Damien: I’d view it however I’m not In London till Tuesday. Hmm I wonder if I could ask Alex to go take a video of it 🤔 4 Feb 2023, 16:23, Sam: I don’t know, I probably wouldn’t take it without seeing it in the flesh, and we’d need to be in London to take it anyway (or maybe not, but I imagine it’d be a bonus) 4 Feb 2023, 16:25, Sam: I’m going back today for sure, because I’m out for drinks with James Saunders tonight (finally the catchup I proposed at his NYE party, lol) but I’m not sure if it’ll be early enough for a viewing 4 Feb 2023, 16:26, Sam: At the moment it seems v unlikely that it will be - I’m in Cambridge, I’ll get a train back in the worst case, I’m hoping my mum will drop me off but she’s come down with a cold or something so it’s a bit up in the air 5 Feb 2023, 14:23, Damien: Perfect, i cant try book an appointment for tomorrow, is there any time that suits you? 5 Feb 2023, 15:31, Sam: Really any time except 10:30-11am and 3:30-4:30pm, essentially (well, and maybe 15 mins buffer around those to give me time to walk there) 6 Feb 2023, 12:19, Damien: They didn't have any availability today, however managed to get it arranged for Wednesday at 2:30? Will you be able to join? 6 Feb 2023, 12:19, Damien: https://www.knightfrank.co.uk/properties/residential/to-let/edith-grove-chelsea-sw10/chq012222979 https://www.knightfrank.co.uk/properties/residential/to-let/hyde-park-square-hyde-park-london-w2/hpq012363088 https://search.savills.com/property-detail/gbkbreknl110161l https://search.savills.com/property-detail/gbpirephl220035l https://search.savills.com/property-detail/gblsrecel210098l https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/131140397#/media?channel=RES_LET&id=media0&ref=photoCollage https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/131404238#/?channel=RES_LET https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/129781820#/?channel=RES_LET https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/131349875#/?channel=RES_LET https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/129861698#/media?channel=RES_LET&id=media14&ref=photoCollage https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/130194353#/?channel=RES_LET 6 Feb 2023, 12:20, Damien: Also I made as list of some other properties, could you let me know if there is any you like i can arrange a viewing. 6 Feb 2023, 12:22, Sam: Oh fab! Yeah that seems better anyway, if it means you’ll be there - otherwise we’d probably have wanted to arrange a follow up anyway before offering… And yeah I’ll definitely join! 6 Feb 2023, 12:24, Sam: Ah, wow, thank you - I’m also looking, but haven’t found any others worth mentioning.. Btw I don’t suppose you got any sense of whether the unavailability was bc they had more or less back-to-back viewings till then, or whether it was unavailable for viewings (tenants or whatever)? 👀 6 Feb 2023, 12:59, Damien: He mentioned that one of the tenants was still living there, so I think they have to arrange around that. 6 Feb 2023, 13:55, Damien: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/131439488#/media?channel=RES_LET&id=media0&ref=photoCollage 7 Feb 2023, 13:27, Sam: image omitted 8 Feb 2023, 11:26, Damien: image omitted 8 Feb 2023, 13:01, Sam: Yeah absolutely! Sorry for the silence so far, it’s been a busy day 8 Feb 2023, 13:01, Damien: ahh perfect, I'll see. you there 8 Feb 2023, 13:02, Sam: For some reason I put it in my calendar at 3pm, or else I’d have texted sooner 8 Feb 2023, 13:02, Sam: Oh I warn you: I have a terrible haircut 8 Feb 2023, 13:03, Sam: I just went downstairs to get one, and for some reason they decided not to cut my fringe, and I didn’t have the energy to ask, so I’ll prob just go again tomorrow and pay them a second time to finish cutting my hair…. 8 Feb 2023, 13:03, Damien: hahaha 8 Feb 2023, 13:03, Damien: i can't wait to see it 8 Feb 2023, 13:03, Sam: It truly is heinous, haha 8 Feb 2023, 13:03, Sam: So: content warning 8 Feb 2023, 14:05, Sam: Sorry, just a couple dozen metres away but in traffic - are you there? If so, sorry, I’ll be there asap; if not, maybe I ought to call them and ltk 8 Feb 2023, 14:06, Damien: The estate agent is late too 8 Feb 2023, 14:06, Sam: Ah, perfecto - in that case I won’t get out and walk 8 Feb 2023, 14:07, Sam: Are you there then? Sorry about that 😬 8 Feb 2023, 14:09, Damien: Yes 8 Feb 2023, 14:09, Damien: No need to apologise haha 8 Feb 2023, 14:11, Sam: 8 Feb 2023, 14:12, Sam: Well, ok, somewhat easy to guess, I guess 8 Feb 2023, 14:12, Sam: But yeah that’ll come in handy 8 Feb 2023, 14:12, Damien: lol 8 Feb 2023, 14:14, Sam: Less cheeringly, we’d of course be right next to Lester’s flat 8 Feb 2023, 14:14, Sam: Cheek by (old, sagging) jowl 10 Feb 2023, 12:05, Damien: They accepted the offer 🙌🏼🎉 10 Feb 2023, 12:07, Damien: image omitted 10 Feb 2023, 12:43, Missed audio call 10 Feb 2023, 12:43, Sam: Oh shit, one sec, gimme 5 mins and I’ll send! 10 Feb 2023, 12:44, Damien: Amazing 👌🏻 10 Feb 2023, 13:00, Sam: Sorry, slightly busy day but quickly: are you relatively sure they’re legit, before I send it? Or, well, not to transfer responsibility to you, maybe the better question is: are there any particular red or green flags? Haha 10 Feb 2023, 13:01, Sam: I’ve probably gone on about it to you, but it’s been on my mind throughout this flat search, that it would be *so* easy to rent an Airbnb, do ‘viewings’, and rake in, Jesus, like potentially hundreds of thousands in ‘deposit’ payments over a few weeks or so 10 Feb 2023, 13:02, Damien: Oh yes, good point actually. It seems legit to me. Let me just to a bit for digging. 10 Feb 2023, 13:04, Sam: Ah, thanks! 10 Feb 2023, 13:04, Sam: Not a HUGE deal but just, well, if any major red flags… 10 Feb 2023, 13:06, Damien: Yes I think it is legit 10 Feb 2023, 13:06, Damien: image omitted 10 Feb 2023, 13:19, Sam: Yeah, I’m just wondering if the agency itself is legit, if only because I’m surprised that after a few days they accepted our offer - like, not super fast, but did they not have any other offers over those days?! 10 Feb 2023, 13:20, Sam: Though then again they weren’t too fast to arrange a viewing either, and it wasn’t in a perfect condition, so it’s not that suspect - I’m probably just paranoid since I started thinking about it 10 Feb 2023, 13:20, Sam: Will do a quick scan and then will send - can’t imagine it matters if it takes us an hour and a half, given how slow this has all been 10 Feb 2023, 15:04, Damien: Did you manage to send it over? I only ask because they’re harassing me for it. 10 Feb 2023, 15:04, Damien: Well not quite harassing 10 Feb 2023, 15:04, Damien: But you know what they’re like 10 Feb 2023, 15:05, Damien: If not I can ask Tim x 10 Feb 2023, 15:15, Sam: Sliiiightly complicating factor - well, maybe, maybe not - is that we’ve just had a meeting and I’m informed they’re laying off all the engineers (biz strategy, can explain later) … In short it’s not the end of the world for me because they’re continuing to pay us for 12 months (for 1 month of which we’re actually employed, and a bit longer we’re legally/contractually employed, and the rest is redundancy - tax free apaz, so I’ll be a bit better off). *The one problem is referencing* etc, which I’m not sure about. In reality I can afford it - well, for 12 months, but I tend to find jobs quickly - but I’m pretty sure I’d have to disclose it, and anyway I’m sure my company would say so during reference checking, and … yeah a bit of a complication. Could check with them I suppose. Slightly annoying timing. Maybe with an hour to do some Googling etc I’ll know more. I’m sure there’s a solution, because it’s happening all over tech right now (brutally at Google apparently) and there’s no way all these well-paid realistically-trustworthy people are turned down.. 10 Feb 2023, 15:16, Sam: Sorry, long stream of consciousness there, lol, but I’m just thinking this through… Not a bad thing but complicated in this context 10 Feb 2023, 15:16, Sam: Sure they can wait in reality - I mean unless they get another offer AND the other offeror pays them first - or alternatively we risk the money I guess, I’m not sure 10 Feb 2023, 15:18, Sam: This is all through the parent company, and my employment contract is with them, and they own like half the world and are the biggest asset management firm in the UK, so there’s no worry around them following through / being able to follow through 10 Feb 2023, 15:55, Damien: Oh I’m so sorry to hear darling. That is a bit annoying, im sure you’ll find something better if not at the very least as good. Hopefully it shouldn’t impact the referencing so much, the redundancy package probably sweetens the deal. Should I tell them to wait till tomorrow, I think we would get the holding deposit back if we fail the referencing, which I’m sure we won’t. 10 Feb 2023, 17:27, Sam: Oh shit, sorry, I missed this, it’s been a weirdly busy day 10 Feb 2023, 17:27, Sam: (I mean weirdly busy work-wise mainly, tho I suspect it’ll be a quiet month) 10 Feb 2023, 17:28, Sam: Oh I didn’t realise that about the referencing - I can send now if so, since tbh if I can’t do this then there’s no way I’ll (we’ll) ever find a flat 10 Feb 2023, 17:29, Sam: Not 1000% certain about agent but you never are, life is uncertain, I could be a brain in a vat, who knows 10 Feb 2023, 17:30, Damien: I’m sure it will be fine, let me know if you can’t, and I can sort it xx 10 Feb 2023, 17:54, Sam: Sorry, it’s more a matter of finding time, but I guess it’s the end of the day now so nothing’s gonna happen till tomorrow morning (I hope - I’m still v keen not to screw this up) 10 Feb 2023, 17:54, Sam: I’m getting on a train to go see Tig and Pig, who (can’t recall if mentioned) have been remanded to HMP Cambridge, so hopefully it’ll work if I send on train 10 Feb 2023, 17:55, Damien: Yes I’m sure xx 10 Feb 2023, 18:01, Damien: Let me know once you’ve done it, as that bloody estate agent is hounding me 11 Feb 2023, 11:12, Damien: Oh god that wretched estate agent keeps calling me, making me slightly nervous saying he’s got another offer. I would do it, but will have to wait till I get hold of Tim, and he’s on the west coast, hopefully he’s not flying back today 🫠 11 Feb 2023, 11:13, Sam: Oh shit, sorry, no, let me send it now - it’s not reluctance it’s just distraction and busyness 11 Feb 2023, 11:34, Sam: Ok sent 11 Feb 2023, 11:34, Sam: Sorry- it’s been a slightly chaotic couple of days 11 Feb 2023, 11:38, Sam: 11 Feb 2023, 11:38, Sam: 11 Feb 2023, 11:39, Sam: It seems they’re very much socially connected since I keep hearing about Oli from Fred (I seem to flit between ‘Oli’ and ‘Ollie’, idk) 11 Feb 2023, 11:40, Sam: But yeah, I always thought Ollie was sorta exaggerating and adding colour, but Fred is certainly unimpeachably aristocratic - in an ‘if he isn’t, I don’t know who besides the literal royal family actually is’ kinda way - so I guess Ollie is actually just talking about his life after all, lol 11 Feb 2023, 11:43, Sam: 11 Feb 2023, 11:44, Sam: 11 Feb 2023, 11:58, Damien: Oh of course I completely understand. 11 Feb 2023, 11:59, Damien: Hurrah, let’s hope it’s plain sailing from here and everything checks out. 12 Feb 2023, 22:45, Sam: I’ll drink to that, haha 12 Feb 2023, 22:45, Sam: I think we’ve now been out of Rainsford St roughly as long as we were in it, haven’t we? 😳 (Or maybe not quite, I’m not sure) 12 Feb 2023, 22:47, Damien: We will have in two weeks 🥲🔫 12 Feb 2023, 22:48, Damien: He should send over the contract tomorrow, after that I’m going to go on a retreat or something for a few weeks, it’s been a horrible 6 months Ahhaha 13 Feb 2023, 13:40, Damien: Darling what are you getting to this eve, want to get a drink? 13 Feb 2023, 19:08, Sam: Oh shit, sorry! Not a whole lot! I’m up for a drink, yeah - I think… Well, I may not be up for one, but I’m willing anyway 😅 13 Feb 2023, 19:09, Sam: Yeah I don’t blame you - I amaze me with how little holiday I somehow have survived on this last couple of years 13 Feb 2023, 19:10, Sam: I dimly recall not being able to a couple of times because of the bloody covid vaccines (I wasn’t anti-vax but vax was anti-me - remembering several appointments weeks apart, and then signing up to get a certificate also weeks before your flight, it just wasn’t gon happen) 14 Feb 2023, 15:15, Damien: So sorry to to miss this darling, I was already deep into a bottle of wine by this stage. 14 Feb 2023, 15:15, Damien: Did you see the estate agents message, 14 Feb 2023, 15:16, Damien: image omitted 14 Feb 2023, 15:16, Damien: I know darling, do you fancy doing a winter break, in the next few weeks? 14 Feb 2023, 15:16, Damien: Also happy Valentine’s Day 😘 15 Feb 2023, 12:53, Damien: Just about to go through the contract and sign things etc etc 15 Feb 2023, 12:53, Damien: Is there anything that you want me to mention to them? 15 Feb 2023, 12:54, Damien: They’re being quite square about it being done by 17:00 15 Feb 2023, 12:54, Damien: But I imagine it’s not too much to do 15 Feb 2023, 12:54, Damien: I’ll breath a sigh a of relief when it’s finally done haha 15 Feb 2023, 12:54, Sam: Oh shit, I’m sorry, been a slightly hectic week - I don’t think there’s anything to mention.. And I don’t think my manager would lie, but he can tell the truth, which is that I’ll be paid for a year… Shit, actually is this a 12 month or 18 month contract? I guess if the latter then it COULD be an issue but 12 months without finding a job seems a bit hard to believe 15 Feb 2023, 12:54, Sam: Then again, 6 months without finding a flat 🤷‍♀️ 15 Feb 2023, 12:55, Sam: (Tho I believe - I keep meaning to check this - that this money is paid regardless of when exactly I get a job.. If true, it means in the most likely path I’ll have _more_ money than otherwise, and also more incentive to do it quickly) 15 Feb 2023, 15:27, Damien: I think it should be fine. Have you sent the deposit over? 15 Feb 2023, 15:27, Damien: I’ve just sent my share now 15 Feb 2023, 15:28, Damien: image omitted 15 Feb 2023, 16:21, Sam: Shit, I’m really sorry I’ve been so awful - have we had reference checks back etc? I’m not sure I’ve ever been rushed this much to pay a deposit - have not already paid a deposit? Is this not the main, ya know, pre-move-in payment or whatever? Also is it not rather a lot even for that?! 15 Feb 2023, 16:21, Sam: Anyway, sorry, these aren’t your questions to answer - I don’t mean to put this on you and I realise I’m being annoying at the last minute - just wanted to share my thoughts but will give him a call 15 Feb 2023, 16:21, Sam: Once sent it should be through near instantly 15 Feb 2023, 16:25, Damien: Oh no it’s fine, I haven’t given him any references to check it. The online platform is so tedious, can barely do anything with it. You’ve already paid £1000 of the deposit and there is £5000 left to pay and the first month rent. 15 Feb 2023, 16:28, Damien: I just sent my share over to them, but as for bank statements, and passport, right to move, and landlord reference is proving difficult, who are you going to use for landlord references, i do t think George will give use one have kieran incinerated the carpet. Lol 15 Feb 2023, 16:55, Damien: Ahhh the referencing doesn’t need to be done today, just the payment 15 Feb 2023, 17:20, Damien: Did you manage to send it, I only ask because my phone is ringing of the hook and I guess it’s the estate agent 👀 15 Feb 2023, 22:26, Sam: This … I’m really sorry I’ve got to this so late, and expensively late, but I suspect that money is gone. I’ve never been asked to pay before completing references or signing a contract, without which that money has no legal meaning or effect – it’s on par with PayPalling money to a friend*. (Not to say you need a typed, signed, notarised contract handwritten on vellum by a mediaeval scribe …. but we’d need to be able to prove an agreement _somehow_, afaics) 15 Feb 2023, 22:29, Sam: Also, £5k left, assuming you paid a similar amount (🫣), and net what I sent already, would suggest something like £10k, if I understand you correctly? That seems way above the legal amount, which would be approx £5k altogether. That’s suspiciously close to exactly double, so I think it’s plausible I’m misunderstanding you on this point. But the rest alone worries me enough. It seems like they’re in no particular rush to do anything except get us to send them as much money as possible as soon as possible, even though the lack of a contract would give rise to uncomfortable legal uncertainty even _for them_, provided they were a scrupulous agent and not planning to abscond with it. It’s just … it’s a bit sketch, it’s as sketch as a toilet egg 15 Feb 2023, 22:47, Damien: 15 Feb 2023, 22:48, Damien: image omitted 15 Feb 2023, 22:49, Damien: As for whether they’re legit or not, what would you suggest we do? 16 Feb 2023, 00:35, Sam: Oh shit, sorry, I didn’t realise things had gone quite that far - ok that’s good! But they still haven’t done checks, right? Though then again it seems I was indeed misunderstanding you about the amount.. I didn’t know about that >50k/yr rule he mentions in his email - funnily enough it’s not mentioned on Shelter’s guide for tenants which I always use, lol - but he is right, I’ve corroborated that 👍 Ok there’s nothing THAT skeevy then, aside from the referencing and the slightly mad rush for us to pay them as soon as humanly possible, which I just … whenever someone tries to rush me into paying for something, I instantly think “right this person is hiding something” However I may be wrong, and I’m really sorry either way for my rudeness in all of this - rudeness by omission, not commission, I hope, but none the less rude.. I’ll have a think tonight but *do you know if there’s anything he’s said or done or supplied that you or I couldn’t say or do or supply for a random Airbnb rental?* I’m really really sorry, I’ve acquitted myself very badly, and if it was a ripoff I’ll go halves (since it seems very unfair you pay all of it just for being timely) 16 Feb 2023, 09:52, Damien: Oh darling no need to apologise. The online platform they use for referencing is Goodlord, which seems to be quite a big company which a lot of estate agents use, I suspect they would have done their checks with them. I’ll take a another look and see if I can find anything more official to reassure you. And I need to apologise, you’ve not been rude in the slightest xx 16 Feb 2023, 10:52, Damien: No need ** 16 Feb 2023, 11:27, Damien: image omitted 16 Feb 2023, 11:27, Damien: image omitted 16 Feb 2023, 11:27, Damien: image omitted 16 Feb 2023, 11:28, Damien: image omitted 16 Feb 2023, 11:28, Damien: image omitted 16 Feb 2023, 11:29, Damien: 16 Feb 2023, 11:29, Damien: So I don’t think there much question with them not being legit 16 Feb 2023, 11:32, Sam: Oh interesting - yeah, I’m not as sceptical if we signed the contract - wait, what would the move-in date be, in that case? It does seem to be going rather quickly and it seems strange that they’re QUITE so pushy unless the references have come back yet - I mean, what happens if they’re rejected, which they may very well be? Unless you managed to agree a much earlier move-in date (makes no diff to me, but I assume not) 16 Feb 2023, 13:00, Damien: No it’s still the 26th, did you not get a copy of the contract? Have you sent any references? And I’m sure if it’s rejected all the money will be reimbursed. I’d rather have this squared as soon as possible, I’m sorta of limbo until It Is. I’m going to send mine over this afternoon. I really don’t mean to sound histrionic, but im in such a really precarious situation, and the stress of living out of a suitcase is wearing quite thin on me, I really can’t let this drag out for days 😅 16 Feb 2023, 15:31, Sam: Shit, no, I don’t think I have, not that I’ve seen, at least… I was about to say: if you want to, you can give them my number, and they can try pestering me instead. They will be fine, I guarantee. They just try their luck for god knows what reason. Anyway I’ll check my spam etc and if I can find their number myself I’ll get in touch and ask some questions, and ask them to call me (i.e. /dev/null, lol) if they want to pester me 16 Feb 2023, 20:49, Damien: Ahh perfect darling 🙌🏼. Faz is a bit relentless with call haha 16 Feb 2023, 22:21, Sam: Yeah, I’m sorry about this - should be done soon! I promise it’ll be fine. Though to be absolutely clear, if this falls through by my own fault, I’ll absolutely make you whole if you’re out of pocket (lol what a glorious and intelligible language we speak) I’m sure you won’t be, but still - I imagine it’d be the deposit (ie what I paid the other day) that we’d lose, which I’m sure we won’t but would fall neatly to me 20 Feb 2023, 11:59, Damien: Oh it’s fine don’t worry about it. Are you about tomorrow evening? 21 Feb 2023, 15:01, Damien: Sam darling, the estate just called me telling me they were going to remarier the flat tomorrow morning, if you want don’t sort it, is there anything I can help with? 21 Feb 2023, 15:04, Sam: Ah shit, I’m sorry, work has been a bit mad with everything that’s going on, and I’ve been a bit sceptical of this estate agent but haven’t quite had time to explain - sorry, are you still around this evening, even early evening perhaps? I can come to you if that’s easier - sorry, not my finest hour 21 Feb 2023, 15:04, Sam: Or several hours 21 Feb 2023, 15:11, Damien: I’m free from 17:00, I can meet you at and frogs on Goodge st maybe x 21 Feb 2023, 15:42, Damien: Or does later work? 21 Feb 2023, 15:46, Sam: Yeah either works! Sorry! I’ll be there for 5 (unless your timing changes) and will keep my phone on loud, tho liable to be somewhat busy till then 21 Feb 2023, 15:54, Sam: Ah shit, is there any chance you could make it 5:30, or even 5:15? I just realised I have a meeting from 4:30 - should be finished by 5 realistically, but might be less stressful to avoid the possible clash 21 Feb 2023, 15:55, Sam: Lemme check when my old friend Hemmingfords closes its maybe-office above a charity shop 21 Feb 2023, 16:53, Damien: Ahh yes, 5:30 works perfect. Sorry I was just at the Drs x 21 Feb 2023, 17:10, Damien: I’ve just arrived at Mr Froggs, so come down whenever x 21 Feb 2023, 17:12, Sam: Ah perfect - should be 5-10 mins if that’s ok! Sorry! Hope that’s ok - also, worth bringing a laptop? 21 Feb 2023, 17:14, Damien: Great darling, what are like you like to drink? Oh yes maybe so 🤔 21 Feb 2023, 17:27, Sam: Oh shit, sorry, ok, if this is not over in 1 min I’m gonna hang up and claim technical problems - really sorry - I will be down by 5:30 (+/- a min or two) come rain or shine 21 Feb 2023, 17:27, Sam: Drinks wise, gosh, I don’t really drink - I may go for a tea or coffee but can order when there :) 21 Feb 2023, 17:27, Sam: Really sorry for making you come down here - I think I’m running up a bit of a moral line of credit 21 Feb 2023, 17:31, Sam: Ok, done, and I‘ll be shod and keyed and down in 2 mins 21 Feb 2023, 17:31, Sam: Really soz 21 Feb 2023, 17:32, Damien: Oh really darling, no need to apologise xx 21 Feb 2023, 17:32, Damien: Take your time Xo 21 Feb 2023, 19:13, Sam: 21 Feb 2023, 19:13, Sam: image omitted 21 Feb 2023, 20:45, Sam: God, sorry, this is such a mess, and I feel really remiss, and am remiss... It reminds me very much of when I was at my aunt's (as in, my aunt's actual own house) for those few days right after leaving Rainstree, and she offered to go and pick up cat food from Pets Are Us where they had the requisite stuff, and I suddenly realised: it's strange that I feel I ought to go with her, given it's such a totally pointless act of self-sacrifice that detriments me without benefiting her, and that's sorta where I am now. I'm glad I remembered about that 1k that I staked, and I think maybe the best thing for now is that I buy out half of your 'share' that you paid - i.e. I pay you that, consider it split, and split the next half if & when references pass - because ... yeah, basically I feel like I'm in quite a bit of debt to you (figuratively) and not to them (figuratively or literally, until the contract is signed and takes effect, i.e. references pass and we become entitled to the flat in return for the money we're paying). **Also shit it just occurred to me: please dear God tell me that you're not paying your up front portion until these references are back? I suppose I probably should want you to, as it would assuage their concerns at no expense to me, but christ it would be a very very bad idea - that's a whole different size of barrel they'd have us, or you, over.** 21 Feb 2023, 20:57, Damien: Oh really you mustn’t feel indebted to me whatsoever. Let me speak to the estate agent, and see if there is something we can do to make it work. Will you pay the the remainder tomorrow morning, if we go and realise it’s all fine? Let me know if so I’ll just go and check on things, and then we can get things sorted, my only worry is that tomorrow if we can’t get this sort it, we’ll lose it, and be back at square one. Which I really dread the thought of. 21 Feb 2023, 20:57, Damien: Shall I come by yours at 8:00? x 21 Feb 2023, 20:57, Damien: I really hope I’m not being pushy, but I need to get things square asap, my predicament is a bit tedious, so if we don’t move forward with it tomorrow, I’ll probably look for something else, ( not that I want to, I think it would be great living together). 21 Feb 2023, 20:57, Damien: Are you sure you’re not comfortable with me paying the remainder? 21 Feb 2023, 21:00, Damien: I really don’t think there’s any other way of verifying them 😅 21 Feb 2023, 21:00, Damien: I thought the land registry would be fine enough, but I suppose the whole thing could be made up. 21 Feb 2023, 21:01, Sam: Oh no I totally understand - I mean it’s always been a voluntary arrangement* and you’d have been well within your rights since, well, ever, and especially since I got this place, and doubtless way before now. Basically what I’m trying to say is: you’ve suffered far more on my account than vice versa and I’m absolutely not going to resent you for finally getting realistic about getting yourself a place, if it comes to that. *at least you’ve owed me nothing; I’ve not detrimentally relied on our plan to get a flat, whereas you have 21 Feb 2023, 21:02, Sam: Tldr: you have absolutely every right to do what you can to get yourself a flat, and always have, and please don’t worry that I’d somehow resent you for it 21 Feb 2023, 21:04, Sam: Also re the legit-ness thing, let me have a crumpet and regain my brain power, sorry! But ok 8:00 would work, I think, though there’s absolutely no need - well, god, ok, let me clarify and crumpetfy but yes till then let’s say 8:00 if you really truly are happy to 21 Feb 2023, 21:05, Sam: Sorry about this - maybe I’m being irrational, I’m under a lot of stress for various reasons - I don’t feel, like, dysthymic or whatever, but I realise that my mental CPU is overloaded and dysfunctional 21 Feb 2023, 21:30, Damien: Sam darling, I just thought of something, we have the the landlords account no and SC on the contract, we could verify the payee on a banking app? And seeing as we see she owns the property it may seem more likely what do you think? 21 Feb 2023, 21:31, Sam: Oh do we? Hmm, interesting, yeah I can’t see how that can fail to be legit - I warn you it leaves SOME doubt (I tried to make it as explicit as possible up front) about eg bad behaviour if the references fail, but it’s prob enough to shrug my shoulders at this point… Sorry, my brain doesn’t seem to have recovered yet but I’m sure it will soon! Actually I should have some caffeine 21 Feb 2023, 21:38, Damien: image omitted 21 Feb 2023, 21:38, Damien: image omitted 21 Feb 2023, 21:40, Sam: I think that’s solid evidence - sorry, let me just gather my brain… I mean, I’m absolutely sure it’s solid evidence and that my mind won’t somehow change on that one, but I’m a bit too overloaded to recall right now the reasons that I had for holding off 21 Feb 2023, 21:40, Sam: Sorry, I swear to hog it feels like 5 mins since you left 21 Feb 2023, 21:40, Sam: Tho I know it’s been like an hour or more 21 Feb 2023, 21:44, Damien: Let me know darling, I think that solves a large part of the problem, and may save us a trip tomorrow morning lol 21 Feb 2023, 21:44, Damien: But just to be sure you definitely want this flat, I would hate to think I was pushing you into something you do t feel comfortable with x 21 Feb 2023, 21:46, Sam: Yeah no that’s not the problem at all - I’d say if it were! I was being honest about the slight impression of smallness, but on balance I still am in favour, and rationally I know it wasn’t small (well, mathematically I know that, ll) 21 Feb 2023, 21:49, Sam: 21 Feb 2023, 21:57, Damien: lol he lives in a council house in Essex now, he has very bad from what I remember, and quite an awful personality ahhahaha 21 Feb 2023, 22:00, Damien: Okay dokie, shall I drop your keys off this eve then if you’re up, I’ll just pass by, I didn’t get too far. 21 Feb 2023, 22:03, Sam: Very bad what? Haha 21 Feb 2023, 22:04, Sam: Also sure, only if you want! I’ll never need them and I could always get them if I ever did tho 21 Feb 2023, 22:06, Damien: Teeth * 21 Feb 2023, 22:13, Damien: Yes otherwise I risk losing them haha. 21 Feb 2023, 22:46, Damien: Darling, I’m just around the corner, do you mind I’d I pop in to use the loo. Sorry about this 😅 21 Feb 2023, 22:47, Sam: Oh gosh no of course not - how far away do you mean? I was gonna come down to the shop anyway so I can walk you out I guess! 21 Feb 2023, 22:47, Damien: Ahh amazing xx 21 Feb 2023, 22:47, Damien: Just a few mins 21 Feb 2023, 22:47, Damien: Location: https://maps.google.com/?q=51.523262,-0.136965 21 Feb 2023, 23:15, Sam: Oh my god we need to close on this flat immediately - I was just awkwardly conversing with the nice man in my newsagent about his job, asking if it’s easy to study or do other work from a laptop while behind the till (since I’d heard of someone doing an online degree that way), and I hastily added “of course I’d _never_ want to do that!” (ie work while studying - I always felt that was a hidden class inequality) Except he - I’m pretty sure - interpreted it as “oh, I’d never deign to do your crappy job!” And I knew I was far too strung out to correct myself coherently, so had to just awkwardly shuffle out…. 21 Feb 2023, 23:20, Sam: Oh, also, what happened about Kieran’s meth loan? Did he go to the IMF? How on earth was it resolved? God, I can’t believe his gall, complaining that George wouldn’t reply to him as if there were utterly no reason he could perceive 21 Feb 2023, 23:41, Damien: Hahahahah omg lol 21 Feb 2023, 23:41, Damien: Yes maybe you’ll have to use Tesco from now on 🤣 21 Feb 2023, 23:43, Damien: I think he just forgot to bank transfer him, I’m anycase George wasn’t happy. I’m sure he sorted it, but yeah maybe didn’t get a good vibe from him, considering it was his first/second order lol. 22 Feb 2023, 08:56, Damien: Hey did you manage to get that sent. 22 Feb 2023, 08:57, Damien: Let me speak with them And see if they can delay or whatever. 22 Feb 2023, 09:13, Missed audio call 22 Feb 2023, 09:16, Missed audio call 22 Feb 2023, 09:17, Damien: Sam, they’re asking for my bank details so they can refund the deposit …. 22 Feb 2023, 09:17, Damien: Did you not send it over yesterday? 22 Feb 2023, 09:22, Damien: Okay after going back and fourth with him on the phone he said he would extend it to noon. He said the only thing set to lose is the security deposit. 22 Feb 2023, 10:18, Missed audio call 22 Feb 2023, 10:59, Missed audio call 22 Feb 2023, 11:03, Damien: Sam darling, they will reject the contract outright by noon, if that money isn’t sent, I can send it if it’s an issue, but not quite sure you actually want to ahead. 22 Feb 2023, 11:25, Missed audio call 22 Feb 2023, 11:38, Missed audio call 22 Feb 2023, 11:59, Missed audio call 22 Feb 2023, 12:03, Damien: The landlord no longer wants to proceed with us because of the delay. 22 Feb 2023, 20:07, Damien: Goodness, I’m quite surprised I haven’t heard you, is everything okay? 22 Feb 2023, 20:09, Sam: Ah shit, I don’t know why I didn’t get any notifications for these - I think my brain has been a bit scattered and I woke up far too late, but I didn’t hear back from them to my email to say that their site seemed to be broken for me, and I couldn’t submit my signing of the contract (or whatever you’d call it) 22 Feb 2023, 20:10, Sam: I’m sure it’ll be fine whenever it’s fixed 22 Feb 2023, 20:10, Sam: This is just standard estate agent brinksmanship 22 Feb 2023, 20:28, Damien: Well actually when I tried to take the contract for myself they told me the landlord didn’t want to rent to me 🙁 22 Feb 2023, 21:26, Sam: Really?? Wait, how do you mean? Literally on your own? Or with someone else? And they said no on the grounds that we (well, I) had taken too long? Sorry if so - I could see if my aunt has or knows anywhere else in London that you could rent? I think I’ve just had a slight sense of unreality about it, that it was unlikely these reference checks would pass (regardless of whether they should), and that somehow it didn’t quite feel safe to send this fairly large amount of money to some guy we met once with a supposed office in the attic of a charity shop… Have they sent your money back then? (I don’t _think_ they’ve sent mine but then I wouldn’t expect them to - I only say because it means I’ve’n’t much sense either way of whether they’re legit… In the non-legit path I’d expect them to offer some ‘last chance’ option for more money, possibly the up front payment) 22 Feb 2023, 21:41, Sam: I might go take a look at the flats that the estate agent across the road has, since that seemed to have far better stuff when I looked that one time, but I’ve not really bothered to cross the road and look since. I assume you’re gonna be going for whatever you can find first, so if I see a nice one I’ll let you know but obv I’ll assume nothing. Sorry about all this. I don’t know why there’s been so little. Perhaps we should’ve taken the Berners St one. Actually probably we should have. Is it the macroeconomy right now? Are we paying too little? Wanting too much? 2 bathrooms is maybe a factor but, like I’ve said, I dunno if I’d really be any happier with the alternative than you’d be. Sorry that this one came at such a bad time. I don’t … I can’t think right now and I’m meant to be working and aargh 22 Feb 2023, 21:48, Sam: I might go see this one: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/59857321/ It’s at the bottom of Great Portland St in that kinda cool void, that grid of a few streets literally just off Oxford Circus to the north east. Anyway I don’t expect nothing from you, I’m sorry about everything, I’ll let you know if I have an offer form and a video and everything ready to go, but either way I’m sorry for wasting so much time, mea gravissima culpa, and I’ll do what I can to help if you’re looking for somewhere on your own. God my brain is totally gone, I’m sorry if any or all of this makes little or no sense 22 Feb 2023, 21:56, Sam: Jesus I think I just had some sort of seizure or something - went to sit down after writing this and I don’t remember _precisely_ the choreography but I must’ve somehow missed or froze up or whatever and ended up on the floor sorta … seizing? idk lol … for what felt like maybe a minute but I only have a semi-conscious memory. I’m a bit weirded out by this. Feel like maybe, probably, it’s the stress, or some indirect effect like not eating or drinking enough, but maybe I’ve genuinely fucked up my brain with the meth or something. 😳 (This is not included for sympathy, and mostly not really for your benefit so much as because I can never think to myself on my own) 23 Feb 2023, 09:30, Damien: Omg darling, are you, I’m sorry! How are you feeling now? X 23 Feb 2023, 23:25, Sam: Oh no don’t be, I feel like that reads like a sick note or something… Nah I do feel mostly better today tho something is definitely wrong with me and I’ve had almost the same thing a few times (didn’t actually spaz out again - to channel Raz - but felt like I was about to… it’s definitely not a panic attack or whatever because I feel ok and relatively calm, but something is rotten in the state of … me) 23 Feb 2023, 23:25, Sam: But no I don’t want to be too woe is me about it 23 Feb 2023, 23:25, Sam: Woe is both of us, definitely 23 Feb 2023, 23:28, Damien: Oh gosh sweetie, I’ll pop by tomorrow if you’re free xx 23 Feb 2023, 23:45, Damien: Sam, do you want to try to put another offer on for the great new port street 23 Feb 2023, 23:45, Damien: Perhaps a few hundred more than the original 23 Feb 2023, 23:46, Sam: Oh that sounds good, and yes sure but idk about spending more - well, maybe let’s agree the rooms first, so we actually know what we’re doing, if that works? 23 Feb 2023, 23:48, Damien: Shall we offer 4500, and do maybe a 2200 and 2300 23 Feb 2023, 23:48, Damien: You can choose the room 23 Feb 2023, 23:48, Damien: I can run it by the then tomrrow 23 Feb 2023, 23:49, Sam: Nah that seems too uneven - though of course yes in the sense that I’d be happy to pay that or slightly more 23 Feb 2023, 23:49, Sam: ie not less 23 Feb 2023, 23:49, Damien: But we’d have to act fast, as in send the money tout suite 23 Feb 2023, 23:49, Damien: I’m not overly bothered with the price 23 Feb 2023, 23:50, Sam: Ok, I think my concerns are assuaged - let me think it over tonight but I’ll make a decision either way by tomorrow morn 23 Feb 2023, 23:50, Damien: Shall we try our luck? 23 Feb 2023, 23:50, Sam: And yeah I guess we’d have a 6 month break 23 Feb 2023, 23:50, Sam: And in the ultimate nightmare situation where something befalls us and we can’t pay, let’s be realistic, they’ll be reasonable about it 23 Feb 2023, 23:50, Sam: It’s in no one’s interest to turn the flat into a debtors’ gaol 23 Feb 2023, 23:51, Damien: If we offer it tomorrow morning, would you be able to sort the payments by the evening? Just to sweeten the deal. 23 Feb 2023, 23:52, Sam: In principle yeah, I suppose… I mean, let me think about it, because I’m not sure the same concerns don’t apply as before, but I have a bit more time at least and should be able to quickly answer those questions and get references done etc … Have they spoken to you about this? 23 Feb 2023, 23:53, Damien: Well they sent the money back to me, so it’s certainly not a scam 23 Feb 2023, 23:53, Damien: When I asked it by myself 23 Feb 2023, 23:54, Damien: This is the résponse i got 23 Feb 2023, 23:54, Damien: 24 Feb 2023, 00:01, Damien: What time can you give me an answer by? 24 Feb 2023, 00:05, Damien: Sorry I hate to sound pushy, but I’m going to have to sort other things tomorrow, so it may be good if this could still be an option. 24 Feb 2023, 00:05, Sam: I mean, that _is_ a pretty common feature of scams (we saw that a lot at Monzo - and some people got very rich from Madoff because they [either very luckily or knowingly] withdrew a lot of money - and it’d be the same logic here, you may ‘take it out’ but you’ll rapidly put it back in for the same reason you first did, and it’s a numbers game), but I guess it maybe counts for something… Sorry, I don’t mean to be annoying, I’m just wondering if this is coming from them, or what they’ve said to you 24 Feb 2023, 00:06, Sam: Crucially you’ll put it back in and more besides, because your confidence has been buoyed by their giving it back, which is exactly the reason your confidence _shouldn’t be_ buoyed by their giving it back 24 Feb 2023, 00:08, Sam: Sorry about all this - I know I’m being very annoying given everything so far, but I’m trying to keep rational about the decisions ahead of us now 24 Feb 2023, 00:09, Sam: But yes it should be doable to … wait, let me think about the best way of actually giving myself (and you and Tim!) confidence that this is legit 24 Feb 2023, 00:09, Sam: (I don’t mean subjective confidence but, well, safety I guess) 24 Feb 2023, 00:16, Damien: If we can push forward with it tomorrow, and it is a scam I will of course reimburse you. I think if you set out with the idea of it being a scam then it’s not going to work. 24 Feb 2023, 00:17, Damien: Will you be awake at 8ish tomorrow, and we can ask them, that is if you feel comfortable with proceeding 24 Feb 2023, 08:49, Damien: Darling, can you let me know in the next few hours what your decision is and I can give them a call, otherwise I’ll very reluctantly have to put a security deposit down on another flat. 24 Feb 2023, 13:00, Sam: Ah shit, I’m sorry, I’ve been in a total and utter haze, I don’t know what’s going on with me 24 Feb 2023, 13:01, Sam: Of course please don’t wait around on my account - I’m going down to the office (my office) so I’ll swing by their office on the way back 24 Feb 2023, 13:02, Sam: No need to wait, you can put down a deposit if you like - for my part I’m confident that, whatever estate agent bullshit they say, it’ll be available today as it was the day before and the day before that 24 Feb 2023, 13:41, Damien: They haven’t said if they are will reconsider the offer again, let me know when you send it and I’ll do it straight after, but I don’t want to send it and then have to have it sent back, it’s too much of a waste of time. I really think today is the final chance ( if we have it), but please please let me know if you will do it day, I don’t get my hopes up. I’m really sorry, I know I’m being antsy but I will feel a lot less stressed once this is sorted, ordinarily I’d be fine but with everything going on at the moment, I’m going to end up in the looney bin. 24 Feb 2023, 15:46, Damien: Sam, apparently the landlord is away for the weekend, so won’t be able to consider the offer till Monday. However , the estate agent said if you send over your references by then, as in the copy of your passport, three months worth of bank states, your employers details and a landlord reference, he imagines it will be fine. 25 Feb 2023, 11:21, Damien: Darling are you about today? 25 Feb 2023, 11:46, Sam: Ah shit, I’m really sorry, I think I’ve just developed a sort of learned helplessness with this stuff… I mean, now that you’ve got the money back, that removes a lot of the morally vexing aspect. < got here, don’t have time to carry on rambling, but tldr: yeah I’m around and I’m broadly in favour of going ahead although I’m not TOTALLY sure about its prudence 25 Feb 2023, 13:17, Damien: Oh fab, will you be in 3ish? 25 Feb 2023, 14:43, Sam: In at 3? Yeah absolutely - feeling a bit groggy but yeah I’m around (I really ought to figure out what’s the matter with me) 25 Feb 2023, 14:51, Damien: Actually can we make it 4, sorry I’m just running around, the tube has been an absolute nightmare 😅 25 Feb 2023, 15:04, Sam: Yeah it doesn’t matter at all to me - tho you really don’t have to come at all! I’m worried that I won’t be able to say much else that’s new… Well, I’ll at least have a think now and clarify my mind :) 25 Feb 2023, 15:27, Damien: Oh I won’t stay long, it’s on my way to the Eurostar anyway x 25 Feb 2023, 15:27, Sam: Oh nice ok that’s good, haha - Paris? Or some awful place like Brussels? 25 Feb 2023, 15:28, Sam: Or Bruxelles or whatever they say (even a Brexity friend of mine calls it that so I figure maybe I’m behind the times) 25 Feb 2023, 15:55, Damien: Oh Paris darling. Alex is joining me to searcys champagne bar would you like yo come to? 25 Feb 2023, 15:56, Sam: Sure! You mean now? 25 Feb 2023, 16:03, Damien: Yes 25 Feb 2023, 16:03, Damien: I’m just around the corner from yours darling xx 25 Feb 2023, 16:03, Sam: Are you there already? Will hop in a cab 25 Feb 2023, 16:03, Sam: Oh sorry, was replying from notification pull-down thingie 25 Feb 2023, 16:05, Damien: No we’re on Goodge st 25 Feb 2023, 16:05, Damien: Location: https://maps.google.com/?q=51.519661,-0.134616 25 Feb 2023, 16:06, Damien: As it’s in the way x 25 Feb 2023, 16:12, Damien: Can Alex come up briefly? 25 Feb 2023, 16:12, Damien: To use to loo 26 Feb 2023, 15:15, Damien: Darling so good to see you yesterday, please send me the bill for my share of the drinks. Did you manage to send all that stuff to the estate agent? God, I’m so sorry to be so neurotic, I’m not usually like this, I’m not sure what’s wrong with me atm haha. I really hope they’ll accept everything tomorrow morning 🙏🏻 26 Feb 2023, 23:17, Sam: Oh gosh sorry, yes I did, yes, yesterday, when Alex was here! Let’s see how it goes… 26 Feb 2023, 23:19, Sam: And nah don’t worry about drinks, it’ll come out in the wash 27 Feb 2023, 13:37, Damien: Ahh marvellous, hopefully we can get this back wrapped up today 🤞🏻 28 Feb 2023, 10:07, Damien: Sam darling, did the estate agent get back to you, he told me he wouldn’t put forward the offer till he spoke to you about the bank statements? 28 Feb 2023, 10:11, Sam: Oh gosh, let me check! That sounds ominous, haha - has he reached out to my references? Because I’d have thought that would be the real issue, unless he’s concerned about my ATM withdrawals 😅 28 Feb 2023, 10:11, Sam: Anyway yes sorry I’ll check - no need to answer really 28 Feb 2023, 10:20, Damien: Hahahah well quite, I don’t think it was that, he seems to think you only earn 40k a year lol 28 Feb 2023, 10:21, Sam: Haha I’m not sure that would be enough to pay rent alone lol 28 Feb 2023, 10:21, Sam: Maybe he’s interpreted the wrong payment as my salary - I do have other incomings 28 Feb 2023, 10:21, Sam: I’ll iron it out with him 28 Feb 2023, 10:23, Sam: 28 Feb 2023, 10:37, Damien: Well quite, I doubt that would cover your drug tab lol 28 Feb 2023, 13:07, Damien: I just reread this, and I’m so sorry, that’s such a bad joke 😅😅 28 Feb 2023, 14:31, Sam: Oh god no sorry I just missed it - haha no I doubt it would 😂 28 Feb 2023, 14:31, Sam: Even my unnecessary Uber tab (was reflecting to Alex that that tube back from that Old St viewing was the only time I’ve ever taken public transport while living here, lol) 28 Feb 2023, 14:55, Damien: Yes darling, you wouldn’t do well If you were poor lol. Did that estate agent get back to you? 28 Feb 2023, 14:56, Damien: image omitted 28 Feb 2023, 14:57, Missed audio call 28 Feb 2023, 14:57, Sam: I’ve emailed him - there wasn’t a particularly good time for me to call, since I’ve got quite a meeting/call packed day, but I can make time if he absolutely must 28 Feb 2023, 14:58, Sam: I suppose both conmen and estate agents like to do anything possible to avoid putting things in writing 28 Feb 2023, 14:59, Damien: Lol he’s such a pain, 😫😫 28 Feb 2023, 15:14, Damien: I mean If you could that’d be great, but it seems he’s not even going to give our offer to the landlord. 🫠 they’re so tricky to deal with. 28 Feb 2023, 15:16, Sam: I’m utterly lost at this, I have to say… I’m not sure if they’ve even contacted my (parent) company… In fact I’m quite sure they haven’t, because their interpretation of my bank statements would be (a) totally unnecessary in the first place, and (b) the least of their worries 28 Feb 2023, 15:21, Damien: Well quite, it is odd. The whole thing has been rather stressful 😩. What do you think we should do? 28 Feb 2023, 16:59, Sam: I have no idea to be quite honest 28 Feb 2023, 16:59, Sam: Bit stumped 28 Feb 2023, 17:02, Sam: Doesn’t seem entirely legit, doesn’t seem entirely illegit - beginning to think it’s either a shoddy scam or another kind of scam than I’d imagined… or maybe just a very odd estate agent, fuck knows 28 Feb 2023, 17:30, Damien: 28 Feb 2023, 17:31, Damien: God it’s so exhausting. 28 Feb 2023, 17:31, Sam: Yeah this is a bit bizarre - I guess it’s the old catch 22: if they don’t pursue it then it’s clearly legit, whereas if it’s not legit then - as I’m coming to expect - they’ll follow up with some further ‘last chance’ 28 Feb 2023, 17:32, Sam: Ok, not strictly a catch 22, both of those are very possible but they just suck, haha 28 Feb 2023, 17:32, Sam: Have you currently got your money? Or is it back to them? 28 Feb 2023, 17:34, Damien: No they sent it back 😅 28 Feb 2023, 17:43, Damien: I think Im ready to call it quits on it, it’s all so boring. 28 Feb 2023, 17:44, Sam: That’s probably a good attitude to take, tbh 28 Feb 2023, 17:44, Sam: I’m ready to call it quits or not to 28 Feb 2023, 17:44, Sam: I suppose I’m weakly disposed in favour of it 28 Feb 2023, 17:45, Sam: In any case I’m quite keen to get somewhere asap - not that I mind if you get somewhere on your own (I can always get somewhere else) but I want somewhere more amenable to the cats, and also I can’t squat here forever 28 Feb 2023, 17:46, Sam: Hmmmmmm 28 Feb 2023, 17:46, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/64043081/ 28 Feb 2023, 17:46, Sam: No inside photos yet, but Bourdon St is gorgeous and that building is especially so - very enticing….. 28 Feb 2023, 17:49, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/59118584/ this looks so nice until you reach photo 9/11 which is possibly the most comically, bathetically dismal photo I’ve ever seen 6 Mar 2023, 01:35, Sam: Random thought, if you’re still looking for a place and in full awareness that you may not wish to go through this again, but … this looks just about nice enough and cheap enough to get provisionally if we could get a 6-month break clause, while looking for other places: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/63852434/ 6 Mar 2023, 08:40, Damien: Ahh yes, I will take a look xx 9 Mar 2023, 23:31, Sam: Ok I’m done with work from tomorrow and officially free, and it feels like my brain this evening has weirdly disentangled itself from all that, aaand the cats are back since yesterday, so I’m now pretty keen to find somewhere even if it’s crap and even if it’s temporary - but no worries if you’re not, I’ll be looking either way 9 Mar 2023, 23:31, Sam: (As in, from today, really - I’m free from now) 9 Mar 2023, 23:40, Damien: Oh yes, let’s find somewhere 9 Mar 2023, 23:40, Damien: But can we find something where the move in is immediate 9 Mar 2023, 23:40, Damien: I really can’t hack in Mile end anymore 9 Mar 2023, 23:41, Sam: I was just thinking: to be honest even if you came to live here, in some crazy god knows what kind of arrangement, that would be preferable to any more time alone… I do have money (as I occasionally have to remind myself) and could move and restructure things as much as possible, but yeah I think I’m just losing my mind 9 Mar 2023, 23:42, Sam: ‘Alone’ wasn’t meant to sound like I’m lonely, lol, more that I’m going (or have long since gone) stir crazy 9 Mar 2023, 23:44, Damien: Awww that would be quite sweet, thank you. Im out of London till Tuesday, can we try to sort some viewings 10 Mar 2023, 00:04, Sam: Yeah, let’s! God I can’t wait to be out of here or just with other human beings 10 Mar 2023, 00:16, Sam: Aaand with that I’m in bed and off to sleep at midnight for the first time in … well, possibly the only time since moving here 😦 God I feel like such a weight has been lifted… maybe it was work after all 10 Mar 2023, 00:25, Damien: Are you free Tuesday night? Shall we meet up to discuss x 10 Mar 2023, 00:27, Sam: Yeah that sounds like a good plan! And I’ll have a look tomorrow morn at what’s avail :) Sorry about the past six months… god, anyway, looking forward to this rare deliberate sleep 😴 10 Mar 2023, 10:53, Damien: Oh yes please do darling xx 11 Mar 2023, 09:47, Damien: Lol it would seem they’re not getting any takers https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/64152707/ 13 Mar 2023, 19:22, Damien: Sam darling I’ve forwarded you two emails 13 Mar 2023, 19:22, Damien: For a flat in Belgravia and one in South Kensington, they’re really quite gorgeous 13 Mar 2023, 19:22, Damien: lmk what you think 13 Mar 2023, 19:31, Damien: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/64159031/ 13 Mar 2023, 20:03, Sam: Oh thanks! Will take a look! 13 Mar 2023, 20:03, Sam: Holborn one looks rather incredible - wait let me check the lox 13 Mar 2023, 20:03, Sam: Loc* 13 Mar 2023, 20:04, Sam: Oh actually that’s not bad at all 13 Mar 2023, 20:06, Sam: It’s a dingy little road, don’t get me wrong, but it’s not a horrible location - just across Clerkenwell Rd (or whatever it is at that pt) is Lambs Conduit St, which is lovely, really cool place to live, has a La Fromagerie, etc - if only we were on that side, haha 13 Mar 2023, 20:06, Sam: Though it’s v close to GOSH so there are always some tearful parents in all the cafes 13 Mar 2023, 20:16, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/64067072/ why is this so incongruously well furnished for a £3k flat? I love all the floors, and what I think is a coffee table on what I think is a carved-out marble section of flooring 13 Mar 2023, 20:34, Damien: Ahh darling I’ve viewing that, one I was going to send you the video, but once I took a look out the window, it was filled with dead pigeons stuck in a net lol 13 Mar 2023, 20:35, Damien: Shall we just get this one 13 Mar 2023, 20:35, Damien: But take a look at the two via email I think You’ll love them 13 Mar 2023, 21:11, Sam: Hahaha brilliant 13 Mar 2023, 21:11, Sam: The dead pigeons I mean 13 Mar 2023, 21:12, Sam: Also I don’t seem to have any emails? Strange.. What address did you send it to? 13 Mar 2023, 22:25, Sam: Oh shit I meant to ask: does Edward have any more rooms available? I’m happy to pay. It’s for someone I’ve been chatting to on/off Grindr. (Not a sexual/romantic thing - that’s off the menu the second I’m helping someone, lest I become Jamison, so just asking on behalf of a fellow human being!) Basically he drew the short straw in life. Care homes, social workers, all that stuff. Not something I have experience of, but I showed his messages to my mum and she seemed to think they checked out. ( 13 Mar 2023, 22:26, Sam: Ah dammit why do I always do this 13 Mar 2023, 22:41, Sam: Sorry, was trying to text while walking around Tesco, which is a fucking nightmare.. The TLDR is: he’s a sweet kid, just turned 18, very cute, going to be eaten up by the Jamisons and the Lesters of the world, or by sleeping rough (though that’s bad too), etc etc. Seems well spoken and polite and overall a nice person. My mum does seem to think he could do more to get help through the system, but it’s hard to blame him as an 18 year old who’s evidently been through a lot of shit. Totally fine if not - if there just isn’t a room or if it’s too much an unknown quantity - but it’d be a great help if there is one! Obv I’ll check with others too :) 14 Mar 2023, 06:32, Damien: Awww sweetie, you’re such a good soul 😘😘 14 Mar 2023, 06:33, Damien: That’s really kind of you and I’m sure Edward would give him my room as soon as I leave which hopefully will be quite soon lol 14 Mar 2023, 06:35, Damien: https://images.chestertons.co.uk/assets/r/chips/che/FCL/23/FCL230046_02-JPG-l-768x0.jpg 14 Mar 2023, 06:36, Damien: https://www.chestertons.co.uk/en-gb/property-to-rent/gb/south+kensington/fcl230046?sentID=128758532&tid=128758532&utm_campaign=FCL230046&utm_content=property_match_-_online&utm_medium=email&utm_source=match&utm_term=more+images 14 Mar 2023, 09:31, Damien: What do you make of this, it’s available right now https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/64136446/ 14 Mar 2023, 16:17, Sam: Oh nice! 14 Mar 2023, 16:17, Sam: Taking a look 14 Mar 2023, 16:27, Sam: Oh also thanks, sorry, I’ve just had this guy around, though he’s gone somewhere now, I suspect to get out of my hair - he’s actually very sweet and totally a best case scenario, I was a bit apprehensive that it might be much worse 14 Mar 2023, 16:29, Sam: Not ‘worse’ as in, like, dangerous, but just, like, not presentable - but no he’s very sweet and polite and whatever, I have no idea how, it’d be quite understandable if he weren’t 15 Mar 2023, 10:38, Damien: Darling are you free today? 15 Mar 2023, 11:04, Sam: I am, yup, totally! 👋 when are you around? 15 Mar 2023, 11:04, Damien: All day, I’m flat hunting 🥲🥲 15 Mar 2023, 11:05, Damien: Shall I come round and we can try sort a few viewings if you like? X 15 Mar 2023, 11:05, Sam: Sounds good! When would you get here? 15 Mar 2023, 11:06, Damien: 13:00? 15 Mar 2023, 11:06, Sam: Cool cool! See ya then :) 15 Mar 2023, 11:32, Damien: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/64175808/ 15 Mar 2023, 11:33, Damien: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/64167871/ 15 Mar 2023, 11:35, Damien: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/63629102/ 15 Mar 2023, 11:36, Damien: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/64130461/ 15 Mar 2023, 11:38, Damien: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/64083946/ 15 Mar 2023, 11:38, Damien: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/54902768/ 15 Mar 2023, 12:55, Damien: Location: https://maps.google.com/?q=51.516167,-0.134562 15 Mar 2023, 12:55, Damien: Just around the corner x 15 Mar 2023, 12:59, Missed audio call 15 Mar 2023, 12:59, Sam: 15 Mar 2023, 12:59, Sam: Sorry, no clue why this keeps happening 15 Mar 2023, 12:59, Sam: And sorry, missed your texts - are you downstairs? 15 Mar 2023, 12:59, Damien: Oh how weird 15 Mar 2023, 13:00, Damien: Yes just arrived x 15 Mar 2023, 13:00, Sam: Ah perfect, I’ll come down, will be one sec 15 Mar 2023, 15:32, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/55246390/ 15 Mar 2023, 15:34, Sam: 15 Mar 2023, 15:45, Sam: Monzo_bank_statement_2023_03_01-2023_03_15_37.pdf • 13 pages document omitted 15 Mar 2023, 15:52, Damien: image omitted 15 Mar 2023, 16:06, Damien: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/64184125/ 15 Mar 2023, 16:07, Damien: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/64181033/ 15 Mar 2023, 16:08, Damien: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/64080387/ 15 Mar 2023, 16:17, Damien: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/64174161/ 15 Mar 2023, 16:30, Sam: Sleep well too thanks for doing WAY MORE then u need to do for me I appreciate it sm. I am very comfortable its rare I enjoy someone’s company like this Lol. it’s lovely talking to u I’m happy we get along and can talk for ages I feel like I’m at home and very safe. I rarely enjoy someone’s company this much like it doesn’t even feel akward with u lol and normally getting to know slmeone is. It’s been very tough but this feels like the big break I’ve been waiting for , for so long and it’s all thanks to u. All this bad luck and now I’m getting insane luck by running into one of the most caring and supportive people I’ve ever known. I’m lit honoured to know u for the help and just how nice it is to be around u. Sorry for the essay lol but just thank u sm sleep well 15 Mar 2023, 16:30, Sam: When u wake up if I haven’t woken up please wake me up hopefully i will be I want to go meet a friend 15 Mar 2023, 16:30, Sam: Also since this is something I’d ask before waking slmeone up u can like push me to wake me up or something lol. I’m always conscious some people might be upset if I where to touch them while they where sleeping maybe too careful but always best to make sure beforehand in the small chance that it might upset someone 15 Mar 2023, 16:30, Sam: Hi just thought I’d text to update u. I just left to go see my friend idk what time il be coming back but whenever it is ok try and make it work around when ur home as I didn’t take the keys with me. I couldn’t sleep last night st all so I’m sorry if my shuffling about woke u up at any point. Final thing when u started the process of wiping ur phone it was taking ages so I just figured I’d just cancel and delete all the apps and shit without realising that I don’t know the password so now I can’t log in lmfao. Also thinking about it more I should of just waited especially when u have sensitive info saved on browsers and stuff. I lit just deleted the apps i saw on Home Screen and logged Into YouTube and Spotify the phone is on the floor by my “bed” so if u want to log in and wipe it urself go ahead it’s no big deal to me il do it when I get home it not. Sorry tho that was incredibly impatient and stupid of me lol 15 Mar 2023, 16:30, Sam: The more I think about it the more stupid it sounds omfg lmfao I’d blame it on being shattered but I’m usually this dumb lol 15 Mar 2023, 16:30, Sam: Currently getting my hair done as it looked like a lions mane this morning it’s not by much tho as I like it long. Thank god I didn’t wake u up I was so paranoid the whole time lmfao I kept trying to get the cat to stop being so noisy lol 15 Mar 2023, 16:30, Sam: I’m so happy it’s all good with the phone I realised how much of a dick move it was was kinda scared to tell u lol but I’m glad it’s alright. 15 Mar 2023, 16:34, Damien: video omitted 15 Mar 2023, 16:36, Damien: 29 Rodmarton Street, Marylebone, London, W1U 8BL Available 17th April / Furnished https://www.knightfrank.com/mrq012372492 15 Mar 2023, 16:59, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noli_me_tangere 15 Mar 2023, 17:23, Sam: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50364/neutral-tones 15 Mar 2023, 18:09, Sam: image omitted 15 Mar 2023, 18:12, Sam: So yeah, like I was saying, 20-30 years - and shamefully we didn’t give a toss when it was at its worst (as I understand) in the early 00s, nor before that when they were doing it to the Uyghurs originally 15 Mar 2023, 18:14, Sam: Which I remember distinctly because, along with vegetarianism, it was one of my distinct childhood feelings of “am I right? how on earth can it be that these people are being killed and harvested for their organs and yet the adults I know, who get upset about me hitting my sister or whatever, couldn’t give less of a fuck?” 15 Mar 2023, 18:33, Damien: Who’s Lars Newbould? Sounds very grand. 16 Mar 2023, 09:02, Damien: 16 Mar 2023, 09:03, Damien: I wish I could reciprocate 16 Mar 2023, 09:03, Damien: Still good to meet you entoute at 11? 16 Mar 2023, 09:03, Sam: Oh god - yeah 16 Mar 2023, 09:03, Sam: Also yeah absolutely! 16 Mar 2023, 09:04, Sam: I’ve been awake for like 20 minutes, it’s been horrible 16 Mar 2023, 09:04, Sam: There’s some enormous light in the sky 16 Mar 2023, 09:04, Damien: Gahahahhahaha 16 Mar 2023, 09:04, Damien: Did you wake naturally again? 🥲 16 Mar 2023, 09:05, Sam: Yeah it’s been so horrible - nah though I was up till like 1am chatting to this guy, and I’m really glad he’s here, he’s such a sweet human being 16 Mar 2023, 09:06, Sam: 100% best case scenario 16 Mar 2023, 09:07, Sam: But yes no it’s been horrible waking up all early 16 Mar 2023, 09:14, Damien: Awww bless, did you find out anymore about him? 16 Mar 2023, 09:50, Sam: I did, yeah, so: he’s not called Ash at all, that’s his friend’s name which for complex phone-related reasons is still on his WhatsApp, but he’s called Ryan, which he did say at some point but I forgot - he also didn’t remember my name so I guess we’re even.. And his mum died a few years ago, which explains the mystery about only talking about his dad.. Uh, I’m pretty damn sure he’s 18, and I’m still not sure what went on with his dad (not that I really need to know) but he was talking generically about rape and child sexual abuse so if I had to speculate then that seems likely - and he did mention his dad is a policeman, so, short of being in the clergy, I’m not sure there could be a better candidate, lol 16 Mar 2023, 11:04, Damien: Sorry just coming now darling x 16 Mar 2023, 11:04, Damien: I’ll be outside in 2 mins 16 Mar 2023, 11:05, Sam: Cool cool! See ya in a mo! 16 Mar 2023, 11:05, Sam: Are you thinking of coming in or should we head off right away? I’m assuming the latter if it’s still at 11:15? 16 Mar 2023, 11:06, Damien: Yes I think the latter is best x 16 Mar 2023, 11:07, Sam: I’m p 16 Mar 2023, 11:08, Damien: Location: https://maps.google.com/?q=51.519444,-0.135836 16 Mar 2023, 11:09, Damien: Just outside x 16 Mar 2023, 11:09, Sam: Location: https://maps.google.com/?q=51.519073,-0.136711 16 Mar 2023, 11:09, Sam: Lol 16 Mar 2023, 11:09, Sam: Ah ok perfect, one sec 16 Mar 2023, 16:11, Sam: This is the DFW clip I meant, re Edward & Kieran & cleaning: https://youtu.be/GwS5pEfcQNk?t=1550 (Just that 30 second bit from there) 16 Mar 2023, 17:23, Damien: OMG 16 Mar 2023, 17:23, Damien: LOL 16 Mar 2023, 17:23, Damien: did that estate agent call you? 16 Mar 2023, 17:25, Sam: Oh lol did he? Sorry, I get so many spam calls from recruiters etc that I only pick up when I’m expecting one (or obv when it’s a known number) 16 Mar 2023, 17:27, Damien: Hahah yes, I told him you were probably busy so anyway, he wanted to verify your salary lol 16 Mar 2023, 17:27, Damien: I think he put the offer through anyway so we should know by later today, or the latest tomorrow 16 Mar 2023, 17:30, Sam: Oh I can send him my employer’s details if he likes? I always thought it was strange that they need to ask you (one) for details to identify your (one’s) salary.. Like, surely that’s not much verification if they’re getting the contact details from you? I’d do what we advised our geriatric customers at Monzo, namely never to trust an incoming call or whatever & to get the switchboard number from the company’s site and call them directly 16 Mar 2023, 17:30, Sam: Tldr: can supply details if helps 16 Mar 2023, 17:34, Damien: Oh I think it should be fine for now x 17 Mar 2023, 08:35, Damien: image omitted 17 Mar 2023, 11:33, Damien: Sam darling, are you still around today, to do flat stuff? X 17 Mar 2023, 11:58, Sam: Ah, sorry, yes, definitely!! 17 Mar 2023, 11:59, Sam: Likewise about Soho one 17 Mar 2023, 11:59, Sam: And oh sorry, will let him know! Which flat is that? 17 Mar 2023, 12:00, Sam: Oh is that Bond St? 17 Mar 2023, 12:15, Damien: Yes Bond st, he’s doing a bit of back and forth with the current tenants to try speed up the move in date, so that will bide us some time before we have to do anything, and then hopefully hear about the soho one. 17 Mar 2023, 12:19, Damien: Does 2:30 work for you? 17 Mar 2023, 12:20, Sam: Sounds good to me! And yeah, hopefully not the Bond St one - definitely Soho is my fave 17 Mar 2023, 12:20, Sam: I’ll take a look at any new ones too 17 Mar 2023, 14:34, Damien: Sorry just delayed 17 Mar 2023, 14:34, Damien: Will be with you soon x 17 Mar 2023, 15:06, Damien: Location: https://maps.google.com/?q=51.516396,-0.130412 17 Mar 2023, 15:06, Damien: Just around the corner x 17 Mar 2023, 15:14, Missed audio call 17 Mar 2023, 15:14, Sam: Sorry, ducking microphone thing 17 Mar 2023, 15:14, Damien: If nows not a good time, I can get a drink across the st x 17 Mar 2023, 15:14, Sam: Oh no now is fine - are you outside? 17 Mar 2023, 15:14, Sam: Doesn’t look like you are but may be wrong 17 Mar 2023, 15:14, Sam: GPS wise I mean 17 Mar 2023, 15:15, Damien: Just 1 minute away x 17 Mar 2023, 15:16, Damien: Just here now x 17 Mar 2023, 17:32, Sam: 17 Mar 2023, 18:19, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_against_perpetuities 17 Mar 2023, 18:22, Sam: image omitted 17 Mar 2023, 18:31, Sam: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Revolting_Prostitutes:_The_Fight_for_Sex_Workers%27_Rights 17 Mar 2023, 18:32, Sam: 17 Mar 2023, 18:32, Sam: 17 Mar 2023, 18:32, Sam: 17 Mar 2023, 19:58, Damien: Darling Alex and I, are next door at Mr Foggs getting a drink, would you like to come by, or shall I come by after. I realised I left my glasses there lol 17 Mar 2023, 20:03, Sam: Oh I’ll come by in a few mins if that works? 17 Mar 2023, 20:03, Damien: Excellent 👌🏻 17 Mar 2023, 20:20, Damien: Shall we get you a drink darling 18 Mar 2023, 00:14, Damien: Is Brendan still on his way 18 Mar 2023, 00:15, Sam: Lot just arrived 18 Mar 2023, 00:15, Damien: Lol Jesus Christ 18 Mar 2023, 00:15, Damien: It must be driving you spare 18 Mar 2023, 13:48, Damien: image omitted 18 Mar 2023, 13:48, Damien: It’s as if we live in France 18 Mar 2023, 16:35, Sam: ^ I just stumbled on this while searching WhatsApp for a totally different thing, and it very well sums up what I was trying to say yesterday 18 Mar 2023, 16:35, Sam: Also yeah the train drivers are an exception to my natural support for strikers (eg certainly NHS strikes etc) 18 Mar 2023, 16:36, Sam: They _are_ paid a preposterous amount of money, and they _are_ holding the country hostage - they’re the Albanians of strikes 18 Mar 2023, 16:37, Sam: Then again we could make it better by nationalising the railway companies and possibly enslaving the workers 18 Mar 2023, 18:12, Damien: Hahaha quite, hopefully we can get driverless cars soon 20 Mar 2023, 09:33, Damien: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/54910160/ 20 Mar 2023, 09:34, Damien: Do you think this one could work as a contingency? 20 Mar 2023, 12:19, Damien: Are you about later to go over flats later darling? 20 Mar 2023, 12:33, Sam: Oh shit sorry yes I am! 20 Mar 2023, 12:33, Sam: Also yes I like the look of that! Tho Fitzsq maybe a bit far north (tho my mem is dim) 20 Mar 2023, 13:52, Damien: It’s not too far from Goodge St, I’ve been looking on zoopla and nothing has come on which make me more inclined to go the the Bond St one at this stage 😩 20 Mar 2023, 13:55, Damien: I’ll still stuck in the the countryside, so I I’ll let me know when I’m on my way back x 20 Mar 2023, 16:45, Damien: Oh gosh, I don’t think I’ll be able to make it back today, are you free tomorrow. Can I give you a call, I really wouldn’t mind just getting the ball rolling on the bond st one, what do you think?! 21 Mar 2023, 00:23, Sam: Ah shit sorry I’ve been so busy, I’ve just set an alarm to call first thing tomorrow 21 Mar 2023, 00:23, Sam: Actually I’ll check Zoopla now just in case there’s anything else 21 Mar 2023, 00:24, Sam: Also quickly, another thing on my list: Ryan (boy) ‘s friend had the modafinil you gave me like 6 months ago and she found it really helped - I don’t suppose you remember where you got it? I remember some sites so no big deal, it’s mainly a formality, but just wanted to check _just in case_, in case she wanted to get it from the same source 🙏 21 Mar 2023, 06:22, Damien: Ahh yes the Modafinal, I know I have stacks of the stuff in storage. Yes let me take a look for you, I remember I used to buy so much, they’d throw in some Viagra lol 21 Mar 2023, 08:42, Damien: 21 Mar 2023, 08:42, Sam: Hahaha no way! I’m sure she’d buy some if you do have some 21 Mar 2023, 08:43, Sam: And yeah I think that’s reasonable 21 Mar 2023, 08:44, Sam: Is this for Bond St? It seems a bit bizarre that we can’t split payment in that way - I can’t quite see why on logical grounds, but regardless yeah that should be fine 21 Mar 2023, 08:45, Sam: Unless it’s that they don’t ‘trust’ me (eg based on employment references etc, as I expect) and you’d be effectively covering me somehow, and they don’t want it only to cover your share … or something like that, I just woke up, sorry! 21 Mar 2023, 09:10, Damien: I’m not sure, they haven’t got any of your references yet. 21 Mar 2023, 09:11, Damien: Are you about this morning, I arrive into London at 10:30, and then I’m milling around central waiting to get my eyebrows done. 21 Mar 2023, 09:11, Sam: Oh shit - something weird seems to be going on with my email, let me double check! Was this from the same time that you missed (I think) the ‘h’ or something like that? 21 Mar 2023, 09:11, Sam: Also yeah I’m around! 21 Mar 2023, 09:12, Sam: Boy seems to be out at the mo but I have no clue why or where - will check - but shouldn’t matter either way (I mean obv it doesn’t matter to me or him, lol) 21 Mar 2023, 09:46, Damien: Perfect darling, shall I come by around that time? 21 Mar 2023, 09:46, Damien: I’ll send my location when I arrive in Waterloo 21 Mar 2023, 10:42, Damien: Location: https://maps.google.com/?q=51.516205,-0.130290 21 Mar 2023, 10:42, Damien: Should be with you in 10/15 does that work darling? 21 Mar 2023, 10:52, Missed audio call 21 Mar 2023, 11:00, Sam: Oh shit sorry yes of course! 21 Mar 2023, 11:00, Damien: Lol I just realise I have an appointment at 11:30 21 Mar 2023, 11:01, Damien: Shall I come by later this afternoon if you’re free? 21 Mar 2023, 11:01, Sam: Ohhhh that’s actually quite good, if that’s ok w you? 21 Mar 2023, 11:01, Sam: As in, like, after the appt, if you mean that 21 Mar 2023, 11:01, Sam: Or else whenever 21 Mar 2023, 11:01, Damien: 21 Mar 2023, 11:02, Damien: I’ll try to sort this out when it comes, as long as you’re sure? 21 Mar 2023, 11:05, Damien: image omitted 21 Mar 2023, 11:28, Damien: 21 Mar 2023, 11:28, Sam: Wait let’s hold off till you get here 21 Mar 2023, 11:28, Sam: I just haven’t had an energy drink and, though I did feel sure, I’m not sure I’m now equipped to answer this question 21 Mar 2023, 11:30, Sam: I’ll check my money in the in between time - I’m pretty sure I haven’t got it yet, and I should check when exactly it comes in, bc it’s sometime in the next few days but it’s possible it might be just about long enough for them to claim (as they presumably would have last time, for CovGar, if I’d complained) that we ran out the clock and effectively dropped out of the deal 21 Mar 2023, 11:34, Damien: Ahh yes good idea 21 Mar 2023, 11:34, Damien: Yes we don’t want that haha 21 Mar 2023, 12:58, Sam: Also wow, sorry, I missed this - ubi est? Haha 21 Mar 2023, 12:59, Sam: Oh wait not ‘also’ 21 Mar 2023, 13:13, Damien: I’m not sure what it’s called, I’ll find out the name for you. 21 Mar 2023, 13:14, Damien: I’m just leaving Notting hill now, so I should be with you in 20, does that work? 21 Mar 2023, 13:14, Sam: Yeah that sounds good! See ya then :) 21 Mar 2023, 13:47, Damien: Sorry just coming now 21 Mar 2023, 13:47, Sam: No probs, no difference to me! 21 Mar 2023, 13:48, Damien: Lol 21 Mar 2023, 13:48, Damien: Just downstairs 21 Mar 2023, 13:49, Sam: Wait I’m lost haha 21 Mar 2023, 13:49, Sam: You’re here? 21 Mar 2023, 13:52, Sam: ?? sorry I’ll head down in 1 min if I don’t hear back 21 Mar 2023, 13:52, Damien: Sorry yes 21 Mar 2023, 13:52, Sam: Ahh ok I’ll head down, 1 sec 21 Mar 2023, 15:49, Sam: Btw why does bank transfer not work? 21 Mar 2023, 15:49, Sam: (If you know!) 21 Mar 2023, 15:50, Sam: Sorry, I don’t mean to be a logistical nightmare, I promise I’m not going to delay for a week and then ruin the deal again 😂 21 Mar 2023, 15:50, Sam: And JLL is obv legit!! 21 Mar 2023, 16:48, Sam: Oh shit I meant to say earlier but got distracted: I don’t have enough money till I’m paid, so it’s failed - I can call in my loan to Roman if it would help? Sorry, I’m shambolic with money, I tend to just give away or lend whatever I don’t need, and I think having Ryan here has maybe screwed up my instinctive sense of accounting… I didn’t bother to check becaus I somehow formed the idea that you were planning to pay this, and also just assumed I hadn’t run myself that dry - but totally understand if you’d sooner not take it in turns given my last ‘turn’ did not exactly instil confidence 21 Mar 2023, 16:50, Sam: Anyway sorry, let me know if you’d like to split and it’ll prob be an hour or two getting the money back from Roman - he did offer to pay back earlier and he has the money but as always I said not to worry and to pay back on time / when suits, tho he won’t have burned through all his student loan (which is what it is) anywhere near yet 21 Mar 2023, 17:02, Damien: Ahh no bother, I called the estate agent, after all that, he’ll accept a bank transfer lol 21 Mar 2023, 17:03, Sam: Ahhh ok good - that still obv doesn’t change my situation now (sorry for asking above! irrelevant now!) but I’m happy to call in the Roman loan (a) if you prefer to split this bit (quite understandably!) and (b) if we can wait a couple of hours max (which I promise we can!!) 21 Mar 2023, 17:10, Damien: I’m just outside darling x 21 Mar 2023, 17:10, Sam: Ah cool, one sec! 21 Mar 2023, 17:18, Sam: 21 Mar 2023, 17:28, Sam: 21 Mar 2023, 17:35, Sam: 21 Mar 2023, 17:35, Sam: 21 Mar 2023, 17:35, Sam: 21 Mar 2023, 17:54, Sam: Has Tim bluevelvetted you? 😳😳😳 21 Mar 2023, 18:11, Sam: 21 Mar 2023, 18:21, Sam: 21 Mar 2023, 18:26, Sam: Oh shit, I don’t suppose you’d be able to check for the modafinil at any point prior to tomorrow? 👀 I’m happy to pay - well, actually I guess not too much given my brief financial straits, but I don’t think she’d want too many (I guess she’d be ordering it for herself ultimately if she found it helpful, or maybe getting the NHS to prescribe or fuck knows what) 21 Mar 2023, 20:03, Damien: Oh yes absolutely, I’ll take a look tomorrow at the unit. Xx 21 Mar 2023, 22:51, Damien: Darling are you free tomorrow afternoon, to work out the referencing stuff, I think as soon as we get an answer on that we can work out our next move, if it doesn’t go through? x 21 Mar 2023, 22:51, Damien: Sorry to be so obessive about this, I just really need to have this sorted asap x 21 Mar 2023, 22:52, Sam: Ah shit, yes, I’ll do it this eve but there’s prob not much rush if they can wait 5 biz days for money 21 Mar 2023, 22:52, Sam: I’ll try to do it this eve* 21 Mar 2023, 22:52, Sam: Also let’s do tomorrow either way, absolutely 21 Mar 2023, 22:53, Sam: Tho I hope not too much trub for you to come up here 21 Mar 2023, 23:38, Damien: No not at all, I’ll be relived when it’s done, plus I want to see if the references will be accepted 22 Mar 2023, 11:15, Damien: Darling are you free around 2:30? I’m going to head to my storage unit before hand to try and get some Modafinal. They’ve sent reference stuff, which they said will get an answer pretty quickly with xx 22 Mar 2023, 11:29, Sam: Yeah of course! Sorry, will do reference thing now, it’s been a hellish night 22 Mar 2023, 11:34, Damien: Oh no, what happened? 22 Mar 2023, 11:35, Sam: Oh nothing especially bad, sorry, maybe I was being a bit queeny- I’ll explain when you’re here perhaps! Nothing relevant to the flat hunt at least! 22 Mar 2023, 13:48, Damien: Sorry just running a bit behind, will be with you in 20 22 Mar 2023, 14:25, Damien: Location: https://maps.google.com/?q=51.516197,-0.134043 22 Mar 2023, 14:25, Damien: Just on my way is now still a good time 22 Mar 2023, 14:33, Sam: Ah shit sorry, yes!! 22 Mar 2023, 14:33, Missed audio call 22 Mar 2023, 14:33, Sam: Sorry, wasn’t looking at my phone 22 Mar 2023, 14:33, Sam: Have put the thing on loud - v soz 22 Mar 2023, 14:33, Damien: Lol 22 Mar 2023, 14:33, Damien: Just down Stairs x 22 Mar 2023, 14:34, Sam: Ahh ok cool cool, one sec! 22 Mar 2023, 17:24, Sam: 22 Mar 2023, 17:27, Sam: https://cpm.well.ox.ac.uk/person/professor-anneke-lucassen-cpm-director 22 Mar 2023, 17:28, Sam: https://www.ndm.ox.ac.uk/team/anneke-lucassen 22 Mar 2023, 17:29, Sam: https://citywire.com/wealth-manager/news/jm-finn-manager-exits-to-join-former-colleagues-at-raymond-james/a1592897 22 Mar 2023, 23:52, Sam: video omitted 23 Mar 2023, 09:14, Damien: Haha this aged very well 👌🏻 23 Mar 2023, 13:11, Damien: Darling are you free atm, do you mind if I come by. We just have to finish one thing with the flat xx 23 Mar 2023, 13:17, Damien: Also I desperately need to charge my phone. 😰 23 Mar 2023, 13:17, Sam: Ohhhh shit sorry 23 Mar 2023, 13:17, Sam: Yes please do! 23 Mar 2023, 13:18, Sam: Is there any chance you’d be able to get the modafinil? I’m so sorry - no prob if not, just on Boy’s behalf 23 Mar 2023, 13:19, Damien: Oh yes, I’ll take a look in my storage unit today. 23 Mar 2023, 13:25, Damien: I’m not sure where in the unit it is, but will try my best, it’s all a huge mess atm haha 23 Mar 2023, 13:59, Damien: Sorry my phone died 😰 23 Mar 2023, 14:00, Damien: Do you mind if I swing by around 16:30, god I’m so disorgansied today 😅 23 Mar 2023, 14:34, Sam: Oh shit sorry, no I’ve been terribly disorganised, but yeah absolutely come around 23 Mar 2023, 17:01, Damien: Sam darling, did you get an email from the homelet people? 23 Mar 2023, 17:04, Sam: Ah, shit, I’ll check now! 23 Mar 2023, 17:04, Damien: I’m just leaving the gym, I’ll call by 23 Mar 2023, 17:05, Damien: I have to get hair stuff on Goodge st anyway x 23 Mar 2023, 17:05, Damien: If that’s okay of course, god, I feel like your stalker haha 23 Mar 2023, 17:29, Missed audio call 23 Mar 2023, 17:31, Damien: Are guy stuck about darling? 23 Mar 2023, 17:35, Damien: Still about ** sorry my fat thumbs 23 Mar 2023, 17:39, Sam: Oh shit 23 Mar 2023, 17:39, Sam: Sorry sorry sorry 23 Mar 2023, 17:39, Sam: Been stuck in deep conversation, I’m so sorry 23 Mar 2023, 17:39, Sam: I had WhatsApp open on my phone and so it basically ignored your notifications 23 Mar 2023, 17:41, Damien: Oh gosh really no need to apologise, I’m not far, do you want to come for a quick drink? 23 Mar 2023, 17:42, Damien: I’m at the duke or York, I was in my way to yours but took a pit stop 23 Mar 2023, 17:42, Damien: Lol 23 Mar 2023, 17:42, Sam: Oh gosh, I don’t suppose you want to come here? For longwinded reasons it’s hard to terminate conversation 23 Mar 2023, 17:42, Sam: But otherwise can come if better, I’m easy-ish 23 Mar 2023, 17:42, Damien: Sorry I hope I’m not being pushy 23 Mar 2023, 17:42, Damien: Yes I can come I’ll be 5/10 mins 23 Mar 2023, 17:44, Sam: Gosh I’m so sorry for being so useless and making you do this! See ya soon 23 Mar 2023, 17:54, Damien: Just downstairs darling x 23 Mar 2023, 19:03, Sam: image omitted 24 Mar 2023, 10:52, Damien: How is it going with your two love birds? Haha 24 Mar 2023, 13:00, Sam: Very well! It's been so sweet, haha - I've enjoyed the vicarious warmth 24 Mar 2023, 13:00, Sam: Howzitgwan 24 Mar 2023, 13:13, Damien: Awww bless. Did you get any sleep? x 24 Mar 2023, 13:47, Sam: I did! It was horrid! I can see that weird glowing orb in the sky again 24 Mar 2023, 13:49, Sam: Btw, if you _do_ happen to come by any time today, is there _any_ chance you’d be able to procure the modafinil? (Obv im v happy to pay whatever’s needed - and if you happen to know the source, that’d be awesome too, but no stress, I realise my favour account is overdrawn) 24 Mar 2023, 14:06, Damien: Oh yes, I’ll definitely be at my storage unit, so will try dig some out. Not sure about timings, as I’m going for tea with a friend in Canonbury, but will keep you posted x 24 Mar 2023, 15:46, Damien: image omitted 24 Mar 2023, 16:06, Sam: Haha poor Jacques indeed - I can see what you mean, he's a bit too nice/gentle to be sexually alluring, but I'd much sooner be liked & not lusted after than lusted after & not liked 24 Mar 2023, 16:07, Sam: And thanks! No rush at all, and sorry for the fuss! Hope I didn't go on too much about whatever last night - was a bit out of sorts from not sleeping for the first time in ages 24 Mar 2023, 16:49, Damien: Oh no darling, you were a hoot xx 24 Mar 2023, 22:51, Damien: I managed to get some dexamphetmine, much better than Modafinal. I can drop it round tomorrow if that works xx 24 Mar 2023, 23:20, Damien: Ahh they managed to send the contract over. Shall we go through it and sign tomorrow xx 25 Mar 2023, 18:37, Damien: How are you darling 25 Mar 2023, 18:37, Damien: Up to much 25 Mar 2023, 19:20, Sam: Ah shit sorry I missed this! Yes I’m not bad! Not up to much! Tho don’t have much meth & can’t get Brendo to reply, so it’d have to be demethylated sadly 25 Mar 2023, 19:27, Damien: Awww sweetie, poor you that sucks. 25 Mar 2023, 19:28, Sam: Hahaha I know 25 Mar 2023, 19:28, Damien: I’m just mopping around Mile End, god I’ve had enough of east London to last me a life time 25 Mar 2023, 19:28, Sam: Bastard bloody Brendan 25 Mar 2023, 19:28, Sam: That’s very public spirited of you, lol 25 Mar 2023, 19:28, Damien: And kieran floating around like a ghost 25 Mar 2023, 19:28, Sam: Yeah you can’t be rid of him 25 Mar 2023, 19:29, Damien: Thank god Alex gave me some Benzos, otherwise I’d probably slit my wrists in the bath 25 Mar 2023, 19:29, Sam: Lol this reminds me of the last all-company meeting, which no one else from our (doomed) engineering team attended, which I attended digitally with ‘Banquo’ as my middle name 25 Mar 2023, 19:30, Sam: 25 Mar 2023, 19:35, Damien: 😂😂😂😂😂 25 Mar 2023, 19:36, Damien: LMAO 25 Mar 2023, 19:36, Damien: Lol I have a few pills of that dexamphetamine for your lodger 25 Mar 2023, 19:36, Damien: Is he still there? 25 Mar 2023, 19:37, Damien: I’m surprised you having started killing each other 25 Mar 2023, 20:02, Sam: Yeah he’s still here! 25 Mar 2023, 20:06, Sam: Gosh I’m so fond of him.. Nah he’s been great, and it was so sweet to see him with his girlfriend the other day 25 Mar 2023, 20:09, Sam: Like, I dunno, just - after months of Grindr and shit - seeing him looking at her like nothing else in the world mattered, it’s the sweetest & purest thing 26 Mar 2023, 09:21, Damien: Awww, that is quite sweet. In the same way Kieran looks at his sister? Lol 26 Mar 2023, 22:56, Sam: LOL sorry I didn’t get this earlier! 26 Mar 2023, 22:57, Sam: Omg lol 26 Mar 2023, 22:57, Sam: Maybe not that lovingly 26 Mar 2023, 22:57, Sam: I don’t know how I missed this, sorry for my delayed reaction to this classic 27 Mar 2023, 15:35, Damien: Lol not at all 27 Mar 2023, 15:35, Damien: Are you free tomorrow morning to finish everything off with the flat? X 27 Mar 2023, 23:21, Sam: Yeah, absolutely! Let's do it 27 Mar 2023, 23:22, Sam: Sorry, we've had Ryan's girlfriend Ash over, and, while I love them both and they're lovely people, they are very fucking excitable and loud and I think it's probably driven my brain a bit distracted / even lower productivity lol 27 Mar 2023, 23:22, Sam: (Also I compulsively talk to both or either of them lol - meth and ADHD never a good combo) 28 Mar 2023, 11:32, Damien: Hahaha oh darling, is Ash still there? 28 Mar 2023, 11:32, Damien: Shall I come by around 1? 28 Mar 2023, 12:27, Sam: Oh shit sorry yes 28 Mar 2023, 12:27, Missed audio call 28 Mar 2023, 12:27, Sam: Just talking to girlfriend now but yes come 28 Mar 2023, 13:27, Damien: Location: https://maps.google.com/?q=51.516483,-0.130402 28 Mar 2023, 13:27, Damien: Should be About 5 mins xx 28 Mar 2023, 13:32, Sam: Ah perfect! See ya soon! 28 Mar 2023, 13:41, Damien: Just downstairs darling 28 Mar 2023, 15:18, Damien: image omitted 28 Mar 2023, 15:22, Damien: Flat D, 97 New Bond St 28 Mar 2023, 17:06, Damien: Just round the corner x 28 Mar 2023, 17:08, Damien: Just downstairs darling x 28 Mar 2023, 20:57, Damien: Oh god darling, I’m so sorry for being such a tweaker today, I’m so bloody high. Xx 28 Mar 2023, 21:38, Sam: Hahaha yes you were definitely grenfelling that pipe 28 Mar 2023, 21:38, Sam: I assumed it was Kieran-induced 28 Mar 2023, 22:14, Damien: 😳😳😳. I will Imburse you I promise. I’m just waiting till the send back one do the holding deposits, I’ve overspent this month and ended up ina bit of a funk lol 29 Mar 2023, 11:25, Damien: Darling are you free to come with my to the estate agents office, he said around 2 would work. Should I come by yours at 1 and we can go together? X 29 Mar 2023, 12:15, Sam: Gosh sorry I just woke up - but yes I suppose so! Or 1:30 maybe? Sorry! Thank you for comimy!! 29 Mar 2023, 12:30, Damien: Ahh that works perfect, I’ll see you then. 29 Mar 2023, 13:40, Damien: Sorry, just getting my shoe shined 29 Mar 2023, 13:40, Damien: Will be 20 Mins x 29 Mar 2023, 14:03, Damien: Location: https://maps.google.com/?q=51.515793,-0.136729 29 Mar 2023, 14:09, Missed audio call 29 Mar 2023, 14:09, Sam: Ffs sorry I can’t seem to take calls 29 Mar 2023, 14:09, Sam: Are you here? 29 Mar 2023, 14:09, Damien: Yes just downstairs 29 Mar 2023, 14:09, Damien: Shall I come up? 29 Mar 2023, 14:09, Sam: Ah cool cool, one sec 29 Mar 2023, 14:09, Sam: Or come up, sure, if it’s open! 29 Mar 2023, 15:06, Sam: image omitted 29 Mar 2023, 15:06, Damien: 🤣🤣🤣🤣 29 Mar 2023, 15:42, Sam: 29 Mar 2023, 16:03, Damien: 29 Mar 2023, 16:54, Sam: 1 Apr 2023, 11:47, Sam: image omitted 1 Apr 2023, 11:47, Sam: image omitted 1 Apr 2023, 11:50, Damien: weasellish stoatish person. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 1 Apr 2023, 11:51, Damien: He’s keeps coming In to my room asking for Xanax and Valium, it’s getting embarrassing now 😅😅 1 Apr 2023, 11:53, Damien: Oh and then he came asking if I had poppers 🫠🫠 2 Apr 2023, 00:08, Damien: What are you up to dear? 2 Apr 2023, 20:30, Damien: Omg 2 Apr 2023, 20:30, Damien: Raz has a photo of us taking meth 2 Apr 2023, 20:30, Damien: And I’m Dead 2 Apr 2023, 20:31, Damien: image omitted 2 Apr 2023, 20:34, Sam: Oh shit yeah I’ve got that one 2 Apr 2023, 20:34, Sam: Sorry I’ve been so overloaded 2 Apr 2023, 20:34, Sam: Boy has been taking meth - long story, not entirely my fault, will explain, but he won’t stop talking 2 Apr 2023, 20:39, Sam: He’s doing the same with me for meth now btw 2 Apr 2023, 20:39, Sam: 2 Apr 2023, 21:02, Damien: Oh for fuck sake 2 Apr 2023, 21:02, Damien: 😅 2 Apr 2023, 21:02, Damien: Why have you become a middle man for Brenda 2 Apr 2023, 21:02, Damien: Brenden 2 Apr 2023, 21:03, Damien: Also, I’d a happily take some of the share. 2 Apr 2023, 21:03, Sam: I have no clue lol 2 Apr 2023, 21:04, Sam: I also haven’t heard back from Kieran for like an hour - I am a bit unsure 2 Apr 2023, 21:04, Sam: Wait one min, boy thing 2 Apr 2023, 21:15, Damien: He’s totally a demented 9 Apr 2023, 08:33, Damien: 9 Apr 2023, 08:33, Damien: 🤣 9 Apr 2023, 08:46, Sam: Leeeet me get back to you on that 😂 9 Apr 2023, 08:49, Damien: image omitted 9 Apr 2023, 08:50, Damien: Its like being at the gum clinic 🤣🤣 9 Apr 2023, 09:19, Damien: image omitted 9 Apr 2023, 10:38, Sam: Jeeeeeesus 9 Apr 2023, 10:39, Sam: Like a character illustration from a Roald Dahl book 9 Apr 2023, 10:40, Damien: I couldn’t believe it when he said I was a bit portly recently 9 Apr 2023, 10:54, Sam: Yeah that does rather feel like the pot calling the kettle a nigger 9 Apr 2023, 10:55, Damien: 🤣🤣🤣🤣 9 Apr 2023, 12:00, Sam: Do you fancy smoking tonight btw? Only because I’ve just kicked out Ash after I left him to take care of the cats for a night and he managed to lose Pig, and - far more about Pig than about him - I’m a bit screwed up about it 9 Apr 2023, 12:02, Damien: Omg no. I’m so so sorry. Is pig still missing? I can help look!! 9 Apr 2023, 12:02, Damien: But yes let’s do something later absolutely xx 9 Apr 2023, 12:02, Sam: Yes but I think it’s a lost cause 9 Apr 2023, 12:02, Sam: I’m just dead at this point 9 Apr 2023, 12:02, Sam: Complete emotional husk 9 Apr 2023, 12:02, Sam: Basically Kieran 9 Apr 2023, 12:03, Sam: Let me know when you’re around 9 Apr 2023, 12:03, Sam: Howl howl howl howl etc 9 Apr 2023, 12:11, Damien: I can come over now if you like? 9 Apr 2023, 12:11, Damien: I’m so so sorry 😰 9 Apr 2023, 12:11, Damien: Hopefully, someone’s rescued her 9 Apr 2023, 12:12, Sam: Is there any chance you could head off in maybe like half an hour (minimum I mean! obviously fine if longer!) ? I’d be hugely glad of some company - well, company not composed of colossal cunts - but not quiiiite ready yet 😵‍💫 9 Apr 2023, 12:13, Sam: Sorry about this - you can expropriate his abandoned meth by way of compensation (1g) (I paid for it, to be clear) 9 Apr 2023, 12:14, Damien: You poor thing 9 Apr 2023, 12:14, Sam: (I did offer it to him despite kicking him out, and even after offered it again after I realised he’d left it, but as he’s taken my Juul and not replied at all, I think fuck him) 9 Apr 2023, 12:14, Sam: Yeah it’s been a fucking nightmare of a weekend 9 Apr 2023, 12:16, Sam: 9 Apr 2023, 12:58, Damien: I can try get you some on my way over xx 9 Apr 2023, 13:23, Sam: Oh no don’t worry haha - it’s fairly hard to find except maybe at Le Fromagerie, or a dept store food hall, or an exceptionally well-stocked Waitrose 9 Apr 2023, 13:23, Sam: Our ewe on root ? 9 Apr 2023, 13:24, Sam: (Thanks for coming here btw!) 9 Apr 2023, 13:24, Damien: Yes just about to leave now. Xx 9 Apr 2023, 13:24, Sam: No rush at all! Take as much time as you need, it’s a moveable feast 9 Apr 2023, 13:35, Damien: You don’t mind if Alex comes by for a bit, I just remembered I said I’d go to the park with him 9 Apr 2023, 13:35, Sam: Oh yeah sure! Definitely welcome! 9 Apr 2023, 14:18, Damien: Just downstairs darling 9 Apr 2023, 14:18, Sam: Ah cool cool, I’ll be 1 sec 9 Apr 2023, 14:27, Sam: 9 Apr 2023, 14:31, Sam: 9 Apr 2023, 15:05, Sam: image omitted 9 Apr 2023, 15:05, Sam: image omitted 9 Apr 2023, 15:05, Sam: image omitted 9 Apr 2023, 15:05, Sam: image omitted 9 Apr 2023, 15:05, Sam: image omitted 9 Apr 2023, 15:05, Sam: image omitted 9 Apr 2023, 18:37, Sam: Name: Samuel Robinson-Adams Bank: Monzo Bank Account number: 16068982 Sort code: 04-00-04 BIC: MONZGB2L Bank address: Broadwalk House, 5 Appold St, London, EC2A 2AG, United Kingdom IBAN: GB05 MONZ 0400 0416 0689 82 9 Apr 2023, 18:46, Sam: You deleted this message. 9 Apr 2023, 18:48, Sam: 10 Apr 2023, 00:23, Damien: Any news on Pig🤞🏻 10 Apr 2023, 08:58, Damien: image omitted 10 Apr 2023, 11:27, Sam: Oh no not at all! How much did you spend? I’ll pay you back 10 Apr 2023, 11:27, Sam: Oh also you’re v welcome to come around - I’ve not found her yet sadly, been a bit useless on my own 10 Apr 2023, 12:05, Damien: I’m not I’m sure, not much. Hopefully it yields something. Should try to get one of those handymen around who can hopefully take up the floorboards with out damaging them, and maybe we’ll find her, or at least rule that out. Now that Raymans is open, we could go and print out some posters up, and maybe speak to the local restaurants incase they see her. 10 Apr 2023, 12:05, Damien: Do you think also, that one or those people at the party could have stolen Pig? 10 Apr 2023, 12:12, Damien: Oh I forgot to mention I called the cat sanctuaries, and they said they have nothing yet. But if she’s handed in, you’ll be alerted straightaway because of the micro chip 10 Apr 2023, 12:13, Damien: We could also get floor plans for the building so we can work out where she might have got to, if she’s still in the building 10 Apr 2023, 12:51, Sam: Oh shit I’m really sorry. Thank you so much for all of this. Sorry, I’m a bit shell shocked from all this. I can get the number for the management company from my aunt. Just trying to think about what i can do to help her find her way back, if possible. That’s prob the only way. Shit, I don’t know if it’s been too long now. Christ. Ok I’ll stop thinking about it. Do you want to come round? I’ll order you an Uber bc I feel bad about all the travel. (Obv in this case it’s not exactly something we can do at yours, lol, but still) 10 Apr 2023, 12:53, Damien: Oh I think there’s still plenty of time, I was reading somewhere, that they can we found several days and weeks 10 Apr 2023, 12:53, Damien: I think we can get the floor plans online somewhere 10 Apr 2023, 12:53, Damien: We’d have to buy them 10 Apr 2023, 12:53, Damien: I think 10 Apr 2023, 12:54, Damien: But then trying to find someone who’d be keen to do it. 10 Apr 2023, 12:54, Damien: Shall we try the poster thing as well? 10 Apr 2023, 13:03, Sam: Yeah let’s do that. Any amount of money is fine. I might buy a printer from Argos quickly. Are you free? Shall I order an Uber? 10 Apr 2023, 13:21, Damien: Oh no don’t get one from argos. Best we do it at Rymans 10 Apr 2023, 13:21, Damien: Which is only a few 100 Meters from your flat 10 Apr 2023, 13:21, Damien: I’m just getting or at TCR now 10 Apr 2023, 13:24, Sam: Oh nice, see ya soon! 10 Apr 2023, 13:41, Damien: Do you want to start making the lost poster, so we can head to Rymans straight away :) x 10 Apr 2023, 13:44, Damien: Ahh just stuck in the rain 10 Apr 2023, 13:45, Sam: Ah shit, yes, sorry - and yeah do take shelter somewhere, there’s no rush, sorry, I feel very bad about this 10 Apr 2023, 13:45, Damien: MJ just downstairs now 10 Apr 2023, 13:48, Missed audio call 10 Apr 2023, 13:48, Sam: Is he??? Shit 10 Apr 2023, 13:48, Sam: Nah sorry I’ll come down now 10 Apr 2023, 13:48, Damien: Hahahahaha 10 Apr 2023, 13:48, Damien: LOL 10 Apr 2023, 14:06, Damien: image omitted 10 Apr 2023, 14:08, Damien: 10 Apr 2023, 15:41, Sam: 10 Apr 2023, 16:00, Damien: video omitted 10 Apr 2023, 17:08, Sam: 10 Apr 2023, 17:21, Sam: https://www.opentable.co.uk/r/villandry-great-portland-street-london 10 Apr 2023, 17:45, Sam: 10 Apr 2023, 17:46, Sam: 10 Apr 2023, 17:49, Sam: https://youtu.be/szowfCkYQ8g 10 Apr 2023, 18:05, Sam: 10 Apr 2023, 18:12, Missed audio call 10 Apr 2023, 18:13, Damien: Sorry i managed to leave my key yo therw 10 Apr 2023, 18:13, Sam: Oh shit sorry 10 Apr 2023, 18:13, Sam: Your what? Your key? 10 Apr 2023, 18:13, Damien: If yiu see iy can just through it out the window 10 Apr 2023, 18:13, Damien: Haha yes 10 Apr 2023, 18:13, Damien: Sorry my fat thumbs 10 Apr 2023, 18:13, Sam: Ah ok perfect, yeah I was thinking that, bc the cats seem a bit weird and I’m not sure about going to the door again (with or without them) 10 Apr 2023, 18:14, Sam: Haha no worries, one sec 10 Apr 2023, 18:14, Sam: Do you remember where you left them? 10 Apr 2023, 18:14, Damien: It’s a singular key 10 Apr 2023, 18:14, Damien: I think it may have slipped out or my pocket where I was sitting 10 Apr 2023, 18:15, Sam: Oh shit oh shit sorry 10 Apr 2023, 18:16, Sam: I got distracted by the cat wars 10 Apr 2023, 18:16, Sam: Got it 10 Apr 2023, 18:16, Sam: Just gonna find a way to lower down, one sec 10 Apr 2023, 18:16, Damien: Ahh fab x 10 Apr 2023, 18:16, Damien: Oh just throw it 10 Apr 2023, 18:16, Damien: I’m sure it’ll be fine 10 Apr 2023, 18:18, Sam: Jeeeesus thank fuck it didn’t go down the stairwell 10 Apr 2023, 18:18, Sam: That was not very well planned 10 Apr 2023, 18:18, Sam: Christ what the fuck was I thinking there, lol 10 Apr 2023, 18:39, Sam: 10 Apr 2023, 18:40, Sam: Mainly that it was telling that he felt the same about the welfare state / benefits thing - but also v much the last bits 10 Apr 2023, 19:12, Sam: Oh also thank you so much for helping with the Pig hunt! I don’t know how I forgot to say. God knows what I’d have done otherwise, esp since I’d just about called off the search yesterday morning. (Not that I’d have given up if all hope wasn’t lost, but I obv had a wildly pessimistic understanding of the loss-of-hope rate.) Anyway, much appreciated! I owe you a bottle of wine, possibly a jamesoboam! 11 Apr 2023, 20:01, Damien: Oh no need to thank me at all darling. I feel so bad about taking all your Tina. I don’t know what it is with me, I think if I had my own supply I’d be less likely to puff it so quickly, not in a cheap sense, but I suppose like if I knew I had some I would be less anxious about puffing from your pipe. Gosh I really am so embarrassed about all that. Shall we meet on Monday, to discuss the BT thing, and all the other things that need sorted. Also if you’re placing an order with Brenden in the meantime, could you ask for me too, seeing as you get tge best customer rate. Of course if it’s not too much trouble, but don’t worry if not xxx 15 Apr 2023, 17:22, Sam: You know, I actually feel weirdly unexpectedly good about this flat, given I’d originally (probably quite visibly) ^ Sorry, got halfway through writing that and didn’t finish.. And no I totally know what you mean - I think I blaze it like a chimney whenever there are people around, prob out of social anxiety, and more so when about to go out (in some weird camel-like instinct to ‘stock up’) 15 Apr 2023, 17:22, Sam: I was actually about to place an order so could get you some if you want 15 Apr 2023, 17:24, Sam: Also, I’ve got Kid around picking up some stuff, and I was wondering about Edward’s for him, since he’s been staying at a hostel and it sounds quite grim, and I figured that, even if I bear some grudge, Edward has already got Kieran there and I wouldn’t liken him to Kieran at all 15 Apr 2023, 17:24, Sam: Basically I was wondering about suggesting he go round to Edward’s for a drink or something, just to get acquainted 15 Apr 2023, 17:40, Damien: Oh yes, just mention to Edward about coming around, I’m sure he’d be more than happy about it x 15 Apr 2023, 17:41, Damien: Omg yes please thank you 🙏🏻 15 Apr 2023, 17:41, Damien: Just one g for me 😛 15 Apr 2023, 18:11, Damien: I’m Going to get a man with a man on Monday 15 Apr 2023, 18:11, Damien: Do you need help with the moving? 15 Apr 2023, 18:12, Sam: Oh shit sorry I’ve been stuck talking 15 Apr 2023, 18:12, Sam: I get so adhd about this 15 Apr 2023, 18:12, Sam: And he’s always talking so it drains my attention 15 Apr 2023, 18:15, Damien: Lol 15 Apr 2023, 18:15, Damien: Maybe you should message Edward about popping by 15 Apr 2023, 18:16, Sam: Yes sorry, he’s just left so I’ll do that now 15 Apr 2023, 18:16, Sam: Sorry, he’s a bit ADHD like me and so he’s always talking and I just can’t focus while he’s talking 15 Apr 2023, 18:20, Damien: Alex and I are the park beside yours, do you want to join us? 15 Apr 2023, 18:21, Sam: Oh that might be nice! Wait how long are you around for? I’m just going to get some stuff from the shops but won’t be long 15 Apr 2023, 18:22, Damien: Probably 30 mins or so xx 15 Apr 2023, 18:22, Damien: Location: https://maps.google.com/?q=51.515427,-0.132222 15 Apr 2023, 18:23, Sam: Wait you’re around _for_ 30 mins or _in_ 30 mins? If you need to head off in 30 mins maybe I’ll hold off on the shops & go afterwards 15 Apr 2023, 18:33, Damien: Yes 30 mins an hour, we’re going walk up regents, as it’s got a bit grim here 15 Apr 2023, 18:41, Damien: We’ve given up on the park 15 Apr 2023, 18:42, Damien: We’re just here if you want to join 15 Apr 2023, 18:42, Damien: Are you moving on Monday darling, will you need any help? 15 Apr 2023, 18:48, Sam: Oh shit sorry - wait where is here? 15 Apr 2023, 18:48, Damien: Oh sorry haha 15 Apr 2023, 18:49, Sam: Also yeah Monday & Tuesday probs 15 Apr 2023, 18:49, Damien: Location: https://maps.google.com/?q=51.518543,-0.134655 15 Apr 2023, 18:49, Damien: We had to get away from all the out of townera in soho 15 Apr 2023, 18:49, Damien: Being right beside your flat was not deliberate haha 15 Apr 2023, 18:49, Sam: But nah don’t worry, you helped enough with the move-out (god… sorry) and anyway everyone is clamouring to help 15 Apr 2023, 18:50, Sam: Hahah no don’t worry - is that Pied à Terre? 15 Apr 2023, 18:53, Damien: Yeh Fitzroy Tavern 15 Apr 2023, 18:56, Sam: Ah and you’re there for how long? Sorry I’m such a shambles when it comes to coordinating things 15 Apr 2023, 19:01, Damien: We’re just deciding that atm lol 15 Apr 2023, 19:01, Damien: I’ll let you know x 15 Apr 2023, 23:04, Sam: Gosh I’m just walking back from what may be my last ever 10:50pm Tesco dash, and I’ll miss this road.. The area, no, and the flat certainly no, but Goodge St had a good vibe 🫡 16 Apr 2023, 16:43, Damien: God sorry not to get back to yesterday, I forgot to send the message. 16 Apr 2023, 17:10, Damien: Also darling do you have one of those cellotape holders to make boxes! I think I saw one in your flat, I was wondering if I could borrow it xx 16 Apr 2023, 17:32, Sam: Oh gosh sorry it’s run out, but I can grab one from Tesco a bit later - when are you packing? Have you unpacked much at Edward’s? 16 Apr 2023, 18:35, Damien: Oh that’s fun, I can get some cellotape 16 Apr 2023, 18:35, Damien: I just need to pack up boxes In storage that have been opened, before I send stuff over x 16 Apr 2023, 20:35, Sam: Shit, sorry, just realised my aunt did give me an extra roll of sellotape 16 Apr 2023, 20:35, Sam: For use with the sellotape machine thing 16 Apr 2023, 20:36, Sam: So abort, terminate, do not buy 16 Apr 2023, 22:13, Sam: Btw is there any chance, if there’s an opportune moment over these couple of days, that you’d be able to check with Edward about Ryan? I.e. just about their having a drink and seeing whether something might work? He’s not pressuring me at all, I should add, but I just feel a bit bad & concerned (not to say Edward’s obliged in any way, but … yeah basically I’m just hoping I can find a solution to the situation that works out for everyone who ends up being involved) 16 Apr 2023, 22:47, Damien: Oh yes absolutely 16 Apr 2023, 22:47, Damien: Perhaps we can go on Tuesday evening? x 16 Apr 2023, 22:47, Damien: Poor thing how is he finding the hostel? 17 Apr 2023, 10:07, Damien: Sam darling are you coming to the check-in this morning, at 11:30. If you can’t make it, I can bring the keys over to you after x 17 Apr 2023, 13:34, Sam: Oh shit, I thought that was tomorrow 🤦‍♂️ I was wondering why I hadn’t heard from you! Something weird has been going on with my notifications but I haven’t had time to sort it out yet - I’m really sorry, I hope you were going anyway?? 😬 17 Apr 2023, 13:35, Sam: 17 Apr 2023, 13:35, Sam: Oh weird I don’t know why that memoji thing was open and capturing my intent facial expression 🙈 17 Apr 2023, 14:19, Damien: Oh sorry darling, I was just sorting things with the delivery men. 17 Apr 2023, 14:20, Damien: Haha yes, I noticed it was just tick when I sent a message 17 Apr 2023, 15:14, Sam: Gosh sorry this is really bad of me 😬 What are your plans for the rest of the day? I've got my stuff boxed & bagged up and I'll prob take a couple of Ubers there and back etc but I'll wait till it's convenient (fine if not today!) 17 Apr 2023, 15:55, Damien: Oh the removal men refused to lift any of my boxes up, thank god Alex was here to help 🥵🥵🥵 17 Apr 2023, 15:56, Damien: I’m going to order some T from Brendan 17 Apr 2023, 15:56, Damien: Would you like some 17 Apr 2023, 15:56, Damien: Also do you have that pipe I left there, just incase he hasn’t got any 17 Apr 2023, 16:50, Sam: Oh shit oh shit I’m really sorry 17 Apr 2023, 16:50, Sam: Been distracted by stuff 17 Apr 2023, 16:50, Sam: Well, packing / moving stuff 17 Apr 2023, 16:51, Sam: Hopefully you’re ok moving-wise 17 Apr 2023, 16:51, Sam: What are you guys up to? James Saunders just texted to say he saw you in the supermarché, haha 17 Apr 2023, 16:52, Sam: Also no, but I can swing by the pipe shop while I’m still in pipe land - btw is there a good time for me to drop by with the first few bags? 17 Apr 2023, 16:53, Damien: Ahh yes, we went to get some supplies mostly wine, and water. 🤣 17 Apr 2023, 16:53, Damien: Oh come any time darling xx 17 Apr 2023, 17:03, Sam: Ok I think I’ll swing by now just so I’ve got keys, if that’s ok 🙏 Will grab an Uber and take some bags with me 17 Apr 2023, 17:06, Sam: Also 17 Apr 2023, 17:06, Sam: PENIS WARNING ❗️ 17 Apr 2023, 17:06, Sam: 17 Apr 2023, 17:06, Sam: 17 Apr 2023, 17:06, Sam: 17 Apr 2023, 17:07, Sam: Who I was chatting to in Stratford upon Avon last September 17 Apr 2023, 17:07, Sam: And who I thought was 95% certain to be fake 17 Apr 2023, 17:07, Damien: 17 Apr 2023, 17:07, Sam: Has just popped up in London 500m from me and is texting me and wants to meet up 😵‍💫 17 Apr 2023, 17:07, Damien: Jealous! 17 Apr 2023, 17:08, Sam: Yeah lemme know, bc I can easily get him to come here 17 Apr 2023, 17:08, Sam: And I’ll get some too - how much are you guys getting? We can do a Groupon sorta thing, lol 17 Apr 2023, 17:10, Sam: Yeah fuck knows why 17 Apr 2023, 17:10, Sam: Sorry, I mean fuck knows why he’s so keen to meet me 17 Apr 2023, 17:10, Damien: I don’t mind ordering more, but I would rather just say haha 😂 17 Apr 2023, 17:10, Sam: Oh wait you said 1g - is there any chance you’d be able to check if he can do it to mine, and I can then pick up the conv from there 17 Apr 2023, 17:11, Sam: Ah, snap 17 Apr 2023, 17:11, Sam: I just cba to explain it all to him 17 Apr 2023, 17:11, Damien: Perfect will do x 17 Apr 2023, 17:11, Damien: Are you coming by now 17 Apr 2023, 17:11, Sam: (Not to say I’m putting the work on you, just that it’s less explanation if you say “we’ll order to Sam’s”) 17 Apr 2023, 17:12, Sam: Yup - just deciding which bags to take 17 Apr 2023, 17:12, Sam: In a way I’m annoyed this guy has shown up, because my desire to have sex with him is gonna complicate my moving plans, lol 17 Apr 2023, 17:12, Sam: Nightmare to figure out what stuff I want to have at which flat for the next night or two 17 Apr 2023, 17:14, Damien: Did you want any T from Brenden? 17 Apr 2023, 17:14, Sam: Yeah I’ll just order another 5g maybe 17 Apr 2023, 17:14, Sam: Sorry, it goes, it goes 17 Apr 2023, 17:14, Damien: Do it darling you deserve it 17 Apr 2023, 17:14, Sam: (I gave a chunk to Kid bc I felt bad about using his in the end - and of course, being cautious, I prob gave him much more than a gram) 17 Apr 2023, 17:14, Sam: I’ve still got a fair amount but may as well 17 Apr 2023, 17:15, Sam: Are you good to front the money till I get there? Tell me if not, but if you’re liquid it avoids a bit of fuss in case we end up getting more or less or none or whatever 17 Apr 2023, 17:18, Damien: Oh I am, but I think he wants to go to Goodge st instead 17 Apr 2023, 17:18, Damien: Is being impossible with texting back 17 Apr 2023, 17:18, Sam: Ah perfect, well I’m disorganised so I’m still here, haha 17 Apr 2023, 17:23, Sam: 17 Apr 2023, 17:24, Sam: And if only Google knew why I was so mysteriously interested in Bethnal Green Post Office 17 Apr 2023, 17:37, Damien: 17 Apr 2023, 17:38, Sam: Gosh it’s like pulling teeth, lol - sorry!! 17 Apr 2023, 17:38, Sam: But works for me tbh - it’s a moveable feast 17 Apr 2023, 17:38, Sam: Or a moveable move 17 Apr 2023, 17:43, Damien: Hahaha lol 17 Apr 2023, 18:04, Damien: He’s still not replying. He’s so bloody hopeless 17 Apr 2023, 20:14, Sam: Not even now? 17 Apr 2023, 20:14, Sam: I suppose at some point I’ll have to get going, tho there’s no reason I can’t stroll back to Goodge to do the deal 17 Apr 2023, 20:16, Damien: Haha no 17 Apr 2023, 20:16, Damien: Oh sorry I don’t want to hold you back 17 Apr 2023, 20:16, Damien: He moves at a snails pace ahnyway 17 Apr 2023, 20:18, Damien: Haha come by, Alex managed to score some haha 17 Apr 2023, 20:19, Sam: Ah perfect - I don’t need any anyway, I’m fine, tho I prob shouldn’t give any to you guys just bc I’m not sure I have QUITE enough 17 Apr 2023, 20:19, Sam: But I’ll put the cats in an Uber and head over now 17 Apr 2023, 20:19, Sam: Just bc cats are prob best to move first 17 Apr 2023, 20:19, Sam: Is there any chance you’d be able to help unpack at the other end 17 Apr 2023, 20:20, Damien: Oh no ofc not 17 Apr 2023, 20:20, Sam: Sorry, not literally unpack, I just mean help ferry the cats from the car 17 Apr 2023, 20:20, Damien: And yes absouelty 17 Apr 2023, 20:20, Sam: Thank you!! I’ll let you know when I’m on my way, but won’t be long at all 17 Apr 2023, 20:20, Damien: Let me know when you’re downstairs xx 17 Apr 2023, 20:21, Damien: It’s a little chaotic with all My boxes here atm 17 Apr 2023, 20:21, Damien: But I should have them sorted soon x 17 Apr 2023, 20:21, Sam: Oh nah that’s totally fine 17 Apr 2023, 20:21, Sam: I couldn’t care less 17 Apr 2023, 20:22, Sam: 17 Apr 2023, 20:22, Sam: Looks a mess but most likely will all fit in my room 17 Apr 2023, 20:23, Damien: Hahahah 17 Apr 2023, 20:39, Damien: Just ring when you’re outside so I do g miss it x 17 Apr 2023, 21:00, Sam: Sorry, hell getting cats into boxes 17 Apr 2023, 21:00, Sam: Almost en route 17 Apr 2023, 21:00, Sam: Coaxing with treats has worked 17 Apr 2023, 21:03, Damien: Are yiu sure you don’t want any help 17 Apr 2023, 21:03, Damien: I don’t mind hopping in a taxi 17 Apr 2023, 21:06, Sam: Actually if there’s any chance you’d be willing to, that might be nice 17 Apr 2023, 21:06, Sam: Or maybe not actually 17 Apr 2023, 21:07, Sam: Wait sorry don’t listen, wait, hold fire, I need to think for a moment (you’ll probably hear it from there) 17 Apr 2023, 21:07, Damien: Ahh yes 17 Apr 2023, 21:08, Damien: More than happy to help, one cat is stressful enough never mind two 17 Apr 2023, 21:22, Sam: 16 fucking pounds 17 Apr 2023, 21:22, Sam: But en route 17 Apr 2023, 21:23, Sam: Thank you for the offer tho 17 Apr 2023, 21:23, Sam: And on the other end it’d be very welcome 17 Apr 2023, 21:28, Damien: Yes absolutely 17 Apr 2023, 21:28, Damien: Just drop call me so I can run down 17 Apr 2023, 21:32, Sam: Ok there basically 17 Apr 2023, 21:32, Sam: Will call now 17 Apr 2023, 21:32, Damien: Coming x 17 Apr 2023, 21:32, Sam: Thanks!! 17 Apr 2023, 21:33, Sam: Goddammit, sorry, traffic lights 17 Apr 2023, 21:34, Sam: One moment - sorry, didn’t expect it’d take this long, and was apprehensive about being able to get the boxes out of the car on my own 17 Apr 2023, 21:57, Sam: https://www.vice.com/en/article/mv53gy/powdered-alcohol-got-me-drunk-the-worst-way-possible 17 Apr 2023, 22:03, Sam: 17 Apr 2023, 23:58, Sam: 17 Apr 2023, 23:59, Sam: 18 Apr 2023, 14:12, Sam: 18 Apr 2023, 19:45, Sam: I don’t suppose, on the off chance you might be free, that I could _possibly_ prevail on you to help carry some bags to the Uber and back? Ie at the Goodge end, if I get you an Uber down at some point? It’s just that I’m a tiny bit short of breath & energy - it would only be what we could fit in an UberX, but please don’t feel at all obliged, I’ll need to get someone tomorrow anyway 18 Apr 2023, 19:46, Damien: Yes just let me know when works. I need to take a walk anyway, I’ve been In this flat most of the day haha 18 Apr 2023, 19:46, Sam: As in, please please please do say if you’re not able to do it (And sorry for slightly delirious tone of my messages, I’m in a voiiiknuukg hot bath, partly because of last min packing and partly because of Grindr boy (interesting story..)) 18 Apr 2023, 19:47, Sam: Ah amazing! Maybe if I order an Uber in like 15 mins would that work? Tell me if you’d sooner earlier or later 18 Apr 2023, 19:47, Sam: (…ah the English language, lol) 18 Apr 2023, 19:48, Damien: 15 mins works great! 18 Apr 2023, 20:15, Sam: Ah, sorry for my godawful timing, I lost track of time in the bath 🛁 😬 Shall I order one now? Or is there _un meilleur moyen_? Like, I could generate a virtual card and send you the details, and you could then order it at your own leisure? Or some other way? 18 Apr 2023, 20:16, Sam: God I just can’t believe Uber hasn’t solved this fucking problem yet - nothing else on earth so fills me with dread as ordering an Uber for somebody else 18 Apr 2023, 20:17, Damien: Haha it is an odd one with Uber yes. Let me know when you want me there by, and I can sort it xx 18 Apr 2023, 20:20, Sam: Oh, sorry, any time, but no I absolutely owe you it, I haven’t done anything for you 18 Apr 2023, 20:21, Sam: Let me know what the damage is, or else (I devised this strategy in dealing with Ryan) I’ll just send you far more than enough to cover it, haha 18 Apr 2023, 20:34, Damien: Just on my way darling 18 Apr 2023, 20:34, Damien: Should be 15 mins x 18 Apr 2023, 20:38, Sam: Ah perfecto - thanks so much! 18 Apr 2023, 20:54, Damien: Just downstairs x 18 Apr 2023, 20:54, Sam: Ah t’s so much, one sec 18 Apr 2023, 20:54, Sam: Tx 18 Apr 2023, 21:01, Sam: 18 Apr 2023, 22:48, Sam: Sorry, I’m not scurrying away for the night, just decompressing a bit - tho let me know if you’re specifically keen to either (a) chat or (b) have some space 18 Apr 2023, 22:56, Sam: Sorry if my frantic blazing up is annoying you, I can always close the door - am just talking to hypnotic Grindr twink and probably semi-consciously trying to stimulate my tired brain 18 Apr 2023, 22:58, Sam: 18 Apr 2023, 22:59, Damien: Hahaha I don’t blame you 18 Apr 2023, 23:00, Damien: 18 Apr 2023, 23:00, Damien: Hahahaha 18 Apr 2023, 23:00, Damien: No not at all 18 Apr 2023, 23:00, Sam: I’m afraid not quite 18 Apr 2023, 23:01, Sam: Oh you think he’s handsome too? I feel like our types are usually different, haha 18 Apr 2023, 23:02, Sam: He fits into my recent type (among others) of “could play the kid in a hypothetical fifth Home Alone film”, lol 18 Apr 2023, 23:02, Sam: God wait maybe that’s a bit creepy but ykwim 18 Apr 2023, 23:03, Damien: I have a thing for young tops haha 18 Apr 2023, 23:03, Damien: But then again I rarely discriminate with dating 18 Apr 2023, 23:03, Damien: I mean maybe asians and trans 18 Apr 2023, 23:03, Sam: Oh he’s vers 18 Apr 2023, 23:03, Damien: They rarely get a look in 18 Apr 2023, 23:03, Sam: What, no trans? Or only trans? 18 Apr 2023, 23:03, Sam: Oh I see right 18 Apr 2023, 23:04, Damien: Hahaha 18 Apr 2023, 23:04, Damien: Ohh, I prefer them to be strict tops 18 Apr 2023, 23:04, Sam: Nah I’m often into the MTFs, since, hey, ultimately I’m into feminine guys and that’s essentially what they are - but there just aren’t enough for me to have happened to sleep with any of them so far 18 Apr 2023, 23:04, Sam: Oh haha not for you then 18 Apr 2023, 23:04, Sam: Like the guy Raz once spoke to on Grindr, who was a top who only topped other tops 😂 18 Apr 2023, 23:05, Sam: In some bizarre alpha power play sorta thing I assume 18 Apr 2023, 23:06, Sam: 18 Apr 2023, 23:08, Damien: I didn’t even know what Fentanyl was when I was 15 18 Apr 2023, 23:08, Damien: Are you making an order to go puff? 18 Apr 2023, 23:09, Damien: If not, do you w at me to order stuff for youV? 18 Apr 2023, 23:09, Sam: Yeah it’s the craziest shit I’ve heard 18 Apr 2023, 23:09, Sam: I am so fatally drawn to this boy jesus christ 18 Apr 2023, 23:10, Sam: Aaaanyway how many things are you getting? Prob whoever’s doing the more complex order should order it, but idk 18 Apr 2023, 23:15, Damien: Hahaha why? Does he have anymore photos? 18 Apr 2023, 23:15, Damien: I just was going to get some Huel drinks, some water 18 Apr 2023, 23:16, Damien: And some Beef jerky 😳 18 Apr 2023, 23:17, Sam: Maybe he has some on his Instagram, I’ll check 18 Apr 2023, 23:19, Sam: Hmm, is there ANY chance you could throw in a couple of Tenzing drinks? Blue flavour? And possibly an Aero chocolate bar to which I seem to have become addicted these last couple of days? 🙏 I’ll sen you s amentne enow 18 Apr 2023, 23:19, Sam: I’ll wend a you a tenor cow 18 Apr 2023, 23:19, Sam: I’ll send you a tenner now 19 Apr 2023, 10:48, Damien: Sam darling some cleaning people are coming in the next 20 mins, they’re part of JLL management office or something, so maybe it’s best if we keep the cats out of sight till then. I don’t think that it matter too much anyway. X 19 Apr 2023, 10:58, Sam: Oh shit sorry, yes, I just woke up 2 mins ago, I’ll do so 19 Apr 2023, 10:58, Sam: Can’t do much more than leave them in here - if I lock them even in my bathroom, they’ll be miaowing lots… 19 Apr 2023, 10:58, Sam: Is it best for me to be ‘asleep’? I’m quite happy to be - I’m still quite groggy anyway 19 Apr 2023, 11:02, Damien: Oh it should be fine, I can’t imagine of them Staying too long x 19 Apr 2023, 11:09, Sam: What are they doing? Like, a full clean?! Sorry, I think you did say, I just forgot / overslept 19 Apr 2023, 11:11, Damien: They’re recleaing the kitchen appliances, but also removing some of the stuff we don’t want like the IKEA, bedding, and ironing board etc 19 Apr 2023, 11:11, Damien: I think they should be less than half an hour haha 19 Apr 2023, 11:12, Sam: Ah ok- is any of that stuff in my room? ie do they at least ideally want to come in here? 19 Apr 2023, 11:13, Damien: Nahh, I told them you were asleep anyway, so not to bother you :) 19 Apr 2023, 11:15, Sam: I’m slightly apprehensive about the miaowing of the cats - do you think they can hear? 19 Apr 2023, 11:16, Sam: The non-silence of the pigs 19 Apr 2023, 11:16, Damien: Oh I can’t hear anything, so they probably can’t either haha. 19 Apr 2023, 11:16, Sam: Oh good 😅 They’re not miaowing now but they were earlier 19 Apr 2023, 11:17, Damien: Also I think it would be a small chance that they’d rat us out haha 19 Apr 2023, 12:32, Damien: I’m just heading to Mile end, to get a few things, I should be back in the afternoon, are you free to come to John Lewis with me x 19 Apr 2023, 12:33, Sam: Oh haha yeah they’re usually decent, those sorts of people 19 Apr 2023, 12:33, Sam: And yeah absolutely! Sounds like a plan 19 Apr 2023, 12:33, Sam: Well, it is a plan, lol 19 Apr 2023, 12:35, Damien: 19 Apr 2023, 15:48, Sam: Hahaha literally - gotta send that to them 19 Apr 2023, 15:48, Sam: Btw were you expecting a delivery? 19 Apr 2023, 15:49, Sam: I’ve got some guy coming up now and I’m a bit uncertain 19 Apr 2023, 15:49, Sam: These stupid bloody entry systems, there’s just no fucking point in having them when anyone can just say it’s a delivery and buzz all the flats till someone lets them in 19 Apr 2023, 15:54, Sam: Or not coming up - no clue where he’s gone 19 Apr 2023, 15:55, Damien: Oh sorry I missed this I was on the phone. 19 Apr 2023, 15:55, Damien: Yes you have to tell them to push hard on the door 19 Apr 2023, 15:56, Sam: I think he said he got in, and def stopped ringing - is it a big thing? Maybe he’s propped the door open and gone to get something.. one sec, will go check 19 Apr 2023, 23:18, Sam: If you happen to pass a newsagent on your way back I don’t suppose you’d be able to get some kind of sweet stuff? Any benign sweets basically? It’s totes fine if not, it’s just for my blood sugar (I’m not diabetic but my dr recommends this diet basically just so I don’t collapse and die) 19 Apr 2023, 23:18, Sam: Will of course defray 20 Apr 2023, 00:28, Sam: Ah shit sorry I think I neglected to tidy up that stuff 20 Apr 2023, 00:28, Sam: Not sure if you want company tho lol 20 Apr 2023, 00:31, Damien: Oh sorry, I just invited my date in for a night cap 20 Apr 2023, 00:39, Sam: Oh no probs obv - I was just saying I won’t come and clean up now on account of that 😅 20 Apr 2023, 00:42, Sam: Ok no probs implies forbearance, as if it might have been a prob, which is obv not the case - I don’t think we should have any rules around people coming over, cos neither of us do it THAT often (or did at Paddington at least), and also because I’m always glad of more socialising 20 Apr 2023, 00:43, Sam: As long as you’re not hosting people from Essex 20 Apr 2023, 00:44, Sam: There may be occasional spot checks of passports, birth certificates, references, etc 20 Apr 2023, 00:50, Sam: Wait is he still here? Only because I’m keen to get some snacks and also - if you’re around - quickly clarify a couple of things re tomorrow’s Edward-Ryan summit 20 Apr 2023, 01:01, Sam: Ok imma risk it just for the snacks 20 Apr 2023, 01:04, Sam: I’m closing the living room door just in case you’re sporting your oak, lol, as my grandma would say - but if so then please don’t read anything into it because as usual nothing is audible from anywhere else in this flat 20 Apr 2023, 01:20, Damien: Oh sorry to miss these, I think I was a bit distracted 😅. But yes ask away. 20 Apr 2023, 01:21, Sam: Oh no worries, haha - the main one was what time he should come? 20 Apr 2023, 01:22, Damien: God I hope so, that was the one nightmare with Paddington, if I do ever make any noise, please just tell me to shut up 😅 20 Apr 2023, 01:23, Damien: Ahh good question, I haven’t actually given a time with Edward, maybe 20:00 works good? I’ll see when is good for him 20 Apr 2023, 01:23, Sam: Nah, can’t hear anything here, even from right outside (assuming you were in medias res at that point) - in Paddington, could hear anything that shook the walls or floor (you know, the percussive noises that come through floors in buildings) but no speech or anything lol 20 Apr 2023, 01:23, Sam: Yeah that sounds good! 20 Apr 2023, 01:23, Sam: Thanks for arranging 🙏 20 Apr 2023, 01:36, Sam: Sorry for all the slamming - I swear to god, is it some fucking secret law among interior designers: _thou shalt maketh all thy doors and drawers close softly, except for one, which shall have no softening mechanism and shall slam shut as loudly as possible_ 20 Apr 2023, 01:38, Sam: See also: toilet lids (This is especially bad when your family have soft-closing toilet lids but the person does not at whose house you are, thus making you seem like some savage who just knocks the toilet lid and lets it slam down on the seat) 20 Apr 2023, 10:36, Sam: 20 Apr 2023, 10:36, Sam: 20 Apr 2023, 10:36, Sam: 20 Apr 2023, 10:36, Sam: 20 Apr 2023, 10:36, Sam: 20 Apr 2023, 10:36, Sam: 20 Apr 2023, 10:36, Sam: 20 Apr 2023, 10:36, Sam: 20 Apr 2023, 10:36, Sam: 20 Apr 2023, 10:37, Sam: video omitted 20 Apr 2023, 12:40, Sam: I’m gonna Goodge St soonish, anything it’d be useful to buy / do omw? 20 Apr 2023, 12:42, Damien: Oh I don’t think so darling, but that you 🙏🏻 20 Apr 2023, 12:43, Damien: lol I didn’t hear any slamming, I’m So used to living with Kerian in Mile end which is like a baby elephant 🐘 20 Apr 2023, 13:01, Sam: 20 Apr 2023, 13:02, Sam: Before realising it’s his school, lol (and then I’m only 50% as horrified) 20 Apr 2023, 13:05, Damien: 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 20 Apr 2023, 13:05, Damien: LOL 20 Apr 2023, 13:07, Sam: 20 Apr 2023, 13:07, Sam: 20 Apr 2023, 13:21, Damien: 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 21 Apr 2023, 03:10, Sam: Really sorry about noise - I guess we’re stress testing the soundproofing 21 Apr 2023, 13:01, Sam: 21 Apr 2023, 13:02, Sam: Sorry, ignore green dashes, originally took the sxeeenshot to send to Kid in amusement at everyone being the Duke of such and such 21 Apr 2023, 13:34, Sam: 21 Apr 2023, 13:35, Sam: 21 Apr 2023, 13:48, Sam: 21 Apr 2023, 13:49, Sam: 21 Apr 2023, 13:53, Sam: ^ god I like Freddie, he’s the Saint-Loup of that world (I don’t like any of the rest of them, lol) 21 Apr 2023, 18:08, Sam: Dunno if you just heard but I asked if you needed any coat hangers 21 Apr 2023, 18:08, Sam: Since I have the most bizarre, inordinate number of coat hangers 21 Apr 2023, 18:08, Sam: 21 Apr 2023, 18:11, Damien: Oh no, sorry I had my earphones in. 21 Apr 2023, 18:12, Damien: I’m good for now, but they might come in handy later, I’m going to put a rail in the cloak room x 21 Apr 2023, 18:13, Damien: I have about 30 trouser hangers if you need any. 21 Apr 2023, 18:52, Sam: Hey is there any chance you might be able to help carry a few things up? I’m sorry, I’m so disorganised, I should’ve hired someone 21 Apr 2023, 18:53, Sam: Will get you a bottle from the shops when I head down later 21 Apr 2023, 18:58, Damien: Oh of voyage 21 Apr 2023, 18:58, Damien: Course 21 Apr 2023, 18:58, Damien: I’m just out of the baths 21 Apr 2023, 18:58, Damien: So I’ll be dry in a few mins 21 Apr 2023, 19:00, Sam: Ah, amazing, thanks so much! It’s much less bad than I thought 21 Apr 2023, 19:06, Sam: Actually it’s marginally more bad than I thought here, though less bad than I originally thought 21 Apr 2023, 19:08, Sam: PIG IS LOOSE, REPEAT PIG IS LOOSE 21 Apr 2023, 19:08, Sam: (I’m kidding, it’s ok, but prob one to be aware of with the doors) 21 Apr 2023, 21:37, Sam: Also did this meth do anything for you? I find it near enough useless - I barely even feel a pleasant buzz 21 Apr 2023, 21:40, Sam: Bloody bastard bloody John Lewis is bloody closed 21 Apr 2023, 21:40, Sam: Do you know anywhere else good? I’m gonna try the Fridges 21 Apr 2023, 22:38, Sam: Lol I just discovered Tig stuck out on the window ledge 21 Apr 2023, 22:39, Sam: She seemed fine and I know it can’t have been that long because I thought she vanished just before I left, and so I shook the treats and she rematerialised, so it can’t have been more than 40 mins or so 21 Apr 2023, 22:39, Sam: And my fault for opening the windows earlier, but god I must figure out some solution for this 21 Apr 2023, 22:45, Sam: Actually one of them (that I opened) is still open - I think, being an exceedingly stupid animal, she might’ve just walked around to the other (locked) window and got too confused to get back in 🙄 Maybe it was the sound of my shaking the treats that helped her get back in earlier (out of sight, in order to rematerialise next to the treats) 22 Apr 2023, 16:40, Sam: 22 Apr 2023, 17:43, Damien: image omitted 22 Apr 2023, 18:53, Damien: Sam darling do you want to go to JL, soon 22 Apr 2023, 18:55, Sam: Ah shit 22 Apr 2023, 18:55, Sam: Yes we should, sorry 22 Apr 2023, 18:55, Sam: I swear to god I’ve been trying to find a word in scrabble for like 15 fucking minutes 22 Apr 2023, 18:55, Damien: Oh send me a screenshot 22 Apr 2023, 18:56, Damien: I’ve played 357273 scrabble games 22 Apr 2023, 18:56, Damien: Maybe I could help 😜 22 Apr 2023, 19:52, Damien: I’m just up here darling 22 Apr 2023, 19:53, Damien: image omitted 22 Apr 2023, 19:55, Sam: Last calls 22 Apr 2023, 19:55, Sam: Any stuff from Waitrose? 22 Apr 2023, 19:56, Damien: Oh I’m good thanks 🙏🏻 22 Apr 2023, 19:56, Sam: Bin bags I’m getting 22 Apr 2023, 21:11, Sam: video omitted 22 Apr 2023, 22:56, Sam: Goddammit these fucking flies 22 Apr 2023, 22:56, Sam: That’s what I meant to buy 22 Apr 2023, 22:57, Sam: Fly killing deodorant shit whatever it’s called 22 Apr 2023, 22:57, Sam: I looked into it once and I’m quite horrified by the kind of suffering it inflicts 22 Apr 2023, 22:58, Sam: But I can only put up with so many flies, and thwacking them with things is not a very efficient solution 22 Apr 2023, 22:58, Sam: Nor is it probably much more humane 22 Apr 2023, 22:59, Sam: Enculer des mouches, as the French say 23 Apr 2023, 01:48, Sam: Christ these fucking insects 23 Apr 2023, 01:48, Sam: Oh screw it im gonna try to order some spray from Zapp 23 Apr 2023, 01:48, Sam: And then fucking einsatzgruppen the flat and go to bed 23 Apr 2023, 09:15, Damien: Oh yes god, did you have any luck? 23 Apr 2023, 09:54, Sam: No 23 Apr 2023, 09:54, Sam: Spent most of night locked in an Poe vs Raven esque contest with one remaining bloody fly 23 Apr 2023, 09:55, Sam: Lazarus, as I called him 23 Apr 2023, 09:55, Damien: Hahahahhahaha 23 Apr 2023, 09:55, Sam: Who just would not bloody die 23 Apr 2023, 09:55, Damien: Omg 23 Apr 2023, 09:55, Damien: When JL opens I’ll get some fly killing things 23 Apr 2023, 09:55, Sam: And now I can’t find the corpse and I’m very concerned 23 Apr 2023, 09:55, Sam: Like whoever it was turning up at JC’s tomb 23 Apr 2023, 09:56, Sam: Anyway I’m ordering some from GoPuff 23 Apr 2023, 09:56, Sam: Or are you going to JL anyway? 23 Apr 2023, 09:56, Sam: Mary? 23 Apr 2023, 09:56, Damien: Yes will be doing 23 Apr 2023, 09:56, Damien: Mary Magdalene, wasn’t it? 23 Apr 2023, 09:56, Damien: Or Mary’s friends haha 23 Apr 2023, 09:56, Sam: Oh sorry yes I wasn’t quite thinking 23 Apr 2023, 09:57, Damien: I can’t remember 23 Apr 2023, 09:57, Sam: Think may be different between gospels 23 Apr 2023, 09:57, Sam: Luke maybe weird 23 Apr 2023, 09:57, Sam: But this is just lit to me 23 Apr 2023, 09:57, Damien: I will be once it’s opened 23 Apr 2023, 09:57, Sam: Ah awesome! What for? 23 Apr 2023, 09:57, Sam: I was thinking of getting a HEPA filter or summat 23 Apr 2023, 09:57, Sam: Or whatever it’s called, wait, I’ll google it 23 Apr 2023, 09:58, Damien: I was going to change those light bulbs 23 Apr 2023, 09:58, Damien: And something else, 23 Apr 2023, 09:58, Damien: Ahh yes 23 Apr 2023, 09:58, Damien: Bathroom cabinet 23 Apr 2023, 09:58, Sam: Sorry, looked it up, John is the one I meant, the wacko fan fic one 23 Apr 2023, 09:59, Sam: Ah ok cool cool - I may come along but cool if you want some solitude lol 23 Apr 2023, 09:59, Sam: And anyway it depends probably on when you’re leaving 23 Apr 2023, 09:59, Sam: I suppose they’re all fan fics really but John is the one I remember being especially demented 23 Apr 2023, 09:59, Damien: Oh yes do come along 23 Apr 2023, 09:59, Damien: It would be open for another 2 hours though 😅 23 Apr 2023, 10:00, Sam: The one where there’s a magic new person who’s Jesus’s best friend and follows him everywhere but this person doesn’t appear in any of the other ones, lol 23 Apr 2023, 10:00, Sam: Oh ffs John Lewis 23 Apr 2023, 10:00, Sam: I swear to god it closes before it bloody opens 23 Apr 2023, 10:09, Sam: 23 Apr 2023, 10:14, Sam: Anyway sorry when are you planning on heading off? 23 Apr 2023, 10:19, Damien: Oh I’m just headed to the gym 23 Apr 2023, 10:20, Damien: Should be back in an hour or so xx 23 Apr 2023, 10:20, Sam: Ah cool cool! I might head off before then but can always meet you there (or not!) :) 23 Apr 2023, 10:20, Sam: Oh I’ll figure out how to set you up with penis man on scrabble as well 23 Apr 2023, 10:20, Sam: Sorry, I should probably stop calling him that 23 Apr 2023, 10:20, Sam: Adam* 23 Apr 2023, 12:29, Sam: 23 Apr 2023, 12:33, Damien: Come check out my profile in #ScrabbleGO to start a game against me! https://s.scope.ly/AVCoGKf9ekc 23 Apr 2023, 12:39, Sam: 23 Apr 2023, 21:36, Sam: 24 Apr 2023, 15:46, Sam: Reminder: I owe you money for Waitrose and lightbulbs, which I will send you as soon as I have the energy to go looking for my jacket wherever I put it 24 Apr 2023, 16:41, Sam: Hey, I’m quite tempted to text Edward now and set out the necessary questions, or text you for you to pass on, or whatever suits (I’ll default to the former but lmk if the latter is better) 24 Apr 2023, 16:43, Sam: Basically I just feel like I ought to get on with this, for Kid’s and God’s respective sakes 24 Apr 2023, 16:44, Sam: Even if it’s a No, it would be better to have a fast No than a long Yes, I think 24 Apr 2023, 16:44, Damien: Sorry I will come out In 5 mins to talk about this 24 Apr 2023, 16:44, Damien: Just in the bathroom 24 Apr 2023, 16:45, Sam: Obv nothing to do with Edward, no criticism of him, I’ve just been too English about this, and I’m starting to feel remiss 24 Apr 2023, 16:45, Sam: I have a distinct feeling of remissness 24 Apr 2023, 16:45, Sam: And yeah no worries, I’ll come out in a mo if you think it’s chatworthy 24 Apr 2023, 16:48, Damien: Sure 24 Apr 2023, 16:48, Damien: Just give a 5/10 mins 24 Apr 2023, 17:11, Damien: Actually, I’ve just reread these messages, I think it should be fine just asking him. I’m going round later, so I can always bring it up, if that’s any help x 24 Apr 2023, 17:12, Damien: Also do you have the other bulb for the lamp 24 Apr 2023, 22:41, Sam: 24 Apr 2023, 22:43, Damien: Hahahaha you’d have to rope in the Hubble telescope to see that 😉 24 Apr 2023, 22:43, Damien: I’m sure we can do something x 24 Apr 2023, 23:58, Sam: Haha I’m sufficiently neurotic that I absolutely will notice it … unless I just scrape off all the paint, or blotches of it all over the place 🤔 24 Apr 2023, 23:59, Sam: Btw did you get any clarity from Edward about Ryan? No worries if not, but, well, ok, maybe some worries, lol - it’s not your job but I’m quite keen to figure something out for him, because I don’t think I can let him end up on the street and live with myself, no more than Pig 25 Apr 2023, 00:01, Sam: It’s one of the life tips I’ve adopted from that guy Jesus I think 25 Apr 2023, 00:02, Sam: Qui venit ad me non esuriet 25 Apr 2023, 00:02, Sam: Non eiciam foras 25 Apr 2023, 00:02, Sam: Et cetera et cetera 25 Apr 2023, 00:02, Sam: Dixit eis 25 Apr 2023, 02:51, Sam: 25 Apr 2023, 10:09, Damien: 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 25 Apr 2023, 10:09, Damien: image omitted 25 Apr 2023, 14:05, Sam: 25 Apr 2023, 14:05, Sam: 25 Apr 2023, 14:05, Sam: 25 Apr 2023, 14:05, Sam: 25 Apr 2023, 17:26, Sam: Good god it’s 5pm???? Wow… Anyway what do you think of these texts? Am I mad?? 25 Apr 2023, 17:40, Damien: I mean, I think they’re slightly off, maybe I’m missing some context about her being an Asian girl lol 25 Apr 2023, 17:41, Damien: “U wanting to give me head even tho I rarely do shit for you” is a bit off. Some sort of power play haha 25 Apr 2023, 17:43, Sam: Ah sorry I left the butter out, I was temporarily fleeing the flies 25 Apr 2023, 17:44, Sam: And nah all of it I mean 25 Apr 2023, 17:44, Sam: ‘When we break up’ 25 Apr 2023, 17:44, Sam: ‘Taking a chance on you’ 25 Apr 2023, 17:45, Sam: ‘When you were out of that type’ 25 Apr 2023, 17:45, Sam: ‘There might be an “oh they’re pretty” but I don’t want that’ (making some judgement calls here in the process of translating to English) 25 Apr 2023, 17:47, Sam: 25 Apr 2023, 17:55, Sam: 25 Apr 2023, 17:55, Sam: Ugh it creeps me the fuck out 25 Apr 2023, 18:16, Sam: Lemme know if you want some meth 25 Apr 2023, 18:16, Sam: I have given up on health 25 Apr 2023, 18:16, Sam: Oh wait shit sorry don’t 25 Apr 2023, 18:17, Sam: Just remembered what you said the other day - sorry, bit fucked up over this situation with Ryan 25 Apr 2023, 18:17, Sam: (Not the Edward bit, that’s fine, but, well, the same thing Edward is worried about I guess) 25 Apr 2023, 18:24, Damien: Oh yes this 😅😅 25 Apr 2023, 18:25, Damien: Actually yeah I agree, there’s something a bit messed up with it 😅 25 Apr 2023, 18:26, Damien: Oh yes I’m detoxing. Thanks all the same 25 Apr 2023, 18:27, Damien: Yeah, It’s very sweet what you’re doing to help him, but it’s alot of work 🥲 25 Apr 2023, 18:58, Sam: Just that every message, every supposed compliment, seems like a veiled insult 25 Apr 2023, 19:01, Sam: And the ‘all the wrinkles’ (last image) etc etc 25 Apr 2023, 19:04, Damien: Yeah I know what you mean, it’s a bit like that Shakespeare poem, my mistress eyes are nothing like the sun etc. 25 Apr 2023, 19:04, Sam: Ah yes 25 Apr 2023, 19:04, Sam: What is it, something about ‘her skin is dun’ or something 25 Apr 2023, 19:04, Damien: The great for ‘birthing babies’ is an odd thing to say 25 Apr 2023, 19:05, Sam: I remember good old Hilton-Dennis declaiming that one when I was at school 25 Apr 2023, 19:05, Sam: Child-bearing hips I guess 25 Apr 2023, 19:05, Damien: Maybe he’s wrecking her self confidence, 25 Apr 2023, 19:05, Damien: Although that would be far too thought out 25 Apr 2023, 19:06, Sam: Yeah it does rather seem that way - I just can’t quite believe it’s ALL accidental 25 Apr 2023, 19:06, Sam: I don’t know, I don’t have a good theory of mind with him 25 Apr 2023, 19:06, Damien: A wrinkled child bearing body - but it’s okay cause I love it. 25 Apr 2023, 19:06, Damien: Lol 25 Apr 2023, 19:06, Damien: There is something off about it 25 Apr 2023, 19:06, Sam: And ‘took a chance’ etc - I mean I don’t think I’d ever speak to anyone like this 25 Apr 2023, 19:07, Sam: The only implied compliment in the end is “well I like you anyway for no clear reason” 25 Apr 2023, 19:07, Sam: “And thank god I do, eh?” 25 Apr 2023, 19:07, Sam: “Or thank your funny Hindoo cow head thing” 25 Apr 2023, 19:10, Damien: Oh fuck, I didn’t read this 25 Apr 2023, 19:10, Sam: Oh no I’m kidding, sorry 25 Apr 2023, 19:10, Sam: Not actually quoting 25 Apr 2023, 19:10, Damien: Or this 😅😅😅 25 Apr 2023, 19:10, Sam: Sorry, poorly worded 25 Apr 2023, 19:11, Sam: I just mean this is basically all he’s saying in the end 25 Apr 2023, 19:28, Damien: Yes suggesting she was a huge risk 25 Apr 2023, 20:24, Sam: 25 Apr 2023, 20:25, Sam: Man seemed slightly confused that I was looking at a £7 pack of Juul pods the way a man lost at sea might look at a passing oil tanker 25 Apr 2023, 20:26, Sam: But honestly god bless him and his little newsagent 25 Apr 2023, 20:26, Damien: Oh thank god for that, whete is this one. 25 Apr 2023, 20:26, Damien: Is that a good price? 25 Apr 2023, 20:26, Sam: 25 Apr 2023, 20:27, Sam: It’s just on Grosvenor St - basically go to Claridge’s, walk briskly _past_ their fucking wine cellar, and turn west 25 Apr 2023, 20:28, Sam: I was basically on a mission to find, well, exactly this, and the Lord smiled on me 25 Apr 2023, 20:57, Sam: Oh my god 25 Apr 2023, 20:58, Sam: Maybe it’s just me, but, like, when I was young, I always wanted a mini-fridge 25 Apr 2023, 20:58, Sam: And I’ve just realised 25 Apr 2023, 20:59, Sam: I can actually just buy one - like, that’s allowed 25 Apr 2023, 21:02, Damien: LOL 25 Apr 2023, 21:02, Damien: I got one as a birthday gift 25 Apr 2023, 21:02, Damien: Although I never had anything to put in it at that age 25 Apr 2023, 21:03, Damien: Haha you absolutely should 25 Apr 2023, 21:03, Damien: I might get a figi fridge 25 Apr 2023, 21:03, Damien: image omitted 25 Apr 2023, 21:05, Damien: I’m just popping out, 25 Apr 2023, 21:05, Damien: Will you be around in an hour? 25 Apr 2023, 22:29, Sam: 25 Apr 2023, 22:49, Sam: 25 Apr 2023, 23:05, Damien: 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 25 Apr 2023, 23:15, Sam: These fucking flies 25 Apr 2023, 23:15, Sam: God 25 Apr 2023, 23:16, Damien: Yes they’re a nightmare 25 Apr 2023, 23:16, Damien: We’ll have to hatch a plan to get rid of them 25 Apr 2023, 23:16, Damien: Are there many in your room 25 Apr 2023, 23:26, Sam: No, just one which is annoying me - but I’m stuck in an annoying loop where 25 Apr 2023, 23:27, Sam: One sec let me turn off the shower 25 Apr 2023, 23:27, Sam: Ok yeah I’m stuck in a cycle of wanting to use it but basically it needs to be well ventilated 25 Apr 2023, 23:30, Sam: Because it’s extremely toxic to cats, as are all pyrethroids iirc 25 Apr 2023, 23:30, Sam: It degrades quite quickly in the environment, iirc, as well as when cooked etc 25 Apr 2023, 23:32, Sam: But basically its action is the same on all mammals, including us (overspraying it will tend to worsen my asthma and may cause asthma in you - in both cases I mean _permanently_, ie asthma itself, not just inflaming existing asthma; it will also lead to neurodegeneration, cognitive deficits, etc) 25 Apr 2023, 23:35, Sam: In insects it’s about 2000x stronger and causes death by hyperexcitation of the nervous system (something to do with signalling pathways, sodium channels, sth like that; I’ve a friend at Oxford who specialises in this) 25 Apr 2023, 23:45, Sam: Incidentally I believe it’s the same mechanism that causes ‘twitching’ in crack and meth addicts: _chorea_, ie dancing, which is quite a macabre name for it (medics do a good line in this: cf the ‘pugilistic attitude’ (deaths by burning), ‘fencing posture’ (decerebrate posturing from brain injury), etc), _athetosis_, ie something prob from tithemi, which iirc is more local minor twitching rather than sweeping 25 Apr 2023, 23:46, Sam: God sorry I’m synthesising all my useless fucking brain junk - basically it’s a very horrifying death that it inflicts on the insects, and very very dangerous to Tig and Pig and somewhat dangerous to me and even to you, BUT I think worth it to kill these fucking things 26 Apr 2023, 00:00, Sam: 26 Apr 2023, 00:07, Sam: BAR-keley square 26 Apr 2023, 00:13, Damien: Oh god, I’m so sorry about that. I hope it wasn’t too loud 26 Apr 2023, 00:13, Damien: 😅 26 Apr 2023, 00:13, Sam: Oh no I only heard when you were talking in the hallway 26 Apr 2023, 00:13, Sam: I think MAYBE I heard some faint echo of sex-like noises at one point but it’s extremely faint from here 26 Apr 2023, 00:14, Damien: God he’s such an ass, he used to be pretty cool 26 Apr 2023, 00:14, Sam: Like, indistinguishable from downstairs or outside or whatever 26 Apr 2023, 00:14, Sam: Oh who was it? 26 Apr 2023, 00:14, Damien: It was my friend Stefanos 26 Apr 2023, 00:14, Sam: Oh also I’m never sure if it’s persistent* meth psychosis *I forget the medical term for this 26 Apr 2023, 00:14, Sam: Recurrent, goddammit 26 Apr 2023, 00:15, Damien: He seems to become quite affected in the last year 26 Apr 2023, 00:15, Sam: Oh wait no it is persistent 26 Apr 2023, 00:15, Sam: Does he live around here? I could hear he was giving directions to somewhere or other 26 Apr 2023, 00:15, Sam: From Buhrkeley Square 26 Apr 2023, 00:16, Damien: Oh god that’s embarrassing. Although it may be because the window is open. 26 Apr 2023, 00:16, Sam: Ahhh that’s prob it - actually I have my window slightly open 26 Apr 2023, 00:16, Sam: 26 Apr 2023, 00:16, Sam: Because of the pyrethroids and the cats 26 Apr 2023, 00:16, Sam: That’d be it then 26 Apr 2023, 00:16, Sam: Interesting 26 Apr 2023, 00:17, Damien: He lives down the street - we have to move 😅 26 Apr 2023, 00:18, Damien: He wasn’t that bad I suppose, I’m just shocked with how much of a dick he’s become 26 Apr 2023, 00:44, Damien: 26 Apr 2023, 00:45, Damien: God the connection for the wifi is terrible in my room, is it okay in yours? 26 Apr 2023, 00:47, Sam: Interesting - how old is he? Odd to become _more_ affected over time… Has he become more exposed to rich people in some way? Or had some other kind of narcissistic wound? 🤔 26 Apr 2023, 00:48, Sam: How so? I didn’t hear much 26 Apr 2023, 00:48, Sam: Oh I’m not on it, lemme try 26 Apr 2023, 00:52, Sam: Just gon quickly grab some crackers, then will close my door, and my window I’ve already closed 26 Apr 2023, 20:18, Sam: Is fabric conditioner the same thing as fabric softener???? 26 Apr 2023, 20:18, Damien: Yes exactly x 26 Apr 2023, 20:18, Sam: Ah perfect thanks! 26 Apr 2023, 20:20, Sam: 27 Apr 2023, 00:11, Damien: Sam deing guy haven’t by any chance saw a pair of AirPods anywhere? 27 Apr 2023, 00:11, Damien: I’m going slightly mad, have been Looking for the past 20 mins 27 Apr 2023, 00:11, Sam: Nope, sorry - can you not make them play a sound? I’m pretty sure you can 27 Apr 2023, 00:12, Sam: Or perhaps it’s just the case (idk if you mean literally the AirPods) 27 Apr 2023, 00:13, Damien: I could have I bothered to add it to Find my 🥲😅 27 Apr 2023, 00:14, Sam: Are you sure it’s not on there? It may be by default (but sounds like prob not) 27 Apr 2023, 00:14, Sam: If not, could you not add it now? I know you don’t have them, but it may still be able to do it if they’re nearby - I mean, how else could the process work, really, afaict? 27 Apr 2023, 00:15, Sam: Unless they’re out of battery I guess, or unless you need to press the button or hold them to your phone 27 Apr 2023, 00:17, Damien: Yeah oddily enough they didn’t sync to my phone. 27 Apr 2023, 00:17, Sam: Oh lemme know if you want a hand with looking, or if you want to look in here for any reason, even if only to be sure you haven’t gone mad 27 Apr 2023, 00:17, Damien: Thank you darling, I’ll press on for a bit more now haha 27 Apr 2023, 00:17, Sam: Hmm do you mean you could’ve left them out somewhere? Are these the Pro or the normal ones? I think you had both 27 Apr 2023, 00:18, Sam: (I used to have both - it’s no problem with FMI etc) 27 Apr 2023, 00:19, Damien: They’re the pros. They should definitely be here somewhere, I haven’t been out today haha 27 Apr 2023, 00:23, Sam: I mean, you’re v welcome to check my room, it’s not impossible they might have ended up here via something or other (eg I guess if I’d carried them in on a tray or fuck knows what, or if my aunt had somehow moved them, or they fell in a bag, or god knows) 27 Apr 2023, 00:25, Sam: If you get to the point of genuinely thinking “this thing could not have left this flat and I want to check every possible point within it” 27 Apr 2023, 00:34, Damien: Oh god they were in the bin 😅😅😅 27 Apr 2023, 00:34, Sam: Oh Jesus 27 Apr 2023, 00:34, Damien: I’ve done this before 27 Apr 2023, 00:34, Damien: 😂😂 27 Apr 2023, 00:34, Sam: Sorry, hopefully it was you and not me (or Alex I guess) 27 Apr 2023, 00:34, Damien: I need to be more careful 😅 27 Apr 2023, 00:34, Sam: Alex is always a good person to blame 27 Apr 2023, 00:34, Sam: He can be a sort of legal fiction 27 Apr 2023, 00:35, Sam: For anything that neither of us should have done, lol 27 Apr 2023, 00:35, Damien: Lol 27 Apr 2023, 00:35, Damien: Hahab quite 27 Apr 2023, 09:42, Damien: Good morning darling 27 Apr 2023, 09:42, Damien: image omitted 27 Apr 2023, 09:42, Damien: I’ll message you then 27 Apr 2023, 09:43, Damien: I’m just heading out now 27 Apr 2023, 10:45, Sam: Ah sorry I meant to reply - I got a message a while back saying ‘hello’, on telegram and from ‘Cathy’, but no reply to my reply, and no bell ring so far, and I’m now getting a bit apprehensive since it’s approaching 10:55 27 Apr 2023, 11:14, Damien: Oh sorry, they called me about 15 mins ago, saying they’d be 45 mins late x 27 Apr 2023, 11:29, Sam: I’m just thinking: should we get walkie talkies? 27 Apr 2023, 11:30, Sam: I’m semi-joking but my best friend James growing up (with the lunatic dad) had a system of walkie talkies around their house - distances too great to shout - and it worked quite well 27 Apr 2023, 11:31, Sam: Oh also have some and as much chocolate if and as respectively you want 27 Apr 2023, 11:34, Damien: 😂😂😂 or a string with a can - could probably work between are bedroom windows lol 27 Apr 2023, 11:59, Damien: I’ve put your meth in the top drawer of the desk lol 27 Apr 2023, 12:00, Damien: And I’ve since found Tig 27 Apr 2023, 12:00, Damien: She’s under my bed. Haha 27 Apr 2023, 12:30, Sam: Oh shit 27 Apr 2023, 12:30, Sam: Is the TV man there? 27 Apr 2023, 12:31, Sam: Let me know, I don’t mind taking over the role of standing around awkwardly in case he’s any questions 27 Apr 2023, 12:55, Damien: Oh god they were both so awful 27 Apr 2023, 12:55, Damien: I’m quickly going to to to JL and get some supplies for the cleaner 27 Apr 2023, 12:56, Damien: As well as an extension cable and some trunking 27 Apr 2023, 12:56, Damien: For these wires 27 Apr 2023, 13:03, Sam: Wait did you say - ah goddammit I just read this 27 Apr 2023, 13:03, Sam: I can go grab some, if you want, I’m easy 27 Apr 2023, 13:03, Sam: I wouldn’t mind an adventure and I ought to go to Boots anyway so lmk 27 Apr 2023, 13:04, Sam: Otherwise will carry on working 27 Apr 2023, 13:06, Sam: Also will try at some opportune time to grab ho oinos 27 Apr 2023, 13:06, Sam: He methu 27 Apr 2023, 18:44, Sam: Sorry, I realise this is an imposition and I will get him out of here ASAP, even if only to my parents'. If he takes longer to find a flat than my parents can bear, then I think eventually ... on his head be it. But I'll make that clear to him beforehand. 27 Apr 2023, 18:44, Sam: I think 3 nights is a good hard deadline, and I'm happy to agree that formally 27 Apr 2023, 20:05, Damien: Oh don’t apologise at all darling, I really admire you for helping After all none of us know when we’ll be down on our luck, and he’s very sweet. I agree, I think 3 nights would be a could idea , do you think it’s worth asking your parents before or are you positive they’ll take him? I just worry, if he has no where to go, we can’t exactly send him packing. I really like him, although I don’t think it would be wise/ helpful/ good, for any of us if he stayed longer, In a weird way I can see myself becoming responsible for him as he’s so young 😅 28 Apr 2023, 13:31, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinderella_effect 28 Apr 2023, 13:45, Sam: 28 Apr 2023, 13:50, Sam: 28 Apr 2023, 13:53, Sam: 28 Apr 2023, 14:30, Sam: 28 Apr 2023, 18:15, Sam: Ahhh shit I’ve just gone to let Ryan in and unthinkingly closed the door w/o keys - is there any chance you could let us in? No rush! 28 Apr 2023, 18:15, Damien: Yes of course 28 Apr 2023, 18:17, Sam: Thanks! Much obliged 🙌 28 Apr 2023, 18:49, Damien: image omitted 28 Apr 2023, 18:54, Sam: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/9878818/Hilary-Mantel-portrays-Duchess-of-Cambridge-as-a-shop-window-mannequin.html 28 Apr 2023, 18:55, Sam: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v35/n04/hilary-mantel/royal-bodies 28 Apr 2023, 18:57, Sam: 28 Apr 2023, 18:58, Sam: 28 Apr 2023, 18:58, Sam: 28 Apr 2023, 18:59, Sam: 29 Apr 2023, 13:24, Sam: https://twitter.com/samziz/status/1598154328396959745?s=46&t=PE2yuFXFuYPTbN6IYrCaWg 29 Apr 2023, 13:36, Sam: 29 Apr 2023, 13:40, Sam: https://twitter.com/benjamincohen/status/1546060943087517697?s=12&t=PE2yuFXFuYPTbN6IYrCaWg 29 Apr 2023, 13:41, Sam: 29 Apr 2023, 18:53, Sam: 29 Apr 2023, 18:53, Sam: 29 Apr 2023, 18:54, Sam: 29 Apr 2023, 19:33, Sam: Oh did you say Alex was leaving at 7:30pm? He’s very welcome to stay longer, it’s nice having someone else around! 29 Apr 2023, 19:34, Damien: Oh I’m not sure how long he’s staying 29 Apr 2023, 19:34, Damien: He just showed up lol 29 Apr 2023, 20:30, Damien: image omitted 29 Apr 2023, 21:09, Sam: image omitted 29 Apr 2023, 21:10, Sam: Dammit, was forwarding own message, meant to forward to Ryan, ignore (but not deleting bc that always feels weird and shifty) 30 Apr 2023, 00:14, Sam: image omitted 30 Apr 2023, 11:07, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/61275807/ 30 Apr 2023, 11:10, Sam: 30 Apr 2023, 11:11, Sam: 30 Apr 2023, 11:12, Sam: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/62771112/ 30 Apr 2023, 11:21, Sam: God I just realised I’m smoking meth, and it’s like 11am 30 Apr 2023, 11:21, Sam: Hadn’t even noticed myself doing it 30 Apr 2023, 11:21, Sam: Anyway do you think there’s any other John Lewis stuff to get? What else would improve le flat? 30 Apr 2023, 17:49, Sam: 30 Apr 2023, 17:57, Damien: Yes perfect :) 30 Apr 2023, 19:26, Damien: image omitted 1 May 2023, 00:22, Damien: I hope you don’t mind Micheal being over, I should age probably mentioned before! 1 May 2023, 00:23, Sam: Oh no not at all, and no need to mention I don’t think! 1 May 2023, 00:23, Sam: Especially given my Ryan situation, haha 1 May 2023, 00:24, Sam: But nah I don’t think we need to be silly about guests like that - I don’t really think there should be any such requirement, except maybe for full-on multi-night houseguests (for which sorry!!) 1 May 2023, 00:25, Sam: Also nah he’s been nice to hang out with! I don’t mind anyone as long as they basically care about people. And I think he does, under the carapace, under Gay Personality #17, haha 1 May 2023, 00:26, Damien: Hahaha I just don’t want to do a Kieran with the house plant 🪴 1 May 2023, 00:27, Sam: No that’s mean. Sorry. I shouldn’t say anything about someone that I wouldn’t say to him. Mea gravissima culpa!! Also nah no Kieran worries, don’t be silly, haha - I’m the only one who’s guilty of that rn and I v much hope he’ll be out soon (nice that he’s gone out tonight for a change!) 1 May 2023, 03:02, Sam: Shit, sorry, hope I didn’t wake you up just now. Need to fix my sleep times. Was packing away teaspoons, managed to drop one, & of course it hit the ground like the fucking Challenger rocket, Christ. Oh well. 1 May 2023, 14:50, Sam: Sorry aargh, will take a binbag and sort out living room as soon as I’ve replied to a few emails etc - realise it’s in a state… (How often is Cleanina coming?) 1 May 2023, 14:51, Sam: Sorry again*, lol, but maybe not an inapt typo from autocorrect 🤷‍♀️ 1 May 2023, 14:52, Damien: Oh I didn’t hear a peep. 1 May 2023, 14:55, Damien: Oh don’t worry, I can sort the rubbish, I was just going to ask, is there a special cleaning product to clean the cat sick lol. Shall we get her twice a week. She’s next due on Thursday. Maybe Monday and Thursday is a better bet for 3 hours at a time? I’ll speak to the new cleaners that Divy recommended and see if they can suggest something 1 May 2023, 14:56, Sam: Oh god, have the cats thrown up? I don’t know why they do that sometimes… I’ll sort it out, I don’t think there’s anything special, I’ll just probably use some kitchen roll and rubber gloves and bleach afterwards 1 May 2023, 14:56, Sam: Just for future reference I mean - I’ve got the bleach-y thing anyway so no way for you to do it 1 May 2023, 14:57, Sam: Also yeah, the more often and less time the better… If we have irregular chores like ironing, maybe we could have one longer clean a week for that? Idk 1 May 2023, 15:02, Damien: I think I might just send laundry out 1 May 2023, 15:02, Damien: It’s such a faff 1 May 2023, 15:03, Damien: Also if you have time later, shall we through the gas and electricity stuff. Sorry to sound like a nag, I would just hate for us to forget about it. 1 May 2023, 17:36, Sam: Oh god yes 1 May 2023, 17:37, Sam: Sorry, that wasn’t meant to sound so Molly Bloom - I meant “oh, god - yes” 1 May 2023, 17:38, Sam: Also I’m going to jail, is there anything you want me to pick up? 1 May 2023, 17:38, Sam: JL* lol 1 May 2023, 18:23, Damien: Thank you darling, but I’m good 🙏🏻 1 May 2023, 18:24, Damien: Are they doing the Sunday trading laws on the bank holiday, please tell me no😅😅 1 May 2023, 18:28, Sam: Any thoughts on lights? Also no, seems to close at 8 - it says ‘early bank holiday hours’ but seems no earlier than usual 1 May 2023, 18:28, Sam: Unless it’s not 8pm on a Monday 1 May 2023, 18:29, Sam: Christ I can remember much of Homer and can still (I think) recite Shelley’s Prometheus by heart, but I have no fucking clue when John Lewis closes on any given day 1 May 2023, 18:29, Sam: It’s more complicated than the law of fucking promissory estoppel 1 May 2023, 18:30, Damien: Yeah that room did seem darker than usual today I have no idea why! I might. Take a bulb from the lamp in the corner and see if they can recommend something else 1 May 2023, 18:30, Damien: And maybe some other spotlights 1 May 2023, 18:30, Damien: Part over the kitchen and the dining table 1 May 2023, 18:31, Damien: And see if they can we replaced cheaply with something better 1 May 2023, 18:33, Sam: It’s 8pm, except on weekends and certain weekdays, and every third week and also the second week of every month in the Julian calendar, when it’s 9pm or even 10pm, though on the Roman calends you subtract an hour, and also whenever it’s the month of Ventôse in the French Revolutionary calendar 1 May 2023, 18:33, Sam: I think 1 May 2023, 18:34, Sam: Yeah I’m quite tempted - what would be your favoured solution? I can grab lights or lamps or whatever 1 May 2023, 18:45, Damien: 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 1 May 2023, 20:04, Sam: 1 May 2023, 20:12, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-back 1 May 2023, 21:19, Sam: Ugh god I hate these fucking flies 1 May 2023, 21:20, Sam: Just been trying to kill one that was in the everything room 1 May 2023, 21:20, Sam: I have strategically withdrawn to my bedroom 1 May 2023, 21:22, Sam: I feel grossed out and annoyed by them, and I feel terrible about causing them such a horrifying death as this fly spray causes 1 May 2023, 21:26, Damien: Oh let me Check for fly killer 1 May 2023, 21:26, Damien: What’s the name of the drink you like 1 May 2023, 21:26, Damien: I can’t find it anywhere 1 May 2023, 21:27, Sam: Tenzing :) Should be in the section where the ready meals are, the long fridgey row thing 1 May 2023, 21:27, Sam: With bags of soup on the rightmost end, transitioning to vegan cheese, houmous etc, desserts, and eventually drinks as you move rightwards 1 May 2023, 21:28, Sam: If you came indoors from the westerly doors and moved gradually selfridgewards I think it would be on the other side of the meat or otherwise therebeyond 1 May 2023, 21:30, Damien: 1 May 2023, 21:30, Sam: Ah yes exactly 1 May 2023, 21:30, Damien: I’ve just asked and they said because I’d the bank holiday weekend they’re all sold out 1 May 2023, 21:30, Sam: If not there (on the left) then not 1 May 2023, 21:31, Sam: Ahhhh thanks, no probs, thanks for looking 🙏 🙏 1 May 2023, 21:31, Damien: Is there anywhere else which might do them? 1 May 2023, 21:31, Sam: Oh it’s not at all important! I’ve got the otherflavoured ones, so it’s all good 1 May 2023, 21:31, Sam: Thanks though!! 1 May 2023, 21:32, Damien: Eugh, I just bumped into that prostitue 1 May 2023, 21:32, Damien: 1 May 2023, 21:32, Damien: He totally blanked me 1 May 2023, 21:32, Sam: Oh dear god 1 May 2023, 21:32, Damien: Lol 1 May 2023, 21:32, Sam: In the Selfridges food hall? Is he trans-rich as well? Lol 1 May 2023, 21:33, Damien: Hahahahahhaa 1 May 2023, 21:33, Damien: He’ll probably do an Instagram story there 1 May 2023, 21:33, Damien: Just to pretend it he does j’y all The time lol 1 May 2023, 21:34, Sam: Maybe he’s spending his dead benefactor’s (/malefactor’s?) money on some Natoora houmous 1 May 2023, 21:35, Sam: Haha I know the food hall well enough to know what’s cheap there (surprisingly some things are, like Tenzing - I think it’s a lacuna in their pricing database) 1 May 2023, 21:35, Sam: Dunno why but I feel like I spent half my childhood at Selfridges (and we absolutely never went to Harrods, not once, that I remember at least) 1 May 2023, 21:36, Sam: ^ obv Tenzing did not exist then but it’s a recent addition to the cheap list 1 May 2023, 22:03, Sam: 1 May 2023, 22:04, Sam: 1 May 2023, 22:53, Sam: Brilliant, have smashed meth pipe just in time to get another 👌 👌 👌 1 May 2023, 23:25, Sam: Also, Boy is spending the night at Ash’s again, which is nice at least (so imaginewon’t be back till late tomorrow if at all) 2 May 2023, 11:40, Damien: Darling are Tig and Pig with you? I noticed the door ajar, but didn’t see them in the hallway when I came back 2 May 2023, 12:47, Sam: 2 May 2023, 13:23, Sam: Will call in 5 mins, soz - lemme know if there’s anything in particular that I should mention 2 May 2023, 13:24, Sam: Eg our intensive hydroponic cannabis farming 2 May 2023, 13:24, Sam: Wait dammit sorry this is gas 2 May 2023, 13:24, Sam: In that case, our iron ore smelting facility 2 May 2023, 13:32, Sam: Oh ffs British Gas’s website seems to be down- do you happen to have the number anywhere? 2 May 2023, 13:36, Damien: It’s such a nightmare haha 2 May 2023, 13:36, Sam: Oh wait no it’s back up, dw 2 May 2023, 13:36, Sam: Also yes 100% 2 May 2023, 13:36, Damien: 0333 202 9804 2 May 2023, 13:42, Sam: 2 May 2023, 13:42, Sam: Oh good you sent the number, sorry, I missed that 2 May 2023, 13:42, Sam: Otherwise I’d have no fucking clue which I was meant to call 2 May 2023, 13:43, Sam: Like, ‘Energy’ or ‘Home Services’??? What the hell sort of choice is that?? The service you provide is ‘bringing energy to my home’ ffs 2 May 2023, 13:55, Sam: I give up on these fucking people 2 May 2023, 14:16, Sam: Ah shit 2 May 2023, 14:16, Sam: Could you poss grab my juul 2 May 2023, 14:16, Sam: On charge 2 May 2023, 14:16, Sam: Living room 2 May 2023, 14:16, Sam: If any chance you’re still there 2 May 2023, 14:16, Sam: Really soz 2 May 2023, 14:17, Sam: Next sofa / intrasofular coffee table 2 May 2023, 14:17, Damien: Got it 2 May 2023, 14:17, Sam: Amaze, thanks! 2 May 2023, 14:27, Sam: So what do we actually do with British Gas? Haha - Christ I don’t know how they can be so monumentally useless 2 May 2023, 15:49, Sam: Hey, is there any chance you could harass me about getting my health insurance numbers - both the membership and authorisation numbers - and then phoning and/or emailing my doctor’s PA to let her know? 2 May 2023, 15:55, Sam: Also my mum asks what private health insurer you have (if any) that covers your therapy (which I mentioned because … hod I’ve lost track) 2 May 2023, 17:11, Sam: Sorry, am at home, just quickly looking for insurance deer’s then will be with you 2 May 2023, 17:11, Sam: Not deers 2 May 2023, 17:11, Sam: Deets 2 May 2023, 17:11, Sam: And will clean up random mess 2 May 2023, 17:14, Damien: Oh gosh, I’m so sorry, I didn’t say this. I would have if I could. Alas I had therpay. 2 May 2023, 17:17, Damien: My father used to use Bupa for me. It was quite annoying, when it ran out Tim was supposed to sort it, or at least promised he would. I think in the end he said it was sorted and I went to the Drs got diagnosed, realised I didn’t have insurance because Tim forgot to do it or something ridiculous. So now I pay £1500 on therpay and the psych once a month, Tim pays for it for now thankfully, but I mean, they’ll never be covered by insurance so it’s hugely irritating! 2 May 2023, 17:32, Sam: Soz 3 mins! 2 May 2023, 17:32, Damien: Oh no worries at all 2 May 2023, 17:33, Damien: I’m just popping out now, I’ll see you later :) 2 May 2023, 17:33, Sam: Ahh ok cool cool, see ya 👋 2 May 2023, 17:33, Sam: And sorry, will reply to above in mins 3 May 2023, 18:36, Sam: Do you remember the gin times by any chance? 3 May 2023, 18:36, Sam: Bin times* 3 May 2023, 18:36, Sam: Gin times I already know: 5pm for cocktails, 7pm for wine 3 May 2023, 18:55, Damien: Oh darling, I’m actually feeling quite tired now, I may give JL a miss for now. x 3 May 2023, 18:57, Sam: Sure, no probs! 3 May 2023, 20:41, Sam: Oh this actually wasn’t the stupid story I had in mind, but Jesus lol I just realised I had my meth pipe sticking out of my breast pocket throughout my trip to John Lewis 🤦‍♂️ 3 May 2023, 20:41, Sam: That would explain the looks…. 3 May 2023, 20:45, Damien: OMG 3 May 2023, 20:45, Damien: 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 3 May 2023, 22:52, Sam: _Ceci n’est pas une meth pipe?_ 3 May 2023, 22:52, Sam: Think it’d be quite cool, if I could get it printed somehow 3 May 2023, 23:04, Damien: Download the Davinci app 3 May 2023, 23:04, Damien: It’ll do it 4 May 2023, 13:28, Sam: 4 May 2023, 14:14, Damien: Hahahah yeah 4 May 2023, 14:14, Damien: It was a gift I did g know what to do with it 4 May 2023, 14:15, Damien: It’s so embarrassing 4 May 2023, 14:15, Sam: Oh I put it on the table on the assumption it was theirs - I think it’s not too bad 4 May 2023, 14:15, Damien: I hope it doesn’t look too Versace 4 May 2023, 14:16, Damien: It looks like it would look well in Donald Trumps flat in NY 4 May 2023, 14:17, Sam: Also sorry for kid making about as much noise as a family of grieving elephants on an outing to Berry Bros 4 May 2023, 14:18, Damien: Hahaha I had my AirPods in so I can’t hear much 4 May 2023, 14:18, Sam: Nah I think it’s nice enough on the coffee table, but idk about my putting the vase on it (just from a design standpoint) 4 May 2023, 14:18, Sam: It looks a bit like that Botticelli painting 4 May 2023, 14:18, Damien: Did you want to do a trip to JL at some point 4 May 2023, 14:18, Sam: The one with the mermaid slut in the seashell, or something like that 4 May 2023, 14:18, Sam: Simonetta Vespucci 4 May 2023, 14:18, Damien: H&M Home is a good bet too 4 May 2023, 14:20, Sam: Oh dear god I think I’d sooner eat risotto 4 May 2023, 14:21, Sam: 4 May 2023, 14:22, Damien: It’s just like the primark one, 🤣🤣🤣 4 May 2023, 14:22, Damien: Oh yes, very nice lol 4 May 2023, 14:23, Sam: I’m kidding but I do like the version above 4 May 2023, 14:23, Sam: 4 May 2023, 18:39, Damien: 4 May 2023, 18:42, Sam: Yeah I’m about to go! There were some cheap bulbs when I went yesterday but I can’t recall what sort… I make it 5 x 4, ie 20, so if they’re £3-5 it’d be £60-100, which is not bad - still, maybe we should start with 1? 4 May 2023, 20:11, Sam: video omitted 4 May 2023, 20:27, Sam: Sorry, not trying to be unfriendly, but not sure if you particularly want ‘friendly’, lol 4 May 2023, 22:27, Damien: Haha what? 4 May 2023, 22:27, Sam: Oh I meant my hiding / not introducing myself 4 May 2023, 23:36, Sam: 4 May 2023, 23:36, Sam: 4 May 2023, 23:37, Sam: I dunno if the kingdom of heaven exists but it seems like a rather rubbish scam I’d be pulling 5 May 2023, 19:35, Damien: Darling just about to come over to the flat, there’s no meth pipes about is there? Lol 5 May 2023, 19:43, Sam: Am out but try Ryan! 5 May 2023, 19:45, Damien: Darling just about to come over to the flat, there’s no meth pipes about is there? Lol 5 May 2023, 19:47, Sam: This is still me, lol 5 May 2023, 19:47, Damien: Haha oh sorry 5 May 2023, 19:47, Damien: I’ll take my chances anyway 5 May 2023, 19:47, Sam: Also sorry last message so short 5 May 2023, 19:47, Damien: 🤣🤣🤣 5 May 2023, 19:47, Sam: Just got heavy bags 5 May 2023, 19:47, Sam: And trekking to boots for scri— ah shit 5 May 2023, 19:48, Sam: No script 5 May 2023, 19:48, Sam: Oh well 5 May 2023, 19:48, Sam: How close are you? I can pre-sweep if you’re further than JL 5 May 2023, 19:48, Sam: Or pre-text Ryan if you’re simultalking 5 May 2023, 19:50, Sam: Think I can hear you going up ahead 5 May 2023, 19:51, Sam: Rear Window vibes 5 May 2023, 19:51, Sam: If you dally I can sweep 5 May 2023, 21:02, Sam: Aw, lovely to meet everyone, I really liked them! Sorry for talking so bloody much, it’s a terrible compulsion - really fascinating to hear the few things I let them say! 5 May 2023, 21:06, Sam: Definitely have them over again, esp the cousins from Barnes - it’s essentially where Roman is, just on the other bank of the river, so not a long journey at all 🤷‍♂️ (Also really liked your uncle of course but obv he lives further afield! Sorry I didn’t know quite what to say about your aunt, partly because I didn’t know what I was ‘meant to know’, but also bc I figured the standard ‘condolences + sympathetic look’ might have been a bit grating by now.. Really I have no words to say because there’s nothing of value to hear from me about it 😬) 5 May 2023, 22:00, Damien: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p5eiOx7KdIcWwiHDsydc0_ce0D_aWRwo1FPYHhTp9HM/edit 5 May 2023, 22:20, Sam: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alan_Clark 5 May 2023, 22:21, Sam: 5 May 2023, 22:21, Sam: 5 May 2023, 22:31, Sam: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11195293/MARGARET-RHODES-enchanting-childhood-Queen-long-lost-world.html 5 May 2023, 22:55, Sam: https://youtu.be/yQ7MqgSEK0I 6 May 2023, 12:20, Damien: Oh darling, I’ve just woken up, and it would seem that either Tig or Pig has decided to pee all over the sheets with me being in them 😅 6 May 2023, 12:21, Damien: I really don’t might washing them but I’m going yo have to take the duvet to the dry cleaner. 6 May 2023, 12:22, Sam: Ugh - I did fall asleep with the door closed, which is maybe the disadvantage of having the litter in my bathroom, tho it’s also a disadvantage of NOT having it there - perhaps I’ll put a small emergency box in the hall outside 6 May 2023, 12:22, Sam: And I’ll get them dry cleaned and get a new duvet, sorry! 6 May 2023, 12:22, Sam: Or whatever the pecunijectory solution is 6 May 2023, 12:23, Sam: I.e. throw money at it, lol 6 May 2023, 12:23, Damien: Oh no it’s fine, I can sort it don’t worry, I think just hope it comes out In the wash. I will try first the washing machine 6 May 2023, 12:24, Sam: Nah at the very least take everything to the dry cleaner, it’s my bad and they can surely do the sheets too 6 May 2023, 12:24, Sam: How much is the duvet? 6 May 2023, 12:29, Damien: Ugh everything is closed anyway for the coronation, the few I’ve called won’t be open till Tuesday ffs 6 May 2023, 12:29, Damien: The topper was 100 and the duvet was like 350. 6 May 2023, 12:29, Damien: But I think 6 May 2023, 12:29, Sam: Argh - I think I have spare stuff for now, but I can’t remember where it’s from, and it’s possible the answer is Primark, haha 6 May 2023, 12:30, Damien: It will come off in the wash 6 May 2023, 12:30, Damien: Hopefully anyway 6 May 2023, 12:40, Sam: No I can’t remember where it’s *from* (assuming you misread that) 6 May 2023, 12:41, Sam: I know where it *is* - it’s next to my bed, haha - feel free to use it for now or just to keep it, though I can’t be sure it’s equivalent so definitely do clean or replace yours 6 May 2023, 12:41, Sam: (for which I’ll pay, I mean, lol - obv I wasn’t going to _stop_ you from cleaning or replacing it) 6 May 2023, 12:41, Damien: Hahaha thank you darling, but hopefully I can get it sorted today 6 May 2023, 13:17, Sam: God sorry I’m so dead, just getting to this now - is John Lewis open? Where did you get the existing ones? 6 May 2023, 13:23, Damien: The White Company. A man has just come to collect them he reckons he can have them back in the next few hours. 99% they’ll be fine 6 May 2023, 13:24, Damien: Do you want to come to a party later? At Marc Corbett Weavers around 3? 6 May 2023, 13:24, Damien: Came* god, why can’t I write properly haha 6 May 2023, 13:24, Sam: Ah I was wondering what that was! And sure, I’ll swing by, it’d be nice to see Marc - is he still by Paddington Rec? 6 May 2023, 13:25, Damien: He lives just opposite Jamison’s! 6 May 2023, 13:25, Sam: Technically right the first time, haha - you did say ‘has’ before ‘just’ 6 May 2023, 13:26, Sam: Wait really? Above the Warrington? I could swear he was nearby but next to Maida Vale stn 6 May 2023, 13:26, Sam: (I know it quite well bc lots of my school friends were in Lil Ven and it’s where they bought drugs) 6 May 2023, 13:27, Damien: Yes he moved down the street. Directly facing Jamison 😫 6 May 2023, 14:31, Sam: ^ 6 May 2023, 16:11, Damien: image omitted 6 May 2023, 16:19, Sam: image omitted 6 May 2023, 16:19, Damien: Oh yes yes 6 May 2023, 18:53, Damien: Shall we go soon darling? x 6 May 2023, 20:37, Sam: Sorry, I didn’t mean the Selfridges closing time was soon, I meant that with Ryan I need to tell him soon if he’s to leave today 6 May 2023, 20:38, Damien: Ahhhh 6 May 2023, 20:38, Damien: Sorry 6 May 2023, 20:38, Damien: I don’t mind delaying Selfridges if you want to speak with Ryan x 6 May 2023, 20:38, Sam: But no chance of doing it before Selfridges I think 6 May 2023, 20:38, Sam: Um 6 May 2023, 20:38, Sam: Hmm 6 May 2023, 20:38, Damien: In fact we don’t even have to go 6 May 2023, 20:38, Sam: What did we need again? 6 May 2023, 20:38, Sam: Sorry, my memory is terrible 6 May 2023, 20:38, Damien: Table lamps and lights 6 May 2023, 20:39, Sam: We could prob delay by an hour but it would be a brutal exit 6 May 2023, 20:39, Sam: Well, a bit less than … nah actually there’d be no point 6 May 2023, 20:39, Damien: We can always go tomorrow I imagine 6 May 2023, 20:39, Damien: There’s no rush 6 May 2023, 20:39, Sam: I did have him out in like 20 mins in Goodge St, and he was more ‘unpacked’ there, but idk 6 May 2023, 20:40, Sam: I dunno - maybe - wait, actually, I have an idea table-wise 6 May 2023, 20:40, Sam: And actually lamp-wise too 6 May 2023, 20:40, Sam: Yeah actually let’s do it this way 6 May 2023, 20:40, Damien: Oh we can wait till tomorrow no rush at all 6 May 2023, 20:48, Damien: Lol let me know when the deed is done 6 May 2023, 20:48, Damien: Or if you need any Help 6 May 2023, 20:49, Sam: Oh thanks! I just need some energy 6 May 2023, 20:49, Sam: Wait, meth 6 May 2023, 20:54, Damien: 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 6 May 2023, 21:36, Damien: How are you getting on did you mention to him? 6 May 2023, 21:37, Sam: I’ve texted him, just because I’m useless at explaining things in person. Have said I’ll go and discuss in a second. I dunno. I said today or tomorrow depending how I feel but that he should try to iron out some alternative accommodation asap. 6 May 2023, 23:01, Sam: Have left H&M receipt in your desk drawer just in case 6 May 2023, 23:10, Damien: Ahh perfect 6 May 2023, 23:11, Damien: Yah I’m not sure about that table cloth 6 May 2023, 23:11, Damien: Maybe we could get better 7 May 2023, 00:19, Sam: Ah yeah I think so - but for now it’s a good proof of concept 7 May 2023, 00:19, Sam: An existence proof 7 May 2023, 00:21, Sam: Also, really sorry, I stole a tiny bit of your cheese yesterday - meant to say, forgot, was starving and couldn’t stomach anything else, will replace if you let me know where you got it 7 May 2023, 00:22, Sam: Just realised you might have mentally blamed it on kid, which would’ve been quite plausible, and I felt that was unfair of me 7 May 2023, 00:23, Sam: (J’ai pas pincé le nez!) 7 May 2023, 00:29, Sam: Also shit sorry did you fold these clothes??? I’m really sorry, I totally assumed these were further clothes that he’d left out folded - cringing to think how ungrateful I probably sounded, Jesus 7 May 2023, 00:29, Sam: And absolutely I would never expect you to do that, at all 7 May 2023, 10:16, Damien: Oh not at all. I won’t eat the cheese so I’ll be happy if anyone does. Aww I hope I’m not being too mean about him, if so I’m just being grouchy haha 7 May 2023, 10:17, Damien: Oh not at all, I would of ironed them, although I was feeling wretched last night, fortunately feeling a bit better now. I really never want to iron again, let’s get the housekeeper to it when they come, life is too short 7 May 2023, 10:57, Sam: Yet let’s! Sorry, will reply when wake up properly, but: did you just go out, or was that kid? 7 May 2023, 10:57, Damien: It was him I think 7 May 2023, 10:57, Sam: Oh good 7 May 2023, 13:03, Sam: Is this your person at the door? 7 May 2023, 13:03, Damien: Are you in? 7 May 2023, 13:04, Sam: Ah sorry haha 7 May 2023, 13:04, Damien: I seem to have lost one of my keys 7 May 2023, 13:04, Sam: Thought you were in - one sec 7 May 2023, 13:05, Sam: Where were your keys? Did you have the inner key on the way out? Just thinking a bit cautiously 7 May 2023, 13:06, Damien: I’m sure I did, I think it’s just dropped out 7 May 2023, 13:06, Damien: It’s probably somewhere in regents park 7 May 2023, 13:06, Damien: So annoying 7 May 2023, 13:07, Damien: You don’t mind if I borrow yours in a bit to go and get it cut in Selfridges? 7 May 2023, 13:07, Sam: ‘Sure’ as in actually certain, or ‘sure’ as in ‘eh, probably’? Haha- just apprehensive in view of houseguest 7 May 2023, 13:07, Sam: Yeah sure! 7 May 2023, 13:08, Damien: Oh yeah 100%. I took both out of the gilet I was wearing yesterday, after Ryan left. 7 May 2023, 13:17, Sam: Ah ok cool cool! 7 May 2023, 13:29, Sam: Oh sorry is Humphrey the Second in your room? 7 May 2023, 13:30, Sam: He can be a bit pushy sometimes 7 May 2023, 13:30, Sam: Maybe I need to get a new Humphrey with a more placable disposition 7 May 2023, 13:31, Damien: Hahahaha 7 May 2023, 13:31, Damien: He’s doing a good job 7 May 2023, 13:31, Damien: He got abit tangled in some wires, but he’s back on track now haha 7 May 2023, 13:32, Sam: Haha good good - I tend to think he’s a good canary in the coal mine for finding things that can be easily (a) pushed/tipped/flipped over or (b) tangled up (admittedly (b) is less likely to happen organically) 7 May 2023, 13:32, Sam: But it’s an inducement to get some cable ties or something 7 May 2023, 15:14, Damien: Oh darling I invited babs around at 4, hope you don’t mind x 7 May 2023, 15:15, Sam: Oh no that sounds lovely! 7 May 2023, 15:15, Damien: It may not be the best idea if you wanted to rest idk 7 May 2023, 15:15, Damien: Haha 7 May 2023, 15:15, Sam: V welcome! 7 May 2023, 15:15, Sam: And no I only need to rest because I invited (semi-invited) kid around for what ended up being a week or two or whatever the fuck it was 7 May 2023, 15:17, Sam: I feel a bit like the guy in the Borges story who’s condemned to death but lives a thousand years in his mind between the guns firing and the moment of death 7 May 2023, 15:44, Damien: How did it end with him? 7 May 2023, 15:44, Damien: Can I borrow your keys 7 May 2023, 15:45, Damien: Just going to get them cut 😅 7 May 2023, 15:45, Sam: Uh…. 7 May 2023, 15:45, Sam: Yeah sure! What about Oli though? 7 May 2023, 18:57, Sam: Share certificate semi-fictitious-y bank-y entity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cede_and_Company 7 May 2023, 18:58, Sam: The French thing I meant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caisse_des_d%C3%A9p%C3%B4ts_et_consignations 7 May 2023, 20:27, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncleftish_Beholding 7 May 2023, 21:58, Sam: ^ 7 May 2023, 22:04, Sam: 7 May 2023, 22:52, Sam: SIDS woman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Clark 7 May 2023, 22:58, Sam: Rievaulx Abbey (good suicide location): 7 May 2023, 22:58, Sam: 7 May 2023, 22:58, Sam: 7 May 2023, 22:59, Sam: 7 May 2023, 23:03, Sam: 7 May 2023, 23:03, Damien: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/73288/15-eerie-things-about-japans-suicide-forest 7 May 2023, 23:05, Damien: I really don’t blame him. 🥲 7 May 2023, 23:06, Sam: Shit, sorry, that’s probably a bit dismal… It’s just me being morbid. I dunno. Not suicidal at all right now or really mostly ever! Just that death is obviously a big reality that no one ever speaks about! 7 May 2023, 23:08, Sam: Yeah Japan has a very high suicide rate, I _think_ largely people jumping in front of trains. (Can’t remember if some other boring vanilla suicide method is still higher, but that’s a big one.) Got so bad they had to institute literal kin punishment - if you jump in front of a train, your family is liable for the costs. Interesting way to fix their weird broken workaholic xenophobic paedophile therapy-case wreck of a society… 7 May 2023, 23:09, Sam: They really hated Hiroshima and Nagasaki because they’d just been gearing up to have a good old mass suicide when the Americans invaded 7 May 2023, 23:12, Sam: But to be fair, they did kill a lot of Chinese people 7 May 2023, 23:14, Damien: Well quite, don’t they work like 6 days a week? Such an oppressed civilisation, people don’t seem to think about it. Maybe it’s the Shinto religion. It’s all about mindfulness and all the rest, so perhaps they’re satisfied. 7 May 2023, 23:14, Damien: But I believe they still have the death penalty and other horrible medieval punishments 7 May 2023, 23:16, Sam: Yeah, they execute a lot of foreigners I think - very dodgy police force when it comes to race… It’s basically the one place in the world where white people are screwed over so much by the justice system afaik haha 7 May 2023, 23:17, Sam: But no I don’t think they are very satisfied! They work themselves to death (literally ‘death by overwork’ - can’t remember Japanese name - is a totally common phenomenon) 7 May 2023, 23:18, Sam: And the remaining ones kill themselves more often than captive orcas and trans people 7 May 2023, 23:19, Sam: Oh and they’re all paedophiles with creepy schoolgirl cafes and shops that sell schoolgirls’ underwear - basically big fans of schoolgirls 7 May 2023, 23:19, Sam: Only economy in the world to have problematic persistent deflation iirc 7 May 2023, 23:20, Sam: I’m not one to judge but I mean very literal paedophiles, like, as in _youuuung_ children 7 May 2023, 23:21, Sam: However the trains are very very good so hey, swings and roundabouts 7 May 2023, 23:26, Sam: 7 May 2023, 23:27, Sam: 🤷‍♀️ 🇯🇵 7 May 2023, 23:37, Damien: Yes quite, it is bizarre how they let that go on. School girls selling their underwear, so it can be bought by creepy business men. It’s all so quietened down that I down know the full extent of it. It’s really an odd place, oh, Abe? 7 May 2023, 23:37, Damien: Did you every watch the movie parasite? 7 May 2023, 23:37, Damien: If not maybe we should 7 May 2023, 23:37, Damien: I think you might like it 7 May 2023, 23:57, Sam: 7 May 2023, 23:57, Sam: 7 May 2023, 23:57, Sam: 7 May 2023, 23:57, Sam: 7 May 2023, 23:57, Sam: 7 May 2023, 23:57, Sam: 7 May 2023, 23:57, Sam: 8 May 2023, 00:06, Sam: 8 May 2023, 00:06, Sam: 8 May 2023, 00:06, Sam: 8 May 2023, 00:08, Sam: 8 May 2023, 00:41, Damien: Halabé pitch.pdf • 14 pages document omitted 8 May 2023, 00:49, Sam: Not sure I like the name - is this a real French verb? It sounds like a suntan lotion for Arab women or something 8 May 2023, 00:55, Sam: 8 May 2023, 00:55, Sam: Like, oh no, that’s terrible, hahah 8 May 2023, 00:56, Sam: (poor Stefan got metooed, lol: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/apr/03/london-tech-investor-drops-cofounder-charged-with-sexual-assault) 8 May 2023, 00:59, Sam: Ohhh shit wait no this is a more serious charge 8 May 2023, 00:59, Sam: What I knew about was from pre-2020 8 May 2023, 00:59, Sam: Jesus christ Stefan you gotta stop groping people 8 May 2023, 06:07, Sam: image omitted 8 May 2023, 06:14, Damien: I just thought you were enjoying the heroin lol 8 May 2023, 06:14, Damien: Btw I’m so sorry about the mess I left behind 8 May 2023, 06:15, Damien: Will sort it soon 8 May 2023, 06:15, Damien: Def before Esther comes. 8 May 2023, 12:03, Sam: Shit sorry I only just woke up 8 May 2023, 12:03, Sam: Will decamp to living room once living 8 May 2023, 12:09, Damien: Oh no rush at all? 8 May 2023, 12:09, Damien: Have you been sleeping a while? 8 May 2023, 12:10, Damien: I’m Going to head to Boots 8 May 2023, 12:10, Damien: If you wanted to pick your prescription up 8 May 2023, 13:17, Sam: Oh shit sorry, I totally missed this - yeah I overslept for some reason 8 May 2023, 13:18, Sam: Well, any sleeping is oversleeping, but still 8 May 2023, 13:39, Damien: https://www.habitat.co.uk/browse/furniture/nest-of-tables/c:824710/ 8 May 2023, 13:58, Sam: Hey, any chance you could let me in? 8 May 2023, 13:58, Sam: Sorry, forgot that I forgot my keys 8 May 2023, 13:58, Sam: Sorry, front door I mean 8 May 2023, 13:59, Sam: Not actual road door goddammit why is there not a word for this thing 8 May 2023, 14:05, Damien: Oh god just seeing this 8 May 2023, 14:05, Damien: Are you outside the flat? 8 May 2023, 14:05, Sam: Oh no worries 8 May 2023, 14:05, Damien: Or on the street? 8 May 2023, 14:05, Sam: Just outside yeah 8 May 2023, 14:05, Sam: I could prob knock but it makes not much difference 8 May 2023, 14:05, Sam: Whether I’m sitting outside or inside lol 8 May 2023, 17:06, Sam: Hmm, what did you mean by the Selfridges vet? I can’t seem to find one 8 May 2023, 17:25, Damien: I could of swore they had a vet 8 May 2023, 17:25, Damien: Hmm 8 May 2023, 17:25, Sam: Nah I think they have a pet section but not sure about vet 8 May 2023, 17:25, Sam: Also may swing by heroin chemist 8 May 2023, 17:25, Sam: Whatever it’s called 8 May 2023, 17:26, Damien: John bell and Croydon? 8 May 2023, 17:28, Damien: Hhaha there may be Pet shop on Marylebone high st 8 May 2023, 19:33, Sam: 8 May 2023, 19:33, Sam: As in I’m not sure whether they make kitchens and the crockery is just for show, or vice versa 8 May 2023, 19:37, Sam: ^ opposite JB&c which maddeningly is closed becyaes 8 May 2023, 19:37, Sam: Of coronation 8 May 2023, 19:37, Damien: No 😱 8 May 2023, 19:38, Damien: That’s outrageous 8 May 2023, 19:38, Sam: 8 May 2023, 19:39, Sam: I know, it’s a violation of my right to skin cream 🙄 8 May 2023, 19:39, Damien: Yes. We can use it to smother patriots 8 May 2023, 19:41, Sam: Hahaha that reminds me of my mum’s reply to Keir Starmer saying “you can’t be a patriot if you don’t love [back then] the Queen” 8 May 2023, 19:41, Sam: Namely, “why should I care about either of those things?” 8 May 2023, 20:31, Sam: When’s your fate btw? 8 May 2023, 20:31, Sam: Date* lol 8 May 2023, 21:39, Damien: Oh god, just getting back. I almost pretended I was having heart attack just to leave early! Haha 9 May 2023, 10:26, Damien: Hi darling, are you awake? I’m just going to Starbucks, and wiatrose, would you like anything? The electrician should be here in the next 90 mins or so, I’ll probably be back before to let him in, but if you hear the door go, it’s most likely him. 9 May 2023, 13:14, Damien: 9 May 2023, 13:15, Sam: Oh sorry my sleep cycle has been fucked these past few days… 9 May 2023, 13:16, Sam: What are his dimensions? I also saw a nice one in John Lewis but his pricing is very competitive 9 May 2023, 13:23, Damien: image omitted 9 May 2023, 13:38, Sam: Oh like the one that Abramovich’s girlfriend posed on 9 May 2023, 13:39, Sam: I just worry about its resale value and the liquidity of the secondary market 9 May 2023, 14:13, Sam: 9 May 2023, 14:24, Sam: https://donfeatures.photoshelter.com/image/I0000dnarL8N7rp8 9 May 2023, 14:46, Sam: Couldn’t find a non-rubbish trailer, so: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGF6Qyvz2no&pp=ygUSMTIgYW5ncnkgbWVuIHNjZW5l Such a good film, absolutely must watch 9 May 2023, 15:49, Sam: Btw is there anything we want from JL? I’m gonna head to the chemist to make my skin not feel like crocodile leather, so I can swing by easily 9 May 2023, 15:49, Sam: Also I’m pretty sure I owe you some money for various house things and I need to figure out how much, and in the interim I guess it offsets it a bit if I can pick some stuff up 9 May 2023, 16:47, Sam: Also, interesting factoid for burglar avoidance and/or key loss purposes: it looks like it’s pretty easy to get into your bedroom window from the window outside the front door.. (Or in principle my bedroom windows, tho that would require more crawling along that already terrifying ledge from which to fall would mean certain death 9 May 2023, 16:47, Sam: Dammit I didn’t mean to hit send 9 May 2023, 16:49, Sam: Unlikely in practice: pretty hard to get into the building since there are only three other flats on which to try the delivery-man trick, and ours would be the riskiest and last available one to try, _but_ it’s conceivable 🤷‍♂️ (For me I don’t care really but it was interesting to consider) 9 May 2023, 17:09, Sam: You deleted this message. 9 May 2023, 17:18, Damien: Omg, yes let’s watch it 👌🏻 when are you free? 9 May 2023, 17:19, Damien: I’m good thanks darling xx 9 May 2023, 17:30, Sam: Oh whenever really! I’m always around, I have no particular plans tho I always aspire to get stuff done 9 May 2023, 17:31, Sam: 9 May 2023, 17:31, Sam: Hard to capture colour and texture but they’re very nice if you go see them 9 May 2023, 17:32, Sam: 9 May 2023, 17:33, Sam: 9 May 2023, 18:42, Sam: video omitted 9 May 2023, 20:48, Sam: 9 May 2023, 20:50, Sam: 9 May 2023, 21:31, Sam: Lol I just scrolled past this and … ‘not so hands on any more’ 9 May 2023, 21:31, Sam: Great wording 9 May 2023, 21:31, Sam: The guardian article below would beg to differ 10 May 2023, 14:33, Sam: https://twitter.com/arussellsaw/status/1407748735120166916?s=12&t=PE2yuFXFuYPTbN6IYrCaWg 10 May 2023, 14:49, Sam: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/abandoned_habits 10 May 2023, 14:49, Sam: 10 May 2023, 14:57, Sam: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50364/neutral-tones 10 May 2023, 15:12, Sam: 10 May 2023, 15:13, Sam: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/shilling-for-big-mitochondria 10 May 2023, 15:14, Sam: 10 May 2023, 22:41, Sam: Sorry, just closing door so I don’t disturb you with my rampant meth smoking (which I realise is inexplicably déclassé, compared with popping Adderall or snorting coke6 10 May 2023, 22:42, Sam: You’re v welcome to come in of course, and I’ll decamp to my bedroom once my food’s do— ah shit my good 10 May 2023, 22:42, Sam: food* Anyway yeah don’t worry, washing machine is very loud and even without it it’s inaudible - actually it may even be quieter in here 10 May 2023, 23:19, Sam: That for you? 10 May 2023, 23:21, Sam: Lemme know if you need a hand 10 May 2023, 23:21, Sam: With whoever turned up drunk!!! Not your existing guest!!!!!!! 10 May 2023, 23:54, Damien: I’m so sorry about that. Who does that. So bloody annoying, fortunately the drunk went home. Xx 11 May 2023, 09:55, Damien: Good Morning darling, I’m just heading out.Esther is supposed to be coming at 12, I think, hopefully I’ll Be back be then. But in case I’m not, I’ve put your bag of T in the desk drawer, just Incase you miss it and she finds it lol 11 May 2023, 12:21, Sam: Oh god oh god I hope she’s not here, Jesus, I just read this 11 May 2023, 12:22, Damien: Oh no, I think she’s running late or something haha 11 May 2023, 12:22, Sam: Oh thank god 11 May 2023, 12:23, Sam: And praise Jebus 11 May 2023, 12:23, Sam: I feel so dead, I’m tempted to go buy a sad lamp or sth 11 May 2023, 13:28, Damien: Can I get you anything darling? 11 May 2023, 14:53, Sam: Hey, sorry, is there any chance you could ask Cleanina to let me in? I managed to lock myself out while getting a delivery and I think either she has warphones in or she doesn’t feel comfortable opening the door 11 May 2023, 14:54, Sam: Quite understandably obv 11 May 2023, 14:57, Damien: Ohhh let me find out! 11 May 2023, 14:57, Damien: I usually deal with the agency 11 May 2023, 14:57, Sam: Oh do you not know? Ah, shit 11 May 2023, 14:57, Sam: Should’ve brought keys 11 May 2023, 14:58, Sam: Don’t really blame her for not opening it, tbh, given she’s alone in there, let alone that she doesn’t know what we want her to do 11 May 2023, 14:58, Sam: But also not ideal for me (tho I’m on the landing so I’ll survive - I’m more concerned about her potentially finding drugs if she gets to my room before I do, lol) 11 May 2023, 14:59, Damien: +44 7513 310350 11 May 2023, 14:59, Sam: Pipe is in my pocket but iirc there’s a pack of drugs on one of the bedside tables 11 May 2023, 14:59, Sam: Ah thanks! 11 May 2023, 15:01, Damien: Let me know if you can’t get through and I can come back and let you in. 11 May 2023, 15:04, Sam: I’ll let you know - I can hear very industrious cleaning noises but I suspect she might not be by her phone 😅 11 May 2023, 15:04, Sam: But no need, it’s my bad, and I’ve got food from the GoPuff order (and litter, should it come to that!!). If I had bad asthma or something then I’d definitely say yes, but honestly I’ll be fine for an hour or two 11 May 2023, 15:05, Sam: Also dammit, earphones*, lol 11 May 2023, 15:08, Damien: Let me know if you get in, I think I’d you bang enough it should work x 11 May 2023, 15:09, Sam: Oh no I don’t want to stress her out - I think realistically she must have heard (any knocking at all is quite loud) but evidently not checked her phone 11 May 2023, 15:09, Sam: Or the number is old, or my messages are going to some ‘unknown dodgy people’ inbox 11 May 2023, 15:10, Sam: To spam basically 11 May 2023, 15:12, Sam: Like, if she hasn’t read my texts, then it’s a bit of an awkward position to be in - if I were her & I were there alone I probably wouldn’t open it, both for her own safety and bc she doesn’t know if we’d want her to 11 May 2023, 15:13, Sam: And ‘nobody ever got fired for buying IBM’, as they say - nobody ever got fired for not opening the door 11 May 2023, 15:13, Damien: Did you try ringing the doorbell. I imagine she’ll hear that. 11 May 2023, 15:14, Sam: Eh, that would require leaving the building, or awkwardly propping it open and … yeah I’m not 100% sure I want to risk being stuck outside on Bond St, esp when the calculation is not much different from the door knocking 11 May 2023, 15:15, Sam: Like, I don’t think it’s that she doesn’t hear it, I think it’s that she ‘’’doesn’t hear’’’ it 11 May 2023, 15:15, Sam: Thanks tho! 11 May 2023, 15:15, Damien: I think you could definitely reach it with both feet inside. 11 May 2023, 15:15, Sam: Do you know when she’s due to leave? 11 May 2023, 15:16, Damien: She said 2.5 hours when I was leaving 11 May 2023, 15:16, Sam: Oh yeah probably - maybe will try in a few mins! No worries tho, I’m fine for the time being 11 May 2023, 15:16, Damien: So that was about 3 hours ago. 11 May 2023, 15:16, Sam: Was that 2.5 hours left at that point, or total? 11 May 2023, 15:16, Damien: When I left 11 May 2023, 15:16, Sam: Holy shit that was three hours ago??? 11 May 2023, 15:16, Sam: Surely not 11 May 2023, 15:16, Damien: Ohh no 30 Mins 11 May 2023, 15:17, Damien: I mean haha 11 May 2023, 15:17, Sam: Haha that sounds more correct 11 May 2023, 15:17, Sam: Do you happen to know when she arrived? Sorry!!! Will stop after this, this is the only remaining thing I’m wondering 11 May 2023, 15:17, Sam: ie so I can figure out when she gon leave 11 May 2023, 15:18, Damien: 2:40. 11 May 2023, 15:19, Sam: Oh god really? Ok shit that’s not good 11 May 2023, 15:19, Damien: Ah no 1:40. 11 May 2023, 15:19, Sam: Oh that’s better 11 May 2023, 15:19, Damien: I just concerned, as I know the laundry people are going to arrive soon. 11 May 2023, 15:20, Sam: Lol did you happen to leave your window open? 11 May 2023, 15:20, Sam: 11 May 2023, 15:21, Damien: Haha I did, but please don’t try 11 May 2023, 15:21, Damien: Ahh the laundry people are going to be there in a minute 😅 11 May 2023, 15:21, Sam: Oh god 11 May 2023, 15:21, Sam: I think it’s safely crawlable but I’m mildly apprehensive about how much weight that ledge can support 11 May 2023, 15:22, Damien: Oh honestly it’s not worth it 😅 11 May 2023, 15:23, Damien: Is there anyway, you could meet the laundry people downstairs, and ask them to keep ringing the door bell? 11 May 2023, 15:24, Sam: Yeah, are they there? 11 May 2023, 15:25, Sam: Here? 11 May 2023, 15:25, Sam: If so I’ll go down now 11 May 2023, 15:25, Sam: And will bring keys, haha 11 May 2023, 15:25, Damien: Oh you got in? 11 May 2023, 15:25, Damien: Oh they’ll ring the door bell when they’re outside :) 11 May 2023, 15:25, Sam: Ah yes sorry 11 May 2023, 15:26, Sam: Someone was calling her so I assumed it was you 11 May 2023, 15:26, Sam: But yeah she let me in 11 May 2023, 15:26, Damien: Ahh fab, perfect :) 11 May 2023, 15:26, Sam: Just as I was about to go on the ledge haha 11 May 2023, 15:26, Sam: In fact I must remember to close that hallway window 11 May 2023, 15:26, Sam: Anyway yeah I’ll let them in 11 May 2023, 15:44, Damien: Have they come? 11 May 2023, 15:58, Sam: Yeah they’ve got it 11 May 2023, 15:58, Sam: 11 May 2023, 16:18, Damien: Yes me too 🤣 11 May 2023, 18:17, Damien: image omitted 11 May 2023, 18:17, Damien: That’s hilarious haha 11 May 2023, 18:18, Sam: Oh hog 11 May 2023, 18:18, Sam: God* 11 May 2023, 18:19, Sam: One sec sorry I’ll join 11 May 2023, 18:21, Sam: Btw check this out https://twitter.com/samziz/status/1656657184921649154?s=12&t=PE2yuFXFuYPTbN6IYrCaWg 11 May 2023, 18:23, Sam: Demented even by Mail standards 11 May 2023, 18:29, Sam: 11 May 2023, 22:09, Damien: 11 May 2023, 22:09, Sam: Ah cool, mine’s samwhadams@gmail.com / samrobinsonadams@gmail.com 11 May 2023, 22:09, Sam: Whichever one is easier - they go to the same address 11 May 2023, 22:11, Damien: Ahh perfect. Do you want to send it to means i can send it to them, or if not their account details are: Citylaundryapp ltd 75076624 60 22 16 11 May 2023, 22:12, Sam: I’ll send it to them - one min, I’ll let you know when sent 11 May 2023, 22:13, Damien: image omitted 11 May 2023, 22:14, Sam: Done! And yeah I may well actually 11 May 2023, 23:14, Sam: Hey Sam. Just had some awesome auntie 11 May 2023, 23:14, Sam: Will share with you the guys contact 11 May 2023, 23:14, Sam: Contact card omitted 11 May 2023, 23:17, Sam: 11 May 2023, 23:23, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derailment_(thought_disorder) 11 May 2023, 23:41, Sam: 11 May 2023, 23:41, Sam: 11 May 2023, 23:41, Sam: 11 May 2023, 23:41, Sam: Mildly amusing 11 May 2023, 23:52, Sam: E 12 May 2023, 00:12, Sam: Zombie Publication.pdf • 20 pages document omitted 12 May 2023, 00:33, Sam: Kieran with our deposit: https://youtu.be/U8Mlm_XE-lk 12 May 2023, 00:48, Sam: 12 May 2023, 01:09, Sam: 12 May 2023, 01:28, Sam: 12 May 2023, 01:33, Damien: image omitted 12 May 2023, 01:49, Damien: 12 May 2023, 01:49, Damien: 12 May 2023, 01:50, Sam: “I’m gonna apply to the Guinness Book of World Records for all my lost bank cards” LOL 12 May 2023, 01:50, Sam: I’d definitely give him a run for his money 12 May 2023, 01:50, Sam: Peut-être il gagnera 12 May 2023, 01:56, Sam: God I fucking hate Grindr during exam revision season 12 May 2023, 01:57, Sam: Also 12 May 2023, 01:57, Sam: I must remember to get an extension cord tomorrow 12 May 2023, 02:00, Sam: 12 May 2023, 02:05, Damien: Is that Kieran Stephenson? 12 May 2023, 02:06, Sam: 12 May 2023, 02:07, Sam: Nah just a guy with a bizarrely wide penis and oddly sweet personality 12 May 2023, 02:08, Sam: Figured there was a good chance you’d have met him, just by, like, the law of large numbers or whatever 12 May 2023, 02:09, Damien: Hahahah omg 🤣🤣🤣 12 May 2023, 02:09, Damien: Oh really? 12 May 2023, 02:09, Damien: I’m sure that is Kieran lol 12 May 2023, 02:10, Sam: Hilarious if so, but I suppose I don’t remember his face super clearly 12 May 2023, 02:10, Sam: Think I have prosopagnosia or whatever the word is 12 May 2023, 02:10, Sam: So yeah v plausible 12 May 2023, 02:11, Sam: 12 May 2023, 02:11, Sam: You really think it’s him?? (Would also mean he’d not have recognised me, though, given his state at the time, I suppose prob plausible) 12 May 2023, 02:13, Damien: Oh actually maybe not in that photo 12 May 2023, 02:13, Sam: Dammit that’d’ve been cool 12 May 2023, 02:13, Damien: Kieran did have really horrible hands too 12 May 2023, 02:13, Sam: Oh wait shit also I remember Kieran’s dick 12 May 2023, 02:13, Damien: Idk it’s hard to say 12 May 2023, 02:14, Sam: It was not this guy’s dick 12 May 2023, 02:14, Sam: Tho mephedrone dick….. 12 May 2023, 02:14, Sam: Hard to say I guess 12 May 2023, 02:54, Sam: Oh shit sorry 12 May 2023, 02:54, Sam: I meant to say 12 May 2023, 02:55, Sam: Please do let me know if the shower is too loud 12 May 2023, 02:55, Sam: I’ve got into the habit via my late night baths at Goodge St 12 May 2023, 02:56, Sam: But I am now (as Homer says when narrating Hector’s death as reported to his bitch (forgot name) who’s running a bath for him at her house) _mala tele loetron_ 12 May 2023, 02:57, Sam: Far from all baths 12 May 2023, 02:59, Sam: One of the more heartrending descriptions in the Iliad, imo, and untranslatable into English without losing the beauty of it, particularly imo the juxtaposition of _tele_ (far) and _loetron_ (baths, or really ‘from baths’ since it’s in the ablative) 12 May 2023, 02:59, Sam: Aaanyway soz lol 12 May 2023, 02:59, Damien: Oh no, I can never hear a thing. Can you hear when I’m having a shower? I don’t know how thin those walls are 😅 12 May 2023, 03:00, Sam: No I don’t - I can vaguely hear the running of the bath but not to a disturbing extent 12 May 2023, 03:01, Sam: But, like, I could make it out if I listened, I guess 12 May 2023, 03:01, Sam: Yeah lots of the really brutal bits of the Iliad are about homecoming, _nostos_ - lots of stuff about how this or that guy will never see his _nostimon hemar_, his day of coming home 12 May 2023, 03:02, Sam: Root of nostalgia ultimately (‘homepain’) 12 May 2023, 03:02, Sam: Homesick actually I guess would be the idiomatic English translation 12 May 2023, 03:19, Sam: Do you mind if I put Humphrey on 12 May 2023, 03:19, Sam: Just for mutual reassurance 12 May 2023, 03:29, Damien: Hahaha 12 May 2023, 03:29, Damien: Yeah sure 12 May 2023, 03:29, Damien: As long as I haven’t annoyed you lol 12 May 2023, 03:29, Damien: Do you know when he goes off? 12 May 2023, 03:30, Sam: Oh no of course not! 12 May 2023, 03:30, Sam: Humphrey? When he dies 12 May 2023, 03:32, Sam: Do turn him off if you want, but with door open idk how much sound will carry 🤷‍♂️ 12 May 2023, 03:32, Sam: I don’t care but figured you might feel awkward 12 May 2023, 03:35, Damien: Oh good 🤣 12 May 2023, 03:35, Damien: Oh it should be fine lol 12 May 2023, 03:35, Damien: But thank you 12 May 2023, 03:36, Damien: There is some dust in the living room anyway :) 12 May 2023, 03:36, Sam: Cool cool cool! Honestly lmk and I can kill him 12 May 2023, 03:36, Sam: Apokteino, apothnesko 12 May 2023, 03:37, Sam: Bon appetit lol 12 May 2023, 11:22, Damien: Good morning darling, how are you? I’ve just realised those spot lights we put in the other day have blown 😅😅. Not sure what the problem is, but I’ll go to JL, and see what the sales associates think. I’m just heading to Starbucks, and then probably the gym after. Are you still about today, to go to those shops? Maybe around 2, let me know if that works xx 12 May 2023, 11:28, Sam: Yeah 100%, let’s! Sorry, will reply in full asap! 12 May 2023, 12:18, Sam: 12 May 2023, 12:46, Sam: Here ya go: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wagwan 12 May 2023, 12:46, Sam: 12 May 2023, 12:46, Sam: 12 May 2023, 13:09, Sam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJkmcNjh_bg 12 May 2023, 14:38, Sam: 12 May 2023, 14:39, Sam: ^presumably GCS as in Glasgow coma score, and ‘CGS’ just a typo 12 May 2023, 14:41, Sam: ‘las’ no idea - only guess is that it’s a capital ‘i’ for iatros (dr) but it seems to be referring to the paramedics, in context 12 May 2023, 14:42, Sam: Anyway I was just amused by that classic conflict, kieranity vs reality 12 May 2023, 15:06, Damien: Was this when you OD-ed on tramadol when in Paddington? 12 May 2023, 15:07, Damien: Are you still good to go out at 3:30? 12 May 2023, 15:07, Sam: Yes and yes 👌 👌 12 May 2023, 15:36, Damien: Sorry, I’ll be like 10 mins 12 May 2023, 15:36, Damien: Just getting ready 12 May 2023, 16:12, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_incidents_in_Switzerland_in_World_War_II 12 May 2023, 17:14, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Kearney 12 May 2023, 22:29, Damien: https://parkchinois.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=local 12 May 2023, 22:41, Sam: https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ngR6iCVyBMo/UairWEID6JI/AAAAAAAABZ0/Jt9q5Ka3_ys/s1600/Patek+Philippe+Sky+Moon+Tourbillon+6002G.jpg 12 May 2023, 22:42, Sam: This one: https://external-preview.redd.it/_Pj1qtyZuUPoGcTOW91g0W6g7uDf8JCxJAq08CQi9UM.jpg?auto=webp&s=d2bb422f84c1f914ae22dd8fcf43ac6b93946907 12 May 2023, 22:44, Sam: 12 May 2023, 22:44, Sam: Not saying it’s one of those £100k or £20k ones - it’s totally standard and plausible that they’ll do far more expensive versions with more hard stones glued on - but that’s the line 13 May 2023, 12:46, Sam: Soz, I’ll put the attic ladder up in 10-15 mins - just not sure if Pig is up or not (and I’m lazy in the mornings) 13 May 2023, 12:46, Sam: Well, the afternoon, but the early afternoon is my morning and the early morning is my afternoon 13 May 2023, 17:30, Sam: Wdyt about having a record player where the printer currently is? Even if not used / usable, I think it’d look nice and warm the place up somewhat 13 May 2023, 17:30, Sam: I promise I’m not trying to get rid of the printer, lol 13 May 2023, 17:41, Damien: Omg absolutely? Did you have any in mind? Yeah we can always but the printer In the drawer. 13 May 2023, 17:41, Damien: I think I filled one with some file boxes which I could get rid off 13 May 2023, 20:04, Sam: Oh gosh no - I could check with my family and see if they have any? Definitely an old-timey one with the glass box thing over the record 13 May 2023, 20:05, Sam: Tho imo not a _super_ old timey one with the HMV horn thing 13 May 2023, 20:07, Sam: My childhood bff’s dad had a super nice one that I could enquire about - it was like 50-100k for the whole system, but possible we could get it for less if we were only buying the record-spinney part, or could use it for design inspo 13 May 2023, 21:10, Damien: Oh yes absolutely maybe a Robert’s One? 13 May 2023, 21:10, Damien: Let me think 🤔 13 May 2023, 23:23, Sam: Christ these fucking flies 13 May 2023, 23:23, Sam: Sorry, are they good? Totally missed this 13 May 2023, 23:24, Sam: Meanwhile, flies, christ 13 May 2023, 23:24, Sam: I’ve taken to clearing rooms like I’m fucking SEAL team six or something 13 May 2023, 23:25, Sam: Advance down hallway, turn, spray room, clear room, confirm room is empty, proceed down hallway, etc 13 May 2023, 23:26, Sam: My meth hallucinations have generally gone but the one annoying fucking thing is that when I’m hyper-intently listening out for a particular noise, I can sometimes hear it very faintly even when I’m (on consideration) pretty sure it wasn’t there 13 May 2023, 23:26, Sam: Eg fly buzzing 13 May 2023, 23:27, Damien: Oh god, they’re back? Fortunately, I haven’t seen any. They usually come in with the windows open, although they’ve all been closed today I think. Shall we get some fly traps 🪤? 13 May 2023, 23:28, Sam: I don’t think I’ve opened mine either, hmm - maybe I did a bit earlier for the cats, I can’t recall 13 May 2023, 23:28, Sam: Maybe good idea to get fly traps 13 May 2023, 23:28, Sam: I hear Moet is a good brand 13 May 2023, 23:28, Sam: And very reasonably priced too 13 May 2023, 23:29, Sam: But mustn’t drink it because it’s neurotoxic to human beings lol 13 May 2023, 23:29, Sam: Sequelae include secondary hyperdomperignonexia 14 May 2023, 00:20, Sam: 14 May 2023, 00:47, Sam: 14 May 2023, 14:30, Sam: 14 May 2023, 16:54, Damien: https://www.dunelm.com/product/fairfield-side-table-marble-effect-1000208766?defaultSkuId=30810779&ds_c=Living+Room_Side+Tables-SmartShopping_%5BGOO-PLA-FURNLIVI-SIDETABLES%5D&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0-fjtZX1_gIVPIBQBh0rMw1BEAQYCyABEgKZ_vD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds 14 May 2023, 16:54, Damien: What do you think do this? 14 May 2023, 16:55, Damien: https://www.dunelm.com/product/fairfield-side-table-marble-effect-1000208766?defaultSkuId=30810779&ds_c=Living+Room_Side+Tables-SmartShopping_%5BGOO-PLA-FURNLIVI-SIDETABLES%5D&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0-fjtZX1_gIVPIBQBh0rMw1BEAQYCyABEgKZ_vD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds 14 May 2023, 16:55, Damien: https://www2.hm.com/en_gb/home/shop-by-product/furniture/tables.html?sort=stock&image-size=small&image=stillLife&offset=0&page-size=72 14 May 2023, 16:58, Damien: https://www.daals.co.uk/products/venus-full-length-wave-mirror-180-x-100-cm-sage-green?variant=41215204556851¤cy=GBP&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhay-v5b1_gIVS7TtCh2ldwoUEAQYDCABEgJrYPD_BwE 14 May 2023, 17:00, Damien: https://mirrormaison.co.uk/product/200cm-x-110cm-leaner-full-length-mirror/?utm_source=Google%20Shopping&utm_campaign=MIRRORMAISON-WP&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=16&g_network=x&g_productchannel=online&g_adid=&g_locinterest=&g_keyword=&g_campaign=account&g_adtype=pla&g_keywordid=&g_ifcreative=&g_locphysical=1006886&g_adgroupid=&g_productid=16&g_source=%7Bsourceid%7D&g_merchantid=585400032&g_placement=&g_partition=&g_campaignid=17815551809&g_acctid=869-073-0866&g_ifproduct=product&utm_source=google&utm_medium=&utm_content=&utm_term=&campaignId=17815551809&adGroupId=&feedItemId=&targetId=&locInterestMs=&locPhysicalMs=1006886&matchType=&network=x&device=m&deviceModel=&deviceType=mobile&campaignType=&creativeId=&keyword=&placement=&category=&adPosition=&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhay-v5b1_gIVS7TtCh2ldwoUEAQYAiABEgLBx_D_BwE&gad=1 14 May 2023, 19:39, Sam: 14 May 2023, 19:55, Sam: Ignore the title, it’s much more than that - I think they’re using it figuratively: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/06/the-last-words-of-robert-f-kennedy/561980/ 14 May 2023, 20:04, Sam: image omitted 14 May 2023, 20:04, Sam: Forwarded from message to Ryan 14 May 2023, 20:05, Sam: I confess I completely made up that thing about you and Raz and Jake above 14 May 2023, 20:20, Sam: Shit, expatiating, that’s what I had in mind 14 May 2023, 20:21, Sam: Wordhippo does it again 14 May 2023, 20:21, Sam: More here: https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/another-word-for/pontificate.html 14 May 2023, 20:21, Sam: Preaching also good imo 14 May 2023, 20:22, Sam: Jawing good but very old-fashioned, very my grandma, and with maaaybe a subtle sense of not quite approval but fondness (like, “he and Jim were jawing about some old rubbish”, maybe similar to ‘nattering’) 14 May 2023, 20:24, Sam: Wordhippo is esp great at finding natural, slang-y words or phrases, and not just the soporific protracted latinate aureate agglutinate terminology (irony intended) 14 May 2023, 20:25, Sam: 14 May 2023, 20:35, Damien: 14 May 2023, 20:39, Sam: You deleted this message. 14 May 2023, 20:39, Sam: You deleted this message. 14 May 2023, 20:39, Sam: Hahaha yeah there’s nothing more galling than being ‘rejected’ by someone you weren’t actually interested in but were being kind about it… 14 May 2023, 20:40, Sam: This is subtly ungrammatical but I feel like it reads ok so I’ll let it stand, lol 14 May 2023, 20:41, Sam: (My own message, that is, to be 100% clear) 14 May 2023, 20:42, Damien: Lol I’ve been ghosted/blocked by people I was actually into, and it really upset me, it’s an awful way to behave, but to say he’s caring, kind, sincere, fuck that. He’s nasty bitch 🤣 14 May 2023, 20:42, Sam: Also yeah, to act so petty at 54 is pretty embarrassing - I sometimes reflect that these people are my dad’s fucking age, it’s a weird thought 14 May 2023, 20:42, Sam: Yeah, like I say, “I’m kind” is a huge red flag 14 May 2023, 20:48, Sam: 14 May 2023, 20:49, Sam: Actually don’t read that if you’re not in a somewhat adventurous mood, lol 14 May 2023, 20:49, Sam: (Drugs…) 14 May 2023, 20:49, Sam: Anyway when is this thing? What’s the deal? 14 May 2023, 20:50, Damien: Who was this with? 14 May 2023, 20:51, Damien: Oh we can go whenever, the show starts at 9, but he’ll be there for hours, it would be nice to see him. I’m sure you’ll like him too. I can’t imagine staying out too late though, plus I don’t love Freedom bar haha 14 May 2023, 20:51, Sam: 14 May 2023, 20:52, Sam: That is a face that’s just out of frame in 93 online porn videos 14 May 2023, 20:53, Sam: Oh just Grindr twink #347 14 May 2023, 20:53, Sam: Idk why I remember these chats 14 May 2023, 21:59, Sam: 14 May 2023, 21:59, Sam: (https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/share/799ea4e5-899e-4546-8719-dabfc483541d) 14 May 2023, 22:00, Sam: 14 May 2023, 22:14, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abilene_paradox 14 May 2023, 22:44, Sam: 14 May 2023, 22:44, Sam: 14 May 2023, 22:44, Sam: 14 May 2023, 22:46, Sam: 14 May 2023, 23:02, Sam: I just realised we don’t have a dying room 14 May 2023, 23:03, Sam: I guess I’ll have to pick one ad hoc like in Shoreditch 🙃 14 May 2023, 23:04, Sam: I love Dominick Dunne btw and I guarantee you’ll enjoy his stuff - brilliant crime reporting but with fantastic snobbery, or at least … well it’s hard to explain 14 May 2023, 23:06, Sam: You have to read this, it’s a three-line whip: https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2000/12/dunne200012 I’m very interested in whether you end up liking Lily Safra (bitchy, gold digger, widow of very rich ex-husbands, etc, kinda gay icon) 14 May 2023, 23:29, Sam: 15 May 2023, 10:12, Sam: 15 May 2023, 10:12, Sam: Honestly I wish I could have this image on speed dial for so much of the inane crap that people talk to me about 15 May 2023, 10:13, Sam: Also just hilarious as a comment to make at a minor Austrian award ceremony, lol 15 May 2023, 10:14, Sam: Jim Carrey vibes (did you ever see that deranged red carpet interview he gave? I know I’ve shown it to a few people but can’t immediately recall) 15 May 2023, 10:51, Sam: image omitted 15 May 2023, 10:53, Damien: Omg this is hilarious. 15 May 2023, 10:54, Damien: Since when did you get notifications when other people did stuff 🤣 15 May 2023, 10:54, Damien: I really want to cancel my Facebook 15 May 2023, 10:54, Sam: Yeah I should do 15 May 2023, 10:54, Sam: I don’t use it, at all, whatsoever 15 May 2023, 10:55, Damien: I can’t work out how, theyve made it so complicated 15 May 2023, 10:56, Sam: 15 May 2023, 10:57, Sam: Princes walking as servants upon the earth etc 15 May 2023, 10:58, Sam: Gosh do they still do what they used to do, where they showed you photos of like 5 of your close friends with sad little messages saying ‘Tom will miss you’, ‘Dick will miss you’, ‘Harry will miss you’, etc? Hahaha 15 May 2023, 11:34, Damien: Hahahahhahahahahahhahaha yeah they do 🤣🤣🤣 15 May 2023, 12:11, Damien: Oh Esther should be here in an hour 15 May 2023, 12:11, Damien: I’m going to have a lie down, as I’m not feeling the best, are you able to let her in and give her instructions 15 May 2023, 12:12, Sam: Sure, will do! What instructions in particular? 15 May 2023, 12:12, Sam: Otherwise I’ll make some up, lol 15 May 2023, 12:12, Damien: Oh just the ironing etc, and to leave my room to the last 15 May 2023, 12:12, Sam: “Simon says turn around and put your hands on your head” 15 May 2023, 12:12, Sam: Ahhh ok cool perfect 15 May 2023, 12:12, Damien: Oh gosh, are all the meth pipes away 🤣🤣🤣🤣 15 May 2023, 12:12, Damien: Not that it matters too much has 15 May 2023, 12:13, Damien: Haha* 15 May 2023, 12:13, Sam: I think they’re not but I’ll double check - last time she didn’t even try to clean them :\ 15 May 2023, 12:13, Sam: (I’m kidding, to be clear) 15 May 2023, 13:15, Sam: Ok I’ve been characteristically terrible at instructing her, with the end result that we have agreed that she will do nothing and immediately leave 15 May 2023, 13:15, Damien: What? 15 May 2023, 13:15, Sam: But I think it’s sensible given the ironing was wet and your room would be unclranable 15 May 2023, 13:16, Damien: You’re not serious are you? 15 May 2023, 13:16, Sam: If you think otherwise, tell me and she’s barely gonna be out the door yet 15 May 2023, 13:16, Damien: The ironing is dry 15 May 2023, 13:16, Sam: Well, she suggested (quite strongly) leaving it to Thursday - and obviously not paying - because it was going to be so impossible to clean anything 15 May 2023, 13:16, Damien: Maybe a little damp, but it’s been out since 6:00am 15 May 2023, 13:16, Sam: Tho I had to take her word for it on the ironing 15 May 2023, 13:17, Sam: I’ve never touched an iron and I don’t know what level of damp is acceptable 15 May 2023, 13:17, Sam: I got the sense she maybe slightly wanted to go 15 May 2023, 13:17, Sam: Since she (strategically?) misunderstood me when I tried a couple of times to ask her to pause while I checked with you 15 May 2023, 13:17, Damien: She usually does the ironing on Thursday 15 May 2023, 13:18, Sam: She did say to text her tomorrow if there’s anything urgent because she’s free from 3:30 15 May 2023, 13:18, Sam: pm 15 May 2023, 13:18, Sam: Sorry! I will get someone to do the ironing 15 May 2023, 13:18, Damien: The Ironing is t important 15 May 2023, 13:18, Damien: I just don’t understand why she left? 15 May 2023, 13:18, Sam: I would attempt to do it myself but I’ll probably end up giving myself third-degree burns and setting the building on fire 15 May 2023, 13:18, Damien: The place is filthy 15 May 2023, 13:19, Damien: And her job is to clean 15 May 2023, 13:19, Sam: I think I didn’t explain very clearly and … I got a bit lost because of how fast the conversation moved but I *think* the trigger was me being polite and pre-apologising for not knowing much about what tasks she’s meant to do 15 May 2023, 13:20, Sam: Which sort of led into the suggestion of doing it on Thursday (for which we obviously don’t pay - or we don’t pay for today or - you know what I mean, the gist is that this doesn’t cost us) 15 May 2023, 13:20, Sam: Also the time window is probably closing for us to summon her back 15 May 2023, 13:21, Damien: There’s really no point. 15 May 2023, 13:21, Sam: Sorry! I do still think it’s maybe not the worst idea if you’re ill and she can’t do your room 15 May 2023, 13:21, Sam: And then apparently couldn’t do the ironing but I don’t really know enough to argue - if she says so, then 🤷‍♂️ 15 May 2023, 13:21, Damien: I mean if she doesn’t want to clean then I’m not forcing her to. 15 May 2023, 13:21, Sam: And then for me I’m not fussed at all about my room 15 May 2023, 13:22, Sam: I could get someone off Taskrabbit to do the ironing and go over the everything room 15 May 2023, 13:22, Sam: In fact I’ll do that now 15 May 2023, 13:22, Sam: I’m quite keen to do it as an experiment anyway 15 May 2023, 13:22, Sam: An experiment in living 15 May 2023, 13:22, Sam: (Or cleaning) 15 May 2023, 13:22, Damien: No please don’t, that doesn’t make any sense. 15 May 2023, 13:22, Sam: Doesn’t it? Lol 15 May 2023, 13:22, Damien: I’m just really confused 15 May 2023, 13:23, Sam: Basically: she thought Thursday would be a better option given the ironing wasn’t quite ready and it wasn’t really feasible to do your room 15 May 2023, 13:24, Sam: Or wasn’t ideal at any rate - not sure if you were planning on leaving but either way presumably it’s not ideal either for you or else for her 15 May 2023, 13:24, Damien: So she’ll stay three hours on Thursday. 15 May 2023, 13:24, Sam: And I figured I’d trust her judgement and get someone else to do anything urgent 15 May 2023, 13:24, Sam: Yes - I got the impression she wasn’t otherwise going to come on Thursday but maybe I’m wrong 15 May 2023, 13:24, Damien: As long as she isn’t paid for today 15 May 2023, 13:25, Sam: No she’s not going to be, that was the deal, or else certainly I’d not have agreed, haha 15 May 2023, 13:25, Sam: Oh wait shit (unrelated to the above!) she WAS mentioning that she had another job later and didn’t quite have enough time for us 15 May 2023, 13:25, Sam: I’ve just remembered this 15 May 2023, 13:26, Damien: It’s shocking that she comes to clean, and then leaves because the ironing is wet, which she does on Thursdays anyway. She’s scheduled to come for three hours, I would have left my room in 2 hours. There’s a lot to do in the other room 15 May 2023, 13:26, Sam: Because the first thing I said was apologising for misunderstanding her last week (the thing we discussed) and not understanding that she was PERMANENTLY unavailable 15 May 2023, 13:26, Sam: And I then said something like “oh well I suppose you are available this week, haha” 15 May 2023, 13:26, Sam: To which she said that actually she doesn’t really have the time, because of this other job at 3 or something 15 May 2023, 13:26, Sam: So actually maybe it was sort of a foregone conclusion, I don’t know 15 May 2023, 13:27, Sam: She did slightly have that crazed look in her eye, like a Bethnal Green crack addict locking on to a gullible-looking tourist 15 May 2023, 13:27, Damien: What she has another job at 3 today? 15 May 2023, 13:27, Sam: I might be wrong about the exact time but I think she said something along those lines 15 May 2023, 13:28, Damien: Ahhh right, she’s double booked herself, or spread herself too thin, and was looking for any excuse to leave. 15 May 2023, 13:28, Sam: But might’ve been 3:30 (P<=0.4) or a totally different time (0.01 15 May 2023, 14:20, Sam: Ahhh, sorry, cat hair, yes that’s the sort of thing I meant in the final parenthesis in this message, the sort of thing that definitely is my responsibility to sort 15 May 2023, 14:20, Sam: And is also the kind of thing we probably ought to put in some kind of list for whoever cleans 15 May 2023, 14:21, Sam: Dusting and mopping on the other hand I’d expect to be obvious - I mean, I don’t know what a cleaner would do if not that 15 May 2023, 14:21, Sam: So yeah, not great that she didn’t do that 15 May 2023, 14:22, Damien: Honestly I think, all these things are so general. I think Clara, will sort it all. I think Esther didn’t really care, as it was always going to be temporary for her. 15 May 2023, 14:45, Sam: Oh don’t worry I’m not taking umbrage at the price, it’s not that, it’s stuff like the Esther Affair where I just don’t know what’s meant to be done, and it becomes a bit tricky, but then I can’t not be responsible for liaising with the cleaner tout court because that’s obv wildly unfair on you 15 May 2023, 14:45, Sam: So if we have the same person but a clearer separation of powers then that could work better and avoid invidious situations like this 15 May 2023, 14:47, Sam: Also yeah I wouldn’t mind! Maybe a bit later, just to avoid the madding crowd 15 May 2023, 15:49, Sam: I’ll grab some: - ginger (for nausea - it’s such a fantastic cure, I can’t believe I wasted my time taking the fucking chemo drugs, Zofran or whatever) - antacids (Rennie vel sim) - scopolamine (to stop stomach from cramping) - maybe normal OTC painkillers (NSAIDs; ibu or para) if you think they’d help I’ll get cracking in 2 mins once I’ve had my lentils - and dw it doesn’t matter at all to me when I go, so may as well go now, and I could do with some air fraiche 15 May 2023, 21:32, Damien: Thank you so much for this, it really helped 🙏🏻🙏🏻 15 May 2023, 21:33, Damien: Oh btw I put your bag of meth in the the top drawer of the desk :) 16 May 2023, 06:31, Sam: Oh nice! Sorry, I missed this last night - and sorry, did you get a cleaner or something? Shit 16 May 2023, 06:32, Sam: 16 May 2023, 06:34, Sam: 16 May 2023, 06:35, Sam: So there goes my standard line of “oh I only went to a _private_ school, hardly Eton, hahaha, [etc]” 16 May 2023, 09:17, Damien: Oh no Camilo was coming, and he’s very straight laced 🤣 16 May 2023, 09:17, Damien: Oh that was in Westminster, where we works. Some department building or something. 16 May 2023, 11:40, Sam: Sorry, didn’t mean to sound sarky just there - was aiming for droll and maybe undershot 16 May 2023, 11:41, Sam: Oh which one is that? The regular? 16 May 2023, 11:47, Sam: Oh god... Yeah if it’s anywhere near Whitehall that’s why I’d’n’t’ve known it 16 May 2023, 16:12, Damien: Hahaha yeah, he wanted to take take of me. Bless his heart. Sorry I’ve just had to rush out, could you check if I shut my bedroom door 😅 xx 16 May 2023, 16:46, Sam: Ah shit I totally forgot about the kitchen 16 May 2023, 16:46, Sam: Hopefully you didn’t go in there 16 May 2023, 16:47, Sam: If so, sorry about the couscous, it’s temporary, it’s not a new Ai Weiwei piece that I’ve bought and installed 16 May 2023, 16:47, Sam: Aw, sweet! Will check in one mo as I venture couscouswards 16 May 2023, 17:00, Sam: Yes sorry your bedroom door is closed with cats firmly outside, haha 16 May 2023, 18:37, Sam: Hey do we need any more lightbulbs? I think we do but I can’t remember what your plans were with the various rooms 16 May 2023, 18:40, Sam: 16 May 2023, 18:40, Sam: 16 May 2023, 18:40, Sam: 16 May 2023, 18:41, Damien: Oh I think we needed 10 more 🤔 16 May 2023, 18:41, Damien: Omg that’s Soo cheap 16 May 2023, 18:41, Damien: It’s very good, is it maybe a bit small? 16 May 2023, 18:42, Damien: In any case I’m sure we can find a spot for it xx 16 May 2023, 18:42, Sam: Oh nah I’m not wedded to it 16 May 2023, 18:42, Sam: Would it be useful to take a video? I just realised maybe that’d give a much better sense of its size - I’m still nearishby 16 May 2023, 18:45, Damien: I’m guessing 150 x 35 16 May 2023, 18:45, Damien: Am I far off? 16 May 2023, 18:45, Sam: Hmm lemme go back and check, one sec 16 May 2023, 18:45, Sam: Quickly 16 May 2023, 18:45, Sam: Do you remember 16 May 2023, 18:46, Sam: Did we put that big lightbulb in Antrim? 16 May 2023, 18:46, Damien: Oh I should come with you, It’s looks like a two person job getting it up the stairs 16 May 2023, 18:46, Sam: In anything* rather, lol 16 May 2023, 18:46, Damien: Oh yes the big one, that before was In the lamp in the kitchen table 16 May 2023, 18:47, Sam: Wait the one I bought the day your family came 16 May 2023, 18:47, Sam: The same one I had in the lamp on the kitchen counter, which is now in my room - you can look if you dare 16 May 2023, 18:47, Sam: Hic sunt leones etc 16 May 2023, 18:47, Damien: I think so 16 May 2023, 18:47, Damien: Let me check 16 May 2023, 18:48, Damien: 16 May 2023, 18:48, Damien: 16 May 2023, 18:49, Damien: Not too dissimilar 16 May 2023, 18:49, Sam: Ah nice tanks 16 May 2023, 18:49, Sam: Thanks 16 May 2023, 18:49, Sam: Is that in the hallway? We may be able to get rid of it if I get more lights 16 May 2023, 18:50, Sam: Actually it may be useful if you came, less for carrying and more for deliberating 16 May 2023, 18:50, Sam: Oh wait shit you’re ill, no don’t worry, we can do this another day 16 May 2023, 18:51, Sam: 16 May 2023, 18:51, Sam: Quite like some of these clocks 16 May 2023, 18:51, Sam: 16 May 2023, 18:52, Sam: Haringey ffs autocorrect 16 May 2023, 18:52, Damien: Oh yess, do you mean overhead lights? We could then repurpose the lamp in the hall I suppose 16 May 2023, 18:52, Sam: 16 May 2023, 18:52, Damien: They’re quite cool, hopefully it will Stop me being late enough. 16 May 2023, 18:52, Sam: Yeah exactly 16 May 2023, 18:53, Sam: Sorry, I didn’t explain my reasoning - there was one of my lamp on sale for £15 16 May 2023, 18:53, Damien: I would come, I’m too exhausted to reshuffle my pillows haha 😂 16 May 2023, 18:53, Sam: Which would be a good bargain if we already had a lightbulb 16 May 2023, 18:55, Sam: 16 May 2023, 18:55, Sam: 16 May 2023, 18:56, Sam: And yeah no worries - ok for now I’ll leave it, none of these things are super urgent, and given this floor lamp takes the same lightbulb I won’t bother with the cheap my light one 16 May 2023, 18:57, Sam: 16 May 2023, 19:07, Sam: 16 May 2023, 19:09, Damien: Essential waitrose is awful, those strawberries I had earlier from waitrsoe, were barely edible, you’d get better in Tesco, I imagine. 16 May 2023, 19:31, Sam: 16 May 2023, 19:33, Sam: But in a really exasperating way because the Greek _pros_ (the ‘pro-‘ suffix in English) literally means the exact same as Latin _pre_/_ante_ 16 May 2023, 19:41, Sam: Sorry, can’t figure out how to get this ladder up but will do when can 16 May 2023, 19:42, Sam: Have got lots of food but no codeine at Waitrose so will sortie to chaussures in cinq minutes 16 May 2023, 19:58, Damien: Oh not to worry I can do it x 16 May 2023, 19:59, Damien: Aww you’re an angel. Honestly darling please don’t go out of your way, im so grateful, for all the things yesterday xx 16 May 2023, 20:19, Sam: On that note should we also get the neighbours’ numbers so we can text them if we’re locked out? Could even set up a WhatsApp group 🤷‍♂️ (I know we can buzz, but phones are (a) an authenticated channel and (b) easier to communicate by) 16 May 2023, 20:21, Sam: Oh dw it’s not at all out of my way! I needed Juul pods at the very least 16 May 2023, 20:52, Sam: Oh god did I ever tell you my Yo Sushi story? 16 May 2023, 20:53, Sam: I think I did - about my sixth-form-era fwb Ryland who had a genius technique for stealing food 16 May 2023, 20:53, Sam: Which was very much not a genius technique 16 May 2023, 20:55, Sam: And thus I ended up giving a ‘tip’ that was — as I’m almost certain that the waiters understood — essentially a clandestine payment for the food he stole 16 May 2023, 20:56, Sam: (All I can say about his intelligence is: he was hot) 16 May 2023, 20:57, Sam: Anyway I just realised that the Yo Sushi on Blenheim St is _that fucking Yo Sushi_ and I can never go there now 16 May 2023, 22:23, Sam: Ah shit I meant to say earlier: I’ve got some codeine, I’ll leave it outside your room 16 May 2023, 22:24, Sam: It’s a bloody good antitussive 16 May 2023, 22:24, Sam: /cough suppressant - it should also stop you from sternutating, lol 16 May 2023, 22:25, Damien: Lol they make you order everything on an app in there now, there’s no hope or stealing 🥲🥲 16 May 2023, 22:26, Damien: Omg thank you so so much 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 16 May 2023, 22:26, Sam: Oh then I probably wouldn’t want to go again 16 May 2023, 22:26, Damien: Please let me know how much you spent 16 May 2023, 22:26, Damien: I know those things can rack up 16 May 2023, 22:26, Sam: They ruined a staple of my childhood :\ Jesus these fucking apps 16 May 2023, 22:26, Sam: Oh nah dw it’s fine 16 May 2023, 22:27, Damien: Fortunately I’m beginning to feel slightly better 16 May 2023, 22:27, Sam: This was only like £11 with my Juul pods and my moist cream 16 May 2023, 22:27, Sam: In other words your stuff would’ve been spare change - no worries! 16 May 2023, 22:27, Damien: I’m just having a bath to sweat out any toxins 16 May 2023, 22:27, Sam: Oh yeah good luck lol 16 May 2023, 22:27, Sam: Hope some of you is left at the end 😜 16 May 2023, 22:27, Damien: Hopefully I’ll be 100% tomorrow 16 May 2023, 22:28, Damien: 16 May 2023, 22:29, Damien: 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 16 May 2023, 22:29, Damien: Oh yes good point 🤣🤣🤣 16 May 2023, 22:29, Sam: That doesn’t sound too bad! Wait I’m not sure what you mean, haha, and whether you’re serious or not 16 May 2023, 22:30, Sam: 16 May 2023, 22:31, Sam: I maybe should have pointed out that the correct word is ‘raped’, as in ‘raped me so hard’ 🧐 16 May 2023, 22:31, Sam: Anyway, could be worse! Mutability is our tragedy but it is also our hope 🧘‍♂️ 17 May 2023, 12:36, Sam: https://www.nhs.uk/news/medication/could-illegal-drug-meth-hold-key-to-flu-cure/ 17 May 2023, 12:37, Sam: https://www.nicswell.co.uk/health-news/could-illegal-drug-meth-hold-key-to-flu-cure 17 May 2023, 13:00, Sam: 17 May 2023, 13:02, Sam: 17 May 2023, 13:02, Sam: Cheerful subtitle in that screenshot, lol 17 May 2023, 13:02, Sam: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0QbSpBE2YoLxnGUzoQ1vWtMKZWL4XyeZdok5pbeC7ebSsiThoyuKYmfPaZEzPHDs7l&id=753775959 17 May 2023, 15:12, Sam: Ah, shit, cous cous, sorry - only crossed my mind when I remember you exist, lol 17 May 2023, 15:13, Sam: I will decouscous the living room tous de suite 17 May 2023, 15:13, Damien: Hahaha, really it doesn’t bother me darling 17 May 2023, 15:13, Sam: tous 17 May 2023, 15:13, Sam: tous 17 May 2023, 15:13, Sam: tout 17 May 2023, 15:13, Sam: Goddammit 17 May 2023, 15:13, Damien: Hopefully it will give Esther reason not to run off tomorrow gahab 17 May 2023, 15:13, Sam: These two messages were not a couscous joke 17 May 2023, 15:13, Damien: Haha* 17 May 2023, 15:13, Damien: 🤣🤣🤣 17 May 2023, 15:14, Sam: Dammit I thought that was some new sex drug 17 May 2023, 15:14, Sam: GAHAB acts on the GABAB receptors 17 May 2023, 15:15, Sam: We can tell visiting tourists that it’s a new Ai Weiwei piece (I know I’ve made this joke already but … god you understand how the CCP is still in power when the opposition movement is so atrociously shit - like, what the fuck was that sunflower seed rubbish?) 17 May 2023, 15:18, Sam: You deleted this message. 17 May 2023, 15:18, Sam: I mean imagine if Hans and Sophie Scholl had said “the Nazis are evil and we shall demonstrate this somehow by dumping a truckload of seeds in the RA” 17 May 2023, 15:19, Sam: Would’ve been a fucking thousand-year reich for certain 17 May 2023, 15:21, Sam: Broke: propaganda of the deed Woke: propaganda of the seed 18 May 2023, 13:41, Sam: Are you able to let Cleanina know what needs to be done? I have no clue lol 18 May 2023, 13:41, Damien: Oh yes 18 May 2023, 13:41, Damien: Is she here? 18 May 2023, 13:41, Sam: Yeah she’s just got here 18 May 2023, 13:41, Damien: Ahh right okay 18 May 2023, 13:41, Damien: 1 second 18 May 2023, 13:41, Sam: Probably I’ll end up letting her go in 7.2 seconds lol 19 May 2023, 20:37, Sam: 19 May 2023, 20:47, Sam: 19 May 2023, 21:02, Sam: Oh are you home? Either you are or I’ve left a ready meal in the oven for a very very long time, lol 19 May 2023, 21:03, Sam: Sorry for the mess if so - been doing a lot of shopping 19 May 2023, 21:03, Damien: Haha yeah just got back, just finishing some messages off I’ll be out in a min 19 May 2023, 21:03, Sam: And always forget I don’t know how to put the fucking attic steps back up 19 May 2023, 21:03, Damien: I can show you xx 19 May 2023, 21:03, Sam: Oh no rush! And no need at all! Haha 19 May 2023, 21:03, Sam: Ah thanks! 19 May 2023, 21:46, Sam: 19 May 2023, 22:09, Sam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HuLcgwwTo8 19 May 2023, 22:10, Sam: Ah here it is: https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCOP/2021/51.html 19 May 2023, 22:14, Sam: 19 May 2023, 22:17, Sam: 19 May 2023, 22:19, Sam: In that guy Angelo’s defence, this was veeeery early on, and he’s Italian, so his tone about COVID is pretty understandable 19 May 2023, 23:16, Damien: Do want anything from gopuff? x 19 May 2023, 23:19, Sam: Ohhh maybe some ‘crisp menthol’ juul pods if pos? Will send money now 19 May 2023, 23:19, Sam: Think 7.49 19 May 2023, 23:20, Sam: https://pay.monzo.com/#qus4JgLmr3z4546_DXC-Zz1dIQN_2RyhTtUtUcbpKFD3MDz0RFZb_DncsA%3D%3D 19 May 2023, 23:28, Damien: 19 May 2023, 23:28, Sam: W. T. Fuck, Esq 19 May 2023, 23:28, Sam: Y 19 May 2023, 23:29, Sam: Y O Y 19 May 2023, 23:29, Sam: RRRRRRRR 19 May 2023, 23:36, Sam: I think sadly there’s nothing around here that’s open this late 19 May 2023, 23:36, Sam: Since apparently we live in fucking East Berlin 19 May 2023, 23:37, Sam: Rather than just next to Oxford St 21 May 2023, 19:22, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_of_Death 21 May 2023, 19:29, Sam: 21 May 2023, 19:47, Sam: 21 May 2023, 19:47, Sam: 21 May 2023, 20:27, Sam: 21 May 2023, 20:58, Sam: 21 May 2023, 20:59, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_End_of_London 21 May 2023, 21:00, Sam: image omitted 21 May 2023, 21:17, Sam: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/03/osama-bin-laden-mother-speaks-out-family-interview 21 May 2023, 21:20, Sam: 21 May 2023, 21:20, Sam: “Oh we don’t really talk about Osama’s time at Al Qaeda” 21 May 2023, 21:20, Damien: 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 21 May 2023, 21:20, Damien: LMAO 21 May 2023, 21:21, Damien: Poor dear 21 May 2023, 21:22, Sam: 21 May 2023, 21:51, Sam: 21 May 2023, 21:51, Sam: 21 May 2023, 22:03, Sam: Is this not R J Arkhipov? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._J._Thribb 21 May 2023, 22:09, Sam: 21 May 2023, 22:13, Sam: image omitted 21 May 2023, 22:14, Sam: https://allpoetry.com/Thanksgiving-for-a-Habitat 21 May 2023, 22:23, Sam: Also R J R K Pov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tay_Bridge_Disaster 21 May 2023, 22:24, Sam: 21 May 2023, 23:03, Sam: 21 May 2023, 23:05, Sam: 21 May 2023, 23:07, Sam: 21 May 2023, 23:07, Sam: ^ Bruton St just coming off Berkeley Sq 21 May 2023, 23:49, Damien: Oh don’t answe the bell 21 May 2023, 23:49, Damien: It was a delivery I just collected lol 21 May 2023, 23:49, Sam: Haha yeah this is a pain with this flat 21 May 2023, 23:49, Damien: I could hear it half way down oddily 21 May 2023, 23:49, Damien: Lol 21 May 2023, 23:49, Sam: Wait for the guy to ring the bell and then take ages to get the door, or else try to get the door but he’ll ring the bell 21 May 2023, 23:50, Sam: A pain even if I lived on my own 21 May 2023, 23:50, Sam: Just have to hope they won’t flee before Yong st to for so 21 May 2023, 23:50, Sam: Before you get downstairs* lol 21 May 2023, 23:51, Sam: Is guy still here? Just thinking of venturing out to search for _to methu_ 22 May 2023, 15:55, Sam: https://youtu.be/yQ7MqgSEK0I 22 May 2023, 15:55, Sam: https://youtu.be/yQ7MqgSEK0I 22 May 2023, 15:56, Sam: https://youtu.be/RbE_w3AVvp0 22 May 2023, 16:03, Sam: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/nicki-minaj-calls-laura-kuenssburg-24989636 22 May 2023, 16:06, Sam: https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-58571353 22 May 2023, 23:53, Sam: 22 May 2023, 23:54, Sam: 22 May 2023, 23:54, Sam: 22 May 2023, 23:56, Sam: video omitted 23 May 2023, 00:27, Sam: 23 May 2023, 00:49, Damien: Awww this is such a sweet photo. I’m always so glad for people that take photos, I’m so awful at doing them x 23 May 2023, 00:54, Sam: Yeah it’s nice! I’ll send any other nice ones - actually wait I can just look up your face now 23 May 2023, 00:54, Sam: I love new photos app 23 May 2023, 00:54, Sam: Also meant to send this yesterday - honestly I so love Ben Oliver’s fb posts, he should charge for them 23 May 2023, 00:54, Sam: 23 May 2023, 00:54, Sam: image omitted 23 May 2023, 00:54, Sam: Hands down funniest person I know 23 May 2023, 00:55, Damien: 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 23 May 2023, 00:55, Damien: lol 23 May 2023, 00:55, Damien: I’m trying to remember who he is again 23 May 2023, 00:56, Sam: Just a guy I met at a party hosted by a Hoare 23 May 2023, 00:56, Sam: (Ok not a Hoare family member, just an exec at the bank, but I couldn’t find a way to make the joke work that way) 23 May 2023, 00:57, Sam: Wish I could remember Hoare guy’s name 23 May 2023, 00:57, Damien: image omitted 23 May 2023, 01:03, Damien: Did you think Alex is in an odd mood this evening, a bit short fused maybe idk. Hope he’s not under too much stress or something 😅 23 May 2023, 01:04, Sam: 23 May 2023, 01:05, Sam: Not sure! I did snap at him about the fucking Primrose Hill thing, and I’m still very confused at where that guy lives, but I just thought he was being (unintentionally?) unhelpful and not necessarily short himself 23 May 2023, 01:05, Sam: Well, he’s always short, but ykwim lol 23 May 2023, 01:06, Damien: These are quite good, I think I’ll send him a request. 23 May 2023, 01:09, Damien: I didn’t see you snap, but he does act abit weird from time to time, I really wish he wouldn’t. 23 May 2023, 01:13, Damien: I wish if there’s a polite for me to tell, that, “once Sam finishes telling something, they you can tell me something after” it’s when interrupts you to start speaking to me, which stresses me out slightly. Ahhaa the above are just little niggles, they really a hardly worth mentioning 🤣 but I think you can see what I mean lol 23 May 2023, 01:14, Sam: Oh gosh sorry yeah I was quite politely rude at least 23 May 2023, 01:15, Sam: A bit like my dear old maths teacher Mrs Hudson who used to say ‘_sorry sorry sorry sorry_ *SHHHUUUUT UUUPPPPP* _sorry sorry sorry_’ 23 May 2023, 01:16, Sam: Ok yeah that is quite spectacularly rude tbf 23 May 2023, 01:18, Damien: I think it’s a meth thing, or he’s under stress idk, but I was a little surprised. 23 May 2023, 01:18, Sam: I don’t really mind because I know somehow he clearly doesn’t mean it in that way 23 May 2023, 01:18, Sam: But yes a bit like the smoking cleaner 23 May 2023, 01:19, Damien: Yeah I know what you mean 23 May 2023, 01:19, Sam: Def an occasional tic 23 May 2023, 01:19, Sam: Yeah hard to know what’s meth and what’s not - we’d have to do a controlled experiment sometime lol 23 May 2023, 01:20, Damien: Oh not at all, yiu were too polite if anything 23 May 2023, 01:21, Damien: 🤣🤣🤣 23 May 2023, 01:21, Damien: A meth lesser substitute to try 🤣 23 May 2023, 01:34, Sam: 23 May 2023, 01:34, Sam: Hahaha I wasn’t THAT polite - I’ve just mastered the art of being disconcertingly quickly rude, lol 23 May 2023, 01:36, Sam: 23 May 2023, 01:38, Sam: 23 May 2023, 01:39, Sam: 23 May 2023, 01:46, Sam: 23 May 2023, 05:15, Sam: Is this a hookup that’s come over? Do you want any more of _to methu_? Sorry, I’ve been up texting Fred, as fucking always, lol 23 May 2023, 05:16, Damien: Oh thanks, it’s actually masseur 23 May 2023, 05:16, Damien: We’ll see 23 May 2023, 05:16, Sam: 🍅🍅 23 May 2023, 06:16, Damien: These people don’t know anything about masseurs 23 May 2023, 06:16, Damien: Bloody nightmare 23 May 2023, 17:36, Sam: https://www.outthere.travel/cap-ferrat-somerset-maugham-grand-hotel/ 23 May 2023, 17:37, Sam: https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a40177731/gore-vidal-homes-la-rondinaia/ 23 May 2023, 17:42, Sam: https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/photos/villa-la-rondinaia much better 23 May 2023, 22:15, Sam: 23 May 2023, 22:31, Sam: 23 May 2023, 22:32, Sam: 23 May 2023, 22:33, Sam: I mean the hilariously unaware comment about “the only person grander than me” 23 May 2023, 22:34, Sam: 23 May 2023, 22:49, Sam: image omitted 23 May 2023, 23:31, Sam: 23 May 2023, 23:32, Sam: 23 May 2023, 23:36, Sam: 24 May 2023, 00:13, Sam: btw lmk iuw co oyw to uch bc ik iou 24 May 2023, 06:30, Sam: Is that you coughing? Do you have any of that codeine left? If so, I’d take it, it’s an excellent antitussive! You’re welcome to try an asthma inhaler too, I’ve plenty, but codeine is prob likelier to help 24 May 2023, 11:55, Damien: Thank you, it’s all so bloody annoying haha 24 May 2023, 15:40, Sam: 24 May 2023, 15:50, Sam: 24 May 2023, 15:56, Sam: 24 May 2023, 15:59, Sam: nb ‘indicated’ = ‘appropriate/necessary/the right course of treatment’ (if my knowledge of Doctor English is correct) 24 May 2023, 20:10, Sam: 24 May 2023, 20:33, Sam: 24 May 2023, 20:34, Sam: image omitted 24 May 2023, 20:35, Sam: Carrier pigeons are technically supported: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers 24 May 2023, 21:19, Sam: 24 May 2023, 22:32, Sam: image omitted 25 May 2023, 03:59, Sam: Fwiw I’ve put the cats and their litter out - no idea why but theyre a fucking nightmare tonight 25 May 2023, 15:27, Sam: Oh god I just woke up - are you here? It seems Cleanina is here but I don’t know when she came exactly 25 May 2023, 15:28, Sam: I suppose I should talk to her but I feel quite dead lol 25 May 2023, 15:43, Damien: Oh I’ve already spoken to her 25 May 2023, 15:43, Damien: I let her know you were sleeping 25 May 2023, 17:28, Sam: https://www.selfridges.com/GB/en/cat/alessi-sg67-handheld-vacuum-cleaner_874-10106-SG67WUK/ 25 May 2023, 18:24, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSBC 25 May 2023, 18:41, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorgate_tube_crash 25 May 2023, 18:49, Sam: 25 May 2023, 21:28, Damien: 25 May 2023, 21:53, Sam: https://donfeatures.photoshelter.com/image/I0000dnarL8N7rp8 25 May 2023, 21:59, Sam: 25 May 2023, 21:59, Sam: 25 May 2023, 22:00, Sam: 25 May 2023, 22:21, Sam: 25 May 2023, 22:27, Sam: https://reducing-suffering.org/ 25 May 2023, 22:28, Sam: 25 May 2023, 22:28, Damien: image omitted 26 May 2023, 08:00, Sam: Cba with fire alarm right now, just going to make my peace with death 26 May 2023, 08:00, Sam: Ah good the fire has been extinguished 26 May 2023, 11:27, Damien: Hahaha same, I got up eventually put some clothes on, and as soon as I did, it went off. I think gods playing a massive cosmic joke on me or something 🤣🤣 26 May 2023, 12:26, Sam: If it’s any reassurance: https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/risk/estimates/riskbehaviors.html 26 May 2023, 12:55, Damien: Hahha yes that is rather reassuring, I think even at my rate I’m unlikely to have slept with 10,000 infected men 26 May 2023, 13:58, Sam: Didn’t you do that last Thursday? Or maybe some of them flaked, idk, lol 26 May 2023, 13:59, Damien: It’s was only 8537 last Thursday sadly 26 May 2023, 13:59, Sam: Lol this reminds me of the feral hogs tweet: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/05/feral-hogs-memes-twitter-30-50-running-into-my-yard-small-kids 26 May 2023, 14:00, Sam: Bloody Facebook events 26 May 2023, 14:01, Sam: Bloody fucking Facebook events* 26 May 2023, 14:01, Sam: Dammit, non-AMP link: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/05/feral-hogs-memes-twitter-30-50-running-into-my-yard-small-kids 26 May 2023, 14:02, Sam: Also I’m goingpuffing if you want anything 26 May 2023, 14:04, Damien: Oh some red bull would be perfect xx 26 May 2023, 14:05, Sam: Deux vaches rouges en route 26 May 2023, 14:05, Sam: Avec sucre? 26 May 2023, 14:06, Damien: Sans sucre 🙏🏻🙏🏻 26 May 2023, 14:09, Damien: Merci beaucoup xx 26 May 2023, 14:10, Sam: Ah sorry I missed that! Cool cool, otw! 26 May 2023, 14:11, Sam: Ah désolé, ç’a me manque! Froid froid, esw! 26 May 2023, 14:12, Damien: C’est marché x 26 May 2023, 14:12, Sam: manqué* dammit - trust me to miss the one word that’s actually an English word 26 May 2023, 14:14, Sam: I’m joking with froid fwiw - as far as I know that’s not literally used to mean ‘cool’ in the slang sense 26 May 2023, 14:35, Sam: Soz ignore bell if rings is gopuff 26 May 2023, 14:45, Sam: Actually it just struck me that maybe this is why Pig is so out of sorts 26 May 2023, 14:46, Damien: Why? 26 May 2023, 14:46, Sam: She always liked lying in the sun 26 May 2023, 14:46, Sam: And she might miss that here in the cave 26 May 2023, 14:46, Damien: 😮😮😮 26 May 2023, 14:46, Sam: Though I don’t know why she doesn’t go on the balcony 26 May 2023, 14:46, Sam: Not balcony 26 May 2023, 14:47, Sam: On the window ledge, on either side 26 May 2023, 14:47, Sam: But it’s hard to explain: there’s a kinda ‘cosy spot in the sun’ quality out here on the steps which you don’t quite get anywhere in the flat, even in my room (maybe in yours? maybe that’s why they go in there? idk why it would be any different though) 26 May 2023, 14:49, Sam: Maybe it’s the angle or something - but there’s a kind of warm sunlight here which I don’t think there quite is in my room, perhaps due to the window shroud 26 May 2023, 14:56, Sam: video omitted 26 May 2023, 14:57, Sam: Actually I feel marginally happier myself out here lol 26 May 2023, 14:57, Sam: I really need to remember to keep turning the lights on 26 May 2023, 15:00, Sam: video omitted 26 May 2023, 16:08, Sam: video omitted 26 May 2023, 17:14, Sam: 27 May 2023, 03:51, Damien: Omg 27 May 2023, 03:51, Sam: Is the coast clear? I want to get some cheese sticks but don’t want to get embroiled in drunk 27 May 2023, 03:51, Sam: Think we need to find a way to spike James’s drinks with water 27 May 2023, 03:51, Damien: Haha yeah he’s gone 27 May 2023, 03:52, Damien: “You left wing freak” 27 May 2023, 03:52, Sam: Haha nothing against him! Nice to have him around! But drunk 27 May 2023, 03:52, Sam: Hahaha did he say that 27 May 2023, 03:52, Sam: Also, uh, what just happened to the lights 27 May 2023, 03:52, Sam: Fiat non lux 27 May 2023, 03:52, Damien: Oh god 27 May 2023, 03:52, Damien: Hahahan 27 May 2023, 03:53, Sam: I have lots of meth candles if you so desire 27 May 2023, 03:53, Damien: We paid the bill right 27 May 2023, 03:53, Sam: Tealights with an emphasis on the ‘t’, lol 27 May 2023, 03:53, Sam: I hope so 27 May 2023, 03:54, Damien: Hahahah maybe james walked into the electrical box 27 May 2023, 03:54, Damien: I’ll investigate 27 May 2023, 03:54, Sam: Hahaha 27 May 2023, 03:54, Sam: I don’t remember who handled the light bill 27 May 2023, 03:54, Sam: Wait I suppose that’s electricity 27 May 2023, 03:54, Damien: You did, it came out today lol 27 May 2023, 03:54, Sam: Ah lemme see 27 May 2023, 03:54, Damien: We did it together x 27 May 2023, 03:55, Sam: No I haven’t been billed 27 May 2023, 03:55, Sam: I can see the direct debit was set up, but it hasn’t charged me yet 27 May 2023, 03:55, Damien: Odd time to shut is off 27 May 2023, 03:55, Damien: 25th 27 May 2023, 03:55, Sam: We often ran batch jobs for stuff like this at Monzo in the early hours of the morning 27 May 2023, 03:55, Sam: Overdraft accruals at 1am 27 May 2023, 03:56, Sam: Overdraft collections at 2am so it definitely (ish) ran after overdraft accruals 27 May 2023, 03:56, Sam: Etc etc 27 May 2023, 03:56, Sam: Possible it’s something like that 27 May 2023, 03:56, Damien: We definitely set it up so it’s off 27 May 2023, 03:56, Damien: Odd* 27 May 2023, 03:57, Sam: Sit lux 27 May 2023, 03:57, Sam: Fiat lux 27 May 2023, 03:57, Sam: Whatever 27 May 2023, 03:57, Sam: Light 27 May 2023, 03:57, Sam: Aaaand fiat nux 27 May 2023, 03:58, Damien: Is it on? 27 May 2023, 03:58, Damien: I flicked the fuse? 27 May 2023, 03:58, Sam: It went on briefly 27 May 2023, 03:58, Sam: Then it went off 27 May 2023, 03:59, Sam: Like our lives 27 May 2023, 03:59, Sam: A brief glimmer of light between two eternities of darkness 27 May 2023, 03:59, Damien: Wait 27 May 2023, 03:59, Sam: Fiat 27 May 2023, 03:59, Damien: Is it on 27 May 2023, 03:59, Sam: Yup! 27 May 2023, 03:59, Damien: A fuse blew 27 May 2023, 04:00, Sam: I don’t know electricity stuff 27 May 2023, 04:01, Damien: I hope the neighbours like us 27 May 2023, 04:01, Damien: I fixed there’s too 27 May 2023, 04:03, Sam: Oh neat! 27 May 2023, 04:03, Sam: Where are the guests 27 May 2023, 04:03, Sam: Fuses 27 May 2023, 04:04, Sam: * 27 May 2023, 04:04, Damien: Oh he’s away haha 27 May 2023, 04:04, Sam: 🙃 27 May 2023, 13:01, Damien: 🤣🤣🤣 27 May 2023, 13:02, Damien: Was this a joke lol 27 May 2023, 18:05, Sam: Oh no just a typo 27 May 2023, 18:07, Sam: Lol I was just reminded by my photos widget of my all-time favourite excuse for party non-attendance 27 May 2023, 18:07, Sam: 27 May 2023, 18:07, Sam: ‘I meant to come, but unexpectedly ended up in Helsinki’ lol 27 May 2023, 20:23, Damien: LOL 27 May 2023, 20:23, Damien: Did you want yo join us at the Ivy for dinner? 27 May 2023, 20:23, Sam: Yeah why not? That sounds jolly 27 May 2023, 20:23, Sam: Possibly won’t eat much but will come join - I really ought to get out more 27 May 2023, 20:23, Sam: Are you there now? 27 May 2023, 20:25, Damien: Yes just queuing up, will see je they have room for us x 27 May 2023, 20:32, Sam: Cool, gimme 2 mins to wash the dye out of my hair and I’ll come down! 27 May 2023, 20:45, Damien: Oh yes we’re at the Ivy market grill in Covent Garden 27 May 2023, 20:55, Damien: Location: https://maps.google.com/?q=51.511444,-0.122636 27 May 2023, 21:05, Sam: Ah sorry - just about to order a cab, is it still ok to come? I’m happy to just have a drink if you’ve already ordered 27 May 2023, 21:09, Damien: Yes absolutely x 27 May 2023, 21:17, Sam: Cool, sorry, I’m on root (dixit Mikey) 27 May 2023, 21:37, Sam: Sorry, almost there I think, it’s been hell, I won’t be at all put out if you’re ready to go home 27 May 2023, 21:38, Sam: Well, admittedly part of what put me in hell was my sloth 27 May 2023, 21:38, Sam: (long ‘o’, lol 🦥) 27 May 2023, 21:41, Damien: Hahaha I’m really sorry, but I will be leaving soon, I’m not feeling 100% :( 27 May 2023, 21:42, Sam: No probs, if nothing else I’m thinking of strolling back - I probably need the exercise 27 May 2023, 21:42, Sam: So it’s worth it if only for that 27 May 2023, 21:44, Damien: Oh you’re welcome to come and get a taxi back with us. I’m really so sorry, to waste you time, I’ll pay for you Uber 🥲 27 May 2023, 21:44, Sam: Oh no it’s totally my bad, and my cab driver’s bad, haha - I meant that I wouldn’t mind a walk! 27 May 2023, 21:45, Sam: It was an hour ago that you invited me, so I didn’t / couldn’t reasonably expect you to have sat there in suspended animation lol 27 May 2023, 21:47, Sam: Sorry, I’m definitely right next to the restaurant now but idk what my driver is doing 27 May 2023, 21:48, Sam: This is not the actual Ivy right? It’s the chain one? (I mean, the chain is basically the same, no judgement intended - I ate there every night in Cambridge!) 27 May 2023, 21:49, Damien: Yeah its the only one we could get 27 May 2023, 21:49, Damien: Everything is booked because of the bloody bank holiday 27 May 2023, 23:10, Damien: Sorry I will come and be socailabke in a bit I’m just resting for a bit 🫠 28 May 2023, 00:49, Sam: Oh sorry I didnt realise festivities were planned 🙈 But I’ve created group chats where required 28 May 2023, 12:38, Damien: Hahaha thank you. Xx 28 May 2023, 12:39, Damien: God sorry about Jacques, I have no idea why he has to scream into the phone 😅 28 May 2023, 13:16, Sam: 28 May 2023, 13:20, Damien: Also darling, sorry to sound like a pest did you manage to but the gas and electricity bill thing in the split app 28 May 2023, 13:20, Damien: image omitted 28 May 2023, 13:35, Sam: Oh the damage is less bad than I expected! (‘Less bad’ sounds weird but ‘better’ sounds somehow inappropriate - why is there no word for this? And why does English not have negative comparatives in general? Why can I say ‘wetter’ but then in the other direction I have to say ‘less wet’???) 28 May 2023, 13:35, Sam: Sorry, slight digression there, lol 28 May 2023, 13:37, Sam: 28 May 2023, 13:37, Sam: Well, she didn’t clean ANYTHING on that one occasion, and aside from that I couldn’t tell you 28 May 2023, 13:37, Sam: As in: I don’t know (!) 28 May 2023, 13:40, Sam: 28 May 2023, 13:40, Sam: God I actually haven’t done meth yet - kids, this is your brain off drugs 👎👎👎 28 May 2023, 13:46, Sam: 28 May 2023, 13:49, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense_of_impending_doom 28 May 2023, 16:35, Sam: God this Mayfair thing is so so true - I’ve always been wont to overshare but I keep wincing every time I hear myself say I live here 28 May 2023, 17:31, Damien: Hahaha, it’s weird saying Bond st though it’s a odd one. 🤣🤣 28 May 2023, 17:34, Damien: I managed to go into the EDF account, they’re yet to charge us for Gas, and I haven’t got the water bill. But I’ve added added everything in, and including my owings for scrounging your meth 🤣. I’d there’s anything I’ve missed let me know. Do you have my Bank details? And just to be sure I you didn’t already send for one of the cleanings before did you? 28 May 2023, 17:34, Damien: image omitted 29 May 2023, 23:32, Sam: Ah shit, I totally missed this earlier - thanks for adding, and I’ll send that over in 5 mins! What’s all the lending and borrowing about? (Also will check but pretty sure I didn’t send anything for the cleaning - maybe you’re thinking of the end-of-🐻 one which I mentioned re Kieran but I don’t think it’s worth digging into cos fuck knows who paid for what so long ago, and v poss I invoked it at some pt to write off some small debt of mine (can’t remember but I dimly remember having mentioned it before)) 29 May 2023, 23:33, Sam: Btw - on principle rather than for financial reasons - did we ever get anything knocked off the Esther bill? 29 May 2023, 23:33, Sam: Well, you, not we, lol - sorry, I need to pick up more of the labour 30 May 2023, 00:21, Sam: 30 May 2023, 01:07, Sam: 30 May 2023, 05:20, Sam: image omitted 30 May 2023, 13:50, Damien: EDF Energy: damienmcmullen@hotmail.co.Uk Password: Fh212gxYy1212 30 May 2023, 14:02, Sam: 30 May 2023, 14:03, Damien: Yes that’s it x 30 May 2023, 16:55, Damien: *Service Period* 01 May - 07 May 2023 1 visit x 3 hours £58.50 *Service Period* 08 May - 14 May 2023 2 visit x 10 hours £195.00 *Service Period* 15 May - 21 May 2023 1 visit x 3 hours £58.50 *Service Period* 22 May - 28 May 2023 1 visit x 4 hours £78.00 *TOTAL DUE 390.00* 30 May 2023, 16:56, Damien: Did she really come for 10 hours that week? 30 May 2023, 16:56, Damien: Hmm 30 May 2023, 16:56, Sam: Ah shit sorry I got distracted 30 May 2023, 16:56, Sam: One sec lemme send now 30 May 2023, 16:56, Sam: Also almost certainly not lol 30 May 2023, 16:56, Damien: Sorry I’m hounding you I was just checking x 30 May 2023, 19:54, Sam: Do you want one or several pasta if I make some at some point this evening? (I think ‘pasta’ is not a countable noun in Italian but oh well) 30 May 2023, 21:20, Sam: Fwiw the outer door handle is blocked - I’ve just spent ages trying to fix it, till thank god someone from flat B came along 30 May 2023, 21:21, Damien: Oh gosh sorry 30 May 2023, 21:21, Sam: I’m now going to buy a Philips screwdriver out of sheer bloody mindedness and I’ll finish the job if it kills me 30 May 2023, 21:21, Sam: Bloodymindedness* 30 May 2023, 21:21, Damien: If I had known I’d of come down 30 May 2023, 21:21, Damien: Do you need a hand now? 30 May 2023, 21:22, Sam: And even if it doesn’t kill me 30 May 2023, 21:22, Sam: Oh no I was trying to get out, not in, haha - but I was desperate to get some air 30 May 2023, 21:22, Damien: It’s been breaking for a i don’t know how long 30 May 2023, 21:22, Damien: It’s a nightmare that door 31 May 2023, 00:26, Sam: Are you asleep? Reply ‘yes’ if so, otherwise remain silent 31 May 2023, 00:27, Sam: Just wondering if it’s safe / non-annoying to operate the hairdryer 31 May 2023, 09:28, Damien: Oh gosh sorry to miss this, honestly im such a heavy sleeper I wouldnt notice if you did x 31 May 2023, 09:47, Damien: Are you awake darling? 31 May 2023, 12:07, Sam: Yes! 👌 31 May 2023, 12:07, Sam: Sorry for late reply 31 May 2023, 12:07, Sam: Lol 31 May 2023, 12:10, Sam: 31 May 2023, 12:10, Sam: 31 May 2023, 14:36, Sam: image omitted 31 May 2023, 14:37, Sam: My only concern is that, as Wilde said about some fucking thing or other, he ‘lacks imperfection’ 31 May 2023, 22:15, Damien: Ohhhh maybe actually, it could be perceived as flirty 👀 31 May 2023, 22:16, Damien: A good way to tell is to send a photo of yourself, maybe your new hair due, and see how he reacts. 31 May 2023, 23:20, Sam: Oh there’s lots of flirting but that’s just him - it was more that he sounded _worried_ 31 May 2023, 23:21, Sam: Haha I’ve already sent several nudes so I guess it can’t do any harm 31 May 2023, 23:22, Sam: As has he, which is what this was about, to be clear, lol 31 May 2023, 23:23, Sam: Alright now that I read these messages from your POV I realise our weird relationship / customs / messages are maybe a bit impossible for any other human being to understand 31 May 2023, 23:39, Sam: 31 May 2023, 23:40, Sam: I say this as resident Bill Nighy expert (I regularly saw him in the newsagent in Hampstead, he obv lived somewhere nearby) 31 May 2023, 23:40, Damien: God he’s so dreamy 😍 31 May 2023, 23:40, Sam: Also lmk if want to talk about party 31 May 2023, 23:41, Sam: Hahahaa I’ll tell him that 1 Jun 2023, 00:15, Sam: Sorry, didn’t mean to sound put upon! If I felt that way I’d say, I promise! But nothing you’ve done wrong 👌 1 Jun 2023, 00:16, Sam: And hope I didn’t sound awkward to your guy - he seems really sweet and he’s been friendly always, I like him! Maybe can have a proper drink sometime 🍻 1 Jun 2023, 02:49, Sam: 1 Jun 2023, 02:49, Sam: …noes for our party (sorry, dropped my phone, grabbed it, and sent the bloody message in the process) 1 Jun 2023, 11:17, Damien: I hope for your sake he does have a crush 1 Jun 2023, 11:18, Damien: Oh yes that would be great, I’m quite taken with this one for a bit I’m not sure why haha 1 Jun 2023, 11:20, Damien: Clara has come btw, I let her know you were sleeping so she will clean when you’re awake, she seems to know what she’s doing, she wanted to know if you wanted your bed changed btw xx 1 Jun 2023, 11:27, Sam: Oh I’m not asleep, haha - I did shout at one point when it sounded like you were talking about the litter tray, but apparently sound doesn’t carry very well in this flat, haha 1 Jun 2023, 11:27, Sam: But no probably not, I quite like the one I’ve got 🙃 1 Jun 2023, 11:27, Sam: Thanks tho! 1 Jun 2023, 11:28, Damien: Ahhh I think it’s a plus the sound doesn’t travel well lol 1 Jun 2023, 11:29, Sam: Yeah let’s do it! And likewise with Freddie - it’s weird, I hadn’t really felt much about him until the last maybe week or two, but somehow he’s become a bit more vulnerable and it’s super cute and endearing somehow 1 Jun 2023, 11:30, Sam: Anyway sorry this is probably, if not TMI, then APITGSOTULOI 1 Jun 2023, 11:30, Sam: (a probably in the grand scheme of things unnecessary level of information) 1 Jun 2023, 11:31, Sam: Also probably yes 1 Jun 2023, 11:33, Sam: I mean, I don’t care at all, if I were ever disturbed then I’d put earphones in (well, if I could ever hear anything at all then I’d put earphones in, tho only to spare you the embarrassment), but yes it’s probably good and I’ll be way more concerned about it when I’m not basically celibate 1 Jun 2023, 11:35, Sam: (Because the couple of people I’d are out of action for different reasons, and then Freddie is in bloody Sussex most of the time, and I _could_ book a room at the Goodwood Hotel but I feel like that would prooooobably be a bit creepy 🙃) 1 Jun 2023, 11:36, Sam: ((I’m kidding I’d obviously never do that but it’s a funny thought)) 1 Jun 2023, 15:38, Sam: Ah sorry I can go get cash if you’re in a rush 1 Jun 2023, 15:39, Sam: I guess this is probably a bit pointless now but iust in case 1 Jun 2023, 15:39, Damien: Oh sorry I well read and reply to this soon. 1 Jun 2023, 15:39, Damien: I’m in no rush, but thank you xx 1 Jun 2023, 16:29, Sam: 1 Jun 2023, 16:29, Sam: 1 Jun 2023, 16:29, Sam: Filip Ford or Diane Arbus, who wore it better? 1 Jun 2023, 16:29, Damien: 1 Jun 2023, 16:29, Sam: 1 Jun 2023, 16:31, Sam: 1 Jun 2023, 16:35, Sam: 1 Jun 2023, 16:43, Sam: 1 Jun 2023, 16:44, Sam: Actually dunno why I highlighted the whole para - I just mean my pref for non-dry 1 Jun 2023, 18:08, Sam: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/shilling-for-big-mitochondria 1 Jun 2023, 18:09, Sam: 1 Jun 2023, 18:35, Damien: A good way to go I think 1 Jun 2023, 18:35, Damien: It thin or die trying 1 Jun 2023, 18:36, Damien: I’d be grateful if one day I just exploded 1 Jun 2023, 18:38, Sam: Hahah it could be worse 1 Jun 2023, 18:38, Sam: The Shamima diet 1 Jun 2023, 18:40, Sam: I wonder if that’s what’ll happen to Eoghain Murphy, like my grandpa’s horse which stole a bag of oats and ate them all and exploded 1 Jun 2023, 18:41, Sam: Or like that Monty Python sketch my parents loved quoting: https://youtu.be/aczPDGC3f8U (He genuinely looks like old Eomurph!) 1 Jun 2023, 18:42, Sam: (slightly punning on eu + morph(e), which is the exact opposite of what Eoghain is) 1 Jun 2023, 20:33, Sam: Oh sorry I thought that was the usual man lol 1 Jun 2023, 20:34, Sam: 1 Jun 2023, 21:06, Sam: 😂?! 😳 1 Jun 2023, 21:06, Sam: Haha 1 Jun 2023, 21:06, Damien: Sorry about Suk btw, he’s very loud 🫠🫠🫠🫠 1 Jun 2023, 21:06, Sam: Oh nah it’s so loud outside that I can’t hear anything 1 Jun 2023, 21:07, Damien: Oh thank god. He’s super sweet, I may invite him to the party 🎉 1 Jun 2023, 21:08, Sam: Yeah do! Need more bodies anyway!! 1 Jun 2023, 22:12, Damien: Darling do you mind if I take one of your Tenzing to use as a mixer? I can get more tomorrow in Waitrose x 1 Jun 2023, 22:12, Sam: Oh nah do by all means 1 Jun 2023, 22:12, Sam: Any chance you could take a pink one? 1 Jun 2023, 22:13, Damien: Thank you darling xx 1 Jun 2023, 22:13, Damien: Of course 1 Jun 2023, 22:13, Sam: No probs! And thanks, haha, Fisher’s principle must be preserved 1 Jun 2023, 22:13, Damien: Those blue ones seem like gold dust now haha 1 Jun 2023, 22:13, Sam: Yeah I’m gonna hodl until they hit $10k 1 Jun 2023, 22:34, Sam: https://reducing-suffering.org/the-horror-of-suffering/ 1 Jun 2023, 23:54, Sam: 2 Jun 2023, 00:47, Sam: Do you want some flageolet beans 2 Jun 2023, 00:47, Sam: lol 2 Jun 2023, 00:53, Damien: Thank you darling, but not right now xx 😜 2 Jun 2023, 19:51, Sam: Is this a handyman of some sort, or the world’s most professional-sounding Grindr hookup? lol 2 Jun 2023, 20:39, Damien: https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/889832673723518814?location=Mayfair%2C%20London&check_in=2023-10-25&check_out=2023-10-29&source_impression_id=p3_1685734661_OAeVkeewWBuZZqCN 2 Jun 2023, 20:44, Damien: https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/734675560638030882?adults=1&children=0&infants=0&location=New%20Bond%20Street%2C%20London%2C%20UK&check_in=2023-07-14&check_out=2023-07-21&source_impression_id=p3_1685735053_emUtGiCP4a%2F%2FvU9O 2 Jun 2023, 21:05, Sam: 2 Jun 2023, 21:08, Sam: video omitted 2 Jun 2023, 21:10, Sam: 2 Jun 2023, 21:10, Sam: video omitted 2 Jun 2023, 21:14, Sam: 2 Jun 2023, 21:14, Sam: 2 Jun 2023, 21:15, Sam: 2 Jun 2023, 21:15, Sam: 2 Jun 2023, 21:16, Sam: 2 Jun 2023, 21:51, Sam: 2 Jun 2023, 21:52, Sam: Like, yeah, I really wanted to read Leviticus in the original Imperial Aramaic 2 Jun 2023, 21:55, Sam: This is what I meant, wrt heaven and hell and how they don’t really appear as such in the OT (or NT), and the quite beautiful not-really-explained idea (ie Sheol) that comes up instead: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheol 2 Jun 2023, 22:04, Sam: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11918251/Five-million-little-California-reparations-taskforce-told-black-residents-7-6m.html 2 Jun 2023, 22:05, Sam: 2 Jun 2023, 23:04, Sam: 2 Jun 2023, 23:16, Sam: https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2000/12/dunne200012 2 Jun 2023, 23:32, Sam: 2 Jun 2023, 23:39, Sam: 2 Jun 2023, 23:49, Sam: 3 Jun 2023, 00:07, Sam: 3 Jun 2023, 00:10, Sam: 3 Jun 2023, 00:11, Sam: 3 Jun 2023, 00:12, Sam: 3 Jun 2023, 00:24, Sam: 3 Jun 2023, 00:25, Sam: Source, per internetiquette: https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/share/799ea4e5-899e-4546-8719-dabfc483541d 3 Jun 2023, 00:30, Damien: Oh god it is quite long, just getting to the bit where his dad beat him with a wooden hanger. Which reminded me of Joan Crawford, and how her adopted children, gave a tell all book featuring the famous wire hanger scene haha https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tUkE9qaVgmo 3 Jun 2023, 00:34, Sam: image omitted 3 Jun 2023, 00:37, Damien: Hahaha quite, honestly I was more annoyed about the fact he stole my phone and wallet, and the fact my clothes had to be taken for evidence, than the fact he held me head against a wall and violently fucked me. It was more a big inconvenience than trauma haha 3 Jun 2023, 00:39, Sam: image omitted 3 Jun 2023, 00:40, Sam: Yeah actually I weirdly remember being more traumatised by being mugged (at knifepoint - the only time I’ve ever been properly mugged iirc, vs just the phonesnatchers) than being raped 3 Jun 2023, 00:40, Sam: But I was much younger when mugged than when raped 3 Jun 2023, 00:41, Sam: Oh shit no someone did try to mug me another time (not at knifepoint) and I broke their jaw, that was a great story - makes me sound so macho - shit, maybe that was because of the (mild) trauma 3 Jun 2023, 00:41, Damien: Mugged at knifepoint, ohh that’s more of a story haha 3 Jun 2023, 00:41, Sam: Anyway yeah rape I agree not bad 3 Jun 2023, 00:41, Sam: Ryan said same actually I remember 3 Jun 2023, 00:41, Sam: I hear it weirdly often when discussing rape 3 Jun 2023, 00:42, Sam: But most people’s rapes are more like mine - yours sounds fairly hardcore 3 Jun 2023, 00:42, Sam: Actually the Scottsboro Boys got horrifyingly treated 3 Jun 2023, 00:42, Sam: The judge in that case was a fucking hero, Edwin something, I’ll try to find the story - prob if it weren’t for him they’d still be in jail 3 Jun 2023, 00:43, Sam: 3 Jun 2023, 00:47, Sam: 3 Jun 2023, 00:47, Sam: Anyway I will shut up now lol sorry 3 Jun 2023, 00:47, Damien: 3 Jun 2023, 00:48, Damien: Must be a popular street with Indians haha 3 Jun 2023, 00:48, Sam: Ohhh god - if he’s on the east side of that road, he probably shares that garden with Divy 3 Jun 2023, 00:48, Damien: Did you ever watch the movie the help, it was very much of this theme 3 Jun 2023, 00:48, Sam: Was a weird setup, idk if you ever saw / realised - it’s shared with all the houses, but Divy’s family sorta had preeminence on account of being by far the biggest house 3 Jun 2023, 00:49, Sam: Hilariously they set up their own benches and stuff all over it 3 Jun 2023, 00:49, Sam: No actually! I should! My grandparents had a maid from the Deep South - think it prob came up in a story or two from my repertoire, lol 3 Jun 2023, 00:50, Damien: Back in Sri Lanka, or in Cambridge? 3 Jun 2023, 00:50, Sam: In Cambridge! In Sri Lanka there’s no shortage of natives I don’t think 3 Jun 2023, 00:51, Sam: Enough that one of her cousins, my great uncle or something, has a house (inter alia but my sister happened to stay in this one iirc) that he keeps staffed full time with like 6-8 staff despite never really using it, lol 3 Jun 2023, 00:51, Sam: A bit like your friend and Clara, but somewhat more extreme 3 Jun 2023, 01:11, Damien: You should pay a visit 3 Jun 2023, 01:11, Damien: Will you be up within the next 30 mins, I just plan to blow dry my hair haha 3 Jun 2023, 01:11, Sam: Surer than the sun will rise 3 Jun 2023, 01:11, Sam: Lol 3 Jun 2023, 01:12, Sam: Oh if we ever go to Sri Lanka we’ll have room and board and staff pretty much all across the island, lol 3 Jun 2023, 01:13, Sam: I mean that’s exactly what we’ve relied on, like I was saying the other day re my sister and the restaurant bill wars 3 Jun 2023, 01:16, Sam: 3 Jun 2023, 01:41, Sam: Oh btw if you like Hitch, he was very good here - basically summarises his points at least as far as Catholicism is concerned: https://youtu.be/JZRcYaAYWg4 3 Jun 2023, 01:41, Sam: Oh sorry I mean his opening argument at 14mins, tho also in some of the debate afterwards 3 Jun 2023, 01:42, Sam: But don’t bother listening to all the other opening arguments because it’ll be extremely tedious lol 3 Jun 2023, 02:12, Sam: Omg lol go to 1:26:30 for Anne Widdecombe’s brilliant ‘correction’ 3 Jun 2023, 02:12, Sam: On the topic of unbaptised babies going to limbo for eternity 3 Jun 2023, 02:13, Sam: I love her but I think she maybe takes a sliiiiiightly too sanguine view, lmao 3 Jun 2023, 03:14, Sam: Sorry, I can close my door if you need privacy for whatever reason, but Pig looked bored (and I’ll open it at some point if Tig’s not in, so she can get in while I’m asleep) 3 Jun 2023, 03:15, Sam: Parenthetical not well worded: I meant I’d open it eventually _either way_; obviously it is open now so if it remains open I won’t open it (lol) 3 Jun 2023, 03:16, Damien: Oh. I don’t need privacy but if you need me quieter just let me know. Xx 3 Jun 2023, 03:23, Sam: Oh no not at all 3 Jun 2023, 03:24, Sam: But if I do, I’ll tell you (but almost certainly I won’t - I lived on Goodge St, if I were bothered by noise I’d have moved somewhere quieter, like Ypres in 1914) 3 Jun 2023, 03:29, Damien: But do tell me soon before you get annoyed or lol 3 Jun 2023, 03:29, Damien: You’re always welcome to join x 3 Jun 2023, 03:31, Sam: You’re in the living room right? Hahah 3 Jun 2023, 03:32, Sam: Who’s it? 3 Jun 2023, 03:32, Damien: Yah x 3 Jun 2023, 03:32, Sam: (Why does that sound weirder than ‘who is it?’) 3 Jun 2023, 03:32, Sam: But yes who is it? 3 Jun 2023, 03:35, Damien: Just a friend I’ve know For years 3 Jun 2023, 03:36, Sam: Is that a haiku 3 Jun 2023, 03:36, Sam: Lol 3 Jun 2023, 03:37, Sam: I’ll pop by in a few mins but may repair to my bedchamber before long 3 Jun 2023, 04:52, Sam: Oh god oh god lol I just realised I had a half-typed sext in the input box when showing that guy my chat with Freddie 3 Jun 2023, 04:52, Sam: Mortifying 3 Jun 2023, 04:52, Sam: I hope he didn’t see 3 Jun 2023, 04:55, Sam: But no he seems sweet, nice to meet him! Sorry that I was a bit incoherent and yet somehow also overly talkative - my brain feels a bit weird this evening/morning (Maybe because we were talking so long.. I do often feel like I can only talk for so long before deteriorating into an aphasic blancmange) 3 Jun 2023, 05:37, Damien: Are you awake 3 Jun 2023, 05:37, Sam: Ita vero 3 Jun 2023, 05:37, Sam: Pourquoi 3 Jun 2023, 05:38, Damien: I’ve got things you might want to hear 3 Jun 2023, 05:38, Sam: Haha I’m agog 3 Jun 2023, 05:38, Damien: 🤣🤣🤣 3 Jun 2023, 06:10, Damien: He’s asking for your number 🤣 3 Jun 2023, 06:10, Damien: Shall I give it to him? 3 Jun 2023, 06:10, Sam: Wait let me quickly finish texting Freddie to tell him this amusing Harrow story 3 Jun 2023, 06:10, Sam: Then will revert 3 Jun 2023, 06:10, Sam: As the Indians say 3 Jun 2023, 06:10, Sam: (Sorry, I’m being an asshole I know) 3 Jun 2023, 06:10, Sam: One sec, just won’t be able to focus otherwise, adhd 3 Jun 2023, 06:16, Sam: Ok sorry 3 Jun 2023, 06:16, Sam: Uh 3 Jun 2023, 06:16, Sam: What to say? 3 Jun 2023, 06:17, Sam: I’m not into him, like, flatly, just no, I’m afraid - I thought he was super lovely and I’m absolutely up for having him around whenever, for being friends basically, but, like I said, I have a pretty specific type and it’s just not him 3 Jun 2023, 06:18, Sam: So I don’t know where that leaves me with the number thing 3 Jun 2023, 06:18, Sam: Basically he’s very welcome to have it, but I don’t want to lead him on 3 Jun 2023, 06:19, Sam: Is it possible to say I’ve gone to sleep? (ie would that be believable, or have you said stuff that rules that out?) 3 Jun 2023, 06:21, Damien: I haven’t opened his message so I can leave it at that haha 3 Jun 2023, 06:23, Sam: Sorry, I hope this doesn’t cause any awkwardness for you! I shouldn’t have joined, I’m sorry, I seem to have this effect on people (that’s an awful thing to say, I know, but i cba at 6:30) 3 Jun 2023, 06:23, Sam: God 3 Jun 2023, 06:23, Damien: 🤣🤣🤣🤣 3 Jun 2023, 06:24, Damien: What a pickle 3 Jun 2023, 06:24, Sam: All a bit of an emotional spaghetti ball 3 Jun 2023, 06:24, Sam: Anyway do get some sleep 3 Jun 2023, 06:25, Sam: Also do watch this, it’s very good, and maybe the Catholic related stuff will be cathartic 3 Jun 2023, 07:28, Sam: Oh I meant to say: were you into that guy? Would you have slept with him? Sorry if so… And if there’s any way I can help to salvage it then I’m very happy to 3 Jun 2023, 07:29, Sam: Because, much as he seemed nice, pretty much whatever happens with him will mean approximately zero to me, so I’m very happy to essentially be a marionette here 3 Jun 2023, 07:33, Damien: He’s just asked foR me to come Round and sleep with him 🤣🤣🤣🤡 3 Jun 2023, 07:34, Damien: What a pig he must be drunk And high 3 Jun 2023, 07:34, Sam: Do you want to? Haha 3 Jun 2023, 07:34, Sam: I guess not! 3 Jun 2023, 07:34, Sam: I mean I don’t care (idk why I would but I figure I may as well say) 3 Jun 2023, 07:34, Sam: Since my brain is not at its best 3 Jun 2023, 07:35, Damien: I mean going on about you, isn’t going to do it for me 3 Jun 2023, 07:35, Sam: Haha yeah I’d have assumed so, I just didn’t want to make you feel embarrassed if you did, I guess 3 Jun 2023, 07:35, Sam: Very strange 3 Jun 2023, 07:35, Sam: Had you wanted to before then? I didn’t quite get a sense 3 Jun 2023, 07:36, Sam: I thought he seemed perfectly handsome, albeit in a sorta bland and uninteresting way in my view - but I dunno 3 Jun 2023, 07:37, Sam: Also sorry, this is weird, I just realised 3 Jun 2023, 07:37, Sam: Not just realised that it’s weird (lol) 3 Jun 2023, 07:38, Sam: But specifically that it’s weird that he was into me over you 3 Jun 2023, 07:39, Sam: But hey, you rejected me so I guess that bears out what I was saying earlier, that there’s no rhyme or reason to these things 3 Jun 2023, 07:39, Sam: The whole “A likes B, B likes C, C likes A” thing (where ‘likes’ = ‘likes unrequitedly’) 3 Jun 2023, 07:40, Damien: Maybe we should give him your number out of pure amusement 3 Jun 2023, 07:40, Damien: Lol 3 Jun 2023, 07:40, Sam: Sorry this wasn’t meant to sound catty !! 3 Jun 2023, 07:41, Sam: Haha be my guest! 3 Jun 2023, 07:41, Sam: Can log you onto WhatsApp on your laptop or whatever if that makes it easier, or else do together, lol 3 Jun 2023, 07:42, Damien: Haha how do you mean? 3 Jun 2023, 07:42, Sam: Oh I meant if you wanted to ‘handle’ the chat yourself 3 Jun 2023, 07:43, Sam: Wait what exactly did you mean about amusement 3 Jun 2023, 07:43, Damien: Oh just seeing what he says lol 3 Jun 2023, 07:43, Damien: No big deal 3 Jun 2023, 07:43, Sam: Oh yeah well in any case why not 3 Jun 2023, 07:43, Damien: I’m going to get a few hours sleep xx 3 Jun 2023, 07:43, Sam: I’m game 3 Jun 2023, 07:44, Sam: Ah ok cool beans 3 Jun 2023, 07:44, Sam: See ya today 3 Jun 2023, 07:56, Sam: 3 Jun 2023, 07:57, Sam: Like a fucking Escher print 3 Jun 2023, 21:17, Sam: 3 Jun 2023, 21:18, Sam: Also ffs selfridges is closed 3 Jun 2023, 21:49, Damien: Are you far darkinh? 4 Jun 2023, 03:41, Sam: Just fyi I’m not really listening but I CAN hear crystal clear 4 Jun 2023, 03:41, Sam: Well, I’m trying to cover my ears rn bc I generally don’t want to hear stuff 4 Jun 2023, 03:41, Sam: Or not anything that anyone wouldn’t want heard 4 Jun 2023, 03:41, Sam: But yeah just be aware of that 4 Jun 2023, 05:01, Damien: If the noise is too much just say 4 Jun 2023, 05:01, Damien: I’m getting rid of them gradually 😅 4 Jun 2023, 05:02, Sam: No no it’s totally fine, but I’ll let you know if so! Thanks! 4 Jun 2023, 05:03, Damien: If you need anything let me know xx 4 Jun 2023, 06:33, Damien: Oh I’m so sorry I hope I haven’t disturbed you? 4 Jun 2023, 06:39, Sam: Oh no not at all, the whole thing disturbed me really, but my need for food overpowered my patience to wait 4 Jun 2023, 06:41, Sam: But yeah I don’t think I can really rejoin continued party, sorry, it’s just … oh well, au matin 4 Jun 2023, 06:42, Damien: Im so sorry darling, please please let me know me know if you need anything I’ll diffuse things xx 4 Jun 2023, 06:46, Sam: Oh nah I’m all good, but thanks!! 4 Jun 2023, 07:25, Sam: How many are left? And do you know when does whatsername get here? I’m just thinking of retrieving my houmous and ordering some drinks etc, but may change mind so dw 4 Jun 2023, 07:31, Damien: Just two, including Olly, who says he’s going. Clara will be here on Monday, but I’ll come and bring you the homous, and get your delivery let from home puff so just let me know and I’ll bring it to you, if it helps. Xx 4 Jun 2023, 07:31, Sam: Oh sorry, I thought Alex said she was coming today but maybe I was wrong - ok that simplifies it, that’s good 4 Jun 2023, 07:32, Sam: But nah please don’t, honestly, I’ll come grab it in a few mins when I have the energy, haha, just going to recharge with to methu 4 Jun 2023, 07:32, Sam: Or ho oinos rather or whatever I’m calling it 4 Jun 2023, 07:33, Damien: I don’t think so 4 Jun 2023, 07:34, Damien: Please your imposing me i the slightest by getting for you 4 Jun 2023, 07:34, Sam: Nah was probably an early morning ‘today’/‘tomorrow’ mixup! 4 Jun 2023, 07:34, Sam: No no no honestly I really don’t mind and I’d feel absurd 4 Jun 2023, 07:34, Sam: Nuts fine me Amin 4 Jun 2023, 07:35, Sam: Just himme a min * 4 Jun 2023, 07:35, Sam: Gimme 4 Jun 2023, 07:35, Sam: I give up lol 4 Jun 2023, 07:35, Damien: Oh feel J feel more absurd 😂 4 Jun 2023, 07:37, Sam: Nah I’d prefer to honestly 4 Jun 2023, 07:37, Sam: Btw who’s still here 4 Jun 2023, 07:37, Sam: Just that if it’s James, I’ll be more subtle about the meth 4 Jun 2023, 07:37, Damien: And it’s me doing a favour for all hen lé it’s works 4 Jun 2023, 07:38, Sam: I don’t generally like being dishonest but I’ll take some dishonesty-by-omission over being mumbled at for several hours about why meth is bad 4 Jun 2023, 07:38, Sam: No offence to him 4 Jun 2023, 07:38, Sam: I loved that with heroin too 4 Jun 2023, 07:38, Sam: Yes my problem is that nobody ever told me that heroin is bad, thank you very much for this valuable service 4 Jun 2023, 07:38, Sam: (Not James but people in general) 4 Jun 2023, 07:39, Damien: I didn’t hear any one talk about it other than olly. 4 Jun 2023, 07:40, Damien: No one meth related was mentioned from my knowledge 4 Jun 2023, 07:40, Sam: I meant that I’d like it to continue that way, haha, at least in my presence 4 Jun 2023, 07:40, Sam: I just don’t have the energy for that - ever, in general, not just today - and I utterly fucking know it would inevitably result 4 Jun 2023, 07:40, Sam: Christ it’s the most annoying fucking thing 4 Jun 2023, 07:41, Sam: Sorry, swearing is not ‘at’ you 4 Jun 2023, 07:41, Sam: Just my general worldweariness 4 Jun 2023, 07:43, Damien: Sweetie I never care about that stuff, whatsoever. If I heard a peep about any one saying negative stuff about you, I’ll deal with it. 4 Jun 2023, 07:43, Damien: I’ve got your back 100% 4 Jun 2023, 07:44, Damien: You’re great 4 Jun 2023, 07:44, Sam: Oh no I don’t mean critical stuff, I just mean the usual ‘talks’ about “don’t you know Whatever Hard Drug is actually Bad” 4 Jun 2023, 07:44, Sam: Thanks though!! 4 Jun 2023, 07:44, Sam: Sorry, just exhausted, not good at articulating things 4 Jun 2023, 07:45, Sam: Was trying to stay awake and have now forgotten why 4 Jun 2023, 07:45, Sam: Lol 4 Jun 2023, 07:45, Sam: Anyway I’ll head over 4 Jun 2023, 07:45, Damien: I’m really sorry about this 4 Jun 2023, 07:45, Sam: Just warning just in case I guess (of what I dunno 😅) 4 Jun 2023, 07:45, Damien: But that’s a whole conversation 4 Jun 2023, 07:46, Sam: Sorry I’m probably not articulating any of this very well, I was just saying I’m avoiding those talks from people 4 Jun 2023, 07:46, Damien: Come to my room And we can go through it 4 Jun 2023, 07:46, Sam: Not because I’m trying to delude myself that Meth is Good but because I don’t have the energy haha 4 Jun 2023, 07:46, Sam: Wait go over what 4 Jun 2023, 07:46, Sam: Ok lemme quickly head over for a Tenzing because that may wake my brain 4 Jun 2023, 07:47, Damien: I’f you can be bothered 4 Jun 2023, 07:47, Sam: Like was say last night caffeine more strong meth feel for brain 4 Jun 2023, 07:47, Sam: Why say many word when few word do trick 4 Jun 2023, 07:47, Sam: Lot word* 4 Jun 2023, 07:47, Sam: https://youtu.be/VvPaEsuz-tY 4 Jun 2023, 07:48, Sam: Wait sorry who is over 4 Jun 2023, 07:48, Sam: Just so I know 4 Jun 2023, 07:48, Sam: Because if it’s Oli and Dude I don’t care that much 4 Jun 2023, 07:48, Damien: Olly and Alex slape 4 Jun 2023, 07:48, Sam: Ahh ok 4 Jun 2023, 07:48, Sam: Cool cool cool thanks! 4 Jun 2023, 10:55, Sam: Oh shit I completely didn’t register this - I think I just scanned this as “come and join us”, and went and saw them in the living room, and assumed you were all one party and I joined them and then they said you’d gone to sleep (or thought you had) and etc etc and maybe you have though I think Oli later said you hadn’t and fuck knows 4 Jun 2023, 10:56, Sam: Anyway I’m sorry my brain is still somewhat broken and I don’t think much has changed in the process of talking to Dude and Oli for those few hours 4 Jun 2023, 10:56, Sam: Most of which spent on anecdote jousting 4 Jun 2023, 13:05, Damien: I was just confused about this… 4 Jun 2023, 13:05, Damien: I feel so awful, sorry maybe the Messages were a bit muddled up 4 Jun 2023, 13:06, Sam: Oh haha that was meant to be read as part of that sequence of messages, starting from this one 4 Jun 2023, 13:06, Sam: It was in quotation, basically, or mock-quotation 4 Jun 2023, 13:07, Sam: Actually that one wasn’t really in mock-quotation even of James himself, as iirc the messages before and after it were stressing 4 Jun 2023, 13:07, Sam: Before 4 Jun 2023, 13:07, Sam: After 4 Jun 2023, 13:08, Damien: Ohhh I see 4 Jun 2023, 13:08, Sam: I’m not complaining about what people were actually saying haha 4 Jun 2023, 13:08, Sam: I promise, lol 4 Jun 2023, 13:08, Sam: Although I’m not sure I can use the same ‘I say what I mean’ line as yesterday 4 Jun 2023, 13:09, Damien: For what it’s worth I didn’t hear anyone mention it, apart from olly, under is breath. 4 Jun 2023, 13:09, Sam: In that … well, I wasn’t LYING in those messages, but obviously it’s a slightly more sarcastic and quotational style where obviously I didn’t literally mean those words 4 Jun 2023, 13:09, Sam: I should probably use more appropriate punctuation etc 4 Jun 2023, 13:09, Sam: Interrobangs 4 Jun 2023, 13:09, Sam: I didn’t realise he was breathing that loud, haha 4 Jun 2023, 13:14, Damien: Yeah I can understand. If there’s anything whatsoever i have done to annoy you just tell me! 5 Jun 2023, 00:32, Sam: No, not really! Most of my stress was about other stuff. I was preheated cos of Pig getting stuck in the attic (my fault), my ostensible misunderstanding about that JL trip (between me and Alex in any case), aaaaand the great duvet summit, which was maybe the one thing that qualifies. Namely: I do think it was somewhat morally satisfactory for me (1) to try to keep the cats immured, (2) to commit to paying if they did escape and cause damage, and (3) to do this even though just putting on crap bedsheets for a few hours would have obviated all of it without _mortal_ consequences (lol). Anyway, I was happy to do that, and I did, but it seemed like this was felt to be unsatisfactory, and I genuinely didn’t know what on earth _would_ be. It felt a bit like you were hoping I’d just sit out the party in my room with the cats (which largely I did and it still wasn’t escape-free). That felt maybe a bit much to me for the sake of having nice bedsheets at a party, which bedsheets may anyway have been damaged by a thousand other hazards last night. But anyway, sorry, I’m just replying since you mentioned the texts. I hadn’t quite clocked this. By far the most of my stress came from other shit, mostly lying to people, ya know. What I should say to whom in whose presence; what I should pretend to be surprised by; what facts I must remember not to factor into my jokes because I’m not meant to know them; what to say to A in front of B without seeming too informed or too ill-informed to A while not betraying my knowledge of, or the fact of, X to B…… etc etc etc. Not your fault at all on that count, just so happened that 50% of the people there were a bit of a minefield of things to hide. (Eg that Oli is taking these drugs, that I’m sexually whatever with Freddie which Oli is not to know, that Alex has HIV, that the other Alex is bullshitting about most of the words he says (much as I like him), and specifically about why he won’t meet Roman (see pre-party screenshot from me), etc etc.) 5 Jun 2023, 00:32, Sam: Sorry, that’s quite a long debrief! 5 Jun 2023, 00:32, Sam: But may explain hopefully some of my state 5 Jun 2023, 00:33, Sam: Was interesting to actually think through, tho I’m sure I’m not perfectly introspectively knowledgeable about why I feel what I feel - this is just my best stab at the reasons 5 Jun 2023, 00:36, Sam: Oh and then of course feeling ill 5 Jun 2023, 00:36, Sam: And that thing with that guy the previous night, who incidentally has been messaging me tonight (not vice versa!) 5 Jun 2023, 00:37, Sam: 5 Jun 2023, 00:38, Sam: Unsure what he means by ‘as going via Damien’ 🤷‍♂️ 5 Jun 2023, 00:42, Sam: Oh and miscellaneous stuff like Oli screaming about ‘your [=my] meth pipe’ etc, Alex being paranoid that I/we didn’t want him around (even though he was basically the only guest, maybe along with Edward, whom I did want around), my sister and co ordering endless stuff and making endless trips in and out, various people grabbing me all the time so I didn’t have a moment to either take drugs or even use the bathroom till the end of the party / till it died down, etc 5 Jun 2023, 00:43, Sam: Of course I’m sure you had much of the same - I’m not competing!! Just explaining my own perturbation 5 Jun 2023, 00:43, Sam: Incidentally thanks for managing the party while I was in my thousand-yard stare mode - sorry about that 5 Jun 2023, 00:44, Sam: And for getting the door most of the time - I did try but, well, I suppose in fairness actually it was slightly in tension with the Tig/Pig duty, which I don’t want to belabour, lol 5 Jun 2023, 00:53, Sam: Oh and also thanks for the dough balls! Much appreciated! I really needed some straightforward bread and butter sorta stuff - _food_ - to avoid kwashiorkor, haha 5 Jun 2023, 00:53, Damien: Oh not at all I wasn’t suggesting that whatsoever, I was suppose I was just a bit stressed trying to do things before people came, so much so I wasn’t able to shower before hand. The last thing I wanted to think about was to change bed sheets. I really wouldn’t have asked you to pay for it, I think I said that. I absolutely did not in anyway think that me not wanting to change my bedsheets would make you think I was expecting you to sit in your room, and I’m really sorry that you thought that. I get that the stuff with Olly, and the meth pipe, when your sister and co is around is stressful, I did try my best to diffuse anything like that. 5 Jun 2023, 00:54, Sam: Ah sorry, wait, let me read and digest this, haha 5 Jun 2023, 00:54, Damien: 5 Jun 2023, 00:55, Sam: Also before I do, I should clarify: saying I was stressed by this is absolutely not to say that the moral debt is stacked against you or whatever, that I didn’t cause you stress and possibly more stress, which I may very well have done! 5 Jun 2023, 00:55, Damien: image omitted 5 Jun 2023, 00:57, Damien: I’m really sorry again, there was really little tension, I think I might have been short a bit when talking about it before, just as I was rushing 5 Jun 2023, 00:58, Sam: Oh no at that point I just felt a bit overloaded from the bizarrerie that I was sitting through: James mournfully maundering on about Lester and Bryan Singer; Greek sporadically bursting into tears for no clear reason while (at least meant to be!) reading random texts on my phone with Freddie about heroin; various people wanting to talk with me ‘in camera’ about various things but being interrupted endlessly by other people etc etc etc all with this layer of mendacity over all of it 5 Jun 2023, 00:59, Damien: I’m so sorry I understand after reading all of that why it wouldn’t have been enjoyable for you. I think you were a bit tired before anyway as well. 5 Jun 2023, 00:59, Damien: As for him, he’s just an oddball 5 Jun 2023, 00:59, Sam: Oh what? No, not at all, I wasn’t literally _saying that_, that was in mock-quotation, imitating the tedious ‘drugs are bad’ talks that people give you when they discover you’re doing drugs (in the context of saying I didn’t want James to find out, because, much as I love him, he’s a terrible perpetrator of those kinds of sermons even at the best of times) 5 Jun 2023, 01:00, Sam: Admittedly I probably should have formatted all of it much more clearly 5 Jun 2023, 01:02, Sam: Anyway to this: I think you did say that you were _worried_ about me having to pay for it (I can’t remember exactly how that was worded and what the implications were, but I think my understanding was at least reasonable enough that Alex didn’t correct me when I said basically this to him (god, I hope I’m not exposing some other dishonesty now, like that he hasn’t told you that I said this or something… 😭😶)) 5 Jun 2023, 01:03, Sam: But yeah, I don’t know, I don’t from that conversation think it was unreasonable to conclude … well, certainly you weren’t framing it as “this is my decision and I’ll pay for whatever results” 5 Jun 2023, 01:04, Sam: I don’t think that would be entirely fair either, tbh 5 Jun 2023, 01:04, Sam: But it would have been midway, probably a bit your way, unless I’m missing something re putting cheap sheets on (which, in case unclear, I have - I think I offered them as a stopgap last time while yours were being washed) 5 Jun 2023, 01:04, Sam: Anyway I suppose no point litigating really 5 Jun 2023, 01:05, Sam: That wasn’t really the main thing at all 5 Jun 2023, 01:05, Sam: The general vibe from you and Alex beforehand maybe threw me into a bit of a weird state 5 Jun 2023, 01:05, Damien: Lol I wouldn’t of made you pay for it, it’s not about the money, more the inconvenience of having to do it. And yeah I should of just changed them, but I was l just didn’t have time the door was already ringing etc etc. 5 Jun 2023, 01:06, Sam: But I am sensitive to that kinda thing, I remember it from Ryan, and to an extent that’s on me - and I hope I wasn’t causing you any stress (I think I default to the opposite sorta mode when I’m uncertain/anxious but maybe I’m wrong) 5 Jun 2023, 01:06, Sam: And yeah I get that 5 Jun 2023, 01:06, Damien: If It occured to be a few hours before I would of just changed them. 5 Jun 2023, 01:06, Sam: Was a stressful day and I really didn’t do much to help prior to the party 5 Jun 2023, 01:07, Sam: Was it really entirely that? I’m absolutely sure we could have done it in the remaining half hour when we had that chat - but then idk when exactly people started turning up I suppose 5 Jun 2023, 01:07, Sam: And I suppose you didn’t know at the time when the first person would come 5 Jun 2023, 01:07, Damien: Well I don’t think either of us had slept, and you weren’t feeling well. 5 Jun 2023, 01:07, Sam: And maybe I’m not accounting for doing hospital corners and whatever lol 5 Jun 2023, 01:08, Sam: Yeah it was a bit of a powder keg I suppose 5 Jun 2023, 01:08, Sam: I don’t know why I’m mentioning this really 5 Jun 2023, 01:08, Damien: In the grand scheme of things the bed sheets etc don’t matter, so sorry for coming across Agro about it if I did 5 Jun 2023, 01:08, Sam: Maybe I’m still a bit overloaded 5 Jun 2023, 01:09, Sam: No, not really aggro, more that I didn’t know what more was expected exactly 5 Jun 2023, 01:09, Sam: But maybe there wasn’t anything in particular 5 Jun 2023, 01:09, Damien: Tbf you weren’t feeling well. 5 Jun 2023, 01:09, Sam: Anyway imma dash quickly to put those wardrobe things in the attic and get the stairs back up 5 Jun 2023, 01:09, Sam: And Pig back down if she’s up there, haha 5 Jun 2023, 01:09, Sam: Yeah I’m still not feeling tremendous 5 Jun 2023, 01:10, Sam: I think …. meth covers a multitude of sins 5 Jun 2023, 01:10, Sam: Ah good question 5 Jun 2023, 01:10, Damien: I don’t think it matters, much but I am sorry about all the drug chat. ( not that I said anything) but I imagine it must of been stressful along with everything else. 5 Jun 2023, 01:10, Sam: Pou ge to methu ei 5 Jun 2023, 01:11, Sam: You mean the after I left chatter or the Oli stuff, or sth I’m forgetting 5 Jun 2023, 01:11, Sam: Or just in general 5 Jun 2023, 01:11, Sam: Anyway the bits I was perturbed by I don’t think were your fault at all 5 Jun 2023, 01:11, Damien: I was just tired I suppose, and didn’t have to deal with not having anywhere to sleep 5 Jun 2023, 01:11, Sam: Mainly Oli shrieking about meth 5 Jun 2023, 01:12, Sam: Which seemed to become a fun sport 5 Jun 2023, 01:12, Sam: Wait sorry is this re the sheets again, or what 5 Jun 2023, 01:12, Damien: Generally, I didn’t notice most of it. Plus he talks so much rubbish I’m sure no one would have even notice. 5 Jun 2023, 01:13, Damien: Hahaa sorry let’s not mention the sheets again, I feel a bit bad about it haha 5 Jun 2023, 01:14, Sam: Yeah true, and I don’t think anyone would think that much of it in reality, it’s just that I couldn’t deal with yet another thing (ie the ‘drugs are bad’ sermon from anyone) 5 Jun 2023, 01:14, Sam: Well, I suppose it would’ve replaced the thing of _worrying about getting_ the sermon, haha 5 Jun 2023, 01:14, Sam: Ok I can’t promise I was being entirely rational 5 Jun 2023, 01:14, Sam: I just felt a bit hounded by people, of course not deliberately but I just couldn’t get a moment to breathe till it died down (I’m sure prob the same for you) 5 Jun 2023, 01:15, Sam: And maybe I deal with that badly 5 Jun 2023, 01:15, Sam: Ok 100% definitely I deal with that badly 5 Jun 2023, 01:15, Sam: I don’t have social energy for most people and I espeeeecially didn’t have social energy for a few people there 5 Jun 2023, 01:15, Sam: Taxes me 5 Jun 2023, 01:16, Sam: Esp Alex, tho of course I don’t hold any of it against him, but that was a fucking magma-spewing nth-order Vesuvius of insecurity 5 Jun 2023, 01:17, Sam: Of very understandable insecurity but never the less 5 Jun 2023, 01:17, Sam: And of course I was then worried that you or Alex might let on, and then I’d clearly have lied to his face all night, and …. Maybe I worry too much 5 Jun 2023, 01:17, Sam: I’m uncomfortable with deception I guess 5 Jun 2023, 01:18, Sam: (Not to say I’m a saint or I never do it, but I find it cognitively/socially difficult at least) 5 Jun 2023, 01:22, Sam: Shit sorry I meant Roman’s Alex here, not Garden-Variety Alex !! 5 Jun 2023, 01:23, Sam: Also sorry I did so little to set up, I was in a weird state, I’m still not sure how much of it was due to meth or due to illness or due to potentially sth else (though I did and do feel quite ill - just not sure if that was the cause of my lassitude) 5 Jun 2023, 01:31, Sam: Aaand a new subject for an apology! Sorry for all the noise just then - my legs are shaking for some reason 5 Jun 2023, 01:32, Sam: Am aborting the attic project for now, though have put one big bag up there, and almost died in so doing 5 Jun 2023, 02:02, Sam: 5 Jun 2023, 02:13, Sam: video omitted 5 Jun 2023, 02:16, Sam: 5 Jun 2023, 11:56, Damien: Oh sorry I will reply to the other messages, I’m still quite dead ☠️ 5 Jun 2023, 11:56, Damien: image omitted 5 Jun 2023, 12:49, Sam: Oh god I’d completely forgotten about this. Good thing I did think to give him your number! I did offer a few times to put it in an Uber or this or that but they couldn’t or wouldn’t receive it for one reason or another - I think I’ll put it in the post today! 5 Jun 2023, 12:50, Sam: Also no need really - and yeah I’m rather dead, will update after energy drink 5 Jun 2023, 16:21, Sam: Ooh, great WiFi tip: if you turn off the router, your devices will connect to WestEnd Free WiFi, which is actually connected to the fucking internet 5 Jun 2023, 17:28, Sam: 5 Jun 2023, 22:01, Sam: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2045259/Citys-ghettoes-sleepwalking-schools-apartheid.html 5 Jun 2023, 22:02, Sam: 5 Jun 2023, 22:19, Sam: 5 Jun 2023, 22:25, Sam: 6 Jun 2023, 00:52, Sam: Any chance you could hotspot if awake? 6 Jun 2023, 00:53, Sam: And possibly turn on Airdrop as a makeshift LAN messaging solution in case my current tenuous connection goes down? (To avoid waking you up etc) 6 Jun 2023, 00:53, Sam: If you’re not awake, don’t worry about reading this till you are 6 Jun 2023, 01:07, Sam: Christ fucking almighty EE’s website has been erroring all day and I still can’t pay my bill - you’d think MAYBE under these circumstances they would reactivate one’s service 6 Jun 2023, 01:07, Sam: It would be ok if there were at least some gesture of contrition, like having their CTO shot in the back of the head and buried in a shallow unmarked grave 6 Jun 2023, 01:26, Sam: Right, I insist we stop paying for Sky internet tomorrow. I’ll do the work. I flatly refuse to give these fucking _unsalvageably_ useless imbeciles one penny, and I will give serious consideration to firebombing their offices and kidnapping their womenfolk to sell into sex slavery and their children to use as Captagon-forcefed child soldiers in some Central African bush war. 6 Jun 2023, 01:49, Sam: CHRIST why the fuck am I having to spend my fucking day on this 6 Jun 2023, 01:51, Sam: Why the fuck can’t these monumentally useless fucking lobotomised lab monkeys at least BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM (and WALKING AROUND BLOODY BOND STREET AT 2AM to access their sites) provide a FUCKING internet service that even for TEN FUCKING MINUTES OF MY DAY could fucking ALLOW ME TO FUCKING CONNECT TO THE FUCKING INTERNET 6 Jun 2023, 12:05, Damien: Aww so sorry I missed this. Next time just come and wake me up. 6 Jun 2023, 12:39, Sam: 6 Jun 2023, 14:47, Damien: Hahahahhaha LOL 6 Jun 2023, 14:49, Damien: I’m just racing around, I finish therapy at 16;50, so hopefully I’ll be able to get cash out before Clara leaves at 17:00, are yiu able to get if you’re going out, and I can send it over x 6 Jun 2023, 15:04, Sam: Oh yeah of course! 6 Jun 2023, 15:04, Sam: No probs at all 6 Jun 2023, 15:05, Damien: Sorry, I should of organised myself better 6 Jun 2023, 15:06, Damien: I should be £60, 6 Jun 2023, 15:06, Damien: We can sort of when I get back xx 6 Jun 2023, 16:59, Sam: 6 Jun 2023, 17:00, Sam: So is there any any chance you’re still on your way and able to go by the cash point? 6 Jun 2023, 17:00, Damien: Ahh not at all, I’m on my way back now so I can get some out. 6 Jun 2023, 17:00, Damien: I’d you just tell her ill be 5 mins or so x 6 Jun 2023, 17:00, Sam: If not I can either send by bank transfer or else can look for card and go again 6 Jun 2023, 17:00, Sam: Ah perfect thanks so much! 6 Jun 2023, 17:00, Sam: Will do - she doesn’t seem to be in a huge rush 6 Jun 2023, 17:04, Sam: Is there any chance you could share your location, just so I can update her? Really sorry to be such a pain! Prob being over-anxious! 6 Jun 2023, 17:05, Damien: Location: https://maps.google.com/?q=51.517044,-0.146051 6 Jun 2023, 17:05, Sam: Ah amazing thanks so much! 6 Jun 2023, 17:57, Sam: https://almeida.co.uk/ 6 Jun 2023, 17:57, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cleaning_products 6 Jun 2023, 18:10, Sam: Sorry, didn’t mean to sound annoyed just then - only annoyed at myself for droning on!! 6 Jun 2023, 18:13, Sam: YouTube just suggested this - suspect it’ll be up your st: https://youtu.be/qE8PG2mpo58 6 Jun 2023, 18:54, Damien: Oh btw, if you’re around later there’s a nice place I wanted to check out on Hanover sq. It’s beside that place, where he discussed getting rid of Ryan lol 6 Jun 2023, 18:54, Damien: Looks interesting! 6 Jun 2023, 18:57, Damien: I think he’s great 6 Jun 2023, 18:58, Damien: image omitted 6 Jun 2023, 18:58, Damien: 🤣🤣🤣 6 Jun 2023, 19:38, Sam: Oh yeah let’s do it! Also there’s another interview on the Clintons that’s great - I clipped a video but I can’t send it on this fucking WiFi so bear with 6 Jun 2023, 19:38, Sam: I’ll be free once I’ve dashed to the Trose basically 6 Jun 2023, 19:39, Sam: Anything you need? 6 Jun 2023, 19:41, Sam: Also wait what you have a date with him??? That guy? Who is he?? 6 Jun 2023, 20:01, Sam: video omitted 6 Jun 2023, 20:03, Sam: I’d entirely forgotten about that poor prisoner - he’s entirely right, what a horrendous act of evil 6 Jun 2023, 20:51, Sam: 6 Jun 2023, 20:51, Sam: 6 Jun 2023, 20:52, Sam: https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-53150326 6 Jun 2023, 21:23, Sam: 6 Jun 2023, 22:21, Damien: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CsB8R2At_xV/?igshid=NjFhOGMzYTE3ZQ== 7 Jun 2023, 13:07, Sam: video omitted 7 Jun 2023, 13:08, Sam: Also I don’t suppose you have a lighter? I actually am not a fan of the one I’ve got, it’s a bit overly hot with no way to control it - hoping you might have one of the usual style 7 Jun 2023, 13:08, Damien: Oh yes I watched this, quite shocking really. 7 Jun 2023, 13:08, Sam: (I feel totally dead so I’m self-methicating, or hoping to) 7 Jun 2023, 13:08, Sam: Yeah it’s pretty dreadful 7 Jun 2023, 13:09, Damien: Ohh let me see, did I give the green one back to you? 7 Jun 2023, 13:09, Sam: Very much like Obama and Anwar al-Awlaki’s son - I’ll find the story 7 Jun 2023, 13:09, Sam: Yeah, sadly that inexplicably stopped working the other day :| 7 Jun 2023, 13:12, Damien: I have two which might work for methicating 7 Jun 2023, 13:31, Sam: 7 Jun 2023, 13:31, Sam: Obscene 7 Jun 2023, 13:55, Sam: Hey, are you out? Is there any chance, if going by any kind of chemist or supermarket or even most newsagents, that you’d be able to pick up a tiny bottle of one of those antibacterial handwash-y things? The alcoholic ones that evaporate? I just realised that might be a good idea, that we/I might be transmitting stuff to/from the cats, or suchlike 7 Jun 2023, 13:55, Sam: A bit like the guy who kidnapped the Sentinelese children, or like the white settlers in the US 7 Jun 2023, 13:56, Sam: Should be barely a pound I think 7 Jun 2023, 13:56, Damien: Of course. I won’t be back for a few hours though x 7 Jun 2023, 13:56, Sam: Thank you! Only if you do go - I’ll go out later on so it’s nbd if you don’t go by one, or if you forget :) 7 Jun 2023, 13:56, Sam: Soz! Thx! 7 Jun 2023, 17:14, Sam: 7 Jun 2023, 20:53, Sam: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/russia-georgia-border-south-ossetia-move-hundreds-yards-occupied-nato-putin-west-ukraine-a7835756.html 7 Jun 2023, 21:04, Sam: 7 Jun 2023, 21:04, Sam: 7 Jun 2023, 21:06, Sam: Aaand my messages for context: 7 Jun 2023, 21:06, Sam: 7 Jun 2023, 21:06, Sam: 7 Jun 2023, 21:09, Sam: 7 Jun 2023, 21:10, Sam: 7 Jun 2023, 21:11, Sam: 7 Jun 2023, 21:11, Sam: 7 Jun 2023, 21:14, Sam: 7 Jun 2023, 21:14, Sam: 7 Jun 2023, 21:18, Damien: 7 Jun 2023, 21:22, Sam: Is it possible he’s a hypochondriac? Munchausen? It’s a common-ish reaction to extreme stress I think 7 Jun 2023, 21:38, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Moncrieff 7 Jun 2023, 21:42, Sam: Sorry for going on and on - I think I’ve been absent-mindedly smoking meth and it maybe made me a bit deranged 7 Jun 2023, 21:42, Sam: Lol probably talking is how I burn most of my calories 7 Jun 2023, 21:43, Damien: Oh not at all. I enjoyed chatting, I’ve just all of a sudden got very tired, I think it’s coming off those steroids, they can often do that. 7 Jun 2023, 21:45, Sam: Oh no I understand, yeah! Be careful with the coming off steroids! That was the origin story of Fat Roman! 8 Jun 2023, 01:14, Sam: Lemme know if you do happen to wake up and want to go for a walk, tho I’m assuming prob not, haha 8 Jun 2023, 10:56, Sam: 8 Jun 2023, 10:56, Sam: 8 Jun 2023, 10:57, Damien: “Homosexuality problems”, sounds like something my grandmother use to describe me 🤣🤣 8 Jun 2023, 11:02, Sam: Hahaha yes, it’s pretty funny reading about those days 8 Jun 2023, 11:03, Sam: Crazy that my old friend Alan was in his 20s when homosexuality was still illegal, and very much remembered watching out for police on his way to gay clubs 8 Jun 2023, 11:04, Sam: (Gay clubs on Regent St, even more weirdly - I dunno why but I remember that detail very clearly) 8 Jun 2023, 11:04, Damien: How old would Alan be now? 8 Jun 2023, 11:05, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Sheridan 8 Jun 2023, 11:05, Sam: 1934 8 Jun 2023, 11:05, Sam: So 8 Jun 2023, 11:05, Sam: Hmm 8 Jun 2023, 11:05, Sam: 89 or 90 or thereabouts 8 Jun 2023, 12:02, Sam: 8 Jun 2023, 19:45, Sam: 8 Jun 2023, 19:45, Sam: 8 Jun 2023, 23:42, Sam: 8 Jun 2023, 23:45, Sam: 8 Jun 2023, 23:45, Sam: 9 Jun 2023, 00:06, Sam: 9 Jun 2023, 00:08, Sam: 9 Jun 2023, 00:10, Sam: 9 Jun 2023, 00:45, Damien: https://www.litter-robot.com/uk/litter-robot-4.html?gclid=CjwKCAjw-IWkBhBTEiwA2exyOwFknEvD3_rAtrviMMYpXX-YiDG7Dn9xEhYF1bKxORrFCQT1_DgnBBoCm0EQAvD_BwE 9 Jun 2023, 01:10, Sam: Sorry, I didn’t mean to sound like a dick there! I think I just get tired after a while of talking out loud 9 Jun 2023, 01:10, Missed video call 9 Jun 2023, 01:10, Sam: Or indeed to sound massively vain 9 Jun 2023, 01:10, Damien: Oh no sweetie, I realise I’m obviously very drunk 9 Jun 2023, 01:11, Sam: I know many people seem to be weirdly drawn to me for whatever reason 9 Jun 2023, 01:11, Damien: You’re a 10/10, sweet, interesting and everything else 😘😘 9 Jun 2023, 01:11, Sam: Fuck knows why but yeah - and I don’t for a moment want to suggest that I like Freddie because of his dad, which kinda weirds me out as an idea 9 Jun 2023, 01:12, Sam: And about Louis this is what I meant 9 Jun 2023, 01:13, Sam: Jesus that text is heavy but … yeah, there’s a part of my soul that’s boarded off to everyone and everything else I think 9 Jun 2023, 01:14, Sam: But thank you, I am fucking terrible at repaying compliments and my head is in such a weird space but I will try to switch off my current negative path 9 Jun 2023, 01:14, Sam: I realise how preposterously lucky I am 9 Jun 2023, 01:18, Damien: You’re very lucky sweetie x 9 Jun 2023, 01:20, Damien: You’re a total babe, and we should really see people around here x 9 Jun 2023, 01:30, Sam: Aw, thanks! I just don’t care for the vast majority of people, and Louis I can’t bear to think about, honestly… It’s fucked up, I need some sleep, it hurts my heart 9 Jun 2023, 01:31, Damien: My door is always open, I really mean that xx 9 Jun 2023, 01:34, Sam: 9 Jun 2023, 01:34, Sam: 9 Jun 2023, 01:34, Sam: What I sent Freddie there 9 Jun 2023, 01:34, Sam: “I love you more than marmite loves peanut butter” breaks my heart to remember 9 Jun 2023, 01:34, Sam: God I think I was 100% spot on in what I said to Freddie 9 Jun 2023, 01:34, Sam: Oh well 9 Jun 2023, 01:35, Damien: “My favourite” popular topic at therapy. 9 Jun 2023, 01:35, Sam: Nah thank you for the offer, I really appreciate it, but this is my bear to cross 🐻 9 Jun 2023, 01:35, Damien: 😆😆 9 Jun 2023, 01:35, Sam: Good guy! Sorta forgotten about nowadays! 9 Jun 2023, 01:38, Sam: 9 Jun 2023, 01:47, Damien: Oh Shit 😅 9 Jun 2023, 01:47, Damien: Did he reply? 9 Jun 2023, 01:48, Sam: Sorry this was ages ago - he did, but nothing terribly interesting! 9 Jun 2023, 16:21, Sam: 9 Jun 2023, 16:23, Sam: image omitted 9 Jun 2023, 19:03, Damien: Sorry about the noise darling, Alex is a tad excitable atm 😅🙃 10 Jun 2023, 02:09, Sam: https://hindenburgresearch.com/nikola/ 10 Jun 2023, 10:03, Damien: video omitted 10 Jun 2023, 10:04, Damien: image omitted 10 Jun 2023, 11:35, Sam: https://youtu.be/HZYJKtOjJXg 10 Jun 2023, 15:41, Sam: Oh god I missed this 10 Jun 2023, 15:41, Sam: I wish I’d missed it forever 10 Jun 2023, 15:42, Sam: I just have no words 10 Jun 2023, 15:42, Sam: Christ 10 Jun 2023, 15:43, Sam: At least Oedipus had the good grace to gouge his own eyes out 10 Jun 2023, 15:43, Sam: Wish someone would gouge _my_ fucking eyes out 10 Jun 2023, 18:16, Sam: Are you back any time soon, out of interest? 10 Jun 2023, 18:25, Damien: Not quite sure 10 Jun 2023, 18:25, Damien: Probably around like 9/10 10 Jun 2023, 18:25, Damien: Unsure atm 10 Jun 2023, 18:26, Damien: What’s up? x 10 Jun 2023, 18:35, Sam: Ah thanks! I’m just stuck in my room because of the heat - my door seems to have expanded, which is pretty rubbish design - but no big deal, I’ve opened some windows and closed blinds and hopefully it’ll cool down soon (and it’s not that clear what you could do about it anyway even if you were here) 10 Jun 2023, 18:36, Damien: Oh damn you’re actually locked in? I can come back that sounds very bad. Im sure I can hust it down. 10 Jun 2023, 18:42, Sam: Oh nah it’s fine, let me see if I can sort it first, or climb around at least 10 Jun 2023, 18:45, Damien: Oh please don’t climb out Please! It’s very dangerous 10 Jun 2023, 18:47, Sam: I mean for Christ’s sake I am so sick of this fucking place 10 Jun 2023, 18:48, Damien: As long as you’re not sick of me yet 🤣 10 Jun 2023, 18:48, Damien: Is there anything we can do? 10 Jun 2023, 18:48, Sam: Apparently it’s not enough that we be deprived of light, (hot) water, food, internet, phone signal, and other things I’m sure I’m forgetting 10 Jun 2023, 18:49, Sam: Apparently now I can’t even fucking sit in my own flat in fucking 25 degree fucking weather without the door fucking crashing 10 Jun 2023, 18:49, Sam: Jesus fucking Christ 10 Jun 2023, 18:49, Sam: Why do I live in a society of utterly helpless incompetents 10 Jun 2023, 18:50, Damien: Wait, you don’t have hot water? I’ll sort this out with N’as 10 Jun 2023, 18:50, Sam: Well, if Illmatic was anything to go by I’m sure he’ll be great 10 Jun 2023, 18:50, Sam: Thanks 10 Jun 2023, 18:51, Sam: Just … jesus christ I don’t know how much less I can ask from this place 10 Jun 2023, 18:51, Damien: Let me come and bust you out x 10 Jun 2023, 18:51, Sam: Fucking doors stopping fucking working when it gets sunny, give me fucking strength 10 Jun 2023, 18:52, Damien: I’m really sorry you’re not enjoying it 10 Jun 2023, 18:52, Sam: No I’m just going to kill myself I think at this point 10 Jun 2023, 18:52, Sam: I look forward to seeing how this flat is surely going to prevent that 10 Jun 2023, 18:53, Sam: There’s nothing you can do anyway - if and when it’s appropriate to break the door down I can do that myself 10 Jun 2023, 18:53, Sam: Thanks though 10 Jun 2023, 18:54, Damien: Is it the knob? 10 Jun 2023, 18:55, Sam: It’s at least the knob, and also the frame has visibly expanded 10 Jun 2023, 18:55, Sam: 10 Jun 2023, 18:55, Damien: I can definitely sort if I come back 10 Jun 2023, 18:56, Damien: I’ll come back 10 Jun 2023, 18:56, Sam: How? I don’t think there’s anything much you can do that I can’t from here 10 Jun 2023, 18:56, Damien: I’m looking for an excuse to leave 10 Jun 2023, 18:56, Damien: If I’m On the other side I can open it or something 10 Jun 2023, 18:56, Sam: Well, fair enough I guess, but certainly don’t on my account 10 Jun 2023, 18:56, Damien: It seems dangerous you being stuck in there 10 Jun 2023, 18:56, Sam: I really don’t think there’s any way 10 Jun 2023, 18:57, Sam: I guess I was just asking out of interest when you’d be back, and because it would be easier to discuss breaking it down 10 Jun 2023, 18:57, Sam: Christ I just utterly give up 10 Jun 2023, 19:00, Damien: I’m on my way x 10 Jun 2023, 19:01, Damien: By all means break it down if you don’t want to wait 10 Jun 2023, 19:01, Damien: How long have you been in there 10 Jun 2023, 19:02, Sam: 3-4 hours or so - getting slightly annoyed by now, having already tried to cool it down by various means (blinds, cold water, etc) 10 Jun 2023, 19:04, Sam: I mean, Jesus, might one consider the prospect of _slightly hot weather_ when drawing up plans for a door and doorframe? Maybe a few millimetre tolerance, a factor of safety? No? No, apparently fucking not, no, the science of thermal expansion is just too much for them, that’s real egghead shit, apparently 10 Jun 2023, 19:04, Sam: God almighty 10 Jun 2023, 19:06, Sam: I hope whoever designed this bloody flat has been committed to a sanatorium for the irrecoverably retarded, where they belong 10 Jun 2023, 19:20, Damien: Location: https://maps.google.com/?q=51.475357,-0.200826 10 Jun 2023, 19:20, Damien: Yes I wonder if the door can be sanded down. 10 Jun 2023, 19:20, Sam: Location: https://maps.google.com/?q=51.513927,-0.146334 10 Jun 2023, 19:21, Damien: It’s really not okay if you locked in. 10 Jun 2023, 19:24, Sam: Yes, or potentially I can break it down using the head of whoever is responsible for this preposterous millefeuille of incompetence 10 Jun 2023, 19:46, Damien: I’m less than 5 mins away 10 Jun 2023, 19:50, Sam: Oh neat, thanks! 11 Jun 2023, 03:29, Sam: If and when you wake up, would you mind opening my door? It’s seemingly either expanded for a second time (which I now rate as highly unlikely) or else it’s malfunctioned so I occasionally can’t open it - this is outrageously shoddy and unsafe… Christ how hard it is to design a fucking door, lord almighty 11 Jun 2023, 03:29, Sam: Doesn’t matter what time, I’ll prob be awake since I don’t have an asthma inhaler here and it’s mildly (tho not extremely) unpleasant 11 Jun 2023, 12:04, Damien: Is your door still locked? 11 Jun 2023, 17:53, Sam: Goddammit I’ve missed Primark, I couldn’t walk/jog quickly enough 11 Jun 2023, 17:53, Sam: Do you know anywhere that closes later? 11 Jun 2023, 17:54, Damien: I can’t think of anywhere, I think they all shut at the same time with Sunday trading laws 🫠 11 Jun 2023, 17:55, Sam: I thought that was 8? That’s what I was saying about the post office newsagent place 11 Jun 2023, 17:55, Sam: Maybe I’m wrong though! Evidently you’re right about Primark at least 11 Jun 2023, 17:59, Damien: I’m a sorry I can’t think of any where 11 Jun 2023, 18:00, Damien: image omitted 11 Jun 2023, 18:03, Sam: I’ve managed to persuade the Primark man to let me in and grab a few things but not much 11 Jun 2023, 18:08, Sam: Oh thanks btw - sorry, I was occupied with the Primark checkout attendants 11 Jun 2023, 18:09, Sam: Have you been to this place? It looks incredible - I can’t believe I never found it in my quest for a fucking newsagent 11 Jun 2023, 18:10, Damien: I haven’t, but I agree it looks fab 11 Jun 2023, 18:14, Sam: 11 Jun 2023, 18:14, Sam: In my day this was a quiet back street 11 Jun 2023, 18:14, Sam: Now it’s full of these ghastly people and there’s a ‘Joe and Juice’ or whatever it’s called 11 Jun 2023, 18:15, Sam: Fucking horrifying 11 Jun 2023, 18:15, Sam: Odi profanum vulgus indeed 11 Jun 2023, 18:19, Sam: Aaand on Duke St there’s some brain-damaged cow shouting about whether she’s in Soho or something like that 11 Jun 2023, 18:21, Sam: I politely counselled her to assume a more tranquil demeanour 11 Jun 2023, 18:21, Sam: Well, I said “oh would you be quiet you stupid woman” 11 Jun 2023, 18:22, Sam: For some reason she didn’t oblige me 11 Jun 2023, 18:23, Sam: And unaccountably rebuffed my sage advice 11 Jun 2023, 18:23, Sam: In fact adopted rather the contrary posture 11 Jun 2023, 18:24, Sam: I swear the fake tan is fucking seeping into these people’s brains 11 Jun 2023, 18:25, Sam: Where applicable 11 Jun 2023, 18:32, Damien: Omfg lol 11 Jun 2023, 19:42, Sam: Ugh, shit, as part of my process of slaughtering all the flies (a bit like Odysseus and the suitors) I gently whacked one of them on the TV, and I went to whack it again and it looks like it’s sorta stuck to the TV and trying to move but can’t 11 Jun 2023, 19:43, Sam: 😕 poor little thing 11 Jun 2023, 19:43, Sam: And I want to administer a coup de grace, but I can’t because I don’t want to break the TV 11 Jun 2023, 19:43, Sam: God can we please find a way to stop these things from coming in 11 Jun 2023, 19:44, Sam: Ever since I read about invertebrate pain, I’ve wished I didn’t (not really but ykwim, I feel like a Nazi who’s read about Jew pain) 11 Jun 2023, 19:48, Damien: I don’t think Jews are that bad 😉 11 Jun 2023, 19:48, Sam: Haha speaking of which I saw another great Hitchens clip earlier 11 Jun 2023, 19:48, Sam: I quite enjoy YouTube’s weird rabbit hole inducing recommendations 11 Jun 2023, 19:49, Damien: I don’t think there’s a way to lure the flies out? Souls be just make our peace with killing the ones In here already? 11 Jun 2023, 19:49, Sam: Will find 11 Jun 2023, 19:49, Sam: Oh I’ve certainly made my peace with that 11 Jun 2023, 19:49, Damien: Maybe you could blow meth rings at them 😜 11 Jun 2023, 19:49, Sam: But the one on the tv im a bit stumped about 11 Jun 2023, 19:50, Sam: I could induce meth withdrawals, which - in extremis - are actually very similar to the pyrethroid insecticides like Raid 11 Jun 2023, 19:51, Sam: Which induce death by choreoathetosis/salivation syndrome, iirc, by hyperexcitation of sodium channels or sth like that, which is very similar to the chorea and athetosis of meth withdrawals 11 Jun 2023, 19:51, Sam: Sorry, maybe trailed off there bc distracted by flies 11 Jun 2023, 19:51, Sam: Christ 11 Jun 2023, 19:52, Sam: I mainly am concerned about the one on the TV, but I can’t administer a coup de grâce because I think it would probably also be a coup de grâce to the TV, lol 11 Jun 2023, 19:52, Sam: I also can’t find my FUCKING meth bag 11 Jun 2023, 19:53, Sam: Which would at least give me some relief 11 Jun 2023, 21:13, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gate_control_theory 11 Jun 2023, 21:30, Sam: https://www.deuceofclubs.com/books/160_sep11.htm 11 Jun 2023, 21:31, Sam: EFB46ACD-B71B-4378-AA21-FDF86F6CE382.pdf • 1 page document omitted 11 Jun 2023, 22:25, Sam: Ok imma probably get cracking before long, cos there’s not a whole lot of time left unless we run there 11 Jun 2023, 22:25, Sam: Maybe half past I’ll head off 11 Jun 2023, 22:25, Damien: Oh sorry, I’m going to stay back I can’t control myself with the all the snacks 11 Jun 2023, 22:26, Sam: Oh right - what was it we needed then? Malt vinegar? Sth like that? 11 Jun 2023, 22:27, Damien: Actually don’t, it attracts flies, only if we Have a fly trap 11 Jun 2023, 22:27, Sam: Isn’t that what a fly trap is meant to do? Haha 11 Jun 2023, 22:27, Damien: Can you get me some salted popcorn if you see it. 11 Jun 2023, 22:27, Damien: Yes but we don’t have a flat trap 11 Jun 2023, 22:27, Sam: Sure! 11 Jun 2023, 22:28, Sam: Isn’t that why we should get the malted vinegar? Lol I’m a bit lost here 11 Jun 2023, 22:28, Damien: I mean we could put some malt Vinegar in empty bottles so they can fly in and die 11 Jun 2023, 22:28, Damien: Thank you 🙏🏻 11 Jun 2023, 22:28, Sam: Yeah pretty much - or just leave the malted vinegar bottle open 11 Jun 2023, 22:29, Sam: No probs - so malted vinegar and popcorn iiuc 11 Jun 2023, 22:29, Sam: Lemme know if anything else 11 Jun 2023, 22:30, Sam: Lol this reminds me of the old streaming site alluc.com, which I and everyone I know pronounced ‘alluc’, until years later some genius pointed out that it’s meant to be ‘all u c’ (‘all you see’) 🤯 11 Jun 2023, 22:39, Sam: Hey is there any chance you could buzz me out of the building? Is that possible without someone ringing first? We now don’t have a fucking door handle in this fucking building and I completely give up 11 Jun 2023, 22:40, Damien: Yeah absolutely xx 11 Jun 2023, 22:40, Sam: Thanks- sorry 11 Jun 2023, 22:40, Damien: Now? 11 Jun 2023, 22:40, Damien: Or later? 11 Jun 2023, 22:40, Sam: Seemingly not 11 Jun 2023, 22:40, Sam: Oh sorry I thought you meant you’d pressed it 11 Jun 2023, 22:40, Sam: Yes now if you could 11 Jun 2023, 22:40, Sam: Sorry 11 Jun 2023, 22:41, Damien: I’m pressing 11 Jun 2023, 22:41, Sam: Nope doesn’t work 11 Jun 2023, 22:41, Sam: I can hear that you’ve pressed it 11 Jun 2023, 22:41, Sam: It’s quite loud 11 Jun 2023, 22:41, Sam: So don’t worry on that front 11 Jun 2023, 22:41, Sam: But sadly doesn’t help 11 Jun 2023, 22:41, Damien: I can come let you in 11 Jun 2023, 22:41, Sam: If anything it makes it harder for some reason 11 Jun 2023, 22:41, Sam: No you can’t 11 Jun 2023, 22:42, Damien: Have you forgot your keys 11 Jun 2023, 22:42, Sam: No I’m trying to get out 11 Jun 2023, 22:42, Damien: You you thé around handle at the bottom 11 Jun 2023, 22:42, Sam: Yes I’ve tried 11 Jun 2023, 22:42, Damien: If you twist that all the way to the right and pull it will open 11 Jun 2023, 22:42, Sam: Not meaning to sound annoyed but yeah I’ve tried 11 Jun 2023, 22:42, Sam: Let me try once more 11 Jun 2023, 22:43, Damien: I can come take a look 11 Jun 2023, 22:43, Damien: Obv I’m curious, because If you can’t do it that way then we’re fucked 11 Jun 2023, 22:44, Sam: I certainly can’t, no 11 Jun 2023, 22:47, Sam: 11 Jun 2023, 23:28, Damien: Gosh sorry for being so antisocial, I’m just so depressed atm 11 Jun 2023, 23:28, Damien: Hopefully the building does go alight tonight 11 Jun 2023, 23:29, Damien: … and you and the get out safely 11 Jun 2023, 23:29, Sam: Ah, shit, sorry, how come? I mean I’m quite frustrated with this building but I don’t mean to be so relentlessly negative 11 Jun 2023, 23:30, Sam: (Tho I realise I have been over the past few days at least - well, past week, I guess… Sorry about that, none of this stuff is your fault) 11 Jun 2023, 23:32, Damien: Oh no it’s nothing to do with you at all darling x 11 Jun 2023, 23:32, Damien: I think I’m going to get a new therapist 11 Jun 2023, 23:33, Damien: That’s the issue. If you know any one looking for anyone hiring, I will literally sweep the streets at thins stage 11 Jun 2023, 23:33, Damien: Oh maybe I’ll just become a whore for a while 11 Jun 2023, 23:34, Damien: Could you be my pimp? 🤣 11 Jun 2023, 23:34, Damien: I mean it’s not like I ever standards yo begin with 11 Jun 2023, 23:35, Damien: Although maybe I need I to get beach ready first- thanks diviyish 🤡 11 Jun 2023, 23:36, Damien: He does have a point though 11 Jun 2023, 23:37, Sam: Wait the therapist is the issue? Or the job? 11 Jun 2023, 23:37, Sam: Also yeah I guess you may as well get paid for doing what you enjoy, haha 11 Jun 2023, 23:38, Sam: Also not sure Divy is the best person to take fashion or fitness advice from 11 Jun 2023, 23:38, Sam: Or any advice really 11 Jun 2023, 23:38, Sam: Tho at least he’s abandoned his previous dress style of ‘1970s South Asian dictator’ 11 Jun 2023, 23:39, Damien: I think she’s stupid, I mean I’m not the sharpest tool in the box, but she’s just dumb. I don’t know if she able to cure me 😅 11 Jun 2023, 23:40, Damien: Haha we could turn the lounge into a waiting wrong 11 Jun 2023, 23:40, Damien: You could take a cut 11 Jun 2023, 23:41, Damien: I’ll try Network 11 Jun 2023, 23:41, Damien: I’m going yo get a we work Space 11 Jun 2023, 23:41, Damien: Wanna come 11 Jun 2023, 23:41, Sam: Who was the last one you liked? 11 Jun 2023, 23:42, Sam: Also what do you mean about Wework 11 Jun 2023, 23:42, Sam: Is this related to prostituting yourself? I think that may be against their terms 11 Jun 2023, 23:42, Damien: 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 11 Jun 2023, 23:43, Damien: Tbh I would never prostitute there’s little money in that 11 Jun 2023, 23:43, Damien: I just to be more social 11 Jun 2023, 23:44, Sam: We should have Guy Griffin around! I like Guy! He’s a better version of some of the people we have around, or have had around, I think 11 Jun 2023, 23:44, Sam: How is that Michael chap? 11 Jun 2023, 23:44, Damien: Oddly my psych but he was quite expensive, and I started fancying him 11 Jun 2023, 23:44, Damien: Oh absolutely 11 Jun 2023, 23:44, Sam: Psychiatrist? 11 Jun 2023, 23:45, Damien: Shall we invite him over with his new fiancée 11 Jun 2023, 23:45, Damien: Yes 11 Jun 2023, 23:45, Sam: Psychiatrists are drug dealers, psychoanalysts/psychotherapists are people who say “and how does that make you feel?” 11 Jun 2023, 23:45, Sam: Ah neat 11 Jun 2023, 23:45, Sam: Also yes 11 Jun 2023, 23:45, Sam: Let’s 11 Jun 2023, 23:46, Damien: No but my Psychiatrist, offers DBT 11 Jun 2023, 23:46, Sam: Oh strange 11 Jun 2023, 23:47, Sam: I think they normally just deal drugs 11 Jun 2023, 23:47, Sam: Well I suppose they’re sorta drug sommeliers 11 Jun 2023, 23:47, Damien: 11 Jun 2023, 23:48, Damien: I’m going to go see him 11 Jun 2023, 23:49, Damien: If I absolutely lose it, and go off for a few months to find myself in a Buddhist monastery in Nepal, can we air bnb my room? 11 Jun 2023, 23:50, Sam: Uh what the fuck is that third bullet point 11 Jun 2023, 23:50, Sam: First one is legit, definitely a psychiatrist in the UK, fair enough, that’s sufficient 11 Jun 2023, 23:50, Sam: Second one I can’t see but the ‘Royal College’ bit looks fine 11 Jun 2023, 23:51, Sam: Third one: Daseinsanalysis??? 11 Jun 2023, 23:51, Sam: Is that Dasein, as in well-known drivel-talking Nazi philosopher Heidegger’s concept of Dasein? 11 Jun 2023, 23:51, Damien: https://www.harleytherapy.co.uk/dr-anastasios-dimopoulos.htm 11 Jun 2023, 23:51, Damien: Can you believe I fancied this man lol 11 Jun 2023, 23:52, Sam: Dasein (being there) which has some vague relationship to Being-towards-death (can’t remember German propositions but it’ll have Sein and Tod in it) etc etc 11 Jun 2023, 23:52, Damien: God yeah I have no idea what the third on is either 11 Jun 2023, 23:52, Sam: And is more or less perfect drivel 11 Jun 2023, 23:52, Sam: Being and Time is a work of such consummate bullshit that Sartre was a fan of it 11 Jun 2023, 23:53, Sam: In keeping with most of continental philosophy, people are so pleased just to make any kind of sense of it that they forget to consider whether it’s actually true or useful or just any fucking one of the possible redeeming virtues a theory can have 11 Jun 2023, 23:53, Sam: Looking 11 Jun 2023, 23:54, Sam: I like that the number-one top prominent testimonial from one of his patients gets his name completely and utterly wrong 11 Jun 2023, 23:54, Damien: He called my Daniel once 🥹 11 Jun 2023, 23:56, Sam: 11 Jun 2023, 23:56, Sam: Maybe that’s a modality that emerged from a fruitful dialogue between his brain and too much ayahuasca 11 Jun 2023, 23:57, Damien: 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 11 Jun 2023, 23:57, Damien: Also do you have any chocolate 11 Jun 2023, 23:57, Damien: If not don’t worry 11 Jun 2023, 23:58, Damien: Sorry to be such a scrounge 11 Jun 2023, 23:58, Sam: No I don’t think so but you’re welcome to look 11 Jun 2023, 23:58, Sam: It’s possible 11 Jun 2023, 23:58, Sam: I’m not much of a chocolate person so you’re welcome to what chocolate there may be 11 Jun 2023, 23:58, Sam: Quick anteater 11 Jun 2023, 23:58, Sam: Sorry I was holding my phone and it predictive-texted that 11 Jun 2023, 23:59, Damien: Thank you sweetie 😙😙😙 11 Jun 2023, 23:59, Sam: There are chilli bitey things which you’re welcome to because I’m sick to death of them 12 Jun 2023, 00:00, Sam: No 12 Jun 2023, 00:00, Sam: Np* 12 Jun 2023, 00:02, Sam: 12 Jun 2023, 00:05, Damien: Lol I was half joking about becoming a prostitute haha 12 Jun 2023, 13:36, Sam: 12 Jun 2023, 13:36, Sam: 12 Jun 2023, 13:47, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wastebasket_diagnosis 12 Jun 2023, 14:03, Sam: +447983043066 samwhadams@gmail.com wocwam-2vymdi-Sumqov (If that email doesn’t work, there’s a small chance it might be worth trying samziz@me.com - I’ll try to confirm now which one it is but my saved login says the gmail one) 12 Jun 2023, 14:04, Sam: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitiligo/treatment/ 12 Jun 2023, 14:05, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depigmentation 12 Jun 2023, 14:09, Damien: Litter Genie Plus Pail, Ultimate Cat Litter Disposal System, Locks Away odors, Includes One Refill, Black,Small https://amzn.eu/d/812SPSK https://amzn.eu/d/812SPSK 12 Jun 2023, 14:11, Damien: Zero STV336 Fly Catcher (Super Effective, Refillable Insect Attractant for Outdoor Use), Packaging may vary, Yellow, 15.5x7.6x23.5 cm, (Pack of 2) https://amzn.eu/d/cWv1jIg https://amzn.eu/d/cWv1jIg 12 Jun 2023, 14:12, Damien: BOLUX-JS Electric Toothbrush Charger for Oral B, Braun Type 3757 Chargers UK Plug for Oral B Pro 2500N, iO 4n/ 5n/ iO 6, Pro 600, Pro Series, Kids/Genius/Smart Series Power Toothbrush Chargers https://amzn.eu/d/bHAIeui https://amzn.eu/d/bHAIeui 12 Jun 2023, 15:01, Damien: 12 Jun 2023, 15:04, Sam: That poster says ‘NHS Barts Health’, which runs the Royal London as well as (obviously) Bart’s (where my sister was born - really beautiful hospital, nice Carluccios next to it, as you may know bc so close to your old flat) 12 Jun 2023, 15:04, Sam: It obviously does not run the Royal Free 12 Jun 2023, 15:05, Sam: So I would assume either (a) an honest mistake or (b) a non-honest non-mistake cunningly chosen to have a plausible excuse (tho why one would care is beyond me) 12 Jun 2023, 15:05, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barts_Health_NHS_Trust 12 Jun 2023, 15:08, Sam: 12 Jun 2023, 15:09, Sam: “I need an ambulance right now to the House of the Poore in Farringdon in The Suburbs of The City of London of Henry the Eighth’s Foundation!!” 12 Jun 2023, 16:15, Sam: 🤔 I don’t suppose you know where the meth is? I think I might’ve left it in here last night 12 Jun 2023, 16:16, Sam: Also I’ve made a massive pot of lentils and rice if you want any (in another attempt at energy) 12 Jun 2023, 19:12, Sam: 13 Jun 2023, 08:25, Sam: I don’t suppose you know approximately when you might get back? I’ve stupidly closed my bedroom door again - sorry, this is a difficult tightrope to walk, because on the one hand it’s not your responsibility at all and (as between me and you) it’s entirely my fault and so I don’t want to cause you to change your plans, _but_ on the other hand (as between me and landlord etc) it’s really not my fault and it’s outrageous that I can’t close my bedroom door without trapping myself inescapably to starve or (if I’m lucky) die in a fire 13 Jun 2023, 08:27, Damien: No not at all, I’m just at the gym, I’ll just pop out I’ll be less than 10. How long have you been locked in darling? I’ll check with Has again today 13 Jun 2023, 08:29, Sam: Ah shit sorry, I hope it’s not far - really sorry about this, idk what I was thinking 13 Jun 2023, 08:30, Sam: I’ll try to find Has’s number and contact him myself if that’s easier 13 Jun 2023, 08:30, Sam: (I’m sure I have it, probably in some long-missed email) 13 Jun 2023, 08:35, Damien: Oh. I it’s just in soho 13 Jun 2023, 08:36, Damien: I’ve Cc-Ed you into an email with him 13 Jun 2023, 08:37, Sam: Ah amazing, thank you! 13 Jun 2023, 08:38, Sam: Also - just looking at the map - we should try that Poppers place sometime! Sri Lankan food is so so good, and that place is so close too 13 Jun 2023, 08:40, Sam: Also Daquise - Polish food is not good (except pierogi), but it’s good there… Credit to my parents’ old cleaning lady Anita for that recommendation 13 Jun 2023, 08:41, Sam: And I only realised an hour ago - not sure when exactly I closed the door but in the early hours basically 13 Jun 2023, 17:29, Sam: 13 Jun 2023, 17:30, Sam: It’s actually a lovely essay: https://inthesetimes.com/article/knowing-whats-nice 13 Jun 2023, 17:30, Sam: I love this advice, lol: > I realize that some of you may have come in hopes of hearing tips on how to become a professional writer. I say to you, “If you really want to hurt your parents, and you don’t have the nerve to be a homosexual, the least you can do is go into the arts. But do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites, standing for absolutely nothing. All they do is show you’ve been to college.” 13 Jun 2023, 17:35, Damien: 13 Jun 2023, 17:35, Damien: 13 Jun 2023, 17:35, Damien: 13 Jun 2023, 17:35, Damien: 13 Jun 2023, 20:14, Damien: image omitted 13 Jun 2023, 21:50, Sam: Gopuff reqs? 13 Jun 2023, 21:51, Sam: Well I hope Eichmann can help him prepare 13 Jun 2023, 22:14, Damien: Oh thank you darling, I can’t think of anything x 13 Jun 2023, 22:15, Damien: Btw I found out the waitrose on Marylebone high st is open till 10. Which is like 10 mins walking from the other one xx 13 Jun 2023, 22:22, Sam: Gopuff might buzz pls ignore or say on way down 13 Jun 2023, 22:22, Sam: Sorry 13 Jun 2023, 22:22, Sam: Je vais pouffer 13 Jun 2023, 22:58, Damien: Sorry I hope my Spanish friend is t being too loud on the phone. Let me know if so and I’ll quiet him x 14 Jun 2023, 16:44, Sam: Hmm do you happen to know where that gas canister is? My lighter has been out since yesterday and I’m quite keen to self-administer some chemical stimulation…. 14 Jun 2023, 16:44, Sam: Failing that I can pop out to one of the American candy and meth paraphernalia shops 14 Jun 2023, 16:46, Damien: I haven’t seen it, it may be one of the few things Esther moved 😅. If so it might be under the sink or in the store room. 14 Jun 2023, 16:46, Sam: Ah no I tried those - ah well, I could do with a better lighter anyway, I’ll pop out and get one! Thanks! 14 Jun 2023, 20:36, Sam: Hey I don’t suppose you know roughly if & when you’ll be back? 14 Jun 2023, 20:36, Damien: Just 2 mins 14 Jun 2023, 20:36, Sam: And also whether you have a ski mask? 14 Jun 2023, 20:36, Damien: A ski mask? 14 Jun 2023, 20:36, Damien: Haha why ? 14 Jun 2023, 20:37, Sam: Oh for hunting flies - I find them so revolting 14 Jun 2023, 20:37, Sam: Lol I have all this stuff at my parents’ but I think you mentioned having salopettes here before 14 Jun 2023, 20:37, Sam: So thought I’d ask 14 Jun 2023, 20:37, Damien: They’re making me go loopy 14 Jun 2023, 20:38, Sam: Same here, tho it wasn’t a long journey 14 Jun 2023, 22:25, Sam: 14 Jun 2023, 22:49, Sam: https://twitter.com/samziz/status/1619808676348575744?s=46&t=PE2yuFXFuYPTbN6IYrCaWg 14 Jun 2023, 22:50, Sam: 14 Jun 2023, 22:50, Sam: https://t.co/KZLQVBobYP 14 Jun 2023, 23:25, Sam: Actually maybe a side table is in order - I just walked in here to see that I’ve left my bowl and my drink on the sofa, unthinkingly 14 Jun 2023, 23:25, Sam: Also shall I put Alex’s fetus magazine away somewhere if you have company? Haha 14 Jun 2023, 23:25, Sam: Fetish*!!! Christ how does autocorrect always somehow manage to find a worse word 14 Jun 2023, 23:27, Sam: Also also: imma go for a stroll in 5 mins, just saying in case that helps w your timing (lol) 15 Jun 2023, 07:17, Sam: 15 Jun 2023, 09:31, Sam: Where did you get that green scrubby thing that’s in the sink? Do you know what it’s called? It’s very good, I like it 15 Jun 2023, 12:34, Sam: 15 Jun 2023, 17:16, Sam: image omitted 15 Jun 2023, 23:09, Damien: Kieran and Edward are coming round for a quick drink, if you care to join. Xx 16 Jun 2023, 02:06, Sam: —eeeeeeeesssssuuuussss ffffuuuccckiiinnnnnngggg ccchrrriiiiiiiiiissssttttt 16 Jun 2023, 02:08, Sam: As always my slight interest in dick is outmatched by Kieran’s general propensity to repel 16 Jun 2023, 15:11, Damien: Omg you have no idea, he came back saying he left his charger or something, and then wouldn’t leave. It was so painful, he wanted to have a bath, so strange. 16 Jun 2023, 15:14, Damien: image omitted 16 Jun 2023, 15:14, Damien: image omitted 16 Jun 2023, 15:14, Damien: image omitted 16 Jun 2023, 15:14, Damien: image omitted 16 Jun 2023, 15:14, Damien: image omitted 16 Jun 2023, 15:18, Sam: Yes, and also stole a lot of my drugs, by the looks of it - I’m a bit exhausted, I don’t think he comes round again 16 Jun 2023, 15:18, Damien: Wait what, he stole your drugs? 16 Jun 2023, 15:19, Sam: Not all of them! Luckily he couldn’t find some 16 Jun 2023, 15:19, Sam: And I expect that’s what he was doing in constantly disappearing to my room 16 Jun 2023, 15:19, Sam: Which luckily I knew contained no drugs at the time, so I was quite happy to let him waste his time 16 Jun 2023, 15:19, Damien: I felt abit sorry for him at one point last night, as he was going on about depressed he was, it was all quite desperate 🫠 16 Jun 2023, 15:19, Sam: And spare mine 16 Jun 2023, 15:20, Damien: That’s shocking, he said he bought drugs of you? 16 Jun 2023, 15:20, Sam: Breaking news: people with nothing to like about themselves don’t like themselves, whoda thunk 16 Jun 2023, 15:20, Sam: I don’t know what he expects 16 Jun 2023, 15:21, Sam: No, that’s true of the last part of the Vauxhall bag 16 Jun 2023, 15:21, Sam: Not the other stuff 16 Jun 2023, 15:21, Damien: I was really quite creeped out by the hole thing. He saw your friend Jake from Monzo, and chased down the street just to say hi? Seemed a bit weird. 16 Jun 2023, 15:22, Sam: When? When you went to Soho?? 16 Jun 2023, 15:22, Damien: 16 Jun 2023, 15:22, Damien: 🫠🫠 16 Jun 2023, 15:22, Sam: Hahah god 16 Jun 2023, 15:23, Sam: 16 Jun 2023, 15:23, Sam: 16 Jun 2023, 15:23, Sam: 16 Jun 2023, 15:26, Sam: 16 Jun 2023, 15:29, Sam: 16 Jun 2023, 15:29, Sam: Greatest hits by Jake about Kieran 16 Jun 2023, 15:31, Sam: Suffice it to say he’s not a fan 16 Jun 2023, 15:44, Damien: 🤣🤣🤣 16 Jun 2023, 15:45, Damien: Poor Jake. 16 Jun 2023, 15:45, Damien: Although it makes it even more sad that keiran was chasing after him in the street 🫠 16 Jun 2023, 15:45, Damien: I can’t believe he stole your drugs, that’s really not okay. 16 Jun 2023, 15:46, Damien: Is it worth saying anything about it? 16 Jun 2023, 15:49, Sam: Yeah, yeesh, I feel bad because Kieran obviously wants people to like him, but hey, shocker, if you act like a repellent person then people will be repelled by you 16 Jun 2023, 15:49, Sam: (‘act like’ is just a figure of speech) 16 Jun 2023, 15:49, Sam: Almost certainly not 16 Jun 2023, 15:50, Sam: But only under very exceptional circumstances and constant armed guard would I want him in the flat again, unless you strongly object 16 Jun 2023, 15:51, Sam: 16 Jun 2023, 15:52, Damien: Ohhhhh that was a joke 😅 16 Jun 2023, 15:53, Damien: lol is he offended by that 🥴 16 Jun 2023, 16:00, Sam: 16 Jun 2023, 16:00, Sam: Yeah sorry I gather! 16 Jun 2023, 16:00, Sam: And nah it would’ve been mainly because - like Jake says there - Kieran knows how he talks 16 Jun 2023, 16:28, Sam: 16 Jun 2023, 16:56, Damien: It’s an awful pity. But oh well 🤷🏼‍♂️ 16 Jun 2023, 16:57, Damien: Yes I really don’t think he should come round again, I’m really weirded out by the whole thing 😵‍💫 16 Jun 2023, 20:07, Sam: Oh let’s not be too rude! _He’s_ an awful pity 😜 16 Jun 2023, 20:08, Sam: Yeah I don’t know why he has to be so athletically rebarbative 16 Jun 2023, 20:09, Sam: Btw for what time on Sunday should I invite neighbourino around? 16 Jun 2023, 21:00, Sam: ? 16 Jun 2023, 21:01, Damien: Hmm shall we say, 6/7? What do you think? 16 Jun 2023, 21:02, Sam: Yeah I think that works! I’ll say 6 maybe 16 Jun 2023, 22:21, Sam: video omitted 16 Jun 2023, 23:43, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncleftish_Beholding 17 Jun 2023, 00:22, Sam: Lemme know if you or your companion want any liquorice 17 Jun 2023, 00:23, Sam: I don’t actually like liquorice all that much but it occasioned a memory 17 Jun 2023, 08:05, Sam: Sorry, I’m stealing a sheet of your writing paper to write to the man downstairs - actually how much is this writing paper? I’m tempted to get some 17 Jun 2023, 12:11, Sam: Good god I just slept for the second time in a row - I really need to get this habit under control 17 Jun 2023, 12:12, Sam: And, to add insult to injury,: 17 Jun 2023, 12:12, Sam: 17 Jun 2023, 14:26, Sam: video omitted 17 Jun 2023, 14:33, Sam: 17 Jun 2023, 15:02, Sam: Awwww https://youtu.be/0U_PUbQGA4U 18 Jun 2023, 01:02, Sam: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/03/the-fall-of-armie-hammer-a-family-saga-of-sex-money-drugs-and-betrayal 18 Jun 2023, 01:40, Sam: Maupassant Eiffel Tower story 18 Jun 2023, 01:55, Sam: video omitted 18 Jun 2023, 01:58, Sam: video omitted 18 Jun 2023, 02:26, Sam: Anti-Tech Revolution.pdf • 250 pages document omitted 18 Jun 2023, 02:53, Missed audio call 18 Jun 2023, 02:53, Missed audio call 18 Jun 2023, 06:33, Sam: I think I’m going to get some rest probably, I’m a bit exhausted by socialising in this way, and I suspect nothing good will come of staying up any longer 18 Jun 2023, 06:34, Sam: If you’re serious about killing yourself, obviously let me know and I’ll come and help (not in that sense!), but I don’t know if generalised venting is very wise right now 18 Jun 2023, 06:36, Damien: I’m so sorry for stealing your meth. I’m so sorry, I never want to take it, believe it or not I don’t like being a scrounge. But I never like committing to buying any because I think I’ll be good and won’t take it. I think maybe I give you an amount per month or knock it off something. Again of course it’s not you’re responsibility whatsoever, I’ll think of a hood plan. Maybe the first one would be throwing the spirits out. 18 Jun 2023, 06:37, Sam: Oh no not at all, that didn’t cross my mind! I don’t think you had that much 18 Jun 2023, 06:38, Sam: If you did, or did by your (lower/better) standards, then it’s at least not a concern to me 18 Jun 2023, 06:38, Damien: This message was deleted. 18 Jun 2023, 06:38, Sam: But more just that I’m a bit exhausted after all that slightly fraught conversation 18 Jun 2023, 06:38, Damien: Yes darling get some rest 😘 18 Jun 2023, 06:39, Sam: Ahhh I’ll try to process this in the am I’m sorry 18 Jun 2023, 06:40, Sam: GIF omitted 18 Jun 2023, 06:40, Damien: Don’t worry darling 😘😘 18 Jun 2023, 18:03, Damien: 18 Jun 2023, 18:05, Sam: Oh sorry is that guy still here? Oh dear I assumed he’d left - I hope his hearing isn’t too good 18 Jun 2023, 18:12, Sam: Also do you happen to know where that Fornasetti plate and meth pipe (I assume probably together wherever they are) have gone? 18 Jun 2023, 18:13, Sam: Also whether your guest has devoured that cheesecake or if it’s been cached somewhere? 18 Jun 2023, 18:14, Sam: But really mainly and urgently this (the pipe most of all, cos I prefer the smaller ones) 18 Jun 2023, 18:15, Damien: Oh sorry let me come out 18 Jun 2023, 18:15, Damien: There’s one that I found back of the sofa 18 Jun 2023, 18:15, Damien: Let take a look 18 Jun 2023, 18:24, Sam: Sorry, I didn’t mean to sound catty, I couldn’t care less about borrowing that plate or whatever and it’s the sort of thing I do all the time (writing paper, that cheese, etc) so it’d be very rich of me to complain! I just was mindful of Grindr people maybe due to Kieran the other day (who I really do think used my toothbrush probably while I was asleep, which is quite creepy) 18 Jun 2023, 18:24, Sam: But yeah totally fine and not a big deal and maybe it’s in my room 18 Jun 2023, 18:24, Sam: And please don’t accuse your guy or whatever on this basis because I may well have got something wrong or forgotten something 18 Jun 2023, 19:01, Sam: Two quick questions: (1) I don’t suppose you have anything that might even resemble a Father’s Day present, that you don’t want, and that I could buy from you? No worries if not, I’ll prob get an online gift in that case and that should be totally fine! Also (2) Do you think Mr Hyena could possibly beat a retreat sometime before 10ish when I’m back? I might otherwise have a mental break; and truthfully I’m also slightly uneasy about the integrity of our possessions 18 Jun 2023, 19:05, Damien: Yes absolutely 18 Jun 2023, 19:06, Damien: He’s going soon 18 Jun 2023, 19:09, Damien: Is there a bottle or something we could give him 18 Jun 2023, 19:33, Sam: Ah sorry I didn’t get back to this, my bad, I’ll have to leave it in the end! And if you don’t want to make him leave, I’m happy to kick him out when I’m back, since it sounds like he’s going to kick up a fuss 18 Jun 2023, 22:29, Damien: I’m so so sorry about earlier, he’s totally demented. I will Explain in person, but don’t worry he’s gone xx 18 Jun 2023, 22:29, Damien: Thank You also for tidying and cleaning the kitchen, I’ll do the rest xx 18 Jun 2023, 22:37, Sam: Ah good! Sorry if I seemed unreasonable (I wasn’t, but sorry if I seemed so). It was partly the screeching and general intramurally detectable obnoxiousness, partly the disparition of my cheesecake and the Fornasetti plate (and I tentatively suspect some of my drugs) which I don’t mind in itself but which makes me very uncomfortable having him around the flat, etc. I also don’t really warm to people who start getting bolshy when asked to leave. Ugly trait. And after last night etc, and Kieran, I just wasn’t in the mood to have some troglodyte ululating all night.. 18 Jun 2023, 22:38, Sam: Sorry, trying to navigate bloody Highbury and Islington tunnels so some of that may have not made 100% sense 18 Jun 2023, 23:21, Sam: Are you home? I’m not sure whether to wait up - I’ll prob be up for a while longer anyway but eventually I’ll assume you’re asleep 18 Jun 2023, 23:21, Sam: Or out I guess 19 Jun 2023, 00:35, Sam: Oh and next time let me know if you want someone gone, and I have no misgivings at all about kicking them out and being the villain. I honestly couldn’t care less. That might solve these situations a bit more rapidly! 19 Jun 2023, 01:03, Sam: Also yeah, if ever that person is here again, I have a large, dinosaur-sized bone to pick with him about that cheesecake. I don’t know what could possess someone to take an entire dish like that out of someone’s fridge without asking, ‘unreproved if undesired’, much less to then bitch about my hospitality or whatever it was that I apparently owed him besides my cake. I don’t know what it is but it’s been a long weekend of unwelcome houseguests taking my stuff and I think we maybe need to find a way to exercise some more discernment, or find a system for getting people out, or whatever it is.. 19 Jun 2023, 01:06, Sam: I just … a guest doing something with zero pushback is, after a while, functionally equivalent to doing it oneself. For all it means to me, at least. But I think we can figure out something sensible most likely! 19 Jun 2023, 04:58, Damien: This message was deleted. 19 Jun 2023, 05:04, Damien: You’re totally right. I’m so sorry about David, it’s really sad. When I last saw him he was running a bar in soho. He was telling me all his woes, and they sounded quite grim. I tried for hours to get him to quiet down, even my ears were ringing, and then taking the cheesecake, which he thought was mine because I lived alone. I really however don’t think he took any drugs, I’d be surprised if he did, but I suppose he easily could of, and that’s just opening up risk. I will of course replace the cake, out of principal if anything else. Really in future, If you want them out, just send a message and Ill have no qualms whatsoever about chucking them out, I’m good with excuses lol And again I’m unreservedly apologise about all the antics yesterday, and maybe other days this. 🫠 That being said, I think, well since Thursday, kieran/james/david would have not been entertained, if i hadn’t of been drinking, on an empty stomach, so I take large part of the blame and will be going back to detoxing. We don’t have much spirits back, I’m tempted to throw the remainder away, just so this doesn’t happen again anytime soon, and it’s only when I’ve been drinking do i start scrounging from your pipe 🫠. Also it’s the likes of Alex coming and getting drunk on whatever alcohol there is and then screaming. Things were definitely better before the party when there was little supply. I think me stopping the drinking in the flat will reduce the likely hood of unwanted guests. 19 Jun 2023, 06:54, Sam: Oh no, no need to apologise, I think it’s fine really and I’ve done more than my fair share of this stuff, not least Ryan. (Well, ok, Ryan, that’s pretty much it, but that’s big enough to block out the sun, haha.) Certainly Mr Harrowman was jointly my decision, if not mainly me encouraging you! And no need to replace the cake thing, there was only a quarter left anyway, but, well, it’s pretty appalling manners _[edit: on his part]_ even if he thought you lived alone. And, wait, why would he think that?! 19 Jun 2023, 06:58, Sam: And yeah, I didn’t really want him out urgently, only before I got home, which thank god did happen, for which thanks. I just said that because you’d mentioned having wanted him to leave, and the same with Kieran. (And because in both cases I certainly would have preferred them gone, just not strongly enough to insist. Well, in Kieran’s case he left almost immediately after I woke up iirc, but I suppose in theory I’d have preferred him gone if I’d been awake…ok I’ve lost track of what my point is, lol) 19 Jun 2023, 07:32, Sam: Oh also it’s probably my fault for leaving the drugs in here. At the very least it’s the mirror image of my point about the sheets and the party, i.e. I left myself needlessly vulnerable to it. 19 Jun 2023, 07:36, Sam: But no please don’t feel too bad, or feel that I’m complaining that any of these people ever came over. I like having people around, and hey, one wins some and one loses some… There were definitely things that weren’t great in each case (again James (is he Harrow man?) is jointly my fault), and maaaybe certain missteps you took (as have I countless times), but I don’t want to sound like I’m laying it all at your feet! 19 Jun 2023, 10:58, Damien: I’m really not convinced he took them, but I mean If you can’t find them, then maybe he did, I’ll happy reimburse of course for whatever he may have stolen. I mean I should have responsibility for who comes round, that David guy was a bit mental, I think he’s really lost it idk, it was really quite horrible at points 🫠 19 Jun 2023, 12:40, Damien: Thank you for tidying up the living room btw, it’s now looking like a Chinese laundry room haha 19 Jun 2023, 12:41, Damien: Clara has a friend able to work the days whixh we asked, and passed on the details, so hopefully something comes of it haha 19 Jun 2023, 12:56, Sam: Oh no, if he took any then it was a tiny tiny bit - I’m moderately sure about that tiny bit, but not enough or sure enough to even be quantifiable 19 Jun 2023, 12:58, Sam: And no probs! Yeah, I think we could make better use of my hallway and the attic and also potentially outside the front door if we ever want to, for hanging laundry - but equally maybe some things aren’t really worth optimising 19 Jun 2023, 12:59, Sam: And nice! Let’s try her out! 19 Jun 2023, 22:55, Sam: THERE’S NEVER BEEN ANYTHING LIKE TRUMP BEFORE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madman_theory 20 Jun 2023, 12:50, Sam: This is what I was trying to allude to, re Kieran and Mikey: https://www.bible.com/bible/1/MAT.18.7.KJV 20 Jun 2023, 12:50, Sam: Very wise words from good old Matt 20 Jun 2023, 14:03, Damien: 20 Jun 2023, 14:03, Damien: 20 Jun 2023, 14:05, Sam: Yeah this is a bit exasperating… I think it’s _actio libera in causa_ - like I remember saying to Ryan, there comes a point at which you’ve put yourself on the street, and it’s not really “society’s fault” or whatever 20 Jun 2023, 14:07, Damien: It’s beyond exasperating, I’m just going to stop listening I mean if he acted this way once every few months I’d get it, but I really can’t continue to listen to him being such a miserable bitch, and he plans to do nothing about it. 20 Jun 2023, 16:44, Sam: 20 Jun 2023, 18:05, Damien: image omitted 20 Jun 2023, 18:51, Sam: iSad 20 Jun 2023, 18:54, Sam: No downmarket lachrymation locations for Lord Slade, lol 20 Jun 2023, 18:55, Sam: Is that the Regent St Apple Store? Perhaps I can pop by and keep him company while he bewails his lot 20 Jun 2023, 19:29, Damien: image omitted 20 Jun 2023, 19:29, Damien: Lol Did you see him? 20 Jun 2023, 19:32, Sam: Oh weird, I don’t know what’s going on - if you’re around later we can try to figure it out - I suspect I must be doing something wrong because none of these charges are coming up 20 Jun 2023, 19:32, Sam: Possibly getting that Flex card thing has done … something … but I can’t see on the face of it how that’s possible 20 Jun 2023, 19:33, Sam: Also do you need anything from Waitrose? Or do we need anything? Esp wrt cleaning and general domestic ataraxia 21 Jun 2023, 14:24, Damien: 21 Jun 2023, 14:26, Sam: Ah I’ve just seen the issue with that one, with the possible benefit of sleep - they’re charging £196, which is more than I allowed for that virtual card (if I don’t set limits then money seems to go into a fathomless black hole). What’s up with that?? 21 Jun 2023, 14:27, Damien: Wait they’re charging 196? That’s ridiculous 21 Jun 2023, 14:27, Damien: I thought it would be a lot less 21 Jun 2023, 14:27, Damien: I’ll send you £100 21 Jun 2023, 14:27, Sam: Yup, I’ve put on a limit of £100 for what I’d understood would be £80-something iirc.. 21 Jun 2023, 14:28, Sam: Is that really right tho? This seems a bit shitty of them since that’s not what their prices are 21 Jun 2023, 14:28, Damien: Yes so did it, I had no idea theyd be charging that. If you look on their website it’s £8.50, per large cushion? 21 Jun 2023, 14:29, Sam: That’s not the problem with the direct debit, which is still failing and which I’ll try to pay directly 21 Jun 2023, 14:29, Sam: And which is for a very reasonable amount, like £40 or something 21 Jun 2023, 14:29, Damien: Sorry about this, i was sure that’s how much it cost when I went on the website. 21 Jun 2023, 14:29, Sam: Yeah I think these places operate on a ‘rinse yuppies with unexpected charges’ business model, hence the limits 21 Jun 2023, 14:31, Damien: 21 Jun 2023, 14:31, Sam: Sorry, I’m trying to … well, not exactly tighten my belt but at least put the proddy thing through the loopy thing 21 Jun 2023, 14:31, Damien: £9 per cushion cover 🤡 21 Jun 2023, 14:31, Damien: I’ve no idea how they’ve come up with £196 21 Jun 2023, 14:31, Sam: Did they clean the actual cushions? I’m not quite following with this 21 Jun 2023, 14:32, Sam: Iirc it’s never been an issue before but I can’t recall if previous times were the same company 21 Jun 2023, 14:32, Damien: Idk 🤷🏼‍♂️ 21 Jun 2023, 14:32, Damien: But there is no price list for cleaning the cushions 21 Jun 2023, 15:03, Sam: I can explain it to these people if you don’t have time 21 Jun 2023, 15:03, Sam: I’m not quite sure I have the requisite crayons and abacus but I’ll do my best - in any case they’re not getting more than £100 for these cushions that they plainly didn’t clean 21 Jun 2023, 15:08, Damien: https://www.ihateironing.com/services/household-dry-cleaning/ 21 Jun 2023, 15:37, Sam: 21 Jun 2023, 15:38, Damien: Omg have you posted it already? 21 Jun 2023, 15:38, Sam: Well, fuck it, what are they going to do? They could try their best to make me add an update to my review, I suppose! Let’s see how they do! 21 Jun 2023, 15:40, Damien: Lol 21 Jun 2023, 15:40, Damien: Hopefully it doesn’t take weeks now to get the cushions back 21 Jun 2023, 15:43, Sam: Up to them, but if so it’ll take weeks to get their money 21 Jun 2023, 15:43, Sam: And of course an appendix to my review 21 Jun 2023, 15:51, Damien: I don’t know who’s worse of if that’s the case. 21 Jun 2023, 16:16, Sam: I don’t know, but does that matter to either us or them? 21 Jun 2023, 16:17, Sam: I should think if they were annoyed about anything, it’s probably disputing the bill and not paying, rather than leaving a Google review (though I expect and hope they won’t like that either) 21 Jun 2023, 16:19, Sam: Anyway, for the time being I’ll continue to use that sofa, and next time I’ll just put the sofa cushions in the washer dryer - I think I’m a bit done with this approach of flinging money at random companies in the hope that it will make things better 21 Jun 2023, 16:20, Sam: It seems to be consistently anywhere from slightly to far more effort than simply putting them in the machine 21 Jun 2023, 16:20, Sam: Though thanks for dealing with these people of course 21 Jun 2023, 16:21, Damien: I did ask you before, and you said it was okay. I did offer to pay as well. 21 Jun 2023, 16:22, Sam: I know, and it is, but not next time 21 Jun 2023, 16:39, Sam: 21 Jun 2023, 19:52, Damien: image omitted 21 Jun 2023, 20:02, Sam: Sure, why not? 21 Jun 2023, 20:02, Sam: I’m game 21 Jun 2023, 20:02, Sam: What is this colossal fuck up? 21 Jun 2023, 20:03, Sam: Not him but the one he mentioned 21 Jun 2023, 20:52, Sam: image omitted 21 Jun 2023, 22:25, Sam: What is your preferred fortitude of tea? 21 Jun 2023, 22:26, Sam: Because it’s pretty much ready probably unless you like it extremely strong - and probably should be drunk sooner rather than later on account of our lacking a microwave 21 Jun 2023, 22:26, Sam: (Actually I might order a microwave - I wonder if I can find a small one that could fit in a drawer or cupboard) 21 Jun 2023, 23:17, Sam: Haha that’s cheating!! With the submarine thing!!! 21 Jun 2023, 23:17, Sam: But all that stuff about Mussolini definitely counts 21 Jun 2023, 23:17, Damien: Hahahaha i knew we should of put art and opera on the bingo sheet 21 Jun 2023, 23:18, Sam: He was killed by partisans, not some highly organised intelligence operation - the Gran Sasso raid that I mentioned would’ve been the thing to lie about 21 Jun 2023, 23:19, Sam: Also he seemed pretty insistent about referring to Monte Cassino as Monte Carlo, even after I (I think subtly?) supplied the right name, haha 21 Jun 2023, 23:19, Sam: Tbf it might’ve sounded like a mistake given Monte Carlo is (obv) famous for its casinos 21 Jun 2023, 23:35, Sam: Article I meant (also, how’s the bingo?): https://thelampmagazine.com/issues/issue-16/the-double-life-of-john-le-carr%C3%A9 21 Jun 2023, 23:35, Damien: Hahahaha very good 🤣🤣🤣 21 Jun 2023, 23:59, Sam: I’m starting to worry he may be homeless 22 Jun 2023, 02:41, Sam: I have just given that Alex guy permission to creep into your bed since I’m quite tired and it seems like you prooooobably hopefully won’t mind and he didn’t seem to want to sleep on the sofa or to leave - so my fault, mea culpable, etc 22 Jun 2023, 02:41, Sam: mea culpa* goddammit autocorrect 22 Jun 2023, 02:42, Sam: Hopefully he actually wants to just sleep and hopefully this was not the end goal of coming here this evening, tho I’m just starting to consider that that’s possible 22 Jun 2023, 02:43, Damien: Oh Spanish boy is here 🫠🫠 22 Jun 2023, 02:43, Sam: Oh shit oh shit 22 Jun 2023, 02:43, Sam: Sorry, Jesus, when did he come?! 22 Jun 2023, 02:43, Sam: Didn’t quite realise 22 Jun 2023, 02:44, Sam: Also sorry, by ‘permission’ I don’t mean “yeah go ahead he has anyone and everyone in there” so much as “ok if you want to it’s prob not the end of the world to risk it” 22 Jun 2023, 02:45, Sam: Probably not exactly the done thing to give permission, sorry about that, but I just don’t have the energy to fight it, and figured I’d let him try and let you react and generally bow out of the situation, maybe reproachably 22 Jun 2023, 02:46, Sam: Also I don’t think we should have Alex here, I’m just realising how annoying it is not to be able to go make stir fry (eg) at 3am etc 22 Jun 2023, 09:01, Sam: Ah shit did you remove the Slape bingo sheet? I completely forgot, oh god 22 Jun 2023, 09:02, Sam: I feel sorta guilty about that now, it was a meanspirited game - though it gave me the strength to survive 22 Jun 2023, 17:37, Sam: 22 Jun 2023, 18:18, Sam: 22 Jun 2023, 18:47, Sam: 22 Jun 2023, 18:47, Sam: I’m not caving and messaging Freddie, to be clear, he’s messaging me 22 Jun 2023, 18:52, Damien: HahahHhhaha yes 🤣🤣🤣🤣 22 Jun 2023, 18:52, Sam: 22 Jun 2023, 18:52, Damien: 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 22 Jun 2023, 18:52, Sam: Perhaps it might help him understand precisely how silly and meaningless this whole thing has felt to us 22 Jun 2023, 18:53, Sam: Also, yes, lol 22 Jun 2023, 19:38, Sam: Do you think this cleaning company is small enough that I could just send them a fucking monzo.me link and they could put their card details in? I wonder if it’s worth a shot - I do feel strongly that they should at least (and at most) be paid what I actually owe them 22 Jun 2023, 21:09, Sam: This has gone too far 22 Jun 2023, 21:09, Sam: video omitted 22 Jun 2023, 21:10, Sam: Fly didn’t even move a fucking millimetre while I used the tap 22 Jun 2023, 21:10, Sam: They’re getting too comfortable 23 Jun 2023, 01:53, Sam: I’ve just caught Pig pulling back the panelling under the dishwasher, to explore the weird hinterland area like in Goodge St 🫣 23 Jun 2023, 08:26, Damien: 23 Jun 2023, 08:27, Sam: Yeah sure!! 23 Jun 2023, 08:27, Sam: It’s always nice to have him around 23 Jun 2023, 08:27, Sam: Even if I can’t seem to convince him of that, haha 23 Jun 2023, 08:27, Sam: Nah I like Alex a lot, he’s always welcome 23 Jun 2023, 08:30, Sam: This is his move out day, right? I mean god knows about him _staying_ here, but, like with Ryan, hes always welcome to come and we can figure something out later on 23 Jun 2023, 11:50, Damien: He hasn’t mentioned anything about staying, I think he has something sorted.Although I don’t know where he would go, I dont think I could have him in my room 😅. It might get a bit cramped, I wouldn’t mind for a week or so, but if he had no where to go, it gets a bit tricky sending him off 😬 23 Jun 2023, 12:32, Sam: No, he hasn’t mentioned anything yet to me, so I very much doubt it - I also just don’t get that air from him today 23 Jun 2023, 12:33, Sam: He hasn’t mentioned anything about whatever his problem is, but I get the sense he’s just glad to be distracted by the conversation (and it’s always nice talking to Alex, I’m very fond of him, he’s a sweet guy) 24 Jun 2023, 19:39, Damien: Darling are you coming back this eve? You haven’t by any chance seen my charger that was was in the living room? 24 Jun 2023, 21:53, Sam: Ah, no, sorry, I don’t think I am - had gone to discuss my grandma’s birthday party (multiple of 10 and abroad and also my grandma has acquired some of my grandpa’s neuroticism) and looking like will stay night and back morn 24 Jun 2023, 21:54, Sam: There’s a chance I accidentally grabbed one that was yours when packing a bag - think I brought the one I grabbed into my room and left it on the floor when I realised I had one too many (but I didn’t realise it was yours - I have a ton of chargers and have taken them into the living room at points, so it didn’t set off any alarms) 24 Jun 2023, 21:55, Sam: So soz, feel free to venture into my room (with a stick to fend off any bacteria that have evolved into potentially dangerous complex organisms like tigers) and grab it or else one of those that are plugged in (one is on the far side of the bed iirc) 24 Jun 2023, 21:56, Sam: Also if you’re around tonight and could possibly put two cat foods into their bowls, they’d be much obliged, but if not it’s fine, they’ll eat the dry food rather than starve to death 24 Jun 2023, 21:58, Damien: Ohhh I’m sorry about your grandma darling xx 24 Jun 2023, 21:58, Damien: I’ll tAke care of them xx 24 Jun 2023, 21:58, Sam: She’s just having a birthday party, haha 24 Jun 2023, 21:59, Sam: But I suppose birthdays are commemorations of a tragic occasion 24 Jun 2023, 21:59, Sam: But thank you! (I wish I had a better reason! Alex can explain the background but in short I didn’t realise this was happening at all) 24 Jun 2023, 22:00, Damien: Oh sorry I was reading it fast and saw neuroticism. But reading it’s obviously just a birthday party 24 Jun 2023, 22:00, Damien: Have fun xx 25 Jun 2023, 13:09, Damien: Ugh Alex is hinting at staying at trying to stay, I hate to say no, but he spent all day yesterday telling me how he was going to kill himself, over some boring crap with Jamison, and now he’s changed his mind about it. There’s really no room for 3 people in that flat, and I suspect if he does come, he’ll stay for months, and when we ask him to leave he’ll put us in a really uncomfortable position of threatening to kill himself. It’s just impossible. His family have more than enough money, which they’d be happy to help him, but he lets his pride get in the way. 25 Jun 2023, 13:09, Damien: How is it that he’s moving out today, and has no whete to stay, he’s just assumed she can come and stay with us for however long 25 Jun 2023, 18:46, Damien: Are you coming back this evening, do you need me to feed the cats? 25 Jun 2023, 22:41, Sam: Ah shit I missed all this 25 Jun 2023, 22:42, Sam: Reading now and also gonna quickly change and splash some water on my face and back in 5 mins 25 Jun 2023, 22:42, Sam: No need to reply to that - do your thing! 25 Jun 2023, 23:15, Sam: 26 Jun 2023, 01:23, Sam: 26 Jun 2023, 01:24, Sam: 26 Jun 2023, 01:25, Sam: 26 Jun 2023, 01:25, Sam: 26 Jun 2023, 01:25, Sam: 26 Jun 2023, 01:27, Sam: video omitted 26 Jun 2023, 01:37, Sam: 26 Jun 2023, 01:37, Sam: 26 Jun 2023, 01:37, Sam: 26 Jun 2023, 01:37, Sam: 26 Jun 2023, 01:37, Sam: 26 Jun 2023, 01:37, Sam: 26 Jun 2023, 01:37, Sam: 26 Jun 2023, 01:53, Sam: Weirdly I do feel like Pig is starting to look ever so slightly older! 26 Jun 2023, 20:21, Sam: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/bilal-thiam-obituary?id=32041331 26 Jun 2023, 20:23, Sam: Ah here’s the page: https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/social-care-and-your-rights/mental-health-and-the-law/mental-health-act/ 26 Jun 2023, 20:25, Sam: This, btw, was the Credit Suisse spy caper involving their (Bilal and Antar’s; the blacks’) terrifyingly tall also-black father: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/oct/01/credit-suisse-spying-scandal-investigation 26 Jun 2023, 20:51, Sam: What’s the plan with your Central European companion? 26 Jun 2023, 20:52, Damien: I imagine, when he gets here we’ll go out for drinks/dinner 26 Jun 2023, 20:52, Damien: I’m not quite sure yet 27 Jun 2023, 09:42, Damien: Did you just slam your door? 27 Jun 2023, 13:30, Sam: Bell may ring, ignore 27 Jun 2023, 13:30, Sam: Also no, I wasn’t awake anyway near that early lol 27 Jun 2023, 13:32, Damien: Haha I was worried Incase I woke you. Must have been the wind lol 27 Jun 2023, 17:31, Sam: 27 Jun 2023, 17:41, Damien: SCREAMING 🤣🤣🤣🤣 27 Jun 2023, 18:55, Sam: Ok so cleaning lady woman is off now, I think, or seems to be wrapping up! My room looks superb - I haven’t checked your room, so you may spot some errant atoms, idk, but it’s at least done to my low standards! 27 Jun 2023, 18:58, Sam: Dac, la dame de lavage est disparu 👌 27 Jun 2023, 20:38, Damien: Oh just say no 27 Jun 2023, 20:38, Damien: To him 27 Jun 2023, 23:41, Sam: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/26/tupac-shakur-hail-mary-sri-lankan-christmas-carol-concert 28 Jun 2023, 01:01, Sam: Sorry, only leaving because my natural tendency in all these conversations is to ramble and go on tangents about stuff, and when talking about richness it’s sufficiently unedifying that I don’t like to hear myself talking about it, haha… (Has your friend become a bit concerned with this stuff? It was quite interesting talking to him about post-Soviet states yesterday but it depresses me a bit to hear people talk about the circulation of money as if it’s the most fascinating topic in the world, esp when you like them) 28 Jun 2023, 01:04, Damien: Yeah, sorry he always talks a lot. 28 Jun 2023, 01:04, Damien: He’s not that way inclined usually 28 Jun 2023, 01:14, Damien: Sorry Alex is off home now and martin and I are headed to bed xx 28 Jun 2023, 01:19, Sam: Oh it wasn’t the talking, and it wasn’t like he was doing anything bad, but it was just the candy floss of conversations 28 Jun 2023, 01:20, Sam: I just thought I should explain in case it seemed like I was annoyed or anything 28 Jun 2023, 16:13, Damien: I’m not being too loud on the phone am I? I can never tell, and I don’t want to be a kieran haha 28 Jun 2023, 17:48, Sam: Catullus: “live, [laugh,] love” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catullus_5?wprov=sfti1 28 Jun 2023, 17:49, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catullus_16 28 Jun 2023, 17:51, Sam: Oh sorry, I couldn’t hear, tho may have had headphones in so don’t detrimentally rely on that fact! 28 Jun 2023, 17:52, Sam: I can sometimes hear phone calls in the hallway but not generally in your room unless particularly robustly expostulating with whoever 28 Jun 2023, 17:53, Damien: Sorry, I’m bloody paranoid about the noise. You didn’t hear Martin this morning, I had to shuffle him out for breakfast he was getting a bit loud. Haha 28 Jun 2023, 21:45, Sam: Oh is there any chance you could grab pasta? 28 Jun 2023, 21:45, Sam: Sorry, just realised we’re out but I’m in 28 Jun 2023, 21:46, Sam: No worries if not, and idk if you’re even out any more 28 Jun 2023, 21:47, Sam: Oh no, when I’m asleep a herd of wildebeest couldn’t wake me up, haha 28 Jun 2023, 22:39, Damien: Yes let me see if there’s anywhere on the way xx 28 Jun 2023, 22:51, Sam: Do you know? I can check - just that I’m on my way to Tesco but not sure if I’ll make it 28 Jun 2023, 23:02, Sam: Ok, no worries, I’ve got some, tho ofc still appreciated if you got any! 28 Jun 2023, 23:29, Sam: 28 Jun 2023, 23:29, Sam: 28 Jun 2023, 23:36, Sam: Oh btw have you seen my hair powder stuff? 28 Jun 2023, 23:36, Damien: I haven’t, I can have a look a round 28 Jun 2023, 23:36, Sam: It’s POSSIBLE Alex took it accidentally - I just recall him on Friday having the same product himself, so it’s conceivable he could’ve mistakenly picked mine up - but also poss I left it somewhere 28 Jun 2023, 23:37, Damien: Do you think the cleaner moved it 28 Jun 2023, 23:37, Damien: He was asking me to pick him up hair stuff today 28 Jun 2023, 23:37, Sam: Oh no worries - maybe if you don’t mind checking your room, just in case Alex picked it up and put it down again there (unlikely tbh) 28 Jun 2023, 23:37, Damien: Hair thickening stuff hmm 28 Jun 2023, 23:37, Sam: Was it the purple powder-y thing 28 Jun 2023, 23:37, Sam: Yeah good chance 28 Jun 2023, 23:37, Sam: Sounds similar 28 Jun 2023, 23:37, Sam: About the size of a working class pepper shaker from Tesco 28 Jun 2023, 23:38, Sam: Or a … uh, maybe a double shot glass 28 Jun 2023, 23:38, Sam: One of those upside down glued together two shot glasses things, about yea size 28 Jun 2023, 23:38, Damien: Hmmm no I definitely haven’t seen it. Will take a look xx 28 Jun 2023, 23:38, Sam: Two measures* perhaps one’d call it 28 Jun 2023, 23:38, Sam: Ah thanks! Unlikely but would be much obliged 28 Jun 2023, 23:40, Sam: Oh also there’s a very good chance I’ll be up to let Martin in 28 Jun 2023, 23:40, Sam: If you have some fallback (like leaving your phone on) then you’re prob safe to go to sleep 28 Jun 2023, 23:40, Damien: Oh thank you darling, I’m really half asleep rn xx 28 Jun 2023, 23:40, Sam: I would guarantee but I sometimes microsleep and I don’t want to risk locking him out all night and precipitating his death like Purcell’s wife 28 Jun 2023, 23:41, Sam: So yeah, if you have a backup (eg phone on loud if you’re sure it’ll wake you) then knock yourself out 30 Jun 2023, 00:51, Damien: Are you awake? 30 Jun 2023, 00:51, Damien: Do you want to come in and chill? 🙃 30 Jun 2023, 00:57, Sam: I’m not _quite_ sure what that means, haha, but I’m happy to come chat in a min! 30 Jun 2023, 00:58, Sam: Also heads up, I think I sprayed your door handle 30 Jun 2023, 00:58, Sam: So may be wet and - being overcautious here - potentially flammable 30 Jun 2023, 00:59, Damien: Spayed my door Handel? 30 Jun 2023, 01:00, Sam: With antibiotic cleaner - I’ve just been sanitising the flat a bit 30 Jun 2023, 01:00, Sam: For no particular reason 30 Jun 2023, 01:00, Sam: I guess once you start you may as well do it all 30 Jun 2023, 01:03, Sam: Anyway let me know if I should head in 30 Jun 2023, 01:05, Damien: Oh right. I’ve received the antidatèrent cat pee stuff if you want to spray that around. Otherwise I can do it tomorrow 30 Jun 2023, 01:05, Sam: Oh I think it should prob be fine for tonight 30 Jun 2023, 01:05, Damien: Yeah come in if you’re bored and have nothing better to do 30 Jun 2023, 01:05, Damien: We’re just gabbing 30 Jun 2023, 01:05, Sam: Since Martin is on the sofa and I don’t want to ruin his future relations with cats 30 Jun 2023, 01:05, Sam: Oh well I’ll pop by, why not 30 Jun 2023, 01:05, Sam: May not stay long 30 Jun 2023, 01:08, Sam: One mo 30 Jun 2023, 01:08, Sam: Recherche de pipe perdu 30 Jun 2023, 02:51, Sam: 30 Jun 2023, 02:52, Sam: 30 Jun 2023, 02:52, Sam: image omitted 30 Jun 2023, 03:37, Sam: Bed soon for me 30 Jun 2023, 03:38, Damien: Lol 30 Jun 2023, 03:38, Damien: I know right 30 Jun 2023, 03:50, Sam: Just a biiiiit much even tho I recognise he’s hardly worse than I am 30 Jun 2023, 03:51, Sam: Probably worst for you, lol 30 Jun 2023, 17:21, Sam: https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/2003/3/living-proof 30 Jun 2023, 17:21, Sam: 30 Jun 2023, 19:10, Sam: Did you guys find somewhere? Worth my heading down? 30 Jun 2023, 19:42, Damien: No the place we wanted to go to was full, so we just went shopping. 30 Jun 2023, 19:42, Damien: We can go out later if you’re up for it? X 30 Jun 2023, 19:48, Sam: Is there any chance you could grab me a Tenzing? I couldn’t find my keys and I suspect you or Martin may have them, so I can’t really get out 30 Jun 2023, 20:04, Sam: Ok, I’ve gambled and run to Waitrose anyway since it sounds like you’re back soon - I’m now locked out rather than in, so if there’s any chance you could reply if only to indicate your ETA then I’d be much obliged! 30 Jun 2023, 20:05, Damien: Sorry I’m just seeing this now. 30 Jun 2023, 20:05, Damien: I’m on my way back 30 Jun 2023, 20:05, Damien: I’ll be 10 mins 30 Jun 2023, 20:05, Sam: How about getting home? 30 Jun 2023, 20:05, Sam: Oh haha cool 30 Jun 2023, 20:05, Damien: Oh less than 30 Jun 2023, 20:20, Sam: Ok, sorry to pester, but after last night I’m a bit apprehensive: where exactly are you, are you still drinking or are you travelling, and if so by what means? 30 Jun 2023, 20:21, Sam: Maybe that’s a bit OTT but I don’t want to be stuck out much much longer 30 Jun 2023, 20:21, Sam: Or alternatively if you can share your location that’d be perfect 30 Jun 2023, 20:21, Missed audio call 30 Jun 2023, 20:21, Damien: Excuse me? 30 Jun 2023, 20:22, Damien: We’re rushing back now 30 Jun 2023, 20:22, Damien: Location: https://maps.google.com/?q=51.513432,-0.145608 30 Jun 2023, 20:22, Sam: Perfect, thanks! 30 Jun 2023, 20:46, Damien: Did you manage to find your keys? If not, you can get mine cut at Timpsons in Selfridges? 30 Jun 2023, 20:48, Sam: Not yet, anywhere… If you don’t mind double checking that’d be much appreciated - otherwise I suppose it’s possible I’ve just put them down somewhere tremendously hard to find 30 Jun 2023, 20:48, Sam: And sorry that you had to come back if I have left them in such a place - I suppose either I’ll find them or possibly we’ll never know 30 Jun 2023, 20:48, Damien: Sure 30 Jun 2023, 20:49, Damien: I’ll take a look in the living room 30 Jun 2023, 20:49, Sam: I’m going to have some meth and try to regather my energy and then will take another look, but I looked fairly thoroughly before leaving and I looked again somewhat thoroughly on coming in 30 Jun 2023, 20:50, Sam: Tho with other things I’ve found them later on in very weird places - there are a lot of places in a flat, I know 30 Jun 2023, 20:52, Sam: Eg I’ve just found a teaspoon under my laptop on my bed -l 30 Jun 2023, 20:52, Sam: No need to look yourself - I’m almost certain they aren’t in there 30 Jun 2023, 20:53, Sam: The one other place is your room, where it’s *possible* I might have left them last night (tho I don’t think so bc I remember emptying out my pockets - sans keys iirc - and only taking the essentials, because I was somewhat overloaded) 30 Jun 2023, 20:53, Sam: But I rate the chances of that to be pretty pretty low, and I’d only ever have left them on your bed where I’m pretty certain they’d have been noticed by now 30 Jun 2023, 22:20, Damien: No, I was rushing back, I’m not that much of a selfish alcoholic that wait to finish my drink while someone waits on the street 🤣. Sounds almost Kieranic! 30 Jun 2023, 22:23, Damien: 30 Jun 2023, 22:36, Sam: To be clear my question about drinking wasn’t an accusation, I was just a bit worried since Alex and I waited up last night (in case Martin fell asleep and for Alex to ask sthng). He understood you’d got on a train, and after a while the theory was that you must’ve stopped at this end, presumedly for a drink. (I’m not sure what finally happened.) So I wasn’t quite sure how long I might be left out there, and I assumed, given recent drinking, that it wasn’t an unreasonable question, tho maybe I should have been a bit more courtly about it! 30 Jun 2023, 22:37, Sam: But sorry about the keys, that’s my bad (obviously). I want to say I don’t know how I left them there, but I can quite see how I did - I suppose for whatever reason it just wasn’t a place that crossed my mind to check… 30 Jun 2023, 22:39, Sam: If I was annoyed any time recently it was the night of the Brendan, at both you and Alex. I’m also … I’m not sure ‘annoyed’ is the word, but I suppose I’ve certainly been stressed out about the flat and the visitors. Mainly after Kieran and Hyena, it’s felt like I’ve got random people wandering around unwatched, and that I’m obliged to keep my stuff in my room and even then quite well hidden. Maybe, more last night more than today, I was vaguely pre-stressed by a sense of these various abandoned guests consuming my days and making me feel a bit like I’m lacking in safety, the second-most fundamental of Maslow’s needs (below the physiological which I’m def also skimping on!). Territory, ya know. Something like that. I dunno though, every man is furthest from himself and I’m particularly far right now because I feel like shit!!! 30 Jun 2023, 22:39, Sam: Territory, status, and love, or whatever Auden says - tho quite a terrible reference because I don’t care much at all for status, and right now I have no one from whom I want love! But oh well 30 Jun 2023, 22:40, Damien: Well yeah, my drinking has been out of hand lately. It’s been a stressful few weeks. I’m sorry if it’s bothered you, which I suspect it has. 30 Jun 2023, 22:40, Sam: Anyway I’m gonna have some more meth 30 Jun 2023, 22:40, Sam: Haha 30 Jun 2023, 22:40, Sam: No not really the drinking, or maybe that’s the ultimate cause but I guess the causation is your business - more the particular thing of not really feeling like there’s a distinction between outside and inside, if you see what I mean 30 Jun 2023, 22:41, Sam: Guests wise 30 Jun 2023, 22:41, Sam: Also the very much smaller thing of feeling like sometimes I’m left _entertaining_ the guests rather than merely protecting against them - but I should think more first, and also I do realise you have various causes for annoyance at me too 30 Jun 2023, 22:42, Sam: Very largely Alex being invited round and then sorta being a bit of a limpet, much as I do like him and like talking to him 30 Jun 2023, 22:42, Sam: But yeaaaaaah my mind is a bit like scrambled eggs rn, I need to stop myself from rambling 30 Jun 2023, 22:43, Sam: Also, just to emphasise: I don’t necessarily have any fucking clue why I’m stressed or annoyed! 30 Jun 2023, 22:43, Sam: I feel like every human being knows but forgets this 30 Jun 2023, 22:44, Sam: That, like, we don’t have a perfect introspective understanding of our own thoughts and emotions, and often we’re just telling retrofitted stories about ourselves exactly as we do about others’ thought processes 30 Jun 2023, 22:49, Damien: On what occasion? I did ask the day last week when he arrived paranoid in the morning, that I was leaving for Ascot, and he couldn’t stay, you then said you loved having around. Frankly I was a bit weirded out to find him in the flat 9 hours later 🫠. But I did explicitly ask, and I did ask if you wanted rid of him to message me and I’ll sort it. Similarly last night, I didn’t invite him, he showed up to collect those CVs I made for him. He then wanted to stay until I got back, I didn’t agree to that. Furthermore you mustn’t feel obliged to entertain anyone, I think Alex sees you as an independent friend from me, so that’s why he stays around so much. 30 Jun 2023, 22:51, Damien: I unreservedly apologised for the Hyena. I think Kieran was a mutual guest, I certainly didn’t think he needed to be kept an eye on, how am I to know he steals. As for the hyena, he was never out of my sight, he gorged on a cake you had left out, and that was it. No meth was taken, no pipes were taken. 30 Jun 2023, 22:52, Damien: Perhaps I’ll just make sure there’s less people round, including Alex. 30 Jun 2023, 22:52, Sam: Yeah, sorry, I do realise this. It’s just a bit awkward to say no at points. And I do like talking to him, but … well, I did try maybe subtly-ish to hurry him along last night, really verging on unsubtly at points, but when someone is (I think it’s fair to say) somewhat determined, it’s a bit of a toll in itself to really bluntly say “yeah it’s time to go” 30 Jun 2023, 22:53, Sam: It’s a bit hard to articulate, and not a problem in itself… I just look back and I think, even though it’s been enjoyable having people around, in various small ways some of it has probably stressed me out in a way that’s sorta toxically accumulating 30 Jun 2023, 22:53, Damien: I know what you mean, but just send me a text, it doesn’t bother me, but it is confusing, I don’t know if you’re okay about it. 30 Jun 2023, 22:54, Sam: Eg my slight increasing neuroticism about the safety of the drugs, about possible stealing etc, because it’s impossible to prove (as with your Grindr date, the hyena, or Kieran), and then being shouted at for wanting to do it properly and get scales at the expense of waiting a few more minutes for drugs 30 Jun 2023, 22:54, Damien: Yes it has been quite stressful. Especially the hyena, which was a Grindr disaster. 30 Jun 2023, 22:54, Sam: And that whole vague penumbra of things 30 Jun 2023, 22:55, Damien: I did tell Alex off about that, yiu were clearly stressed, and he was being far to pushy to speed up the process so he could smoke 30 Jun 2023, 22:56, Damien: It really annoyed me, he was rude to you on several occasions that evening that it made me feel very uncomfortable. 30 Jun 2023, 22:56, Sam: You deleted this message. 30 Jun 2023, 22:57, Sam: You deleted this message. 30 Jun 2023, 22:57, Damien: I had nothing to do with that. Alex was speaking with Brendan, I left it to you and him. 30 Jun 2023, 22:57, Sam: Those two messages said nothing new, so deleted 30 Jun 2023, 22:57, Sam: I thiiiink you both were - I’m pretty damn sure because I remember snapping at you rather than Alex (tho I’m not sure if you noticed, and I was certainly a bit short with everyone) 30 Jun 2023, 22:58, Sam: Ah, Alex then! 30 Jun 2023, 22:58, Damien: But no I agree Alex behaved awfully that night. It was really bad form, I didn’t really want him there, but he was in some extra big crisis or something 🫠🫠 30 Jun 2023, 22:59, Sam: Tho I think I was annoyed by you pestering me to smoke, when as far as I knew the meth was mine and Alex’s 30 Jun 2023, 23:00, Damien: It doesn’t bother me, people can be curt when they’re stressed, and Alex was pressuring you and arguing it wasn’t nice. 30 Jun 2023, 23:00, Sam: Sorry, I’m losing my train of thought 30 Jun 2023, 23:00, Sam: Not because of you but my mind 30 Jun 2023, 23:00, Damien: I pestered you to smoke, I don’t quite remember that. 30 Jun 2023, 23:00, Sam: Martin too, I think - maybe this is not helped by having guests who somewhat improbably often are very argumentative characters 30 Jun 2023, 23:01, Damien: I didn’t want a bag, but Alex did, and he wouldn’t of been able to afford it without me so I obliged. I was indifferent. 30 Jun 2023, 23:02, Damien: Yes, and again martin was doing that today, but I think that’s his culture. 30 Jun 2023, 23:02, Sam: No you definitely did, or at least I definitely perceived that you were, because I remember you said something at the end of the shouting, about being stressed, and I very distinctly remember saying “oh well” somewhat impatiently as we were heading off 30 Jun 2023, 23:02, Damien: Ojhhhh 30 Jun 2023, 23:02, Damien: Yes 30 Jun 2023, 23:02, Sam: I don’t remember the nature of the pestering too well, I guess it doesn’t stick in my mind for whatever reason - not perceptually salient 30 Jun 2023, 23:02, Damien: Sorry 30 Jun 2023, 23:03, Damien: I think I was keen, but i don’t think I was anywhere on the level of Alex. 30 Jun 2023, 23:03, Sam: But I think you were broadly in there with Martin and Alex in the chorus of “chill out, just do something or other, throw it all in the air and eyeball what you’re both owed or something like that” 30 Jun 2023, 23:03, Damien: I was telling Alex to chill out 30 Jun 2023, 23:03, Sam: Especially aggrieving when it was Alex who’d ordered it and clearly not told Brendan what to do 30 Jun 2023, 23:03, Damien: I have no idea about the coordination whatsoever 30 Jun 2023, 23:04, Sam: And I’d been forced to run back from fucking Waitrose because he’d told Brendan to come right away, knowing he didn’t have money to pay him with, and then frantically started calling me when this totally and utterly foreseeable event of Brendan’s arrival shockingly eventuated 30 Jun 2023, 23:04, Sam: Which he’d kindly not told me about as I set off for Waitrose, having very clearly several times said that that was where I was going 30 Jun 2023, 23:05, Sam: And then not replied to me when I’d asked him if I could send him money to withdraw on my behalf, etc etc 30 Jun 2023, 23:05, Sam: So yeah, idk, I guess that was part of the stress 30 Jun 2023, 23:06, Damien: I had no idea about that, really I didn’t, I totally agree it was handled badly by him. But I don’t take any responsibility on him asking Brendan to come asap. 30 Jun 2023, 23:06, Sam: It all ties into a general accumulating sense of being responsible for keeping people happy and keeping things in order, but also having to protect my stuff and myself against all this shit, etc etc and it feels vaguely like the walls are closing in 30 Jun 2023, 23:07, Sam: Which maybe the cats and sheets episode tied into as well, albeit with the cats cast as the guests 30 Jun 2023, 23:07, Sam: Yeah, fair enough, I don’t know what was whom! 30 Jun 2023, 23:07, Damien: I’m really sorry you were stressed, I thought at this stage he was a mutual guest. But really I was quite annoyed at how he spoke to you, and If it was someone you didn’t know well, I would have asked them to leave. 30 Jun 2023, 23:08, Sam: I guess also the thing of the meth and having to push for him and you to take 2g and it feeling a bit like … well, like I said on WhatsApp that day, like I was somewhat bearing the cost of your and his abstinence strategy that clearly dismally wasn’t working whatsoever 30 Jun 2023, 23:09, Sam: And felt a bit like - maybe for him at least - he was just liberally using my drugs, at a rate far outstripping my own use, and then waving his hands and saying this stuff about “it’s so we don’t use it all the time!” 30 Jun 2023, 23:09, Sam: So a bit of a pile of pre-annoyance perhaps 30 Jun 2023, 23:09, Sam: Or perhaps this is ex post facto and I’m just working myself up 30 Jun 2023, 23:10, Damien: I apologised shortly after the incident with the sheets. I’ll admit I was stressed and I couldn’t be bothered at that point, I was trying to set up for the party, guests were arriving etc, and the last thing I needed to do change sheets. However I made it explicitly clear that I wouldn’t ask you to pay for them, that if it happened it was on me. 30 Jun 2023, 23:10, Sam: Oh no the other night I think that was very fair - it was a bit of a mean/insensitive joke and I expected and deserved that sort of reaction. I just felt compelled to say it because comedically it was too perfect to resist! 30 Jun 2023, 23:11, Damien: Yes, he does and I’ve told him not to ask you, it’s embarrassing. I hope I don’t do it nearly as much, and if I have I think, we’ll at least I’ve tried to reimburse you. 30 Jun 2023, 23:11, Sam: And I’m sorry about eg semi-giving Slape permission to go into your room - I had no idea there was someone over, but I realise this is sorta me doing the exact same 30 Jun 2023, 23:11, Damien: Speaking of which there’s some in the desk drawer which you’re welcome to, as I won’t touch it. 30 Jun 2023, 23:12, Sam: I wasn’t exactly encouraging him or giving him total carte blanche, it was maybe a bit …. well, maybe part of me figured he was our guest, I’d already tried to go to bed, and that saying “oh well, knock yourself out” was kinda equivalent to simply not being involved in the situation. But idk. Not great! 30 Jun 2023, 23:13, Damien: I can’t remember the joke, he didn’t know what you saying and was quite abrupt. 30 Jun 2023, 23:13, Sam: Oh no I don’t want to, tho thanks - I did find some in the sofa cushions in my hunt for keys, and honestly I suspect there’s a very very considerable amount in various nooks and crannies here if I ever cared to look 30 Jun 2023, 23:14, Sam: He said “if I can’t do this, I’m fucked” (in that slightly annoying whiny tone he had that evening) and I said “technically you’ll be fucked either way” 30 Jun 2023, 23:14, Sam: Maybe with a trace of that semi-frustration that I had when joking with Slape 30 Jun 2023, 23:14, Sam: And which is why I sorta understand where Oli is coming from 30 Jun 2023, 23:15, Damien: But this is right, I wasn’t saying anything to you, you looked like you were about to snap. I texted Alex and told him to chill during that whole thing. 30 Jun 2023, 23:16, Damien: But I am sorry, for the Hyena, that was totally on me, and then to a lesser extent Kieran,but I think he was stealing when Edward was here 30 Jun 2023, 23:17, Damien: And I think it’s a bit unfair that martin was sprung on you like this, I thought that’s why you were stressed, and really want to know if you’d him just go to a hotel or something, it really won’t bother him. 30 Jun 2023, 23:18, Damien: As for Alex, that is an issue, that needs to be managed better. Maybe we should have a break from him coming around idk, it’s been a lot over a short space od time 30 Jun 2023, 23:19, Damien: No really, I don’t want to take it, and I’ll end up throwing it away, or worse smoking it. 30 Jun 2023, 23:20, Damien: Yes I was stressed because of Alex being pushy, and you looking like you were about to snap. 30 Jun 2023, 23:20, Sam: Hmm, I’m not really sure about the reimbursement thing. I think you said you would, but … well, the tenor of the conversation was that it was my responsibility to deal with, so I think, while you technically offered, even then it would have been (as the situation was presented) your magnanimity to me. It all felt maybe a bit absurd given we could have just switched the sheets, and added up to a slight sense that these various washing-machine-as-a-service companies we’ve used were maybe psychically more about meting out punishment for annoyances, or sth like that. I dunno tho. My interpretation! Ties into my slight concern that there’s a bit of an endless “we need to buy this one more gadget and then everything will be ok”, for problems that sorta disappear or change if left for a while, or can be fixed with easier solutions, like the cat litter or the heat or flies or whatever. But hey, this is just one side of the balance sheet and I have many many many faults of my own, and maybe I’m wrong about yours, or mine, or fuck knows. 30 Jun 2023, 23:20, Sam: God that was long 30 Jun 2023, 23:20, Sam: I think I’m a bit mad today 30 Jun 2023, 23:20, Sam: I still don’t know why exactly 30 Jun 2023, 23:21, Sam: Maybe vitamins - shit, gimme a mo and then I’ll read your messages, but imma have some vitamins 30 Jun 2023, 23:22, Damien: I didn’t have anytime to change the sheets, guests we arriving and I couldn’t give a fuck anymore. 30 Jun 2023, 23:22, Sam: ^ Sorry, it’s a bit difficult, this stuff, because there’s an unclear line between what’s your life and your personal matters vs what’s a ‘flatmate relations’ sorta thing 30 Jun 2023, 23:22, Sam: Theoretically separate but invariably in life it gets wound up 30 Jun 2023, 23:23, Sam: Yeah 30 Jun 2023, 23:23, Sam: Also Martin 30 Jun 2023, 23:23, Damien: Gosh I’m a bit shocked, yiu think I was trying to punish you by sending out it out to be washed…. 30 Jun 2023, 23:24, Damien: And the reason I wanted to get the flu traps was because it was annoying you so much, and me to a lesser extent. 30 Jun 2023, 23:24, Sam: Who has displayed a very helpful tendency to wade into arguments with no particular suggestion of his own but nonetheless needing to scorn how ridiculous my or whoever’s plan is 30 Jun 2023, 23:24, Sam: Which was part of my annoyance that evening 30 Jun 2023, 23:25, Sam: That I wasn’t sure what the hell was the alternative plan - eyeballing 1g? I mean, come on, it would have been ridiculous, it’d have descended into fisticuffs 30 Jun 2023, 23:25, Sam: Oh sorry 30 Jun 2023, 23:25, Sam: Actually 30 Jun 2023, 23:25, Sam: Maybe I’m not helping with my tendency to slightly theatrically huff and puff about stuff 30 Jun 2023, 23:25, Sam: Often I’m not _actually_ annoyed 30 Jun 2023, 23:25, Sam: I’m just maybe a bit in the habit of ranting as a sorta comic register 30 Jun 2023, 23:26, Sam: But sorry, yeah, there’s no way for you to know and I haven’t really considered that 30 Jun 2023, 23:26, Damien: Yes I noticed that it as well. I wasn’t impressed, I did back you up when he was rambling on about it. 30 Jun 2023, 23:27, Damien: It was the time with the heat, and you were particularly agitated by it. 30 Jun 2023, 23:27, Sam: Not punish, but … well, maybe it’s also partly that I feel obliged to agree out of guilt, and maybe you’re just saying it as the best solution you could see, tho it felt like it was always considerably more effort than just throwing them in the wash ourselves 30 Jun 2023, 23:27, Damien: It would take a full day to wash them and dry them 30 Jun 2023, 23:28, Sam: Yeah, sorry - I think I suggested just getting doorstops so we could have a draught, but I don’t exactly remember how clearly or emphatically I said that 30 Jun 2023, 23:28, Damien: The blanket and the topper that is 30 Jun 2023, 23:28, Damien: That’s why I sent out 30 Jun 2023, 23:28, Sam: Maybe I said it offhand 30 Jun 2023, 23:28, Damien: It was express dry cleaning 30 Jun 2023, 23:28, Sam: Ah, maybe the bedsheets were different, I see - yeah, it’s a bit difficult 30 Jun 2023, 23:28, Damien: I remember Esther was here, when it last jaloenend and I was rushing out the door. 30 Jun 2023, 23:29, Sam: I suppose it’s a bit different based on whether it was my fault or not - the first time it was very straightforwardly my fault, I think, since I’d closed my door with the litter inside 30 Jun 2023, 23:29, Damien: I don’t overly care about the bedsheets, yes they are expensive, I just would rather not have to deal with it. 30 Jun 2023, 23:29, Sam: And maybe that led to a kinda sense that the cats were my responsibility, like, in and of itself - and that I think is probably not tenable 30 Jun 2023, 23:29, Sam: But maybe it was my fault the subsequent times, I can’t recall, and can’t recall how much it was disxusssed 30 Jun 2023, 23:29, Damien: The first time, was the day we moved in and there was no litter tray 30 Jun 2023, 23:30, Sam: And I suppose it would’ve intersected with the issue around litter boxes and smells and placement and backups and so forth 30 Jun 2023, 23:30, Sam: Honestly it’s all a bit of a palaver 30 Jun 2023, 23:30, Damien: I’m not blaming you, nor punishing you 30 Jun 2023, 23:30, Sam: Could probably analyse any one of these issues for days 30 Jun 2023, 23:30, Sam: Ah, maybe it’s the second time I have in mind 30 Jun 2023, 23:30, Sam: I’d forgotten the first day one 30 Jun 2023, 23:31, Sam: I don’t know if there’s any easy solution 30 Jun 2023, 23:31, Damien: It is what it is, and maybe I was being a bit churlish about it the day of the party, but I apologised about an hour later 30 Jun 2023, 23:31, Sam: But probably around the cats we need to do some delineating of responsibility and all of that stuff 30 Jun 2023, 23:31, Sam: Just generally hash out the various things 30 Jun 2023, 23:31, Damien: I bought thing yesterday, you seen it to try and help. 30 Jun 2023, 23:31, Sam: Because I think I can’t really make it entirely like the cats aren’t there - I mean, in terms of risks 30 Jun 2023, 23:32, Damien: If it happens, it happens, I’ll be a bit annoyed for a few hours and then I’ll be over it. 30 Jun 2023, 23:32, Sam: I can’t underwrite them or conceal their effects or whatever entirely, because it gets exponentially harder - like, not having a litter tray near you because of the smell makes it far likelier that they’ll use something else as litter, even if my door is open 30 Jun 2023, 23:32, Sam: I don’t know why, sadly - I don’t speak cat 30 Jun 2023, 23:33, Sam: Yeah, maybe the thing is just to wait a few hours 30 Jun 2023, 23:33, Damien: It’s not smelt that bad lately idk 30 Jun 2023, 23:33, Damien: Sorry? 30 Jun 2023, 23:33, Sam: Anyway sorry 30 Jun 2023, 23:34, Sam: You guys wanted to go for drinks 30 Jun 2023, 23:34, Sam: I don’t want to consume the whole evening with this 30 Jun 2023, 23:34, Sam: Or ruin your night or whatever 30 Jun 2023, 23:34, Sam: I guess Martin must be quite bored 30 Jun 2023, 23:34, Damien: Martin is sleeping so we’re not going 30 Jun 2023, 23:34, Damien: And I’m in the bath. 30 Jun 2023, 23:34, Sam: I mean when they pee on stuff or any time there’s some discrete incident (as opposed to eg litter smells) 30 Jun 2023, 23:34, Sam: Ahhh, ok, ok 30 Jun 2023, 23:35, Sam: I dunno what my main point here is 30 Jun 2023, 23:35, Sam: I think these things just unspool 30 Jun 2023, 23:35, Sam: I may also be wrong about what’s annoyed me 30 Jun 2023, 23:35, Damien: Yes, I’m not quite sure. 30 Jun 2023, 23:35, Sam: The main thing was something about guests or something 30 Jun 2023, 23:35, Sam: Lol 30 Jun 2023, 23:36, Damien: Alex is a problem 30 Jun 2023, 23:36, Sam: Not not having them, but maybe something about them being a bit left to their own devices and not underwritten by you (eg with drugs and cake lol) 30 Jun 2023, 23:36, Damien: The other occasions were unfortunate mistakes. 30 Jun 2023, 23:37, Sam: And then that intersecting a bit weirdly with other things at times to make me a bit stuck in an impossible position 30 Jun 2023, 23:37, Damien: Thé hey a wasn’t left alone at anyone time 30 Jun 2023, 23:37, Sam: Like with the two minutes hate the other night 30 Jun 2023, 23:38, Damien: What are you referring to? 30 Jun 2023, 23:38, Sam: Oh god my mind is a bit too scotched to explain well, but I meant the splitting of the drugs incident again 30 Jun 2023, 23:38, Damien: I can’t be responsible for Kierans theft, 30 Jun 2023, 23:38, Damien: Alex yes 30 Jun 2023, 23:38, Damien: And martin yes 30 Jun 2023, 23:38, Sam: I dunno quiiiiite 30 Jun 2023, 23:38, Damien: I’ll deal with it. 30 Jun 2023, 23:39, Damien: No no 30 Jun 2023, 23:39, Sam: I think him and the second guy that weekend maybe slots into the category of un-overseen guests 30 Jun 2023, 23:39, Sam: I guess he was my guest earlier that evening 30 Jun 2023, 23:39, Damien: Kieran was your guest to? 30 Jun 2023, 23:39, Damien: You let him in? 30 Jun 2023, 23:39, Sam: Ah, snap 30 Jun 2023, 23:39, Sam: But then I also pushed him out 30 Jun 2023, 23:40, Sam: But I guess maybe there’s some grounds for unclarity there 30 Jun 2023, 23:40, Damien: How could he have went into your room and stole your meth when you were sleeping at the time 30 Jun 2023, 23:40, Sam: I certainly didn’t tell you not to invite him back 30 Jun 2023, 23:40, Damien: I was careful with the hyena 30 Jun 2023, 23:40, Sam: No, that was in the living room, but he certainly could have because he did so with my toothbrush, lol 30 Jun 2023, 23:40, Damien: He didn’t steal anything 30 Jun 2023, 23:41, Sam: Well, he didn’t steal the toothbrush but he brushed his teeth in my room, which is far louder than stealing a bag of meth 30 Jun 2023, 23:41, Sam: But anyway yeah the meth was in the living room 30 Jun 2023, 23:41, Sam: He took an entire cake, lol 30 Jun 2023, 23:41, Sam: Ok, it was a half-eaten cake, but you cake my point 30 Jun 2023, 23:42, Sam: None of this is criminal 30 Jun 2023, 23:42, Damien: Ohhh. Well I didn’t know. I mean you suggested we live with him in Paddington, I didn’t know he was a thief then. 30 Jun 2023, 23:42, Sam: (Ok the cake thing may well technically be, haha, but that’s not my meaning) 30 Jun 2023, 23:42, Sam: I just mean that it adds up to a kind of stress around visitors etc 30 Jun 2023, 23:42, Sam: And stuff 30 Jun 2023, 23:42, Damien: Well I’m very glad you’ve told me what’s been bothering you 30 Jun 2023, 23:43, Sam: I mean I don’t know if it _is_ - I hadn’t reflected on it much 30 Jun 2023, 23:43, Sam: But right now that’s my best analysis of myself 30 Jun 2023, 23:43, Damien: I really don’t want to make you feel Uncomfortable in your home 30 Jun 2023, 23:43, Sam: But I’m very much failing to articulate it and to remember stuff because of my frame of mind 30 Jun 2023, 23:43, Damien: And I’m really sorry that it has. 30 Jun 2023, 23:43, Sam: And this is not at all excluding that I’ve obv done plenty that would annoy you or anyone 30 Jun 2023, 23:43, Sam: But this is my side, just speaking freely as best I can see, for myself 30 Jun 2023, 23:44, Damien: As for the cat stuff, I apologised at the time, and I thought I was coming up with solutions to improve things like the litter tray and the fly traps. I wasn’t trying to be pushy. 30 Jun 2023, 23:44, Sam: Yeah no worries! I mean, it’s not like it was breaking any laws, and I’ve been maybe a bit too much like “oh yeah don’t worry it’s all good etc etc” 30 Jun 2023, 23:44, Sam: I suppose it’s the old sorites thing 30 Jun 2023, 23:45, Sam: There have probably been other things that happened once or twice and never happened again and so it WAS all fine, if you see what I mean 30 Jun 2023, 23:45, Sam: It’s only over time, sometimes unconsciously, that it piles up 30 Jun 2023, 23:45, Damien: Yes, please try to be as frank as possible with me when you’re annoyed about something and I’ll deal with it. Otherwise it bubbles up. 30 Jun 2023, 23:45, Sam: Yeah, I absolutely will, and there’s probably stuff in there that I knew at the time I was annoyed by 30 Jun 2023, 23:46, Sam: Most obviously the drug splitting incident which I was unquestionably annoyed about at the time 30 Jun 2023, 23:46, Sam: And I’m sure I was clear that I was annoyed, but I guess I didn’t soberly explain why (tho somewhat hard in that situation) 30 Jun 2023, 23:46, Sam: Other stuff it’s only the pile itself that’s annoying 30 Jun 2023, 23:46, Sam: What I was trying to say here basically 30 Jun 2023, 23:47, Sam: Not v articulate tonight 30 Jun 2023, 23:47, Sam: But then obv not your fault in those cases 30 Jun 2023, 23:47, Damien: I wasn’t really trying to defuse the thing, I totally on your side about that. 30 Jun 2023, 23:47, Sam: I suppose there can always be annoyance without fault 30 Jun 2023, 23:47, Sam: Eg being annoyed at someone’s snoring or whatever 30 Jun 2023, 23:48, Sam: Yeah, that just felt rather shitty, I guess from Alex, given I’d just gone to quite considerable effort and been put out in a way he was entirely at fault for, and still couldn’t even breathe from running around trying to make it work for his/your sake 30 Jun 2023, 23:48, Sam: So it already felt like I had quite significant grounds to be annoyed, and him/you to be thankful, and Martin to be … well, silent 30 Jun 2023, 23:49, Damien: The whole Ryan thing bothered me at the time, so I understand your awkwardness about not wanting to say anything’s. 30 Jun 2023, 23:49, Damien: He was being really bolshy 30 Jun 2023, 23:49, Damien: And Martin chiming in certainly made it worse 30 Jun 2023, 23:50, Sam: Ah yeah, sorry about Ryan, I maybe went a bit mad trying to make that work 30 Jun 2023, 23:50, Damien: I was quite shocked yiu we’re clearly very stressed and both of them just kept going on 30 Jun 2023, 23:50, Sam: Yeah I don’t really remember who sung which part, haha 30 Jun 2023, 23:50, Damien: You had good intentions. I mean I gave up on trying to entertain him at times 30 Jun 2023, 23:51, Sam: But certainly I remember being very pissed off to the point of not really caring to be polite - very possibly from the moment I turned up, actually, let alone after that 30 Jun 2023, 23:51, Sam: Very strange night 30 Jun 2023, 23:51, Damien: Very odd assembling furniture for 3 hours and him sitting a meter away and not saying a single thing 30 Jun 2023, 23:51, Sam: But yeah Ryan and Alex maybe fit into slightly the same category (not to say the blame or inconvenience is the same, I just mean in terms of their personalities and their hamartiai) 30 Jun 2023, 23:52, Damien: I’ll show you the messages with Alex, I told him off. I would of stepped in at the time but I think that would of made everything worse 30 Jun 2023, 23:52, Damien: I think it would be good if we don’t have Alex around for a while 30 Jun 2023, 23:52, Sam: Yeah I dunno really, it’s hard to say… I can’t reminder exactly 30 Jun 2023, 23:53, Damien: For the fact he just doesn’t leave 30 Jun 2023, 23:53, Sam: I’ll remember more clearly tomorrow, I recognise this to be the ol’ transient retrograde amnesia 30 Jun 2023, 23:53, Sam: Also maybe yeah 30 Jun 2023, 23:53, Sam: I know in theory I can ask him to 30 Jun 2023, 23:53, Sam: But often I’ve been somewhat blunt and it’s really quite hard 30 Jun 2023, 23:54, Sam: Especially the other night, when I said “maybe it’s time to just give up now and go home” and so forth 30 Jun 2023, 23:54, Damien: Also btw, we. Should go through the bills, the cleaning people haven’t come that much, so the shares are all unbalanced, I’ll need to make a tally. 30 Jun 2023, 23:54, Sam: I mean I don’t think you can get much blunter in British English 30 Jun 2023, 23:55, Sam: Yes that’s probably a good idea, sorry 30 Jun 2023, 23:55, Damien: It was really awful. But just to be clear again, when I said I was stressed, it was from Alex being so rude. 30 Jun 2023, 23:56, Damien: I get he’s in a crisis but still, it was clearly unpleasant for both of us 30 Jun 2023, 23:56, Sam: Oh also, I think maybe we just stick with this cleaner - I think we’ve been varyingly appointed with the previous ones, tho I also realise in point of fact it’s I think _always_ (?) been they who decided not to return rather than us firing them 30 Jun 2023, 23:56, Sam: But I do get the sense we would have fired some of those 30 Jun 2023, 23:56, Sam: And that if we had, we’d be at the point where, ya know, maybe this one is the best we’ll get 30 Jun 2023, 23:56, Damien: Yes sure, she seemed nice. 30 Jun 2023, 23:56, Sam: To my eyes she was excellent 30 Jun 2023, 23:57, Sam: I realise some of the earlier ones genijnely were below the mark even for me 30 Jun 2023, 23:57, Damien: I think the effort of trying to get a new one isn’t worth whatever she’s doing wrong 30 Jun 2023, 23:57, Sam: Like Smokey Robinson and also perhaps that nice Galician lady who spent most of the time conversing with the cats in Spanish 30 Jun 2023, 23:58, Damien: I don’t care about what cleaner we get lol 30 Jun 2023, 23:58, Sam: Which was very sweet but I think possibly it’d have been nice if she’d also spent some time cleaning 30 Jun 2023, 23:58, Sam: Lol 30 Jun 2023, 23:58, Damien: And moving cat food packs about in the floor 🫠 30 Jun 2023, 23:58, Sam: But yeah I don’t mind really 30 Jun 2023, 23:59, Sam: I mean maybe she’d have been better if we’d sat down and clarified some stuff (like perhaps giving her a bag in which to put stuff she was unsure about rather than leaving it) 30 Jun 2023, 23:59, Sam: But in any event it was her decision so it’s a moot point (or a non-moot point but I’m speaking American English here) 30 Jun 2023, 23:59, Damien: Yeah I’m sure there’s a learning curve 30 Jun 2023, 23:59, Damien: She’ll be better hopefully 1 Jul 2023, 00:00, Damien: But yes I’ll definitely sort the guest situation out. Sorrry yo rattle on about it, but I’d martin is becoming too much, he wouldn’t care about going to a hotel 1 Jul 2023, 00:00, Damien: And for Alex, I think a break would be good 1 Jul 2023, 00:00, Sam: Oh no he’s mostly very nice but Jesus Christ it’s impossible to have a conversation 1 Jul 2023, 00:01, Sam: I thought I was bad (and I know I am) 1 Jul 2023, 00:01, Sam: But Christ it’s like he’s the one who’s on meth 1 Jul 2023, 00:01, Damien: He’s got a bit too comfortable 1 Jul 2023, 00:01, Damien: I mean cleaning the flat when I was sat Ascot 1 Jul 2023, 00:01, Sam: I don’t think a full stop has left my lips in almost a week 1 Jul 2023, 00:01, Sam: I got halfway to it the other day maybe lol 1 Jul 2023, 00:01, Damien: Bless his heart but its too much 1 Jul 2023, 00:02, Damien: Yeah, i can’t remember him being like that 1 Jul 2023, 00:02, Damien: Hmm 1 Jul 2023, 00:02, Sam: Oh he was very helpful actually with the cleaner, tbf - I don’t at all want to trash her English which is perfectly sufficient and to standard, but it was obv a whole different thing with him being able to talk to her in her strange barbarian tongue 1 Jul 2023, 00:03, Sam: Yeah I don’t remember well but I’m pretty bloody sure this is new 1 Jul 2023, 00:03, Sam: Is it possible he’s on _something_?? 1 Jul 2023, 00:03, Sam: Because dear god this reminds me of stimulant-induced hyperactivity / mania 1 Jul 2023, 00:04, Sam: It reminds me very very much of Ryan on meth 1 Jul 2023, 00:04, Sam: Like, just utterly impossible to get a word in edgeways 1 Jul 2023, 00:04, Damien: I think I could of screamed, when he was telling me that story about the lost wallet. 1 Jul 2023, 00:05, Sam: Yeah, like Christ 1 Jul 2023, 00:05, Sam: I jokingly started reciting the Odusseia 1 Jul 2023, 00:05, Sam: The odyssey 1 Jul 2023, 00:05, Damien: “And the Uber picked me up and took me to stockwell, because thats were I was living at the time, he was middle eastern” 1 Jul 2023, 00:05, Sam: Andra moi ennepe 1 Jul 2023, 00:05, Sam: Mousa 1 Jul 2023, 00:05, Sam: Polutropon 1 Jul 2023, 00:05, Damien: He could of summed it up much better 1 Jul 2023, 00:05, Sam: Etc etc 1 Jul 2023, 00:05, Damien: Bless his heartb 1 Jul 2023, 00:05, Sam: It was like the world’s most mundane story 1 Jul 2023, 00:06, Sam: That he was reciting like fucking Scheherazade 1 Jul 2023, 00:06, Sam: Like reciting Proust 1 Jul 2023, 00:06, Damien: 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 1 Jul 2023, 00:06, Damien: I wonder if he’s lonely in Bulgaria or something 1 Jul 2023, 00:06, Sam: Like the story of the first novel (Pamela) being read by the priest in some English village and when the heroine finally found love the villagers were so excited they rang the church bells 1 Jul 2023, 00:06, Sam: Yeah maybe that 1 Jul 2023, 00:07, Damien: 1 Jul 2023, 00:07, Sam: I also don’t get a clear sense of this business and what kinda prosperity it’s bringing him, what kinda involvement he has, etc 1 Jul 2023, 00:07, Sam: He’s aggressively vague about any detail (in much the same way that I am, conversationally, with the endless qualifications and detours etc etc, but he never actually reaches the point) 1 Jul 2023, 00:08, Sam: Your thyroid is not in your fucking lungs, lol 1 Jul 2023, 00:08, Sam: Yeah mate there might be some simpler explanations for your sore throat 1 Jul 2023, 00:08, Sam: “When you hear hooves, think zebra” - Dr Slape 1 Jul 2023, 00:10, Sam: “I want to explain this over a call” - dodgy estate agents and generally every shyster or liar that ever lived 1 Jul 2023, 00:14, Damien: Hahahaha 1 Jul 2023, 00:14, Damien: I think that was definitely on the bingo sheet, I felt like this was coming next. 1 Jul 2023, 00:14, Damien: It’s very sad, he’ll say anything for attention 1 Jul 2023, 00:29, Sam: Haha, yup, if we omitted it then it was because we thought he’d just mention the Royal London again 1 Jul 2023, 00:29, Sam: Not invent an entirely new cancer 1 Jul 2023, 00:31, Sam: Which has developed and metastasised to his thyroid from his lungs in the course of, what, a day?? It’s like we’re watching it in real time! 1 Jul 2023, 00:32, Sam: In fact we are! It’s spreading to his bones as we speak! He can just feel it! 1 Jul 2023, 00:34, Sam: For context, I saw my grandpa die of lung cancer over years and years (not the recent one but the other — died in 2010 when I was 14) 1 Jul 2023, 00:35, Sam: And it takes a long, long fucking time, and even then he died far earlier than most people do, because (like me) his body was a bin bag of maladies to begin with 1 Jul 2023, 00:36, Sam: It’s wildly uncommon for it to metastasise to the thyroid gland, and when it does it takes about 10 years 1 Jul 2023, 00:40, Sam: I don’t know for a fact but I’m quite sure that anything under a month would be a record 1 Jul 2023, 01:19, Damien: I mean I’m still quite shocked that he would lie about this 1 Jul 2023, 01:59, Damien: Omg what’s got into him 1 Jul 2023, 02:00, Damien: I’m shocked 1 Jul 2023, 02:00, Damien: When will It stop 1 Jul 2023, 02:01, Sam: 1 Jul 2023, 02:02, Sam: I don’t have any idea 1 Jul 2023, 02:39, Damien: Sorry I don’t know why he’s just sitting there in silence like that, must be an Eastern European thing 1 Jul 2023, 02:39, Sam: I assumed he might have had a stroke 1 Jul 2023, 02:40, Sam: Or was hibernating 1 Jul 2023, 02:40, Damien: It’s so strange 1 Jul 2023, 02:40, Damien: And he was so blunt 1 Jul 2023, 02:40, Sam: I remember he was very different in 2018 1 Jul 2023, 02:40, Sam: He’s aged like lung cancer 1 Jul 2023, 02:41, Sam: Aged like yoghurt in the sun 1 Jul 2023, 02:44, Sam: I also thought not helping with the washing up or dishwasher, or indeed anything ever, was a good one - that’s a classic 1 Jul 2023, 02:45, Damien: Him, or me? 1 Jul 2023, 02:45, Sam: I expect he’ll leave without doing anything, and perhaps will take the complimentary slippers or dressing gown 1 Jul 2023, 02:45, Sam: Him, haha 1 Jul 2023, 02:45, Damien: I’m so confused he gets in these moods time and again 1 Jul 2023, 02:45, Sam: (Sorry for doing it at 2:30am but it’s when I’m not talking to anyone and thus am productive) 1 Jul 2023, 02:45, Damien: It’s so weird 1 Jul 2023, 02:46, Sam: Well we haven’t reached the end of time yet, but I’m looking forward to again 1 Jul 2023, 02:46, Sam: Haha god I mean 1 Jul 2023, 02:46, Sam: We all have off days 1 Jul 2023, 02:47, Sam: Far be it from me to judge anyone for laziness or ingratitude 1 Jul 2023, 02:47, Sam: But not _that_ far 1 Jul 2023, 02:48, Damien: It’s so odd, he just doesn’t know how to behave clearly 1 Jul 2023, 02:48, Damien: Idk 1 Jul 2023, 02:48, Damien: Sorry about this 1 Jul 2023, 06:20, Sam: video omitted 1 Jul 2023, 14:57, Sam: For a brief joyous moment I thought he’d gone mute! Alas only selective mutism 1 Jul 2023, 15:05, Damien: He couldn’t hear us apparently with his head out the window. 1 Jul 2023, 15:06, Damien: If he’s becoming too much just tell me. 1 Jul 2023, 15:06, Sam: Oh no he’s not becoming that! 1 Jul 2023, 15:06, Sam: Nah but he’s leaving tomorrow so what can you do 1 Jul 2023, 15:07, Sam: And while I wouldn’t behave that way myself (unless under the influence of strong medication), it’s also not a huge deal 1 Jul 2023, 15:08, Damien: Well he is, yes. It’s definitely odd. 1 Jul 2023, 15:54, Sam: image omitted 1 Jul 2023, 15:55, Sam: Also, may give lunch plans a miss - I feel a bit strange and I feel like there’s a weird energy this morning that I’d quite like to avoid 1 Jul 2023, 15:56, Sam: I know that if I come to lunch it’s going to be one of those awkward stilted things where everyone is just waiting for death or the bill, whichever comes first (and — altruistically — there’s a small chance that it might be better without me!) 1 Jul 2023, 16:20, Damien: That’s fine, I don’t think I saw you this morning. What was the weird energy about? 1 Jul 2023, 16:20, Sam: Sorry, lol, the Hitchens interview was too good not to reuse 1 Jul 2023, 16:20, Sam: Oh, just a strange hostile or unconvivial atmosphere 1 Jul 2023, 16:21, Sam: Which I expect will be explored more at lunch but maybe it was me, or maybe it’ll dissipate or god knows 1 Jul 2023, 16:21, Damien: Sorry if thats how you think it might of felt. 1 Jul 2023, 16:22, Damien: Not at all. 1 Jul 2023, 16:22, Sam: Oh no, I’m quite sure it was that way, but that’s fine, you’re under no obligation to provide a constantly uniform sort of emotional air conditioning or whatever 1 Jul 2023, 16:22, Sam: Haha 1 Jul 2023, 16:22, Sam: And it was definitely from him equally 1 Jul 2023, 16:22, Sam: Just the thickness of the air 1 Jul 2023, 16:24, Damien: Hmmm I’m really not sure it was. 1 Jul 2023, 16:26, Damien: Maybe you can explain it tomorrow or something, as maybe it’s coming across differently via text. In anycase enjoy your afternoon, and you’re more than welcome to join if it doesn’t feel too much like waiting for death 🤣 1 Jul 2023, 16:27, Sam: I just mean this morning - I think last night it was fine, and maybe at points this morning, but not by around the time I was heading off to Boots 1 Jul 2023, 16:27, Sam: I can always explain later on! 1 Jul 2023, 16:28, Sam: I don’t mean towards me in particular, I just mean overall 1 Jul 2023, 16:31, Sam: Also thanks for the offer! I’m taking a bit of a moment to unwind and then I’ll let you know! Appreciated! 1 Jul 2023, 16:34, Sam: Tho I’m a bit busy reading the Harrods Manual For Selling Expensive Items And Protecting Former Royalty From State-Sponsored Assassination 1 Jul 2023, 16:35, Sam: Which may sadly prevent my joining for lunch, haha 1 Jul 2023, 16:39, Damien: Lol I can’t tell if you’re being catty, or funny. 1 Jul 2023, 16:40, Damien: But yes point made about lunch! 1 Jul 2023, 16:40, Sam: Catty but obv to him 1 Jul 2023, 16:40, Sam: Well…. jokily making the point that I’m not terribly interested in that stuff 1 Jul 2023, 16:40, Sam: Which I suppose is not too different from what I was saying to Freddie here 1 Jul 2023, 16:42, Sam: 1 Jul 2023, 16:43, Sam: But no it’s not your fault that he’s since become absolutely and entirely devoted to the bitch goddess 1 Jul 2023, 21:36, Sam: Hey are you both out all evening? No commitment obv, but if you have a rough idea of how long you might be then it’d help me avoid any cleaning/tidying that might take too long to finish 1 Jul 2023, 21:40, Damien: Not quite sure at this point, I’ll keep you posted. I’m sure we won’t get in the way of tidying, I can help as well when martin is packing. 1 Jul 2023, 21:46, Sam: No need to keep me posted! Basically I’ll assume no one will be heading to bed in the next hour or so 1 Jul 2023, 21:49, Sam: Do you know when his flight is? I’ve thrown away some discarded stuff (empty Juul wrappers and suchlike), and gathered some other stuff into a container 1 Jul 2023, 21:50, Sam: So hopefully that’s rubbish, but I only tossed things I’m very very confident were rubbish 1 Jul 2023, 21:51, Damien: He’ll be leaving at 5am for LHR 1 Jul 2023, 21:51, Damien: I’m sure it’ll be fine xx 1 Jul 2023, 23:45, Sam: Hmm, I don’t suppose you’re back soon? Don’t rush, I’m only wondering because I can smell a slight burning smell in my room and the hallway around it, which I’m _pretty sure_ wasn’t there before, but my olfactory senses are too worn out to be sure 1 Jul 2023, 23:45, Sam: Either a slight burning paper smell or a slight sulphurous smell 1 Jul 2023, 23:47, Damien: Oh gosh 1 Jul 2023, 23:48, Damien: I’m coming back now anyway x 1 Jul 2023, 23:49, Sam: No rush - not particularly strong and could have just wafted in 1 Jul 2023, 23:49, Sam: Will blow my nose and check again, lol 1 Jul 2023, 23:49, Sam: Very sophisticated procedure 1 Jul 2023, 23:50, Sam: Also possible I’m having a stroke!! 1 Jul 2023, 23:50, Sam: In which case do knock first 1 Jul 2023, 23:50, Sam: (Ok that was a slightly off colour joke) 1 Jul 2023, 23:50, Damien: Haha hopefully the door handle is on so you can get out 🫠 1 Jul 2023, 23:50, Sam: Oh the door handle is fine and I’m cleaning on the other end of the flat, in the pantaroom 1 Jul 2023, 23:51, Sam: But will double check - but no big deal, not worth rushing back for, if there’s an electrical fire or gas leak you’ll just have to go back downstairs again anyway 1 Jul 2023, 23:52, Sam: Wait no it’s markedly dissipated 1 Jul 2023, 23:53, Sam: I think perhaps it was just cat excreta combined perhaps with the odour remover thingie to produce a slightly odd sense datum 2 Jul 2023, 01:23, Sam: image omitted 2 Jul 2023, 01:23, Sam: image omitted 2 Jul 2023, 01:48, Sam: https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2009/01/fake_rockefeller200901 2 Jul 2023, 03:12, Sam: Is that Martin’s alarm? 2 Jul 2023, 03:13, Sam: I may make a loud noise to subtly wake him if so (or if I don’t hear back and you’re presumedly asleep) 2 Jul 2023, 03:13, Sam: And if it’s not his alarm to wake him up to leave, then that way he can at least turn it off, lol 2 Jul 2023, 03:25, Sam: Alright, I give up, if that hasn’t woken either of you up then I cba 2 Jul 2023, 03:26, Sam: Not much more I can do short of shaking him awake 2 Jul 2023, 03:26, Damien: It’s just woke me up 2 Jul 2023, 03:26, Sam: Ah, good, that would have been my noise 2 Jul 2023, 03:27, Sam: Sorry, I just don’t care enough or know him well enough to start touching people in their sleep 2 Jul 2023, 03:28, Sam: Honestly I don’t reaaally care except inasmuch as (a) he’d otherwise stay longer and (b) I was getting a bit tired of having his alarm blaring on and on 2 Jul 2023, 03:28, Sam: (And was worried the neighbour/s might be disturbed too) 2 Jul 2023, 03:32, Sam: Ok, my very loud jangling of a spoon inside a glass (having failed severally to wake him by sparing use of the wedding-toast technique) may have disturbed the neighbours too, I suppose, but at least not all night 2 Jul 2023, 04:56, Sam: Oh good, it looks like our guest is still here 😃😃😅🥲😭 2 Jul 2023, 05:06, Sam: Sorry, I don’t mean to be hostile, it’s just that I’ve spent all day and most evenings cleaning up his mess around him while he’s hardly lifted a finger. I think he’s been actually marginally worse than Ryan, who at least didn’t dump his bags all over the living room, leave discarded rubbish on the floors and table and window sill, sit around with music blasting in the living room in the middle of the night, or indeed alarms, etc, and had the pretty decent excuse of being an 18yo, little older than my brother, who suffered trauma hard for any human to imagine, and not someone almost twice his age who’s here apparently for a cheap holiday. I can’t imagine behaving this way in anyone’s house. It’s a violation of xenia exactly as bad as the guy who turns someone away. 2 Jul 2023, 13:13, Damien: This message was deleted. 2 Jul 2023, 13:29, Damien: I really just know where to begin. You moved a stray vunerable adult who was practically a mute for about 3 weeks into the flat, telling me that it was going to be three days, and then thought it was a great idea to give him meth. Which really put me in a difficult position.I bit my tongue several times about Ryan, and perhaps I shouldn’t have he when he slammed doors, put half eaten chicken bones in the bin, I could go on and on, not at least having to hide my laptop And just for record Martin (someone I’ve known for years), wasn’t here for a cheap holiday, he was here because he had a huge fight with his dad, and also it’s the anniversary of his mothers death, he was practically inconsolable at lunch yesterday. I’ve just had a lovely message from martin thanking us for his, I don’t think the 18 y/o did, in fact he didn’t even said goodbye, just a freeloading Twink, thinking we should be grateful to stay here based on his looks 🤡 2 Jul 2023, 13:30, Damien: Could we speak about this later, I’m actually just upset, with the balance of tolerance between us. 2 Jul 2023, 13:41, Damien: Also could you sit down with me to sort out the bills in the flat? I really don’t want you thinking you pay more than me or something like that 👍🏻 2 Jul 2023, 13:44, Damien: I know you said your parents thought I should just sort it all anyway because I’m unemployed or something, I can’t exactly remember what you said at the time, but it really needs some of your input. 2 Jul 2023, 13:54, Sam: Right. I can tolerate guests’ strewn litter and spilled drinks, or music, or alarms, or shouting, even taking my stuff once or twice, but I won’t tiptoe around in my own home to avoid my flatmate throwing a fit over fucking _cleaning up_. Maybe someone else will put up with this diva shit. I won’t. I don’t care to have an argument about this. If this happens once more, I’m out. Have a good Sunday. 2 Jul 2023, 13:54, Damien: Come here and talk about it 2 Jul 2023, 13:55, Damien: Because frankly I’m about ready to leave. 2 Jul 2023, 13:56, Damien: I tipToped around for three weeks with a Twink with a big dick you liked the look off and then gave him fucking meth, it’s in no way comparable 2 Jul 2023, 13:57, Damien: There’s still cat shit on the floor? 2 Jul 2023, 13:57, Damien: 🤣🤣🤣 2 Jul 2023, 13:58, Damien: Who threw a fit 🤣🤣🤣🤣 2 Jul 2023, 13:59, Damien: Shall we look at the tenancy agreement and find away out of this 2 Jul 2023, 13:59, Damien: I’ve really put up with enough at this point 2 Jul 2023, 14:43, Damien: I’d really like to work this out. Apologies for being passive aggressive ( not that your shy of slamming doors yourself), although I’m really quite weirded out that someone would hit a spoon and a glass outside my bedroom, to wake me up, it feels rather demented. And then comparing Martin staying to that homeless stranger you found of Grindr. If you can’t understand the latter, and what I had to put up with in much with all of it, then I’m afraid we’ve reached an impasse. This frantic cleaning for the first time doesn’t make much sense there’s still cat shit on the floor and the surfaces are sticky from where you’ve just left sprayed stuff cleaning stuff and just left it. There’s a cleaner coming tomorrow as we agreed before we moved in. Also could you tell me what martin took? Your knee jerk reaction is to generally assume anyone I bring into the flat is stealing after one incident over a slice of cake. I’m going to leave for a long weekend on Thursday, if you’re not prepared to try and resolve this before then we should try to find an amical way to end this. 2 Jul 2023, 21:52, Sam: Ok, I’ve had some tea so I have a bit more energy now. I’m happy to talk at 10pm. I am not going to debate this, though. I know you’re in the age-old position of having grown used to a certain lifestyle funded by looks and youth, then realising that those looks and that youth are not eternal, and that rich old guys are not in the market for personalities - and then also whatever’s going on with HIV and money and drinking and so forth. It’s rough. But I am not your servant, I‘m not beholden to you, and if you think I’m going to be spoken like you have then you are out of your tiny Chinese mind. It was one thing to start whinging about my not cleaning up when Mr Harrow was here. I shrugged that off since I understood that what happened with him must’ve been a bruise to the ego. Then sitting around last week complaining about my cleaning the windows, telling me to stop, and then chanting about how bad I am at cleaning - that one I very _very_ grudgingly let slide because it was your birthday. This one is way beyond the line and I am concerned that you seem to think it’s not immediate apology material. I have taken pains to clean when you’re absent or asleep. I should not have to, and I won’t again, because frankly it’s an absurd accommodation for a problem that is yours to deal with. I am sympathetic, but you aren’t the only person who has problems in his life, you aren’t the first gay to grow old, etc. I don’t know if you can fix this psychological schema or whatever you’d call it. But I can tell you where it ends up. There’s no shortage of ghosts of Christmas future: Kieran, Slape, Corbett-Weaver and his boyfriend Luka (?), etc. Anyway, I’m not Cordelia, I’m saying this compassionately but ultimately I won’t tolerate this, it’s past the line and if you think it’s ok then I think I’m off. Those are my thoughts, so you have them. I’m around in 10 mins or so. 2 Jul 2023, 21:55, Sam: I rushed that out, so ignore any typos. I glanced at your above messages just now and I won’t read or reply to them. Other issues can be addressed separately but today’s antics are not acceptable and not up for debate. If you disagree with that - verbally or by continuing like that - then I’m out. Simple as. 2 Jul 2023, 21:57, Sam: On rereading, this last paragraph is quite dreadfully worded. Not as in ‘open to misinterpretation’ but as in ‘probably quite hard to make any sense of at all’. Ah well. I can find my words better in person. 2 Jul 2023, 22:04, Damien: Can you be around in 30 mins? 2 Jul 2023, 22:39, Damien: Do you parents know about your meth habit babe? I think you need help, I’m really worried about you xx 6 Jul 2023, 23:13, Sam: Tenancy Agreement- AST 24-03-2023.PDF • 26 pages document omitted 6 Jul 2023, 23:39, Damien: image omitted 6 Jul 2023, 23:39, Damien: image omitted 6 Jul 2023, 23:42, Sam: CI Flat D 97 New Bond Street W1S comp.pdf • 35 pages document omitted 6 Jul 2023, 23:57, Sam: https://england.shelter.org.uk/housing_advice/private_renting 8 Jul 2023, 20:21, Sam: 8 Jul 2023, 20:32, Sam: 8 Jul 2023, 20:32, Sam: 9 Jul 2023, 06:07, Sam: 9 Jul 2023, 06:07, Sam: (https://england.shelter.org.uk/housing_advice/eviction/harassment_by_a_private_landlord/understand_your_tenancy_rights) 9 Jul 2023, 06:11, Damien: Yes annoyingly it doesn’t say what happens if rent is paid in advance 🫠 9 Jul 2023, 06:12, Damien: image omitted 9 Jul 2023, 06:15, Sam: Have you seen this page: https://england.shelter.org.uk/housing_advice/eviction/eviction_after_a_section_8_notice ? Doesn’t address that question in particular afaics but otherwise seems quite good 10 Jul 2023, 23:31, Sam: image omitted 10 Jul 2023, 23:34, Sam: Also, sorry, I can give you a hand with Airbnb / legal stuff if you let me know what the sitch is 11 Jul 2023, 00:09, Sam: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/aug/17/everybody-lies-seth-stephens-davidowitz-review 11 Jul 2023, 00:46, Damien: https://themovemarket.com/tools/propertyprices/97-new-bond-street-london-w1s-1sl 11 Jul 2023, 00:57, Sam: Contract: This concerns 97D New Bond St (‘the Meth Den’). Sam will give Damien his keys to the Meth Den, Damien will give £N to Sam, and thereupon Sam won’t live at the Meth Den. Signed: Sam, Damien. Witnessed: Alex. 11 Jul 2023, 00:58, Sam: ^ Think this is basically all that’s needed, and that it might be a good idea to keep it simple like this.. If you can find a folder of mine with a postcard with some Bloomsbury-looking portrait on the front, it should have a tenancy contract in it for Goodge St, with similar-ish plain style! 11 Jul 2023, 01:02, Damien: Hahaha yahh, I’m fine with that! I don’t really need a contract, but just for good house keeping maybe it’s good to have! 11 Jul 2023, 01:59, Sam: 11 Jul 2023, 02:01, Damien: Lol I love how your battery is always so Low 11 Jul 2023, 02:04, Sam: ‘Staple gay thing of the phone battery always dying’ as someone once put it to me on Grindr 11 Jul 2023, 02:04, Sam: Lol 11 Jul 2023, 02:42, Sam: 11 Jul 2023, 02:52, Damien: Let me know if you want that sim! 11 Jul 2023, 02:53, Sam: Oh thanks but tbqh I’ll get through whatever data it has in no time, it’s really only unmetered internet that I can use - sorry, not to sound ungrateful or demanding, or like an internet addict, but these phones hoover up data without you even noticing (eg for software updates or downloading Oli’s 100mb 20-second WhatsApp videos, lol) 11 Jul 2023, 03:19, Sam: Eliot ref (stuck in my head for some reason, maybe because it’s so eminently quotable at weird moments in my probably disconcerting/discomfiting way, lol): https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/44212/the-love-song-of-j-alfred-prufrock 11 Jul 2023, 03:24, Sam: Oh my god I just remembered he did a recording of it: https://youtu.be/JAO3QTU4PzY His readings always ruin his poems, because his voice sounds like someone strangling a cow 11 Jul 2023, 03:26, Sam: 11 Jul 2023, 03:26, Damien: 🤣🤣🤣🤣 11 Jul 2023, 03:27, Damien: I think I have unlimited, but ley me know if you change your mind :) 11 Jul 2023, 03:27, Sam: Oh you mean that sim? If so I may give it a try, but can negotiate tomorrow morning since I’ll prob want to pay something or other 11 Jul 2023, 03:28, Sam: Thanks either way! Much obliged 11 Jul 2023, 03:28, Sam: (And possible it may have some fair use policy etc, and I’ll prob need to look for the sim prodder thingie since I’ve never actually used one in this phone) 11 Jul 2023, 03:29, Damien: I think they gave me it free, when I bought my contract, I can’t imagine it being worth much, it’s probably worth tuppence lol 11 Jul 2023, 03:31, Sam: Oh why not then? I mean whenever you have a moment, today or tomorrow (where today = ‘now till sleep/sunrise’ and tomorrow = ‘wake/sunrise till next sunrise’), I don’t suppose you could leave it somewhere, maybe on the blue towel, or somewhere else if you let me know where it is, and I can give it a try? 11 Jul 2023, 03:32, Sam: Lol sorry for my very forensically worded message 11 Jul 2023, 03:32, Damien: Yes I’ll go get it now, hopefully it works. haha 11 Jul 2023, 03:32, Sam: Ah, thanks! Prob don’t have to do the prisoner exchange thing with the towel, tho it suits me because I’m lazy and this way we don’t have to coordinate 11 Jul 2023, 03:35, Damien: Alas Alex is sleeping, I left one, sun on the towel that was about, I’ll have more a rummage in the morning and I’ll give it to you then 11 Jul 2023, 03:36, Sam: Ah thanks! Much appreciated! Will give it a try in a few mins 11 Jul 2023, 03:36, Sam: 🙏🏻 11 Jul 2023, 05:15, Sam: 11 Jul 2023, 08:01, Damien: I found the other pillow and left on the towel in the hall 12 Jul 2023, 22:07, Damien: https://www.airbnb.co.uk/wishlists/v/1338597239?viralityEntryPoint=49&s=76 12 Jul 2023, 22:39, Sam: Shit, one very much optional request: I don’t suppose I could possibly prevail on you to possibly order some Putin Gourmet cat food? I can explain the context when you’re back - actually maybe best to wait till then, but I’ll send this anyway to give you advance notice 12 Jul 2023, 22:40, Sam: Purina, not Putin, lol 12 Jul 2023, 22:40, Damien: Oh yes, I’ll pick some up from Tesco. 12 Jul 2023, 22:41, Sam: Oh are you going there? Curzon St? I don’t _think_ they have it - I tried yesterday - but yes that’d be excellent if you manage to find it 12 Jul 2023, 22:41, Sam: Thanks v v much! 12 Jul 2023, 22:42, Damien: The one on St James st, failing that I can gopuff it 12 Jul 2023, 22:42, Sam: (Guy said they don’t stock pet stuff at all, but I don’t trust those people to have the tiniest bit of knowledge even about their 10m^2 store, haha 12 Jul 2023, 22:42, Sam: Oh no I mean Purina Gourmet is Purina Gourmet is Purina Gourmet 12 Jul 2023, 22:43, Sam: That is, any way you could possibly get it would be a lifesaver - thank you! 12 Jul 2023, 22:43, Sam: Will explain when back 12 Jul 2023, 22:44, Sam: Of all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these: “There is no Purina Gourmet cat food for Pig” 12 Jul 2023, 22:54, Damien: Haha yes, good thing you said Pig 😉 12 Jul 2023, 23:24, Damien: Fortunately the one on. st james st had it 👌🏻 12 Jul 2023, 23:25, Sam: Oh haha Tig isn’t so picky… 12 Jul 2023, 23:26, Sam: Or rather she is but she doesn’t bother protesting, she just sits there looking faintly supercilious and sorry for herself 12 Jul 2023, 23:26, Sam: And amazing, thanks so much! Hope you didn’t have to go there specially for this! 13 Jul 2023, 00:26, Sam: Re PNG - a slight ramble but very good: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/cannibal-habits-of-the-common-tourist/ Greenland apartment building: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blok_P 13 Jul 2023, 17:20, Sam: image omitted 13 Jul 2023, 19:58, Sam: 13 Jul 2023, 20:20, Sam: 13 Jul 2023, 23:13, Damien: image omitted 14 Jul 2023, 00:00, Sam: Hahahah so sweet! 14 Jul 2023, 20:00, Sam: Contract Sam agrees to leave 97D New Bond St (‘the flat’) in exchange for £N from Damien, to cover the Jul-Oct rent that was paid up front. Damien agrees to repay Sam his share of the deposit, i.e. £1500, minus any deductions for cat-food-related carpet damage in Sam’s bedroom but nothing else. (E.g. if the landlord charges £100 for cat-food-related carpet damage and £2900 for other damage, Damien will pay Sam £1400.) This shall be paid as promptly as possible, with interest at the Bank of England base interest rate for any intervening days. This supersedes all prior agreements. All language herein should be interpreted with its ordinary English meaning. 14 Jul 2023, 20:26, Sam: Sorry, the 1500 here was a placeholder number which was vaguely what I recalled but which I intended to look up and replace with the exact figure (which I suspect is more ‘exact-looking’, ie not round) 14 Jul 2023, 20:26, Sam: But ignore that contract, I’ll send you one that reflects my current thinking 14 Jul 2023, 21:02, Sam: Ok, sorry. Brain slightly off today. I suppose this is the situation: if I indemnify you for the Section 8 risk, then the only reason you should prefer to pay £0 + 50% profit (rather than £2300 + 0% profit) is if the EV of 50% profit is less than £2300. This is what sticks in the craw. And that this is effectively risk-free for you: if it doesn’t let on Airbnb, I pay, by forgoing my cash-equivalent tenancy, while you pay nothing and in fact enjoy twice the space you otherwise would. I understand that all of finance relies on different expectations and valuations - otherwise no one would buy or sell anything - but there’s a principal-agent problem here. I’d be happy to do a 50:50 deal if we both retained tenancy rights whenever it‘s not on the market, or the aforementioned flat-fee deal, but anything else is not preferable for me over the status quo ante. So I think now at least. Contract to follow in a few mins or so. Let me know your thoughts! 14 Jul 2023, 21:23, Damien: I think both retaining tenancy rights Is totally fair. Although what would you be using the room yourself? I’d get very upset if you moved in a gross Chinese person or the like to stay in your room 😅 14 Jul 2023, 21:25, Sam: Oh no that’s fair I think, yeah! I don’t think we both have absolute rights to do whatsoever we want with the rooms, in the legal sense because we’re not allowed to anyway, and in the moral sense because this isn’t _strictly_ two rooms, it’s also a common area, so there’s some inevitable annoying give-and-take required, which complicates things. 14 Jul 2023, 21:27, Damien: I think that’s perfectly reasonable to me 👌🏻 14 Jul 2023, 21:33, Sam: Cool cool, that works then! I guess the one remaining question is what we both want to do at 6 months 14 Jul 2023, 21:34, Damien: Oh I’m just heading to waitrsoe let me know if you need anything! 14 Jul 2023, 21:34, Sam: I’m about to hop in the shower wherein I’ll have a think 14 Jul 2023, 21:34, Sam: Ah thanks, will do! Nothing hugely atm but thanks! 14 Jul 2023, 21:41, Sam: Oh wait this is probably too late but is there any chance you could grab some soy milk? Just the cheap Waitrose one in the cooking section is fine, tho I’ll pay back for whatever 14 Jul 2023, 21:41, Damien: Oat milk? 14 Jul 2023, 21:42, Damien: Potato milk? 14 Jul 2023, 21:42, Damien: Pea milk? 14 Jul 2023, 21:42, Sam: Ideally soya milk, tho that should be the easiest to find 14 Jul 2023, 21:42, Sam: Otherwise whatever is fine, lol 14 Jul 2023, 21:42, Sam: (Soya milk is the OG milk alternative) 14 Jul 2023, 23:42, Sam: 14 Jul 2023, 23:43, Damien: Yes he wants his keys 14 Jul 2023, 23:43, Damien: I’ve already said I’m out 14 Jul 2023, 23:44, Sam: 14 Jul 2023, 23:46, Damien: Just don’t let him in whatever you do, I’ll stay for hours 🫠🫠 15 Jul 2023, 11:13, Damien: Heyy, are you out? 15 Jul 2023, 11:14, Sam: Oh no I’m in, just about to have a shower, and generally doing morning stuff - what’s up? 15 Jul 2023, 11:15, Sam: (This is 7:30am in Sam Time) 15 Jul 2023, 11:15, Damien: Oh not much, I was going to rearrange the lamps 15 Jul 2023, 11:15, Damien: And start writing a todo list for the airbnb thing 15 Jul 2023, 11:15, Damien: Hopefully we can get most of it sorted today 🙌🏻 15 Jul 2023, 11:16, Sam: Oh cool cool - I can help in like 10-15 mins but obv do whatever you fancy before then! 15 Jul 2023, 11:16, Sam: Basically: no problem and also no need 15 Jul 2023, 11:16, Sam: And will be 15minsish 15 Jul 2023, 11:16, Damien: I’ll wait for a bit, but I was going to move the large lamp in your room. 15 Jul 2023, 11:17, Sam: Ahh ok - lemme quickly have a shower and then can help 15 Jul 2023, 12:34, Sam: 15 Jul 2023, 12:35, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treachery_of_Images 15 Jul 2023, 12:58, Sam: Sorry, just going to take 5 mins to gather my strength and have some tea (of both varieties) and then will sort my room 15 Jul 2023, 12:59, Sam: Shouldn’t take long, and at the bare minimum I can just scrape stuff into the wardrobe or a box or suchlike 15 Jul 2023, 13:17, Damien: Quite 15 Jul 2023, 13:17, Damien: Sorry I’m just running a bit behind 15 Jul 2023, 13:18, Damien: I’ve to take a phone call 15 Jul 2023, 13:18, Sam: Oh perfect! I’m about midway through but I’m very glad of any extra time 15 Jul 2023, 15:00, Sam: Ok, my gathered thoughts are as follows. I’m afraid I’m not taking equal risk and equal share on an Airbnb for 7 days a month, and then moving out so you can have the whole flat for the remaining 23-24 days. You wouldn’t accept it if I offered the same to you, and rightly not. I’m not insisting on fairness for fairness’s sake, but we’ve gone from “I’ll pay your rent”, to “I’ll give you 50% of a profit that’ll be far more, £42k/month or whatever”, to “I’ll give you 50% of a profit that’ll be your rent at most (and only if the bookings align with my holidays)”. This is preposterous and you know it, and I’m obviously not going to agree to such a deal. This is precisely why the ‘you get 50%’ proposal always felt fishy to me. It’s also why we agreed explicitly yesterday — you can see it literally a few messages up — that we’d both split the Airbnb income and both continue to share the flat in the remaining time. When I felt you were offering me a better deal than you needed or ought to, I said so. The offer has changed several times. This latest one is not good enough. Sorry. I’m sure we can work something out but this ain’t it. 15 Jul 2023, 15:15, Damien: Oh gosh this is not what I had intended. I’m so sorry you feel this way, I thought the whole thing was that you desperately wanted to move to Goodge st but wanted to ensure your rent was covered here. I agree it’s not fair that there were twists and turns along the way, and I shouldn’t of made that initial offer to pay your rent without thinking it through. I thought the offer you made yesterday was not beneficial to you, saying that If we served section 8, by the landlord, you would put a clause in that you’d not expect rent payments from me, was quite unfair to you. Also I never said If bookings align with my holidays, I’m sorry if it sounded like that, but I absolutely did not say that, nor did I never say £42k pcm, not once. Also we discussed that all the initial takings would go to cover your rent and anything in excess of that would be split 50/50. 15 Jul 2023, 15:17, Damien: I mean I’m sure you appreciate as well, that when you’ve moved into Goodge st that you wouldn’t expect me to stay in a hotel for 30 days 15 Jul 2023, 15:17, Damien: Please if there’s something else you’d prefer just say 15 Jul 2023, 15:20, Damien: I’d you want to go back to me paying you £2300 a certain time every month with a clause being that if a section 8 is served then you’d forgive the amount owed , then that’s absolutely fine with me 15 Jul 2023, 15:33, Sam: Ah sorry, I missed this. Thanks for the nice replies. I’m happy with that, yeah. 15 Jul 2023, 15:38, Sam: “If bookings align with my holidays” was the harshest / most extreme interpretation of what you said, granted. I put it in brackets because it was a bit speculative. On the kindest interpretation you might have just meant that it would be a bonus but not a strict requirement. (I did ask, but you didn’t specify, which I’m sure was because you were genuinely uncertain. Nonetheless I think I’m somewhat justified in taking the most conservative, cautious interpretation - but yes, it wasn’t explicitly or definitely what you were saying.) 15 Jul 2023, 15:43, Sam: £42k was definitely mentioned as the monthly earnings. I think £89k was mentioned too, iirc as the suggested total earnings, but that doesn’t quite add up and I can’t recall why (maybe that was assuming a different nightly rate, or less than 100% occupancy, or costs, or whatever). You made that slip of tongue about ‘full vacancy’ so many times that my correction to ‘full occupancy’ eventually stuck (this morning). That’s the context in which you looked up and told me about that 90-day maximum. This was what we were discussing. It doesn't matter, but I do insist on that reality for the sake of reality. 15 Jul 2023, 15:48, Sam: I expected you to do more or less the same as I would do, which is stay in a hotel if it were only a few days and then sort out at least a short-term tenancy as and when it became logical to do so (definitely if 100% booked, probably if 90%, maybe even if 70% depending on the premium one pays for a hotel, etc etc). Again, doesn’t matter, it’s a moot point now and it never really mattered anyway - we’re not bound to be ok with X or Y just because we were discussing the idea - but I don’t have the mental bandwidth to remember anything additional to what actually happened. 15 Jul 2023, 15:51, Sam: But yeah the upshot is that this would definitely be a better deal. I mean, it’s the same exact deal, except I’m guaranteed it without having to assume the risk myself. It means you could well make a very tidy profit, but that I’m fine with because it’s good enough for me, it satisfies my risk aversion / loss aversion, so if you feel the same then 100% I’m cool with that. 15 Jul 2023, 15:51, Sam: Not just a better deal but specifically a deal I’d be happy with, to be 100% clear 15 Jul 2023, 15:52, Damien: Yes, it would totally unreasonable for me to do that. I suppose I just didn’t like the idea of living in hotels for 30 days 😅 15 Jul 2023, 15:53, Sam: Still happy to take photos etc. I may need a day or so extra - hopefully won’t but may - but I can get family or someone in to help if you get a booking for Monday (unlikely I think) and if not then I insist on prorating it (ie excluding that from what you pay me). And only if that’s cool with you. If not I’ll move out on Monday, since it’s what we’d at least provisionally agreed, and it seems fair enough. 15 Jul 2023, 15:54, Damien: Lol my heads a bit fried rn, I can reply to these in a bit 15 Jul 2023, 15:54, Damien: Oh no rush, at all. 15 Jul 2023, 15:55, Damien: And of course I don’t mind at all helping you move 15 Jul 2023, 15:55, Damien: I mean it’s only around the corner after all 15 Jul 2023, 15:56, Sam: Yeah, this is what I meant by the principal-agent problem. It was just a bit much to take 50:50 and leave the Airbnb-ing entirely at your mercy. It had to be one or the other, really. And so even more so when the same deal but _expressly, explicitly_ only letting for 7 days, lol. I think maybe we’re not in the best state to have what is after all a pretty nightmarishly complicated negotiation! 15 Jul 2023, 15:57, Sam: Oh, no need to help with the move! It’s not much stuff, after all, and lots of it was never unpacked to begin with. (I’m hoping I can prevail on my family, which I’ll prob want to do regardless bc they have cars etc!) 15 Jul 2023, 21:35, Damien: Let me know when works best to come and photograph your room 🙏🏻 15 Jul 2023, 21:35, Sam: Ah, will be 30 secs more tidying but do come whenever 16 Jul 2023, 22:01, Damien: Heyy, did you decide on what day you were going to leave on? No rush, I’m just trying to think ahead. 16 Jul 2023, 22:03, Sam: Oh god - I mean, I could go whenever really, even tonight, but I’ve been an asthmatic mess and then was talking to Alex for the rest of the day and got totally distracted (categorise that one as ADHD mess) 16 Jul 2023, 22:04, Sam: Basically: how much of a rush are you in? I‘m extremely flexible tho obviously I want to leave sooner rather than later since we’re making pro rata deductions 16 Jul 2023, 22:04, Sam: Speaking of which I must send you this contract 16 Jul 2023, 22:04, Sam: One sec 16 Jul 2023, 22:15, Damien: I’m really not in any rush. Just let me know when you’ve thought about it. 16 Jul 2023, 23:04, Sam: Ok first stab here 16 Jul 2023, 23:05, Sam: To be clear, this is not an offer or an invitation to treat, and I don’t intend this to be taken as my signing the contract I’m about to send 16 Jul 2023, 23:05, Sam: Sam agrees to move out of 97D New Bond St (‘the flat’) from 16 July to 16 October 2023 in exchange for £6825.00 from Damien (up front or in three equal monthly instalments paid in advance rather than in arrears) (for Sam’s share of the Jul-Oct prepaid rent, thrice £2275.00) and £3150 (at the end of the tenancy) (for Sam’s share of the deposit) (deducting any deductions for cat-food-related carpet damage in Sam’s bedroom but no others). If the tenancy is not ended by 16 October, each party’s rights and obligations shall revert to the status quo ante, i.e. each shall be entitled to live at the flat and obliged to pay rent for it at the rate that obtained before this contract. This contract is intended to be enforceable upon part performance by either party, to the extent performed. I.e. Sam’s moving out for N days generates an obligation for Damien to pay for those N days, though the deposit share is owed regardless net of the above-mentioned deductions. The pro rata deduction for each day is calculated at £74.19, dividing by the 92 days from 16 July 00:00 UTC to 16 Oct 00:00 UTC, and shall be rounded up to the next whole day. Deductions shall be spread across instalments. If the landlord ends the tenancy by invoking Section 8 of the Housing Act of 1988 under Ground 12 (defined in Schedule 2 as the violation or non-performance of an obligation of the tenancy), and if the only unmet obligation they adduce is the obligation not to sublet (including but not limited to clauses 13.2, 25.1, and 25.2 of the tenancy contract), Damien will no longer be obliged to pay Sam’s rent for the days after eviction (i.e. actual loss of access) unless that rent is refunded to Damien. A partial rent refund shall be applied equally to Sam and Damien, i.e. shall release Damien from the obligation to pay Sam’s half of the unrefunded rent. This contract shall not be terminated by the death of either party, whose obligations shall then pass to his executors. This contract shall be governed by English law. All language should be interpreted with its ordinary English meaning. All references to ‘we’ refer to Damien and Sam. All amendments to this contract shall be made by a UNIX patch file taking this text as its source. 16 Jul 2023, 23:10, Sam: I’ve made various judgement calls, some favourable to you and some favourable to me. Obviously read it through properly and see what you think about what it says. (Be mindful that anything we say here — ie like anywhere else — has legal effect and can be construed as a contract, or indeed construed _into_ any contract we may later create, etc etc. It’s not the case that contract law only applies to documents written in flowery Latin-y language and signed and dated. Well, there’s a limited statute of frauds under English law but that’s more or less true.) 16 Jul 2023, 23:16, Sam: Notable judgement calls unfavourable to you: section 8 exemption only applies if Airbnb* is the _only_ cited violation of the contract; the situation reverts to the status quo ante (ie we both live here and pay rent) if the tenancy is not terminated by 16 Oct (I very much intend for this to be clarified by some amendment, either once signed or in an edit before we sign this); as discussed, you indemnify me to all deposit deductions except the cat food damage to the carpet. *…or any other subletting; I’ve somewhat-favourably-to-you not specified Airbnb or anything else, just subletting. _Disclaimer: I don’t intend for any of the above to modify this or any other contract we sign. I haven’t paid immense care to my wording and it’s possible I’ve misspoken. If you like, we can draw up a plain English précis like the one above, but carefully enough that I’m happy for it to have legal force._ 16 Jul 2023, 23:18, Damien: Yes, thank you for pointing that out. 16 Jul 2023, 23:19, Damien: Good work with the contract 👍🏻. If you don’t mind, I’ll go through it tomorrow when I’m more awake. 16 Jul 2023, 23:20, Sam: Not sure if that’s sarcastic or what part of that message you’re referring to - sorry if anything I’m saying here sounds like it’s stating the obvious, I just don’t want to say anything sloppy in such close proximity to this contractual stuff and when it might later affect how it’s interpreted! 16 Jul 2023, 23:20, Damien: I think it’s important that a decision is made soon about termination of the contract, as the last thing we want is to run into large penalties. 16 Jul 2023, 23:21, Sam: And sure, no worries at all! No rush! The only thing is that we should sign it before you pay and before I leave, for tedious reasons having to do with Foakes and part performance etc 16 Jul 2023, 23:21, Sam: And the pre-existing duty rule 16 Jul 2023, 23:21, Sam: Re termination of contract, yes, but to be clear there’s nothing in this contract that can affect what we both owe to the landlord 16 Jul 2023, 23:21, Damien: No no, not sarcastic at all. I’m grateful for you writing it up. 16 Jul 2023, 23:22, Sam: For obvious enough reasons (on thinking about it a bit at least; no insult intended) it’s not possible for two parties to ‘contract themselves out of’ what they both/each owe to a third party 16 Jul 2023, 23:22, Sam: (‘Owe’ in a loose, not-necessarily-monetary sense - I just mean their obligations) 16 Jul 2023, 23:23, Sam: Ie I can’t enter into a contract with you that neither of us is obliged to pay rent to Wittington, haha 16 Jul 2023, 23:23, Sam: Not sure if that’s the sort of thing you were suggesting above 16 Jul 2023, 23:23, Sam: Re the penalties I mean 16 Jul 2023, 23:24, Damien: Yes. I haven’t given it much thought, but perhaps we ought to sooner rather than later. Hopefully that tenancy negotiator, I’ve been chatting to can be of some use, with JLL, but let’s leave that for another day 🥱 16 Jul 2023, 23:25, Sam: Ah yes, yup, I think so! If you’re tired then - from a disinterested standpoint - I would probably advise against talking about this, given what I said before, that English courts can interpret a contract out of a ham sandwich, lol 16 Jul 2023, 23:26, Sam: All of this has given me a migraine… 16 Jul 2023, 23:26, Sam: But yeah I hope so! 16 Jul 2023, 23:27, Damien: I just assumed we’d split any penalty, 50/50. 16 Jul 2023, 23:27, Damien: Yes agreed. 16 Jul 2023, 23:27, Sam: Ah yup that’s what I’ve said, re the unrefunded unenjoyed rent (ie I’ve excluded (though I think reasonably / as you’d expect) rent for the days before you actually have to leave, if evicted) 16 Jul 2023, 23:28, Sam: But anyway yeah let’s pick up tomorrow 16 Jul 2023, 23:28, Damien: 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 16 Jul 2023, 23:28, Sam: There are some unfavourable bits I’m happy to amend, but broadly I don’t think there’s anything in there that you should be outraged by, I hope! 16 Jul 2023, 23:28, Damien: Thanks again for drawing up the contract 👌🏻 16 Jul 2023, 23:29, Sam: And again, to state the obvious, nothing I’ve said should be interpreted as any kind of legal endorsement of that contract text quite yet, and I assume the same applies to you (but your agreement to this message won’t make … ah fuck it I’m not thinking about this any more 16 Jul 2023, 23:29, Damien: In the grand scheme of things, it’s not huge amounts of money, so I won’t be fussing on my behalf that much, if at all ahah 16 Jul 2023, 23:29, Sam: Don’t reply to that, or do, I don’t care, but let’s stop talking about this because my brain is like scrambled eggs 16 Jul 2023, 23:30, Damien: Good night! 16 Jul 2023, 23:30, Sam: Yup, not at all! The 16 Oct thing will be the point to consider tomorrow, ie what this contract should say about anything after those 3 months - but let’s leave till then! 16 Jul 2023, 23:30, Sam: Good night! 16 Jul 2023, 23:32, Sam: Oh also, note to myself mainly: it doesn’t specify my liability for any Airbnb damages exceeding the deposit, and maybe it should say something about that (or else it’d prob default to none) ^ this message, as always, I disclaim any legal effect of 16 Jul 2023, 23:32, Sam: 😴💤 17 Jul 2023, 20:17, Sam: 17 Jul 2023, 20:26, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Sedley,_Countess_of_Dorchester 17 Jul 2023, 21:19, Sam: If and when you wake up this evening, I don’t suppose you fancy doing a deal for the TV or the lamp or basically all the stuff we jointly bought (I don’t really care about any of it), for say £100 or whatever, so I have some money to get some cat food and caffeine and nicotine (to balance out the N,α-dimethylphenethylamine)? But please don’t say yes if you don’t think it’s a worthwhile deal, because I’m not really out of money, I’m just too lazy to ask my parents or to ask Stefan or to call in the Roman debt or the many other things I can do to tide me over 17 Jul 2023, 21:19, Sam: Actually maybe you’re not asleep, idk - that’s how I interpreted what you were saying! 17 Jul 2023, 21:20, Sam: To emphasise: please please please do not feel obliged, I have many options and I’m just a lazy person 17 Jul 2023, 21:21, Sam: I can go to my parents very very easily, or get some easy money from Roman 17 Jul 2023, 21:21, Sam: Etc etc 17 Jul 2023, 21:21, Sam: Or indeed sell my couple of old (but still newish) MacBooks whichd probably net me a grand or two 17 Jul 2023, 21:21, Sam: I’m just indolent lol 17 Jul 2023, 21:21, Damien: Haha I’m just going to go to the gym. Yes we can do a deal if you want later. 17 Jul 2023, 21:22, Damien: I’ll be passing a shop on my way back, albeit in about 90 mins If you want me to pick up a few things 17 Jul 2023, 21:23, Sam: If there’s any chance you could (tho counting it against whatever deal we do, or if not then I’ll pay you back separately) that’d be a huge help 🙏🏻 17 Jul 2023, 21:23, Damien: Or I could just send you £100 or whatever now? 17 Jul 2023, 21:24, Sam: Nah let’s not until we have a deal - I’m a bit mindful that we did talk about the contents and maybe we’d agreed they’d just be part of the existing deal, and maybe I’m now double-spending them 17 Jul 2023, 21:24, Sam: Which would be rather shitty 17 Jul 2023, 21:24, Sam: I genuinely don’t remember 17 Jul 2023, 21:24, Sam: And don’t want to force you into a deal under duress 17 Jul 2023, 21:24, Sam: So nah let’s wait— thank you tho! 17 Jul 2023, 21:25, Sam: That being said, I am somewhat fiending for nicotine and Pig is somewhat fiending for Purina Gourmet so maybe I should find a solution… God I’m really sorry I’m such a mess this week 17 Jul 2023, 21:26, Sam: I think my brain doesn’t cope well with stress (I feel emotionally fine, I feel ethnic, but cognitively I’m a mess) 17 Jul 2023, 21:26, Sam: euthymic*, lol, not ethnic 17 Jul 2023, 21:27, Damien: image omitted 17 Jul 2023, 21:27, Sam: Wait, in what direction is your gym? God I feel really bad 17 Jul 2023, 21:27, Sam: Oh wait 17 Jul 2023, 21:27, Sam: Ok run! Dw! lol 17 Jul 2023, 21:27, Damien: So I’m just going to head to give the gym a kiss 17 Jul 2023, 21:27, Damien: Miss* 17 Jul 2023, 21:27, Damien: And go to Waitrose now 17 Jul 2023, 21:28, Sam: Should keep you in their good graces! 17 Jul 2023, 21:28, Sam: God I'm sorry to be such an omnishambles 17 Jul 2023, 21:29, Sam: Happy to come with or not come with, depending on whether it'd be useful or whether you want solitude (I won't take offence either way, I want solitude plenty of the time - I'm not offering so I can get my hands on the stuff sooner, just out of a feeling that I ought to help at least, and maybe you might want to head on somewhere else and not straight home yourself etc etc) 17 Jul 2023, 21:29, Sam: lol, halfway to war and peace 17 Jul 2023, 21:30, Damien: Oh I don’t mind, but if you’re feeling tired definitely don’t feel you should haha 17 Jul 2023, 21:30, Damien: Lol Alex is so loopy 17 Jul 2023, 21:31, Damien: Does that second lock work 17 Jul 2023, 21:31, Damien: 17 Jul 2023, 21:31, Sam: I’m easy! Genuinely up for coming or not coming, whichever you prefer 17 Jul 2023, 21:31, Sam: Wouldn’t mind a walk but also very happy to hang around 17 Jul 2023, 21:32, Sam: > rushed up there Hopefully not his ass??????? 17 Jul 2023, 21:33, Sam: Sorry, I think im gonna die of laughter at how it reads when you imagine that’s what he means 17 Jul 2023, 21:33, Damien: Yes his ass 🤣 17 Jul 2023, 21:34, Sam: Wait are you serious? That’s what he means? Dear god these messages are quite something 17 Jul 2023, 21:34, Sam: I have no pudeur but I take your point about it being a bit sickmaking somehow 17 Jul 2023, 21:35, Sam: Lemme know about Waitrose 17 Jul 2023, 21:35, Sam: Literally up for either, no preference whatsoever that I can think of 17 Jul 2023, 22:32, Sam: 17 Jul 2023, 22:36, Sam: 17 Jul 2023, 22:54, Sam: Bill to self: Juul pods, Purina tins, Purina red fishy bags, biscuits 17 Jul 2023, 22:57, Sam: 17 Jul 2023, 22:57, Sam: Quite sad really 17 Jul 2023, 22:58, Sam: Najibullah was no saint, he was a pretty brutal chief of the secret police who became a pretty ruthless leader (tho not to say he wasn’t a good or benign one) - but at least he went down with his ship 17 Jul 2023, 23:00, Sam: Also, page on Cossack betrayal that I mentioned: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repatriation_of_Cossacks_after_World_War_II 17 Jul 2023, 23:05, Sam: 18 Jul 2023, 13:22, Sam: Is that you at the door? 18 Jul 2023, 13:22, Damien: No 18 Jul 2023, 13:23, Sam: Someone is ringing very persistently but not picking up the phone 18 Jul 2023, 13:23, Sam: Or the entryphone or whatever 18 Jul 2023, 13:23, Sam: Sorta suspect Slape since he’s just messaged but idk if I can be bothered to go check 18 Jul 2023, 13:23, Sam: You’re not expecting anyone or anything right? 18 Jul 2023, 13:23, Damien: Not expecting anyone 18 Jul 2023, 13:23, Sam: Cool cool, will ignore then 👌 18 Jul 2023, 13:23, Damien: And I’d I was im sure they’d call 18 Jul 2023, 13:24, Damien: Alex would Know the first door is open 18 Jul 2023, 13:24, Damien: So we can rule him out 18 Jul 2023, 13:24, Sam: Perfect, thanks - will let you know if situation develops! 18 Jul 2023, 13:24, Sam: Tho would he? 18 Jul 2023, 13:24, Damien: Maybe it’s Liam Rhys 18 Jul 2023, 13:26, Damien: I left the electrician this morning, although he seemed pretty sure that he’d have fixed and would t need to come back 18 Jul 2023, 13:26, Sam: Hmm, weird… Does he have your number or mine? I’m sure he could get in touch 18 Jul 2023, 13:27, Damien: Are they not speaking on the entry phone? The electrician did this morning hmm 18 Jul 2023, 13:27, Sam: I’ll keep my phone on loud 18 Jul 2023, 13:27, Damien: Yeah I’ve just messaged him to make sure 18 Jul 2023, 13:27, Sam: Nope they’re not, which is why I suspected Slape or Liam-Rhys or some other personal aggro thing 18 Jul 2023, 13:27, Damien: Just one tick so not sure 18 Jul 2023, 13:27, Sam: Ah thanks! 🙏🏻 sorry to disturb 18 Jul 2023, 13:27, Damien: Can you see out the window? 18 Jul 2023, 13:32, Damien: image omitted 18 Jul 2023, 13:33, Sam: Strange! I’ll take a look but they’ve not been ringing for a while, so I suspect they’ve gone 18 Jul 2023, 13:33, Sam: Thank god the door is so heavy, haha 18 Jul 2023, 13:34, Sam: I’ll double check that the front door is double locked 18 Jul 2023, 13:34, Damien: Hahaha yes, probably Liam Ryes then 🤣 18 Jul 2023, 13:35, Sam: Surprised all that domestic abuse didn’t do anything for his core body strength! Maybe he skipped leg day 🤷‍♀️ 18 Jul 2023, 21:32, Sam: 18 Jul 2023, 22:14, Sam: 18 Jul 2023, 22:18, Sam: 18 Jul 2023, 22:25, Sam: https://youtu.be/GL-ZoNhUFmc 18 Jul 2023, 22:27, Sam: 18 Jul 2023, 23:01, Sam: 18 Jul 2023, 23:01, Sam: “Can’t hear anything” as in through the AirPods I mean 18 Jul 2023, 23:06, Damien: Hahaha what surprise lol 18 Jul 2023, 23:09, Sam: Oh it just sounded like you were panicking about something, presumably on the phone 18 Jul 2023, 23:09, Sam: And at exactly the same moment that I put the AirPods in 18 Jul 2023, 23:09, Sam: So I figured it might’ve popped up on your phone or something 18 Jul 2023, 23:09, Sam: But maybe just coincidental timing 18 Jul 2023, 23:09, Damien: Hahaha no, I can’t remember what it was 18 Jul 2023, 23:09, Sam: I think I once played porn through someone’s AirPods or something like that 18 Jul 2023, 23:09, Sam: Or AirPlay lol 18 Jul 2023, 23:09, Damien: But not that 18 Jul 2023, 23:09, Damien: Lol 18 Jul 2023, 23:09, Sam: I have a distant repressed memory of something like that 18 Jul 2023, 23:10, Sam: Oh no probably not while (it sounded like) on the phone haha 19 Jul 2023, 09:36, Damien: Did Alex ask you if he could sleep on the sofa? 19 Jul 2023, 10:33, Damien: Oh also, does tomorrow or Friday work, to go to Goodge st? It’s just a suggestion, but really take as long as you need 🙏🏻 19 Jul 2023, 12:32, Sam: No, that’s news to me 19 Jul 2023, 12:33, Sam: Shit let me send the contract now and check with my aunt but I can’t see why not, and I’d meant to go this week - I can’t believe how quickly three days have passed 19 Jul 2023, 12:54, Damien: Haha sure! There’s really no rush at all, take as long as you want. 19 Jul 2023, 12:54, Damien: God I need to get those keys back pronto 19 Jul 2023, 19:28, Sam: Sorry, contract almost done but I'm thinking something like this, just for advance notice: > Damien and Sam agree to the below. > Sam agrees to sublease 97D New Bond St ('the flat') to Damien for £2300pcm payable on the 16th for 3 months, i.e. 16/7/23, 16/8/23, and 16/9/23. > Damien agrees to compensate Sam for any deposit deductions arising from damage within this time. Damien and Sam stipulate that no damage has occurred as of July 16th except slight staining to the farmost bedroom carpet from spilled cat food. > If the landlord ends the tenancy by invoking Section 8 of the Housing Act of 1988 under Ground 12 (defined in Schedule 2 as the violation or non-performance of an obligation of the tenancy), and if the only unmet obligation they adduce is the obligation not to sublet (including but not limited to clauses 13.2, 25.1, and 25.2 of the tenancy contract), Damien will no longer be obliged to pay Sam rent, but shall still be obliged to compensate any deposit deductions. > On October 16th, this agreement is spent, and the positions of both parties return to the status quo ante. 19 Jul 2023, 19:29, Sam: Oh sorry I increased the rent there, haha - I'll correct that, that was sloppiness and not skulduggery!! 19 Jul 2023, 19:30, Sam: ^ The Section 8 paragraph is now strictly redundant, I think, since if we structure it as a lease then it's automatically void if you're unable to occupy the flat, but I'm putting it in there anyway because it doesn't hurt and it would feel dodgy/suss to do otherwise 19 Jul 2023, 19:32, Damien: Looks good to me 🙌🏻 19 Jul 2023, 19:32, Damien: How do you mean 19 Jul 2023, 19:33, Damien: Sorry, I don’t follow the last point 19 Jul 2023, 19:33, Sam: Nice! I’ll go over it but hopefully this is basically something we can sign 19 Jul 2023, 19:33, Sam: I mean that it’s just stating what would be the case either way - it has no effect 19 Jul 2023, 19:34, Sam: But it also doesn’t do any harm, and it gives us some confidence, eg in case the govt passes another Interpretation Act or a judge creates some precedent so that’s no longer implicitly construed into contracts etc etc 19 Jul 2023, 23:13, Damien: Here’s £10.00 to use on Gopuff, just cuz I love you. Get your daily essentials, delivered free in minutes! Register here https://www.gopuff.com/user-registration?coupon_code=GOZVNMWWYX&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=referral&utm_source=share&utm_campaign=co_gb%7cbt_referral%7cch_referral%7cv_share%7cin_%7cgt_country%7cgl_gb%7cce_%7c 19 Jul 2023, 23:39, Sam: Ok I think this can be the final version: Sam agrees to sublet 97D New Bond St ('the flat') to Damien for £2275 per month for three months, in advance, on the 16th, i.e. 16/7/23, 16/8/23, 16/9/23. The total due is £6,875. Each day’s prorated rent is to be calculated as £2,275 divided by the number of days in that rent month. Damien agrees to compensate Sam for any deposit deductions arising from damage within this time. Damien warrants that no damages have been done except some damage to the carpet of the second bedroom from some cat food. If the landlord ends the tenancy under Ground 12 of Section 8 of the Housing Act of 1988, i.e. non-performance, and if the only unmet obligation they cite is the obligation not to sublet (inc. but not lim. to clauses 13.2, 25.1, and 25.2), Damien won't owe rent for any days after the actual date of eviction. This contract is completed on October 16th 2023, whereupon both parties return to the status quo ante. This is intended to be governed by English law. This represents the entire agreement between the parties, supersedes all prior agreements whether express or implied, and should be read in isolation having reference to only the usual English meanings of its words. 19 Jul 2023, 23:41, Sam: ‘In advance’ as opposed to in arrears - ie you’re paying for the month ahead, not the month just past. No implication of paying up front, as hopefully is clear enough from the dates! 20 Jul 2023, 00:39, Damien: Just for context, he’s been both agressive and passive agressive to me all evening, and I knew he would behave like this over the keys, some power play about making it a nightmare to get back, like I’ve watched him do with multiple other people. Please do not give him yours, because I do not trust him to not get a second pair cut tomorrow. Coming uninvited and crashing on the sofa is one thing, but being belligerent and refusing to give my keys back is another. 20 Jul 2023, 00:40, Damien: Let me go other this in the morning and I’ll sign it then. 20 Jul 2023, 01:24, Sam: I haven’t given him my keys, nope. No rush on the contract, tho obv I can’t move till it’s signed. Anything you can do at all on the money front that would simplify things (ie realistically monthly payments) would be much appreciated! Obviously we knock off £75 for each of these days that I’ve been here, so (a) I’m incentivised to get on with it, and (b) that’s hopefully a slightly smaller burden. 20 Jul 2023, 15:40, Sam: Sorry, just realised you might not get notifications for emails. I’ve emailed you a final proposed contract, which I’ve signed. If you’re happy with it, send a signed reply to confirm you agree, and then we’re good to go. And indeed (once paid) I’m good to go! 20 Jul 2023, 18:50, Sam: Shit, is there any chance you’d be able to get any Juul pods? And knock it off the total payment? Sorry, I’m literally dead broke for the next nearly-week (till next redundancy payment) or I suppose until our deal tomorrow. No obligation to get them, sorry to ask, I just am in a spiral and somehow the lowest-energy people to ask are those I’m already talking to (you, Alex, etc) 20 Jul 2023, 18:51, Sam: Also it just occurred to me that I have a right to collect 1/3 of the cleaning money from Kieran 20 Jul 2023, 18:52, Sam: I might securitise that debt obligation and auction it off between you and Alex 20 Jul 2023, 18:52, Sam: I wonder if the bidding will exceed the face value of the debt 😈 20 Jul 2023, 18:54, Sam: (I’m mostly kidding but I might see if either you or Alex wants to buy that debt for a tenner or something, since I’m lazy and you both hate Kieran and you seemed up for doing it to that old landlord of mine, haha) 20 Jul 2023, 18:56, Sam: I need to get back to work, Christ, it’s pathological how much work I’ll do to scrabble together £5 that I could make in like 2 minutes by doing my job that I enjoy 20 Jul 2023, 18:57, Damien: Lol wait 2 secs 20 Jul 2023, 18:57, Damien: I’m walking up the stairs 20 Jul 2023, 18:57, Sam: Oh haha sorry, no worries then! I’m surprised how well I’m handling the nicotine withdrawals (none today and barely any yesterday either) 20 Jul 2023, 19:47, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There's_Plenty_of_Room_at_the_Bottom 20 Jul 2023, 20:01, Sam: 20 Jul 2023, 20:02, Sam: 20 Jul 2023, 20:02, Sam: 20 Jul 2023, 20:14, Sam: https://youtu.be/4WnNL67PEKU 20 Jul 2023, 20:17, Sam: Sorry, gimme 30 secs for my phone to charge (or of course feel free to go without me, no need to wait) 20 Jul 2023, 20:17, Sam: ‘Gimme’ maybe not super polite wording 20 Jul 2023, 20:17, Sam: Brain a bit beyond MOT rn 20 Jul 2023, 20:21, Sam: Ok prob good to go whenever you are - I’m on 20% at least 20 Jul 2023, 21:37, Sam: I don’t suppose, on the off chance that they have Tenzing, that you’d be able to grab me one, and count it against the rent amount? I probably shouldn’t ask, I’m just craving one for some reason - probably they put crack in them or something 20 Jul 2023, 21:38, Sam: But not an important request and realistically I can just have tea 20 Jul 2023, 23:45, Sam: I don’t live in fantasyland, I just think I had I don’t know what it was. I think I just lost my shit. I think I was suddenly abandoned by what I thought was my partner, but okay, then the police said I was a victim of domestic abuse and I’m still quite confused by the definition of that actually I’m having my lawyers look over everything because I’m very confused. Is that really fully what it was or are they trying to just get someone I don’t really know what they’re trying to do, look you’ve got the case number look into it I don’t know anymore and I think it’s not. I think I genuinely did I was under so much pressure to work okay I’ll working for all Mer by Kylian and Tom ford all the fucking brands, and I’m working for billion company and they’re cutting staff and then okay then suddenly I have to be the marketing manager across three brands I can’t and I wasn’t fucking coping okay and I think my mind I don’t know what went through my mind, but clearly my mind was just exploding and it just did I think it’s exploded I couldn’t deal with the workload Estee Lauder I just said this is insanity I said I don’t know to my boss how I can cope with this, and he said that we’re gonna lose more people than I said so you’re gonna stretch me even thinner. That’s why I had to escape. Liens he just packed up and left and left a note on the table, but that’s a different thing. I think I just had a bad time I feel embarrassed I feel awful I think if you heard the tone of my voice, you don’t understand how it’s what I think it’s been rough I’m literally my whole life‘s been turned upside down spaces six weeks I wouldn’t even maybe even this. This is a fucked up situation but police thing though I’m not lying about that did I have a privilege childhood? Yes was a probably over educated yes but okay, my parents did whatever they thought was right with me. Do I take the money no I forge my own life in London I took my father‘s money once and he held it over my head for every time and have a drink I have one I gave Alexander XYZ ha ha ha ha ha that’s what he would say yeah it’s why I stay away from them. No they’ve got the money but I don’t want the money I’m sorry I’m just I don’t know I think I just genuinely just snapped fine I’m sorting it yeah I’m just trying to rebuild. Everything know everything from the ground up, I did fuck up I’m sorry for that. I genuinely do apologise I don’t know what the fuck went through my head I don’t know if it was because I was drunk out my face okay I did have to go to hospital and yes I did have a couple of MRI and CT scans and things, and I’m thing that you know having smoked 30,000 cigarettes so I do get a bit panicked every time I hear that there’s a lump or something and then I immediately think I’m dying it’s probably been me being a hypochondriac 20 Jul 2023, 23:46, Sam: 21 Jul 2023, 00:03, Sam: Ah shit, is there any chance I could borrow £10 ahead of the rent thingie? I’m craving a Tenzing and some biscuit-y thingies. It’s a shitty non-important reason and I’m really sorry to ask, and feel free to say no if it’s just too much bother. And please do knock off the Juul pods and the Waitrose shop the other day, or I’ll send it back to you either way. 21 Jul 2023, 00:04, Damien: Ahh yes not at all 21 Jul 2023, 00:04, Damien: I’ll send it now 21 Jul 2023, 00:04, Sam: God I shouldn’t be such a financial mess - sorry! 21 Jul 2023, 00:04, Sam: Oh do you want some bread? 21 Jul 2023, 00:04, Sam: I can fry you up some - or in the morning otherwise 21 Jul 2023, 00:05, Damien: Oh the morning would be best I’m stuffed. Thank you though. 21 Jul 2023, 00:05, Sam: No probs! I’ll do a bunch then! And really sorry, I realise this is such a scroungey uncomfortable thing 21 Jul 2023, 00:06, Damien: Hahahaha I know I always do it, with you and your pipe 🤣 21 Jul 2023, 00:06, Sam: 21 Jul 2023, 00:06, Damien: What are your bank details again? 21 Jul 2023, 00:06, Sam: Lol 21 Jul 2023, 00:06, Sam: monzo.me/s 21 Jul 2023, 00:06, Sam: If easy 21 Jul 2023, 00:07, Sam: Otherwise one sec I’ll grab the SWIFT deets 21 Jul 2023, 00:07, Sam: Name: Samuel William Howard Robinson-Adams Bank: Monzo Bank Account number: 16068982 Sort code: 04-00-04 BIC: MONZGB2L Bank address: Broadwalk House, 5 Appold St, London, EC2A 2AG, United Kingdom IBAN: GB05 MONZ 0400 0416 0689 82 21 Jul 2023, 00:08, Sam: Sorry, thank you, much much much obliged and appreciated and I’ll try to get you something or other (I’m now a coupon expert and intimately acquainted with the prices on the various apps, which I’d never really looked at before, haha) 21 Jul 2023, 00:11, Sam: Ah the elusive Monzo joint account 21 Jul 2023, 00:11, Sam: 21 Jul 2023, 00:12, Sam: Is ‘T’ the reference? Haha 21 Jul 2023, 00:12, Sam: Oh shit also thank you of course 21 Jul 2023, 00:12, Damien: Oh god ahhaa. Back when Tim siding trust my spending habits 🤣 21 Jul 2023, 00:12, Sam: And thanks to Tim! I’ll have to write a thank you note!! 21 Jul 2023, 00:12, Damien: T for Tenzing haha 21 Jul 2023, 00:12, Sam: Ohhhhhh I see haha 21 Jul 2023, 00:13, Sam: ^ honestly I respect the whole thank you note thing - we should all write more nice Google reviews of nice places 21 Jul 2023, 00:13, Sam: Gonna be my July 21 resolution 21 Jul 2023, 00:13, Sam: Anyway sleep well! ✌️ 21 Jul 2023, 00:35, Sam: 21 Jul 2023, 00:35, Sam: Sorry, please excuse and forgive me on the grounds of hypotenzingemia - I know I’m really pushing the envelope of politeness/manners here 21 Jul 2023, 00:36, Sam: Basically I’m just chancing it and being a bit of a sleazebag and I have no expectation, either in the objective or the subjective sense 21 Jul 2023, 00:36, Sam: Thank you! Shit, I’m sorry for all this 21 Jul 2023, 00:36, Sam: Last night tho!!! Haha 21 Jul 2023, 00:36, Sam: I will order immediately 21 Jul 2023, 00:37, Damien: Oh don’t be sorry at all haha it happened me all the time haha 21 Jul 2023, 00:39, Sam: 21 Jul 2023, 00:40, Sam: Anyway thank you and slape well! 21 Jul 2023, 14:36, Sam: You deleted this message. 21 Jul 2023, 14:40, Sam: How’s Martin and all that, incidentally? 21 Jul 2023, 14:41, Sam: I’m gonna _try_ to be off in time to get a haircut at M. de Toppeurs 21 Jul 2023, 14:48, Damien: I’ll be back in less than 20 and sign the contract and send the monies 21 Jul 2023, 14:48, Damien: Do you need a hand with cats? 21 Jul 2023, 15:26, Sam: Ah, sorry! No need to send the money till I’ve left, really, and I quite understand if you don’t want to! I think it’s best for both of us to be mutually cautious 21 Jul 2023, 15:26, Damien: Also how much shall I send? 21 Jul 2023, 15:27, Sam: (Nothing personal, certainly not about myself, haha, but it’s good practice) 21 Jul 2023, 15:27, Sam: Ah, was about to say 21 Jul 2023, 15:27, Damien: I’m just trying to work it out. 21 Jul 2023, 15:27, Sam: Gimme 2 mins to work out, but it’s £75 for each day from the 16th inclusive and counting today (which buys me up until midnight) 21 Jul 2023, 15:28, Damien: Fab, lmk and I’ll book a cleaner x 21 Jul 2023, 15:28, Sam: But then it’s net of Juul pods £5, Tenzing money (the one thing I forgot is fucking Tenzing) of £20 (£10 x2), Waitrose shop (tenner or so?), and possibly more 21 Jul 2023, 15:28, Sam: I think there is more, I’m just trying to remember 21 Jul 2023, 15:29, Sam: Are more deductions I mean, haha 21 Jul 2023, 15:29, Damien: Haha please forget these, it will make me feel better for scrounging a puff, here and there 🤣 21 Jul 2023, 15:30, Sam: Well, remove the Juul pods or Waitrose shop at the very least, but I’ll send back the £20 regardless because I expressly borrowed it 21 Jul 2023, 15:32, Sam: 21 Jul 2023, 15:32, Sam: 21 Jul 2023, 15:33, Damien: Awww, how sweet x 21 Jul 2023, 15:35, Sam: This is slightly tangential, but when I make my millions I’m going to spend it on buying and forgiving people’s debts 21 Jul 2023, 15:35, Sam: I should suggest that to Phil and my other guilty rich friends actually 21 Jul 2023, 15:36, Sam: (Back when I was paid, we had a slight online hobby of helping out on r/assistance - better done in pairs/groups) 21 Jul 2023, 15:37, Sam: Just because these old debts often go for pennies on the pound, and for £1k you could probably acquire 50-100 £1k loan debts, but that sort of ‘bad’ payday loan debt is exactly the sort that creates the worst human suffering and anguish, and attracts the worst and most aggressive collections agencies to (otherwise) buy it 21 Jul 2023, 15:39, Sam: I can’t stand that John Oliver guy, but the one very cool thing he did (in my book at least) was exactly that: https://youtu.be/hxUAntt1z2c (Relevant bit at end, tho whole thing worth watching imo, if you can suffer through his supposed comedy) 21 Jul 2023, 17:56, Sam: Sorry, just waiting for my aunt to confirm and then will head off - may not be able to take desk today but can fold up and put in attic, or else can probably take in another cab… Is Martin planning to stay tonight? I can always take more time and move more stuff - it’s a bit of a toss up 21 Jul 2023, 17:57, Sam: For my aunt to confirm timing etc, not the actual move, haha 21 Jul 2023, 18:23, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agreement_in_English_law 21 Jul 2023, 18:25, Sam: ((2275*3)-375)/3 21 Jul 2023, 18:59, Damien: Let me know if you need a hand x 21 Jul 2023, 19:17, Sam: Sorry, just trying to coordinate timing still! Won’t be long hopefully! 21 Jul 2023, 19:45, Sam: Ok, bit of a disaster, my aunt and Ollie and I misunderstood each other and the flat is not available for another week. I’ve found somewhere on Airbnb that should do me for the next week and then I can move, but my head is melting slightly and I think I’m gonna have a glass of water and some drugs first. You're welcome to join. Shouldn’t affect you but I just need to gather my wits a bit and figure out the logistics! 21 Jul 2023, 19:46, Sam: God, I knew there was a twist in store 21 Jul 2023, 19:46, Damien: Oh no sweetie you poor thing. Shall I speak to Martin? 21 Jul 2023, 19:46, Sam: Anyway feel free to have some drugs 21 Jul 2023, 19:46, Sam: Lol 21 Jul 2023, 19:46, Damien: Airbnb may be quite expensive x 21 Jul 2023, 19:46, Sam: Sorry about this - nah by chance there’s a very good airbnb 21 Jul 2023, 19:46, Sam: I’ll send it, one sec 21 Jul 2023, 19:47, Sam: There’s also a hilariously grim one nearby which I’ll show you for comedy value 21 Jul 2023, 19:47, Sam: Do you have a moment? I think it should all be fine but I just need to spell it out to myself and figure out any potential hiccups 21 Jul 2023, 19:48, Damien: Oh yes I’m just out on a walk 21 Jul 2023, 19:48, Sam: Also I have to show someone this grim Airbnb haha 21 Jul 2023, 19:48, Damien: Shan’t be long 21 Jul 2023, 19:48, Sam: Ohhh no worries! I’ll try to figure it out - only potential risk is leaving more stuff in the attic for a tiny bit longer if I go with the airbnb route 21 Jul 2023, 19:49, Sam: Will also check with Freddie about his Fulham house, and the Goodge st neighbour in case she potentially knows anywhere (actually I think the flat across from her was being run as an airbnb, haha) 21 Jul 2023, 19:52, Sam: Will also check with neighbour about flat 6 actually - maybe I could just switch flat 21 Jul 2023, 20:00, Damien: Lol I got a bit distracted watching babs insta live 😅 21 Jul 2023, 20:00, Damien: Do you need anything from wiatrose? 21 Jul 2023, 20:01, Sam: No thanks! All good! Much appreciated tho 21 Jul 2023, 20:01, Sam: Oh wait no shit maybe an energy drink if that’s ok 21 Jul 2023, 20:01, Sam: I’ll send you £ (your £ I know but still) 21 Jul 2023, 20:02, Sam: https://pay.monzo.com/#HSYLW1iV3Mmkyb1TwfP-ld6MonWX5JXlTiamjtfFricPz6I8UBdL5T2i8g%3D%3D 21 Jul 2023, 20:59, Sam: https://abnb.me/rb7zuH9FCBb 21 Jul 2023, 21:03, Damien: https://abnb.me/YVaBvAsGCBb 21 Jul 2023, 23:51, Sam: Oh the one really serious request I have (I know it’s prob not one I’m entitled to make but oh well) is… there’s a blue Amiri t-shirt in my chest of drawers. It’s the thing I wore when first meeting Louis. I haven’t really worn it since, but it’s the one thing whose loss would devastate me. (I think I said similar to you after Bloody Sunday, but no one ever believes me. Slape is still trying to get at me with my drug use, which is like … what can I say, I guess I’m meant to be deeply sensitive to this, but that just ain’t me. Louis, and that half-year of my life, is the alpha and omega, it’s my Rosebud.) 21 Jul 2023, 23:52, Sam: Sorry, long rambly message, emotional to think about - but tldr: I’d sooner you threw out everything else and kept that than vice versa 🙏🏻 21 Jul 2023, 23:59, Damien: I wouldn’t dream of it, I won’t throw anything away don’t worry 😉 22 Jul 2023, 02:49, Sam: Ah, thank you! I’ve had a great first night, it’s lovely around here 🥰 22 Jul 2023, 09:35, Sam: I don’t suppose you remember what Airbnb charges, off the top of your head? I love the vibe here and I’m considering what sort of offer I could make to stay here continually 22 Jul 2023, 09:43, Sam: Oh my god the Tesco here is so so good 22 Jul 2023, 09:53, Sam: You reckon I could get it from 95/night to 50/night, between avoiding Airbnb fees and 3-month limits and also providing the certainty of permanent tenancy? 🤔 22 Jul 2023, 09:54, Sam: 22 Jul 2023, 13:04, Damien: I think you absolutely could, I think it’s a matter of just asking the landlord 22 Jul 2023, 13:04, Damien: 3% to the host 22 Jul 2023, 13:04, Damien: And 15% for the guest 22 Jul 2023, 14:46, Damien: 22 Jul 2023, 14:46, Damien: 22 Jul 2023, 14:50, Sam: Awww! Shall I come see them? I just realised I left you with (almost? iirc) no cat food, no litter, etc, which is quite shitty considering even what little food remains is food you bought… I’m guessing Martin hasn’t come yet, by the look of the room? Also, I probably could have them here if it were easier. I’ll have to eventually. Not sure what I’ll do tomorrow - I guess I’ll book more days here, but not sure when to bite the bullet and just start negotiating with him privately. How the fuck does one get the landlord’s off-platform contact details (ie his number) when they don’t leave them in the flat?? Steganography maybe??? 22 Jul 2023, 16:28, Damien: This message was deleted. 22 Jul 2023, 16:31, Damien: Yes feel free to come whenever, this awful cleaner I think scared them abit when she was shuing them out of the way 🫠. I’m about to send her home haha 22 Jul 2023, 16:31, Sam: Oh nah that’s fine, they’ll be fine, they’re usually more scared of the hoover anyway! 22 Jul 2023, 16:31, Damien: I think negotiating with them privately is the best way to do it 22 Jul 2023, 16:32, Sam: And let me know when is best! Otherwise I might come after getting a haircut, ie prob 7 or so? (I can be more precise if helpful!) 22 Jul 2023, 16:34, Sam: 22 Jul 2023, 16:37, Sam: Something about the juxtaposition of (a) that man’s photo, next to (b) his very detailed and thoughtful commentary on the art of hairdressing, replete with a command of trichological vocabulary fit for a St John’s Wood yummy mummy 22 Jul 2023, 16:40, Sam: “I wanted lowlights and a couple of highlights for the sun-kissed look” “Taken me years to grow my hair, want to feel confident in a stylist” —that man 22 Jul 2023, 16:58, Damien: Anytime works, although I’ll be out from. 7ish, so I won’t be able to show you were I put all your packed stuff. Although it’s either in the store room Or the attic haha 22 Jul 2023, 17:00, Damien: SCREAMING 22 Jul 2023, 18:18, Damien: Let me know what time you want come 22 Jul 2023, 18:55, Sam: Ahhh shit, sorry, I fell asleep, it was awful, a nightmare 22 Jul 2023, 18:56, Sam: How ‘ish’ is 7ish? If it’s cool by you, I might swing by anyway just to see the cats, or perhaps I ought not to (when visiting in Cambridge I did begin to feel I was just disturbing them), but I can at least drop off the food and other supplies downstairs (I’ve got them already, so 🤷‍♀️) 22 Jul 2023, 18:59, Sam: Haha he looked like the sorta guy who waters his hair to try to make it grow… 22 Jul 2023, 19:00, Damien: Oh I’ve got some food at waitrose👌🏻 22 Jul 2023, 19:01, Damien: Of course come whenever suits, always welcome 22 Jul 2023, 19:01, Damien: I really only draw the line at servicing clients in my bed, short of that I don’t care haha 22 Jul 2023, 19:03, Sam: Wait was it _your_ bed he was proposing to do that in?! 22 Jul 2023, 19:03, Sam: Hopefully he and his john would stick to the other half 22 Jul 2023, 19:03, Damien: I think there was some suggestion at my bed being used 22 Jul 2023, 19:03, Damien: Maybe as a staging area 22 Jul 2023, 19:03, Sam: Autocorrect please stop capitalising ‘john’, I’m not classy like that 22 Jul 2023, 19:04, Damien: Who knows what the fuck he was thinking 🤣 22 Jul 2023, 19:04, Sam: Anyway yeah maybe Slape could join too! 22 Jul 2023, 19:04, Sam: What or if 22 Jul 2023, 19:06, Sam: Staging area? This has a slightly different meaning in programming, lol 22 Jul 2023, 19:06, Sam: (Well, I hope it does?!) 22 Jul 2023, 19:07, Sam: 22 Jul 2023, 19:07, Sam: 22 Jul 2023, 19:08, Sam: I usually hate that shit about “you can’t possibly consent at [x or y young age], you’re traumatised, you just don’t realise it” - but I don’t know if I can possibly buy that one could enjoy sex with a 26 year old at 8 years old 22 Jul 2023, 19:09, Sam: Not physically impossible I guess, there’s a spectrum of maturity and I imagine there are some extreme outliers at both ends, but I don’t know if it’s within the bounds of plausibility 22 Jul 2023, 19:09, Sam: Anyway if I head off in 10 mins to arrive at 7:30 or shortly thereafter, would that work? Sorry for the bad timing 22 Jul 2023, 19:11, Damien: Yes I’m just hopping into the shower 🚿 22 Jul 2023, 19:12, Damien: See you soon x 22 Jul 2023, 19:12, Sam: Perfecto! Not end of world if somehow I get there and you’re still in the shower - don’t change your plans on my account! 22 Jul 2023, 19:57, Sam: Sorry, I was disorganised and then it’s been a fucking nightmare walking f over there 22 Jul 2023, 19:57, Sam: These godforsaken fucking people 22 Jul 2023, 19:59, Sam: Maundering in from Kingston upon Thames or Welwyn Garden City or Hatfield Peverel 22 Jul 2023, 19:59, Sam: Parking at the Park N Ride 22 Jul 2023, 20:00, Sam: Walking along narrow Soho pavements in the rain in serried rows of three or four 22 Jul 2023, 20:00, Damien: Huh? I thought you were coming from Soho haha 22 Jul 2023, 20:01, Sam: As if they were Roman bloody centurions in phalanx formation 22 Jul 2023, 20:01, Sam: And proceeding to walk at 3 inches an hour 22 Jul 2023, 20:03, Sam: Making strange yelping vocalisations that sound almost like human language 22 Jul 2023, 20:03, Sam: I just heard one of them say something about ‘pitchers’ 22 Jul 2023, 20:04, Sam: Oh no I’m talking about these awful people who should be shot 22 Jul 2023, 20:06, Sam: I mean, god almighty, how hard is it to figure out where you’re fucking well going _before_ embarking on your great pavement-maundering anabasis 22 Jul 2023, 20:09, Sam: Anyway I’m coming upstairs now - I’ll knock, I won’t let myself in 22 Jul 2023, 20:10, Sam: Or can let myself in if easier 22 Jul 2023, 20:10, Sam: Just figured it gives you a bit of control - and also really is your right at this point 22 Jul 2023, 20:10, Damien: Oh yes do 22 Jul 2023, 20:10, Damien: Sorry one sec 22 Jul 2023, 20:10, Sam: Cool cool - one sec, grabbing keys from pocket 22 Jul 2023, 20:10, Sam: Nah no need 22 Jul 2023, 20:59, Sam: Has Martin been taking classes with James Saunders? Lol 22 Jul 2023, 21:02, Sam: Nah, sorry, not being nasty, I do enjoy talking to him, and it was a good and weirdly thought-provoking question he asked about favourite films! In the end we’re all ridiculous and no one is a write-off 23 Jul 2023, 15:55, Damien: Master classes 23 Jul 2023, 16:01, Damien: How are you today? I think cats feel are a bit out of sorts with the cats with Martin now being in your room. Will pig is not herself, I’m not sure about Tig, she’s always been weird haha Feel free to come and visit them as you like 23 Jul 2023, 16:30, Sam: I’m actually just nearby, I was just at brunch avec mes parents, so I could swing by? I’m not sure I took those keys tho, so only if you’re there and it’s convenient! 23 Jul 2023, 16:30, Damien: Ohh I’ll be back in like 15 23 Jul 2023, 16:32, Sam: Sounds good! I’ll hang around nearby - I’ve got some cheese twists and tapenade so I can hang out with the other homeless people by the church 23 Jul 2023, 16:33, Sam: (I’m just being droll with the ‘other’ bit, tho there are lots of homeless people there and I’ve often stopped to chat since we came here) 23 Jul 2023, 16:35, Sam: (Indeed weirdly often I’ve made a tribute of cheese twists … to the small extent of my self-knowledge, I think it’s because they look good when I’m at Waitrose, and by about this point in my return journey the shine has worn off) 23 Jul 2023, 16:46, Sam: Ok I’m outside the flat - sorry, maybe ‘not the done thing’ but it’s so hot outside and I thought I’d catch essexitis 23 Jul 2023, 16:46, Sam: Assume you’re still out - no rush whatsoever obviously 23 Jul 2023, 16:46, Damien: I’ll be there in 2 mins and just leaving the tube 🚇 23 Jul 2023, 16:47, Sam: Take as long as you will! You had no idea I was coming - please don’t feel obliged to rush!! 23 Jul 2023, 16:47, Sam: Well, neither of us had any idea I was coming, haha 23 Jul 2023, 17:01, Sam: 23 Jul 2023, 18:07, Sam: This is getting a bit A Beautiful Mind 23 Jul 2023, 18:11, Damien: Omg what is going on 🫠 ahha 23 Jul 2023, 19:10, Damien: 23 Jul 2023, 19:10, Damien: 23 Jul 2023, 19:10, Damien: 23 Jul 2023, 19:11, Damien: 23 Jul 2023, 19:11, Damien: image omitted 23 Jul 2023, 19:17, Sam: Oh shit I can order you an Uber back 23 Jul 2023, 19:17, Sam: Sorry, just struck me 23 Jul 2023, 19:18, Damien: No no, the tina was more than enough haha 23 Jul 2023, 19:18, Sam: Ah ok I’m glad, that’s good, I’m glad it came out in the wash, haha 23 Jul 2023, 19:18, Sam: Thanks for all your help! 23 Jul 2023, 19:19, Sam: And for Martin 23 Jul 2023, 19:20, Sam: I’d been saying I had low cortisol levels - so wonderful of you to remember 🥰 23 Jul 2023, 19:20, Sam: (Sorry, joking - was trying to make it sound like a Christmas gift) 23 Jul 2023, 19:20, Sam: But if a crow joke 23 Jul 2023, 19:20, Sam: Bit of a crap joke* 24 Jul 2023, 20:48, Sam: Our father who art in heaven is there ONE FUCKING PERSON capable of walking down Old Compton St in a straight bloody line 24 Jul 2023, 20:59, Sam: And it’s always the fucking Chinese 24 Jul 2023, 21:02, Sam: Confucius say “torture small animals to death, and for larger ones at least inconvenience them by careering down the pavement with all the grace of a Markov chain with Parkinson’s, staring at your phone with your glassy dead-fish eyes, wholly and entirely insensible of your surroundings” 25 Jul 2023, 01:27, Sam: 25 Jul 2023, 01:29, Sam: The blanket was at the foot of my bed so I haven’t sat on it, and they should be totally fine 25 Jul 2023, 09:50, Sam: 25 Jul 2023, 09:50, Sam: 25 Jul 2023, 09:57, Sam: 25 Jul 2023, 09:57, Sam: 25 Jul 2023, 13:25, Damien: Hahaha the biggest lie on Grindr 25 Jul 2023, 13:25, Damien: Ohhh thank goodness you found them. Do you mind if I pop by later today to get them 25 Jul 2023, 15:33, Sam: Ah shit sorry, no of course do come! 25 Jul 2023, 18:05, Sam: Btw do you want your keys back? The only use I’d ever have for them is to wait inside to escape sun or rain - but right now I can just walk in without a key 🤷‍♂️ (Or I can get an umbrella!) Also, can update you about flat hunt when you come by, today or whenever, since you have an interest (ie in getting rid of all my baggage!) 25 Jul 2023, 18:09, Sam: Also also: it dawns on me that I have a load of business ideas for which I‘ll never have ‘world enough and time’, so to speak, or rather money enough and time … so I should pitch some of them to you in case you fancy doing anything with any of them 25 Jul 2023, 18:11, Sam: (By ‘pitch’ I don’t mean anything commercial, I just mean giving you the ideas in case you want to pick them up yourself, not any kind of commercial deal where I’d retain an interest! YC has a list along the same lines: https://www.ycombinator.com/rfs Actually it’s worth a read just for some of the well-informed commentary!) 25 Jul 2023, 18:41, Damien: Ahhh amazing 25 Jul 2023, 18:41, Damien: Do you mind if I come by in 15/20 25 Jul 2023, 18:41, Damien: Just finishing the gym 25 Jul 2023, 18:42, Sam: Any chance you could do 30? Or tbh I can send you the code and you can let yourself in, if you’re in a rush, but I’m just off to Primark super quickly to grab some t-shirts and other sundries 25 Jul 2023, 18:42, Sam: May well be back in 20 actually 25 Jul 2023, 18:43, Damien: 30 works perfect 25 Jul 2023, 18:44, Sam: Ah, awesome, thanks! Or obviously any time thereafter, if 30 is still a rush! Only a lower bound, not an upper bound 👌 25 Jul 2023, 19:36, Sam: If I end up living here I am going to murder someone before long 25 Jul 2023, 19:39, Sam: Am I missing something? Is this the home of the Dean St Sanatorium for the Irrecoverably Ambulatorily Retarded? How hard is it to fucking walk down a road? How do these people find their way out of bed each morning? 25 Jul 2023, 20:31, Damien: Sorry darling, I have a dinner at 9:30, on dean st 25 Jul 2023, 20:31, Damien: Can I message you after. To see how you’re fixed xx 25 Jul 2023, 20:32, Sam: Yeah no worries! I’m here all evening! Probably on meth and working late on an idea I’ve had 26 Jul 2023, 20:00, Damien: Sorry darling my ohone died when I was at dinner last night 😅 26 Jul 2023, 20:01, Damien: I’m just at the gym in Soho, are you home, in the next hour or so? 26 Jul 2023, 20:09, Sam: Yup, I am! Where’s your gym? I need to get Juul pods anyway, so I’m happy to meet somewhere closer if you’re in a rush or concerned about the rain - but I’m easy! 26 Jul 2023, 20:09, Damien: Location: https://maps.google.com/?q=51.511314,-0.135890 26 Jul 2023, 20:10, Damien: I’m in no rush 26 Jul 2023, 20:10, Damien: I’ll message when I’m finished ✅ 26 Jul 2023, 20:10, Sam: Oh pretty close then! I’m very happy to walk down since I need a stroll, but I also don’t want to suggest that you’re not welcome here - genuinely lemme know what suits you best! 26 Jul 2023, 21:03, Damien: I’m just about To leave the gym can be with you In less in 5 26 Jul 2023, 21:03, Damien: Does that work? 26 Jul 2023, 21:04, Sam: Oh yeah absolutely! See you then! 26 Jul 2023, 21:09, Damien: Just downstairs 26 Jul 2023, 21:10, Sam: Ah one sec 26 Jul 2023, 21:10, Sam: Sorry 26 Jul 2023, 21:10, Sam: 10 secs 26 Jul 2023, 21:31, Damien: image omitted 26 Jul 2023, 21:53, Sam: 26 Jul 2023, 22:09, Sam: 27 Jul 2023, 20:43, Sam: Hmm, so I’ve not heard any more from Martin - honestly it’s a bit concerning and it seems to have crossed into definite mental illness territory even on the strength of this incident alone… I don’t mean chronic illness necessarily but at least a ‘psychic cold’ so to speak… What is to be done??? (Have you heard from him? Does he have keys? This sounds a bit like a story that ends with him being found (or not found) dead…) 27 Jul 2023, 20:45, Sam: 27 Jul 2023, 21:59, Damien: Yes it’s a bit odd. Making friends with a stranger and then going shopping with her in Tesco 🤷🏼‍♂️ He has keys, hopefully he’s home. I might message is long term friend from Bulgaria to get a better understanding of things. 27 Jul 2023, 22:00, Damien: What are you up To? 27 Jul 2023, 22:06, Sam: Bizarre! My hookup guy said it sounded like his old friend (or flatmate or something like that he said) who was bipolar 🤷 27 Jul 2023, 22:06, Sam: Meth and programming 27 Jul 2023, 22:08, Damien: Ohhh fab 👌🏻👌🏻 let me know if you want some company haha 27 Jul 2023, 22:09, Sam: I’m happy to go for a stroll or summat - whereabouts are you? I may not hang around super late since I want to get some work done tonight, but it seems a shame not to do something 27 Jul 2023, 22:10, Damien: Yes you’re welcome to come by xx 27 Jul 2023, 22:10, Sam: God this is why I keep socialising here 27 Jul 2023, 22:10, Sam: Everyone’s always here, and it always ‘seems a shame’ to me not to meet, and wham, before you know it you have a social life and are meeting people 27 Jul 2023, 22:10, Sam: It’s awful 27 Jul 2023, 22:11, Sam: Are you back at _la grotte_? Haha 27 Jul 2023, 22:12, Sam: Has Martin returned or has he gone off to run around confused in a sunflower field and then be eaten by wild boars or wild dogs in the days that follow, like so many of his compatriots? 27 Jul 2023, 22:16, Damien: Hahaha no he’s back 🙏🏻👌🏻 27 Jul 2023, 22:22, Sam: Haha well I did mean at some point (whenever possible) to pick up that extra laptop that’s still at the flat, so I could swing by for that - may as well, would make me feel productive 27 Jul 2023, 22:23, Sam: But I can’t promise I’ll be around forever 27 Jul 2023, 22:23, Damien: Oh fab 27 Jul 2023, 22:23, Damien: See you soon? 27 Jul 2023, 22:23, Sam: Speaking of which, is Martin still planning to join the 27 Club? When does he become eligible? 27 Jul 2023, 22:23, Sam: Lol 27 Jul 2023, 22:23, Damien: No he’s perked up a bit 27 Jul 2023, 22:23, Sam: For sure! 27 Jul 2023, 22:23, Sam: I’m not quite sure if that’s a good or a bad thing!! 27 Jul 2023, 22:24, Damien: I said you’d be coming to get a laptop 27 Jul 2023, 22:24, Sam: Oh golly 27 Jul 2023, 22:24, Damien: And he said “I can give him my laptop “ 27 Jul 2023, 22:24, Sam: Lol 27 Jul 2023, 22:24, Sam: Oh dear 27 Jul 2023, 22:24, Sam: No it was actually a specific laptop that I had left, haha 27 Jul 2023, 22:24, Sam: Well, only if it’s accessible etc - but I had a little plan for it 27 Jul 2023, 22:24, Damien: 27 Jul 2023, 22:25, Sam: Not appealing for laptops in general 27 Jul 2023, 22:25, Sam: Good god is that a windows laptop 27 Jul 2023, 22:25, Sam: No I don’t live in Bognor Regis 27 Jul 2023, 22:25, Sam: But thank you! 27 Jul 2023, 22:25, Sam: Or thank him, more to the point! 27 Jul 2023, 22:26, Sam: 27 Jul 2023, 22:32, Damien: Omg 27 Jul 2023, 22:32, Damien: Can I come and bring your laptop 27 Jul 2023, 22:32, Damien: Don’t come here haha 27 Jul 2023, 22:34, Damien: God 27 Jul 2023, 22:34, Damien: I’m quite alarmed rn 27 Jul 2023, 22:34, Damien: He’s lost it 😅 27 Jul 2023, 22:37, Damien: 🤣🤣🤣🤣 27 Jul 2023, 22:40, Sam: Oh sorry! Yes absolutely! Or we could meet in the middle! 27 Jul 2023, 22:40, Sam: How’s he lost it? Where’s it gone? 27 Jul 2023, 22:44, Damien: Yeah perfect 27 Jul 2023, 22:44, Damien: Shall I bring it now 27 Jul 2023, 22:46, Damien: 🤣🤣🤣🤣 27 Jul 2023, 22:59, Damien: I’m just around the corner 27 Jul 2023, 23:00, Damien: I’ll be with you less that 5 mins 27 Jul 2023, 23:00, Sam: Ah perfect! Thanks! I’ll head down 27 Jul 2023, 23:03, Damien: Location: https://maps.google.com/?q=51.511360,-0.135871 27 Jul 2023, 23:05, Sam: 🙌 27 Jul 2023, 23:06, Damien: Just downstairs 27 Jul 2023, 23:07, Sam: Ah cool one sec 27 Jul 2023, 23:56, Sam: 28 Jul 2023, 00:21, Sam: Oh shit if you get this could I possibly grab the cat toys 28 Jul 2023, 00:22, Sam: Not sure I want to return to the lion’s den to explain/ask in person, so if you don’t catch this I’ll head off and get them another time 28 Jul 2023, 00:22, Sam: I’m just heading downstairs because I feel self conscious about loitering on the stairs but will walk back up if you get - no woz if not 28 Jul 2023, 00:22, Damien: I’ll set them outside the door xx 28 Jul 2023, 00:23, Sam: Ah amazing thank you 28 Jul 2023, 00:23, Sam: I don’t have a bag so if it’s enough to require one, and if there’s any chance you have a spare carrier bag, it’d be a huge help 28 Jul 2023, 00:23, Sam: But not end of world to carry in my arms otherwise - sorry for all the fuss! 28 Jul 2023, 00:24, Sam: Ah amazing thanks so much! 28 Jul 2023, 00:24, Sam: Got bag, heading off 28 Jul 2023, 00:24, Sam: You’re right, that guy seems lovely and very sane, which is nice 28 Jul 2023, 00:27, Sam: He seemed slightly ill at ease in present company, which I think (in the circumstances) is the sign of a sane and well-adjusted human being, lol 28 Jul 2023, 00:27, Sam: Like my sister and Jamison 28 Jul 2023, 00:31, Sam: Poor Martin though, he seemed slightly embarrassed and I think maybe he’s aware that his behaviour is a bit strange… If I had to guess, there was probably an imagined crisis that led him to run away, and probably he’d realised it wasn’t veridical, wasn’t true, was the good old gates of ivory, and, having been sure that he’d be vindicated, probably felt some of the embarrassment that millenarian the-end-is-nigh cultists in the US feel when the end turns out not to have been nigh 28 Jul 2023, 00:36, Sam: But poor him, these things can be fucking terrifying. Actually the story that that Reddit comment originated from, the Bulgarian one, is enough to give you the fucking creeps, even when you know full well that it was all in his head: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/egvdpc/lars_mittank/ 28 Jul 2023, 00:49, Sam: Long story short: German guy goes to Bulgaria, possibly gets in a fight with some tourists and gets hit in the head (this relies on his testimony, so it’s either the genuine cause of his psychosis or it’s just an early symptom); gets gradually worsening delusions about being followed by organised criminals etc; doesn’t take his return flight with his friends but books a later one supposedly because of tinnitus from being hit; goes to see a doctor at the airport before his flight, sees a man in the dr’s office at the sight of whom he runs out of the airport and off into the wilderness that is Bulgaria, and is never seen again 28 Jul 2023, 00:50, Sam: You will note that several details of this story eerily resemble things that Martin has said 28 Jul 2023, 06:43, Sam: https://youtu.be/aeQOJZ-QzBk 28 Jul 2023, 06:44, Sam: So great ^ 28 Jul 2023, 07:18, Sam: 28 Jul 2023, 07:55, Damien: It’s as if he read the cliff notes hahaa 28 Jul 2023, 07:55, Damien: Thank you so much 🙏🏻 28 Jul 2023, 07:55, Damien: I’m going to speak to him now to see how he’s feeling 28 Jul 2023, 07:59, Sam: No probs! Will pass on to my mum 🙏🏻 28 Jul 2023, 07:59, Sam: 28 Jul 2023, 08:00, Sam: Oh yeah, I’d be curious to hear what he says! 28 Jul 2023, 09:38, Damien: Oh god he’s went even more downhill this morning 😵‍💫 I will tell you when I see you. There’s too much. We’re on are way to regents park to pay our respects to someone idk 🤷🏼‍♂️ 28 Jul 2023, 13:22, Sam: LOL 28 Jul 2023, 13:22, Sam: Good luck!!! 28 Jul 2023, 15:08, Sam: Any news? Quomodo est? Worse or just the same? Thoughts on sectioning? 28 Jul 2023, 15:08, Sam: Also, I checked last night, and he absolutely hadn’t sent me any texts that I hadn’t replied to 🤔 28 Jul 2023, 15:08, Sam: 28 Jul 2023, 15:09, Damien: Cyriloff 🤣🤣🤣 28 Jul 2023, 15:10, Damien: He’s storming off to Paris, because London is not safe. 28 Jul 2023, 15:10, Sam: Oh sorry that’s just my instinctive anglicising tendency (like calling Alex’s Eugene … well, Eugene, rather than Evgenii or whatever) haha 28 Jul 2023, 15:10, Damien: I’ve told his friend, who’s spoken to his family. 28 Jul 2023, 15:10, Damien: I don’t think there’s much I can do 28 Jul 2023, 15:11, Damien: He’s not quite a danger to himself or others 🫠 28 Jul 2023, 15:12, Sam: Oh god - I mean, you absolutely could call the NHS / the police / whoever exactly one should call (can check with ma) about having him sectioned, but it’s possible he’s already left 28 Jul 2023, 15:12, Sam: If he’s left the flat he could hypothetically probably be on the Eurostar in, what, 30 mins maybe at the very quickest 28 Jul 2023, 15:13, Sam: Is he getting worse or better? Or just the same? 28 Jul 2023, 15:13, Sam: Sounds like prob not _better_, if he’s going to Paris, but … oh well 28 Jul 2023, 15:16, Sam: video omitted 28 Jul 2023, 15:18, Damien: Oh he’s getting worse for sure. I was trying to book a flight to New York earlier 28 Jul 2023, 15:19, Damien: It’s so odd 28 Jul 2023, 15:19, Damien: Well it’s just him being ill 28 Jul 2023, 15:20, Damien: He’s walking around with an old journal of mine, I don’t even want to ask why 28 Jul 2023, 15:20, Damien: He had several padlocks in his pocket that he just handed me 28 Jul 2023, 15:20, Sam: _You_ were trying to book a flight to New York? 28 Jul 2023, 15:20, Sam: For him?? 28 Jul 2023, 15:21, Sam: W t fuck lol 28 Jul 2023, 15:21, Damien: Oh he was 28 Jul 2023, 15:21, Sam: ??? 28 Jul 2023, 15:21, Sam: This is getting even more A Beautiful Mind 28 Jul 2023, 15:21, Damien: He kept demanding Tim’s number 28 Jul 2023, 15:21, Sam: Ahhh ok 28 Jul 2023, 15:21, Damien: I said he’s in LA atm 28 Jul 2023, 15:21, Sam: Tim’s?! Does he know Tim?? 28 Jul 2023, 15:21, Damien: They met twice 28 Jul 2023, 15:22, Damien: And then he wanted to go to see jamison to get advice on safety measures 28 Jul 2023, 15:22, Damien: I just can’t anymore 28 Jul 2023, 15:22, Damien: I’ll mumble something very weird 28 Jul 2023, 15:22, Damien: And then say, nothing doesn’t matter 28 Jul 2023, 15:22, Sam: ‘Safety measures’?! 28 Jul 2023, 15:23, Sam: I mean, he’s clearly undergoing some kind of psychosis or mania no matter what, but I’m still not totally certain that there’s no reality to the stuff about his dad’s business possibly being involved in dodgy shit 28 Jul 2023, 15:24, Sam: Sorry, confusing double or triple negative there - I mean I think it _is_ possible that he’s right about that, and that that’s what explains his clearly debilitating level of stress (which imo the firing alone doesn’t quite seem to explain, since it never seemed like he was so hyper-sensitive to stress) 28 Jul 2023, 15:29, Damien: I can’t made head nor tail of it. I’m going to confront him on a last ditched attempt before he leaves for Paris, or wherever. We were in Primrose Hill, and he walked I to some opticians and on his way out he said to the sales assistant “ hi I’m Martin Kirilov, it was very nice meeting with you”, to which the man responded, “I don’t think he actually met” 🫠🫠🫠 28 Jul 2023, 15:29, Damien: I mean he’s already starting to arise suspicion from the general public 🫣 28 Jul 2023, 15:55, Sam: 28 Jul 2023, 15:56, Sam: I’m very happy to help if my presence would help in any way ! 28 Jul 2023, 15:57, Sam: Also yeah this is getting into ‘may contain traces of nuts’ territory 28 Jul 2023, 16:07, Damien: Omg who took the photo 🤣 28 Jul 2023, 16:39, Sam: Oh I think the cleaner, lol 28 Jul 2023, 17:53, Sam: Has he left now? How did the confrontation go? 28 Jul 2023, 17:55, Sam: Just to emphasise, it sounds from my mum as if he’s highly unlikely to be charged (i.e. presented with a bill, not criminally charged; the latter is possibly more likely, lol) and it may well be the right thing to call him in 28 Jul 2023, 21:41, Damien: I always thought the ups and downs with bipolar were more on a daily basis. His mood changes hour by hour. He seemed somewhat fine 20 mins ago, admitted that he was crazy, ( after hiding my toothpaste 😵‍💫) and now he’s whispering, and telling me to shhhhh if I talk normally 🤷🏼‍♂️. He ditched the Paris plans and now wants to go home on Monday, and see a doctor and just sleep the weekend. 28 Jul 2023, 22:14, Sam: Hiding your toothpaste?? And has he said why he’s shushing you??? In what words exactly did he admit he was crazy? Because there’s a lot of sunlight between “oh yeah I was being crazy” and “in this brief moment of lucidity I can now see that my perceptions and beliefs are dangerously disconnected from reality, and I shall therefore urgently seek psychiatric help”… 28 Jul 2023, 22:28, Damien: He’s freaking me the fuck out 🫠 28 Jul 2023, 22:28, Damien: We were watching a movie and he just shut it off and ran to his room 28 Jul 2023, 22:28, Damien: I asked what’s up he 28 Jul 2023, 22:29, Damien: He starting giving these agressive hand signals as if someone was in the room 28 Jul 2023, 23:36, Sam: What the fuck 28 Jul 2023, 23:36, Sam: This is … this is in “I’m not sure I’d feel comfortable going to sleep with this person in my flat” territory 28 Jul 2023, 23:37, Sam: This is ‘staying up in a rocking chair cradling a shotgun’ territory 28 Jul 2023, 23:39, Sam: This is ‘finished my nachos and the creepy violins have started’ territory 29 Jul 2023, 00:09, Damien: it’s up and down we can be watching a movie and then he’ll jump up and start twitching the curtains and the he’ll turn the TV off and run to his room 29 Jul 2023, 00:09, Damien: I’m living in a horror movie 29 Jul 2023, 01:04, Sam: And then return to sanity? How does he explain it? Does he remember the mad bits? 29 Jul 2023, 01:06, Sam: It sounds almost like he’s saying “oh yes I just have the occasional paranoid schizophrenic spell, but it’s barely an hour of the day! what’s to worry about?” 29 Jul 2023, 13:16, Sam: Is there any chance you’re in? I’ve screwed up the airbnb thing and so I’ve decamped to here for lack of any better idea, but for now I’m just perching downstairs and looking for an airbnb - there’s still no lock so I haven’t used my key and as far as the management are concerned I could be a random tramp 29 Jul 2023, 13:16, Sam: Sorry, ‘here’ being good old 97 Bond St 29 Jul 2023, 13:16, Damien: Oh sure 29 Jul 2023, 13:16, Damien: I’ll come and help you in 29 Jul 2023, 13:16, Sam: They didn’t have any more rooms so my book-more-nights-the-last-morning strategy went a bit awry 29 Jul 2023, 13:17, Sam: Or any more room-nights or whatever you’d call it - someone had booked 29 Jul 2023, 13:31, Sam: Sorry, don’t worry, I’m not going to try to put down roots again or stay here -m 29 Jul 2023, 13:32, Sam: What I was trying to say to Martin was that, if ever I did want to stay, it would always be a request and would always (whatever you say!) be for the nightly rate - but honestly I prefer Soho anyway 29 Jul 2023, 13:33, Sam: What I’m not sure about is the ethics of inviting myself over here - it’s weird how it feels like only _the night_ is a proper stay - really if I stay 6 hours in the daytime it’s not that much different from 6 hours at night 29 Jul 2023, 13:34, Sam: (I’m not planning to stay six hours! just an example to be equivalent to sleeping six hours!) 29 Jul 2023, 13:35, Sam: Was it today? 29 Jul 2023, 13:35, Sam: The hat wash meant to leave 29 Jul 2023, 13:35, Sam: That he was meant to leave* 29 Jul 2023, 13:35, Sam: If so, yeah, slightly bizarre to be going around disinfecting the flat 29 Jul 2023, 13:48, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit_Jobs 29 Jul 2023, 14:07, Sam: How do you feel about sectioning now? Lol 29 Jul 2023, 14:08, Sam: I don’t think this is totally madness 29 Jul 2023, 14:13, Sam: I don’t want to intervene on the lighter thing, and it’s not a rush on my front 29 Jul 2023, 14:13, Sam: Maybe I’ll grab another from my bag 29 Jul 2023, 14:20, Sam: I mean that this feels a tiny bit strategic and implausible 29 Jul 2023, 14:21, Sam: Methinks he sorta wants to just stay here 29 Jul 2023, 14:26, Sam: Don’t worry on my account btw - I’ll keep an eye on my stuff and I won’t blame you for anything that goes ‘missing’ 29 Jul 2023, 14:26, Sam: (We’ll find the lighter but I mean in case you were worried about the drugs etc) 29 Jul 2023, 14:31, Damien: I feel if he does t get this one 29 Jul 2023, 14:31, Damien: He’s going to end up getting sectioned. 29 Jul 2023, 14:37, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenhan_experiment 29 Jul 2023, 14:40, Sam: I would act on the assumption of sabotage 29 Jul 2023, 14:40, Sam: Just in case 29 Jul 2023, 14:40, Sam: In terms of trusting details supplied etc 29 Jul 2023, 14:40, Sam: Just be mindful in case you end up getting blocked from any form, eg if incorrect card details repeatedly entered 29 Jul 2023, 14:45, Sam: I suspect he’s malingering 29 Jul 2023, 14:45, Sam: Not sure why but it just seems like the mental illness gets worse when it’s convenient 29 Jul 2023, 14:45, Sam: But probably it’s not entirely that - I suspect, as always, reality is complex and it’s a mix of the two 29 Jul 2023, 14:58, Sam: I’m also happy to go to the other end of the flat, or to a café or whatever, if that’d take the edge off 29 Jul 2023, 14:59, Sam: But figured I might be some use as an international observer 29 Jul 2023, 15:00, Sam: Or to simply get on with booking an Airbnb, of course, tbh - I’ve held off partly because I’m distracted (tho I’ll put my head down and do it if this drags on much longer ofc) and partly for the above reason 29 Jul 2023, 15:01, Sam: 29 Jul 2023, 15:04, Sam: Postcodes broadly check out - 2xxx is Sofia Province (1xxx being Sofia City) 29 Jul 2023, 15:11, Sam: I am 96% sure this is at least 30% malingering 29 Jul 2023, 15:11, Sam: Mark my words, once he’s gone through the gates to security he will miraculously regain his ability to complete tasks and navigate life etc 29 Jul 2023, 15:12, Sam: I.e. whereas if it were _all_ genuine mental illness, he’d probably end up like Roman did (not due to mental illness but due to temporary druggy psychosis), and get detained and questioned for acting bizarrely 29 Jul 2023, 15:12, Sam: That said, I don’t think it’s all fake 29 Jul 2023, 15:14, Sam: I think it’s a weird, too-complex-to-describe tapestry of genuine stress and genuine disordered thinking but then also _some_ deliberative process where he’s getting worse at useful points, ie he clearly at the very least understands the process that’s going on 29 Jul 2023, 15:42, Damien: Damn I forgot my keys 29 Jul 2023, 15:42, Damien: If you could mouch around for a while that be greatly appreciated 29 Jul 2023, 15:43, Sam: Ah shit I checked for them but couldn’t find and so assumed you had them 29 Jul 2023, 15:43, Sam: Of course, haha - my pleasure really 29 Jul 2023, 15:43, Sam: Good luck and may god have mercy on your soul 29 Jul 2023, 15:48, Sam: Oh, reminder to triple check that he has (a) his passport and (b) tickets (prob on his phone, so ensure charged if possible) 29 Jul 2023, 15:48, Sam: Uber driver may well have charger - prob worth asking and charging even if it doesn’t seem urgent 29 Jul 2023, 15:49, Damien: 29 Jul 2023, 15:54, Sam: This is very wild - has he done anything else along those lines? i.e. showing he doesn’t completely understand the distinction between himself and others? 29 Jul 2023, 15:55, Sam: The Vitruvian Man cover illustration is a bit creepy in that light 29 Jul 2023, 16:01, Sam: Also let me know if I can help in any way from here - happy to buy tickets if you’re distracted, or to do online check-in, or check gate closing times, vel sim 29 Jul 2023, 16:02, Sam: (vel sim = ‘etc’ for lists of ‘or’) 29 Jul 2023, 16:10, Sam: Also also: thank you for putting my t-shirt away safely, that was really menschlich 🙏🏻 I owe you one! 29 Jul 2023, 16:45, Sam: Ok since you’re getting there about now: - *Flight* number: *FR2690* - *Gate* number: *43* (likely) - Gate *closes*: *5:45pm* (likely) - Flight *leaves*: *6:05pm* - *Wetherspoons closes*: *10pm* - Tail number: EI-HEV (likely), which is a 737 MAX (in his present state I recommend you not mention that) - *Turn left and go to the very end for departures.* You’ll have to leave him to go through security. You can *make sure he scans his boarding pass and makes it thro the gate*. - There’s a Boots and places to buy food after security, so *under no circumstances let him delay*. 29 Jul 2023, 17:27, Damien: There was no luck 29 Jul 2023, 17:27, Damien: I’m going to take him to A&E 29 Jul 2023, 17:27, Sam: I can come with if you like 29 Jul 2023, 17:28, Sam: Can ask my mum as well, for more specific advice now you’ve decided on the overall course 29 Jul 2023, 17:28, Sam: Which hospital do you reckon? 29 Jul 2023, 17:28, Damien: Thank you darling 29 Jul 2023, 17:29, Damien: There’s no need fret not 29 Jul 2023, 17:29, Damien: What one to you think is best 29 Jul 2023, 17:32, Sam: Have pinged ma but not urgently 29 Jul 2023, 17:34, Sam: Off top of head: the Maudsley is the major psych one but that’s in Denmark Hill, an as-yet-undiscovered hill believed to be in or near our galaxy 29 Jul 2023, 17:34, Sam: But being the biggest doesn’t mean it’ll be best 29 Jul 2023, 17:35, Sam: There may well be no correlation, or a negative one 29 Jul 2023, 17:35, Sam: 29 Jul 2023, 17:35, Sam: God I’m always going to my mum for expert medical advice and her answer is always “I dunno, no difference really, do whatever is the cheapest Uber fare” lol 29 Jul 2023, 17:36, Damien: We’re going to get the train to Liverpool st. The car journey was horrendous 29 Jul 2023, 17:36, Damien: Would stop opening and closing the window 29 Jul 2023, 17:36, Sam: Maybe her hospital then, the Royal London?! Tho the downside is that that’s then further from here, assuming you may want to visit him 29 Jul 2023, 17:37, Sam: And not just consign him to the looney asylum for the rest of his days, as men used to do to their wives once they got bored of them 29 Jul 2023, 17:37, Damien: Yes I think that’s the best plan 29 Jul 2023, 17:37, Sam: (Or, in one Kroll guy’s case, when she discovered he was gay, haha) 29 Jul 2023, 17:39, Sam: Trade off really: closer to there (Liv St) or closer to here - but they’re all good, really 29 Jul 2023, 17:40, Sam: Minor advantage of the RL (for you/us/Martin and not for her) is my mum’s connections/experience/knowledge which miiiight help navigate it - tho may well not! (And, in an ideal world, shouldn’t!) 29 Jul 2023, 17:45, Sam: 29 Jul 2023, 18:10, Damien: I’m definitely not overreacting, right? 29 Jul 2023, 18:10, Damien: From what you saw 29 Jul 2023, 18:10, Damien: Alone 29 Jul 2023, 18:10, Sam: No - I mean, he failed to catch his flight, even with your help 29 Jul 2023, 18:11, Sam: He basically failed to book it 29 Jul 2023, 18:11, Sam: And yeah he was acting bizarrely and there was clearly something wrong 29 Jul 2023, 18:11, Sam: Or he was faking it, but I don’t think that’s on us to detect, really 29 Jul 2023, 18:12, Sam: Shall I come to the RL? 29 Jul 2023, 18:12, Damien: Thank you! I was was always very reluctant with this option. 29 Jul 2023, 18:12, Damien: But I think you’re right 29 Jul 2023, 18:12, Damien: He needs to go. 29 Jul 2023, 18:13, Sam: The drs will decide, really - it’s not like you’re the one condemning him to it! 29 Jul 2023, 18:13, Damien: Oh yeah, good point. 29 Jul 2023, 18:13, Sam: If he’s faking it, then … well, there’s clearly something wrong with him if he doesn’t expect this outcome (and doesn’t want it) 29 Jul 2023, 18:13, Damien: That’s very kind darling, I mean only if you’re not doing anything else. Don’t feel obliged. 29 Jul 2023, 18:14, Sam: Yeah I’ll come down, why not? It’ll be jolly! Still got my season pass from when Slape was there!! 29 Jul 2023, 18:14, Sam: (Fictional Slape) 29 Jul 2023, 18:15, Damien: Thank you 🙏🏻 29 Jul 2023, 18:15, Damien: Location: https://maps.google.com/?q=51.589714,-0.059172 29 Jul 2023, 18:43, Damien: He’s refusing to go on the tube 29 Jul 2023, 18:44, Damien: And the royal London 29 Jul 2023, 18:44, Sam: Ah, some grandeur to go with his delusions, lol 29 Jul 2023, 18:44, Damien: Shall I just get him to Bond st and call an ambulance 29 Jul 2023, 18:44, Damien: Haha 29 Jul 2023, 18:44, Sam: Yes that sounds more comme il faut! 29 Jul 2023, 18:44, Sam: Lol 29 Jul 2023, 18:44, Sam: Yes I’d prob just do that 29 Jul 2023, 18:45, Sam: I swear to god, if he suddenly becomes normal again… 29 Jul 2023, 18:59, Damien: Exactly. He was normal on the train. 29 Jul 2023, 19:00, Damien: He said he can’t use the tube because of all the advertisements 😵‍💫 29 Jul 2023, 19:04, Sam: Hmmmm… I mean, ok, it’s possible that a mentally ill person may react worse to stressors like flights and hospitals, but let’s see. The acid test imo is whether he acts normal when paramedics arrive. If he’s able to act normal to their satisfaction, then …. well, I’m not a doctor and it’s not my flat, but I’d be confident enough myself to say (a) he’s fine and just malingering, and (b) “see ya, best of luck and have a good life!” 29 Jul 2023, 19:10, Sam: I mean, clearly something is the matter with him in any case, but I don’t think he’s literally deranged and unable to get through an airport. I think that’s shenanigans. I think the sulking and entitlement and wish to stay here and do nothing are probably more genuine. 29 Jul 2023, 19:11, Sam: 29 Jul 2023, 19:34, Sam: 29 Jul 2023, 19:42, Sam: 29 Jul 2023, 19:54, Damien: Sorry I’m just calling the ambulance 29 Jul 2023, 19:54, Damien: I’m Just downstairs 29 Jul 2023, 19:54, Sam: Ohhhh haha 29 Jul 2023, 19:54, Damien: If he starts going mad lmk and I’ll come up 29 Jul 2023, 19:54, Sam: I genuinely believed you there 29 Jul 2023, 19:55, Sam: He’s gone a bit bizarre - he’s just walked off with my cream, after a brief exchange the upshot of which was that he definitely knows it’s mine, lol 29 Jul 2023, 19:55, Sam: And is now clattering around pouring water into receptacles and flushing the toilet (by the sound of it) 29 Jul 2023, 19:56, Sam: Good thing you didn’t tell me in advance tbh - probably my acting would’ve been far less convincing 29 Jul 2023, 19:57, Sam: A bravura performance in the end, I think! 👏 29 Jul 2023, 19:58, Sam: Ah, next up on the programme is clattering around with cutlery and Tupperware in the kitchen 29 Jul 2023, 19:58, Damien: Sorry 29 Jul 2023, 19:58, Damien: I’ll be back in a minute 29 Jul 2023, 19:58, Damien: So sorry for this 29 Jul 2023, 19:58, Sam: And now hand blenders - well it seems to have a culinary theme but I’ll keep an eye on the knives, lol 29 Jul 2023, 19:58, Damien: Very grateful 29 Jul 2023, 19:58, Sam: Nah it’s not on you at all 29 Jul 2023, 19:59, Sam: Hope you’re holding up well enough! 29 Jul 2023, 19:59, Sam: Can’t imagine this for days on end 29 Jul 2023, 20:12, Sam: Just figured I should write to confirm all is fine (This seems like possibly a better protocol than writing only if everything is not fine!) 29 Jul 2023, 20:13, Sam: Also, shall I perhaps put some music on to drown out any noise? We’ve got the extractor fan on so may be ok 29 Jul 2023, 20:14, Damien: Thank you, sorry I’m stuck on the phone with the hopeless nhs. They were arguing back and forth and he needs to be present for me to speak with them. 29 Jul 2023, 20:14, Sam: Whaaaat? 29 Jul 2023, 20:14, Damien: we’ve just got around that policy problem 😅 29 Jul 2023, 20:15, Sam: God bless Bevan and all that, and I know the ambulance call centres are badly overloaded, but yeah I can’t say my experience over NYE gave me a very warm opinion of them 29 Jul 2023, 20:16, Sam: “Could you repeat your address just to confirm?” (and a dozen other such questions) while I was seriously struggling to take a breath or get a word out 29 Jul 2023, 20:17, Damien: I hate to complain about the NHS, nuit god it’s so shit. “ has he said that he’s a danger to himself or others”, no but he’s having a psychotic break 😅 29 Jul 2023, 20:18, Sam: Yeah this is all very fair 29 Jul 2023, 20:18, Damien: Is martin still “ cleaning” 29 Jul 2023, 20:18, Sam: Think I mentioned that my ex-cofounder Lucas’s ex-girlfriend went to say that she was suicidal, and was asked “how suicidal?” and “when exactly are you planning to kill yourself?” lol 29 Jul 2023, 20:19, Sam: (That’s an ‘awful lol’, lol) 29 Jul 2023, 20:20, Sam: Yes, or something like that - he was rummaging around in my bag and almost made off with my Fornasetti meth plate before I could clarify that it doesn’t need cleaning (and isn’t something one would eat off) 29 Jul 2023, 20:23, Damien: Ffs, nothing is safe. I’ll go through is luggage when he’s gone 29 Jul 2023, 20:24, Damien: He backed my Versace plate too ahha 29 Jul 2023, 20:24, Damien: He must have a thing for them 29 Jul 2023, 20:24, Damien: Lol 29 Jul 2023, 20:25, Sam: He’s starting to get suspicious - any idea how long you’ll be? It might be good to come back first if there’s any way to do so 29 Jul 2023, 20:25, Sam: I can always go down myself to wait for them 29 Jul 2023, 20:25, Damien: Sure I’ll come now 29 Jul 2023, 20:25, Damien: 2 mins 29 Jul 2023, 20:39, Damien: I’m Really sorry, please don’t feel obliged to stay 29 Jul 2023, 20:39, Damien: I greatly appreciate it though 29 Jul 2023, 20:40, Sam: No probs! 29 Jul 2023, 20:40, Sam: I’ll definitely get somewhere tonight, I won’t stay here, but for now maybe feels good that I be here 29 Jul 2023, 20:40, Sam: Tho obv I can also leave whenever if you prefer 29 Jul 2023, 20:41, Sam: I’ll scope out the Airbnbs now - may also gopuff some stuff but don’t want to draw attention to your failure (lol) to bring back any food 29 Jul 2023, 20:42, Sam: When are they coming? Do they know they can get through the front door without help? 29 Jul 2023, 20:44, Damien: I’m waiting for the clinician to call back. 29 Jul 2023, 20:44, Damien: Do you think it would be an overreaction to call 999? 29 Jul 2023, 20:47, Sam: Oh no I thought that was what you were doing! 29 Jul 2023, 20:47, Sam: No not at all - do 29 Jul 2023, 20:47, Sam: I think that’s the best thing the 29 Jul 2023, 20:47, Sam: Tbh 29 Jul 2023, 20:47, Damien: I think he’s calmed down a bit 29 Jul 2023, 20:48, Sam: To just call a clinician almost sends an implicit message that it’s not that bad, if that makes any sense 29 Jul 2023, 20:48, Damien: I’m Just going to go into the stairwell and call 29 Jul 2023, 20:51, Sam: Cool cool 29 Jul 2023, 20:51, Sam: Strategic anger might come in handy here 29 Jul 2023, 20:51, Sam: And be a bit more plausible than being calm and patient which maybe gives him a bit of a foreboding sense 29 Jul 2023, 20:52, Damien: I’m so sorry about this 14 Apr 2025, 19:57, Sam: 14 Apr 2025, 19:57, Sam: Christ I wish I had known then what I know now 14 Apr 2025, 19:57, Sam: Just thinking about poor old Martin 14 Apr 2025, 20:06, Sam: 15 Apr 2025, 09:50, Damien: Sam darling, it’s so good to hear from you, I’ve missed you. I don’t think I have your new number. In any case here is mine. +447397998666. How gave you been. Yes. That was a very strange time, I’m so grateful for you coming back to help me with all of that. I think the real tragedy in the end, was his parents leaving him alone at Christmas while they went skiing.Lovely them for them to do. 15 Apr 2025, 23:55, Sam: I mean, did you realise they weren’t his parents? That his mother had died? That that was - presumably - his dad and his dad’s new girlfriend? I don’t think he said a word to me about his mother’s death, but I saw it in his Facebook posts when I looked today 15 Apr 2025, 23:55, Sam: Yeah, lovely thing for them to do, though I think the tragedy happened before then 16 Apr 2025, 00:04, Sam: 16 Apr 2025, 00:04, Sam: This is roughly my current view ^ 16 Apr 2025, 00:24, Sam: 17 Aug 2025, 17:53, Unknown: Happy Birthday darling. Hope you’re doing well 🫶🏻😘 18 Aug 2025, 05:11, Sam: Thanks!! ❤️ We must catch up soon! 6 Sep 2025, 15:36, Damien: Yess let’s. What have you been up to? 4 Nov 2025, 04:02, Damien: Benji Duncan RIP 😢 4 Nov 2025, 15:56, Damien: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-15256459/big-brother-star-prince-williams-school-friend-ben-duncan-dead.html 23 Nov 2025, 13:51, Sam: Holy shit 23 Nov 2025, 13:51, Sam: Jesus 23 Nov 2025, 13:51, Sam: Oh no 23 Nov 2025, 13:51, Sam: Sorry, I just caught this 14 Jan 2026, 08:56, Sam: Do you know anything much about Oli? I am still entangled with him and dear god he’s a pain in the ass but I also love him 14 Jan 2026, 08:56, Sam: I have figured out that: he’s not Irish, he’s not called Babington Wilson, Anthony Babington Wilson is a completely unrelated man, his father is an Albanian serial murderer who is in prison for many life sentences in several countries, his mother was Hungarian, he (Oli) killed her when he was 8 or 9, he grew up in care, the Babingtons were his foster carers in suburban Manchester and he grafted on the ‘Wilson’ to connect himself to ABW and thus poshness etc, he is very likely under some kind of Venables-type anonymity order, Hahn is (as you probably knew) his legal surname which was likely made up as a generic Central European surname by the British state and (in line with what such orders are usually like) he doesn’t seem able to change it, he lives in some strange ghost flat that officially doesn’t exist and that I’m guessing you haven’t visited, etc 14 Jan 2026, 09:02, Sam: I figured you might be able to fill in some of the blanks or at least have some idea how to get through to him emotionally 14 Jan 2026, 09:02, Damien: Oh gosh, I read this before falling asleep last night, and just remembered about it I’m not quite sure, but I am sure he went to some private school in Dublin, I think his Grandfather insisted he went there. It does seem a bit odd, what I understood of his father was that he was Hungarian, and was out of prison, having set a tramp alight . I haven’t seen Oli in a while, the last time was at one of those parties at Portland place. I’m sure I could arrange s meet up and you could be there too. How did you find all this out? 14 Jan 2026, 09:02, Damien: Sorry Sam, I shouldn’t of worried you, I just wanted a chat, and see how you were, I’ve been talking to a few mutuals friends who have gone a bit weird and just wanted to see what you thought. I’m detoxing in Bali at the moment, and just started morning Pilates when you messaged. As far as I know Oli is okay. I’m so happy to see you hit that sorted out, you’re both made for each other it’s very sweet. Is it okay if I still call you later? Miss you darling xx 14 Jan 2026, 09:03, Sam: He says he loves me but is still disappearing for long stretches of time and just generally being impossible 15 Jan 2026, 02:06, Damien: Oh gosh, I read this before falling asleep last night, and just remembered about it I’m not quite sure, but I am sure he went to some private school in Dublin, I think his Grandfather insisted he went there. It does seem a bit odd, what I understood of his father was that he was Hungarian, and was out of prison, having set a tramp alight . I haven’t seen Oli in a while, the last time was at one of those parties at Portland place. I’m sure I could arrange s meet up and you could be there too. How did you find all this out? 12 Mar 2026, 22:48, Damien: Heyyy how are you? 12 Mar 2026, 22:49, Damien: Can you take a phone call? 12 Mar 2026, 22:49, Damien: Thank you!! 12 Mar 2026, 22:49, Sam: Oh gosh sorry I missed your last message - yeah, I can, gimme two mins to make some tea 12 Mar 2026, 22:50, Sam: I hope no one’s dead…!…?…oh god I’ll wait and see, haha 12 Mar 2026, 23:03, Sam: Is FaceTime ok? Or Messenger? I’m easy 12 Mar 2026, 23:03, Sam: Or if you want to actually phone call then my number is 07782673534 in case you haven’t got that number (I can’t quite remember how new it is) 13 Mar 2026, 00:01, Sam: Is everything and everyone ok? 13 Mar 2026, 01:10, Sam: Is Oli ok? 13 Mar 2026, 01:14, Damien: Sorry Sam, I shouldn’t of worried you, I just wanted a chat, and see how you were, I’ve been talking to a few mutuals friends who have gone a bit weird and just wanted to see what you thought. I’m detoxing in Bali at the moment, and just started morning Pilates when you messaged. As far as I know Oli is okay. I’m so happy to see you hit that sorted out, you’re both made for each other it’s very sweet. Is it okay if I still call you later? Miss you darling xx 13 Mar 2026, 01:16, Sam: Also aw, thanks, yeah, took me and Oli waaay too long… 🦥 13 Mar 2026, 01:16, Sam: Aww, yeah, I can chat - won’t be up much longer but could call you in the morning which might be later in your timezone? Haha 13 Mar 2026, 01:17, Sam: And I’m not sure I have any friends but I’m keen to hear what’s going on 😂 16 Apr 2026, 12:13, Damien: Oh Sam darling, I’m so sorry, it looks like you’re going through it with Olly! I’ts such a shame im sure he cares about you a great deal. I just about to hop on a flight. I’ll give you a call soon x 16 Apr 2026, 12:43, Sam: I love him too. I'm not going anywhere and nor is he. But he needs to stop lying to and about me, because I swear to god this crap has pushed me to the brink, and if he loves me then he ought to draw a line, fess up, and stop trying to save his skin by trashing me as mad and a liar and so forth. (He is thrilled about this bruise. I think I might get the photos framed for his birthday, haha.) 16 Apr 2026, 12:44, Sam: A sweet boy often, but I think of Hunter Thompson's description of Nixon: "the fighting instincts of a badger trapped by hounds" 16 Apr 2026, 12:44, Sam: Anyway, he is a sweet boy, and god do I love him, but AAAARGH 17 Apr 2026, 02:44, Damien: 🤣🤣🤣🤣 he hasn’t been trashing you. I think he mentioned about you with Chatgbt, but tbh I think everyone does that, at this stage I don’t know how I’d go a day without consulting with it! 17 Apr 2026, 02:45, Damien: I’m sure it will blow over, it doesn’t seem to be the biggest deal in the grand scheme of things! 17 Apr 2026, 02:45, Damien: Photo 17 Apr 2026, 02:46, Damien: On other news should I approve Joe for Raya haa 17 Apr 2026, 02:46, Damien: What’s Raya? If it’s not some terrible thing like heroin, then do, haha 17 Apr 2026, 02:46, Damien: 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 17 Apr 2026, 02:47, Sam: Also re Oli: I’m trying to get it to blow over! But it won’t blow over until I can trust him, and that seems to be the central problem right now, haha 17 Apr 2026, 02:48, Sam: (I think he will ultimately pick the lane of being trustworthy, but probably after a few more days of screaming that I’m a cunt) 17 Apr 2026, 02:48, Sam: But he needs to pick a lane, really 17 Apr 2026, 02:48, Sam: That half of him wants me to trust him, and the other half of him doesn’t want to commit to being trustworthy 18 Apr 2026, 12:53, Damien: Oh darling it all sounds so confusing. Why was he pretending to be an Albanian murderer? 18 Apr 2026, 12:54, Damien: I’m so sorry you’re going through this, it must be very unpleasant 18 Apr 2026, 12:55, Sam: Certainly did fucking test me 18 Apr 2026, 12:55, Sam: Fucking beats me! To ‘test’ me, I suppose, as he said in the thread with you 18 Apr 2026, 12:55, Sam: Tested my sanity 18 Apr 2026, 12:58, Sam: Also don’t think it was terribly nice of him to lie to me about all of that and then continue telling you and others that I was insane and had made it all up while telling me he was in love (which he is) and wanted to marry me (which he does, and so he will eventually have to confront this, because I am not going to keep letting him screw with my head and absorb it silently and without breathing a word of it outside our relationship) 18 Apr 2026, 12:58, Sam: If I am slightly mad now, so be it, I am going to lean into being mad rather than doing it privately 18 Apr 2026, 12:59, Sam: And then there was Freddie, incidentally 18 Apr 2026, 12:59, Sam: That was him too 18 Apr 2026, 13:00, Sam: No apology for that, no apology for any of it, and he expects to keep coming back and having this relationship and to call it ‘control’ and ‘autism’ and ‘being too emotional’ if I ask him why the fuck he did that, or expect him to reckon with it in any way, or tell he’s not just entitled to my trust and affection 18 Apr 2026, 13:04, Damien: Wait, is this definitely a true, I remember discussing this years ago at the Goodge St flat. I thought it was a bit far fetched mostly because I would never imagine Oli to do anything remotely that insane! 18 Apr 2026, 13:05, Damien: God I have no idea what you’re dealing with, sounds like a lot! It really makes no sense, 18 Apr 2026, 13:09, Sam: Yeah, I found the real Freddie’s Instagram and he spoke entirely differently, was in the US, on Jools Holland, etc - it categorically wasn’t him that I was talking to - personality entirely different 18 Apr 2026, 13:10, Sam: So either it was Oli or it was someone extremely Oli-like, who just happened to spend half his time talking up Oli, saying he was at various parties with Oli, etc 18 Apr 2026, 13:18, Damien: 😱😱😱😱 now that’s insane!! 18 Apr 2026, 13:18, Sam: Sorry, I’m not trying to spite him, I know for a fact that he’s going to come back and that I will happily forgive him but if he reckons with this stuff 18 Apr 2026, 13:25, Sam: I mean I don’t think it’s much worse than pretending to be an Albanian murderer 18 Apr 2026, 13:25, Sam: Though some things about the Freddie thing left a sour taste in my mouth 18 Apr 2026, 13:26, Sam: I could forgive it if it were just an “aww, sweet Oli, he loves me and he’s trying to get close to me” thing, but there were cruel parts 18 Apr 2026, 13:29, Sam: Like, at our Bond St party, he asked if I’d met Freddie, obviously knowing I *had*n’t and that I’d be embarrassed to have carried on this phone conversation with someone who wasn’t willing to meet me - maybe he hoped I’d lie and pretend I *had* met him, and that would feed into his fucking test 18 Apr 2026, 13:31, Sam: Or there was the pretending he had killed his mother thing 18 Apr 2026, 13:36, Sam: Which he tried to get out of the other day by saying he just said ‘Y’ 18 Apr 2026, 13:44, Sam: And drip-feeding me answers: https://gist.github.com/swhra/6e4bf2ab8ba937f4b205640ca2e2649b 18 Apr 2026, 13:44, Sam: Oli/Sam iMessages (up to 13 Jan) and Facebook messages (after January arrest). - imessages_25aug_to_23jan.csv 18 Apr 2026, 13:44, Sam: Which is technically true, but … oh, just read the messages if you’re interested, because he spent months and months talking about it 18 Apr 2026, 13:52, Sam: There is no way you can conceivably read those messages other than that that was what he was saying - I mean, he gave his opinions on secure care for child murderers (“not secure and not care” - which struck me as so heartfelt and plausible that I believed him absolutely - more fool me, I guess), he told me about his arrest and said it wasn’t on the news, said he ran to his friend’s house after setting the fire and that he spat on the police and so on and so forth, there was lavish and very plausible detail, and then “haha none of that was true” 18 Apr 2026, 14:01, Sam: But was this ambiguous?: 18 Apr 2026, 14:01, Sam: I mean, do you really think I would make this stuff out of plain cloth? That he was an Albanian cocaine dealer who killed his mother and so forth? I am not bloody Martin, may God rest his soul, come on… He fed me details, he let me worry about him, let me tell my friends and family about this person I loved who had done all these things, defended him in endless arguments, worried about why he refused to be too specific (I thought maybe he was under an anonymity/gagging injunction, as generally happens to child murderers), worried then *at great length and with others* about how I could talk to him and have a life without risking violating this possible injunction (which he wouldn’t have been able to tell me about if he were indeed under one), and then it turns out that the real reason he was ambiguous is so that he could fucking tell you e.g. “I only said ‘Y’” and try to paint me as a lunatic 18 Apr 2026, 14:04, Sam: And go and read the messages from January 14th, after I messaged you 18 Apr 2026, 14:07, Sam: He folded instantly and told me where he lived and from then on we had a better relationship - because he figured people might find out about all of this 18 Apr 2026, 14:09, Sam: And then once we had a better relationship, he knew he could tell you I was mad and that I’d let him say that 18 Apr 2026, 14:12, Sam: And then the other day I finally snapped and hit him, because he had *once again* made plans and then slept through them, left me waiting all of Saturday, then postponed to the next day, Sunday, and did the same then, and when I got upset he said “oh, well, I have dangerously out of control diabetes, it’s not my fault”, which I took at face value and was worried and said I would come to see him to help him get a grip on it, and that I would need his glucose data, and when I got there he instead started screaming at me and mocking me and saying I was stalking him and controlling him (I sent you the recording, I can send it again, I record fucking everything with him because of this shit) 18 Apr 2026, 14:22, Sam: And I shouldn’t have hit him, but I refuse to let him tell the story as me ‘abusing him’ out of nowhere - I shouldn’t have hit him, I shouldn’t have snapped, I regret it, I apologised instantly and said I would of course tell the truth if he wanted to make a police report, but it was one moment of loss of self-control, out of months and years of fucking mental, unbearable treatment that I know he is mortified for anyone to find out about, but so he should be and he can’t keep doing it 18 Apr 2026, 14:31, Sam: To the extent that I looked mad, it was because I took seriously all the stuff he was telling me about - I took it absolutely seriously - because I was in love with him, and I trusted him, I thought we were friends, at the very least, and that he wouldn’t do that to me 18 Apr 2026, 14:36, Sam: And what do you do when you love someone and they are telling you solemnly and convincingly that they killed their mother, that they are in deep with a drug cartel, etc? You try to help them - and then you say a lot of stuff that makes it terribly easy for them to point and laugh at you (at least if you aren’t techy enough to back up your messages locally and extract them into a CSV) 18 Apr 2026, 14:37, Sam: I’m not saying he is evil or a villain 18 Apr 2026, 14:42, Sam: I’m just saying that he did these fucked up things, for god only knows what fucking reason, and that he has been (with respect) too cowardly to own up to it, and so he has let me suffer the consequences all while telling people I am mad - and I just don’t feel it’s very decent, when that is the situation, to carry on treating me with such contempt 18 Apr 2026, 14:53, Sam: I mean, this diabetes thing was not “me being autistic”, it was me saying “yet again I have wasted my whole weekend waiting for me because we had plans and you didn’t even bother to text and cancel, and now you explain yourself by saying you were lapsing in and out of consciousness, not awake enough to take insulin, in a medically dangerous state of untreated diabetes — well, if you’re telling me that’s true, then I am going to take that seriously, because you’re telling me your life is in danger and that you’re too impaired to keep yourself alive” 18 Apr 2026, 14:55, Sam: So what’s the answer? Did he mean it? Did he not mean it? What does he expect me to do? He did eventually send me that glucose data, and it turns out he was fine that weekend - not great but not worse than usual and not nearly his worst - but can he blame me for taking what he said seriously? Can he blame me for trusting him? Do you begin to see what I mean here about the problem of trust with Oli…? 18 Apr 2026, 15:13, Sam: The problem is that I trust him again and again, and he mocks and screams at me for doing so, and then he comes back to me and says I should trust him again: 18 Apr 2026, 16:32, Sam: 9 May 2026, 12:51, Damien: Sam darling, how are you? I’m so sorry about all this stuff with Oli, I can see it’s driving you a little mad, as hard as it is, is it possible to park it for a few weeks and let the dust settle a bit? I see where you’re coming from but this may all a bit counterintuitive, these group chats etc you and him clearly have a unique bond, I think a bit of time would be the best thing for this situation. 9 May 2026, 12:55, Sam: We do have a unique bond, and I’m hoping someone might say it’s wrong for him to treat me like this 9 May 2026, 12:56, Sam: Then our bond might be a bit less horrible for me 9 May 2026, 12:57, Sam: Also, no, sorry, I’m not going to park it, I am going to carry on until either I exhaust the pool of people who might have a spine or else I find someone with a spine 9 May 2026, 12:58, Sam: And in answer to “how are you?”, I am miserable, thanks 9 May 2026, 12:58, Sam: Hope you’re well! 9 May 2026, 13:05, Damien: I’m sorry Sam! I really think this is something you’ll be able to work through, although I know he’s very upset with the various emails that have been sent to his mother and the group chats etc so I don’t think he’s ready to even discuss it, and at the moment. I’ve known Oli for a long time and know that he’s a good person at heart, as are you, from the parts Ive seen I don’t with either of you have been perfectly behaved. 9 May 2026, 13:06, Damien: What are you hoping to achieve from the group chats, dialogue with him? 9 May 2026, 13:12, Sam: Do you think it is ok for him to treat me like this? 9 May 2026, 13:12, Sam: What have you said to him? 9 May 2026, 13:13, Sam: Have you given him any advice or just me? 9 May 2026, 13:13, Sam: If you think I deserve it, that’s fine, that’s an answer, I appreciate it, but I’m quite shocked by it and keen to understand why you think I deserve it 9 May 2026, 13:14, Damien: I dont think you deserve it, not at all, I think it’s terrible. 9 May 2026, 13:15, Damien: He has not asked for advice 9 May 2026, 13:17, Sam: Have you given him any advice? Have you spoken to him? 9 May 2026, 13:17, Sam: I am keen to understand - I feel completely alone here and I don’t understand why everyone thinks it is ok for him to treat me like this 9 May 2026, 13:17, Sam: I didn’t ask for any either 9 May 2026, 13:18, Sam: You say I don’t deserve it - why are you telling me to stop talking about it, then, rather than telling him to stop doing it? 9 May 2026, 13:21, Damien: Im not saying don’t talk about it, although I think if you give it a few days with no emails or group chats he’ll soon enough speak with you! 9 May 2026, 13:21, Sam: But what have you said to Oli? 9 May 2026, 13:22, Damien: And I’ve said very little to Oli 9 May 2026, 13:22, Damien: I know he’s very upset 9 May 2026, 13:22, Damien: I’m really sorry you’re going through this, I can see it’s taking a toll. If you ever want to talk please feel free to call me. 9 May 2026, 13:22, Sam: Not “don’t treat Sam in a way he doesn’t deserve”? 9 May 2026, 13:22, Sam: Nothing, then? 9 May 2026, 13:23, Sam: Am I upset for a reason? If so, and if he is upset, why won’t you or anyone say to him that he shouldn’t treat me like this, that it is upsetting and it isn’t right and that my upset is appropriate and normal? 9 May 2026, 13:24, Sam: Is that my fault or his? 9 May 2026, 13:24, Sam: Should I have just kept putting up with it and kept trusting him while he kept abusing that trust? 9 May 2026, 13:25, Sam: If he’s upset and if it’s not my fault, why not help him not be upset? 9 May 2026, 13:26, Sam: By the way, I am upset too, extremely upset and distressed, when Oli treats me like this and when I see you and all his other friends carry on as if this is fine and it doesn’t trouble them 9 May 2026, 13:27, Damien: Let me speak with him a bit 9 May 2026, 13:27, Damien: You both have a very complex relationship, and I’m not in a position to tell anyone what to do. 9 May 2026, 13:27, Sam: I genuinely appreciate that, thank you 9 May 2026, 13:27, Sam: I wish I didn’t have to be upset and I wish he would stop doing this and that our friends of many years would give *him* advice rather than giving *me* advice to tolerate it and to stay quiet 9 May 2026, 13:27, Sam: Thank you 9 May 2026, 13:27, Sam: Why not him? 9 May 2026, 13:27, Sam: You told me what to do 9 May 2026, 13:27, Sam: ❤️ 9 May 2026, 13:28, Damien: I’m just telling you, that it’s pushing him away all the emails and group chats. 9 May 2026, 13:28, Sam: I just think this needs to be addressed in some way 9 May 2026, 13:28, Sam: I love him to pieces 9 May 2026, 13:28, Sam: I’m not asking you tell him off or shout at him 9 May 2026, 13:29, Damien: I’m sure it will sort it’s out :) 9 May 2026, 13:29, Sam: That’s fine, I am happier if he’s pushed away than if he keeps promising me things will be good and then doing this 9 May 2026, 13:31, Sam: But the people around him seem to be telling me it’s a problem and telling him “hey Oli, how are things going? hopefully Sam will sort himself out after I told him to stop telling people what you say and do to him” 9 May 2026, 13:31, Sam: It won’t sort itself out, it will only stop if he stops doing it, and that will only happen if the people around him make it clear to him that it is *not* basically ok and not a problem 9 May 2026, 13:32, Sam: I think this is twisted and fucked up and I have no idea what I have done to deserve this from people I thought were my friends 9 May 2026, 13:35, Sam: For what it’s worth, I won’t stop telling people and I won’t stop making this public - if he thinks it’s ok, and if you think it’s ok, then you should be fine with it being transparent and known about 9 May 2026, 13:37, Sam: And if I die first, the note will have a rolling credits sequence, haha 9 May 2026, 13:37, Sam: That is not going to change, absolutely and categorically not, not until one of us dies or he stops treating me like this 9 May 2026, 14:31, Sam: Also, I really, really don’t appreciate this: “keep quiet about it or else he might leave you” 9 May 2026, 14:32, Damien: I’m just letting you know he’s pissed off about it 9 May 2026, 14:32, Damien: That’s not what I was saying whatsoever 9 May 2026, 14:37, Sam: That’s fine, I’m just letting you know it’s what I’m doing 9 May 2026, 14:38, Sam: Thank you for the information about what Oli is doing 9 May 2026, 14:39, Sam: Since you think he shouldn’t treat me this way, maybe you could let him know how it makes me feel, in the same way you let me know he was pissed off by my telling people about it? 9 May 2026, 14:40, Sam: By the way, why do you think he is pissed off by my telling people how he has treated me? 9 May 2026, 14:40, Sam: Does it occur to you to tell him that, if he’s ashamed of people knowing how he’s behaved, maybe he shouldn’t behave that way? 9 May 2026, 14:40, Sam: Or does it only occur to you to tell me to shut up about it? 9 May 2026, 14:40, Sam: With respect 9 May 2026, 14:41, Sam: Like, we have been friends for ten years, and I cannot believe I am hearing this from you, to be 100% honest 9 May 2026, 14:41, Sam: This is so unbelievably fucked 9 May 2026, 14:41, Sam: “Just letting you know he’s pissed off and may leave you”, what the ungodly fuck 9 May 2026, 14:44, Damien: I’m really just trying to help the situation. I don’t like seeing either of you in this way. I didn’t say, he may leave you, nor do I think that’s the case. 9 May 2026, 14:44, Damien: Let me speak with him. 9 May 2026, 14:46, Sam: How can you not see this? 9 May 2026, 14:46, Sam: How is your response to this “hey, I’m just letting you know that Oli is angry about you telling people how you treat him, just in case, ya know, maybe you might consider changing your behaviour” — wtf 9 May 2026, 14:46, Sam: How on earth is this defensible? 9 May 2026, 14:46, Sam: I don’t know if he’s got people under some kind of fucking telepathic field or something, but this is not right ????? ! 9 May 2026, 14:47, Sam: Leaving is fine 9 May 2026, 14:47, Sam: Please do 9 May 2026, 14:48, Sam: I am not going to stay quiet about what he says or does to me, though, and please don’t ask me that again 9 May 2026, 14:50, Damien: I didn’t say that. Objectively I think a pause would be best, but it’s clear that’s not you want, so I’ll leave it. I was mostly referring to the emails &videos you sent his mother, that wasn’t constructive. I’m 9 May 2026, 14:50, Sam: I am deeply hurt by you treating this situation as if it were neutral and nobody were at fault 9 May 2026, 14:51, Sam: I don’t understand 9 May 2026, 14:51, Sam: If he shouldn’t treat me like this, why are you absolutely fine with it? 9 May 2026, 14:51, Sam: If it’s wrong, why won’t you tell him it’s wrong? 9 May 2026, 14:51, Sam: Why doesn’t it upset you at all? 9 May 2026, 14:52, Sam: How is it ok? 9 May 2026, 14:53, Damien: I’m absolutely not 9 May 2026, 14:53, Damien: Let me speak with him Sam. 9 May 2026, 14:53, Sam: And wrong 9 May 2026, 14:53, Sam: Did you tell him to change his behaviour? It doesn’t sound like it 9 May 2026, 14:53, Sam: This is fucked up 9 May 2026, 14:53, Sam: Why are you squarely on his side here? 9 May 2026, 14:53, Sam: Why are you talking about his being pissed off as if he has a right to be, as if I should change my behaviour rather than he his? 9 May 2026, 14:53, Sam: Why is that my problem? 9 May 2026, 14:53, Sam: Why should he be upset at me being honest about how he’s treated me? 9 May 2026, 14:54, Sam: What the fuck is even happening here? 9 May 2026, 14:54, Sam: You are - you’re telling me I should change, and you’re talking to him as if he has no hand in the situation 9 May 2026, 14:55, Sam: I have never felt more utterly fucking alone and hopeless than seeing you and everyone cheerfully going around with Oli as if he’s done nothing wrong, as if I don’t matter at all 9 May 2026, 14:55, Sam: What the fuck 9 May 2026, 14:56, Sam: Why didn’t you talk to him to begin with? Why talk to me? How on earth am I the one who needs to be talked to here? 9 May 2026, 14:56, Sam: “Please stay quiet, Sam, Oli is in danger of getting pissed off when you tell people what he does to you” 9 May 2026, 14:57, Sam: Am I not fucking pissed off? Am I not hurt? Does that count for anything to you? Does it trouble you? Did you think to tell him a fucking thing? What the fuck! 9 May 2026, 14:59, Damien: All I’m saying is a few days of a break on this would do everyone the world of good. I’m not saying that at all Sam, I just think a different approach would be better! I’m really sorry to see you like this no one deserves this whatsoever, let me see if I can reach him. I really hope you can both resolve soon as possible. 9 May 2026, 14:59, Sam: I feel like I’m being abused by almost everyone I considered my friends, as well as the person I considered and still do consider the love of my life 9 May 2026, 14:59, Sam: I just … I don’t know what is even happening here 9 May 2026, 14:59, Sam: I’m sorry for shouting 9 May 2026, 14:59, Sam: So thanks for that, Damien 9 May 2026, 14:59, Sam: The world has gone upside down 9 May 2026, 14:59, Sam: Yeah, that’s all you’re saying 9 May 2026, 15:00, Sam: I know we have argued at points but I genuinely do not think I deserve this 9 May 2026, 15:01, Sam: But no, I won’t keep quiet about what Oli says and does to me, and if he is “pissed off” about that then perhaps you could talk to him and not to me 9 May 2026, 15:01, Sam: That is non-negotiable - I am *not* going to be quiet about this any more - if you say nothing else to him, perhaps you could at the very least “let him know” that 9 May 2026, 15:05, Sam: Hard fucking lesson 9 May 2026, 15:05, Sam: I suppose Oli is right in what he so often mocks me for, that I have no friends 9 May 2026, 15:05, Sam: It seems I don’t and he does 9 May 2026, 15:06, Sam: I’m glad you two are such good friends and I hope I haven’t stood in the way of that with my misery at what he does to me 9 May 2026, 15:06, Sam: Thank you for recognising that it is undeserved, even if you’re still fine with him treating me undeservedly 9 May 2026, 15:07, Sam: It is nice to know where I stand with people, I guess, but I am hurt that Oli is fine with this and content to tell me ‘fuck you’ with the support of all you lovely people who are such good friends to him 9 May 2026, 15:09, Sam: And thank you for being such a reliable proxy for his totally insincere breakup threats, intended to get me to shut up about behaviour he doesn’t want people knowing about 9 May 2026, 15:09, Sam: This has been lovely 9 May 2026, 15:10, Sam: I will not shut up, please understand that and please, if you’re willing, convey it to Oli 9 May 2026, 15:10, Sam: Maybe he should treat the one person who has loved him in a way that is not vicious, bullying, and contemptuous, but I guess I’ll have to find another messenger to get that message to him while he’s applying the silent treatment to me to try to get me to shut up 9 May 2026, 15:11, Sam: But thank you for asking, Damien, old friend 9 May 2026, 19:07, Sam: Thanks for answering ❤️ Obviously I am asking this partly for Oli’s sake. He says it’s a miracle I have stayed. Most people have stormed off, saying he was mad. I was just reading my old messages with Oli. Do you know how much I worried about him when he told me he was really Albanian, that his name was Klevis Leka, that he cut people’s heads off for an Albanian drug cartel, that (he loved inserting boy/girlfriends into every such lie, weirdly) he had a girlfriend called Leah who was loyal to him, etc? Do you know what that does to you? When I was absolutely desperate, in January, I reached out to you to see if you might know anything, and immediately he said that none of it had been true, that I shouldn’t have contacted you (he was “pissed off” about that too), that I shouldn’t say any more, and that he would handle it by saying I was mad and had made it all up. Do you think it was decent of him to tell you that? Do you think it was decent to you? To me? To tell me that stuff, stuff that fucked with my head and made me absolutely terrified for him as well as heartbroken that I would likely never have the chance to be with this person with whom I was hopelessly in love, and then to deal with it by saying I was mad? He has never apologised. He has never explained himself. He just says “yeah I lied about all that, anyway trust me now or else you’re causing problems”. How can you tell me this is ok? What would you do if you were me? Please, seriously, tell me what you would do, and we can discuss this. 9 May 2026, 19:08, Sam: And he’s still doing this. He tells me he is dangerously ill, and then screams at me when I take him seriously and want to check up on him and make sure he’s not going to die: 9 May 2026, 19:11, Sam: Do you think this is acceptable behaviour? If so, why should I not tell people about it? It’s fine, right? Or is it not, but you think I should shut up and suffer it in silence so your good friend Oli doesn’t have to be ‘pissed off’? 9 May 2026, 19:12, Sam: I love that boy to absolute tiny pieces, but I hate that he treats me this way and I hate that you and everyone else collude in it 9 May 2026, 19:13, Sam: Challenging abuse is not hatred and it is not ‘being difficult’ or ‘causing problems’ 9 May 2026, 19:15, Sam: I feel completely betrayed and abandoned, to be perfectly honest, and I think I have been 9 May 2026, 19:17, Sam: I may not always have got on with you and I may not have been responsive enough or whatever, but I … I just don’t know, really, I barely know which way is up, I don’t see how on earth you can look at this and think the person to talk to is me and the thing to say is “maybe shut up about it so he doesn’t get pissed off” 9 May 2026, 19:19, Sam: He is refusing to apologise, refusing to change course in any way, so why on EARTH do you think “be quiet for a few days and then trust him again” is a solution? Please tell me why I should trust him again and where it will end. Will you trust him with me, and you can come along for the ride and see where it ends up? 9 May 2026, 19:20, Sam: He has been nasty and bullying and has fucked with my head by telling me insane lies again and again, and treated me with so much contempt that it is a miracle I have stayed, and nobody else ever has - why do you not mind that your good friend Oli does this to his boyfriend? 9 May 2026, 19:21, Sam: Could you please tell me what you would do, in my position? Like, seriously, tell me what you would do. (Usually the advice is ‘break up with him’, but you are the one person who’s not advising that and also not advising what I’m doing, so I am curious what on earth else is left.) 9 May 2026, 19:22, Sam: I’m sorry to be angry, I just don’t feel I should be having this argument, I feel the conversation should have been with him, not me. Frankly I find it staggering that you came to me. 9 May 2026, 19:28, Sam: I suppose my main question is this: why should I not tell people about the totally fine stuff that your good friend Oli says and does to me? 9 May 2026, 19:34, Damien: I mean tbqh, you probably won’t like my opinion. I honestly think that a lot of relationships are like this and you just don’t see it. I’m not condoning what he’s done, and it makes be sad to see how awful you’re feeling about all of this. I wouldn’t wish that on anyone. I’ve been through tough relationships before and I know how horrible it feels when you’re in the middle of one of these rows. Just to be clear, I didn’t say you should stay quiet or put up with it, absolutely not. I was only suggesting you give yourself some time as it’s clearly driving you spare, and I don’t think in long run involving everyone in a group chat is productive, I think emotions are running high and maybe a distraction would give you some time to think. I don’t think sending endless messages is the best look. Have you heard from him at all? 9 May 2026, 19:34, Sam: How would you feel if you were me? 9 May 2026, 19:35, Sam: Frankly how the fuck can you come to me and tell me I should suck this up, and not tell him that? 9 May 2026, 19:35, Sam: I’m sorry, but … I just do not understand what is going on here 9 May 2026, 19:36, Damien: I would probably feel exactly how you’re feeling right now, I’d be extremely bitter and hopeless, I probably wouldn’t listen to my own advice 9 May 2026, 19:36, Damien: I’m not telling you to suck it up. Not at all 9 May 2026, 19:36, Sam: If you were me, how would you feel about what you were saying, and that you were saying it to me, not him? 9 May 2026, 19:36, Sam: Why should I not tell people? 9 May 2026, 19:38, Damien: Oli does what he wants always has always will, I don’t think it’s right the way he’s treated you. 9 May 2026, 19:38, Sam: Alone, maybe? 9 May 2026, 19:38, Sam: Have you *told him* it’s not right? 9 May 2026, 19:38, Sam: Have you said anything to him that is disapproving? 9 May 2026, 19:38, Sam: Like everyone was on his side? 9 May 2026, 19:38, Sam: Like he had behaved unconscionably and people are telling you to shut up about it because it’s unconscionable? 9 May 2026, 19:38, Sam: Or only to me? 9 May 2026, 19:38, Sam: What have you said? 9 May 2026, 19:39, Damien: I don’t understand w he made up such mad nonsense 9 May 2026, 19:39, Damien: I wouldn’t know where to begin, it’s bizarre? 9 May 2026, 19:39, Sam: Have you told him he shouldn’t treat me this way, or only told me I shouldn’t tell people he has? 9 May 2026, 19:39, Sam: How do you think that fucking makes me feel, Damien? What the fuck 9 May 2026, 19:39, Sam: Never ever fucking for him, Christ 9 May 2026, 19:39, Sam: Well you knew where to begin with me 9 May 2026, 19:39, Sam: Why is all your advice for me? 9 May 2026, 19:39, Sam: Why tell me I shouldn’t tell people? 9 May 2026, 19:40, Damien: No Sam, I was just suggesting you give yourself a break, you’ll drive yourself mad. 9 May 2026, 19:40, Sam: Am I going fucking mad 9 May 2026, 19:40, Sam: And he might leave me? 9 May 2026, 19:40, Sam: Because he’s “pissed off” that I told people? 9 May 2026, 19:40, Sam: Have you listened to yourself? How the fuck would you feel if you were me? How is this ok???? 9 May 2026, 19:40, Sam: Jesus 9 May 2026, 19:40, Sam: Not a fucking word for him? Just to me, to tell me to shut up? 9 May 2026, 19:41, Damien: But if what you say is true what do you say to that 9 May 2026, 19:41, Damien: I never said he might leave you, If you just read over your messages I never said that. I think with the group chats th various emails, it escalates things much more than they need to be. 9 May 2026, 19:41, Damien: I’m not on his side. 9 May 2026, 19:41, Damien: Why will you not say A FUCKING WORD to him? 9 May 2026, 19:41, Sam: If he’s pissed off and if he’s sad to be on bad terms, why don’t you give him advice, not me? 9 May 2026, 19:41, Sam: Oh it doesn’t need to be? Well, tell me what you would do, then 9 May 2026, 19:41, Sam: Why are you fine that he does this? 9 May 2026, 19:41, Sam: Why are you his friend and not troubled by this, but you come to me with advice to be quiet about it? 9 May 2026, 19:41, Sam: Why are you on his side? 9 May 2026, 19:42, Damien: “ hey Oli, why did you prtend to be an Albanian orphan who killed his mother” 9 May 2026, 19:42, Sam: And then he comes to me and wants my trust 9 May 2026, 19:42, Sam: And you say I should give him my trust 9 May 2026, 19:42, Sam: He said “so I could wank over my imagination of myself through you” 9 May 2026, 19:42, Sam: I have said that 9 May 2026, 19:42, Sam: I would love that 9 May 2026, 19:42, Sam: On another occasion he said “to test you” 9 May 2026, 19:42, Sam: Tell me how that enrs 9 May 2026, 19:43, Damien: Wtf 9 May 2026, 19:43, Sam: And you haven’t seen fit to tell him anything 9 May 2026, 19:43, Sam: He doesn’t think he has to, and you don’t think he has to either 9 May 2026, 19:43, Sam: He hasn’t even explained or accounted for himself 9 May 2026, 19:43, Sam: You think I should suck it up and not breathe a word to anyone lest he become pissed off 9 May 2026, 19:44, Sam: Actually just ask him, because I’m interested to see if he’ll lie, and if he doesn’t lie then it saves me a bit of looking for it now 9 May 2026, 19:44, Sam: He has treated me fucking horribly 9 May 2026, 19:44, Sam: I am hopelessly in love with him 9 May 2026, 19:44, Sam: I am not here to fucking destroy him 9 May 2026, 19:44, Sam: I love him 9 May 2026, 19:44, Sam: Please understand this 9 May 2026, 19:44, Sam: When he is nice to me, I am the happiest person in the world 9 May 2026, 19:44, Sam: With absolute contempt and vileness 9 May 2026, 19:44, Sam: Yes, it was in one of the videos I sent yesterday to the chat, and you can find it in the iMessages between us, or just ask him if he said it 9 May 2026, 19:45, Damien: No one is saying you’re at fault 9 May 2026, 19:45, Sam: Fuck 9 May 2026, 19:45, Sam: I adore him 9 May 2026, 19:45, Sam: I just wish he were fucking nice to me 9 May 2026, 19:45, Sam: I make that extremely clear to him at length 9 May 2026, 19:45, Sam: What is even going on? 9 May 2026, 19:45, Sam: Why am I the one at fault here? Why am I meant to put up with this? Why is he fine and loved and ok to do this? 9 May 2026, 19:46, Sam: You’re saying I should be quiet 9 May 2026, 19:46, Sam: You’ve said nothing to him 9 May 2026, 19:47, Damien: I think the whole thing has brought you to despair. I think need to distract yourself before it consumes you! You said yourself he always come back around. 9 May 2026, 19:47, Sam: What do you think he needs to do? 9 May 2026, 19:48, Damien: But frankly If I were you I’d run for the hills 9 May 2026, 19:48, Sam: But this is not ok and his friends should not all support and collude in it 9 May 2026, 19:48, Sam: Do you think he needs to do anything, or just wait for me to come around? 9 May 2026, 19:48, Sam: Earlier you said the bond was great and we should be together 9 May 2026, 19:48, Sam: He is not evil and he is capable of change 9 May 2026, 19:48, Sam: I don’t want to write him off 9 May 2026, 19:48, Sam: Thank you, that is the first sorta supportive thing 9 May 2026, 20:05, Damien: I think it’s a shame when things don’t work out, and you both seemed so good together, but honestly I don’t think it should be this hard. All the stuff with murdering his mother Albanian drug lord or whatever was, is a lot to deal with, I don’t know how you’ve done it so far. I really wouldn’t know where to begin with any of it. I think you feel you’d feel much better at the very least he’d apologize, but in my experience, I’ve wasted so much time torturing myself looking for an apology or an explanation and never did. 9 May 2026, 20:39, Sam: Sorry, I’m just watching King Charles’s speech to Congress with my grandma at her instigation but then will reply to try to explain 9 May 2026, 20:40, Sam: But I will never give up on Oli, ever, and I find it hard to put into words what he is to me 9 May 2026, 20:45, Sam: For now please please tell him I love him to pieces, because I do 9 May 2026, 20:46, Sam: And I miss him horribly 9 May 2026, 21:15, Sam: Also, did you say Oli was sad? What does he mean by ‘sad’? He’s the one who blocked me and told me to fuck off - I am desperate to talk to him and have been trying to call him again and again - I eventually disabled caller ID and called him and he told me to ‘fuck off’ - so what does he mean by ‘sad’??? 9 May 2026, 21:21, Sam: I am beginning to wonder, because you are saying things that don’t quite make sense to me 9 May 2026, 21:21, Sam: Wait sorry could you just explain to me your understanding of the situation? What exactly has Oli told you? 9 May 2026, 21:22, Sam: I am not the one who is refusing to talk to him - he is the one refusing to talk to me, which he does whenever I question him, to discipline me 9 May 2026, 21:22, Sam: I think it is cruel and I am desperate for him 9 May 2026, 21:25, Sam: ^ that was from last Sunday - I do stand by ‘morally floppy’, sorry 9 May 2026, 22:00, Sam: 9 May 2026, 22:00, Sam: red = he hasn’t replied to me green = he messaged in that 15-min block grey (extremely rare) = I haven’t replied to him, usu briefly while asleep 9 May 2026, 22:06, Sam: He cares about your judgement of him 9 May 2026, 22:06, Sam: If he’s telling you that he’s desperate to talk to me, that is manipulative and untrue - he is the one refusing to speak to me because I asked him to explain why he did all that stuff, and he prefers to block me and blank me and scream at me to fuck off than to have that conversation 9 May 2026, 22:06, Sam: If you say something to him, he will listen 9 May 2026, 22:07, Sam: I am not asking you to destroy him or tell him off, I am not using you as a pawn, I promise, I love that boy more than I have ever loved or will ever love anyone 9 May 2026, 22:09, Sam: Hold on, let me find some of my messages to him to show you how I feel, because I think maybe you remember the me-Oli relationship of mid 2023 and you don’t really know how much that shifted at the end of that year / start of the next 9 May 2026, 22:09, Sam: Though you maybe remember meeting us and Firsov for a drink at Bond St at the end of Feb 9 May 2026, 22:11, Damien: Sorry Sam, I’m just on a hike 9 May 2026, 22:11, Damien: Will read these after 9 May 2026, 22:12, Sam: No worries 9 May 2026, 22:13, Sam: Honestly thank you for saying what you have, you have made me feel 100x less mad and distressed 9 May 2026, 22:15, Sam: Nobody else has said a fucking thing in even mild criticism of Oli, except Tudor, and what he said was too much and too little (“I won’t say he should change” / “not because it’s not wrong, but because he can’t”) 9 May 2026, 22:16, Sam: Now that you’ve agreed it’s wrong, I have instantly flipped back to instinctively protecting him 9 May 2026, 22:19, Sam: I love that boy more than anything ever - he is everything to me - he just can’t go on like this 9 May 2026, 22:21, Sam: And it’s over now, anyway, the old arrangement, because everyone now knows we are boyfriends, so there is no possible way he can go back - now he’s just sulking before his eventual return, and he knows it, and I said so many times that this could have been avoided and he said “fuck you”, so … what am I meant to do?!?! Like, maybe just sit down and have a conversation and don’t openly say “fuck you, do your best” and then cry when I do my best … argh I love that daft creature but he is so maddening in his expectations 9 May 2026, 22:26, Sam: “I must be able to do whatever I want to you, no matter how abusive and/or treacherous, and in turn you must treat me by the highest standard of care”, lol 9 May 2026, 22:28, Sam: Did he tell you he sent that Nate chat to my parents? (dw, that was a rhetorical question, I know he didn’t tell you) 9 May 2026, 22:30, Sam: The 15-year-old (actually 16, fortunately) I had that slightly deranged WhatsApp conversation with in my Goodge St period, I know I sent it to you too 9 May 2026, 22:31, Sam: This was how I reacted to Oli sending that to my parents, three years after I sent it to him, which could quite easily have had me imprisoned for something he didn’t consider wrong for three years 9 May 2026, 22:34, Sam: 9 May 2026, 22:36, Sam: You have no clue how omni-forgiving and adoring I have been - I have forgiven that beloved creature so, so unbelievably much, and you are seeing the grief and heartbreak and desperate attempt at self-assertion that comes after several years of this 9 May 2026, 22:38, Sam: 9 May 2026, 22:38, Sam: Here, by the way, are all the texts I’ve sent him while he’s been ignoring me, just in case you think it’s me who is blanking him: 9 May 2026, 22:38, Sam: Sorry, new screenshot since last one was a bit fucked: 10 May 2026, 08:41, Damien: Oli hasn’t said much other than what was in the group chat, although I’ve known him from when he was say school doing his GCSEs, and I can tell he’s quite upset, he won’t explicitly say it, but I ca hear his voice shaking. 10 May 2026, 08:41, Damien: That’s such beautiful message you wrote Sam, if only Oli knew how lucky he was to have someone love and care about him so much. 10 May 2026, 08:44, Damien: 10 May 2026, 08:44, Damien: I think he genuinely loves and cares about you, but part of it is this old upper class English thing, rather than explaining to you, it just ends up spiraling. It was very nice of you to send that voice note of him talking about me. I was quite surprised actually, most of the things babs has said about me behind my back are usually moot very nice at all, in fact I remember being quite upset by it in the past, so I can understand a how hurtful it is for you! I mean with the hurtful things he’s said to me, I know he’s a good person, and quite sensitive under that exterior, which a lot of people don’t see or suspect. 10 May 2026, 08:45, Damien: I wasn’t lying when I said I went hiking last night, I’ve been sleeping this afternoon, I’m sorry but I haven’t been able to give your messages my full attention, please bear with me. 10 May 2026, 08:46, Sam: Wow, looks beautiful! Also nah I didn’t think you were lying, and I just woke up and am not in a hurry! I have learned from all this Oli stuff to live slowly… 10 May 2026, 08:47, Sam: If he’s upset, I’m sorry to hear that, but I’ve been upset for weeks and it hasn’t bothered him enough to stop ignoring me, so at some point he needs to learn to act decently rather than acting in a vile way and then getting upset when others are … well, not even anywhere near vile … in return 10 May 2026, 08:48, Sam: I’m tired of Oli being treated as if he were a lion or a volcano or some other unaccountable thing, while I’m the one who’s expected to put up with everything and treat him far more decently than he treats me 10 May 2026, 08:56, Sam: I mean the central problem here is that he hasn’t minded when I was upset, and rightly upset 10 May 2026, 08:56, Sam: Then when I say it, the problem becomes that I don’t mind that it upsets him 10 May 2026, 08:56, Sam: You didn’t know that because I didn’t say it because I wasn’t allowed to 10 May 2026, 08:57, Sam: Like, I’m sorry, Oli, but there were a thousand ways out of this and you refused all of them and said “fuck you, do your best”, so it’s a bit much to then cry as if he’s been wronged when I tell people how he’s behaved/behaving 10 May 2026, 08:59, Sam: He can’t reject fairness and decency and then come and complain that I have treated him unfairly - if I have been unfair, it has been in how little I have done in response to what he has done 10 May 2026, 09:01, Sam: Has he thought about how I have felt? Has that bothered him while he’s been ignoring me for weeks and weeks, and telling me to fuck off when I called? 10 May 2026, 09:01, Sam: Seemingly not 10 May 2026, 09:02, Sam: So why does he expect so much from me while treating me terribly and not caring about how I feel? I honestly do not understand how he thinks he can make that argument 10 May 2026, 09:03, Sam: But if “Oli does what he wants”, then, I’m sorry, Sam does what he wants too 10 May 2026, 09:06, Sam: I do love him, I just … I can’t be expected to uphold these sorts of drastically higher standards while he treats me with total contempt 10 May 2026, 09:07, Damien: I totally get it, I don’t know how you could, I think that it would damage the relationship you have with yourself. 10 May 2026, 09:07, Damien: You can’t be continued to feel like this, it’s not fair! 10 May 2026, 09:07, Sam: I don’t think just being sensitive makes him a good person - I think being sensitive to *me* would make him a good person, whereas he has been sensitive to himself and insensitive to me 10 May 2026, 09:08, Sam: Because this upsets him whereas my distress doesn’t upset him, so this communicates my distress, and it also makes me feel more sane and makes him more answerable if others know 10 May 2026, 09:08, Sam: But since that’s the case, well, that’s why I’m doing this, I suppose 10 May 2026, 09:09, Sam: I think it’s natural and healthy and normal that the community around us knows what’s going on, rather than him being able to hide it behind the internet and everyone siloed and given their own version of the truth 10 May 2026, 09:09, Sam: If he’s upset, and if he wants to appeal to the norms of civilised people, then he needs to start living by them 10 May 2026, 09:10, Damien: His behavior is disappointing, and I really don’t like the way he’s treated you! 10 May 2026, 09:10, Sam: Otherwise, like, sorry, you don’t get to appeal to the Geneva conventions 🤷‍♂️ 10 May 2026, 09:11, Damien: I think those were very beautiful sweet messages you wrote to him, I don’t think he deserves them darling. x 10 May 2026, 09:11, Sam: He can’t carry on like this 10 May 2026, 09:11, Sam: I hope he starts to! 10 May 2026, 09:11, Sam: If he wants his autonomy, if he wants to say “fuck you, I’ll do what I want”, then he doesn’t get to come back and complain and ask me for decent treatment in return 10 May 2026, 09:11, Sam: Thanks 🙏 Neither do I, and neither do I like that he’s complaining about my telling people while showing no contrition about the behaviour itself 10 May 2026, 09:12, Sam: I know he’s coming back, but this time I’m not going to wait politely, I’m going to use that time (in which apparently neither of us has to treat each other decently) to maximum effect 10 May 2026, 09:13, Sam: And telling people is the most productive/effective thing I can do, because then he can’t do this again 10 May 2026, 09:14, Sam: The other thing I could do, and haven’t done, is going to the police (who are investigating him for taking money from his ailing grandfather) with our old chats 10 May 2026, 09:15, Sam: "I can withdraw his money and send it to myself if I so wish (and tell him good excuses what's going on with it)." (03.10.2023, 5:56:13 pm) "His pension is £9k a month so that is essentially my income" (27.09.2023, 3:12:34 am) "so essentially I have an OK income" (27.09.2023, 3:12:47 am) "I get his income (he gives to me oddly) because I manage his accounts etc. power of attorney" (27.09.2023, 3:12:26 am) "I have the available money to spend hundreds a night on the drugs they want lol" (27.09.2023, 3:26:41 am) "I do spend a lot on coke which is maybe an extravagance. Sometimes nice restaurants, an extravagance. Sometimes nice booze, an extravagance." (03.10.2023, 5:58:08 pm) "Maybe you don't have shares but liquidating them is a great way of raising substantial amounts of sums to piss up the wall." (03.10.2023, 6:00:27 pm) "That is one thing which I should be controlled over but they don't know about it." (03.10.2023, 6:00:40 pm) "I don't know why my grandpa is so staid about expenditure or uses of money. Ironically, as I do for so many, or most, of my expenditure, I could get away with it if I had a particularly clever justification. He just doesn't like the idea of a wastrel being frivolous. Well, fuck, he's got one! It would devastate him to know that and I don't think I'd be very happy with myself!" (30.09.2023, 2:28:34 am) "I have an income based on dividends and sometimes what I rapidly liquidate and also sometimes money I put into my account if I convince grandpa I need x Y Z amount." (03.10.2023, 5:01:26 pm) "I have a sanctimonious suited man who is called a financial advisor. Maybe you have the same." (03.10.2023, 6:03:55 pm) "He does me and grandpa. Odd. So I feel another element of control there." (03.10.2023, 6:04:12 pm) "But from time to time I can get away with it." (03.10.2023, 6:04:21 pm) "Like I have been able to this last year when he's been ill." (03.10.2023, 6:04:29 pm) 10 May 2026, 09:15, Sam: His current argument to the police is that all the spending was authorised by his grandfather (who is now too impaired to testify reliably either way, so he is likely to get away with it if nothing changes) 10 May 2026, 09:15, Sam: Our old chats would absolutely blow up that brittle equilibrium 10 May 2026, 09:17, Sam: But Oli should understand that what he is getting is Seriously Restrained Sam, given his behaviour towards me, given what he went to my parents with, etc, so forgive me if I don’t have much sympathy when he cries about me going to a bunch of people on Facebook to tell them the basics of how he treats me socially 10 May 2026, 09:17, Sam: I haven’t done that and I probably won’t, largely because I think his grandfather was a cunt who molested his daughter, thus setting in motion the whole chain of evil that led Oli to be as he is, and I don’t have much sympathy for his uncles (who made the complaint out of inheritance grievance) either 11 May 2026, 01:39, Sam: 11 May 2026, 01:39, Sam: Another setup? What do you mean? 11 May 2026, 01:39, Sam: This is what I said to the police, fwiw: My boyfriend Oli lives with two men, Mr Cherny and Mr Riannon. He has hinted at Mr Cherny controlling him. He has never paid rent, ever, on the £2k/month room that he occupies. On one occasion he said to me he wanted to come and live with me on account of his housemates (my impression is that he means Mr Cherny, chiefly) controlling him. He then asked me to meet him the next day so he could explain what he meant; I met him, but instead of telling me anything he simply said that he could no longer come and live with me, that Mr Cherny wanted him there as some form of security on his arrears. My impression is that it is highly unusual for a landlord of a tenant who is £18k in arrears, and has no conceivable route to repaying those arrears let alone those that accrue every additional month, to keep that tenant in the room rather than evicting him and pursuing the debt through the courts. In any event, Mr Cherny (or his own actual landlord, Mrs Alston and I think Mr Warren) does not have an HMO license, and Mr Cherny almost certainly doesn’t have a contractual right to sublet even if the leaseholders/freeholders did have an HMO license, so I don’t think the debt would be terribly enforceable. I just … the whole thing gives me an extremely off vibe. I am sorry to be vague. I don’t know what exactly is going on but I am appealing to you to just take a look around the house and see what is going on. There are endless drugs, prostitutes, bags of smuggled Eastern European and Russian cigarettes, etc around the house. It is in a state. There are air purifiers all over the place, in every room, for some reason, and there are CCTV cameras filming the front and door in high def - I think they route to a home or cloud server. Oli is not allowed to have me to visit him at home. He once remarked that he would have to smuggle me in, and then gave up on the idea because of all the CCTV. He has become very panicked when I have messaged Mr Cherny or Mr Riannon (again, Mr Cherny in particular) to ask them to have him check his phone. Disproportionately panicked. On occasion he has hinted obliquely at their criminal connections and that he feared them (again I think this really means Mr Cherny, or mainly Mr Cherny). Oli has been ‘kept’ for housing before. I think this is not an uncommon path for boys who were sexually abused in childhood. I don’t know. I may be wrong. If so, I’m sorry. 11 May 2026, 01:57, Sam: 11 May 2026, 01:58, Damien: I mean it had a kitchenette, bathroom, snug etc etc 11 May 2026, 01:58, Sam: I also realise it’s possible he 100% isn’t and there’s no reality to what he’s said - in that event I just don’t think he can really blame me or expect anything else 11 May 2026, 01:58, Sam: I have reported it to the police, based on everything Oli has told me, because it sounds concerning enough and I genuinely believe he’s talking about something real, at least in part 11 May 2026, 01:58, Sam: Oh, like a granny flat? 11 May 2026, 01:59, Damien: Yeah exactly 11 May 2026, 02:00, Sam: Do you have any idea why he would give Oli a room despite his never paying any rent and having no money or route to getting money to pay rent with? And why Oli is scared of moving out, and says Cherny wants him to stay there ‘as security’ until his arrears are paid (how?)? 11 May 2026, 02:00, Sam: None of this sounds terribly above board 11 May 2026, 02:06, Sam: I realise maybe he’s lying, but he has told me that and told me to take him seriously, so fuck it, I am taking it seriously 11 May 2026, 02:14, Sam: I am going to be so pissed off if he’s lying, but I am no longer living in this hinterland where he says things and expects me to treat them as true and false at the same time 11 May 2026, 02:15, Sam: I hope it’s true, and that this might save him from someone genuinely malign and dangerous 11 May 2026, 02:16, Sam: But I’m not 100% convinced of what Oli has said 11 May 2026, 02:16, Sam: I don’t know if that’s your sense of Mr Cherny? He seems like an asshole at the very least 11 May 2026, 02:18, Damien: The brief time I was at the house I didn’t get any impression that he was being controlled. Very weird, I really don’t think Sam is the type whatsoever. 11 May 2026, 02:21, Sam: Did you read all the stuff he said there? Or listen to that voice recording? That seems to say otherwise 11 May 2026, 02:22, Sam: Sender,Message Oli,Couldn't have got this and read this at a better time. Oli,Just typing up the notes from meeting and trying to formulate it into something proper Oli,And doing a vegetarian roast for a change lol Oli,Then could maybe have a check in if it is a suitable time. I think around midnight-1. We can force an early night on ourselves ❤ Oli,How has your day been? Mine has been a mix with all of this but at least something to do. Sam,"Hmm, I’m interested to hear more about this 👀 if you’re around shall we call and talk a bit? I’d love to actually 💖" Sam,"Aw, sweet, how come? My friend Alan was a vegetarian at Cambridge in the 1950s and he said they were just given the same nut roast every single night, haha" Sam,"It’s been pretty quiet - I let Pig out and she got into a fight with the neighbour cat, haha" Sam,Let me know when you’re around 🤙 Oli,"I am around now, having just been shouted at and viewed as a piece of shit by people here." Oli,I have been like a slave all day Sam,"Cool, I’m around now too - sorry to hear that 🙁" Sam,I love you Sam,"Want to talk? (Text or call, I’m easy)" Oli,"Well, I know you're sorry but it happens all the time now" Oli,I am just calming down and trying to have some normality Oli,"I have forgotten, like last time, all nice things I wanted to say" Sam,What happens all the time? You being treated like a slave? Oli,And being shouted at by housemates Oli,Or one or two Sam,Shouted at why? Oli,And having my living situation inadvertently compromised by a partner Oli,Sam@msgr Oli,For violating privacy Sam,Oli@msgr Oli,Among other things Oli,It makes no sense Oli,I can't carry on I am in a loop of hell if this keeps going on Oli,Just going to detach from myself and smoke and calm down Sam,"Wait, could you explain? Why would they shout at you? About what? Saying what?" Sam,I don’t quite understand what privacy these people have in a house where they frequently order prostitutes Oli,I will I am just going to calm down Sam,Fair enough Sam,"I have to say that if you don’t want me to nudge you via your flatmates when you agreed to call me, maybe the thing to do would have been to answer my several texts within roughly the time window that you said you’d call…? I don’t really know what else to do when you do this - nothing else seems to work, and I’m slightly reluctant to be criticised for doing anything at all" Sam,I think some of the onus falls on you to not say you’ll call and then completely blank my texts and leave me on read until hours later Oli,I was already being spoken to then Sam,"If you were busy being shouted at that whole time, then you were multitasking and browsing Instagram too, haha" Sam,"Ah, snap" Sam,A renaissance man 😉 Oli,"And when I failed to reply, after I started browsing Instagram on my laptop to show X/Y what I had been doing, it got worse" Oli,"I dont know what to say and frankly I, like last time, want to drift off into oblivion" Oli,It seems to be more peaceful and loving Sam,I don’t quite follow - browsing Instagram to show who what you had been doing?!? Oli,I was looking forward to taking the edge off and talking Sam,Your housemates? At 2am? Oli,And it then becomes worse Oli,Sam@msgr Oli,It is complicated Oli,Not my housemates Oli,One Sam,"Fair enough, I’m not trying to shout at you" Oli,And he wanted to know had I been doing productive things Sam,Just trying to wrap my head around this Oli,So showed messages Oli,Look my.ljfe is hell basically Sam,Productive how?! Oli,And you've done nothing to get a flat nearby or reduce that stress and have me with you Oli,Instead all I see is you ramping it up Oli,Albeit out of ignorance and an inability to trust my process of handling things because of a want of total clariy Sam,"Would you live with me? If you would, please do" Oli,Clarity Oli,If it were amenable I would Sam,You are 100% welcome and you can help me find a flat that you’d like? Sam,Oli@msgr Sam,absolutely Sam,I would love that to pieces Oli,I am going to just calm down because you realise you have the inadvertent effect of making me want to go mad Oli,You don't mean it Sam,No need to pay anything but may need to keep it slightly quiet from my parents until moved in Oli,But I'd rather sort my situation out and get money back than be turned out Oli,And be destitute Sam,Is it that bad? Sam,I’m sorry Sam,I love you Oli,If that happens then the question of you having me is out the window Oli,As the world won't have me Sam,Why? Sam,Oh Sam,Oli 🙁 Oli,Because I am not as weak as some Sam,What’s going on there? Oli,And I refuse to live a life where EVEN MY OWN SUPPOSED SUPPORT NETWORK PUTS THE NAIL IN THE COFFIN Oli,Sorry I am having bad vibes go through me Oli,I am going to calm Sam,"If you mean me, then maybe not blanking your support network when you said you’d call your support network might help 😉" Sam,"Look, I’m trying to be tolerant, Oli, but from my standpoint it’s more of you blanking me when you said you’d call - an old pattern - coupled with a slightly bemusing story about your housemate supposedly forcing you to browse Instagram at 2am which you haven’t explakned" Oli,"~ I was already being spoken to then ~ And when I failed to reply, after I started browsing Instagram on my laptop to show X/Y what I had been doing, it got worse" Sam,I’m not sure what to make of any of it Oli,You don't know the situation Oli,Best not to assume things and fuck it up Sam,"Well, you haven’t explained it, lol" Oli,Best to trust the person who has PUT A LOT OF bloody trust in you Oli,Because I am too fucking scared to Oli,Because it all goes in a dossier Sam,"Well, I don’t know what to say then" Oli,And blackmails the person who was abused for 17 years Oli,With threats Oli,Oli@msgr Sam,You can’t just blank me and then expect it to be fine because you have secret reasons that I can’t hear Oli,I didn't blank you Sam,"I think either you keep to your word or, if you have a good reason, you have to say it" Oli,I was in a tight situation Sam,It can’t just be “I didn’t reply but I had a good reason but it’s top secret” lll Oli,"Anyway we'll see eachother 6 ft under if I can't be trusted by the person who, in trusting, moves me closer to the street each day" Oli,I reiterate: I'm going to calm down. Sam,"Oli, sorry, but I am not going to be the only person governed by rules" Oli,Just going to sit quietly Oli,If you want just make me a final objective loser and I'll do it all in Sam,"Well, fine, please trust me that I had a mysterious reason for contacting your flatmates which I can’t tell you but you have to trust that I had it" Oli,It's enough effort as it is existing and fighting for myself Sam,This game doesn’t really work both ways Oli,Mine isn't A game Oli,It's my future Oli,My life Oli,My existence and fruition of survival strategy Oli,Which is watertight Oli,And in which I have probably been naive enough to have considered you a part Sam,"Ok, but it’s your reason, not mine, unless I know what it is 🤷‍♂️ and I can only work with my reasons, reasons that are accessible to me" Sam,So it’s up to you Oli,Whenever I want to love you I just end up crying and feeling that I can't do anything Sam,"Oli this is really not that deep, as the youth say" Oli,As I've said: please trust me and stop panicking. Sam,You just have to not blank me for hours and ignore my messages when you said you’d call Oli,You've had a whole day not panicking or giving notice of your about to try and make me homeless Oli,"And when I say I'll call . VOLUNTARILY" Oli,You press the button when I am accidentally detained Oli,Fuck my life Sam,Oli this is a tiny bit overwrought Oli,And fuck the people who put me here Oli,Fuck it all Oli,FUCK IT ALL Sam,I also have no idea how on earth sending a Facebook message to your housemates makes you homeless Sam,"It is just a bit much, this" Oli,No you don't understand and never do when I try and explain traumas and need for privacy which becomes me being controlled in the situation in which I'm living Sam,I love you but you can’t get out of minor social faux pas endlessly by dialling it up to 11 Oli,I WANT TO LIVE EITH YOU Oli,But you've done NOTHING to get a place Oli,As you admitted in this chag Sam,"Do, you’re welcome to, I would love that to pieces" Oli,Chat Oli,The ball is in your corut Oli,Court Sam,"I have been fussy but if you find somewhere I’ll take it, or I can find somewhere" Oli,Dont destroy my life or future before you've done that Oli,I can help hou Oli,But stop fucking my life up Inadvertentpy Sam,I didn’t realise you’d be willing to live with me Oli,They're still going at it Oli,I am just in my room Oli,I can't do this Oli,I am going to sit quietly Sam,"Largely because you didn’t tell me and because I said I was imagining you wouldn’t want to and you didn’t correct me, haha" Sam,Oli@msgr Sam,Aw sorry Oli Sam,"I love you, sorry, I’ll stop sniping" Sam,Maybe not what you need right now Sam,I have no understanding at all of what is going on but I am over the moon at the thought of living with you Sam,"I won’t spring any expectations to pay on you, since I’m not actually paying myself, though if you’re raking in money then it may change, haha - but no for the time being we can be poor and young together 🙂 I love the idea of that with you 🙂 you can hunt wild guinea fowl" Sam,"Anyway sorry I’ve been lazy and I’ve procrastinated, because I didn’t realise you’d have wanted to live with me" Sam,I am so thrilled and happy and excited and I realise you’re maybe stressed by your housemates and that you might go back on this and that’s fine but omg Sam,I am so extremely and very in love with you Sam,"Ok well I’ll throw away all my Oli distance calculation code if you’re not actually living in Hammersmith, haha" Sam,Cumulative days of labour spent calculating exact travel times to you Sam,https://raw.githubusercontent.com/swhra/tfl_api_scripts/refs/heads/main/examples/tfl_reachability.csv Sam,Commence re-scraping Sam,[attachment] Sam,"Sorry, I didn’t mean for that to sound grudgy, it was just amused" Sam,I am almost certain that you had had no expectation of living with me and that you have just decided for whatever reason that it is better than the alternative Sam,I promise you won’t regret it and I’m sorry it got to this point Sam,I can’t wait to fall asleep next to you Sam,I would honestly trade anything in the world for that Sam,I can’t think of anything lovelier than that Sam,"I love you so much, Oli, even if you’re a chaotic and dramatically self-pitying pain in the ass sometimes, haha" Oli,[attachment] Oli,[attachment] Sam,You read this at 12am and didn’t reply for over an hour: Sam,[attachment] Sam,Your account is that you were browsing Instagram while being shouted at Sam,For an hour Sam,"If so, you might perhaps have replied to me?" Oli,[attachment] Sam,"Sorry, Oli, I’m not saying it’s the end of the world, but no, I don’t accept this imbalance of standards between us" Oli,Yes 'check in' means reply when safe in my mind Oli,Or a reply when go ahead or when reached Oli,I was downstairs Oli,And wouldve replied affirmative when safe space and thus would've started the alarm bells (thus triggering your access to my house and personal life and people you've never met) Sam,"You were downstairs with your laptop on which you were browsing Instagram while being shouted at, yes, apparently" Oli,Sam@msgr Sam,So I’m not sure why the clarification about floor level is relevant Oli,Not conducive to talking and I don't want them knowing the names of my loved ones Oli,As I do not feel entirely safe in that Sam,You can type a message Oli,I can Sam,"As you normally do, I think" Oli,But you don't know them. I live with the Oli,Them Sam,And you didn’t Oli,In those hyper situations Oli,They would MAKE SURE Oli,(not naming the specific individual) Oli,To see who I'm messagig Oli,They move quickly Oli,They leave mess everywhere Sam,Then maybe go upstairs? Oli,They EVERYDAY go behind my back Oli,I have social codes and was engineering it slowly. It's also better to be shouted at than to escalate tensio Oli,Tension Sam,They know you’re going out with me because I have messaged them about 7 bloody times Oli,Particularly when inequality of bargaining power Oli,No lease agreement Oli,And literally homeless Oli,Sam@msgr Oli,It makes my bargaining power even weaker Oli,And I have made prior arrangements not to be distracted in things like that Sam,"So why can’t you reply to say “hey, I can’t call yet” rather than blanking me? How on earth does that affect your ‘bargaining power’???" Oli,YOU DONT UNDERSTAD Oli,Please I ask one thing Sam,YOU DON’T EXPLAIN Oli,Will you just assume anything I say IS TRUE Sam,"SO YES, OF COURSE I DO NOT UNDERSTAND" Oli,UNTIL IN PERSON Oli,I am not SAFE ENOUGH TO SAY FULLY Sam,"NO, OLI, FOR BLOODY GOOD REASON, HAHA" Oli,That's why I am seeing you on saturday Oli,At 4pm Oli,Well how do you know you're having a relationship with me Sam,"Sure, ok, but then don’t make arguments to me before then? I don’t know what you expect me to say" Oli,Come on Oli,You can't be that silly Sam,I know we have a relationship because we are talking to each other Oli,[attachment] Sam,"I do not know that much stuff that you’re saying is true, and in my experience you lie more floridly when you’re sleep deprived" Oli,[attachment] Oli,I want full clarity Sam,I think you are maybe in a slightly bonkers frame of mind and maybe we should both get some sleep Oli,Listen to those audios Sam,Oh god ok one sec lol Oli,[attachment] Oli,[attachment] Oli,[attachment] Sam,"Ok, no, Oli, I’m not going to listen to any more audio messages" Oli,Goodnight Sam,"Sorry, I love you but I’m not going to waste my time pretending that this is ok" Oli,In this message the last one I say I'm seeing you at Saturday 4pm Oli,So what's the problem Sam,Get some rest and we’ll talk in the morning Oli,I will rest when I see fit. Sam,"I love you and our relationship is not in question, just to underscore that for the millionth time, even if I’m not tremendously pleased with tonight" Oli,I am simply telling you that I am stopping the interaction tonight because I need to decompose. Oli,I have just literally had a full on row. Oli,Hours ago Sam,I just want to be clear that that will never endanger the relationship nor will it endanger your living with me Oli,I am sorry for how it has come off on you. Oli,It will on my side if it carries on. That's why I am pointing it out now. Sam,"Please don’t decompose, lol" Oli,As you also point out errors with me. Sam,🧟 Sam,"Well, then I hope you’ll stop behaving as you have tonight" Oli,because I'll be incapable of dat Sam,I am certainly not going to let you blame your behaviour on me Oli,I am not blaming it on you Oli,I ACCEPT FULL BLAME Oli,AS I SAID Oli,I'VE SAID IT Oli,THROUGHOUT THE EVENING Oli,THAT I ACCEPT FULL BLAME Oli,I BEG YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO HOWEVER Oli,AND A SIMPLE COMMUNICATION ERROR (YOU) IS NOT MORAL BLAME Oli,I also have a rampantly high blood sugar Oli,"And if this carries on may also be incapacitated on health grounds due to kidney removal, limb removal or anything else." Oli,I have had this going on for a few years and negligent. Oli,I m ust get back on it. Sam,[attachment] Sam,Thank you for today’s lesson in Modern Dance 102 Oli,"I will read your GPT screenie now, as I read everythign you send me." Oli,[attachment] Oli,[attachment] Oli,[attachment] Oli,Goodnight. Oli,Saturday 4pm. Oli,I will come to you. Oli,I am not sure what to do about funding that. Oli,But will cross that bridge when we come to it. Sam,I will help figure it out 11 May 2026, 02:23, Sam: Also, I just got a weirdly rapid phone call from the police 11 May 2026, 02:23, Sam: Was just lying down to go to sleep and my phone starts buzzing and it’s a police guy asking if it’s a good time to talk 11 May 2026, 02:24, Sam: I was like “it’s 2am….?” 11 May 2026, 02:25, Sam: They sounded broadly interested, which surprised me because it was such a vague report 11 May 2026, 02:26, Sam: I think Oli is talking about something real, actually 11 May 2026, 02:26, Sam: I think there is something going on 11 May 2026, 02:27, Sam: Jesus Christ they just called me AGAIN 11 May 2026, 02:27, Sam: So help me god I will fucking throttle him to death if he is fucking lying again, but I think (…again…) that he is not lying 11 May 2026, 02:42, Sam: I can’t believe this, and we are going to celebrate the anniversary of this day every year with champagne, but I think Oli has actually just told the truth 11 May 2026, 02:43, Sam: Did you know Cherny socially yourself, or do you mean you met him just as an associate of Oli’s? 11 May 2026, 02:43, Sam: I just met him through Oli, and went to his after Portland place. It seems very odd, I would never of thought there was anything going on 11 May 2026, 02:43, Sam: I.e. did you both know him through people, or did you know him through Oli? 11 May 2026, 02:45, Sam: I just met him through Oli, and went to his after Portland place. It seems very odd, I would never of thought there was anything going onI just met him through Oli, and went to his after Portland place. It see… 11 May 2026, 02:45, Sam: Yeah that doesn’t sound reassuring then 11 May 2026, 02:46, Sam: And actually also he has said to me that he has 11 May 2026, 02:46, Sam: And of course there was everything with his mum 11 May 2026, 02:46, Sam: And the guy on the phone sounded like he registered something about the situation as an alarm bell 11 May 2026, 02:46, Sam: You said Oli had been ‘kept’ before 11 May 2026, 02:47, Sam: Luckily I accidentally hit ‘record’ when picking up my phone for the SECOND BLOODY TIME at BLOODY 2:30AM 11 May 2026, 02:47, Sam: This has blown my mind 11 May 2026, 02:48, Sam: I don’t know if I could have done it if he were lying convincingly yet again 11 May 2026, 02:48, Sam: I don’t think I’ve ever got this sort of service from the Met 11 May 2026, 02:48, Sam: I think Oli is actually for real here 11 May 2026, 02:48, Sam: Thank god 11 May 2026, 02:49, Sam: I think this is the thing under the surface, the thing that maybe the other things (Albania, etc) were some stupid daft adorable fucking Oli-shaped Life of Pi roman à clef for 11 May 2026, 02:50, Sam: God I love him and why am I so happy 11 May 2026, 02:50, Sam: This is such a distinctly weird moment at which to feel happy 11 May 2026, 02:51, Sam: I guess you just drill down and you’re hoping it’s not fake all the way down, that some of the human soul you saw was real and there and not just a performance to serve his needs 11 May 2026, 02:52, Sam: And in this case it seems I’ve caught him in a truth 11 May 2026, 02:53, Sam: Wait and when was Oli living with him? Where? 11 May 2026, 02:53, Sam: When you met him, I mean? 11 May 2026, 02:56, Sam: And why did Oli say he couldn’t move in with me because he was scared of Cherny if he left, that he needed to stay so he could be there as security on his arrears 11 May 2026, 02:56, Sam: Was there nothing remotely unusual you saw? Was the idea that Oli was paying market rent to live with him? What happens when they go to Hammersmith? They start renting a £7k/mo house, Oli has no money and no way that he’s ever going to have money, no apparent thing that he does with his days (though I suspect there is), aaaand yet this guy rents this house and lets him live there, *but* he complains about the arrears and acts as if there was ever not going to be arrears? Like, what did you expect when you moved him in there? Why not move him out and get another normal tenant and pursue the debt through the courts? No, this is fucked up, something is going on 11 May 2026, 02:57, Sam: That is, as the policeman said on that call, completely and utterly insane and not how any landlord has ever behaved ever 11 May 2026, 02:58, Sam: God knows what Oli owes and god knows what he is doing to pay off that debt 11 May 2026, 02:58, Sam: My grandma has tenants - I’m sorry to say, if they don’t pay rent, she would get them out asap (in a nice and loving manner etc etc I hope….), get somebody else in who can pay the rent, and then pursue the debt through the courts 11 May 2026, 02:58, Sam: You do NOT keep someone in a fucking £2k/mo room in the hope that they might magically become able to pay off their accumulating debt 11 May 2026, 02:59, Sam: I know I’ve been angry at him but I swear I love him absolutely and utterly hopelessly and he could come here tomorrow even if he weren’t talking to me if it kept him safe, tbh 11 May 2026, 03:00, Sam: I mean I know we have arguments sometimes but I refuse to believe he wouldn’t feel fundamentally basically safe living with me …. ?! In a way he doesn’t seem to with Cherny 11 May 2026, 03:01, Sam: I just don’t quite get the situation but it seems the police are taking it seriously and THANK GOD somebody is taking something seriously, because I feel like I’ve been in topsy turvy land for far too long 11 May 2026, 03:04, Sam: I _did_ ask the guy specifically (I think on the second call, the one I sent you, not the first, but I may be wrong) whether he could just reassure me that it did fit a known pattern, that the details ‘checked out’, that this wasn’t all reliant on just taking a few words Oli used possibly too literally, etc, and he indicated (in his slightly Matey Asian East London Policeman way) that they did 11 May 2026, 03:05, Sam: I think it’s sex 11 May 2026, 03:06, Sam: I think I have ignored the boring obvious answer that has recurred again and again as a theme and a suspicion during our relationship, from the Cloisters till now 11 May 2026, 03:06, Sam: It is the looming elephant with Oli 11 May 2026, 03:12, Sam: He is a vulnerable baby 11 May 2026, 03:12, Sam: It’s at least one aspect of the Albanian story - that he wanted to be a macho drug dealer, someone who “fucked Colombian girls” [‘girls’ and ‘women’ being used slightly affectedly to mean prostitutes], someone who had a prostitute girlfriend - “if anyone fucked with her I’d cut their heads off”, “this is who they’re dealing with”, etc 11 May 2026, 03:13, Sam: I love him so horribly much 11 May 2026, 03:16, Sam: It is so unbearable not being able to hear his voice 11 May 2026, 03:18, Sam: When I thought he was pimping his made-up girlfriend Leah, I absolutely tore into him 11 May 2026, 03:19, Sam: I think it is the only time I have ever really spoken to him without any love left at all 11 May 2026, 03:19, Sam: I was so angry 11 May 2026, 03:20, Sam: 11 May 2026, 03:20, Sam: Fuck 11 May 2026, 03:20, Sam: That American toad 11 May 2026, 03:20, Sam: That explains EXACTLY his fucking manner at the door the other week 11 May 2026, 03:20, Sam: That is it 11 May 2026, 03:20, Sam: That is what Cherny is doing for him 11 May 2026, 03:22, Sam: He’s doing the ridiculous impresario “I am the tough guy that keeps them safe” thing, with Oli beaming smugly behind him, protected from confronting his shame by the bearded New World troglodyte between us 11 May 2026, 03:23, Sam: Fuck how did I get to this point 11 May 2026, 03:23, Sam: I love him so much, Damien 11 May 2026, 03:23, Sam: Why him? 11 May 2026, 03:24, Sam: 11 May 2026, 03:24, Sam: I genuinely think he is the most beautiful and perfect thing in the universe 11 May 2026, 03:24, Sam: I’m so glad he found me 11 May 2026, 03:25, Sam: When I went round to his room at the Cloisters the second time, I brought my old book of Pound’s early poems from school, and quoted one of the lines: “thank you, whatever comes” 11 May 2026, 03:26, Sam: Well, whatever came, and thank him, and I love him to death ❤️‍🩹💀 11 May 2026, 03:28, Sam: I still haven’t actually had sex with him, and he mocks me for that, but he also trusts me for it - he mocks me for most of the things he trusts me for 11 May 2026, 03:29, Sam: I swear 90% of my brain is given over to understanding that mysterious creature, and it is worth it, and I will die and he will be the last thing I think of 11 May 2026, 03:33, Sam: He said he slept with you or something like that 11 May 2026, 03:34, Sam: He makes me want to cry 11 May 2026, 03:34, Sam: So you have seen him naked, maybe drunk or maybe you remember 11 May 2026, 03:35, Sam: I don’t want to have him or use him, I just want to look at him in awe 11 May 2026, 14:06, Sam: How many times have you been to places where Oli has lived? 11 May 2026, 14:29, Sam: Have you ever been to anywhere Oli has lived besides Nicholas’s house and that one visit to the Cherny lair? 11 May 2026, 15:13, Sam: If you talk to him, could you ask him to please go down to the police station, ideally with me but if not that then without me? They are very keen to talk to him and they have said explicitly that they are not able (that is, not willing) to close the file because of the ‘risk markers’ or whatever. 11 May 2026, 15:14, Sam: If I can’t get him to go voluntarily then they will go to the house, because they want to be able to talk to him without his housemates present 11 May 2026, 15:15, Sam: Finally fucking somebody is taking all of this stuff seriously - I feel like I have been going insane here 11 May 2026, 15:15, Sam: https://www.met.police.uk/contact/af/contact-us-forms/provide-more-information-to-be-added-to-a-crime-report/GetPdf?id=fb666562-4a73-4846-b4ea-586e21049f7d&s=False&h=False 11 May 2026, 15:16, Sam: 41.28 KB 11 May 2026, 15:16, Sam: Ah dammit, that failed, one sec 11 May 2026, 15:16, Sam: FormSubmission-provide-more-information-to-be-added-to-a-crime-reportcin-53310-26-0100-000.pdf 11 May 2026, 15:17, Sam: I have said I have asked him to go in, and have info-dumped a lot of what I know, though it is not even nearly the majority of it - as I said there, I could talk for days 11 May 2026, 15:41, Sam: Some of it is mildly incriminating of him, but in the context of the situation I think it will be excused 11 May 2026, 16:18, Sam: I take it from your silence that you’re not convinced I’m wrong 11 May 2026, 16:21, Sam: This is the downside of “Oli is just Oli” / “Oli does bad because Oli is bad” / “Oli does what Oli wants” — that one doesn’t notice if Oli is perhaps doing what someone else wants, or doing/saying something bad for external reasons, with a consistent moral character, if you see what I mean 11 May 2026, 16:22, Sam: About Xander (made up) and all of that 11 May 2026, 16:22, Sam: I was wondering about his housing back when we were in Bond St 11 May 2026, 16:23, Sam: He told me he felt trapped in Sep/Oct of that year 11 May 2026, 16:24, Sam: As I was saying to ChatGPT a week ago: 11 May 2026, 16:24, Sam: I love him to pieces and I have never given up on my faith that there is some coherent explanation for what he does 11 May 2026, 16:24, Sam: Not to say good, but at least coherent 11 May 2026, 16:35, Sam: Have you ever been to his current house? Has anyone? Why does he not pay rent? Why is he still there? What is he providing? Why is fucking nobody willing to call a spade a fucking spade? 11 May 2026, 16:36, Sam: I don’t mind if he is prostituting himself - I do mind if he is being prostituted by somebody else and still cannot afford a fucking tube fare 11 May 2026, 21:40, Sam: I assume Oli is not wanting to go to a station himself 11 May 2026, 21:40, Sam: I have said to them that that’s unlikely 11 May 2026, 21:40, Sam: They are asking me to go to a police station, and I’m going to go tomorrow morning with all chat logs and audio etc - there is no risk to Oli, this is not a thing against him, it is shaping up to be a sort of Operation Rescue Oli (and also Oliver Riannon who I suspect is in the same position as my Oli) 11 May 2026, 21:41, Sam: But I sense that my mention of Davenport has tripped something larger 12 May 2026, 01:20, Sam: Do you think this will turn up anything? What is your sense of it? 12 May 2026, 01:21, Sam: If you think it won’t turn up anything, and it’s an error, I’m open to disagreement 12 May 2026, 01:22, Sam: If you think it will turn something up, presumably you think it’s not an error…? 12 May 2026, 01:22, Sam: Oli records – Google Drive 12 May 2026, 01:23, Sam: Here are the files I am planning to share with the police: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1oHMLhDdaMf4PVtDG9-0Ic3wenpY_4a5J 12 May 2026, 01:36, Sam: Mostly they are just semi-relevant photos and comments and chats included for the sake of completeness, but imessages_2026.csv, fb_messenger_2026.csv, the 20260220 lunatic phone tirade sequence recordings, the 20260308 pub conversation recordings, and instagram_voice_messages_housemates.m4a contain the bulk of what I know about the Davenport / house stuff (the 20260220 lunatic recordings are a good example of the sorta contradictory incoherence of Oli’s official account - I’m not criticising him, it is hard to maintain fake explanations consistent and detailed enough to satisfy me, but it *does* show, I think, how untenable the accounts are) 12 May 2026, 01:38, Sam: God I am so in love with him - I can’t listen to even his lunatic rants about how I’m an unattractive ethnic and so forth without loving the frightened creature I can sense underneath 12 May 2026, 02:35, Damien: This is all very sad. For what it’s worth I don’t think Oli is in any danger. The very brief time I met Sam and went back to his flat, it was totally fine. I’m more worried about you, you’re driving yourself mad over this. 12 May 2026, 02:36, Sam: I don’t think I’m driving *myself* mad, haha, but yes it is a stressful situation 12 May 2026, 02:36, Sam: I’ll see what the police say, since I’m going in tomorrow and they seem to be familiar with these situations (I’m not saying they’ve given a verdict yet, though, from what I can sense, they do seem much more interested in this than they have ever been in any other police report I have ever made, including my own rape report when I was a teenager) 12 May 2026, 02:39, Sam: Because I myself didn’t say that he was in danger 12 May 2026, 02:39, Sam: Indeed I explicitly said to the policewoman who last called that I was quite sure he wasn’t in any serious physical and/or imminent danger in that sense 12 May 2026, 02:39, Sam: To be clear, by “don’t think Oli is in any danger” do you mean that you think what I have suggested might be going on is not going on? 12 May 2026, 02:58, Sam: In the Google drive folder I just sent, but I’ll send those ones separately here, one sec 12 May 2026, 02:58, Sam: Where are they? 12 May 2026, 02:59, Sam: And he says the same in the Instagram DMs, and quite often when discussing his housemates (‘housemates’….) in his FB and IG DMs, which are also in that Drive folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1oHMLhDdaMf4PVtDG9-0Ic3wenpY_4a5J 12 May 2026, 02:59, Sam: Oh wait no I can’t send an M4A file in Messenger directly, so here’s a link to it in Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o4CO3KQG8dxiYpg_p_jwrIgOsbDkklEi/view?usp=drivesdk 12 May 2026, 03:00, Sam: I am not just grepping through files, I am recalling what I have had to spend the last half year of my life consoling him about, on the occasions that he could or would speak to me 12 May 2026, 03:01, Sam: So I’m sorry but: since he has spent months and months offering his controlledness and fear as an excuse, and since I think he may be telling the truth, I am going to take his messages at face value and go and see what the police think 12 May 2026, 03:02, Sam: Even just the parts I quoted in my form (and I was only allowed a few thousand characters) are bleak enough 12 May 2026, 03:03, Sam: For the record I think he might actually be telling the truth 12 May 2026, 03:03, Sam: Oli said that I should trust him 12 May 2026, 03:03, Sam: This is me trusting him 12 May 2026, 03:03, Sam: You said that I should trust him (at least a few weeks ago albeit not quite in this week’s conversation) 12 May 2026, 03:04, Sam: I mean, for god’s sake, stopped clocks and all, right? 12 May 2026, 03:05, Sam: Also, I have known escorts and you must have too 12 May 2026, 03:05, Sam: I have known escorts with faces like the back of a truck 12 May 2026, 03:05, Sam: They would not have struggled to pay £2k a month in rent 12 May 2026, 03:06, Sam: Sex is expensive 12 May 2026, 03:06, Sam: Whatever is going on here strikes me as exploitation and the police seem to agree, so I’m going to trust them 13 May 2026, 00:52, Sam: I am coming to think that he is pimping women 13 May 2026, 00:53, Sam: Or rather that he is involved as a minor figure in the pimping of women at Davenport’s house, and that he and Cherny and all of them are dispatchers or similar in that concern 13 May 2026, 00:54, Sam: But: 13 May 2026, 00:54, Sam: I was very angry at him when I thought he was, like, pimping out a specific woman personally, because I found that indefensible - I am less angry at this, and I get the sense that he is, despite his attempts to be cynical and tough, basically a sweet boy in a morally compromised world, affecting cynicism and nihilism because the situation is morally uncomfortable to him, as probably it should be 13 May 2026, 00:55, Sam: That is Oli through and through, and makes me smile: that he hid that one message that shows him being soft and kind 14 May 2026, 10:37, Damien: Hi Sam, just wanted to see how you were? 14 May 2026, 11:11, Sam: Not greatly worse than usual! What’s up? 14 May 2026, 11:29, Sam: [Voice message (1:46)] 14 May 2026, 11:29, Sam: Latest update: 14 May 2026, 11:30, Damien: I’m just slightly worried, you’re going through it :( 14 May 2026, 11:30, Sam: Thanks! I agree, haha 14 May 2026, 11:33, Sam: If that’s an appeal to my reason, you needn’t worry because I am no longer amenable to reason 14 May 2026, 11:34, Sam: It never helped me very much, so I’ve stopped bothering 14 May 2026, 11:34, Sam: Now Sam does what Sam wants 15 May 2026, 03:01, Sam: If you get a chance, could you ask Oli to read his emails? He doesn’t need to reply, he doesn’t need to tell me what his decision is, but he needs to decide and decide wisely 15 May 2026, 03:03, Sam: Also, if you would, tell him I miss him like … like nothing, there is nothing like him, I miss him like Oli 15 May 2026, 18:28, Sam: Did you go upstairs, at Portland Place? 15 May 2026, 18:29, Sam: Did you have any sense of what was upstairs? 15 May 2026, 23:44, Sam: I have given Oli an out, accidentally, by suggesting that he is being controlled 15 May 2026, 23:44, Sam: I seriously, seriously suggest that he take that out 15 May 2026, 23:45, Sam: But I am no longer protecting him while he does evil to me or to others 17 May 2026, 02:32, Sam: Please encourage Oli to read my emails and come to a decision 17 May 2026, 02:33, Sam: You and he may be living in unreality but I promise you I and the police are very much not (and bloody good thing too - for once I am pleased with them) 17 May 2026, 18:17, Sam: 46.24 KB 17 May 2026, 18:17, Sam: Does it matter to you that a raped woman appears, is discouraged from reporting, and then vanishes into the aether? Or does only Oli matter? 17 May 2026, 18:17, Sam: FormSubmission-provide-more-information-to-be-added-to-a-crime-reportcin-55769-26-0100-000.pdf 17 May 2026, 18:21, Sam: I think Oli matters too, and I think it matters that he be able to live with himself 17 May 2026, 18:22, Sam: And I know that he knows this is morally degenerate, no matter how much others around him may conspire to tell him it’s ok 17 May 2026, 18:29, Sam: How on earth is this ok? How can you defend it? Nobody outside this rotten substratum does, and I promise he will be brought to justice regardless of how much he blathers about his ‘conceptualisations’. The one way out is the way I have half-inadvertently teed up for him: that he says he was controlled, says he was threatened, says he saw no way out, gives a bloody good account of what has happened, and establishes that he is different from the others. 17 May 2026, 18:30, Sam: Christ, I shouldn’t bother 17 May 2026, 18:30, Sam: If you want to ignore this and if he wants to ignore this, fine, but I am saying it for his sake, in a last desperate fucking attempt to save him from himself. 18 May 2026, 09:27, Sam: 18 May 2026, 09:28, Damien: Yes I’ll screenshot and send 18 May 2026, 09:28, Sam: Thanks, I appreciate it 18 May 2026, 10:22, Sam: You sent an attachment. 18 May 2026, 11:23, Damien: How do you think this will end Sam? 18 May 2026, 11:27, Sam: I expect it will end badly for the people who are trafficking women 18 May 2026, 11:28, Sam: I also think it should end badly for those people 18 May 2026, 11:29, Sam: It is up to Oli to decide if he is one of them - I have given him an out, but if he is too stubborn to take it then on his head be it - I think he should be stubbornly good, not stubbornly evil, but that is his choice 18 May 2026, 11:32, Damien: On of the recordings, he said he is facing up to 10 years in prison? Is that Involving this? 18 May 2026, 11:33, Sam: He was arrested in January - he initially said that it was related to Davenport, and (which I only remembered the other day) spoke in some detail about people worrying about who might have incriminated whom - he was in a real chaotic spiral for a week or so, and then he emerged with the story that it had actually been for fraud against his grandfather and nothing to do with Davenport - I am now beginning to realise that was probably untrue, and that it probably was to do with Davenport 18 May 2026, 11:34, Sam: I don’t know if there was ever a case for fraud against his grandfather - I think he pretty blatantly *did* defraud / embezzle from his grandfather, though I also think fuck his grandfather, so 🤷‍♂️ 18 May 2026, 11:35, Sam: I love him, but he cannot do this and expect everyone else to let him do it because of poor fragile Oli, trauma, etc etc 18 May 2026, 11:36, Sam: He is doing to others what was done to him, or to his mother, as I said to them both 18 May 2026, 11:37, Sam: 18 May 2026, 11:39, Sam: I imagined him as being a stranger who was just helping to console women in a situation that was out of his control 18 May 2026, 11:39, Sam: I know I said on the recordings that I was ok with what he was doing 18 May 2026, 11:39, Sam: I now realise that was not the case 18 May 2026, 11:39, Sam: It is hard to account for that now 18 May 2026, 11:40, Damien: It all sounds really weird, I’m really hoping you’re wrong in all of this. 18 May 2026, 11:41, Damien: Davenport was released early from prison because he dying, or something like that? Surely on those grounds he’d be keeping his nose clean!. 18 May 2026, 11:41, Sam: And that he’s wrong in what he said? 18 May 2026, 11:41, Sam: Davenport himself isn’t that closely involved, I don’t think, and to be quite honest I don’t get the worst sense about him personally, but he is signing his name to this and presumably reaping some of the ultimate proceeds 18 May 2026, 11:42, Sam: I think the real ringmaster is this unnamed Building Manager, whom Oli named once or twice as ‘Alexander Alexander’, and who I think is almost certainly Alex King, who was Davenport’s long-time best buddy and former building manager before being convicted in 2019 of raping a woman and filming it at Portland Place 18 May 2026, 11:44, Sam: 18 May 2026, 11:44, Sam: His wife is a Russian prostitute who the papers note was branching out into being a madam at the time that they were in the press a decade ago (for falsely claiming to have been poisoned with Novichok after the Skripal poisoning, fuck knows why - these people are morons and attention seekers) 18 May 2026, 11:44, Sam: I particularly enjoyed the story of his attempted flight from justice 18 May 2026, 11:45, Sam: 18 May 2026, 11:45, Sam: And apparently speaks at least fairly proficient-sounding Russian, as some of their YouTube videos show, which I hadn’t ever known 18 May 2026, 11:45, Sam: This presumably is why Oli is always drowning in bulk-imported Russian cigarettes: 18 May 2026, 11:47, Sam: 18 May 2026, 11:47, Sam: It also explains why his iMessage react alt text is periodically in Russian, which was a longstanding annoyance/confusion of mine when trying to filter out reaction text from our message exports 18 May 2026, 11:48, Sam: This apparently happens when the Russian keyboard is active on an iPhone when reacting to a message 18 May 2026, 11:49, Sam: It would also explain why he is up till 6am every day on Instagram (I guess I owe him a tiny fragment of an apology for saying that he was just socialising and ignoring me, haha, that must have been stressful for him, but I am somewhat loth to issue an apology given what he was doing) 18 May 2026, 11:50, Damien: I’m speechless, I’m going to take some time and read through all of this 18 May 2026, 11:53, Sam: I also want urgently to know what happened to this woman who came to his door having been raped (presumably one of ‘their’ women and not a random stranger who came to his door to speak to him for six hours) 18 May 2026, 11:53, Sam: No probs! 18 May 2026, 11:54, Sam: 27 May 2026, 10:03, Sam: Oh, sorry to hear! Oli has been carrying on a relationship with Cherny while also carrying on a relationship with me, and that is the explanation for all this, and so I am going to go and explain this more clearly to Cherny this time, since I suspect Oli is still somehow insulating him from his father and sister and everyone who now knows the truth 27 May 2026, 10:05, Sam: And this is why he has told me that he was ‘controlling’ and ‘dangerous’ and that I mustn’t go to the house etc - because he was lying to both of us, and rather liked Mr Cherny’s money while also dating me 27 May 2026, 13:58, Sam: Did you know about this? 27 May 2026, 14:29, Sam: Cherny certainly didn’t know about it, at any rate 27 May 2026, 14:29, Sam: Why didn’t you say? 27 May 2026, 14:32, Sam: Is there any chance that you’d be willing to just pass on a message, or ask him if he has seen what I sent his sister (which she certainly saw and I asked her to pass on, and I think probably she did pass it on but I’m worried that Oli might be intercepting things, and I’d rather like him to have a chance to think about this before I get there) 27 May 2026, 14:34, Sam: If I have to send this to him in a sealed bank envelope or an Amazon package, I will do that, haha, but it will get through 27 May 2026, 16:38, Sam: Did everyone know about this except me and Cherny?! 27 May 2026, 16:39, Sam: I am apprehensive that he will think that I knew about his relationship with Oli, which I did not 27 May 2026, 16:40, Sam: Is this why you said I should break up with Oli? I am not going to do that, but I am also not going to run around behind this guy’s back. Oli needs to tell him the truth. Oli being Oli, that is clearly not going to happen, so I need to tell him the truth. 27 May 2026, 16:42, Sam: I have already told (indeed shown) his sister: 27 May 2026, 16:44, Sam: So he can try to delay the disclosure/realisation by a few days, but it is over 27 May 2026, 17:49, Sam: Did you know? 27 May 2026, 17:49, Sam: I would be really appreciative of anything resembling anyone ever being honest with me in the way that they seem to be with Oli, regardless of what he does 27 May 2026, 17:49, Sam: Please 27 May 2026, 17:50, Sam: Maybe I have died and gone to some sort of hell 27 May 2026, 17:51, Sam: I can’t quite believe that people are loyal to Oli’s disloyalty more than to me 27 May 2026, 17:52, Sam: I love him anyway and I am going to give Cherny the truth 27 May 2026, 17:52, Sam: Maybe I have had too many arguments with people, I don’t know 27 May 2026, 17:53, Sam: I recommend Oli just give up at this point and go along with it, rather than telling more lies, because it is going to happen and it can either happen at T with N lies or at T+1 with N+1 lies 27 May 2026, 18:46, Sam: I recommend Oli just give up at this point and go along with it, rather than telling more lies, because it is going to happen and it can either happen at T with N lies or at T+1 with N+1 lies 27 May 2026, 18:47, Sam: Am I the only person who doesn’t consider this ok?? 27 May 2026, 20:55, Sam: Am I owed an answer by any of the people who let me suffer through this (and let Mr Cherny not-suffer-yet-but-he’s-about-to through this)? 27 May 2026, 20:56, Sam: This is morally psychotic and I feel like I’m in a state of near-permanent stupefaction 27 May 2026, 20:58, Sam: I don’t know exactly what I have done to deserve this but I’m guessing I was German in a past life 27 May 2026, 21:03, Sam: Hi, did you know anything about Oli and Cherny when you were advising me to be quiet and wait for him? What did you want me to wait for? Him to break up with me? Him to carry on cheating on Cherny forever? Him to break up with Cherny? If that last one, why did you tell him and me nothing? 29 May 2026, 08:16, Sam: On the bright side, I have now been arrested for stalking, brilliantly, for, I thought quite politely, going to chez Cherny to try to talk to both of them 29 May 2026, 08:17, Sam: In fairness I maybe didn't need to do that, though I also do *slightly* recall the time that Oli literally tried to break down the door of the bathroom in which I was hiding from him, and I let him back in and we called off the police together, lol 29 May 2026, 08:18, Sam: Anyway, I suppose he must still be trying to hide this from Cherny, which is surely doomed to fail, but God knows 29 May 2026, 08:21, Sam: He also finally reported my hitting him, which was fair enough and true and I accepted that 29 May 2026, 08:22, Sam: What a few days, though 29 May 2026, 08:23, Sam: First time I've ever been arrested and it is quite miserable! I do now understand how Oli felt after he was arrested in January - it is quite incredible how long 24 hours can feel 29 May 2026, 08:24, Sam: I would be grateful if you could clarify the existence of both relationships, but I suppose the Oli-Cherny one is essentially confirmed by this point - I'm guessing you maybe didn't know with precision that it was still ongoing, and maybe there was some haziness that explains this 29 May 2026, 09:47, Sam: I don't quite understand this sense that Oli can maybe hide this indefinitely 29 May 2026, 09:48, Sam: How is that meant to work? Also *why*? Is Cherny not entitled to someone who actually likes him, if such a person can be found (which I hope he or she can be, but that person is plainly not Oli)? 29 May 2026, 09:48, Sam: It sort of sucks to be lied to for this long, and then to have comfort chosen over me (though I'd still sooner be in my position than Cherny's, even if I'm not chosen and he is) 29 May 2026, 10:06, Sam: Also, if Oli said to you that he was merely 'upset' and not 'done with me forever', then it rather seems like he expected to just continue lying to me and Cherny and pretending to be faithful to both of us forever 29 May 2026, 10:10, Sam: Which makes it, first off, somewhat dishonest to allege this stalking offence (which I am extremely badly positioned to honestly argue against, haha – my response was "yes he said I shouldn't contact him, yes he said we had 'broken up', but I know him, I know the pattern, I don't believe he intends a permanent separation, and, even if hypothetically he did intend one, I don't think that exempts him from being shouted at if he has done something shitty"), and secondly just slightly mystifying – it is a sordid miracle that he pulled it off for as long as he did 29 May 2026, 10:10, Sam: And apparently nobody values sincerity or trustworthiness any more, or considers it disgraceful to lie to me in this way - I wasn't aware that I was just a game to be played 29 May 2026, 10:28, Sam: ok, well, I am now forbidden to contact Oli or Cherny himself (though Oli had already blocked basically all routes by which I might have contacted him), so I am going to make it as crystal clear to Cherny's parents as I possibly can, since I think they will feel some parental concern even if they also feel (as appears to be received opinion) that I am a lunatic 29 May 2026, 10:40, Sam: I mean, eventually he will listen to this, which I sent to his sister and which clearly made its way to him/Oli since Oli accused me (extremely bizarrely but presumably referring to the very graphic/violent/suicide-related/etc stuff he said in this recording) of sending her 'indecent images': https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o4CO3KQG8dxiYpg_p_jwrIgOsbDkklEi/view (I think it is defensible to send a 16-year-old a recording of a somewhat shocking phone call, given I sent it to her with explicit warnings about the content and with advice to just pass it along to her parents and/or brother, but I accept it is arguable – I would sooner not be in this situation and I think Oli would have more grounds to complain if he weren't still engaged in a doomed effort to lie to Cherny and prevent me from contacting him directly to explain) 29 May 2026, 10:41, Sam: I just feel this has gone on much too long and everyone involved is now owed the truth 29 May 2026, 10:41, Sam: well, they/we were owed the truth in the fucking first place, but certainly now 29 May 2026, 18:55, Sam: Am I missing something....? 29 May 2026, 18:55, Sam: I take it I must be 29 May 2026, 18:56, Sam: Why all this fuss about Cherny in particular? That part I don't get 29 May 2026, 18:57, Sam: Oli seems very panicky about him, as though he weren't replaceable, though obviously in an economic/material sense rather than a romantic or passionate sense 29 May 2026, 18:58, Sam: But the reality surely is that in London somebody like that is quite easily replaceable - there must be thousands of others like him - as targets go he is not Divy or whoever 29 May 2026, 18:58, Damien: You’re totally wrong here. 29 May 2026, 18:58, Sam: How do you mean? About which part? 29 May 2026, 18:59, Damien: All of it Sam, I don’t know where to begin. He’s not in a relationship with Cherny, please stop. 29 May 2026, 18:59, Sam: You're sure of that? 29 May 2026, 19:00, Damien: Absolutely. 29 May 2026, 19:01, Sam: How? I thought you didn't know that much about what was going on with him these days? But if they weren't in a relationship when you met them both, then thanks, that is interesting 29 May 2026, 19:02, Sam: Possibly it is a more recent development, but I am fairly certain at this point (granted I have been confident and wrong before - I may be again, but I have to think something) 29 May 2026, 19:02, Damien: You’re totally wrong about it I’m sorry 29 May 2026, 19:03, Sam: If they are not in a relationship, then there is some kind of proprietorial attitude of some sort - all I know is that it is very very obvious that Oli is specifically concerned about Cherny seeing that he is dating anyone 29 May 2026, 19:03, Sam: To me the obvious reading is that they are in a relationship, even if it's opaque to you and to me (after all Oli is not really known for waving around relationship news) 29 May 2026, 19:03, Damien: Probably just compartmentalizing 29 May 2026, 19:06, Sam: But specifically compartmentalising *that* - relationships 29 May 2026, 19:06, Sam: Nah I think I am 100% on the mark here, and I think Oli's reaction when I went around confirms it 29 May 2026, 19:08, Sam: Also Cherny's sister's reaction, which was to like my photos and follow me back on Instagram, then read my first message ("how do you know Oli, what do you know him as?"), very obviously immediately intuit why I was asking, and pass on the videos and/or audio I sent while saying nothing to me 29 May 2026, 19:09, Sam: If I am wrong, I will eat my hat and also your hat and someone else's hat, but I don't think I am wrong, I think this is the boring explanation that explains everything very cleanly and should have been obvious to me much much sooner 29 May 2026, 19:10, Sam: I also think you know, and I think I am missing something or other that accounts for Oli's extreme concern about staying in favour with him, but I'm not sure what 29 May 2026, 19:10, Sam: Or maybe that's just how Oli always would be in this situation, I'm not quite sure 29 May 2026, 19:12, Sam: Either way I think Cherny deserves to know the truth about me and Oli, and I can tell when everyone is very keen that I not say that specific truth, i.e. that we have been going out for a while, romantically entangled for longer, and that he cares about me in a way that (without wishing to sound rivalrous) I know he doesn't about Cherny 29 May 2026, 19:34, Sam: I am going to eliminate this theory by making it very clear to Cherny what has happened between Oli and me, and if I am wrong then that will tell me I'm wrong, and if I'm right then it will tell me I'm right - I suspect I'm right, but either is possible, and I have little other way to find out 29 May 2026, 19:38, Sam: Also, I am a bit tired of being treated as if I owe Oli decency and loyal treatment when he has quite cheerfully not given me the same, and when I made it *very clear* that I would respond in kind, as anyone would 29 May 2026, 19:39, Sam: Also, I am sick of being treated like a dirty secret who is not allowed to know why he's a dirty secret, and *especially* when Oli then treats me with contempt and then expects his confidences to be upheld in return 29 May 2026, 19:39, Sam: He is not the only person in the bloody universe that matters 29 May 2026, 19:39, Sam: And if he wants all this from me, then he needs to explain himself and stop acting like he's the king of the world 29 May 2026, 19:40, Sam: Because I have no particularly good reason to treat him as such 29 May 2026, 19:44, Sam: It just feels to me like a hell of a lot of whiney entitlement from somebody who has not acted in (remotely!) good faith himself, and has no clear right, ground, or argument for demanding good faith and meticulous care from me 29 May 2026, 19:45, Sam: Besides, I find the whole thing distasteful and I will be quite happy to see it collapse, frankly 31 May 2026, 02:51, Sam: Goddammit, no, I am now certain I am right 31 May 2026, 02:54, Sam: Oli was allowed one phone call when he was arrested, right? Who did he call? He wasn't speaking with his mother at the time, and his father is out of the picture. Who did he call? Why not me? Why have I never asked this? He called somebody whom I couldn't call and who couldn't call me. Somebody who couldn't know I was important enough that he chose to call me. Somebody who couldn't even know I was important or existent enough that he needed to pass on a message (the message only reached me that evening when he got back home and explained where he'd been and why he hadn't been able to reply). I think we know who that person was... 31 May 2026, 03:01, Sam: (sorry, I just realised that should be 'whoever he called', not whomever ... or should it? ffs, god knows, I dunno) 31 May 2026, 03:01, Sam: 31 May 2026, 03:12, Sam: Like, do you not normally phone the boyfriend and he phones others, even usually-unrelated parties like the employer? Or *if* you phone another instead as your central node, you *at least* *certainly* ask them to phone the boyfriend. But who exactly phones somebody else and doesn’t even ask them (because he didn’t say “oh, I was arrested, did X not tell you?”) to phone the boyfriend?! Or phones nobody, with the end result that the boyfriend isn’t informed? Nah. No, I am right about this. 31 May 2026, 03:15, Sam: Come to think of it, I'm very surprised that more affairs (of the 'the mistress is unaware of the main relationship' variety specifically) aren't exposed to the mistress in this way, because it is almost the grimly perfect tailor-made means of exposing it... 31 May 2026, 03:27, Sam: He might plausibly have called nobody. I called nobody, figuring that nobody would notice my absence within <=24 hours (whatever that may say about me...) and that I wasn't in a mad rush to boast about the situation. *But* I would have called someone if they would have noticed my absence and if I planned to tell them when I got home. And Oli and I were talking frequently, I absolutely noticed his absence and was very worried by the time he finally returned at 8pm ish, and he said he'd been thinking of me all day. He must at least have been painfully aware of how panicked and annoying I would be by the time he got back. Put yourself in his position (if you don't already know what's going on - honestly I am not quite sure though I lean towards thinking you do, so I am more trying to establish that I know than to convince you). Why would he, in that situation, not have at least got the person he called to let me know where he'd gone? It really does not admit of very many answers at all... 31 May 2026, 03:34, Sam: It is also a weird fucking situation because Cherny is not even *that* bloody rich. Like, this is not a Divy situation. This is someone whose parents are maybe two or three modest rungs above my parents in the grand scheme of things... Is it not all a bit much for a bit little???! 1 Jun 2026, 03:07, Sam: Do you really not know about Cherny, then? 1 Jun 2026, 03:08, Damien: What about him? 1 Jun 2026, 03:09, Sam: As in: you really don’t know anything about there being a relationship between him and Oli (of which I am now functionally certain)? Also incidentally do you know anything about the Hammersmith house? I am starting to suspect Oliver Riannon was never (as Oli said he was) living there as a third flatmate, and it was just the two of them … was it the two of them when you visited them at Cherny’s parents’ house? 1 Jun 2026, 03:13, Sam: The more I listen to my old calls with Oli, the more I realise how often he was whispering, paranoid, explicitly called himself ‘paranoid’, etc, which should never have made sense to me but somehow I just treated it as if that was totally normal 1 Jun 2026, 03:14, Sam: And as if it was normal not to be allowed to have your boyfriend visit your house and meet your ‘housemate’ (or ‘housemates’) (there was actually a FOURTH housemate, ‘Chris’, who was mentioned literally once and then vanished forever and it was just the fabulous three from then on) 1 Jun 2026, 03:14, Sam: I mean, come on (and come on, Past Me - how on earth did I not question any of this stuff?) 1 Jun 2026, 03:15, Sam: I was wrong about the control / criminality thing, but I was picking up on the same things I am picking up on now - I was just wrong to trust Oli again and take his comments at face (or basically any) value 1 Jun 2026, 03:17, Sam: Anyway I can only assume the message must have got through to him by now - I think there’s nothing much more I can do, after the father and the sister and visiting their house to shout dates at him, haha - if that doesn’t do the trick then either he is extraordinarily stubborn or I really am wrong 1 Jun 2026, 03:18, Sam: It is perfectly possible also that it is not a declared RELATIONSHIP in that formal sense, because with Oli nothing ever is, but that it functionally is that 1 Jun 2026, 03:23, Sam: It is aggrieving to have my boyfriend out on loan to someone who is worse looking than either of us and also not actually that rich (which somehow offends me most of all - I would understand it better if Oli had been swept up by some playboy with a private plane and an art collection, or someone truly captivating or good, but not just some American who has a twitter account where he posts about fucking bitcoin monkey pictures) 1 Jun 2026, 03:25, Sam: Sorry, maybe I’m being a bit bitter there - he is probably not as awful as I thought before, and probably some of my dislike for him was more about the way Oli spoke about him to me (for reasons that maybe weren’t really about him), but at the same time he seems extremely banal and it annoys me to think of him being with this precious creature 1 Jun 2026, 03:26, Sam: Specifically _my_ precious creature 1 Jun 2026, 03:30, Sam: Aw he’s so beautiful when he smiles 1 Jun 2026, 03:30, Sam: 1 Jun 2026, 03:33, Sam: Anyway I suppose you now feel I’ve been unfair to Oli 1 Jun 2026, 03:34, Sam: I think I haven’t even been fair yet, lol, but oh well 1 Jun 2026, 03:36, Sam: One moment it’s “fuck you, do your best”, the next moment it’s “hey, why would you do that to me, your dear and loyal boyfriend whom you should love and honour?” 1 Jun 2026, 03:38, Sam: Oli treated undying loyalty with disloyalty, so I think it is permissible for me to treat disloyalty with disloyalty, or else he is never ever going to stop treating me like this, really, is he? I dunno - but I’ve been through the cycle enough times and this time fuck it 1 Jun 2026, 03:40, Sam: I expect to be the villain, and I suppose I have _specifically and out of spite/retribution/lesson-teaching alone_ gone after him, which is a bit more dramatic than his mere indifference/selfishness, but it’s not like I can be selfish in return when the only thing I want anyway is him 1 Jun 2026, 03:41, Sam: Anyway, if Cherny isn’t his boyfriend, then it shouldn’t really matter that I am saying this stuff, right? It’ll be water off a duck’s back, just irrelevant noise 1 Jun 2026, 03:42, Sam: I dunno, maybe you genuinely don’t know and maybe it was bad form of me to say you did, but either way I am now pretty certain 1 Jun 2026, 03:48, Sam: I am just so mystified at how the fuck Oli ever expected this to play out… it seems like, rereading his messages, he expected to be able to introduce me to Cherny in such a way that neither of us would realise what was going on… or maybe he was going to explain to me but not Cherny, or maybe he just hadn’t decided, fuck knows, but unless Cherny has no dignity whatsoever (or has been impressively isolated from his family and from compressive waves in the air around him) I can’t fathom how such a relationship could long survive, if what I have said about what has happened has reached him 1 Jun 2026, 03:49, Sam: I assume you still don’t fancy passing on the news of our relationship? haha 1 Jun 2026, 03:50, Sam: Nah I’m kidding, though I really am fascinated and wish I could be a fly on that wall 1 Jun 2026, 03:50, Sam: Also I maybe deserved the indecent image accusation - I looked at my messages to Cherny’s sister and I now realise my warnings were quite vaguely worded and she might well have thought that the links were to some kind of sexual/nude imagery 1 Jun 2026, 03:51, Sam: 1 Jun 2026, 03:51, Sam: At least if she didn’t read them 100% attentively 1 Jun 2026, 03:54, Sam: If Oli is interested, my responses to police were: - assault: I absolutely did that, and I said so and signed a statement to that effect - stalking: yes, if that’s the definition of stalking then I did that, though I find it utterly ludicrous that it is the definition - indecent images: categorically no, and I have given them my Instagram details and they can go and look, though I think Oli probably misunderstood rather than deliberately lied - I’m guessing it was Chinese whispers 1 Jun 2026, 03:57, Sam: I suppose I sent her indecent *audio*, if one is determined to make that argument (not sure if there’s a crime for that), but it was *his* bloody indecent audio which I was passing on to *his* partner/housemate via his sister — I was not bloody drive-by hitting on Cherny’s teenage sister by sending her Oli’s deranged sex tirades, lol 1 Jun 2026, 04:02, Sam: Incidentally, if you want to prove they are not in a relationship, I will believe it when you or somebody dares to tell him that Oli and I _were_ (I would say ‘are’, but at any rate recently were) in one 1 Jun 2026, 04:03, Sam: But everyone seems very oddly unwilling to do that - I don’t remember hiding relationships from, say, Raz in that way 1 Jun 2026, 04:04, Sam: This is not really how housemates usually work, is it? To me it does not seem so 1 Jun 2026, 04:07, Sam: Oli can tell himself whatever he wants about being ‘autonomous’, but he is not being autonomous, he’s just selling himself to the higher bidder rather than the one he loves 🤷‍♂️ 1 Jun 2026, 04:14, Sam: You can surely see why the absolute refusal to do this does lead me to *wonder* whether you know - or otherwise maybe it’s more a matter of _sorta, kinda, on some level, but not literally, plainly, and straightforwardly_ knowing 1 Jun 2026, 13:20, Sam: I’m beginning to feel a bit bad for Cherny - on reflection, to be honest, given what he must have been told by Oli, it was probably nice of him to ‘defend’ Oli from me in the very charming way in which he did 1 Jun 2026, 13:21, Sam: It’s one of those things that can be decent and then is suddenly made indecent in retrospect by facts that I suppose he couldn’t or wouldn’t have known at the time 1 Jun 2026, 13:21, Sam: Like Heracles strangling his children 2 Jun 2026, 00:33, Sam: If you’re willing to pass the good news to Cherny so that he may *REJOICE!!*, it might save my having to message Gladys and Cara and the extended Cherny clan, haha 🙏 but no pressure 2 Jun 2026, 18:36, Sam: I am not sure that I am getting through to the Cherny side, so I am going to write to his parents at Edwardes Sq, I think, and send a memory card with all the evidence (photos, videos — *not* the bloody indecent ones —, chats, call recordings, and whatever else) 2 Jun 2026, 18:36, Sam: And also write an email to Eddie, who has been surprisingly decent and fair, and is, I think, the one person who has actually replied to my emails — I find that quite impressive considering I (understanding from Oli that he was a human trafficker and so forth) obtained the email addresses of several hundred of his sex party guests and probably caused a major panic by sending a mass email and slightly cruelly using CC instead of BCC 2 Jun 2026, 18:37, Sam: Anyway, Eddie seems to know Cherny, and seems like the sort of person who might be troubled enough by the whole thing to at least tell Cherny about the crux of what’s going on, even if he doesn’t convey or endorse every single thing I say 3 Jun 2026, 01:15, Sam: I don’t know how long this needs to take but I promise you and Oli I will get this message out if it kills me 3 Jun 2026, 01:15, Sam: I just cannot go on living a life where everyone is lying around me 3 Jun 2026, 01:16, Sam: And indeed Cherny 3 Jun 2026, 01:18, Sam: I just don’t understand where anyone involved expects this to end 3 Jun 2026, 01:18, Sam: If Oli could live without me, he would have, but he didn’t and he won’t 3 Jun 2026, 01:20, Sam: And the next time he comes back to me, I will tell Cherny and I will keep telling him until Oli for one moment in his goddamned life says something that is not disloyal to either the person he’s saying it to or someone else 3 Jun 2026, 01:22, Sam: He just cannot keep fucking doing this 3 Jun 2026, 01:23, Sam: I am the only person he actually wants and I should not have to spend half my fucking life putting up with him doing this before coming back and asking for another chance 3 Jun 2026, 01:48, Sam: Shit, this is why he pretended to be Albanian, isn’t it? Of course 3 Jun 2026, 01:49, Sam: He wanted to talk to me, wanted to be intimate with me, but couldn’t be intimate with me in his real life in a normal-person way where I knew where he was living and so forth because, well, _this_ might end up happening 3 Jun 2026, 01:53, Sam: And so he carried on telling me that until I told _you_ about some of it, at which point he panicked, presumably because he was worried that word of these lies and therefore of his continued involvement with me might get back to Cherny via you 3 Jun 2026, 01:57, Sam: So he changed tack, told me _much more of_ the truth, told me where he lived, gave me the housemate story, somehow navigated the situation with you, and I guess hoped that this was less likely to lead to a blowup of the Cherny thing than if I was carrying on running around London thinking he was Albanian 3 Jun 2026, 01:57, Sam: (which was fun! I loved that phase! lol) 3 Jun 2026, 01:59, Sam: But inevitably eventually it led to this, and I doubt if Cherny can live forever with the knowledge that Oli sees him as an unwelcome presence in his own house 3 Jun 2026, 02:03, Sam: Holy shit, you said you first met Cherny a few years ago 3 Jun 2026, 02:04, Sam: I thought you’d said last year, and I just went back to our Messenger chat to check what time last year, but you said a few years ago 3 Jun 2026, 02:04, Sam: At which point Oli was living in his house 3 Jun 2026, 02:05, Sam: This has carried on for YEARS? 3 Jun 2026, 02:07, Sam: I’m guessing your loose definition of ‘a few’ would have been maybe something in the range of 2-4, but I’m guessing at least 3 because at least 3 would explain a FUCK lot, whereas 2 would put it in Easter 2024 which wouldn’t explain anything much (all the early-period me and Oli stuff was late 2023 to slightly earlier 2024, and then nothing much by text till mid 2025 and nothing in person till Jan 2026) 3 Jun 2026, 02:09, Sam: Wait no you probably can’t mean 2023 because we were both living together then and I feel I’d remember or it would have been mentioned if you’d gone to … also he didn’t know Davenport back then, so no, ok, scratch that, it *would have* explained a lot but it clearly can’t - I do still wonder what exactly he meant when he said to me he felt trapped in late 2023 though 🤔 I guess possibly this Cherny relationship had begun then but he hadn’t met Davenport and Cherny hadn’t met you 3 Jun 2026, 02:10, Sam: So 2024, ok, I guess that actually makes sense in a way - it doesn’t explain why our early meetings were so weird, but it would explain the period of relative silence for that next year or so after the Cloisters incident 3 Jun 2026, 02:12, Sam: He intermittently texted me saying that he loved me and stuff like that, but it was just sporadic exchanges for an hour maybe every few weeks or month or two - and then in mid 2025 the godforsaken bloody Albanian thing began 3 Jun 2026, 02:12, Sam: Please tell Oli: you are so bloody precious but … for fuck’s sake, lol 3 Jun 2026, 02:12, Sam: Cannot ever just be bloody easy!!! 3 Jun 2026, 02:15, Sam: I am also flattered and reassured that he knew I wouldn’t consent to run around in the dark behind someone else’s back - it would have made things vastly less dangerous if at least I had known what was going on, but he clearly judged that to be riskier than trying to hide it from both of us, and wasn’t able to be without me 3 Jun 2026, 02:16, Sam: I don’t know how this is going to end but I know it is going to end with him and me, because anything else would offend the universe 3 Jun 2026, 02:18, Sam: Some day he will come here tired and fall asleep and I will stroke his hair and watch him and smile and it will have been worth it 3 Jun 2026, 02:25, Sam: I suppose I should clarify: please do not tell him this, given that, if taken literally, my request might _[world’s longest exhausted eye roll]_ violate my bail conditions 3 Jun 2026, 16:58, Sam: Did Oli know Cherny (I’m going to put it that way), that you know of, at the beginning of 2024? 3 Jun 2026, 17:03, Sam: Alright, Cherny has at least some friends, I am sure of it 3 Jun 2026, 17:04, Sam: At least some people who seem to visit them and be acquainted with them 3 Jun 2026, 17:04, Sam: Ned Bartleet (strange name) 3 Jun 2026, 17:04, Sam: Alexis Forss (godawful fucking writer) 3 Jun 2026, 17:04, Sam: William something or other who works with the Chinese (his surname is somewhere in one of our call recordings) 3 Jun 2026, 17:05, Sam: Some others I will soon recall 3 Jun 2026, 17:05, Sam: I am going to ask them what the hell is going on here 3 Jun 2026, 18:03, Sam: I have decided to branch out into YouTubing, just to make this a bit easier: https://www.youtube.com/@TheOliverBWSamChernySamRAShow 3 Jun 2026, 18:04, Sam: I will upload all the various recordings when I have enough time but this is a good starting point and helps when explaining stuff to people 4 Jun 2026, 01:28, Sam: God it is very bloody hard to get in touch with people these days - Facebook just doesn’t surface messages to non-friends, and many of these people don’t seem to use Facebook or maybe have been pre-lied-to by Oli, which apparently is a fine and fair way to treat one’s boyfriend when he is trying to contact one’s other boyfriend 4 Jun 2026, 01:29, Sam: I am going to write to the Chernys and write to Peter de Havilland, the only two parties whose addresses I know - the rest, god knows, maybe, though I doubt it 4 Jun 2026, 01:30, Sam: I *will not* just give up and let this slide and then let Oli come back as if nothing had happened - not this time, I am not bloody doing this again 4 Jun 2026, 01:31, Sam: Also, I don’t really have the full truth myself and some bloody person will give it to me or I will die trying 4 Jun 2026, 01:32, Sam: Firsov is the only other person who must surely know both sides of Oli’s life, but there’s no way he’s going to be helpful and so I probably won’t bother 4 Jun 2026, 01:34, Sam: I get a good vibe from Peter de Havilland, he doesn’t seem like a total asshole in the way some of the others do, so I’m hoping he can be appealed to 4 Jun 2026, 01:36, Sam: I honestly have no idea who knows what at this point 4 Jun 2026, 01:37, Sam: I think Cherny must surely have heard what I have said in some shape or form, there is no way that nothing has got to him - conversely, nothing has got from him or anyone to me 4 Jun 2026, 01:38, Sam: Actually I have all of Cherny’s friends, fuck it, I might just group message all of them in the way I did with Oli’s friends and family 4 Jun 2026, 01:39, Sam: At this point I care very little about decorum - I am going to get a coherent explanation of this from someone if it kills me and/or if it mildly annoys others 4 Jun 2026, 01:42, Sam: Peter de Havilland clearly must know, Firsov must know, those Cherny friends I named earlier must know (but it’s impossible to really grab someone by the shoulder on Facebook unless they happen to accept your friend request), and Cherny’s parents must obviously know, and maybe Davenport will know too, and Oliver Riannon if he was ever actually all that involved - actually come to think of it I haven’t really tried him as much as I could 4 Jun 2026, 01:43, Sam: I think I’ll maybe try Riannon, since Oli did once panic when I nearly messaged him, so I smell some blood there 4 Jun 2026, 01:45, Sam: Oh neat, Oliver Riannon has blocked me, despite my not having messaged him since the one Instagram message I was allowed to send many months ago 4 Jun 2026, 01:46, Sam: Ergo Oli has told him to block me 4 Jun 2026, 01:46, Sam: Ergo blood 🦈 4 Jun 2026, 01:47, Sam: The advantage of my brief crusade against Davenport is that I can at least now get messages to Davenport people (like Riannon, and come to think of it maybe Cherny) through Davenport sex party guests who I’m now friendly with and who know these people 4 Jun 2026, 01:47, Sam: I will use that power well 4 Jun 2026, 01:47, Sam: Dear god almighty this should not be so bloody hard 4 Jun 2026, 01:48, Sam: If there’s one thing the Davenport sex party email snafu has taught me, it is that women like me, whereas I seem to have less luck with men 4 Jun 2026, 01:49, Sam: Maybe it’s the conscience thing 4 Jun 2026, 01:52, Sam: I don’t know if at this point Oli is trying to stop me talking to Cherny or Cherny talking to me, but if it’s still the former then the trouble with that is that the more one lies the worse it eventually looks 4 Jun 2026, 01:53, Sam: Oli has spent the last two years piling lies upon lies, and I’m sorry but this is how it unravels, and it won’t do to blame it on me and the world and everyone else 4 Jun 2026, 01:55, Sam: Have I ever in … ten years? about ten years of knowing you … gone mad in this way about anything or anyone else? I don’t think so, as far as I can recall 4 Jun 2026, 01:57, Sam: Alex and I were dicks to each other back in 2015 ish, you and I in 2023 (I honestly can’t remember well enough to say whether that was more my fault or more yours or whatever), I lost my mind at Ryan for a day or two when he lost Pig, and I can’t remember much else 4 Jun 2026, 01:58, Sam: But I have put up with Oli doing this for about two to three years without saying very much to others 4 Jun 2026, 01:58, Sam: I think I was a hell of a lot more reasonable after the Cloisters thing than most people would have been 4 Jun 2026, 01:58, Sam: And also after the Albanian thing, but at some point one reaches the limit 4 Jun 2026, 01:59, Sam: And I am just not doing that “Oli betrays trust, withdraws, counts on me remaining loyal when he is not, and then comes back and offers affection and becomes close without answering or fixing anything, and then repeat” cycle again 4 Jun 2026, 02:00, Sam: If he comes back it will be in rubble and he will have to gamble on trusting me, not just me on trusting him 4 Jun 2026, 02:47, Sam: For what it is worth, I am very tired of everyone saying “oh no, but what can we possibly do?” when Oli behaves appallingly and then saying “wow!! that’s a bit uncalled for, isn’t it!?” to me when I respond in kind, or even just tell the truth about the stuff he’s done 4 Jun 2026, 02:47, Sam: I will not soon forget that 4 Jun 2026, 02:48, Sam: I might write a book about this at the end, because there are a lot of things that I want to say about it / about our culture in light of it 4 Jun 2026, 06:27, Damien: Liked a message 4 Jun 2026, 12:13, Sam: Well, Peter de Havilland now knows, thank the Lord 4 Jun 2026, 12:14, Sam: He doubted me at first 4 Jun 2026, 12:14, Sam: 4 Jun 2026, 12:15, Sam: I think I settled that point with videos of Oli reading out his texts to me and kissing me, lol 4 Jun 2026, 12:15, Sam: 4 Jun 2026, 17:17, Sam: Here are those videos, btw: 4 Jun 2026, 17:18, Sam: Not sure I could have asked for more comically brilliant videos to send to Peter de Havilland to establish that I am not a ‘fantasist’ 4 Jun 2026, 17:19, Sam: 4 Jun 2026, 17:20, Sam: Seriously do people turn their fucking brains off the moment that one person calls another person a ‘fantasist’? Is that just how it works?! Anyway I’m not sure what right Oli has to call me or anyone - even J R R fucking Tolkien - a fantasist 4 Jun 2026, 19:35, Sam: I have told Peter, and I infer from Peter’s replies that Oli’s literal, honest-to-god account is that my videos are faked, I somehow hacked in to Peter and Oli’s WhatsApp messages to use as props in my fake video, etc 4 Jun 2026, 19:36, Sam: I am drawing a line here, because this has been insulting enough for long enough already 4 Jun 2026, 19:37, Sam: If he doesn’t tell people the truth, I am going to bring a slander claim, not out of anger or to destroy him but because this is not on, and he needs to draw a line, man up, and be honest 4 Jun 2026, 19:37, Sam: If there is no fucking other way that he will do this, I will do it in court 4 Jun 2026, 22:31, Sam: I have sent him a pre-action letter, and in 14 days I can and will bring a claim in court 4 Jun 2026, 22:32, Sam: If he wants to say these things about me, he will now have to substantiate them; alternatively he can stop saying them 4 Jun 2026, 22:33, Sam: I seriously recommend he withdraw them and I will seek justice if he doesn’t, because I have been denied it far too fucking long 4 Jun 2026, 22:49, Sam: Oh, I look forward to having you as a witness 😉 5 Jun 2026, 21:19, Sam: 5 Jun 2026, 21:19, Sam: Neat, at least one of my YouTube videos is taking off, lol 5 Jun 2026, 21:19, Sam: This will be the new Gangnam Style!!! 5 Jun 2026, 21:20, Sam: Also has been viewed from Finland, which I hope was by Cherny’s Finnish friend who has been mentioned to me 5 Jun 2026, 21:21, Sam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect 5 Jun 2026, 21:36, Sam: I am disappointed in Oli 5 Jun 2026, 21:37, Sam: He had months to be decent, and he chose to lie to me, to lie to Cherny, and then to throw me under the bus to save his own cosy arrangement 5 Jun 2026, 21:39, Sam: There are many people, at many different levels of honesty, decency, and dignity, who would have stopped at many different points over these past few months, but Oli has outlasted them all 5 Jun 2026, 21:41, Sam: But he is not going to keep this hidden 5 Jun 2026, 21:41, Sam: If I were him I would tell the truth now, because, though it would have been less bad a month ago, it will be worse later 5 Jun 2026, 22:21, Sam: I am going to just share the YouTube channel on Facebook and tag all their friends and Cherny’s family (Stephen, Gladys, Cara, etc, maybe others I can find), I think, until this gets to them. I have reached ‘zero fucks’ territory and I don’t really care if Oli calls me mad, since he has called me that for a long time, pretty shamefully given how he’s behaved, and pretty shamefully when he’ll inevitably later come back and ask me to trust him and say he was in a months-long ‘mental state’ and so it’s all ok. I don’t care. I give up on caring, which has never done me any good. It’s a shame that my family etc have to be spammed by all this stuff, but I am not letting Oli get away with hiding this and throwing the one person he has loved under the bus. If you would tell Cherny then that would help, but I say that pro forma because I realise I will have to do this myself. 5 Jun 2026, 22:24, Sam: Here are Cherny’s friends whom I will tag if I can, until it gets back to him, since Oli is doing everything he can to hide it, and since I am now legally instructed not to contact him directly 5 Jun 2026, 22:25, Sam: [ “Dan Stairs”, “Matthew Midlane”, “Rhys Sutton-Harry”, “Thomas Chapman”, “Peter De Havilland”, “Emily Bentley”, “Evan Hartley”, “Jouna Lansman”, “Hassan Kingsley”, “Ryan de Vere”, “Sheehan Quirke”, “Danielle Eve”, “Maria Snow”, “Charles Aldous”, “Amelie Mitchell”, “Miray Kose”, “Anna Pynadath Jacob”, “Miles Weekes”, “Dane Bainbridge”, “Dite Meja Bagdonaite” ] 5 Jun 2026, 22:27, Sam: Can’t upload all of them because of bloody Instagram 5 Jun 2026, 22:27, Sam: Oh well 5 Jun 2026, 22:28, Sam: I swear to god I am going to be so pissed off at Oli when this is finally over 5 Jun 2026, 22:28, Sam: He has had every chance to do the decent thing and he has decided not to 5 Jun 2026, 22:29, Sam: And has decided instead to lie through his teeth and put his own comfort ahead of everyone else in this story, including me and including Cherny 5 Jun 2026, 22:29, Sam: Both of whom he has wronged 5 Jun 2026, 22:29, Sam: He will spend the rest of his life making this up to me 6 Jun 2026, 12:40, Sam: On a separate note for once, lol: 6 Jun 2026, 12:40, Sam: 7 Jun 2026, 02:13, Sam: I know what I’m going to do 7 Jun 2026, 02:13, Sam: Tomorrow 7 Jun 2026, 02:13, Sam: I’m going to convene a Council of the Ex-Boyfriends to opine on this 7 Jun 2026, 02:14, Sam: It will be like when US Presidents consult their forebears 7 Jun 2026, 02:15, Sam: It won’t make a difference to the situation itself, but it may restore my sanity 7 Jun 2026, 02:16, Sam: However it might also insult my ex-boyfriends, because they know that I would never have suffered through all of this for years for them 7 Jun 2026, 02:17, Sam: I love that boy way way more than is reasonable or deserved 8 Jun 2026, 00:45, Sam: Hi, I sent Oli a pre-action letter by email on Thursday (see below) and I worry he has taken it as bluster. It is not bluster and I will very much initiate court proceedings - not by an expensive team of City solicitors but myself, pro se - if he doesn’t retract that claim. I say this for what it’s worth 🤷‍♂️ but it’s up to him. Either way he will retract the lies he has told about me. This is not on, and it is not his right to do shameful things and then try to evade accountability by defaming others. 8 Jun 2026, 00:45, Sam: 8 Jun 2026, 00:45, Sam: ^ I have to send this letter and wait for 14 days by law, which is why I’m not doing it right away 8 Jun 2026, 01:02, Sam: Incidentally, if Oli doesn’t reply and I end up bringing a claim, I will call you as a witness to the relationship (mine and Oli’s, that is), though not to his having made the defamatory claim, nor to his and Cherny’s relationship (which strictly speaking wouldn’t be relevant at all). Sorry. Dick move, maybe, but needs must, and I’m thinking this through… 8 Jun 2026, 01:13, Sam: Also, to be clear, I am accepting retraction now, for 14 days, but if he doesn’t retract it within that time then I will take him to court over the past remarks, even if he panics and retracts it later. I am not obliged to drop it just because he later retracts it. This is a kindness *for 14 days, and not any later than that*. 8 Jun 2026, 01:15, Sam: (I say a kindness despite saying I have to send the letter because I could e.g. send the letter and demand damages, not just retraction, or whatever other settlement might satisfy me - as it stands I don’t want damages, just retraction) 8 Jun 2026, 01:25, Sam: Anyway it’ll be nice to all be in a room together, telling the truth - it’ll be like the old mephedrone days 😉 8 Jun 2026, 02:24, Sam: I will see you both in 10 days + however long it takes to get a court date, and I will be disappointed that this is what it will have taken to get truth and decency 8 Jun 2026, 02:25, Sam: But oh well 8 Jun 2026, 02:26, Sam: I don’t know if you or Oli think I look like I’m going to fold and go home without it, but I assure you I am not, lol 8 Jun 2026, 02:28, Sam: I would sooner it be solved without going to court, obviously, and that’s why I’m pushing, but if it’s not then I will very gladly go 8 Jun 2026, 02:32, Sam: And I will call my family as witnesses, and you, and Oli, to tell the truth on pain of perjury, where I have mounds of other evidence too, and things will finally get real (which is long fucking overdue) 8 Jun 2026, 20:36, Sam: 8 Jun 2026, 20:36, Sam: bigger than Jesus, lol 11 Jun 2026, 05:22, Sam: I suppose I’ve got through now 11 Jun 2026, 05:22, Damien: Huh? 12 Jun 2026, 17:17, Sam: In case you care to save Oli from trouble, I say the same to you as I just said to Cherny: 12 Jun 2026, 17:17, Sam: 13 Jun 2026, 02:15, Sam: Are you aware of Oli’s having said any such thing? 13 Jun 2026, 02:15, Sam: Are you willing to ask him if he said it and if he still says it? 13 Jun 2026, 02:16, Sam: Or are you not willing to say anything at all? 13 Jun 2026, 02:16, Sam: I expect you’re not willing to say anything at all 13 Jun 2026, 02:16, Sam: I may rely on that in my Particulars of Claim 13 Jun 2026, 02:23, Sam: Are you aware of Oli’s having said that I fabricated evidence of our relationship (e.g. videos, photos, chat logs, call recordings, etc)? 13 Jun 2026, 02:24, Sam: Are you willing to ask him if he said it and if he still says it? 13 Jun 2026, 02:24, Sam: I expect you’re not willing to say anything at all 13 Jun 2026, 02:24, Sam: I may rely on that in my Particulars of Claim 13 Jun 2026, 02:24, Sam: Or are you not willing to say anything at all? 13 Jun 2026, 10:34, Damien: Isn’t it obvious? 13 Jun 2026, 10:35, Sam: Obvious that he said it? 13 Jun 2026, 10:35, Damien: obvious that you were 13 Jun 2026, 10:36, Sam: Sorry, could you explain what you mean? Obvious that we were in a relationship? Yeah, I think it’s very obvious given all the videos etc, but he seems to have told Peter de Havilland that my videos and so forth were fake. Are you aware of his having told anyone that my videos or any other evidence was faked or manipulated? 13 Jun 2026, 10:42, Damien: I’m sorry, it’s vaguely frustrating that you write reems of messages, about something that I have seriously no interest in!!! ITS QUITE CLEAR YOU WERE IN SOME SORT OF DYSFUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP. Certainly not a relationship in the normal sense of it. I don’t think think anyone believes that you fabricated videos or whatever. Why do you care? Why do you care about any of these people you’ve not even met them they’re Ollies friends, I don’t know how you were expecting them to take sides? Maybe Ollie said they were fabricated because you sent videos around of you sucking his dick? That’s embarrassing no? If you had paid any heed to what I told you instead of badgering on, and dragging everyone into this, I pretty sure you would have been happier with the outcome! 13 Jun 2026, 10:43, Sam: Are you aware of his having told anyone that any of the evidence I supplied was fabricated? 13 Jun 2026, 10:44, Sam: It seems you’re saying you are aware 13 Jun 2026, 10:44, Damien: I’m not aware, no. 13 Jun 2026, 10:44, Sam: Would you be willing to ask him if that is what he says? 13 Jun 2026, 10:47, Damien: What difference does it make? Would I make you happy? Or would it annoy you more 13 Jun 2026, 10:47, Sam: It would give me slightly more material for my particulars of claim, though what you’ve said is helpful already 13 Jun 2026, 10:48, Damien: Are you not fed up with all of this, it’s exhausting no? 13 Jun 2026, 10:48, Sam: I am very fed up with it, yes 13 Jun 2026, 10:49, Sam: I don’t think it is ok to carry on a relationship with me while also carrying on a relationship with someone else, and then escape accountability by defaming me 13 Jun 2026, 10:49, Sam: Would you be willing to ask him? 13 Jun 2026, 10:49, Damien: He was never in a relationship with Cherny? Absolutely not. You’re still wrong about that. 13 Jun 2026, 10:50, Sam: Would you be willing to ask him if that is what he says, that I fabricated any of that evidence? 13 Jun 2026, 10:50, Damien: I mean you’ll never believe me anyway 13 Jun 2026, 10:50, Sam: I don’t want to get into an argument about the semantics of ‘relationship’ - the fact is that he didn’t want Cherny to know, that his relation to Cherny was such that Cherny wasn’t to know 13 Jun 2026, 10:50, Damien: Cherny is STRAIGHT!!!! 13 Jun 2026, 10:51, Damien: I met him 13 Jun 2026, 10:51, Sam: I don’t need to believe you or not to believe you - our chats are on record and I just want to use that record to say that he did or didn’t say it 13 Jun 2026, 10:51, Damien: It’s ridiculous 13 Jun 2026, 10:51, Sam: So I’d be grateful 13 Jun 2026, 10:51, Sam: Is it not quite easy to ask? 13 Jun 2026, 10:51, Damien: It’s like saying Eoighan Murphy and Raz are in a relationship 13 Jun 2026, 10:51, Sam: It would certainly save him some legal trouble, and save me some too, if he is not saying it 13 Jun 2026, 10:51, Sam: Just as it would have saved him trouble to say the same to my email himself 13 Jun 2026, 10:52, Damien: Well it’s not going to end there 13 Jun 2026, 10:52, Sam: But nobody seems willing to say whether he is or isn’t saying it 13 Jun 2026, 10:52, Damien: You’re going to keep going 13 Jun 2026, 10:52, Damien: He’s not said it to me 13 Jun 2026, 10:52, Sam: If he said or if you said that he doesn’t say it, then that would end there - I would be upset at him still, yes, but I would not take action for defamation specifically 13 Jun 2026, 10:52, Sam: Would you ask him if that is the account he gives of my evidence, or if it is not? 13 Jun 2026, 10:53, Damien: I was unfortunate enough to see the videos and listen to some recordings, which you’ve passed around to everyone. I think everyone who’s seen them knows they weren’t fabricated, and why would you care of someone is stupid enough to believe it 13 Jun 2026, 10:53, Sam: I suspect you won’t, because I suspect you know it’s what he’s telling others, and that he can’t deny it to you because that would be inconsistent and he fears I would share his denial with those others 13 Jun 2026, 10:54, Sam: But I also suspect you or he are wise enough to not want to affirm it on record either, because it’s so clearly untrue 13 Jun 2026, 10:54, Sam: So if you want to settle it, I’d be grateful if you’d ask 13 Jun 2026, 10:54, Damien: I’m about to to Supper, and I’m very tired 13 Jun 2026, 10:54, Damien: Maybe I’ll ask him later 13 Jun 2026, 10:54, Sam: Otherwise I will cite your refusal in my particulars of claim and I will call you as a witness 13 Jun 2026, 10:55, Damien: When I’m less agitated 13 Jun 2026, 10:55, Damien: Oh shut up 13 Jun 2026, 10:55, Damien: I’m In London for 3 days this month 13 Jun 2026, 10:55, Damien: I live in NY now, it’ll be tricky 13 Jun 2026, 10:56, Damien: I just don’t think you’re very well, and I don’t think any of this is going to be helpful for you Sam 13 Jun 2026, 10:56, Sam: Fair enough, that will be tricky then, but the refusal is still helpful 13 Jun 2026, 10:56, Sam: And I can deal with my own health, thanks 13 Jun 2026, 10:56, Sam: I am morally disappointed in you and in Oli but I would appreciate it if you would ask him a straight question and convey his answer 13 Jun 2026, 10:56, Sam: Up to you 13 Jun 2026, 10:57, Damien: Okay 13 Jun 2026, 11:01, Sam: If what you are saying is true, it will be the easiest thing in the world, just as it would have been the easiest thing for him to admit it to Peter, or to me, but it doesn’t seem to be, and I don’t think you’re going to ask him or to convey his reply 13 Jun 2026, 11:02, Sam: If Cherny is not interested in him and if he is free to pursue relationships with whomever he pleases, then he can simply say “yes we were in a relationship and yes all those videos and photos and call recordings and so forth are real, of course they are, but I no longer like him or whatever” 13 Jun 2026, 11:03, Sam: Yet that is the one thing he doesn’t seem able or willing to say or to make Cherny aware of, either now or when we were seeing each other and on good terms 13 Jun 2026, 11:03, Damien: You see there’s no point asking him because you’ll just twist things to fit your own narrative 13 Jun 2026, 11:03, Sam: No, I will use our documented messages 13 Jun 2026, 11:03, Damien: It’s mad that you think he was in a relationship with Cherney 13 Jun 2026, 11:04, Damien: You do that 13 Jun 2026, 11:04, Sam: This is a court case, it doesn’t rely on me ‘twisting’ things, haha 13 Jun 2026, 11:04, Sam: I will submit your exact words 13 Jun 2026, 11:04, Damien: What is the point of all of this 13 Jun 2026, 11:04, Sam: All of them, and all our messages, unaltered 13 Jun 2026, 11:04, Damien: You’re welcome to 13 Jun 2026, 11:04, Sam: I would be mad not to 13 Jun 2026, 11:04, Sam: It would be criminal to alter any of this 13 Jun 2026, 11:04, Sam: And you would be free to submit your own records and correct me 13 Jun 2026, 11:04, Damien: lol Why do you think I care enough to do this 13 Jun 2026, 11:04, Sam: I don’t think you’re going to do this 13 Jun 2026, 11:04, Sam: I have said I don’t 13 Jun 2026, 11:05, Sam: But I wanted you on record as not being willing to do it 13 Jun 2026, 11:05, Damien: Willing to do what? 13 Jun 2026, 11:05, Sam: To ask Oli 13 Jun 2026, 11:05, Damien: I mean part of me is that I cba. It’s been exhausting 13 Jun 2026, 11:05, Damien: And I’m trying to Enjoy myself at the moment 13 Jun 2026, 11:05, Sam: Thanks - that is still helpful 13 Jun 2026, 11:06, Damien: And you’ve been going on for months Sam 13 Jun 2026, 11:06, Damien: 😭😭😭😭 13 Jun 2026, 11:06, Sam: Let’s call it a day, then, I have what I need 13 Jun 2026, 11:06, Damien: You won’t believe me when I say they weren’t in a relationship 13 Jun 2026, 11:06, Sam: It doesn’t matter if I believe you - it will be determined by a court by reading your words 13 Jun 2026, 11:07, Sam: I.e. whether I have a basis to say that Oli has said this 13 Jun 2026, 11:07, Damien: Okay so be it 13 Jun 2026, 11:07, Damien: Why do you wnat to happen to Oli 13 Jun 2026, 11:07, Sam: Cool cool - let me know if you change your mind, because it would help me and it would especially help Oli if he hasn’t said it, but thanks either way 13 Jun 2026, 11:07, Damien: Anyway taking off. Talk soon. Have some rest for all do this 13 Jun 2026, 11:08, Sam: Sorry, what do I want to happen? I want him to stop defaming me, and for him to retract what he said 13 Jun 2026, 11:08, Sam: I explicitly didn’t include damages in my pre-action letter, am not filing an N1 indicating that I seek damages, and therefore, on my understanding, won’t be able to claim damages 13 Jun 2026, 11:09, Sam: In short, I don’t want money, I want an injunction and I want a finding that he didn’t substantiate what he said when given the chance to in court 13 Jun 2026, 12:44, Damien: What has he said to who? 13 Jun 2026, 12:46, Sam: He seems to have said to Peter, judging by Peter’s response to me, that I had fabricated the videos I sent to Peter. I suspect, from his refusal to reply to my initial pre-action email and from your reluctance to ask him, that he is still maintaining that I fabricated all the evidence I have shown. So that is what I want him to take a clear position on. Does he say it or does not say it? Will he stand behind it? If not, would he kindly retract it and stop saying it? Because it is not in fact his God-given right to defame me to get out of trouble for what he did. 13 Jun 2026, 14:31, Damien: Wouldn’t ask me break your stalking conditions. 13 Jun 2026, 14:50, Sam: Pre-action Protocol for Media and Communications Claims – Civil Procedure Rules – Justice UK 13 Jun 2026, 14:50, Sam: Sorry? I don’t know what you mean. No, I’m not forbidden to do any such thing, and you’re not forbidden to ask him, and nor am I forbidden to ask you to ask him. I asked him myself on June 4th, as I am required to do to give him a reasonable opportunity to resolve the matter before issuing proceedings in the High Court (https://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/civil/protocol/prot_def). He didn’t answer, so I am asking you and asking Cherny. If you don’t want to ask him, that is fine. I don’t need a reason based on professed concern for me. 14 Jun 2026, 04:44, Sam: By the way, thanks for telling me a month ago that Oli Does What Oli Wants, thus leading me to invent my new policy of Sam Does What Sam Wants, rather than Sam Does What Oli Wants Also 14 Jun 2026, 04:45, Sam: It has led to an awful lot of complaining, and lots of very sincere concern for my Mental Health™, for which I thank you, but it has been very gratifying and I can see why Oli does it 14 Jun 2026, 04:45, Sam: Though maybe he might not do it next time, we’ll see 14 Jun 2026, 04:49, Sam: By the way, have you checked on Oli’s Mental Health™ recently? Is that all fine and dandy? All in excellent working order? Glad to hear! 14 Jun 2026, 04:50, Sam: Anyway, thank you for being such a friend to me and my Mental Health! 14 Jun 2026, 04:50, Sam: Pity it hasn’t done much good 14 Jun 2026, 04:53, Sam: “I see you’re distressed - have you considered being less distressed, lest it make Oli distressed, which is what matters?” 14 Jun 2026, 04:53, Sam: You have been as firm as seaweed in a tsunami 👍 14 Jun 2026, 04:59, Sam: Anyway, I suppose my point is: fuck you, and I will work things out morally with Oli myself, since you have been of no moral use whatsoever, disappointingly 14 Jun 2026, 05:03, Sam: I had hoped that Oli still had some people around him who were not scum, who were better than his worst instincts, and who would help him when he is in this kind of moral position 14 Jun 2026, 05:03, Sam: It seems he does not 14 Jun 2026, 05:04, Sam: Harsh lesson, but oh well, I will figure it out and he will thank me again 14 Jun 2026, 05:07, Sam: Either way, he is not getting out with this lie intact, so for fuck’s sake tell him to tell Cherny the truth - I am sick of this shit from him, you, and everyone else, this has gone on too long, and it will be worse later than now, so: enough 18 Jun 2026, 21:04, Sam: Predictably I was right about Oli and Cherny's relationship, so thanks for that 18 Jun 2026, 21:04, Sam: I am FASCINATED at how on earth they are going to try to argue this 18 Jun 2026, 21:19, Sam: On the bright side I now have a lawyer who is as stunned by all of this as I am, and means to drag it out 18 Jun 2026, 21:19, Sam: Well, 'drag it out' is not the right word - I mean hash it out properly and thoroughly 19 Jun 2026, 01:36, Sam: I just don't understand what anyone expects to come of this - this is arguing an unsustainable false version of events against someone who has almost complete audio/video coverage of most of the events that are being lied about, not to mention chat logs - this will collapse in flames 19 Jun 2026, 01:37, Sam: I should be clear that I am *not* asking you to say anything to anyone 19 Jun 2026, 01:37, Sam: In fact I ask that you not say anything to anyone 19 Jun 2026, 01:37, Sam: But I am saying you have been a rotten friend, and thanks for that 19 Jun 2026, 02:41, Damien: What is this? 19 Jun 2026, 02:52, Sam: This is ChatGPT's evaluation of the police file submitted to my solicitor as part of my prosecution (I can't believe I am even bloody saying these words) for 'stalking' and 'harassment' and 'control' and so forth, which would all be hilarious if it wasn't also at least somewhat serious 19 Jun 2026, 02:54, Sam: I'm not complaining about the assault charge - that is entirely reasonable, is my own fault anyway (Oli didn't formally accuse me of it, he just mentioned it as colour and I then insisted on giving a proper account to the police, whereupon they arrested me and charged me with it), and I accept what punishment is due - but the rest is a wild mess and they can't even get their own stories straight 19 Jun 2026, 02:55, Sam: Maybe I shouldn't be saying this, I don't know the rules, and on reflection please please do not relay anything to anyone - possibly I have misspoken and I might delete what I said 19 Jun 2026, 02:56, Sam: OK, I probably have misspoken and so I have unspoken 19 Jun 2026, 02:56, Sam: But the upshot - and I'm sure I can say this - is that I am clearly right about the relationship between Oli and Cherny 19 Jun 2026, 02:57, Sam: Somewhat heartbreakingly, while going along with my prosecution for something he knows it is deeply wrong and dishonest to accuse me of, Oli *still* calls Cherny his housemate and not his partner, even as everyone else does the opposite - this is .... this fucks me up, poor Oli 19 Jun 2026, 02:58, Sam: It's his fault that this is all happening, but I read his statements and I can still see what is good in him, and that he is not quite comfortable going along with it in many visible ways 19 Jun 2026, 02:59, Sam: Though of course he has fed everyone else the very 'stalker' theory that justifies all the lying that they are doing, so he is not innocent, of course, but ... you know how I am with Oli - normal human standards don't apply 19 Jun 2026, 03:00, Sam: I hope he doesn't feel bad 19 Jun 2026, 03:01, Sam: Please don't relay this to him - I have had several nitpicking fucking police complaints about things I have said to others and whether I was trying to 'contact' Oli in a way in which I shouldn't contact him 19 Jun 2026, 03:02, Sam: The defamation pre-action letter thing seemed to be accepted, as it should have been, because otherwise the bail conditions would have immunised Oli from consequences for defamation, which would obviously have been ludicrous - but in any case I'm gonna ditch that, because this trial is a much better venue to discuss the same stuff, and, given that it has serious potential consequences for me, I will probably have greater latitude (or my lawyers will) to examine witnesses etc 19 Jun 2026, 03:03, Sam: I do find it absurd that I am in this situation, that nobody has told me the truth, and that everyone around Oli who has known what he was doing has told him it was fine 19 Jun 2026, 03:04, Sam: Well, he is now going to discover that it wasn't fine, so cheers to everyone for that 19 Jun 2026, 03:04, Damien: It’s really hard for me to believe otherwise, I met him? They’re not a match, so Oli would have just told me! 19 Jun 2026, 03:05, Sam: Well, the police describe him as Oli's "new partner" extensively - I'm not sure if I'm allowed to send you the file (in fact I'm pretty certain I'm not, though I wish I could), but that is their case 19 Jun 2026, 03:06, Sam: though it feels a bit unclear where it came from, given that Oli's actual statement says "housemate" and Cherny's mother's actual statement says "friend" (which, granted, could be old-fashioned euphemism, in the same way my grandma used to call all my boyfriends my 'friends') 19 Jun 2026, 03:06, Sam: I will see what everyone says in the witness box, but it is a bit of a shambles 19 Jun 2026, 03:07, Sam: The CPS's whole case relies on the idea that I should have known that Oli was in a relationship with 'new partner' Sam Cherny, and meanwhile Oli's own *bloody witness statement* still won't say those words 19 Jun 2026, 03:08, Sam: It is not really a coherent case so much as a jumble of not quite compatible statements from different people who clearly have, or want to portray, different stories 19 Jun 2026, 03:08, Damien: Maybe they got it wrong? Or because you’ve said it so many times they assume it. I doubt they care too much about the details of the case. 19 Jun 2026, 03:08, Sam: I should hope the CPS care about the central detail of the case, haha 19 Jun 2026, 03:08, Sam: If not, then I guess that's fine by me, but it's gonna be a hell of a trial...... 19 Jun 2026, 03:10, Sam: I am quite honestly looking forward to it and genuinely cannot predict how it is going to go, but it is going to go somewhere interesting, because they can't even seem to agree on who Cherny is to Oli, which is *the* central question (along with what I knew about who he was, what I knew about who was living in the house – apparently the whole family?! complete bloody news to me, found out this morning from the CPS's case file – etc) 19 Jun 2026, 03:10, Sam: This whole thing is quite a ride! 19 Jun 2026, 03:11, Sam: I thought my theory was a wild conspiracy theory etc etc, but it turns out it is right and there are some extra curveballs that even I hadn't foreseen 19 Jun 2026, 03:14, Sam: I particularly enjoyed the bit where I 'jumped over' their gate - I wish I knew how this completely batshit insane Chinese whispers version has emerged (I leaned on it slightly, it opened, I didn't expect it to open and nearly lost my footing, and I remained fastidiously on the other side and didn't walk through - but now I learn that I in fact vaulted over the bloody thing like an Olympic athlete, which I can't wait to see the footage of from the front-door camera that I know they have) 19 Jun 2026, 03:14, Sam: 19 Jun 2026, 03:17, Sam: Did they share with the police the footage from that second camera, on the right? It doesn't seem that they did. Did they even mention the existence of that camera, or would it have undermined their story too fatally? Did Cherny's mother know that I knew about that camera? Oli knows I know about it. Did he mind letting Cherny's mother perjure herself? Seemingly not. I don't know if I can really blame him, honestly, but I know whose side he's on and I appreciate that immensely. This will buy him another six months until the trial, when he must know everything will fall apart, and maybe he's planned for that, like he said he had 🤷‍♂️ 19 Jun 2026, 03:20, Sam: I will get some kind of punishment for the assault, and so I should and that's fine, that's separate from the rest, but the rest is going to be an almighty shit show 19 Jun 2026, 03:21, Sam: I've already pled guilty to the assault, and I don't remotely hold that against Oli, who didn't even make that allegation, to be clear, though I must reiterate that I am not asking you to repeat or convey any of this to him 19 Jun 2026, 03:22, Sam: But for your sake/knowledge/whatever, I am not really angry at him and I can see the traces of the person I love and who loves me in this 19 Jun 2026, 03:23, Sam: I also know Oli is too clever and has too good a memory not to have set up these weaknesses at least semi-deliberately 19 Jun 2026, 03:24, Sam: Originally he said to the police that I hit him in the stomach (which is what compelled me to correct the record, which in turn is why I am being charged with that, along with the evidence I supplied) 19 Jun 2026, 03:25, Sam: He has consistently said things that he knows I will ultimately be able to disprove, except for the assault thing, where he finally gave a laser-accurate account (completely different from his initial stomach account) when he obviously realised I had confessed the whole thing in detail 19 Jun 2026, 03:26, Sam: In other words he is still Oli, still chaotic, but not evil and not resolute, and I love that stupid daft creature to bits, though I sometimes wish I didn't 19 Jun 2026, 04:13, Damien: What a mess! 19 Jun 2026, 04:13, Damien: When is the trail? 19 Jun 2026, 05:49, Sam: It's in January 19 Jun 2026, 05:49, Sam: I look forward 19 Jun 2026, 05:50, Sam: As does my lawyer, I think, haha - sweet guy 19 Jun 2026, 05:50, Sam: 19 Jun 2026, 05:50, Damien: Oli said there it was postponed do to time found on your devices? Is this true? 19 Jun 2026, 05:51, Sam: Time found on my devices? Wait, sorry, what does that mean? I have no idea what that means 19 Jun 2026, 05:52, Sam: But no, it was brought forward because they decided to re-arrest me the other day (for no immediately clear reason, but they wanted to ask some questions and they apparently don't know that phones exist), and then at 3am they decided it would be a good idea to go to trial immediately, which I didn't object to (not that I could have, but I didn't) 19 Jun 2026, 05:52, Sam: So from my standpoint it looks more like it has all been expedited, and I agreed to plead in a magistrates court rather than the Crown Court in order to further speed it up, without which it would have been years 19 Jun 2026, 05:53, Sam: Alas it is still going to be next January, but that is quick by the standards of the English criminal justice system right now 19 Jun 2026, 05:54, Sam: I have no idea what Oli is talking about but no, it has been brought forward, not postponed, and I wish it could have been sooner 19 Jun 2026, 05:55, Sam: Anyway I am grateful that Oli has, I strongly suspect, introduced several helpful weaknesses possibly not entirely undeliberately (well, I have my suspicions) 19 Jun 2026, 05:55, Sam: He is a sweet bean deep down 19 Jun 2026, 05:59, Sam: Oh and I look forward to cross-examination :) (sadly I am not allowed to do it myself, because of the recent reforms to stop wifebeaters screaming at their wives in court, but I trust in my lawyer, I think he's solid and he's on the same page as me, and this will be ... interesting and illuminating and a good opportunity to settle some questions) 19 Jun 2026, 06:02, Sam: I wonder if I might be the sort of person who might have kept a few records of things, you know, just here and there 🤔🤔 19 Jun 2026, 06:04, Sam: Maybe even some records of my precious and rare time together with the most important person in my life on Earth 19 Jun 2026, 06:15, Sam: For what it is worth, they have utterly no prospect whatsoever of getting into any of my devices, though that also doesn't matter because I have given them passwords for the services that are at issue 19 Jun 2026, 06:18, Sam: But no, I say again what I said to Oli when his own phone was seized in his own investigation, namely: a locked modern iPhone might as well be an inert brick - they will never get into it, ever - it is not even appropriate to call it 'hacking', since the way it is designed is that the phone literally forgets the key material and it has to be reminded of it by the user entering the passcode (and that is rate-limited at the level of logic, physics, and circuit layout by the design of the Secure Enclave) 19 Jun 2026, 06:18, Sam: See San Bernardino (and that was actually about an old iPhone *without* the Secure Enclave) 19 Jun 2026, 06:19, Sam: So it's not hugely relevant to this case because what's on my phone doesn't really matter, *but* as someone who knows about this stuff I feel compelled to clarify that the whole "waiting for forensics" thing is stupid theatre - there is no "forensics" on earth that is going to get into either of my phones or his 19 Jun 2026, 06:25, Damien: Sorry I’m out and about at the moment so it’s tricky to read all of this 19 Jun 2026, 06:31, Damien: damienwilliamt changed the theme to Olivia Rodrigo 🩷 19 Jun 2026, 06:43, Sam: My basic point is: I thank Oli for giving me something he can't go back on, and which will reveal the truth 19 Jun 2026, 06:43, Sam: I look forward to that immensely 19 Jun 2026, 06:44, Sam: I'm sorry it can't be sooner, but six months will fly by, I'm sure 19 Jun 2026, 06:44, Sam: Tick tock 19 Jun 2026, 06:51, Sam: Also thanks for relaying Oli's messages in early May - that is very helpful, and I'm sure the Cherny family will appreciate that he was still sending those messages after our meeting, while he was describing me as a 'stalker', and after he said he had cut off contact with me 19 Jun 2026, 06:55, Sam: And thank you for going along with trying to stitch me up, which is appreciated because it means I can present you, and indeed everyone, as clearly not on my side 19 Jun 2026, 06:56, Damien: Stitch you up? 19 Jun 2026, 06:57, Damien: Why would I do that? 19 Jun 2026, 06:58, Sam: ^ i don't recall a strong sense of "things are not as Oli has made them out to be, you should obtain justice" - more a sense of "if Oli can get away with it, fantastic, it's your fault for daring to upset him and make him do this" - thank you for that, but it's at least helpful now 19 Jun 2026, 06:59, Sam: I am very glad this whole thing is now turning the right side up 19 Jun 2026, 06:59, Sam: I wish Oli had not done this 19 Jun 2026, 06:59, Damien: That’s not right, that wasn’t what I was doing. 19 Jun 2026, 06:59, Sam: And I wish the people around him had made it clear to him that he shouldn't 19 Jun 2026, 07:00, Damien: You never let up, that was the problem, you never gave a chance for anyone yo judge. You just kept emailing and emailing, and sending videos Oli, had you slowed down, things would have been a lot different. You acted crazy 19 Jun 2026, 07:02, Sam: > That’s not right, that wasn’t what I was doing. I am glad you are now the expert on rightness and wrongness and fairness and justice, haha 19 Jun 2026, 07:02, Sam: Thanks for the last months 19 Jun 2026, 07:02, Sam: I'm glad you are also the expert on crazy 19 Jun 2026, 07:02, Sam: Expert on crazy who didn't say a word to Oli 19 Jun 2026, 07:03, Sam: Much appreciated! We'll see at trial who has been right and who has been crazy and who has been fair 19 Jun 2026, 07:03, Sam: I wish it could be tomorrow, frankly 19 Jun 2026, 07:03, Damien: As in you’re not correct. 19 Jun 2026, 07:06, Sam: The one person I still care about in all of this is Oli, to be honest 19 Jun 2026, 07:07, Sam: The one moment when my voice broke when I was interviewed yesterday was when I spoke about his childhood and that he maybe sincerely *felt* controlled 19 Jun 2026, 07:07, Sam: For whatever reason that fucked me up 19 Jun 2026, 07:08, Sam: Yet he has treated me (not to mention Sam Cherny) appallingly, and with your and others' sanction, and cheers for that, and for saying nothing to him 19 Jun 2026, 07:08, Sam: I don't blame him entirely but the consequences will be his 19 Jun 2026, 07:09, Damien: Didn’t he make a lot of things up? How Do you know what’s true and what’s not? 19 Jun 2026, 07:10, Sam: Because I know his soul - I may be wrong about parts but I know the texture of his reaction to things and I know he didn't have a normal childhood 19 Jun 2026, 07:11, Sam: I have seen his mum's letters to his grandfather and his grandfather's letters back 19 Jun 2026, 07:11, Sam: I have seen his reactions to any relational demands 19 Jun 2026, 07:11, Sam: I know his mind 19 Jun 2026, 07:12, Sam: I love him more than ... well, anything, he is the person, he is the centre of my universe, he is home, and I miss him unimaginably 19 Jun 2026, 07:12, Sam: I'm glad this whole rotten thing is soon to fall apart 19 Jun 2026, 07:12, Sam: Also, pity I didn't get "Sam does what Sam wants" 19 Jun 2026, 07:17, Sam: Honestly I never quite saw myself being so excited about standing trial 19 Jun 2026, 07:17, Sam: I would go on the rack if it meant getting this much truth out of everyone 19 Jun 2026, 07:18, Sam: This is marvellous because it is a minefield of possible perjury in which I have vast numbers of lurking evidential mines 19 Jun 2026, 07:23, Damien: I must say you should write a book, you have beautiful way with words. I particularly liked it when you said I was “as firm as seaweed in a tsunami” 19 Jun 2026, 07:24, Sam: Thanks! I have contemplated writing a book about this 19 Jun 2026, 07:25, Sam: Oli is very lucky to have me, as he has said, and proven 19 Jun 2026, 07:25, Damien: Whilst I don’t agree with how this has been handled this, I have a lot of empathy, you’re clearly been very hurt, and that’s not nice whatsoever. 19 Jun 2026, 07:25, Sam: I'd love any suggestions on handling 19 Jun 2026, 07:25, Sam: "Suck it up and be unhappy forever so Oli doesn't have to be, even though he is lying and cheating on you and his other partner" was a great one 19 Jun 2026, 07:27, Sam: I take the radical position that Oli has, regrettably, bought present comfort at the cost of future distress by lying to everyone, and that it is not my duty to then absorb that distress indefinitely for him 19 Jun 2026, 07:27, Sam: If somebody had told him that earlier, perhaps it wouldn't have had to play out in this extremely embarrassing and awkward way 19 Jun 2026, 07:28, Sam: He can have the next six months in the nice house for which he betrayed, screwed over, and threw under the bus the person he actually loves and relies on, but come this trial his story is over 19 Jun 2026, 07:28, Sam: I think it is disgraceful what he has done, even if you are fine with it and not fine with my being upset at it 19 Jun 2026, 07:29, Sam: I think he knows perfectly well that it is disgraceful 19 Jun 2026, 07:29, Sam: He clearly doesn't expect the Chernys to forgive it, or else he wouldn't still be lying to them 19 Jun 2026, 07:29, Sam: He presumably expects me to forgive it, after everything he has done to me and is continuing to do 19 Jun 2026, 07:30, Sam: And I will forgive it, because I can't bring myself not to forgive him, because I love him in a way that he hasn't really done much to deserve, but it is what it is 19 Jun 2026, 07:32, Sam: He owed me slightly better than this, I think, given how I acted after the Cloisters incident, for which he *still* hasn't apologised and doesn't apologise 19 Jun 2026, 07:32, Sam: For him to then come out and act like this over this is ... morally demented 19 Jun 2026, 07:32, Sam: He does it because he knows I love him enough to tolerate it, whereas he knows Cherny and co won't 19 Jun 2026, 07:33, Sam: And I do love him enough to tolerate it 🤷‍♂️ 19 Jun 2026, 07:33, Sam: Bloody Oli, ffs 19 Jun 2026, 07:36, Sam: 19 Jun 2026, 07:36, Sam: 19 Jun 2026, 07:36, Sam: He will never not be his bub, even when he's not a very good bub 19 Jun 2026, 07:36, Sam: 19 Jun 2026, 07:36, Sam: 19 Jun 2026, 07:36, Sam: 19 Jun 2026, 07:37, Sam: He will never not be my bub, even when he's not a very good bub (edited) 19 Jun 2026, 07:37, Sam: that last photo is from when he had "broken up with me", incidentally, lmao 19 Jun 2026, 07:39, Sam: i.e. in this window of time in which Oli claims our relationship was over - I simply hit him and bam, that was it, relationship over, as you doubtless remember from how that week *definitely* played out, haha 19 Jun 2026, 07:39, Sam: 19 Jun 2026, 07:40, Sam: 19 Jun 2026, 08:14, Sam: what he says at 21m40s there is heartbreaking to listen back to: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zFdAdScbTskl9f25yHIJEcEIQTqCa3_S/view 19 Jun 2026, 08:14, Sam: i wish i could make that boy, that man, that whatever, that beloved thing, understand that the only thing that kills me is being without him 19 Jun 2026, 08:15, Sam: i have no idea why i have put up with as much as i have 19 Jun 2026, 08:16, Sam: i said i would tolerate anything except porneia, except disloyalty, except him trashing the bond himself 19 Jun 2026, 08:18, Sam: he has now absolutely well and truly done that, unambiguously, to the point that I would entirely forgive myself for giving up on him, and yet .... anything is worth it, betrayal is worth it, prison is worth it, the total moral industrial degloving that has been the last couple of months is worth it just to maybe see him smile again 19 Jun 2026, 08:19, Sam: i have spent three years for three nights with him 19 Jun 2026, 08:21, Sam: and endured all of this crap (which is not to say that I didn't sometimes treat him badly over those three months, shockingly, because it is fine for him to treat loyalty with betrayal but it is shocking and unforgivable, at least according to you and others, for me to treat betrayal with betrayal, because my job is to smile and put up with it lest Oli's precious feelings be hurt, etc etc, but anyway) 19 Jun 2026, 08:21, Sam: this situation could not have carried on 19 Jun 2026, 08:21, Sam: anyway imma get back to reading over his and Cherny mère's statements (Cherny himself has not given a statement, slightly strangely) 19 Jun 2026, 08:23, Sam: just: i still love him and i haven't shifted an inch from what i said to you in May 19 Jun 2026, 08:38, Sam: I also liked when I read him Aretaeus's description of untreated diabetes at 37m0s ish and he insisted that it was exaggerated and that Aretaeus was lying 19 Jun 2026, 08:38, Sam: he is such a ridiculous, stubborn, stupidly lovable creature 19 Jun 2026, 08:40, Sam: we will be talking a year from now and he will be back with me and happy and complaining that i took away his housing - his housing was killing him and he couldn't live this double life forever 19 Jun 2026, 08:41, Sam: if he were able to throw me away and live a life of comfort and dullness and hirsute, slightly dimwitted American boyf– wait, actually, can we just stop and appreciate the fact that Cherny is 3 or 4 years younger than Oli? younger! younger!! Oli is the older man in that arrangement - it certainly does not look or feel like it 19 Jun 2026, 08:42, Sam: he got more arrogant when he got cuter, haha 19 Jun 2026, 08:42, Sam: he is the prettiest thing in the whole world though 19 Jun 2026, 08:43, Sam: also, if he's been dating Cherny since 2024, that means a very long history of him pursuing me at the same time 19 Jun 2026, 08:43, Sam: in fact it implies he has been pursuing me since essentially the first moment 19 Jun 2026, 08:44, Sam: in 2025 he said to me quite seriously and solemnly that he was falling for me again and wanted to be with me, and I stupidly rejected him for some girl I was fixated on at the time, and I lived to regret that because I think it embarrassed him and made him more careful about trying again 19 Jun 2026, 08:44, Sam: hurts me to think about 19 Jun 2026, 08:46, Sam: 19 Jun 2026, 08:47, Sam: 19 Jun 2026, 08:47, Sam: 19 Jun 2026, 08:48, Sam: I can tell he was hurt even though he hid it 19 Jun 2026, 08:48, Sam: I love that boy so stupidly fucking much, god 19 Jun 2026, 08:49, Sam: I wish I had made the right choice then, and I wish he hadn't done this to Cherny, but I can see that maybe he was genuinely torn between undependable love and dependable blockchain-monkey-art-buying mediocrity 19 Jun 2026, 08:50, Sam: I do really think Cherny is a staggering imbecile, though his dad seems like quite a formidable lawyer and engineer by training and I have more respect for him, but presumably the mum slept with the postman or whatever 19 Jun 2026, 08:51, Sam: sorry, I'm being a dick, I'm jealous and possessive I guess 🤷 ahhh, fuck, I am so bored without him and too impatient to wait six months for this to unravel 19 Jun 2026, 11:20, Damien: Are you in London Next month? I arrive back on the 14th it would be good to meet up. I never have the time to read through all these messages. 19 Jun 2026, 12:35, Sam: Sure! Sounds good 19 Jun 2026, 12:36, Sam: 👌 19 Jun 2026, 12:37, Sam: I am in London for the foreseeable future because I am on trial, thanks to Oli, haha (ok thanks partly to me, in that I did the assault and insisted on confessing to it, even though he tried to protect me) 19 Jun 2026, 12:37, Sam: 19 Jun 2026, 22:56, Sam: Btw I was stunned to realise that the annoying American female voice that spoke to me through the intercom, which I took to be Oli using some kind of cheapo text-to-speech program, was in fact *Cherny's mother*, who apparently lives in that house with her daughter and Cherny and Oli 19 Jun 2026, 22:58, Sam: And who is now terribly annoyed that I encroached upon her family home 19 Jun 2026, 22:59, Sam: Maybe a tiny bit of blame for Oli, for carrying on a relationship with me while telling me that he lived there with his hard-partying housemates and a rotating assemblage of prostitutes? No, no, entirely my fault 19 Jun 2026, 22:59, Sam: After all, when Ryan let Pig escape because he and his friends were smoking weed in the doorway, I blamed Pig 👍🏻👍🏻 that settled the question of responsibility, lol 20 Jun 2026, 00:32, Sam: What I don't understand is what he expects to happen when we put her on the stand 20 Jun 2026, 00:33, Sam: Because she is going on the stand - that's already scheduled 20 Jun 2026, 00:34, Sam: I am frustrated that I have to wait six months for a collapse that will take five minutes 20 Jun 2026, 00:34, Sam: Also dear god I would like to get Sam Cherny's mum in a room with my mum 20 Jun 2026, 00:35, Sam: I think my mum would regard her as one of the wonders of the world 20 Jun 2026, 00:35, Sam: Fallen for Oli hook, line, and sinker 20 Jun 2026, 00:35, Sam: I mean, I love Oli, and I even try to trust him, but I don't seriously assume he's most of the time going to tell the truth, whereas this lady appears to assume that 20 Jun 2026, 00:40, Sam: Does he realise this lady is going to go significantly madder than I have when she realises he's not been telling the truth? 20 Jun 2026, 00:50, Sam: Wait, so he's been living with Cherny for two and a half years 20 Jun 2026, 00:51, Sam: That puts it at the start of 2024 20 Jun 2026, 00:51, Sam: I.e. he has cheated on him with me, and longed for me, from the very beginning until the very end 20 Jun 2026, 00:52, Sam: That is quite devastating to Cherny 20 Jun 2026, 00:53, Sam: And Oli still calls him his housemate 20 Jun 2026, 00:53, Sam: Calls me his boyfriend, calls him his housemate 20 Jun 2026, 00:53, Sam: Not exactly the best deal in the history of deals from Cherny's standpoint 20 Jun 2026, 00:54, Sam: But then this is a guy who spent £20k on blockchain monkey pictures, so 🤷 20 Jun 2026, 00:55, Sam: Guy has Bill Ackman's eye for a loss 22 Jun 2026, 02:28, Sam: Oh god I just realised it wasn't even that he wasn't interested, it was that I was so off my head on meth at the time that I weirded him out - I've just been compiling the second instalment of the Teleias (for upload to the YouTube channel, whose regular keener UK viewers you may or may not be among: https://www.youtube.com/@TheOliverBWSamChernySamRAShow) and I realised Oli more or less said as much 22 Jun 2026, 02:28, Sam: off head on meth for about a year, and then briefly went straight at the very moment he was most vulnerable 22 Jun 2026, 02:29, Sam: thus abandoning him to ... this, to prostitution 22 Jun 2026, 02:29, Sam: nice work, Sam 22 Jun 2026, 02:30, Sam: sorry, I'm going stir crazy, it's just so horrible being alone without him 22 Jun 2026, 02:30, Damien: How did you weird him out? 22 Jun 2026, 02:30, Damien: I’m sorry darling! I know it’s not nice whatsoever 😩 22 Jun 2026, 02:42, Sam: Oh, just by being weird and methed up and sexually odd 22 Jun 2026, 02:43, Sam: basically all through these messages: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zd5Ts_xvgktjlq9Ucgoi9FmH4yPS3f5C/view?usp=drive_link 22 Jun 2026, 02:43, Sam: and probably the earlier of these: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18mKz-iyYQJGNJ_2SkRvvHDHtATw5Jzrm/view?usp=drive_link 22 Jun 2026, 02:44, Sam: anyway he says so somewhere in the second half of this sequel to the epic Teleias: https://youtu.be/1w1Yv5nc8dg 22 Jun 2026, 02:45, Sam: sequel to this: https://youtu.be/SKR05xb1ORY 22 Jun 2026, 02:45, Sam: I figure my small number of fans (who might they be? lol) might as well have the source material 🤷 22 Jun 2026, 02:47, Sam: this one is a new personal favourite: https://youtu.be/81NTt8BFG2c 22 Jun 2026, 02:48, Sam: I'm just excavating old videos ahead of this trial, to show how long Oli has used this 'stalker' / 'harassment' frame, basically at any given microsecond that he needs to get out of something, and sometimes even when he didn't and was being friendly, while relying on me not to take it seriously 22 Jun 2026, 02:49, Sam: only to now pretend that I should have taken it seriously, and why on earth would I dare to not take it seriously, etc 22 Jun 2026, 02:49, Sam: if he wants to ask that question then I will answer it properly!! 22 Jun 2026, 15:22, Sam: I also like the whining towards the end of that last video (the relationship argument) about *how dare I* call the police when he and Firsov had broken down the door of the hotel bathroom in which I was hiding from him, how he would never have called the police in such a scenario, how *very embarrassing* it was, etc: https://youtu.be/hvOTXy1hKU8?si=L-FxW-maYfl9h-KH&t=1855 22 Jun 2026, 15:25, Sam: Note that I called the police because I knew they had a knife, and I warned them I would call police if they broke down the door, because I had no idea what what their (well, what Oli's) intentions were, and I think I left it fairly late – I didn't call until they actually finally got the door open, i.e. the very last second, and I called them off and made peace and let Oli back in (not without some awareness of possible risk to me) when he seemed to have cooled off a bit 22 Jun 2026, 15:26, Sam: So it is rather galling, after all that complaining, to have him pretend that my shouting a message to his 'housemate' or 'new partner' or whatever he is, from outside the open gate to his front yard, caused him to fear for his life 22 Jun 2026, 15:27, Sam: well, it's not just galling, it is pathetic and shameful, and I look forward to trial and to having Oli in a room where for once he cannot lie 22 Jun 2026, 15:29, Sam: he has let me down again and again while pretending that letting me down makes him a strategic genius 22 Jun 2026, 15:29, Sam: it doesn't, it just makes him a disappointment I still try to believe in 22 Jun 2026, 16:30, Sam: Honestly thank god I am such a compulsive archivist of my life, because someone else in my position would just have been called mad and sent to prison 22 Jun 2026, 18:50, Sam: Handy message browser site I'm working on, for our fans: https://sam-oli-chats.samuelwilliamhowardrobinsonadams.uk 22 Jun 2026, 18:53, Sam: Have now linked it from the YouTube channel 22 Jun 2026, 18:55, Sam: It should make it fairly obvious what has gone on here 23 Jun 2026, 03:20, Damien: When was this recording? 23 Jun 2026, 03:24, Sam: I think several of the sub-recordings were January 31st, though maybe one or two were February 7th, the same day as the angrier deranged phone tirade sequence (they were the recordings I missed from that original compilation I kept reusing) 23 Jun 2026, 03:24, Sam: Hold on one second, I'll fetch the original files for you 23 Jun 2026, 03:32, Sam: Here, they are among these: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1BZ1H6SnWzl4qDwsDU4NH3aHIa0wzFhhV Those filenames have the dates and times on - hope it's not too lazy of me not to tell you the exact ones but I'd have to listen again - if you've just listened, you should be able to recognise them from the first few seconds of the files in that directory hopefully 23 Jun 2026, 03:35, Sam: Here is roughly that point in our messages, so you can see the context: https://sam-oli-chats.samuelwilliamhowardrobinsonadams.uk/#msg-45501 23 Jun 2026, 03:36, Sam: (yes, my website now supports linking to specific messages 🤓 i am trying to make it easier for others to discuss and collaboratively analyse the Oli-Sam corpus) 23 Jun 2026, 03:39, Sam: next feature for the website will be interspersing our actual calls at the correct times 23 Jun 2026, 03:40, Sam: that will do away with all need for the YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@TheOliverBWSamChernySamRAShow), which I expect will be shut down at some point 23 Jun 2026, 03:41, Sam: but the YouTube channel is a good way to get the website indexed by Google so it's remembered and crawled when that happens 23 Jun 2026, 03:41, Sam: I am in this for the long haul, haha, as Oli said he was, and as I think he is 23 Jun 2026, 03:42, Sam: they can keep him caged but i won't let them pretend he isn't 23 Jun 2026, 03:43, Sam: personally i find it tremendously sad and I don't know what kind of desperate person would want to obtain a partner on those terms 23 Jun 2026, 03:44, Sam: anyway why do you ask? is there anything in particular in that video that you're asking about? it's five recordings concatenated - i hope it's pretty obvious where the splits are, and I wasn't trying to hide it, to do an Alfred Hitchcock in 'Rope', lol 23 Jun 2026, 03:51, Damien: Because it sounded that it would be more recent 23 Jun 2026, 03:55, Sam: Wait, more recent than that? How come? 23 Jun 2026, 03:58, Sam: But no, it was those dates - wait, I'm just trying to figure out the exact dates so I can give you them 23 Jun 2026, 03:58, Damien: Idk it feels like things that could Have been said recently. He made a police report on Feb? 23 Jun 2026, 03:59, Sam: I don't know if he did, maybe he did, but it's meaningless 23 Jun 2026, 03:59, Sam: He has continually used this stalker/harassment/police-report language whenever he's in trouble or has done wrong 23 Jun 2026, 04:00, Sam: and then 5 minutes later he's saying he loves me etc etc and it's back to normal 23 Jun 2026, 04:00, Sam: this is just background weather 23 Jun 2026, 04:00, Sam: if he made a police report in February, then all I can say is we did plenty of other things in February too, many of them lovely, and probably before and after whatever police report he made 🤷‍♂️ 23 Jun 2026, 04:02, Sam: he just treats this stuff and these reports and these messages as 'leverage' to hold over me when he's embarrassed, doesn't want to be criticised, and wants to wriggle out of things by saying "there's no relationship and he's a stalker" 23 Jun 2026, 04:02, Sam: then he comes back and asks for my trust again, and he's bloody lucky I give it to him because he doesn't really deserve it and nobody else would give it 23 Jun 2026, 04:03, Sam: I decide irrationally to trust him again anyway because I love him more than life itself 23 Jun 2026, 04:03, Sam: i don't know why i do, but you might have noticed 23 Jun 2026, 04:04, Sam: i have made my decision, i'm not changing it, and my decision is him, however much of a shit he may be to me 23 Jun 2026, 04:05, Sam: but yeah, 'leverage' 23 Jun 2026, 04:06, Sam: i thought i had already said all this stuff and that everyone understood the shape of what has been going on, haha 23 Jun 2026, 04:07, Sam: 23 Jun 2026, 04:09, Sam: ^ he was more nervous there than his tone of voice suggests, and you can see it in his very fast smoking, haha (aww), but also the stuff about leverage is not coming from nowhere, it is how he has always used this stuff 23 Jun 2026, 04:19, Sam: Final video time Source chunk Real-life time 00:00:00 – 00:07:10 RelationshipArgument1.m4a 2026-02-08 22:48:14 – 22:55:24 moments_02_08_22_48_14-audio.MOV 00:07:10 – 00:12:15 RelationshipArgument2.m4a 2026-02-08 22:37:36 – 22:42:41 moments_02_08_22_37_36-audio.MOV 00:12:15 – 00:14:25 RelationshipArgument3.m4a 2026-01-31 11:15:24 – 11:17:34 moments_01_31_11_15_24-audio.MOV 00:14:25 – 00:22:14 RelationshipArgument4.m4a 2026-01-31 18:17:14 – 18:25:03 moments_01_31_18_17_14-audio.MOV 00:22:14 – 00:44:25 RelationshipArgument5.m4a 2026-01-31 17:53:30 – 18:15:40 moments_01_31_17_53_30-audio.MOV 23 Jun 2026, 04:19, Sam: 2026-01-31 11:15:24 – 11:17:34 shown at 00:12:15 – 00:14:25 2026-01-31 17:53:30 – 18:15:40 shown at 00:22:14 – 00:44:25 2026-01-31 18:17:14 – 18:25:03 shown at 00:14:25 – 00:22:14 2026-02-08 22:37:36 – 22:42:41 shown at 00:07:10 – 00:12:15 2026-02-08 22:48:14 – 22:55:24 shown at 00:00:00 – 00:07:10 23 Jun 2026, 04:19, Sam: There you go 23 Jun 2026, 04:19, Sam: https://chatgpt.com/share/6a39fb38-98b4-83ed-82bc-5d21667b4f26 23 Jun 2026, 04:20, Sam: or in video order: 2026-02-08 22:48:14 – 22:55:24 shown at 00:00:00 – 00:07:10 2026-02-08 22:37:36 – 22:42:41 shown at 00:07:10 – 00:12:15 2026-01-31 11:15:24 – 11:17:34 shown at 00:12:15 – 00:14:25 2026-01-31 18:17:14 – 18:25:03 shown at 00:14:25 – 00:22:14 2026-01-31 17:53:30 – 18:15:40 shown at 00:22:14 – 00:44:25 23 Jun 2026, 04:21, Sam: so the video is very nearly in reverse chronological order, though that was accidental (I just gathered the chunks in order of when I found them and thought they were interesting, and I don't think it really makes any difference, hopefully) 23 Jun 2026, 04:21, Sam: god I have become an almost rigorous historian of my and Oli's relationship 23 Jun 2026, 04:21, Sam: I love him, I don't hate him, I hope you know that 23 Jun 2026, 04:23, Sam: summary of what i've been saying to chatgpt: https://gist.github.com/swhra/c33951c75f72ea47eb2ec966503257b3 23 Jun 2026, 04:25, Sam: 23 Jun 2026, 04:27, Sam: and he will come back this time too, no matter how many godforsaken bloody policewomen look at me as though i'm mad to think that - as though they know him better from five minutes' acquaintance than i do from five years 23 Jun 2026, 04:28, Sam: and i will take him back 23 Jun 2026, 04:28, Sam: and he will call it a miracle 23 Jun 2026, 04:28, Sam: and it fucking well will be 23 Jun 2026, 04:30, Sam: still: he might be an immeasurable pain in the ass, but he is my immeasurable pain in the ass and I love him 23 Jun 2026, 04:44, Sam: oh, just to be clear, i reiterate the previous warning about my suicide note 23 Jun 2026, 04:45, Sam: i don't think anyone has really listened to a word i said or been remotely fair to me 23 Jun 2026, 04:45, Sam: this whole thing has been morally upside down 23 Jun 2026, 04:45, Sam: there will be some reckoning at some point somewhere 23 Jun 2026, 04:47, Damien: I’m willing to talk to you about all this, but best we do it in person, I don’t have time to read reams of messages longer than a Russian classic when I’m on foot. It upsets me how disturbed you are by all this. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone! 23 Jun 2026, 13:35, Sam: 23 Jun 2026, 13:35, Sam: Here is how Oli described me to Cherny's mother in February, at the same time you were expressing surprise about last night, when, as I recall, you were telling me how wonderful it was that we had worked things out and that we were perfect for each other, when we were calling each other for 20 hours (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKR05xb1ORY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w1Yv5nc8dg), shortly before we spent a night in a hotel together (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-oglt5n-1qU), when he was furiously denying to me that he was in a relationship with anyone else (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0htWnB1A1k), when (though about a month before this particular recording) he was presenting Sam Cherny as his controlling housemate whom he wanted to escape from but couldn't safely do so (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbPCcLUh718), etc 23 Jun 2026, 13:36, Sam: The police report makes out that Cherny was Oli's partner of 2 or 2 ½ years (haha, I just copied that Unicode fraction from the number of hours he spent on the phone with me in the title of that video from February) 23 Jun 2026, 13:37, Sam: Now you tell me that you can speak to me but only in person 23 Jun 2026, 13:37, Sam: It is certainly funny that nobody involved in this situation seems to be able to say a single thing on the record, where it might be repeated to others who might have heard something else 23 Jun 2026, 13:38, Damien: Really? 23 Jun 2026, 13:39, Sam: Yes 23 Jun 2026, 13:39, Sam: 23 Jun 2026, 13:40, Sam: Slightly pointless fucking censoring there of the address, which they proceed to repeat uncensored in the following paragraph, lol 23 Jun 2026, 13:41, Sam: Sorry, I'm not selectively cropping the report to be dishonest - you know my instinct is for transparency - but just because I really probably shouldn't be sharing it, and at least should keep what I share to a minimum 23 Jun 2026, 13:44, Sam: 23 Jun 2026, 13:44, Sam: Their whole theory of the case is based on the idea that Cherny is Oli's "new partner", I was his "ex partner", all very normal, nothing to see here, relationship ended with me and (though they don't say when and they ignore the rather obvious problem of the massively overlapping time periods) new relationship exists with Cherny, and that I didn't come to inform Cherny that Oli was lying to him and cheating on him but rather to beg and cry and plead with Oli to get back together with me 23 Jun 2026, 13:46, Sam: You know full well that this is rubbish, because you yourself relayed messages from Oli to the effect that he wasn't done with me, that he just wanted me to stop messaging others, that that was what distressed him, and small fucking wonder it did – and did I accept those terms? No. I could have had a relationship with him any time I liked. The thing that blew up the relationship ("blowing this up in group chats" to quote your not at all suspicious words, haha) was that I wanted Oli to tell me and everyone the truth, and stop lying. So Sam Cherny can fucking thank me for that, though I doubt he will. 23 Jun 2026, 13:50, Sam: I take it you're saying now that you didn't know about Oli and Cherny 23 Jun 2026, 13:51, Sam: I don't know if that is *true*, but it is useful anyway because it confirms that that is the story that everyone has been giving me and that they are still to this day giving me; if it *is* true then it confirms that that is also the story Oli has been giving to others including you 23 Jun 2026, 13:52, Sam: Still, this is delightful, thanks for this, Oli: 23 Jun 2026, 13:52, Sam: 23 Jun 2026, 13:53, Sam: The whole time he has been going out with me – from February to Cherny's mother to May when you were passing to me his messages saying that he wasn't finished with me and that he just wanted me to stop contacting others – he has used this 'stalking' frame against me with others while privately pursuing a relationship 23 Jun 2026, 13:55, Sam: And when it finally came to an inflection point, he figured he could get away with using that frame to throw me, the person he loved and pursued and cheated on Cherny with, under the bus to avoid taking the fall for what he did 23 Jun 2026, 13:55, Sam: And I strongly suspect you knew what was going on and went along with that, but maybe you didn't 23 Jun 2026, 14:03, Damien: Sam, first off, I’m not convinced that they’re together, or ever have been for that matter. If they were I certainly wouldn’t condone it and stand by and watch any one be taken for a ride. 23 Jun 2026, 14:03, Sam: That is handy, thanks - all of this is handy in any event 23 Jun 2026, 14:04, Sam: Because the prosecution case is that they are and that I should have known this 23 Jun 2026, 14:04, Sam: So presumably then you haven't been told anything, not at any point this year, including when you spoke to Oli in May 23 Jun 2026, 14:04, Sam: And when he relayed at that time messages saying he wasn't finished with me and just wanted me to stop contacting others 23 Jun 2026, 14:04, Damien: The last time I saw Oli, was actually the same time I last saw you. At the Chelsea cloisters. 23 Jun 2026, 14:05, Sam: No, when you *spoke to* him online 23 Jun 2026, 14:05, Sam: When Oli and I were arguing 23 Jun 2026, 14:05, Sam: You messaged me on Facebook, said I should stop contacting others, said Oli had said he wanted me to stop contacting others, and said he wasn't breaking up with me but just wanted that to stop, and that our relationship could resume if it stopped 23 Jun 2026, 14:06, Sam: Notably I did not accept those terms 23 Jun 2026, 14:06, Sam: You said you had gone round to Oli and Cherny's parents' house at Easter and met them? 23 Jun 2026, 14:06, Damien: I think that was before maybe it was after it’s so long ago 23 Jun 2026, 14:07, Sam: You said 'a few years ago' - surely that wasn't before you met us at the Cloisters, which was in 2024 and well before Easter 23 Jun 2026, 14:07, Damien: 23 Jun 2026, 14:07, Sam: So that year, then, 2024, a bit later 23 Jun 2026, 14:07, Damien: I’m very high on painkillers atm 23 Jun 2026, 14:07, Sam: Fair enough 23 Jun 2026, 14:07, Sam: No, fair enough, I understand that, it's hard to remember exact sequencing probably 23 Jun 2026, 14:08, Sam: Our last Cloisters meeting - the disastrous one - was just before the start of the (annoyingly vaguely and broadly defined) Easter period 23 Jun 2026, 14:08, Damien: I’d be very surprised and very disappointed if Oli had been dating Cherney 23 Jun 2026, 14:08, Sam: So presumably you met them some weeks after that if they were still clearing up Easter decorations after Easter 23 Jun 2026, 14:08, Sam: Well, as was I 23 Jun 2026, 14:08, Sam: Why do the police and CPS describe them that way? Why did he describe me to Cherny's mother as his 'stalker' from February onwards, while still meeting me and describing Cherny to me as his controlling housemate? 23 Jun 2026, 14:09, Sam: All of this is amply documented in recordings etc: https://www.youtube.com/@TheOliverBWSamChernySamRAShow 23 Jun 2026, 14:09, Damien: I did meet Cherny, he’s very straight. I’d sooner believe Raz and Eoighan Murphy were dating. 23 Jun 2026, 14:09, Sam: If you disapprove, good, I do too, and that is why I went there, to tell Cherny, not to talk to Oli 23 Jun 2026, 14:09, Damien: It doesn’t make sense 23 Jun 2026, 14:10, Sam: I could have had a relationship with Oli any time I liked, as he told you to communicate to me, if only I hadn't insisted on his telling the truth 23 Jun 2026, 14:11, Sam: I don't really know what to make of that, other than that it is clearly not true 🤷‍♂️ How much evidence is going to be enough to accept it? It is being sworn to by police officers and the CPS 23 Jun 2026, 14:11, Sam: 23 Jun 2026, 14:13, Sam: This is why Oli told me that Cherny was his controlling and criminal housemate whom I mustn't contact (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbPCcLUh718) and told Cherny's mother from February onwards that I was his 'stalker' 23 Jun 2026, 14:13, Sam: And then he figured that he could solve it by throwing me under the bus and hoping that I would be locked up and wouldn't have records of what he had said, or be able to expose what was actually going on 23 Jun 2026, 14:13, Sam: to 'blow the whole thing up in group chats' as I believe you worded it 23 Jun 2026, 14:15, Damien: Well it was my opinion. 23 Jun 2026, 14:16, Sam: Fair enough, I am just saying it is not actually the case, or else Oli would have told his normal straight housemate that he had a bloody boyfriend, and told his mother the same, and not desperately tried to stop me from contacting him by saying he was a dangerous criminal (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbPCcLUh718) 23 Jun 2026, 14:17, Sam: 23 Jun 2026, 14:17, Sam: Aaaand then tried to use the fact that I believed what he said about criminality against me to call me a liar and a lunatic 23 Jun 2026, 14:17, Damien: I’ve always known Oli to compartmentalize, that’s why I don’t find it so surprising. 23 Jun 2026, 14:17, Sam: Very decent that was of him ^ 23 Jun 2026, 14:18, Sam: I was actually worried for him, as you can probably recall, and as my record of my reports to the police makes very clear: https://gist.github.com/swhra/10f9ec6295376a68136414ca330beb88 23 Jun 2026, 14:18, Sam: I was worried for him and taking what he said seriously, because what else was I to do? 23 Jun 2026, 14:18, Sam: But alas he was "compartmentalising", as you put it 23 Jun 2026, 14:18, Sam: Another word might be "lying" 23 Jun 2026, 14:18, Damien: Yess I remember 23 Jun 2026, 14:18, Sam: Another word might be "cheating" 23 Jun 2026, 14:19, Sam: Another word might be "throwing the person he loved and who loved him under the bus criminally rather than admit what he did to the people he did it to" 23 Jun 2026, 14:19, Damien: I know with some people he wouldn’t admit he was friends with me etc etc 23 Jun 2026, 14:19, Sam: Yeah, I mean, I don't know, but this has gone much too far 23 Jun 2026, 14:20, Sam: The assault is fine, I did that and I pled guilty and I'm not complaining at all about anything Oli might have said or described in relation to that - that is entirely separate and I will take what punishment is due 23 Jun 2026, 14:20, Sam: But the rest of it is ... i mean, 'shameful' is too generous a word 23 Jun 2026, 14:21, Sam: anyway, I suppose he has lied to everyone, then, and if he thinks he can get me locked up without this being exposed and falling apart then he is kidding himself 23 Jun 2026, 14:22, Sam: and 'kidding himself' is the least of my problems with it, but words fail me 23 Jun 2026, 15:26, Sam: Here you go, I have meticulously censored everything that could conceivably be said to need censoring, including the uncensored address that they missed, and if, after that, it constitutes contempt of court to share this with you, then I contemn any court that would try to convict someone in England based on secret allegations that can't be made public: 23 Jun 2026, 15:26, Sam: 23 Jun 2026, 15:27, Sam: ah dammit 23 Jun 2026, 15:27, Sam: here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rkSAAMXZ3VA7RGr98wtsU7G2MQnh498p/view 23 Jun 2026, 15:46, Sam: I resent that they wrote that up as "Plea: Guilty" - to be very clear, I pleaded guilty to the assault charge, needless to say because I was the one who had effectively reported myself and then provided the evidence that proved the charge - I had offered in the immediate aftermath that I would go to a police station and tell the truth if Oli wanted to make a report (as recorded all over the place here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1PlcocbTtU), but Oli hadn't wanted to, because he wanted it as 'leverage' (as he also says there) 23 Jun 2026, 15:47, Sam: The whole reason we had that group chat with you was that I had said I was uncomfortable with Oli not telling people I had hit him - I didn't want him to hide it - *but* I wanted it discussed *in its full context*, which of course were the words that led to everything that had been bottled up finally exploding into the open 23 Jun 2026, 15:49, Sam: See here and onwards in our chats: https://sam-oli-chats.samuelwilliamhowardrobinsonadams.uk/#msg-49816 23 Jun 2026, 15:59, Sam: Also, he implies in his police report that I unexpectedly confronted him with the demand that he share his glucose data with me – I did not, it was the whole reason we had planned to meet, as you can see from our messages that day, e.g. this one: https://sam-oli-chats.samuelwilliamhowardrobinsonadams.uk/#msg-49648 It was his unexpected and incomprehensible sudden refusal to show me it when I got there that I was angry about in that recording, as I think I probably said explicitly 23 Jun 2026, 16:04, Sam: And that was the backdrop against which I hit him: - he had ghosted me (yet afuckinggain) when we had plans - the next day he didn't apologise and gave the explanation that he had been dangerously unwell - I then became (understandably!) worried about his supposed dangerous unwellness - I said I was going to come round to check he was safe and wasn't going to keep sliding towards death (this is the exact pattern that leads to 'dead in bed' deaths among diabetics) - he didn't want me to come round, and so said he would make the journey to my area to meet me and let me check he was ok and see his data - when I got to the station to meet him, he started shouting at me and refusing to give the data - I at that point was well and truly out of patience, having done my best – *anyone's* best – at every stage, and still ended up being treated like that - so I snapped and hit him and I didn't want the only bullet point anyone heard to be that last one 23 Jun 2026, 16:13, Sam: You can also hear his insistence after I hit him that we go to my parents' house, which is *slightly* at odds with his claim to have broken up with me immediately – he needs to say that so that he can say that my visit to his house the following Saturday was "after our breakup" (which of course it wasn't, and you know that because you were in those group chats that took place in the intervening week) and therefore "part of a course of conduct amounting to stalking" – in reality it was the visit that *led to* his no-contact posture 23 Jun 2026, 16:14, Sam: And the idea that any of this is 'stalking' in any way imaginable is beyond ludicrous and pathetic - frankly I feel I have gone through the looking glass 23 Jun 2026, 16:24, Sam: What exactly is your view of what has gone on here, anyway? Is it fine for Oli to do this with Cherny, and then try to have me locked up to stop me from telling him what Oli has done? 23 Jun 2026, 16:25, Sam: I don't happen to consider that very decent 23 Jun 2026, 16:26, Sam: (Again I'm not complaining about the assault or about being prosecuted for that - that is fair, I did that - I am talking about the other nonsense, and Oli's attempt to portray me as a deranged stalker when what I really am is the person who has loved him, put up with unbelievable and intolerable treatment for years, and then tried to inform the other person whom he was lying to - I didn't say a single word to Oli when I went to their house that second time, I was addressing Cherny exclusively) 23 Jun 2026, 16:28, Sam: And, contrary to his mother's bizarre report, I asked him whether he knew that Oli was cheating on *him*, not me - here are my little speakers' notes, lol: 23 Jun 2026, 16:28, Sam: 23 Jun 2026, 16:28, Sam: Yes I am pissed off, yes I am distressed, and yes absolutely fucking anyone in my position fucking would be 23 Jun 2026, 16:29, Sam: I am so tired of all the "oh dear, you sound upset, have you tried not being upset?" bullshit 23 Jun 2026, 16:30, Sam: "Have you tried not being upset so as not to upset Oli, which would be tragic and impossible for him to endure?" 23 Jun 2026, 16:31, Sam: "Oli is pissed off, have you tried not being pissed off?" etc 23 Jun 2026, 16:31, Sam: "Have you tried enduring endless injustice as if there were no such thing as right and wrong? Oli would like you to try that, because he is pissed off" 23 Jun 2026, 16:32, Sam: "Have you tried enduring endless injustice, mistreatment, and lies as if there were no such thing as right and wrong? Oli would like you to try that, because he is pissed off" (edited) 23 Jun 2026, 16:33, Sam: Mark my words, I will have a dedication section on my gravestone 23 Jun 2026, 16:42, Damien: Please don’t talk like that Sam. 23 Jun 2026, 16:42, Damien: This is all very very unfortunate 23 Jun 2026, 16:43, Damien: What would make you happy right now? 23 Jun 2026, 16:57, Sam: Oh, would it upset someone else if I did? Maybe it would upset Oli? I'll be quiet then, lol 23 Jun 2026, 17:24, Sam: Also, why did Oli not want me to talk to you? Why was that the one thing that made him stop lying to me about being Albanian? 23 Jun 2026, 17:25, Sam: https://sam-oli-chats.samuelwilliamhowardrobinsonadams.uk/#msg-33240 23 Jun 2026, 17:25, Sam: after months of trying to reach him, that was the one thing 23 Jun 2026, 17:26, Sam: and now you say you can only talk to me in person - what is there that can only be said in person? I don't know if I particularly want to have any more conversations off the record, given how the record has been used against me 23 Jun 2026, 17:26, Sam: I now want the record to accurately reflect reality 23 Jun 2026, 17:27, Sam: I will find out anyway in a few months in court 23 Jun 2026, 17:28, Sam: and I will not keep quiet about who stood where and did what and said what and what turned out to be true 23 Jun 2026, 17:28, Sam: i am done with lies and i am done with being treated like this - it has ten miles past the pale at this point 23 Jun 2026, 17:29, Sam: i am done with lies and i am done with being treated like this - it is ten miles past the pale at this point (edited) 23 Jun 2026, 17:29, Sam: and I am fairly rapidly figuring out the true picture of what has been going on here 23 Jun 2026, 17:36, Sam: Anyway, your understanding, you say, is that Oli had moved into Cherny's family home as ... what, exactly? A non-paying housemate of their heterosexual son, living in the family home, because ... why exactly? 23 Jun 2026, 17:42, Sam: And you met them about a month after you met me and Oli in the Cloisters, and I had never so much as heard Cherny's name, was not even conscious of him as being among Oli's friends. Never ever mentioned him, ever, not in the two years he spoke to me after beginning to live there. Nothing said *until I said I had asked you*, and then he told me instantly. 23 Jun 2026, 18:07, Sam: And when you went to see them there, did they say nothing? Nobody said anything to you other than "this is my new heterosexual friend and benefactor, Sam Cherny, whose family's house you, my friend, are now visiting, as the friend of their non-paying lodger in the family home - but he absolutely must not know I have a boyfriend and I cannot have my boyfriend around, ever"? 23 Jun 2026, 18:08, Sam: What is Cherny's mother going to say when I ask her about this conversation in court? 23 Jun 2026, 18:19, Sam: Also, what did you mean by "blown all this up"? What was there in this message that you weren't wiling to say in the group thread at the time? Why not send it to both of us: "Oli, are you ok, I see that Sam has complained about the stuff you did that I don't care about"? 23 Jun 2026, 18:19, Sam: 23 Jun 2026, 18:20, Sam: What exactly was I 'blowing up'? 23 Jun 2026, 18:20, Sam: Was I blowing up the stuff that didn't matter to you? If so, why would that bother you or anyone? It didn't matter, right? 23 Jun 2026, 18:20, Sam: Or was that not the referent of 'this'? 23 Jun 2026, 18:21, Sam: It is nice that nobody, not a single person, owes me the truth or fairness, isn't it, and yet you expect it from me 23 Jun 2026, 18:32, Sam: You had lunch with me on April 16th, when you moved out of Bond St, remember? We discussed Oli at length. That was after you met him and Cherny, right? 23 Jun 2026, 18:33, Sam: I don't remember you mentioning that you had met him more recently than I had at that point, or mentioning anything at all about Cherny. 23 Jun 2026, 18:34, Sam: So *what was I blowing up* and why am I not owed the respect that you expect from me? 23 Jun 2026, 18:34, Sam: And that Oli seems to expect from me, and that you expect me to pay to Oli, while everyone lies to me 23 Jun 2026, 18:35, Sam: Or have you gone? Maybe you've gone. Fair enough. I would if I were you. But it is fucking disappointing. 23 Jun 2026, 18:42, Sam: You met Oli again in December 2024, as I happened to see when I was reviewing the YouTube videos of Portland Place events. 23 Jun 2026, 18:43, Sam: And he said this to me in early 2025: 23 Jun 2026, 18:44, Sam: 23 Jun 2026, 18:49, Sam: Why can nobody ever tell me the fucking truth, fucking once in their lives 23 Jun 2026, 22:21, Sam: Aw 23 Jun 2026, 22:21, Sam: 23 Jun 2026, 22:22, Sam: For all he might have done, he is somehow the one person in all of this who I can't stay angry at 24 Jun 2026, 00:46, Sam: Do you realise it has driven me half mad trying to understand this thing that you have known the entire time? 24 Jun 2026, 00:48, Sam: I love him, and I mean more by that than people usually do 24 Jun 2026, 00:49, Sam: I attached in September 2023 and I didn't unattach 24 Jun 2026, 00:52, Sam: I have forgiven the Freddie thing, forgiven the Cloisters, forgiven Albania, waited nearly two years in which he didn't meet me, and spent three years of my life for three nights with him 24 Jun 2026, 00:52, Sam: I have forgiven stuff that he barely apologised for 24 Jun 2026, 00:53, Sam: I forgave the Cloisters when he complained that I was the one at fault 24 Jun 2026, 00:53, Sam: I have forgiven what he is trying to do to me now 24 Jun 2026, 00:55, Sam: And you have the temerity to complain about my response 24 Jun 2026, 00:58, Sam: While telling Oli "oh no, darling baby bird, are you ok? I hope you aren't too upset by big bad Sam telling others what you did to him" 24 Jun 2026, 00:59, Sam: If I kill myself I will leave behind a very very full accounting of who drove me to that point 24 Jun 2026, 01:00, Sam: And please don't send me some fucking message saying "oh no, how sad, please don't say sad things, be happy :))))" so help me god 24 Jun 2026, 01:01, Sam: I have asked you for the bare minimum again and again and been told it's out of stock 24 Jun 2026, 01:01, Sam: As is the truth, it seems 24 Jun 2026, 01:02, Sam: Oh well, I am compiling a full and final account 24 Jun 2026, 01:16, Sam: As Oli himself said: 24 Jun 2026, 01:17, Sam: 24 Jun 2026, 01:18, Sam: Maybe I'm feeling increasingly morbid but so is the world 24 Jun 2026, 01:19, Sam: We were the one thing we each had, the one thing for which Oli gambled everything 24 Jun 2026, 01:20, Sam: All the hollow crap of money and whatever 24 Jun 2026, 01:21, Sam: But money is real and I am not, eh? 24 Jun 2026, 01:26, Sam: He goes on about not being homeless - that is his great fear, being homeless - well, is it not homelessness when you have nowhere to live that is not your office? 24 Jun 2026, 01:26, Sam: Nowhere to be with the person you love 24 Jun 2026, 01:26, Sam: This is not to be envied, this is sad 24 Jun 2026, 02:15, Sam: May this be Sam Cherny 🤞🏻 24 Jun 2026, 02:15, Sam: 24 Jun 2026, 02:41, Sam: Ah, here we go, it was the morning of the very day I met you for lunch that Oli said he had discussed it with you: https://sam-oli-chats.samuelwilliamhowardrobinsonadams.uk/#msg-16773 24 Jun 2026, 02:42, Sam: Then the next day I mention that you had mentioned the event: https://sam-oli-chats.samuelwilliamhowardrobinsonadams.uk/#msg-17823 24 Jun 2026, 02:42, Sam: That presumably is when you went back to Cherny's house 24 Jun 2026, 02:46, Sam: So my and Oli's Cloisters incident was April 12th, you met Cherny either after that or in between, and then we had lunch on the 18th and you didn't mention Cherny, this great new friend Oli was living with 24 Jun 2026, 02:49, Sam: Wait, no, you saw Cherny before that, didn't you? 24 Jun 2026, 03:41, Damien: Sam, why can’t you admit any wrongdoing whatsoever. You think including a group with Edward Hagger, Eoghain Murphy, Davenport, Tudor and 15 other people, providing initiate chat logs from you and Oli, isn’t crossing a line?? Why did you do that? 24 Jun 2026, 03:42, Damien: Well I can’t recall, maybe I saw him I really can’t remember, seeing as I have been in London all 3 weeks since last July I really don’t know 24 Jun 2026, 03:44, Damien: I think he maybe lovebombed you When he was high? In those voice recordings he sounds high 24 Jun 2026, 03:46, Damien: I’m only really trying to sympathize with you, you’ve been through a terrible time and this thing has clearly disturbed you clearly, pleas don’t call me a liar, or try and cross examine me like that 24 Jun 2026, 04:03, Sam: I've sent our messages to Cherny's father, so he can compare notes with his wife and you and whatever 24 Jun 2026, 04:03, Damien: When? 24 Jun 2026, 04:03, Sam: I have no interest in the messages you just sent, and I need to get some rest, so good night 24 Jun 2026, 04:07, Sam: Also don't fucking talk about me crossing a line 24 Jun 2026, 04:07, Sam: Thank you 24 Jun 2026, 04:07, Sam: Oli crossed that line, you didn't care, I said I would respond in kind, and I did 24 Jun 2026, 04:07, Sam: Do not come to me and moan about my insufficient solicitude 24 Jun 2026, 04:09, Damien: You’ve made this difficult for everyone involved. 24 Jun 2026, 04:10, Sam: Oh have I, Damien? 24 Jun 2026, 04:10, Sam: Hahahahahahaha 24 Jun 2026, 04:10, Damien: Why are you taking it out on me Sam? 24 Jun 2026, 04:10, Sam: I suppose my mean group messages of April 2025 are the reason Oli cheated on me and Sam Cherny for two years 24 Jun 2026, 04:11, Sam: And the reason you lied to me about that relationship for much of that time 24 Jun 2026, 04:11, Damien: They’re not together 24 Jun 2026, 04:11, Sam: And everyone involved (except me) has lied also to Sam Cherny, who deserves some pity too 24 Jun 2026, 04:11, Damien: I can’t have this conversation with you anymore 24 Jun 2026, 04:11, Damien: I don’t believe it 24 Jun 2026, 04:12, Sam: Oh, no, please don't give me that again, I have gone through and watched the videos of the December party you attended and I can see quite clearly what is going on between them, and am now almost certain you knew 24 Jun 2026, 04:12, Sam: I also have the CPS telling me that it's the case, for God's sake 24 Jun 2026, 04:12, Sam: I am not having this argument any more 24 Jun 2026, 04:12, Damien: Show me the videos 24 Jun 2026, 04:12, Damien: I’m curious 24 Jun 2026, 04:12, Sam: This one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPot3oI6YX8&t=123s 24 Jun 2026, 04:13, Sam: First half - they are on the right (stage left) 24 Jun 2026, 04:13, Damien: I’ll eat my hat If they’re together? 24 Jun 2026, 04:14, Damien: I can’t watch a 17 minute long video Sam 24 Jun 2026, 04:14, Damien: What parts is it 24 Jun 2026, 04:14, Sam: Then don't ask me for it 24 Jun 2026, 04:14, Sam: The first half 24 Jun 2026, 04:14, Sam: there is not a microsecond Big Bang of relationshippiness, but it is evident from their conduct and positioning and interactions across that half 24 Jun 2026, 04:15, Sam: you were there and you went to Cherny's family's house 24 Jun 2026, 04:15, Sam: where this most virile of heterosexual men was living with Oli, his non-paying same-room lodger (?), in his family home 24 Jun 2026, 04:15, Sam: you had met them by the time we met on April 18th 24 Jun 2026, 04:16, Sam: you said nothing of Cherny to me 24 Jun 2026, 04:16, Damien: I can tell you the exact time I met him 24 Jun 2026, 04:16, Damien: Let me look at my photos 24 Jun 2026, 04:16, Sam: you did mention the party itself, but not having gone back there 24 Jun 2026, 04:16, Damien: The one and only time 24 Jun 2026, 04:16, Sam: March 15th or something like that - March 2024 24 Jun 2026, 04:17, Sam: or possibly April 2024, but I don't think that can work because it would have been the day after we met for lunch 24 Jun 2026, 04:17, Damien: 11th of April 2025 was the last time I was at was at Portland place 24 Jun 2026, 04:18, Damien: And when I met Cherny 24 Jun 2026, 04:18, Sam: no, you're there on video on December 12th, but interesting re April 11th 24 Jun 2026, 04:18, Sam: wait, what the fuck 24 Jun 2026, 04:18, Sam: that is *the night I spent with Oli at the Cloisters* 24 Jun 2026, 04:18, Sam: the last night 24 Jun 2026, 04:18, Sam: unless I am wrong 24 Jun 2026, 04:18, Sam: hold on 24 Jun 2026, 04:19, Damien: And I remember we all left back to Sam’s place because he was annoyed about his ex gf being there 24 Jun 2026, 04:19, Sam: It's the date I gave here - I can't remember how I got it, but it was from somewhere and would have been on a good basis: 24 Jun 2026, 04:19, Damien: 24 Jun 2026, 04:19, Sam: 24 Jun 2026, 04:19, Sam: https://gist.github.com/swhra/10f9ec6295376a68136414ca330beb88 24 Jun 2026, 04:19, Sam: So that was the *same night*?! 24 Jun 2026, 04:19, Damien: This was the video from Portland place 24 Jun 2026, 04:19, Damien: The last time I was there 24 Jun 2026, 04:19, Damien: I am sure of 24 Jun 2026, 04:19, Sam: I'm not doubting you, sorry, it's more that I'm incredulous at that fact 24 Jun 2026, 04:19, Sam: well, not literally incredulous 24 Jun 2026, 04:19, Sam: stunned 24 Jun 2026, 04:20, Sam: sorry, thanks for answering this stuff, I appreciate that 24 Jun 2026, 04:20, Damien: The only time 24 Jun 2026, 04:20, Sam: so... wait, sorry, when did you go back to his family home? that day? 24 Jun 2026, 04:20, Sam: I am trying to work out how the fuck Oli ends up at the Cloisters at whatever time we met that night 24 Jun 2026, 04:21, Sam: I can't recall and annoyingly I no longer have our messages for that stretch of dates, so I'm a bit blinder records-wise than I usually am 24 Jun 2026, 04:21, Sam: it was late at night that I got there, I am pretty sure 24 Jun 2026, 04:21, Sam: I took the Piccadilly line from South Harrow near my aunt with whom I was staying on the hill 24 Jun 2026, 04:22, Sam: got there, got some water, met Oli at one of those garden squares at the tail end of the King's Road, before it goes dark and you get to the houses around Phil's parents' house 24 Jun 2026, 04:22, Sam: probably something like 11pm 24 Jun 2026, 04:22, Sam: he had met Thibault at some point that day or the day before, I remember, because Thibault called to thank him, and then called by the hotel in person on the 12th the next day 24 Jun 2026, 04:23, Damien: I had met you in and Oli in Cloisters the day before it had happened. 24 Jun 2026, 04:23, Sam: I warmed a lot to Thibault 24 Jun 2026, 04:23, Sam: Nah, impossible, it was a few days before 24 Jun 2026, 04:23, Sam: I met him that night, went to my aunt's for a few nights (having meant to return the next night but got delayed), then went back on the 11th and stayed until the 12th, and it was that evening that Oli went berserk and I called the police and we then didn't meet for ages thereafter 24 Jun 2026, 04:24, Sam: so he was already living with Cherny at that point? 24 Jun 2026, 04:24, Sam: you went to his parents' house that very night? 24 Jun 2026, 04:24, Sam: right, ok, so this has gone on from literally the very beginning of their 'relationship' or whatever the fuck word i am meant to dignify this squalid thing with 24 Jun 2026, 04:24, Sam: i feel sorry for Sam Cherny, you know 24 Jun 2026, 04:25, Sam: Oli may be physically with him, but I would sooner be in my place than his 24 Jun 2026, 04:30, Damien: He wasn’t from my understanding. 24 Jun 2026, 04:31, Sam: You said you went back to Cherny's parents' house where he was living with Oli 24 Jun 2026, 04:31, Sam: so that was really just a rhetorical question 24 Jun 2026, 04:32, Sam: you also said it was around Easter time and said 'a few years ago', so it was categorically that day that you were talking about (anyway you say it's the only time you met him) 24 Jun 2026, 04:32, Damien: It was after that night in April 24 Jun 2026, 04:33, Sam: what do you mean by 'after that night'? you mean another day? so you *did* meet him more than once? nah, come on, I do not buy this - you just told me many times that you met him once, went to a Davenport party once, and that it was that night - you also described it originally as being around Easter, which fits that night 24 Jun 2026, 04:34, Sam: this is a tricky one to walk back, lol, sorry 24 Jun 2026, 04:34, Sam: ugh, the fucking beginning, for fuck's sake, Oli, why 24 Jun 2026, 04:34, Sam: that is cold 24 Jun 2026, 04:35, Sam: to Cherny, I mean, not even to me – I still have a bone to pick with Oli in point of myself, but at least I know he loved me, because he got nothing else from me and risked everything 24 Jun 2026, 05:22, Sam: god i can't get to sleep 24 Jun 2026, 05:22, Sam: makes me want to fucking throw up looking at Oli with Cherny 24 Jun 2026, 05:22, Sam: how dare he touch him 24 Jun 2026, 05:23, Sam: ugh 24 Jun 2026, 05:23, Sam: feels like fucking defilement 24 Jun 2026, 05:23, Sam: oh well 24 Jun 2026, 05:24, Sam: anyway, if he carries on despite knowing the reality, then i will make categorically sure that everyone else knows what the reality is 24 Jun 2026, 05:24, Sam: you don't keep someone captive for housing 24 Jun 2026, 05:24, Sam: like, christ, get a life, get someone realistic for you and who loves you 24 Jun 2026, 05:26, Sam: someone who doesn't wait for quiet nights to call the person he loves 24 Jun 2026, 05:29, Sam: and i know he misses me 24 Jun 2026, 05:43, Sam: i love that stupid creature more than life itself 24 Jun 2026, 05:43, Sam: i don't know why 24 Jun 2026, 05:43, Sam: fuck 24 Jun 2026, 05:46, Sam: 24 Jun 2026, 05:46, Sam: 24 Jun 2026, 05:46, Sam: i don't regret a moment or anything 24 Jun 2026, 05:47, Sam: even with all the pain 24 Jun 2026, 05:47, Damien: I understand that, I’ve been there myself. But this isn’t healthy Sam :( you need to distract yourself even for a bit, this has been your life 24/7 for months 24 Jun 2026, 05:48, Sam: and it will be my life 24/7 till I die 24 Jun 2026, 05:48, Sam: i meant it when i said that to him 24 Jun 2026, 05:49, Sam: i am not screwing around, this was not some Tinder date, he knows it and I know it 24 Jun 2026, 05:49, Sam: i take a longer view than anyone else in this situation does, except Oli, and i can afford to suffer in the short term 24 Jun 2026, 05:50, Damien: A break isn’t necessarily the end. 24 Jun 2026, 05:50, Sam: I am not taking breaks or ends 24 Jun 2026, 05:51, Damien: It might give you some perspective. Too a breather isn’t a bad idea 24 Jun 2026, 05:51, Sam: i recommend that Cherny rediscover his last little bit of dignity, because I am not going to be quiet about this 24 Jun 2026, 05:52, Sam: everyone else can do what they please, i don't really care, my mind is made up and Oli will understand 24 Jun 2026, 05:52, Sam: this is the promise i made him and he made me 24 Jun 2026, 05:53, Sam: so nah, I'm fine, and I certainly won't take any moral criticism if that's what you're giving me - i'm not sure 24 Jun 2026, 05:53, Sam: if you have any of that, it can go to Oli first, and he can treat me decently, and then, only then, if I treat him poorly in return, *then* you can criticise my conduct 24 Jun 2026, 05:53, Sam: if I treat loyalty with disloyalty 24 Jun 2026, 05:54, Sam: but please don't ask me to treat disloyalty with loyalty 24 Jun 2026, 05:54, Sam: i am loyal to Oli in the sense that he is my bub and i am not giving up on him 24 Jun 2026, 05:54, Sam: but i am not going to let him do what he wants and bear it silently 24 Jun 2026, 05:55, Sam: if he does what he wants, if he does the fucking atrocious stuff he has done here, then i will do PRECISELY what I am doing right now and I will not brook a word of criticism 24 Jun 2026, 05:56, Sam: and i will keep figuring out more and keep exposing more until the truth is clear to everyone 24 Jun 2026, 05:56, Sam: he has clearly committed himself to lying for far too long for it to be worth bothering trying to redeem himself by telling the truth now 24 Jun 2026, 05:56, Sam: it is too late a juncture by about ten miles 24 Jun 2026, 05:56, Sam: so i realise i will have to force him into the truth and force everyone else into it] 24 Jun 2026, 05:56, Sam: so i realise i will have to force him into the truth and force everyone else into it (edited) 24 Jun 2026, 05:57, Sam: and i will do that with gusto and aplomb 24 Jun 2026, 05:57, Sam: night! 24 Jun 2026, 05:57, Sam: (don't forget to like and subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@TheOliverBWSamChernySamRAShow lol) 24 Jun 2026, 06:00, Damien: They’re not together Sam!!!!! 24 Jun 2026, 06:01, Sam: Haha, that's a greatest hit by now 24 Jun 2026, 06:01, Sam: Good night, Damien 24 Jun 2026, 06:03, Sam: Also, please don't think I'm not able to smell blood 24 Jun 2026, 06:03, Sam: I can smell it very clearly right now and about this 24 Jun 2026, 06:04, Sam: And I am not going to stop and I'm not going to take a breather or perspective or whatever else you might want me to take, and I'm certainly not going to take criticism 24 Jun 2026, 06:04, Sam: I am not interested in that and you can talk to Oli before daring to say a word of criticism to me 24 Jun 2026, 06:05, Damien: I’m not criticizing you 24 Jun 2026, 06:05, Damien: You’re just driving yourself mad 24 Jun 2026, 06:05, Sam: Yeah, ok, sorry, I'm not interested 24 Jun 2026, 06:05, Sam: Not doing this any more 24 Jun 2026, 06:05, Sam: All I have to say is: buckle up, and don't waste your breath on this, please 24 Jun 2026, 06:08, Sam: Also, for what it's worth, every message like this is going to make me angrier rather than calmer 24 Jun 2026, 06:08, Sam: I am not doing calm Sam any more 24 Jun 2026, 06:09, Sam: I don't give a fuck and I will not be lectured to by people who say nothing to Oli 24 Jun 2026, 06:09, Sam: I am not playing the reasonable and loyal person while he acts like this 24 Jun 2026, 06:09, Sam: So again please do not waste your time and make things worse by giving me any kind of moral or pseudo-medical advice whatsoever on this matter 24 Jun 2026, 06:09, Sam: Other than that, i appreciate your answers and have a good night 24 Jun 2026, 06:12, Sam: Also, I am not *driving myself* 24 Jun 2026, 06:12, Sam: You can look to Oli for that 24 Jun 2026, 06:12, Sam: Do not tell me that is my fault or my choice 24 Jun 2026, 06:13, Sam: Again, I am pissed off enough already and I will not have this situation blamed on me 24 Jun 2026, 06:13, Sam: talk to your beloved darling friend Oli if you can fucking bring yourself to 24 Jun 2026, 23:55, Sam: So what was the setup when you visited Oli and Cherny? Separate rooms? Separate beds? Do his parents invite any old acquaintance of their son to grab a bunk in their house alongside their 15-year-old daughter? 25 Jun 2026, 00:04, Sam: And how did you become such a world-renowned expert on his sexuality, having met him once? Oli has slept with girls, hasn't he? Even I have had the odd entanglement with girls. But Cherny is 🅂🅃🅁🄰🄸🄶🄷🅃 👨🏻‍⚖️ 𝘚𝘛𝘙𝘈𝘐𝘎𝘏𝘛 ⚤ ₴₮Ɽ₳ł₲Ⱨ₮ 🚻 ​🇸​​🇹​​🇷​​🇦​​🇮​​🇬​​🇭​​🇹​ 👷🏻 ꙄTᴙAIGHT 🤫【S】【T】【R】【A】【I】【G】【H】【T】ℹ️『S』『T』『R』『A』『I』『G』『H』『T』🍆 S̷T̷R̷A̷I̷G̷H̷T̷ ℹ️ S̳T̳R̳A̳I̳G̳H̳T̳ 🤰🏻 25 Jun 2026, 00:05, Damien: Hey are you getting snappy with me? 25 Jun 2026, 00:05, Sam: Yes 25 Jun 2026, 00:05, Sam: Because I think you have lied to me about something immensely important 25 Jun 2026, 00:05, Sam: Immensely important to me, at least 25 Jun 2026, 00:06, Damien: But why would I do that? 25 Jun 2026, 00:06, Damien: That would be twisted 25 Jun 2026, 00:06, Damien: I’d sooner tell you they were together, wouldn’t that be easier? 25 Jun 2026, 00:07, Sam: Did they have separate rooms at Cherny's parents' house? 25 Jun 2026, 00:07, Sam: Separate rooms? Or did they share a room? 25 Jun 2026, 00:08, Damien: They don’t share a room Sam. I’m sure we’ve had this conversation 25 Jun 2026, 00:09, Sam: Or for over a year, sorry 25 Jun 2026, 00:12, Damien: Hand on heart, I don’t believe they’re together. That’s the gods honest truth. 25 Jun 2026, 00:13, Sam: And you went to visit Cherny's house as what? His unpaid houseguest's friend? A bit like Ryan might have casually asked friends over to the Bond St flat? 25 Jun 2026, 00:13, Damien: Sam, you know me, first of all why would care enough to lie profusely. I really don’t care 25 Jun 2026, 00:13, Damien: It was an after party 25 Jun 2026, 00:13, Damien: I stayed for a few hours 25 Jun 2026, 00:14, Damien: Your honor 25 Jun 2026, 00:14, Sam: An afterparty at Cherny's family home? In Cherny's bedroom? Or Oli's bedroom? While his parents and teenage sister were celebrating Easter, as I recall you said 25 Jun 2026, 00:15, Damien: In the basement snug 25 Jun 2026, 00:18, Sam: And it was a whole crowd of people partying there, at his parents', at Easter, with their daughter painting Easter eggs and so forth? 25 Jun 2026, 00:18, Damien: I think when we had this conversation before you said “ like a granny flat” 25 Jun 2026, 00:18, Damien: I didn’t know he had a sister 25 Jun 2026, 00:18, Sam: A granny flat where he and Oli lived? 25 Jun 2026, 00:19, Damien: I don’t know the whereabouts of his family 25 Jun 2026, 00:19, Sam: You know where Oli lived, presumably, and what the place that you were visiting was? 25 Jun 2026, 00:19, Damien: We had just left a club because Cherney was annoyed about a girl 25 Jun 2026, 00:20, Damien: I didn’t really think about it? 25 Jun 2026, 00:20, Damien: Why would I? 25 Jun 2026, 00:20, Damien: Idc 🤣 25 Jun 2026, 00:20, Damien: I’ve given my honest opinion and you just want to argue 25 Jun 2026, 00:21, Sam: So this granny flat was where he and Oli lived, or it wasn't? 25 Jun 2026, 00:23, Damien: FUCKK YOU 25 Jun 2026, 00:23, Damien: So fucking arrogant 25 Jun 2026, 00:23, Sam: You knew, then, Damien 25 Jun 2026, 00:23, Sam: Ok 25 Jun 2026, 00:23, Damien: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 25 Jun 2026, 00:24, Damien: THEY WERENT 25 Jun 2026, 00:24, Damien: LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE 25 Jun 2026, 00:24, Damien: HARASSING ME 25 Jun 2026, 00:24, Sam: Was it at this granny flat that you became such an expert on Cherny's sexuality? 25 Jun 2026, 00:24, Damien: It’s my birthday Sam 25 Jun 2026, 00:24, Damien: I really don’t care 25 Jun 2026, 00:24, Sam: Oh sorry, happy birthday! 25 Jun 2026, 00:24, Damien: Please leave me alone 25 Jun 2026, 00:25, Sam: Enjoy your day 25 Jun 2026, 00:25, Sam: If this is upsetting you, you don't have to answer 25 Jun 2026, 00:25, Sam: We can pick it up another time, though I don't think I really need to at this point 25 Jun 2026, 00:25, Sam: Thanks for being a friend, Damien, and happy birthday 25 Jun 2026, 00:25, Damien: You’re cross examining me and I’m just telling you the truth 25 Jun 2026, 00:25, Damien: The fuck do I know 25 Jun 2026, 00:25, Sam: Right, so what's the problem? 25 Jun 2026, 00:26, Damien: Where his parents or a sister 25 Jun 2026, 00:26, Sam: You seem very distressed by being asked a few questions 25 Jun 2026, 00:26, Damien: We’ve had this conversation before 25 Jun 2026, 00:26, Sam: Well, I asked because you told me they were celebrating Easter when you were there, and had decorations up 25 Jun 2026, 00:26, Sam: Though I actually I don't think I even did ask about them, did I? Maybe I did 25 Jun 2026, 00:27, Damien: Let’s talk later Sam, I really don’t care 25 Jun 2026, 00:27, Sam: My main question was about where Oli and Cherny were living, and you've now answered that, or as good as answered it 25 Jun 2026, 00:27, Sam: Ah yes, I got that sense 25 Jun 2026, 00:27, Sam: I didn't get the sense that you are ashamed and therefore trying to shout at me for nothing 25 Jun 2026, 00:27, Sam: I certainly didn't get the sense that you knew all along what was happening 25 Jun 2026, 00:28, Sam: But no, you shout at me, feel free to do that 25 Jun 2026, 00:28, Sam: Truly you are the one who has been wronged 25 Jun 2026, 00:28, Sam: Happy birthday, Damien, go and enjoy it 25 Jun 2026, 00:28, Damien: I mean I couldn’t give a fuck less. I thought it would be helpful for you to know Oli wasn’t in a relationship with someone, but you just want to argue with me 25 Jun 2026, 00:29, Damien: I’m sorry you feel that way 25 Jun 2026, 01:29, Sam: No, I want to ask you questions 25 Jun 2026, 01:31, Sam: I think fairly straightforward ones, like where you met Oli and Cherny, and how you are so confident about his sexuality and the impossibility of any relationship between him and Oli if you barely met him for an hour or two, as you say 25 Jun 2026, 01:31, Sam: You have told me repeatedly that an Oli-Cherny relationship is utterly impossible 25 Jun 2026, 01:31, Sam: You have told me this angrily, with great stress and belief and earnestness and urgency 25 Jun 2026, 01:32, Sam: Why and on what basis, if you dipped in and out of his granny flat so rapidly that you weren't quite sure where you were or who lived there? 25 Jun 2026, 01:33, Sam: I just find the combination of certainty, conviction, and professed ignorance and unfamiliarity to be a bit confusing 25 Jun 2026, 01:34, Sam: well, ok, what i mean by "a bit confusing" is "extremely suspicious", as you can probably intuit 25 Jun 2026, 01:35, Damien: Because you were asking me where his sister was? 25 Jun 2026, 01:35, Damien: Perhaps I’m wrong and your right 25 Jun 2026, 01:35, Damien: I only met him one for a few hours 25 Jun 2026, 01:35, Damien: But it’s the feeling I get, as I said they would be a very very unlikely pair 25 Jun 2026, 01:36, Sam: Is there any chance you could find our Facebook chat about this? I am locked out of my account, because I was *fucking arrested for 'stalking'*, but I am pretty sure I remember you telling me that Cherny's family was there, including his sister 25 Jun 2026, 01:36, Sam: and that they were taking Easter decorations down because it was a bit after Easter 25 Jun 2026, 01:36, Damien: Yeah that’s what I remember 25 Jun 2026, 01:36, Sam: and that Oli and Sam Cherny had "a little setup there" at the parents' house, or words very close to those 25 Jun 2026, 01:37, Damien: Easter decorations 25 Jun 2026, 01:37, Sam: the impression I got was that you had visited the family as a guest of Oli and Cherny's, and then accompanied them to their little shared space where they were living together, be it a room or a granny flat or whatever 25 Jun 2026, 01:38, Sam: rather than that you dropped by an afterparty at an unknown location with Oli and Cherny, staying only long enough to divine Cherny's lifelong and immutable sexual psychology before departing into the night 25 Jun 2026, 01:38, Sam: (sorry, lol) 25 Jun 2026, 01:39, Damien: Oh no it wasn’t like that, there was a group of people there, I was more like a hangout space, I really don’t get the feeling he stayed there 25 Jun 2026, 01:39, Damien: 25 Jun 2026, 01:39, Sam: What did "where they had another setup" mean? I took it to mean that they lived together there 25 Jun 2026, 01:40, Sam: I am almost certain that is what you meant because you have never ever once corrected that interpretation 25 Jun 2026, 01:40, Damien: He was annoyed about a girl. I suppose seemed very straight. That was enough for me. But if I forensically analyze it idk 25 Jun 2026, 01:40, Sam: also because it's more or less entailed by the CPS's description of them as having lived together for two years 25 Jun 2026, 01:40, Damien: I don’t think I know enough about it 25 Jun 2026, 01:41, Sam: You said about an hour ago that Oli had a separate bedroom 25 Jun 2026, 01:41, Damien: I’m sure he does 25 Jun 2026, 01:41, Sam: I don't quite follow all these statements and how they can cohere 25 Jun 2026, 01:41, Sam: no, at Edwardes Square, when you visited 25 Jun 2026, 01:42, Sam: at Upper Mall I dunno but my sense is that he does, yeah, because the bedroom I've seen him sleep in bears no mark of Cherny or anyone other than Oli 25 Jun 2026, 01:42, Sam: so my sense is that they probably have separate bedrooms much of the time, as Kieran and I did, etc, but that that doesn't mean they aren't in a relationship 25 Jun 2026, 01:42, Sam: Helena Bonham Carter and whatshisface live in adjacent houses 25 Jun 2026, 01:42, Sam: Susan Sontag and Annie Leibovitz had flats across the hall from one another 25 Jun 2026, 01:42, Sam: etc 25 Jun 2026, 01:43, Sam: What did you mean by 'they had another setup'? 25 Jun 2026, 01:43, Sam: I think the pretty clear implication was "where they lived together, as they live together now" 25 Jun 2026, 01:43, Sam: and "in the basement", not "in separate bedrooms" 25 Jun 2026, 01:44, Sam: from the flow of this conversation I doubt even separate beds 25 Jun 2026, 01:45, Sam: I am not saying you are evil, ok? I am aware that maybe you weren't certain, maybe you suppressed recognition of the fairly obvious, maybe you assumed Oli would end it with Cherny when you said to me that we were made for each other, and maybe he hasn't (well, ok, clearly he is trying not to, because he likes his prostitution money more than love, or thinks he does) and that has left you morally implicated and entangled 25 Jun 2026, 01:46, Sam: but for god's sake somebody needs to tell the truth at some point, if only for a change of scenery 25 Jun 2026, 01:52, Damien: Sam I’m really sorry, I don’t believe they are together. It’s just my opinion. I’ve met him once, I haven’t heard about him since all of this happened, if I’m wrong sorry, but I wouldn’t deliberately lie or mislead you. 25 Jun 2026, 01:57, Sam: did they have separate beds, then, in that basement of the Cherny house where you went? 25 Jun 2026, 01:58, Sam: what was the layout? 25 Jun 2026, 02:00, Damien: I assumed he lived upstairs 25 Jun 2026, 02:00, Damien: Which I wasn’t privy to haha 25 Jun 2026, 02:01, Sam: You said "they" had "another" setup in the basement and that Oli "crashed" there 25 Jun 2026, 02:01, Damien: Perhaps im wrong and you’re right. 25 Jun 2026, 02:01, Sam: This all feels a bit ... well, I am trying not to put too fine a point on it, but I think we are approaching an inflection point here... 25 Jun 2026, 02:02, Damien: They the owners of the house, had a sort of granny flat 25 Jun 2026, 02:02, Sam: "another", though? "another" in addition to the house? you could argue that reading, but I think the more natural reading is "where Oli and Sam Cherny had a shared space that they lived in together, as they do now in Hammersmith" 25 Jun 2026, 02:03, Damien: You have to realise I was there for a couple of hours, high and drunk, and probably only spent 5 hours with Cherney 25 Jun 2026, 02:03, Sam: it had a kitchenette, a bathroom, and a 'snug' 25 Jun 2026, 02:03, Sam: they presumably shared this 'snug' 25 Jun 2026, 02:03, Sam: which i'm sure was very snug 25 Jun 2026, 02:04, Damien: I’d be very surprised if Oli did all of this. He certainly hasn’t mentioned to me 25 Jun 2026, 02:04, Sam: with both raging chest-haired heterosexual Mr Cherny and his non-paying homosexual lodger in the same bed 25 Jun 2026, 02:04, Sam: or snug 25 Jun 2026, 02:04, Sam: well it barely fucking needed mentioning!!!! they might as well have had anal sex in front of you!!!!!!! 25 Jun 2026, 02:05, Sam: sorry, but ... I ... I think the theory that I am going with is not that you failed to realise, but that you maybe didn't know if it was ongoing, or figured there might be a slight overlap but that Oli was sure to do the right thing rather than try to carry on both together indefinitely 25 Jun 2026, 02:05, Sam: but when he chose to do the latter, you chose to side with him and to tell me I was mad and unreasonable and should just wait and put up with it 25 Jun 2026, 02:06, Sam: i'm not going to pretend i like that just because you've dug yourself into a hole 25 Jun 2026, 02:06, Sam: sometimes one finds oneself in a hole 25 Jun 2026, 02:06, Sam: or indeed a snug 25 Jun 2026, 02:07, Sam: and to be perfectly honest I don't think it is I who owe you or Oli reassurance or absolution, I think it is you who owe me ... i don't even fucking know what you owe me but it would make the Versailles war debt look like a county court judgement 25 Jun 2026, 02:08, Damien: But why would he leave the club because he was upset about a girl he was seeing, If he was with Oli? 25 Jun 2026, 02:09, Sam: You said he was upset about an ex, not a girl he was seeing 25 Jun 2026, 02:09, Sam: or upset to see an ex, rather, not just about an ex 25 Jun 2026, 02:10, Damien: I hardly think about it, it’s not particularly interesting to me. I really don’t care 25 Jun 2026, 02:10, Sam: how very lucky you are 25 Jun 2026, 02:10, Damien: I don’t know it was one of those 25 Jun 2026, 02:10, Damien: I I don’t remember 25 Jun 2026, 02:11, Sam: I have amnesia 25 Jun 2026, 02:11, Sam: I had a brain tumour 25 Jun 2026, 02:11, Sam: Someone else was using my account 25 Jun 2026, 02:11, Damien: lol 25 Jun 2026, 02:11, Sam: I had just received bad news 25 Jun 2026, 02:11, Sam: etc lol 25 Jun 2026, 02:11, Sam: I am trying to be civil but I honestly don't quite know why 25 Jun 2026, 02:11, Damien: Why would I remember 25 Jun 2026, 02:11, Sam: I am facing criminal charges because of this shit 25 Jun 2026, 02:11, Sam: It might be nice not to tell me how little you care about the thing you have spent months swearing to in no uncertain terms 25 Jun 2026, 02:12, Sam: refusing to let me believe that it might even be possible within the laws of logic and the universe that a relationship could exist between Oli and Cherny 25 Jun 2026, 02:12, Sam: you were their bosom friends, their greatest interpreter, their biographer 25 Jun 2026, 02:12, Sam: now you met them in a cab once and have no clue 25 Jun 2026, 02:12, Damien: I met Cherney once 25 Jun 2026, 02:12, Damien: I don’t think about it 25 Jun 2026, 02:12, Sam: yes, there you go 25 Jun 2026, 02:12, Damien: I had to jog my memory when you mentioned a few months ago 25 Jun 2026, 02:13, Sam: but Cherny IS STRAIGHT and it IS NOT POSSIBLE they are going out, and he has family money from a trust, and this is what his basement is like, and so forth 25 Jun 2026, 02:13, Sam: aaand of course it turns out, as I have long suspected, that that is not true 25 Jun 2026, 02:13, Sam: and I am left asking why you were desperate that I believe it 25 Jun 2026, 02:13, Damien: Well it was the impression I got 25 Jun 2026, 02:13, Sam: because you said these things very emphatically - i was not pushing you and you were not indifferent or careful 25 Jun 2026, 02:13, Damien: But maybe I’m wrong 25 Jun 2026, 02:14, Sam: it was urgent that i be made to believe this thing that, shockingly, was not true 25 Jun 2026, 02:14, Sam: i do have enough of a brain to get the picture 25 Jun 2026, 02:14, Sam: i don't know exactly why or how you became so invested, but i can see you were 25 Jun 2026, 02:14, Damien: Well all I have is my opinion. 25 Jun 2026, 02:15, Sam: whether out of loyalty to Oli (cheers for that, by the way, it's nice to know i'm alone and that you stood by the person lying to me and cheating on me and doing the same to Sam Cherny) or out of ... i dunno, moral implication/entanglement/commitment/sunk costs or whatever 25 Jun 2026, 02:15, Sam: or something else 25 Jun 2026, 02:16, Sam: maybe you bought shares in the Oli Cherny South Sea Company Marriage And Pecuniary Exsanguination Company 25 Jun 2026, 02:16, Sam: i dunno 25 Jun 2026, 02:16, Sam: nah i'm kidding about that last one 25 Jun 2026, 02:16, Damien: Sam, If I believed Oli was in a relationship with Cherney, I would have just told you 25 Jun 2026, 02:16, Sam: i don't think you have a literal vested interest 25 Jun 2026, 02:16, Sam: but it might have made it a little less insulting if you had 🤷 25 Jun 2026, 02:17, Damien: You were messaging me asking me about at the time, and I told you all I knew. 25 Jun 2026, 02:17, Damien: You said that he was running a brothel 25 Jun 2026, 02:17, Damien: I was there 25 Jun 2026, 02:17, Damien: It didn’t seem like a brothel 25 Jun 2026, 02:17, Sam: you told me urgently, emphatically, with a tone of great certainty and expertise, yes 25 Jun 2026, 02:17, Sam: you pushed it again and again 25 Jun 2026, 02:17, Damien: That’s why I mentioned it 25 Jun 2026, 02:17, Sam: you were not saying "eh, if you insist, here's my best stab at an answer" 25 Jun 2026, 02:17, Sam: you didn't acknowledge any possibility whatever that I might be right 25 Jun 2026, 02:17, Sam: you steered me away from it in no uncertain terms and angrily 25 Jun 2026, 02:18, Damien: Oh well sorry for misunderstanding 25 Jun 2026, 02:18, Sam: i did pick up on that 25 Jun 2026, 02:18, Damien: That Oli was running a brothel? Seems a bit far fetched, no? 25 Jun 2026, 02:18, Sam: Yeah, I suppose an apology is too much to ask from any of you lot 25 Jun 2026, 02:18, Sam: well, my commiserations about the sad event of your misunderstanding 25 Jun 2026, 02:18, Sam: have a good night, Damien, and a happy birthday 25 Jun 2026, 02:21, Sam: by the way, if you were going to support him cheating on me, it would be nice if you'd at least told him to be fucking nice to me, maybe 25 Jun 2026, 02:21, Damien: You seemed very upset at the time Sam, and I just wanted to reassure you. And on the face of it that’s how it looks. I really hate that you’re going through this. I’m back in London on the 16th if you would like to meet up and talk about it. 25 Jun 2026, 02:21, Damien: Sam, i don’t know if he was cheating. 25 Jun 2026, 02:22, Damien: I think this a very unfortunate situation. 25 Jun 2026, 02:23, Damien: I wasn’t picking sides or helping Oli cheat. That’s ridiculous. 25 Jun 2026, 02:23, Damien: Oli would never ask me to do that either. 25 Jun 2026, 02:25, Sam: No, you don't hate that I'm going through it, or you wouldn't have put me through it and lied until the lie became impossible - that's fine, I can't be bothered to be angry any more, but at least don't claim credit for concern you didn't have 25 Jun 2026, 02:26, Damien: That’s very unfair. I told you wnat I knew. I genuinely hope you’re feeling better 25 Jun 2026, 02:27, Sam: No, it's not unfair. Have a good night. 25 Jun 2026, 02:27, Damien: I haven’t told one lie. if you want to talk just message! 25 Jun 2026, 02:30, Sam: 25 Jun 2026, 02:32, Sam: I am facing criminal charges in association with this shit, and you have mocked my distress, told me I was mad, told me I needed to apologise to Oli, told me I shouldn't send group messages, and I know FUCKING WELL what you knew and why you said these things, so please do not ask me to spend my time right now salving your fucking conscience and pretending you didn't do the thing we both know perfectly well you did 25 Jun 2026, 02:32, Damien: I’ve never seen that 25 Jun 2026, 02:33, Sam: you owe me an apology, and you should have the rock bottom minimum sense of shame not to come to me and tell me I'm being unfair to you 25 Jun 2026, 02:33, Sam: if I'm being unfair, it is to your advantage 25 Jun 2026, 02:33, Sam: you were in the audience and you are in the shots 25 Jun 2026, 02:33, Sam: that is April 11th 2025 25 Jun 2026, 02:33, Sam: please just stop this, Damien 25 Jun 2026, 02:33, Sam: let's call it a day 25 Jun 2026, 02:33, Sam: goodnight 25 Jun 2026, 02:33, Sam: and, again, happy birthday 25 Jun 2026, 02:33, Damien: I only told you what I saw when I went to the flat 25 Jun 2026, 02:36, Damien: Why would I say it? 25 Jun 2026, 02:36, Damien: What do I get out of lying? As you say a bad conscience? 25 Jun 2026, 02:37, Damien: Also in the police report the mother refers to Oli as his sons friend 25 Jun 2026, 02:39, Damien: I really don’t know maybe you are right about it 25 Jun 2026, 02:40, Damien: I probably shouldn’t have said with such certainty, that is all I’m sorry for. If it turns out this way 25 Jun 2026, 02:45, Damien: I am beginning to doubt myself because he looks a bit camp there 😅 25 Jun 2026, 11:30, Sam: I am going to do what I can to have you questioned in court 25 Jun 2026, 11:31, Sam: If you are in the US, it can be done via the Americans where you are - this is standard, I take it 25 Jun 2026, 11:31, Damien: For what purpose? 25 Jun 2026, 11:32, Damien: If it will make you happy I’ll voluntarily be questioned 25 Jun 2026, 11:32, Sam: For the purpose of making people tell the truth who have not done so when not under pain of perjury 25 Jun 2026, 11:32, Sam: I can also ask Oli about your messages 25 Jun 2026, 11:32, Damien: You think I’m lying? 25 Jun 2026, 11:33, Sam: Yes 25 Jun 2026, 11:33, Damien: Just leave me alone 25 Jun 2026, 11:33, Sam: Though mainly I think you *were* lying 25 Jun 2026, 11:33, Damien: I’ve done everything to help you 25 Jun 2026, 11:33, Sam: No, you don't get to say that now, you'll explain what you said 25 Jun 2026, 11:33, Sam: and what you knew 25 Jun 2026, 11:33, Damien: I’m not being treated like this 25 Jun 2026, 11:34, Damien: I could have ignored you, but I really didn’t like seeing you suffer and spiral the way you did 25 Jun 2026, 11:34, Damien: Now I’m the worst person in the world 25 Jun 2026, 11:34, Sam: Oh stop whining 25 Jun 2026, 11:35, Sam: It is undignified 25 Jun 2026, 11:35, Sam: This has already been undignified enough 25 Jun 2026, 11:35, Damien: Whatever Sam 25 Jun 2026, 11:35, Damien: I hope you’re feeling better 25 Jun 2026, 11:35, Damien: Sorry I misled you or what 25 Jun 2026, 11:37, Sam: Don't tell me that gaslighting me was doing me a service 25 Jun 2026, 11:37, Sam: Just have the decency to stop now 25 Jun 2026, 11:40, Sam: You refused to ask Oli whether he said I had fabricated evidence of our relationship, because you knew he was saying that, and you were happy to let him defame me to preserve his arrangement 25 Jun 2026, 11:40, Sam: You lied to me on top of that, from the beginning, when you knew he was cheating on me and on Cherny 25 Jun 2026, 11:41, Sam: You told me to wait and put up with it and he would come back and it would work out 25 Jun 2026, 11:41, Sam: You knew it wouldn't work out 25 Jun 2026, 11:41, Sam: You betrayed and lied to me and tried to go along with a plan in which I would be locked up so that I couldn't tell Cherny the truth 25 Jun 2026, 11:41, Sam: Fuck you 25 Jun 2026, 11:42, Sam: How dare you say you were trying to help me 25 Jun 2026, 11:43, Sam: I am being prosecuted for something you could have done and should have done with a fucking text message to Cherny, because you knew the truth and could reach him, whereas I now am bearing the cost for doing the thing that YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE 25 Jun 2026, 11:43, Sam: and could have done cost-free 25 Jun 2026, 11:44, Sam: and you see fit to sneer at me about "wouldn't that violate your bail conditions", as though you'd got away with some clever victory 25 Jun 2026, 11:44, Sam: how dare you then come back to me and expect me to tell you you were a good person to me or to anyone 25 Jun 2026, 11:47, Damien: What on earth are you talking about?! 25 Jun 2026, 11:48, Damien: I don’t know Cherney, I met the guy for a few hours 25 Jun 2026, 11:48, Damien: I’m not involved in any plan 25 Jun 2026, 11:49, Damien: You won’t believe me anyway. You’re totally wrong.! I was trying my best for you 25 Jun 2026, 12:15, Sam: All I can be bothered to say is: please don't delete your messages to anyone, because it won't delete them (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/820466/never-delete-entries-good-idea-usual) 25 Jun 2026, 12:16, Sam: It will just create a new little database entry: "Damien said 'X'", then "Damien asked us to delete 'X', so don't show it to him in the UI if he looks, and maybe don't show it to the other person, but do hand it over if subject to a court order" 25 Jun 2026, 12:17, Sam: And don't think that you and/or Oli can now wind up this prosecution just because you no longer fancy it 25 Jun 2026, 12:17, Sam: Rex sequitur, non obstante quod nullus sequitur 25 Jun 2026, 12:18, Sam: And so he should 25 Jun 2026, 12:18, Sam: I look forward to it 25 Jun 2026, 12:18, Sam: Thanks for all this, Damien 25 Jun 2026, 12:18, Damien: Fuck you Sam. 25 Jun 2026, 12:18, Damien: You really are just horrible 25 Jun 2026, 12:19, Damien: You’re heartbroken, I sympathize, but you’re just a bully 25 Jun 2026, 12:24, Sam: Perhaps you'd like to explain that one? 25 Jun 2026, 12:25, Damien: Not via instagram message 25 Jun 2026, 12:25, Sam: Tell me why you are the victim here 25 Jun 2026, 12:25, Sam: If you're going to make such an outrageous statement after what you've done, I think it might be good manners to be prepared to explain it 25 Jun 2026, 12:25, Sam: Or are you not willing to say it here because it's on the record, and you people are allergic to the record? 25 Jun 2026, 12:26, Sam: Did you want to lie to me some more, in a way that I won't be able to prove if asked about it? or perhaps you want to tell me the truth about something you're lying to somebody else (like the Chernys) about? 25 Jun 2026, 12:27, Damien: Im not telling lies 25 Jun 2026, 12:27, Damien: I’m just being dragged into your nonsense 25 Jun 2026, 12:30, Sam: > If you had paid any heed to what I told you instead of badgering on, and dragging everyone into this, I pretty sure you would have been happier with the outcome! You said this while lying to me about Oli’s relationship with Cherny, and while knowingly letting Oli lie to Cherny about me. If you hadn’t known he was telling that defamatory lie – that I had made up our relationship and fabricated the evidence that we had it – then you wouldn’t have refused to ask Oli on record. Instead of letting that happen, Oli has lied about further things in order to create a criminal prosecution and bail conditions to try to stop me from telling the truth. You went along with this at every stage. At no point did you say that things had gone too far and that Cherny and I should be told the truth. And now you try to sidle up to me as a friend and tell me you were concerned for me, and when I don’t accept that, you tell me I’m a bully. Have you no shame? God, why bother to ask. 25 Jun 2026, 12:30, Sam: Do not speak to me like that 25 Jun 2026, 12:31, Sam: I am being prosecuted for what you should have done from the fucking beginning 25 Jun 2026, 12:32, Sam: For telling the truth that you had all along, when you were sweetly lying to me, saying you had no idea why Oli was doing what he was doing, that I should put up with it and wait and Oli would come back to me when the heat had died down 25 Jun 2026, 12:33, Sam: My lawyer is cross-examining Cherny's mother and it will be good to have the chance to put your messages to her 25 Jun 2026, 12:34, Sam: You thought you could get away with this and that I would be left to pay the cost, I suppose 25 Jun 2026, 12:36, Sam: You thought you could tell me I was mad, and tell Cherny I was mad, and let me be locked up as the random stalker ex from ancient history, for trying to tell him the truth 25 Jun 2026, 12:36, Sam: And you have the temerity to try to present yourself as the kind and decent friend trying to "reassure" me - fuck you 25 Jun 2026, 12:37, Sam: I look forward to cross-examining Oli and hopefully you also about what you said between yourselves and to others on the record 25 Jun 2026, 12:39, Damien: What do I get out of it? 25 Jun 2026, 12:39, Damien: Why would I do such a thing Sam 25 Jun 2026, 12:40, Damien: That’s Incridible that you’ve blamed all this on me 25 Jun 2026, 12:46, Sam: Do you have any idea what a hell this has been for me? 25 Jun 2026, 12:47, Sam: Why don't you answer those fucking questions yourself rather than ask me to do that for you as well? 25 Jun 2026, 12:47, Sam: Because I'd very much like to know, I'd like you to account for yourself 25 Jun 2026, 15:31, Sam: Have I at least made myself clear now? Have I made you understand that I am not going to leave this politely unconfronted for the sake of the people who lied to me, insulted me, engineered my arrest and prosecution to shut me up, and mocked me when you thought you'd get away with it – and now you want my reassurance and my moral approval, are you fucking kidding me? 25 Jun 2026, 15:48, Sam: You saw that charge sheet, right? How much of that are you responsible for? You knew full well what Oli was saying about me. You didn't correct it, and you sent messages to Oli saying "oh I'm so sorry darling that Sam is blowing this up with group chats". How dare I be miserable, eh? You felt he was entitled to lie to me and use me. You felt that even after I said I was considering suicide, and even after I was arrested and prosecuted. Fuck you to hell. How dare you tell me I was 'unfair' to you for the mild fucking criticism I made last night? 25 Jun 2026, 15:53, Sam: I thought you were a decent person when I met you 25 Jun 2026, 15:53, Sam: I thought you were a decent person after Bond St and our argument - I probably did some wrong there and maybe you did too, I don't remember, but it didn't change my fundamental view 25 Jun 2026, 15:53, Sam: Now you are something I deal with and that's all 25 Jun 2026, 15:58, Sam: Before you answer, just to remind you: either you explain now, or you say something now that you’ll have to explain later. If it were me I would choose the former, but it’s up to you 🤷‍♂️ 25 Jun 2026, 16:03, Damien: Sam you put Eoighan Murphy in the chat? Why did you did that?! Were you trying to embarrass Oli into talking to you? If you weren’t so unrelenting, maybe people could have a chance to read alll what you said, but you were acting crazy. I still stand by, I believe(d) that they’re just friends I don’t know, and that’s what Oli has told me. But your problems with Oli go far beyond that, or anything with me, If I thought he was having another relationship and strining you along, I would have told you, i don’t want anyone to be treated like that, it’s wrong. And do you really believe Oli would ask me to lie? How do you think this conversation would have went, it’s farfetched. I don’t know Cherney whatsoever, I’ve lived with you in two apartments, I went to France with you, I’ve known you 10 years, it genuinely upsets me that you’re so disturbed by this. You’re clearly going through it. I told you my very vague bits of information, when you were convinced that flat was operating as a brothel 25 Jun 2026, 16:06, Damien: I knew it wasn’t operating as brothel I was there. I know he was complaining about some girls. I knew he wasn’t a criminal. To the best of my Knowledge I told you the little bits I knew, I wasn’t expected to be called a liar, it’s just bizarre. Anyway you’re not convinced. We can meet in person. I hope you’re okay, i really do! 25 Jun 2026, 16:07, Sam: Explain to me what you knew, and what you told me, and why. 25 Jun 2026, 16:07, Sam: I am not interested in any of that crap above. 25 Jun 2026, 16:08, Damien: I’m sorry I won’t be spoken to like that, not cool! 25 Jun 2026, 16:08, Sam: Also explain what you knew about what Oli was saying to others about me, and what you did about that. 25 Jun 2026, 16:08, Sam: Oh, no, you will be. Get used to it. 25 Jun 2026, 16:08, Damien: You can try get me to court and we’ll see. 25 Jun 2026, 16:09, Damien: Leave me alone please 25 Jun 2026, 16:26, Sam: I don't need to "try" to "get you" to court 25 Jun 2026, 16:26, Sam: Especially not after you send a message like that 25 Jun 2026, 16:27, Damien: lol I really couldn’t care less 25 Jun 2026, 16:27, Damien: Let’s go 25 Jun 2026, 16:27, Damien: Wooow 25 Jun 2026, 17:50, Sam: I wish you good luck consoling yourself with the thought that I deserved what you did to me because I responded angrily when I found out 25 Jun 2026, 17:50, Sam: I cannot properly convey my disappointment in you and Oli 25 Jun 2026, 17:52, Sam: And it is all going to fall apart now anyway, so I hope it was worth it, Damien, and fuck you for thinking you could get away with betraying me, misrepresenting me, selling me out, and leaving me to take the fall 25 Jun 2026, 17:53, Sam: And then telling yourself that was all fine and dandy because I shouted the truth outside someone's window and was called a stalker and a potential family annihilator of a family I didn't even fucking know lived there 25 Jun 2026, 17:53, Sam: You are a snake, and Oli has been one too, though for whatever fucking reason I will still love him and try to see good in him 25 Jun 2026, 20:08, Sam: To be clear, this is not Bond St territory, this is “never darken my door again as long as either of us lives” territory. You told me to persist and keep hoping things would get better while knowing they wouldn’t, and then called my persistence ‘stalking’ and ‘unwell’ and colluded in my being arrested and prosecuted for it. You mocked my bail conditions, said “haha good luck making me testify” about what actually happened, and when it begins to look as though I might actually prove what happened, you whine and tell me it wasn’t your fault. This is morally degenerate conduct. It is the sort of thing the Kanun says a man should be staked for, and not suffered to remain in the community of men. 25 Jun 2026, 20:08, Sam: When this is over, I am going to write a book, and it is going to be a compelling book, and a painstakingly accurate and libel-proof book. You will be named in that book. So will Oli. The Chernys won’t be. They have suffered an indecency, whereas you have committed one. (Sam Cherny was a bit of a prat at times, sure, but who isn’t? That is not the kind of thing that needs a book.) This has genuinely been the ugliest, most upsetting thing I have ever been through. Most kinds of ugliness don’t look me in the eye, pretend to be my friend, and hand down snotty moral judgements whenever I react badly. Fuck you. 26 Jun 2026, 03:54, Sam: Do you have anything to say for yourself? Probably not. I wouldn't if I were you, and your silence here has been the first sign of anything approaching due moral seriousness about what has happened, but maybe you have some miraculous explanation that would explain some fraction of how the FUCK you saw fit to do this. 26 Jun 2026, 08:26, Sam: By the way, you said that Oli and I had "some sort of dysfunctional relationship" 26 Jun 2026, 08:26, Sam: The word for that is "love" 26 Jun 2026, 08:27, Sam: It's the thing Oli snuck out of the house for, the thing he actually wanted while you were presumably advising him on how to pursue "safety" or "security" or some other euphemism for money 26 Jun 2026, 08:32, Damien: What do you want? 26 Jun 2026, 10:22, Sam: 26 Jun 2026, 10:27, Sam: Well, no, that makes it sound a bit like "Oli, in truth or untruth" or "I want to own him" or whatever 26 Jun 2026, 10:27, Sam: I don't really have a clean answer - I want to live in a world where none of this could have happened 26 Jun 2026, 10:27, Sam: I'll think about my answer 26 Jun 2026, 10:29, Sam: Actually I know what I want: I want to know, first, what you mean by the question and in what spirit and with what purpose you are asking it 26 Jun 2026, 10:31, Damien: You’re harassing me, you’re totally wrong about Cherney 26 Jun 2026, 10:31, Damien: And now I’m subject to your abuse 26 Jun 2026, 10:33, Sam: I can't be bothered to take that seriously, but if I suppose you're genuinely asking from an open frame of mind: I would like to know what Cherny and his family are being told, and I would like you to tell them the truth 26 Jun 2026, 10:35, Damien: I have no idea 26 Jun 2026, 10:35, Damien: Oli tells me they’re not together and I believe him 26 Jun 2026, 10:37, Sam: If you're going to reply to me like that, Damien, please don't reply, and I'll see you in court and in my book 26 Jun 2026, 10:39, Damien: You’re hardened against me? And are too ill to seee the truth. 26 Jun 2026, 10:39, Damien: I’ve agreed to see you In London when I’m back 26 Jun 2026, 10:39, Damien: That offer still stands 26 Jun 2026, 10:40, Damien: I hope you’re feeling better 26 Jun 2026, 10:41, Damien: Remember you were wrong about the whole Freddie thing 26 Jun 2026, 10:44, Sam: Sorry, what do you mean by 'wrong'? You mean that Oli lied to me and impersonated him? 26 Jun 2026, 10:45, Damien: But didn’t did he? 26 Jun 2026, 10:45, Sam: Yes, I am now nearly certain he did - why do you say he didn't? 26 Jun 2026, 10:45, Sam: I look forward to asking him that on the stand 26 Jun 2026, 10:45, Sam: Or to my lawyer asking him 26 Jun 2026, 10:46, Damien: Because you put Freddie in the group chat? 26 Jun 2026, 10:46, Sam: Yes, that was the real Freddie, his Facebook account, haha - that was a mistake to add him - that is distinct from the person who contacted me on Twitter and Telegram, who was Oli 26 Jun 2026, 10:47, Sam: Oli took his likeness and name - adopted his person, if you will - to talk to me 26 Jun 2026, 10:47, Sam: 'Catfishing' I think is the fashionable term 26 Jun 2026, 10:47, Damien: All of those thousands and thousands of messages were Oli? 26 Jun 2026, 10:48, Sam: Yes, I am fairly certain they were - I don't know why that's terribly surprising, and we've exchanged thousands and thousands more since Freddie stopped existing - I looked into it briefly and his phone number was a burner phone and I found other stuff that I will leave till court, but anyway, this is a distraction for now 26 Jun 2026, 10:49, Sam: I know that you are lying to me about what you know and knew about Cherny and I would like you to tell me now rather than later 26 Jun 2026, 10:49, Sam: This is going to come out in court, I warn you, whether or not you decide to lie there 26 Jun 2026, 10:49, Damien: Terribly surprising? It’s terribly surprising because it batshit insane. 26 Jun 2026, 10:49, Sam: Obviously I advise not lying there 26 Jun 2026, 10:50, Damien: lol you can do a lie detector 26 Jun 2026, 10:50, Sam: Maybe it's useful to have you on the record lying a bit more now, haha 26 Jun 2026, 10:50, Sam: So go on for a bit if you want 26 Jun 2026, 10:50, Damien: But even then you won’t believe me 26 Jun 2026, 10:50, Sam: There is no such thing as a 'lie detector' 26 Jun 2026, 10:51, Sam: There are polygraph machines that measure stress, but the better lie detector is the threat of prosecution for perjury 26 Jun 2026, 10:51, Damien: Those machines? 26 Jun 2026, 10:51, Sam: And if that doesn't work, I can ask Oli what he said to you, or I can ask that your messages be read by court order 26 Jun 2026, 10:51, Damien: If that would make you happy Sam 26 Jun 2026, 10:52, Sam: Don't talk to me like that 26 Jun 2026, 10:52, Damien: I am sorry you’re going through this, but it has absolutely nothing to do with me! 26 Jun 2026, 10:52, Sam: And tell the truth 26 Jun 2026, 10:52, Sam: This has gone on long enough 26 Jun 2026, 10:52, Sam: I'm tired and bored now 26 Jun 2026, 10:52, Sam: I will give you some time and reply when I've gathered my energy 26 Jun 2026, 10:53, Damien: I’m sorry is is the truth 26 Jun 2026, 10:53, Damien: What would I get out of lying? 26 Jun 2026, 11:02, Damien: You’re more adamant than a flat earther 26 Jun 2026, 11:02, Damien: you’ve known me for so long how do you I’d lie so much 26 Jun 2026, 11:03, Sam: Actually, even if you're adopting this posture, there are some questions it is still useful to ask you and to have your answer on the record - first among them, what did you know about the house on Upper Mall, and who lived there? Did you know that Oli lived there with Cherny's family? 26 Jun 2026, 11:03, Damien: I just hoped into a taxi and went to an after party 26 Jun 2026, 11:05, Sam: On Upper Mall, in Hammersmith, not Edwardes Square 26 Jun 2026, 11:05, Sam: They moved there last August or thereabouts, so they'd have been in Edwardes Sq last April 26 Jun 2026, 11:05, Damien: You expect me to remember the addresses. 26 Jun 2026, 11:06, Sam: No, I don't, I'm just clarifying my question 26 Jun 2026, 11:07, Damien: Are you even sure “they” moved there? I thought he moved there with someone called Oliver. I really don’t know 26 Jun 2026, 11:08, Sam: I thought so too, but the CPS report describes him as living there with Cherny's family, and part of their criticism of me (well, I say 'criticism', I mean prosecution) is based on the idea that I should have known that Cherny's family lived there and that I was therefore turning up at a family home and ringing the bell repeatedly (ok, very repeatedly) at 10pm 26 Jun 2026, 11:09, Sam: I was never told *anything* about Cherny's family living there, I was also told the Oliver Riannon + Sam Cherny version (and on one occasion on January 17th he mentioned a fourth housemate called Chris, though he never appeared again), so I am keen for you to clarify what you were told or knew, because it goes to my state of mind and what I could possibly have known 26 Jun 2026, 11:10, Sam: I assume you also were never told, or at any rate are representing to me that you were never told, that Sam Cherny was Oliver's "new partner" 26 Jun 2026, 11:10, Sam: And I assume you acknowledge that I have been Oliver's "partner", and therefore that if Sam Cherny is indeed Oliver's "partner" also, then there is good reason for me to want to go there and to talk to him about what has been going on 26 Jun 2026, 11:12, Sam: To be clear, I assume you acknowledge that I have been Oliver's partner, unarguably, until about April 17th/18th, after I visited, and that even after that first visit, which marked the end of our group chats / relationship arguments of the previous week that included you as a silent-ish member, he still passed messages through you to me that indicated that he wasn't telling me he never wanted to see me again, and that he just didn't want any more group chats 26 Jun 2026, 11:13, Sam: In fact, that is one supremely helpful thing you could do, if you are being honest, is to tell me his exact words 26 Jun 2026, 11:13, Sam: in those messages he sent to you in early May, around May 8-9 or something like that, let me grab the exact dates 26 Jun 2026, 11:14, Sam: May 9th, I'm pretty sure 26 Jun 2026, 11:16, Damien: Well you have all those gushy phone calls, and countless messages, so I think it’s fair to say. 26 Jun 2026, 11:17, Sam: Yeah, fair enough, that's a fair answer, that's all I really wanted - no need to get into the exact semantics of 'partner' 26 Jun 2026, 11:20, Sam: Oh, that's a point: I assume you are friends with Oli on Facebook and Instagram? Is there anything on his accounts, e.g. a Facebook relationship status, that marks him as being in a relationship with Sam Cherny? Thinking it through, if he were clever, the thing to do would probably be to mark himself as 'in a relationship', or at least definitely not 'single', and to not say with whom. But I dunno, maybe he's stuck with 'single' and justified it as 'historical, don't want to declare because [xyz reasons]'. I dunno. I just want to get this on the record now in case it turns out he has Cherny on there and I am faulted for not seeing it, and it is made out to have been public all along. (I don't have him on Facebook and he refused to add me even when we were meeting and loving and so forth.) 26 Jun 2026, 11:21, Sam: Also, just to bump this, it would be good to know what *exactly* he said to you on May 9th, because it goes to his allegation of stalking. 26 Jun 2026, 11:24, Damien: No there’s nothing on his FB! 26 Jun 2026, 11:24, Sam: Also, can I clarify what you mean by 'you have'? There is something vaguely suspicious-feeling about those words. You spoke to Oli at the time and knew we were actively involved, didn't you? It's not just me showing you documents now. You messaged me about it before I told you. 26 Jun 2026, 11:24, Damien: He refused to have you on Facebook? 26 Jun 2026, 11:24, Damien: That’s very weird 26 Jun 2026, 11:25, Sam: Yeah, see this argument here, where I suspected exactly this was happening except I suspected Oliver Riannon rather than Sam Cherny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0htWnB1A1k 26 Jun 2026, 11:26, Sam: What did he say to you exactly on Saturday May 9th? You said you spoke to him and you relayed to me the message that he was not 'ending things' but just wanted me to stop messaging others in group chats - what were his exact words and exact messages, if you would? 26 Jun 2026, 11:29, Sam: Also Oli should recall that he sent this email on Feb 22nd (this is the email to retract the order that he was threatening to send at the end of the YouTube video I just sent, to get out of that argument - he sent it and then retracted it half an hour later): 26 Jun 2026, 11:29, Sam: 26 Jun 2026, 11:31, Sam: I have that email with DKIM signature headers indicating, absolutely and unarguably, that he sent it, or at the very least that it was accepted by Gmail's servers as having been sent from his account at that exact time validly - so that closes the argument of "Sam fabricated the evidence of our recent relationship" 26 Jun 2026, 11:32, Sam: This is not like video or audio where one can fake it - a valid DKIM signed header is proof that I could not fake even with all the computing power in the universe for thousands of years 26 Jun 2026, 11:32, Sam: I'd have to have Google's private DKIM key, which is getting into absurd territory 26 Jun 2026, 11:32, Sam: So any such argument will not be taken seriously by a court, just to be absolutely clear 26 Jun 2026, 11:34, Damien: That sounds horrible. That should have been a red flag! I understand he compartmentalizes lots, did you want him on FB, to do the ‘ in a relationship with’ I’ve been him a long time and I know he doesn’t like that sort of thing. He’s never did with his other relationships! 26 Jun 2026, 11:34, Damien: 26 Jun 2026, 11:34, Sam: But on May 9th what did he say? 26 Jun 2026, 11:34, Damien: My messages only go so far 26 Jun 2026, 11:34, Sam: On Facebook? 26 Jun 2026, 11:35, Damien: We don’t use fb. 26 Jun 2026, 11:35, Sam: So you're saying you messaged him on Instagram when you messaged him that day? 26 Jun 2026, 11:35, Damien: I think it was something like he wanted space. I honestly can’t remember. 26 Jun 2026, 11:35, Sam: Why exactly would you have ceased to have those messages? 26 Jun 2026, 11:36, Sam: What you said to me was that *it wasn't over and he didn't want no further contact ever but* he wanted me to stop talking to others 26 Jun 2026, 11:36, Sam: Or wanted space or whatever 26 Jun 2026, 11:36, Sam: The difference is quite crucial 26 Jun 2026, 11:36, Damien: I often delete messages! These chats don’t go too far back! 26 Jun 2026, 11:37, Sam: Why do you delete messages? You didn't delete your messages with me about Cherny around that time - you sent them the other night 26 Jun 2026, 11:37, Sam: I find it strange to say the very least if you have deleted the conversation you had with Oli 26 Jun 2026, 11:37, Sam: And deleted it on May 27th-28th specifically 26 Jun 2026, 11:37, Sam: Just after I was arrested at his house 26 Jun 2026, 11:37, Sam: And when Oli was making these statements 26 Jun 2026, 11:38, Sam: It looks like you deleted the conversation in the early hours of that morning 26 Jun 2026, 11:38, Damien: I’m sorry I can’t remember, but the group chats caused the most of the problem 26 Jun 2026, 11:38, Sam: Do you recall him saying that he did not want no further contact? 26 Jun 2026, 11:38, Damien: Those were on Facebook messenger, I mostly use Instagram 26 Jun 2026, 11:39, Sam: Also, would you be willing, if there is a means, to ask about recovering those messages from Instagram's servers, if they have them, which there is a good chance they might? 26 Jun 2026, 11:39, Sam: Would you agree to that if I proposed it? 26 Jun 2026, 11:39, Damien: 26 Jun 2026, 11:39, Damien: You see no one messages me on Facebook haha 26 Jun 2026, 11:39, Damien: What would it prove? 26 Jun 2026, 11:40, Sam: Well, we would see, wouldn't we? haha 26 Jun 2026, 11:40, Sam: That would be the point 26 Jun 2026, 11:40, Sam: If I knew what it would prove, there would be no need to look 26 Jun 2026, 11:40, Sam: It would prove what he said to you that day 26 Jun 2026, 11:41, Sam: Would you agree to that? I'd be happy to have it looked at by the judge and not me personally, in such a way that I wouldn't end up - and nobody else would end up - being able to generally browse through your discussions with him 26 Jun 2026, 11:42, Sam: Say, a request to Meta for any messages held by them between your account and Oli's, on May 9th specifically and only 26 Jun 2026, 11:42, Damien: But what would it really achieve? Is it helpful in the stalking allegations? 26 Jun 2026, 11:43, Sam: Yes, very, because he needs to have steadfastly said that he wants no contact with me, is done with me, wants me to go away, etc, as one would if someone were a stalker 26 Jun 2026, 11:43, Sam: What you told me was rather different from that 26 Jun 2026, 11:43, Sam: And you're now telling me you deleted the messages 26 Jun 2026, 11:43, Sam: If Oli turns out to have deleted them too, then I think the court will probably just go with what you said to me, which is functionally exonerating 26 Jun 2026, 11:44, Damien: I can request the messages? 26 Jun 2026, 11:44, Sam: Because none of this really radiates transparency or honesty from the people involved - no offence, plausibly your deleting them MIGHT have been coincidental, but if Oli has too, I think the court would be fairly justified in saying "right, we go with how Damien presented it to Sam, because the principle of charity is not warranted here" 26 Jun 2026, 11:44, Sam: I don't honestly know 26 Jun 2026, 11:44, Sam: Let me check 26 Jun 2026, 11:45, Sam: At a software engineering level I think it's very unlikely that they would be truly and wholly deleted from Facebook's systems, because that is generally not modern Kleppmann-compliant software engineering (the only exception being GDPR which sometimes compels true deletion under certain circumstances) 26 Jun 2026, 11:47, Sam: Yeah it seems very much like they do not entirely delete it: https://help.instagram.com/181231772500920 26 Jun 2026, 11:48, Sam: "Note: It may take up to 30 days for us to email you an export link. Some information that you have deleted may be stored temporarily for safety and security purposes, but will not appear when you access or download your information." 26 Jun 2026, 11:49, Damien: This is somewhat reassuring 26 Jun 2026, 11:49, Sam: This is their section about serving information in response to court orders - basically the answer is broadly what I said above: https://help.instagram.com/494561080557017 26 Jun 2026, 11:50, Sam: So that is reassuring 26 Jun 2026, 11:50, Sam: I will see what I can do through my lawyer in the coming days and weeks, since this is time-sensitive 26 Jun 2026, 11:50, Damien: Liked a message 26 Jun 2026, 11:50, Sam: But anyway, yes, so it's deleted 26 Jun 2026, 11:50, Sam: Do you remember why you deleted that chat that day? 26 Jun 2026, 11:51, Sam: Do you remember what you spoke about the previous night or early that morning? 26 Jun 2026, 11:51, Sam: I assume not 26 Jun 2026, 11:51, Damien: Not really, I often don’t like having unpleasant chats, so I delete them. 26 Jun 2026, 11:51, Sam: Will I likely find that Oli no longer has that night's messages either? 26 Jun 2026, 11:52, Sam: What unpleasant chat had you had that night? 26 Jun 2026, 11:53, Sam: If Oli no longer has that night's messages either - if he has deleted his messages with you either that night or at some later point, would you agree that that is not a great look, and warrants some suspicion? 26 Jun 2026, 11:55, Damien: I can’t imagine Oli deleting the messages, as I said it’s just something I do routinely. I’ll retrieve the messages, and have a look, I’m curious myself now 26 Jun 2026, 11:55, Sam: Wait, sorry, what do you mean by you'll retrieve them? I'm not sure you can do so yourself, but you could try - the export feature is here: https://accountscenter.instagram.com/info_and_permissions/dyi/ 26 Jun 2026, 11:57, Sam: Just select 'Messages' and deselect everything else, and select the last 3 months maybe 26 Jun 2026, 11:57, Sam: I'm not asking you to send me all those, or even to send me any, but it's good to cast the net at least a tiny bit wider than an exact day because it sometimes glitches otherwise and doesn't return that exact day's messages, I don't know why, probably something like off-by-one errors or timezone weirdness or god knows what 26 Jun 2026, 11:57, Sam: At least probably select two extra days in either direction, to be safe 26 Jun 2026, 11:57, Sam: But it sounds like it probably won't work and that it will require a court order and an engineer at Meta dredging them up from an audit log or equivalent 26 Jun 2026, 11:59, Sam: Do you recall what you had discussed that night - what that 'unpleasant chat' was that led you to delete the conversation? Is it fair to suppose, if you were talking to Oli that night, and given that he had only a few hours earlier called the police and had me arrested and given a statement and so forth, and given that at 12 noon the following day he gave another statement, that *probably* that ongoing matter was the subject of at least some of your conversation in the early hours of that morning? 26 Jun 2026, 12:00, Sam: Do you see that it is *really* not a terribly good look that you seem to have tried to delete all the records of your conversation at around 6am that morning? 26 Jun 2026, 12:01, Sam: You haven't done it 'routinely' since then - it is now a month later 26 Jun 2026, 12:01, Sam: And you didn't do it with my somewhat upsetting chat on Facebook 26 Jun 2026, 12:01, Sam: And one can see how many other chats you did it with 26 Jun 2026, 12:01, Damien: Well it was probably around midday here 26 Jun 2026, 12:01, Sam: Do you remember what you were discussing before then that was so unpleasant that you deleted the conversation? 26 Jun 2026, 12:02, Damien: I really can’t remember 26 Jun 2026, 12:02, Sam: Am I right to imagine that *probably* my visit and arrest etc played some part in your conversation with Oli that night? 26 Jun 2026, 12:02, Sam: You would remember that, right? You'd remember when you heard about it 26 Jun 2026, 12:02, Damien: Is the 9th of May particularly significant date? 26 Jun 2026, 12:02, Damien: Maybe 26 Jun 2026, 12:02, Sam: I'm asking about the night of the 27th of May, and early morning on the 28th 26 Jun 2026, 12:02, Sam: When you deleted the conversation 26 Jun 2026, 12:03, Sam: Could you be a bit more specific, Damien? Come on 26 Jun 2026, 12:03, Damien: I don’t use Facebook so I don’t do it 26 Jun 2026, 12:03, Sam: This doesn't make me feel you're being honest with me, with all respect 26 Jun 2026, 12:03, Sam: You're telling me you have no memory at all of whether you discussed my visit and arrest etc or whether you did not, a month ago, when you had this 'unpleasant chat' and then deleted your Instagram conversation? 26 Jun 2026, 12:03, Damien: Im trying to get the chat now 26 Jun 2026, 12:04, Sam: But do you have a *memory* of the conversation? (You won't be able to get it through the export tool) 26 Jun 2026, 12:04, Sam: Surely you can remember that? Whether you discussed that? 26 Jun 2026, 12:04, Sam: Just after Oli had made his report, and about six hours before he made a second report the next day at noon 26 Jun 2026, 12:04, Sam: Did you discuss the second report and what he should report? 26 Jun 2026, 12:04, Damien: I’m just as curious as you. 26 Jun 2026, 12:05, Sam: Did you discuss the subject? I find it hard to believe that you have such complete amnesia about a conversation that took place one month ago 26 Jun 2026, 12:05, Sam: Well, consult your brain, in which memories are stored, then 26 Jun 2026, 12:06, Sam: Please don't give me this amnesiac routine and expect me to take it seriously, because I don't, and we both know what's going on here, Damien, and I *will* get to the truth of the matter 26 Jun 2026, 12:08, Damien: Yess I remember he had made the police report! 26 Jun 2026, 12:08, Damien: 26 Jun 2026, 12:08, Sam: Brilliant! What did you discuss about it? 26 Jun 2026, 12:08, Sam: What was so unpleasant that you had to delete the chat? 26 Jun 2026, 12:08, Sam: People usually remember unpleasant memories quite well (contrary to Tumblr trauma theory) 26 Jun 2026, 12:09, Damien: I remember because you were messaging me when I was visiting this volcanos at sunrise. 26 Jun 2026, 12:09, Sam: Yes, I recall that about May 9th-10th 26 Jun 2026, 12:09, Sam: But I'm asking about May 27th-28th 26 Jun 2026, 12:09, Damien: I deleted the chat, because I just thought the whole thing was horrible. It is horrible. 26 Jun 2026, 12:09, Sam: What did you discuss about my visit, my arrest, and all that surrounding stuff? 26 Jun 2026, 12:10, Sam: Please just be honest, Damien, because I will find out 26 Jun 2026, 12:10, Sam: I need to go in a moment, but I will get to the bottom of this and I would really recommend and also be slightly grateful if you'd at least be honest now 26 Jun 2026, 12:10, Damien: Your visit? 26 Jun 2026, 12:10, Sam: It will come out, all of this stuff 26 Jun 2026, 12:10, Sam: Please take some time to think and come back to me with answers about this stuff, if you would 26 Jun 2026, 12:10, Damien: I’ll try to retrieve the chats but I don’t think anything good will be there 26 Jun 2026, 13:16, Sam: I'd be very grateful if you could go to this page: https://accountscenter.instagram.com/info_and_permissions/dyi/ and download "Security and login information", "Technical information and login activity", "Login and profile creation", "Device information", "Other activity", and "Policy updates and permissions" for the last 3 months and send me the resulting ZIP file - it won't send me any of your messages or anything private, but it will show what chats you have deleted and when, which will be useful in understanding how unusual it is that you deleted that particular chat 26 Jun 2026, 13:33, Sam: For what it's worth, there is nothing that you can do now that is going to change this or other data that bear on this, and I would again implore you to please start telling the truth, for your own sake 26 Jun 2026, 13:47, Sam: Just recording that you have been online several times since I've sent these messages and don't seem immediately prepared to share these logs, which don't contain anything personal 26 Jun 2026, 13:47, Sam: 26 Jun 2026, 13:48, Sam: Well, they don't contain any message contents or anything other than metadata about when you logged in and out, when you did stuff like creating or deleting conversations, etc 26 Jun 2026, 13:49, Damien: I’m on the phone 26 Jun 2026, 13:49, Sam: Is it the case that you customarily deleted your conversations, as you said earlier, or was that not the case? We will find out, even if you don't help me yourself and even if you delete your account 26 Jun 2026, 13:50, Damien: I said I was look Didn’t I? 26 Jun 2026, 13:50, Damien: It’s months to go, a few hours till I get round to it won’t make much difference 26 Jun 2026, 13:51, Damien: Liked a message 26 Jun 2026, 13:51, Sam: No worries, Damien, you take your time, but I will get the correct information if you give me altered information 26 Jun 2026, 13:52, Sam: There is no running from this 26 Jun 2026, 13:52, Sam: I advise you draw a line now and help rather than try to further obstruct justice and collude further in my wrongful prosecution 26 Jun 2026, 13:53, Sam: Because I will come after you, *through proper and legal means*, for whatever you do here to try to delete information, alter records you give to me, and so forth 26 Jun 2026, 13:54, Damien: Altered what? 26 Jun 2026, 13:55, Sam: The audit log data that I am asking you for and that you are telling me will take 'a few hours' 26 Jun 2026, 13:55, Sam: Meanwhile you are free enough to conduct this argument, apparently 26 Jun 2026, 13:55, Damien: damienwilliamt started an audio call 26 Jun 2026, 13:55, Sam: Do not think I cannot detect obvious bullshit, Damien 26 Jun 2026, 13:55, Audio call ended 26 Jun 2026, 13:55, Damien: I don’t work for you 26 Jun 2026, 13:55, Sam: I can't talk on the phone now but let me get back to my flat 26 Jun 2026, 13:55, Sam: One sec 26 Jun 2026, 13:55, Damien: I’m doing other things 26 Jun 2026, 13:56, Damien: I’m In the bath 26 Jun 2026, 13:56, Damien: You’re getting ready to record the call I don’t care either way 26 Jun 2026, 13:56, Sam: No, you don't work for me, but you lie about me and I am being prosecuted for it, and you are now blatantly trying to cover up and delete what has happened 26 Jun 2026, 13:56, Sam: No, I'm at a cafe 26 Jun 2026, 13:56, Sam: one sec 26 Jun 2026, 13:56, Damien: What lie have I said? 26 Jun 2026, 13:56, Sam: 26 Jun 2026, 13:56, Damien: Cover what up? 26 Jun 2026, 13:56, Sam: 26 Jun 2026, 13:57, Sam: Give me five minutes to get home and I will call you 26 Jun 2026, 13:57, Damien: I don’t work for Oli either 26 Jun 2026, 13:57, Damien: Well I won’t send you a photo of me in the bath ahha 26 Jun 2026, 14:02, Sam: Is Facetime Audio ok? I can record that, and to be perfectly frank I would quite like to record whatever is said, because I have been fucked over too many times in this whole sorry affair by people denying stuff they have said over deniable channels 26 Jun 2026, 14:03, Sam: You can record it too if you're worried that I'll edit or clip the recording - feel absolutely free 26 Jun 2026, 14:04, Damien: I have nothing to hide Sam you can record whatever you like 26 Jun 2026, 14:06, Sam: OK cool 26 Jun 2026, 14:06, Sam: Is your number the same? I'll Facetime audio you 26 Jun 2026, 14:07, Sam: Sorry, I mean is it +44 7397 998666 which it used to be 26 Jun 2026, 14:07, Sam: anyway I'll try it now 26 Jun 2026, 14:07, Sam: number ending in 666 also not a good look 😉 26 Jun 2026, 14:07, Damien: Yes not with a name like Damien 26 Jun 2026, 14:08, Sam: Ah sorry one sec 26 Jun 2026, 14:08, Sam: Just trying to figure out how to record on my Mac 26 Jun 2026, 14:08, Sam: and too paranoid to start a call before recording 26 Jun 2026, 14:08, Sam: give me thirty secs 26 Jun 2026, 14:08, Sam: sorry for being ridiculous but my life is somewhat hanging in the balance with all this stuff we're talking about 26 Jun 2026, 14:11, Sam: sorry sorry sorry, is there any chance I could give you a Zoom link? fucking facetime, christ 26 Jun 2026, 14:11, Sam: i'm sorry, I don't mean to obstruct and i appreciate your making the time 26 Jun 2026, 14:11, Sam: (even as I do not necessarily appreciate other stuff that I suspect, haha) 26 Jun 2026, 14:12, Damien: Zoom? 26 Jun 2026, 14:12, Damien: Sure 26 Jun 2026, 14:14, Sam: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/89611645053?pwd=2bs8aCDKTJXXZp7s9FsDYYZZpXGwDu.1 26 Jun 2026, 14:14, Sam: That should hopefully work 26 Jun 2026, 14:14, Sam: I don't have my camera on and you don't have to, really, it's only really being able to talk that matters 26 Jun 2026, 14:15, Sam: For transparency I'm already recording - idk if it'll play another warning/reminder when you join 26 Jun 2026, 14:15, Sam: but given two-party consent etc I should probably be clear about that 26 Jun 2026, 14:16, Sam: i'm not trying to catch you out or anything, and if you can record too then please do, or i can try to set it up so you can record if it requires my permission, idk how it works 26 Jun 2026, 14:16, Sam: if you have a phone i suppose you could just use speakers and record on that 26 Jun 2026, 14:17, Sam: i do not have a phone because i have had two bloody iPhones taken by the police in about as many weeks and i refuse to have another taken 26 Jun 2026, 14:17, Sam: because of this stuff that you and Oli have so helpfully collaborated on 26 Jun 2026, 14:36, Damien: 👍 26 Jun 2026, 14:37, Damien: 26 Jun 2026, 14:47, Sam: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15DM3IljPCYgRHEX6zyBMMawN6V4zX6Ut/view?usp=drive_link 26 Jun 2026, 14:47, Sam: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o4CO3KQG8dxiYpg_p_jwrIgOsbDkklEi/view?usp=sharing 26 Jun 2026, 14:53, Damien: Reacted 😢 to your message 26 Jun 2026, 16:46, Sam: Are you out of the bath yet? 26 Jun 2026, 16:47, Damien: Yes your honor 26 Jun 2026, 16:47, Damien: I’m just going on a walk 26 Jun 2026, 16:47, Damien: Is this urgent 26 Jun 2026, 17:12, Sam: No, we can issue a preservation request to Meta, and I will 26 Jun 2026, 17:12, Sam: I don't really mind that much about this 26 Jun 2026, 17:12, Sam: I just want to get it on the record as before, really 26 Jun 2026, 17:13, Sam: If you're willing to be forthcoming, you can get your password out of Keychain Access or reset it through your email, unless you've lost that too 26 Jun 2026, 17:13, Damien: Would that save me having to do it, and being nagged to it by you? 26 Jun 2026, 17:15, Damien: I’m out on a walk, can you stop bothering me About this 26 Jun 2026, 17:15, Sam: Yes, and I'm going to ask some further questions soon which you can either answer or not answer, but I want to pin some things down before having your messages and/or metadata 26 Jun 2026, 17:16, Sam: If you don't want to answer, which I expect you won't, that's fine, but I want to get all of this on the record because obviously we both know that you are lying to me - I can't be bothered to shout at you about it, but you know perfectly well that I know 26 Jun 2026, 17:17, Damien: Okay just leave me alone please. I’m done with this, I was trying to help you. And you’re speaking to me in this manner, go get a court order, or better still why don’t you keep me out of this sordid nonsense and get the messages from Oli?! 26 Jun 2026, 17:17, Damien: I’ve really just had enough of this 26 Jun 2026, 17:17, Damien: Just get on with your life 26 Jun 2026, 17:19, Sam: To be clear, I am being prosecuted because of the lies that you have told and the evidence that you have deleted, Damien, and I am *not* impressed by your whinging about how urgent this is. 'Urgent' is not even the right word. It is seriously overdue already. If you do not help, I will get the records and I will push for prosecution for obstructing justice or equivalent in what you deleted and what you discussed on that day. 26 Jun 2026, 17:21, Damien: I’m Sorry this is just too insane 26 Jun 2026, 17:24, Sam: I will let you know when I or my lawyer have issued an order later today. I am seriously not impressed, Damien, by your whinging about going on a walk when you have colluded to have me wrongfully prosecuted and then deleted evidence and refused to put the record right. You are telling me that I should go to prison so that you can go on a walk rather than correcting what you have done. I will act accordingly. 26 Jun 2026, 17:24, Damien: Please do not contact me again! You’re scaring me. 26 Jun 2026, 17:55, Sam: No worries, Damien, I will go through my lawyer and I will, when this is over, write about exactly what you have done and the kind of person you are. Have a good life. 26 Jun 2026, 17:56, Damien: It’s sad to see how ill you are! 26 Jun 2026, 17:56, Damien: I really hope you can find peace 26 Jun 2026, 17:58, Sam: If you're going to do this revoltingly insincere "I'm scared of you, don't contact me" routine, then please actually stop talking. 29 Jun 2026, 22:52, Sam: You know what just occurred to me? You know how you think I'm absolutely mad to suspect a relationship between Oli and Sam Cherny – totally stark raving bonkers, couldn't be more wrong, etc? Well, since you're so very certain, why not lay the matter to rest, and also prove yourself right and me wrong, by confirming with Cherny that he and Oli were never romantically involved and that he's absolutely A-OK with everything that happened between me and Oli this year? 29 Jun 2026, 22:53, Sam: And yet I have a sneaking suspicion that you will do absolutely anything sooner than tell him, just as everyone else seems very unwilling to tell him 29 Jun 2026, 23:01, Sam: E.g. I have never heard of bail conditions so serenely unbothered with my physical nearness to Oli (originally I was banned from entering the borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, but the judge then cheerfully reduced that to Upper Mall itself, with no objections, meaning that I could linger about 20 metres from Oli's house, between him and the Tube, without that presenting any concern to him or the police, because they know it's a joke that I am a danger to him) but intensely concerned with prohibiting me from emailing members of the Cherny family 29 Jun 2026, 23:05, Sam: The contention appears to be that I am a dangerous lunatic hell-bent on harming Oli, and therefore I must be allowed to roam free indefinitely – no hurry at all for a trial – with restrictions on whom I may email 29 Jun 2026, 23:06, Sam: This presumably was your grand plan to stop me from telling the Chernys the truth about what Oli has done 29 Jun 2026, 23:06, Sam: All I will say is that it's going swimmingly 29 Jun 2026, 23:08, Sam: It is disgraceful what you and Oli tried to do here, and I cannot wait to see you both cross-examined 29 Jun 2026, 23:11, Sam: As far as I can see, even if we don't recover your messages, the implication is clear: either Oli retained his messages, in which case that is not good for you or him, or he deleted his, in which case the clear presumption is that you conspired to obstruct justice and to have me falsely imprisoned to stop me from telling the Chernys the truth 29 Jun 2026, 23:22, Sam: I particularly liked the bit where you presented my love for him, my worry about his health, and my distress when he told me he was dangerously ill and then screamed at me for asking to see the medical data that we had agreed to meet to look over together, as 'coercive control' and 'stalking' 29 Jun 2026, 23:22, Sam: I don't even know what to say to that, other than that this has been the most squalid and dismal thing I've seen 30 Jun 2026, 02:06, Damien: Didn’t you beat him up? lol 30 Jun 2026, 02:06, Damien: You’re insane Sam 30 Jun 2026, 02:06, Damien: Totally cracked out. 30 Jun 2026, 02:07, Damien: As I said leave me alone. 30 Jun 2026, 02:07, Sam: I hit him, once, which I shouldn't have, and I reported myself and pled guilty (against the slight protestations of my lawyer who felt "we could have challenged the medical evidence on that one", haha) 30 Jun 2026, 02:08, Sam: But no, I couldn't have stood and faced him in court if I were denying something I obviously did 30 Jun 2026, 02:08, Damien: What do you want? You’re such a bore honestly. Move on with your life 30 Jun 2026, 02:09, Sam: Which brings me to my point: why don't you clear it all up with Cherny? Why not just check with him that he didn't consider himself in a relationship with Oli, and that he was fine with Oli going out with me, and that I'm simply mistaken and you're right and there was nothing between them? 30 Jun 2026, 02:09, Damien: Stop wasting your time with these crackpot stories, suggesting I’ve been colluding with Oli is absurd. Why would I bother whatsoever 30 Jun 2026, 02:09, Sam: Why not put your money where your mouth very clearly is? 30 Jun 2026, 02:09, Sam: You won't, because you know perfectly well what has been going on 30 Jun 2026, 02:09, Sam: That is the problem here 30 Jun 2026, 02:09, Damien: But why do I have to? I don’t owe anything to you? You’ve treated me horribly. 30 Jun 2026, 02:09, Sam: Why shouldn't you take pleasure in proving me wrong? 30 Jun 2026, 02:10, Sam: Why is it a question of 'having to'? 30 Jun 2026, 02:10, Sam: This is the problem: your words palpably don't align with how you actually act around the matter 30 Jun 2026, 02:10, Damien: if Sam Cheney told him yourself you wouldn’t believe it 30 Jun 2026, 02:10, Sam: Same for everyone else 30 Jun 2026, 02:10, Sam: Of course I would 30 Jun 2026, 02:10, Damien: You’d be too embarrassed to admit your wrong 30 Jun 2026, 02:11, Damien: You crossed Oli’s boundaries that’s why he doesn’t want thing to do with you. 30 Jun 2026, 02:11, Sam: I have admitted I was wrong about a thousand times in the course of the last two months 30 Jun 2026, 02:11, Damien: Nothing about Sam Cherney 30 Jun 2026, 02:11, Sam: I have tried and discarded theory after theory 30 Jun 2026, 02:11, Sam: This is the one that has stuck 30 Jun 2026, 02:11, Sam: And this is the one that I can see is correct in the behaviour of everyone around me 30 Jun 2026, 02:12, Damien: And I’m sorry, even if your theory is correct which it isn’t btw 30 Jun 2026, 02:12, Sam: Why are you so reluctant to tell him? Why is everyone so reluctant to tell him? Let's be honest, we both know why 30 Jun 2026, 02:12, Sam: Then why not tell him? Why is that the one thing you absolutely cannot and will not do? 30 Jun 2026, 02:13, Damien: Are you really saying you’re that stupid to not see uour so called bf had another bf? I mean it’s just insane 30 Jun 2026, 02:13, Sam: Sorry, I don't mean to sound like I'm desperate for someone to say it to him - he will find out if he hasn't begun to already, through my YouTube channel and through his dad and through this court case etc 30 Jun 2026, 02:13, Sam: But I find it illustrative that you absolutely will not say it to him 30 Jun 2026, 02:13, Sam: I know perfectly well that you know the truth, and probably have known it for some time 30 Jun 2026, 02:13, Damien: Take up knitting stop bothering with this. You’re mad. And you’re harassing me and coming up with all Sorts of Nonsense 30 Jun 2026, 02:14, Damien: It’s upsetting cause you’re clearly very unwell 30 Jun 2026, 02:14, Damien: Please leave me alone now I don’t want to hear it 30 Jun 2026, 02:14, Sam: No, Damien, this is boring, and what you have done is perverting the course of justice 30 Jun 2026, 02:14, Sam: If I were you I would tell the truth before Oli tells it, because if you're relying on Oli's loyalty then ... well, I have some advice for you, haha 30 Jun 2026, 02:15, Damien: Why would I risk getting myself in trouble 30 Jun 2026, 02:15, Sam: No, I did see it, at points 30 Jun 2026, 02:15, Sam: I got it slightly wrong but I saw the outline 30 Jun 2026, 02:15, Damien: Oh please go away Sam 30 Jun 2026, 02:15, Sam: Most notably here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0htWnB1A1k&feature=youtu.be 30 Jun 2026, 02:15, Sam: Though I suspected Oliver Riannon, not Sam Cherny 30 Jun 2026, 02:15, Damien: You’re cracked out 30 Jun 2026, 02:15, Damien: Meth paranoia 30 Jun 2026, 02:16, Sam: I was balancing that possibility against the other more lurid possibilities around criminality etc 30 Jun 2026, 02:16, Sam: It was Sam Cherny's sister liking my Instagram post that finally made me realise with near certainty that that was the truth, that was what was going on 30 Jun 2026, 02:17, Damien: Sam sweetheart you’re so wrong. It breaks my heart seeing you so sick. :( 30 Jun 2026, 02:18, Damien: I’m sorry but if you don’t stop I’m going to have to block you. You need to get on with your life 30 Jun 2026, 02:19, Sam: You can roll out all the slightly tedious strained gay bitchy whatever this is that you want, but don't think it is not very obvious to me that you fundamentally dare not tell him because you know perfectly well that that situation is precisely what Oli has been trying to avoid 30 Jun 2026, 02:19, Damien: Oh please why do you think i care enough to lie. 30 Jun 2026, 02:20, Sam: This is not something I doubt any more, so, having already told me how I might be right and you really don't know etc etc, you can stop trying to row back to "it's impossible and you're dead wrong" 30 Jun 2026, 02:20, Sam: Sorry 30 Jun 2026, 02:20, Sam: I was stupid to listen to that at all in the first place, but it certainly doesn't work now 30 Jun 2026, 02:20, Damien: What’s your end goal 30 Jun 2026, 02:20, Sam: I suppose I listened to it because I trusted you in light of a decade of friendship - that was clearly a mistake 30 Jun 2026, 02:20, Sam: And I'm sorry to see that 30 Jun 2026, 02:20, Damien: Are you going to go Glen Close on Oli 😅 30 Jun 2026, 02:21, Damien: Well Sam that’s why I’m telling you the truth 30 Jun 2026, 02:21, Sam: My end goal is that Cherny knows the truth, and Oli tells the truth, and we all live in truth rather than endless skulking around and lying 30 Jun 2026, 02:21, Damien: Let’s agree to disagree. 30 Jun 2026, 02:21, Sam: I don't think Cherny is a bad person, probably, and I hope maybe some day we can all be friends 30 Jun 2026, 02:21, Sam: If Oli continues to live with him/them, that is fine too 30 Jun 2026, 02:21, Sam: But not on the basis of lying and hiding and having to conceal my existence and live a double life 30 Jun 2026, 02:21, Damien: Haven’t you contacted all of Sam Chernys friends and family? I think he knows who you are etc 30 Jun 2026, 02:22, Sam: Because that is not fair to me and not fair to Cherny 30 Jun 2026, 02:22, Sam: No, I don't think he does - I think he has been told that I am a stalker and an ex from long ago 30 Jun 2026, 02:22, Sam: Oli doesn't spell it out in his report but I can see it in his second statement 30 Jun 2026, 02:22, Damien: Well that’s certainly how it looks 30 Jun 2026, 02:23, Sam: Do you remember telling me in February that you were delighted that we worked it out, because we were made for each other? 30 Jun 2026, 02:23, Sam: That, to me, does not feel like what one tells a stalker, does it? 30 Jun 2026, 02:23, Sam: Do you remember saying In May that Oli would come back to me, that we have a unique bond, and that I just needed to stop the group chats for a few days? 30 Jun 2026, 02:24, Sam: If I had said "yes", Oli would have spoken to me - I didn't say yes, because my goal was not "get attention from Oli", it was "force truth on Oli", even if it made our relationship worse in the short term 30 Jun 2026, 02:24, Damien: I think you can’t accept that Oli doesn’t want a relationship with you, and never did, not openly, I think you maybe got close when you were both on drugs, and probably what you thought was a relationship wasn’t to him etc etc and now you’re convincing yourself he’s cheating on you. That’s my two cents 30 Jun 2026, 02:24, Damien: Anyway 30 Jun 2026, 02:25, Sam: Was it your two cents in February? 30 Jun 2026, 02:25, Sam: In May? 30 Jun 2026, 02:25, Sam: In April when we had those group chats? 30 Jun 2026, 02:25, Sam: Etc etc? No 30 Jun 2026, 02:25, Damien: Those group chats were fucking obscene 30 Jun 2026, 02:25, Damien: You have no respect for boundaries 30 Jun 2026, 02:25, Sam: Was it what you said to me after the group chats, in May? 30 Jun 2026, 02:25, Damien: Fucking wild 30 Jun 2026, 02:25, Damien: You’re being a psycho bitch 30 Jun 2026, 02:25, Sam: Was it? Or did you say that we had a unique bond, that Oli would come back to me, that he had communicated that to you, and that I just needed to lay off the group chats? 30 Jun 2026, 02:25, Sam: Why can't you answer? 30 Jun 2026, 02:26, Sam: Do you think I don't see what is going on? I am perfectly familiar with this pattern - you don't feel good about what you have done to me, so you try to be as nasty as possible to turn me into your enemy and opponent, rather than your friend of 10 years whom you deceived and betrayed 30 Jun 2026, 02:26, Damien: What does it matter I can’t remember, because it’s not that important to me 30 Jun 2026, 02:26, Sam: I am disappointed in you 30 Jun 2026, 02:27, Damien: You think this is nasty? If so I think it proves my point 30 Jun 2026, 02:27, Sam: Well, consult your Facebook messages, as you will in court, and you'll find that that was not what you said 30 Jun 2026, 02:27, Damien: I don’t care enough to lie, I’m not getting involved with someone else’s affair. 30 Jun 2026, 02:27, Sam: I think it is squalid 30 Jun 2026, 02:28, Sam: I don't think you feel good about what you're doing 30 Jun 2026, 02:28, Damien: I’m sorry. I think that’s what’s happened here 30 Jun 2026, 02:28, Sam: And I'm not interested in playing up to the role of enemy that you seem to be trying to dare me into 30 Jun 2026, 02:28, Sam: I just feel betrayed and disappointed 30 Jun 2026, 02:29, Damien: I’m sorry. But you need to move on. If Oli wanted a relationship with you he would be with you. It wouldn’t be this hard. 30 Jun 2026, 02:29, Sam: Oli and I can handle that between ourselves 30 Jun 2026, 02:30, Damien: I’ve really done nothing but try and help you. And btw I bet if you took my advice about the group chats, I think you would still be talking with Oli those chats were obscene. 30 Jun 2026, 02:31, Damien: Oh really because you’re accused me of colluding and roped in 538 people into group chats. You’ve made Cherneys Family concerned for their safety 30 Jun 2026, 02:31, Sam: I think the more pressing question for you is not the agony aunt question of what I should do in my personal relationships, but rather why you deleted your messages, what you knew, what you said to Oli, whether he has a record, whether he deleted it too, whether Meta responds to my preservation request with messages, whether only with metadata, and what you then say on the stand, because it looks rather bad from where I'm standing 30 Jun 2026, 02:31, Damien: You don’t care about anyone other than yourself and getting what you want. 30 Jun 2026, 02:31, Sam: Hahahahahah 30 Jun 2026, 02:31, Damien: Reacted 😂 to your message 30 Jun 2026, 02:31, Sam: Haha, brilliant 30 Jun 2026, 02:31, Sam: Yes, that's really what this all shows 30 Jun 2026, 02:31, Sam: That I don't care about anyone besides myself 30 Jun 2026, 02:31, Sam: How much easier life would be if that were the case 30 Jun 2026, 02:32, Damien: Why are you harassing so many people? For yourself. 30 Jun 2026, 02:32, Sam: No, the reality is that I care about Oli more than I care about myself 30 Jun 2026, 02:32, Sam: No, for Oli 30 Jun 2026, 02:33, Sam: Because I don't want him to become like you, with respect 30 Jun 2026, 02:33, Sam: I look at the person he is being dragged into being, and I think he can be so much better than that 30 Jun 2026, 02:33, Sam: Look at yourselves 30 Jun 2026, 02:33, Sam: Look at how you've acted 30 Jun 2026, 02:33, Damien: It won’t show anything, whatever it does show you’ll just twist it to whateve messed up narrative you want to create. 30 Jun 2026, 02:33, Sam: You should be ashamed of yourself, and you are and you're not 🤷 30 Jun 2026, 02:33, Sam: Anyway, enough for tonight 30 Jun 2026, 02:33, Sam: Good night, Damien 30 Jun 2026, 02:34, Damien: Like me? 30 Jun 2026, 02:35, Damien: You really need to be sectioned or remanded. I really think you’re destroying yourself 30 Jun 2026, 02:36, Sam: Oh, I forgot to mention, I've made a handy little website to display our conversations about this: https://r-v-damien.samuelwilliamhowardrobinsonadams.uk/ 30 Jun 2026, 02:36, Sam: I think that might help the Chernys to understand what has gone on 30 Jun 2026, 02:36, Sam: I will probably add this last chunk of messages to it, which is a bit meta 🤓 30 Jun 2026, 02:36, Damien: Okay whatever makes you happy. 30 Jun 2026, 02:39, Damien: You’re going to have to stop with this obsession with Oli, you can clearly see it’s an obsession, no? 30 Jun 2026, 03:16, Sam: Yeah, not terribly interested in this shtick, sorry, Damien 30 Jun 2026, 03:16, Sam: And I am sorry to him 30 Jun 2026, 03:16, Sam: I think Cherny can listen to this and know what he was and is to Oli, however desperately you two might be trying to reassure him: https://studio.youtube.com/video/G10fkFZawek/edit 30 Jun 2026, 03:17, Sam: I take no pleasure in this 30 Jun 2026, 03:17, Sam: It sucks and I feel for him 30 Jun 2026, 03:17, Sam: It is a rotten way to use someone 30 Jun 2026, 03:17, Sam: But regardless it is the reality of the situation 30 Jun 2026, 03:17, Sam: Good night, Damien 30 Jun 2026, 03:17, Damien: Yes facing the reality is difficult I get it, making everyone’s life misery is much better alternative. 30 Jun 2026, 03:17, Damien: Heaven forbid he has a friend that he lodges with. This is so daft. 30 Jun 2026, 03:18, Damien: I’m sure Sam Cherney can look after himself 30 Jun 2026, 03:20, Sam: "He snuck out of the nice house for no reason" 30 Jun 2026, 03:20, Sam: Hard sell, sorry, Damien 30 Jun 2026, 03:21, Sam: As is this 30 Jun 2026, 03:21, Sam: Have a good evening 30 Jun 2026, 03:21, Sam: For what it's worth, I am the one person here who is on Sam Cherny's side, though it must be bitter for him and I hate that Oli has done this 30 Jun 2026, 03:22, Damien: What? 30 Jun 2026, 03:22, Damien: What are you talking about sneaking about? 30 Jun 2026, 03:23, Damien: Honestly you should be a writer it’s very good. Please do it now before you totally fry yourself! 30 Jun 2026, 03:23, Damien: It would be a healthy distraction for you 30 Jun 2026, 03:23, Damien: Not to sound condescending 1 Jul 2026, 02:43, Sam: Cherny is aware now 1 Jul 2026, 02:43, Sam: That is good 1 Jul 2026, 02:45, Sam: I am talking about the last half year of my life 1 Jul 2026, 02:46, Sam: I wasn't knowingly sneaking, but I should have seen much earlier what was going on 1 Jul 2026, 02:49, Sam: Anyway, your messages are very popular, it seems 1 Jul 2026, 02:50, Damien: Popular? 1 Jul 2026, 02:53, Damien: You’ve edited these messages, omg you’re insane 1 Jul 2026, 03:02, Sam: I think I swapped around one or two where I had said "A, B", you had then said "X, Y", and I had subsequently said "C, A, B", if you see what I mean, to make them more readable, but that is it, as we shall see in court 1 Jul 2026, 03:02, Damien: lol in court. Just move on 1 Jul 2026, 03:03, Sam: Well, no, this is going to court, whether I like it or not, because of what you and Oli decided to do, namely to try to present me as a stalker in the hope that I would be prevented from telling Cherny the truth 1 Jul 2026, 03:04, Sam: He now has the truth 1 Jul 2026, 03:04, Sam: So I am satisfied 1 Jul 2026, 03:04, Damien: You have stalked him 1 Jul 2026, 03:04, Damien: You’ve harassed so many people 1 Jul 2026, 03:04, Sam: Haha, right, yes, that's me, ok 1 Jul 2026, 03:05, Sam: Anyway, the game is over now, and I am hanging up my hat and retiring as a stalker 1 Jul 2026, 03:06, Sam: The message has got across to the person I wanted to get it across to, and the rest is up to him - if he doesn't mind, I'm delighted, just as long as he does indeed know 1 Jul 2026, 03:06, Sam: which he now does, unambiguously 👍🏻 1 Jul 2026, 03:07, Sam: to be clear, I am donning the label of stalker only ironically/sarcastically 1 Jul 2026, 03:09, Sam: if I didn't mention it, the trial is in January - beginning January 14th if I recall correctly, which I probably ought to 1 Jul 2026, 03:17, Sam: also, just to be clear, what exactly are you accusing me of 'editing'? presumably you are suggesting i did more than reorder a few replies to make the flow of the conversation clearer? we're back to 'fabricated evidence', haha 1 Jul 2026, 03:19, Damien: 1 Jul 2026, 03:19, Sam: well, Sam Cherny has my Instagram username and password which I supplied in one of my emails a while ago, so he or anyone else can quite easily log in and check for himself - I no longer care very much about my privacy, I just care about the truth, because I am sick to death of all the lying 1 Jul 2026, 03:19, Damien: Ohhh go away 1 Jul 2026, 03:19, Damien: You’re so boring 1 Jul 2026, 03:19, Sam: haha, the waveform looks like a sort of undifferentiated large noise, which is more or less how I have experienced most of your replies 1 Jul 2026, 03:20, Sam: let me grab my headphones and i'll listen, one mo 1 Jul 2026, 03:20, Sam: oh it's just nothing 1 Jul 2026, 03:20, Sam: well, fair enough 1 Jul 2026, 03:21, Sam: sorry it didn't work out as you had planned 1 Jul 2026, 03:22, Sam: for what it's worth, I am sorry (*not* to you, and not really to Oli, but to the Chernys and to Sam Cherny especially) that any of this had to happen 1 Jul 2026, 03:23, Sam: I feel like I've got a strange, one-sided form of knowledge of him from looking into all this, and he seems like maybe a lonelier and less self-assured person than I had initially thought he was when I met him and he threatened to knock my teeth out, haha 1 Jul 2026, 03:26, Sam: we didn't exactly get off on the right foot, and he may well never be able to stand me and I would understand that, but jesus it must be horrible to be in the position that he is in - still, he is in the position whether he likes or knows it or not, and it is better that he find out now than years down the line 1 Jul 2026, 03:26, Damien: You’re so rude. 1 Jul 2026, 03:27, Sam: To you? Haha, I am not remotely rude enough, but I don't have the energy to be rude enough 1 Jul 2026, 03:29, Damien: 😢 1 Jul 2026, 03:29, Damien: Did you speak to Cherny? 1 Jul 2026, 03:30, Sam: Not since April, no, but I can see that he has seen what he needs to see 1 Jul 2026, 03:31, Sam: So I have done what I set out to do, and I am finished with it, aside from the court proceedings which I very much look forward to 1 Jul 2026, 03:31, Sam: For some reason I don't hate Oli 1 Jul 2026, 03:32, Damien: Oh good. So I think we’re done here? 1 Jul 2026, 03:32, Sam: Nor do I hate you per se 1 Jul 2026, 03:32, Sam: Though I think 'disapproval' would be an extreme understatement 1 Jul 2026, 03:32, Sam: I am, yes, aside from vindicating myself at trial and establishing what exactly you and Oli conspired to do 1 Jul 2026, 03:33, Sam: But in terms of reaching out to the Chernys, yes, I'm done - the message has got across 1 Jul 2026, 03:33, Sam: Or reaching out to Oli, though I was never really doing that 1 Jul 2026, 03:34, Sam: I was amused at how the police file presented me as messaging Oli to tell him how much I loved him - the tone of those messages was not "I love you, please come back", it was "I am exposing this because it needs to be known, and I disapprove strongly of what you have done, but you should know I still love you" 1 Jul 2026, 03:34, Sam: since I knew and know that he would worry that I didn't 1 Jul 2026, 03:34, Damien: Hurrah! Well I’m happy you’ve found a bit of sense of accomplishment in whatever the fuck you were doing. Hopefully you can get on with something else. 1 Jul 2026, 03:35, Sam: I don't really know why you think you have earned the right to talk to me like that, and I look forward to writing a thorough account of these events and your role and character in them when the dust has settled 1 Jul 2026, 03:35, Sam: For now, have a good night 1 Jul 2026, 03:45, Damien: I really wish you no ill will. I’ve known you for a long time, we’ve lived together on two occasions, I considered us quite close at one point, it’s disheartening that you believe that I would do the things you’re suggesting. I just hope you can be happy and well and move on with your life and put all this behind you. All the best. 1 Jul 2026, 03:46, Sam: Thank you for that relatively decent message 👍🏻 I appreciate at least that. 1 Jul 2026, 03:47, Sam: I also find it disheartening that I believe you would do the things that I, all outward signs, and your refusal to provide potentially confirmatory/disconfirmatory evidence are suggesting. 1 Jul 2026, 03:49, Sam: I have no idea exactly what you mean by "move on with my life", particularly when your and Oli's actions have seriously and wrongfully obstructed my life (again, aside from the assault charge which is entirely fair, arose from my own self-report, and which I consider basically separate from the heap of rubbish that is being considered alongside it). 1 Jul 2026, 03:53, Sam: Again, I will write a full and honest account of this when it is over, since it's a story that ought to be told - I'm sorry to Oli, but it's not the end of his story or ours. Or even maybe his and Cherny's, if Cherny is happy to remain part of the story in some way. I really am sorry to him. I can't imagine what it must feel like. I think it has been cruel of Oli. 1 Jul 2026, 03:54, Sam: In fact Oli knows quite well what it feels like - it feels like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKJJ2Ov5N9o (He has never forgiven me for those years. Aw, poor Oli.) 1 Jul 2026, 04:01, Damien: I haven’t conspired against you, Oli is not in a relationship with Cherny, those things I know for a fact. You won’t believe that, it can’t be helped, and the lengths you’ve went to the amount of messages the website the YouTube channel, the contacting numerous people, it’s too much. I don’t feel comfortable giving you anything that you will twist, or sharing information from Oli, when he has legal action against you. It’s very sad. 1 Jul 2026, 04:04, Sam: I quite honestly don't know how you have the audacity to accuse me, the person who has been painstakingly honest even at serious cost (e.g. the assault charge), of "twisting" things 1 Jul 2026, 04:06, Sam: Are you indeed accusing me of "twisting" things? Can you point to any things that I have "twisted"? Are you still maintaining your accusation that I "edited" your messages, and if so then what kind of 'edit' (beyond the extremely minor cosmetic ones I mentioned) are you suggesting that I made? 1 Jul 2026, 04:07, Sam: Some of the few edits I made were to fix your typos / spelling / random new lines breaking up sentences / etc, which I thought was a courtesy as I was doing it, haha, but no good deed etc etc 1 Jul 2026, 04:07, Damien: Because you won’t believe me when? It doesn’t make any sense for me to lie. You’ve known me for so long I don’t lie, it’s too much effort. You so badly don’t want to believe me. 1 Jul 2026, 04:07, Sam: But no, more seriously, besides very minor improvements to readability I certainly didn't alter anything 1 Jul 2026, 04:07, Damien: For me to lie like this would make me psychopath which I’m not. 1 Jul 2026, 04:08, Sam: Well, you have gone to a great deal of effort! You have argued passionately and for very unclear reasons for Oli and Cherny's not being in a relationship, haven't you, even though you couldn't point to any particularly good basis for being so sure of that, and you briefly switched position to "eh, maybe you're right" before unaccountably switching back again to "no, it is utterly impossible!!!" 1 Jul 2026, 04:10, Sam: The truth is that I am right, and you know I am right and that is why you haven't dared to tell/ask him what I asked you long ago to tell/ask him, and why you understood immediately the hazard of my starting group chats with people about my and Oli's relationship 1 Jul 2026, 04:10, Sam: indeed you understood that before I did 1 Jul 2026, 04:10, Sam: "are you alright darling, sorry Sam is blowing this up with group chats" etc 1 Jul 2026, 04:11, Sam: sorry, slightly misquoted your exact words but there you go: 1 Jul 2026, 04:11, Sam: 1 Jul 2026, 04:11, Damien: Because it’s frankly it’s none of my business, and if he wants to share that information with he can. But I since no it’s not the case. 1 Jul 2026, 04:12, Sam: Hmmmmmmmmm 1 Jul 2026, 04:13, Sam: sorry, not *told* Cherny, I should emphasise for the sake of my godforsaken bail conditions, but *put the information out there in such a way that he could access it and has now accessed it* 1 Jul 2026, 04:13, Sam: so there is no real need to pretend, as far as I can see 1 Jul 2026, 04:14, Damien: I would have appreciated more if you didn’t include a picture of my bloody face 👍🏼 1 Jul 2026, 04:14, Sam: I can take that down 1 Jul 2026, 04:14, Sam: I'll take that down if you want 1 Jul 2026, 04:14, Sam: hold on, one sec 1 Jul 2026, 04:14, Sam: no real need to have it there 1 Jul 2026, 04:17, Sam: 1 Jul 2026, 04:17, Sam: there ya go: I have scaled it down and pixellated it to the point where it is functionally just _a face_ 1 Jul 2026, 04:17, Sam: https://r-v-damien.samuelwilliamhowardrobinsonadams.uk/static/photos/1734780957654325.jpg 1 Jul 2026, 04:18, Damien: Haha I think this looks worse. But anyway. It’s beside the point. 1 Jul 2026, 04:18, Sam: if you had a good experience at Sam's Stalking Service, please leave a five-star review 1 Jul 2026, 04:18, Sam: ah, well, one sec, I'll change it further 1 Jul 2026, 04:24, Sam: https://r-v-damien.samuelwilliamhowardrobinsonadams.uk/#msg-384 1 Jul 2026, 04:25, Damien: Reacted 😂 to your message 1 Jul 2026, 04:25, Damien: I mean A* for effort. 1 Jul 2026, 04:25, Damien: You’re very thorough 1 Jul 2026, 04:25, Sam: there ya go, should be fine now! i am slightly loth to change too much because then I open the door to be accused of editing or manipulating things, which I have been accused of a lot 1 Jul 2026, 04:25, Sam: even though it is the one thing I have not done 1 Jul 2026, 04:26, Sam: here's my follow-up note to the police after my interview about the assault that I insisted on shouting a confession to over their protestations: 1 Jul 2026, 04:26, Sam: 1 Jul 2026, 04:27, Sam: if I can say one thing for myself, it is that I categorically have not lied or presented the truth strategically, and you know that and Oli knows that, and it makes me feel slightly like I'm living in an upside-down dream world (with respect) to be accused of that by you and (particularly) him 1 Jul 2026, 04:28, Sam: I love that boy more than he loves Quavers, but dear god does he owe me the mother of all apologies 1 Jul 2026, 04:29, Sam: speaking of mothers, to be clear, he contacted my mother and my family before I contacted his or anyone 1 Jul 2026, 04:30, Sam: about half an hour or an hour before I got to his house on April 18th, as soon as I said I would come (he didn't tell me not to come, but it was obvious by that point that he was resisting having the conversation that I had wanted to have about everything he had lied to me about over the preceding year or so) 1 Jul 2026, 04:30, Sam: he was wounded by my mother's slightly cold response, I think 1 Jul 2026, 04:30, Sam: 1 Jul 2026, 04:31, Sam: I know when he's wounded even when he's acting tough on the outside - I know he always wanted my family to like him, and .... I am not even going to bloody think about the task ahead of me in rehabilitating him _again_ after this time 1 Jul 2026, 04:32, Sam: "hey, Oli, remember that time you perjured yourself to try to have Sam imprisoned so he didn't tell your other boyfriend about your relationship? well, we're so delighted you're part of the family now!" 1 Jul 2026, 04:33, Sam: he knows I adore him regardless and he knows I always will, and he is bloody lucky because any sane person would have ... actually, on reflection, i am not going to finish that sentence 1 Jul 2026, 04:34, Sam: suffice it to say that i have been bloody calm and forgiving relative to what he has done - i have been a fucking bodhisattva 1 Jul 2026, 04:35, Sam: anyway I am genuinely sorry for what this must mean to Cherny 1 Jul 2026, 04:37, Sam: i have tried to be clear and unmistakable but that is not the same as relishing or enjoying any of this - i would never have wished that on him or anyone 1 Jul 2026, 04:37, Sam: i know i did suggest to his landlord that he be kicked into a volcano, but nevertheless 1 Jul 2026, 04:38, Sam: sorry, thrown into a volcano* 1 Jul 2026, 04:38, Sam: 1 Jul 2026, 04:50, Damien: also, when I said “blown up” I meant as in blowing up everyone’s phones with messages. I can maybe see how this may have come off differently 1 Jul 2026, 04:53, Sam: that feels like a slightly odd usage to me - is sending one message to a larger group "blowing up people's phones" more than the fast-paced conversation between the three of us already was? (this was before April 12th, in the interval when I had not yet gone to his house for the first time, when we were still arguing and my group chats were quite restrained and small) 1 Jul 2026, 04:54, Sam: that is, incidentally, the time period in which he is now vaguely implying that he had already adopted a posture of 'no contact', though in reality we were still arguing in those group chats with you (well, not with you but in your presence) 1 Jul 2026, 04:54, Sam: and the only people whom I had added to a further, larger group chat, if memory serves, were Cherny and Riannon themselves 1 Jul 2026, 04:55, Damien: Well I agree that’s why I’m clarifying. You were at the time blowing up my phone, and others with messages in group chats! 1 Jul 2026, 04:55, Sam: neither of whom ever replied to anything on Facebook - I think Riannon might have 'seen' a message on one occasion and passed it on, but I can't recall with certainty and I'm still locked out of my Facebook 1 Jul 2026, 04:55, Sam: yeah, it's a bit odd, isn't it, that you were saying that to Oli while telling me that Oli had wronged me and that you didn't know why he had behaved that way and didn't approve of it 1 Jul 2026, 04:55, Sam: it doesn't add up to feeling tremendously trustworthy to me 1 Jul 2026, 04:56, Sam: i only saw that message because Oli was immature enough to send me a screenshot of his replies, in which he was making a big show of being Calm and Disappointed in Sam and so forth 1 Jul 2026, 04:56, Sam: neither of you has come across to me as being particularly honest 1 Jul 2026, 04:57, Sam: on the front, I Disapprove and Share Your Anger, and on the back, apparently, Sorry Darling I Hope You're Ok And I'm Sorry Sam Is Blowing This All Up 1 Jul 2026, 04:58, Sam: anyway, it doesn't really matter because it's now over 1 Jul 2026, 04:59, Sam: I told Oli at the beginning that it might have been recoverable if he drew a line and told the truth, albeit late 1 Jul 2026, 04:59, Sam: he has clearly done the polar opposite of that 1 Jul 2026, 05:00, Sam: who is it in Cornwall who is interested in this? I have someone in Cornwall who seems to be following the you website quite closely 1 Jul 2026, 05:01, Sam: it's not you because you're in London, and it's not Oli or Cherny because they are in London too 1 Jul 2026, 05:01, Sam: oh well - interesting to see the ripples, at least 1 Jul 2026, 05:10, Sam: he told that lie pre-emptively about the person he loved, because he knew that it would be a disaster if anyone - well, Cherny - learned the truth 1 Jul 2026, 05:12, Sam: hence why I haven't cared tremendously about the accusation: if I'm going to be accused of stalking either way, i.e. accused of being in love with Oli and fixated on Oli, then I might as well explain *why* I am in love with him and fixated on him, and that that is not exactly unrequited, despite your very recent effort to try to paint it as such 1 Jul 2026, 05:15, Sam: I know Oli is "pissed off", but I'm afraid this needed to be done 1 Jul 2026, 05:15, Sam: so he is going to have to suck it up, and i know he ultimately will 1 Jul 2026, 05:17, Sam: please make sure he takes his insulin and knows how precious he is ❤️‍🩹 1 Jul 2026, 05:24, Damien: Can’t you see how the group chats would be upsetting? 1 Jul 2026, 05:25, Damien: Ohh I hope it’s not uncle, that would be embarrassing! Perhaps someone using a vpn. 1 Jul 2026, 05:25, Damien: I’m actually in Japan 🇯🇵 1 Jul 2026, 10:37, Sam: Yes - do you think Oli is entitled never to be upset despite upsetting and wronging me? Do you think he's entitied to my loyalty and silence when he extends me none of either? That strikes me as a marvellous entitlement to have 1 Jul 2026, 10:37, Sam: It also strikes me as nothing to do with *stalking* 1 Jul 2026, 10:37, Sam: It is not proper to misuse the criminal law as a means of relational control 1 Jul 2026, 11:19, Sam: Do you think my family might have been upset by his constantly messaging them and screaming about wanking and so forth whenever he was upset at me? My 92-year-old grandmother learned to use her phone so she could leave that group chat, and everyone else left too, by the end, except my mum and my sister's ex-girlfriend Roxy 🤷 1 Jul 2026, 11:21, Sam: This whole thing is an absolutely disgraceful way to treat the one person who has forgiven him vast amounts, and whom he expects again to forgive him 1 Jul 2026, 11:21, Damien: He started a group chat, with your grandmother? 1 Jul 2026, 11:22, Sam: I added him to that group chat so he could feel he was part of the family 1 Jul 2026, 11:22, Sam: Brilliant decision that was 1 Jul 2026, 11:43, Sam: How does he expect to be part of the family now? How does he expect my trust, after throwing me under the bus, and this time trying to have me wrongfully imprisoned, to cover up what he did for his own material comfort while still expecting my loyalty too? 1 Jul 2026, 11:44, Sam: I am completely beyond appalled at all this 1 Jul 2026, 11:45, Sam: Why should it always be me who has to forgive this crap? 1 Jul 2026, 11:45, Sam: Why is it not for once his job to be at least adequate? 1 Jul 2026, 11:48, Damien: The same goes for him. It genuinely felt as though those group chats were being used as a way to manipulate him as if the message was, “If you don’t talk to me, I’ll keep sending these private messages, personal recordings, and embarrassing videos to everyone.” That was the impression it gave. It felt very manipulative. 1 Jul 2026, 11:51, Sam: Sorry, is that a criticism? Could you explain what your criticism is? 1 Jul 2026, 11:57, Damien: Would you be embarrassed if someone published voice recordings of you at your most vulnerable, along with your private group chats, for everyone to see online? Would you be comfortable with that? I don’t think many people would. 1 Jul 2026, 11:58, Sam: I would be embarrassed, yes. And? 1 Jul 2026, 11:59, Sam: If I didn't want that to happen, I wouldn't treat my boyfriend that way, and I wouldn't say things I regretted in that way. 1 Jul 2026, 11:59, Damien: So why did you do it to him? 1 Jul 2026, 11:59, Sam: Did I blame Oli for sending my chats with Nate (that 15 year old) to my family, just before I went to his house on April 12th? No, I've barely mentioned it. 1 Jul 2026, 11:59, Sam: Do you think he should have done that? 1 Jul 2026, 11:59, Sam: Do you think he should have cheated on me? 1 Jul 2026, 11:59, Sam: Do you think he should have ignored me? 1 Jul 2026, 12:00, Sam: Do you think he should have shouted at my family on iMessage about wanking? 1 Jul 2026, 12:00, Damien: Well o didn’t know about any of that. 1 Jul 2026, 12:00, Damien: And this is untrue 1 Jul 2026, 12:00, Sam: Or do you think Oli just entered the moral universe a second before I started those group chats? 1 Jul 2026, 12:00, Sam: Well why the fuck do you think any of this happened? For no reason at all?? 1 Jul 2026, 12:01, Damien: I thought it was because he was ignoring you and you wanted his attention. 1 Jul 2026, 12:01, Damien: Why did he do this? 1 Jul 2026, 12:02, Sam: It was because he had wronged me and had refused to apologise for it, yes. And when you wrong someone else and you refuse to apologise for it, you cannot then expect perfect and generous and loyal treatment in return. 1 Jul 2026, 12:03, Sam: For too long he has been able to count on people like you to demand that I be loyal to him while ignoring absolutely everything he has done no matter how much I tell you about it. You tell me he has treated me disgracefully, tell me that "Oli does what Oli wants", and then tell me I owe him loyalty and decency and silence in return. Why? Are you cortically deaf? I genuinely do not know. 1 Jul 2026, 12:04, Sam: Because he was angry and spiteful that I expected him to explain himself and wouldn't let him run away and ignore me, as he has always done, until I give up and let it slide. 1 Jul 2026, 12:05, Sam: I just do not think this is an acceptable way to behave. Were you going to make some moral case as to how he was entitled to better treatment from me than he got? It sounded like you were going to, but I don't see where that argument is. 1 Jul 2026, 12:06, Damien: Whatever the situation was, it sounds very unhealthy to me. I’m sorry, but after listening to the voice recording you sent, where you were demanding that he add you on Facebook, I don’t think that’s an acceptable way to speak to anyone. Even if someone has been your partner for ten years, you can’t force them to do something or speak to them like that. I understand that emotions can run high, but if someone didn’t accept my friend request on Facebook, I’d probably take that as a sign and put my energy into people who actually wanted me in their life. I wouldn’t keep pushing the issue. The way you were speaking to him came across as very intense and, honestly, quite intimidating. I found it uncomfortable to listen to, and I can only imagine how it must have felt to be on the receiving end of it. 1 Jul 2026, 12:07, Damien: To be honest, the whole situation sounds completely toxic. It doesn’t sound healthy for either of you. From everything I’ve seen and heard, it seems like a relationship that had become very unhealthy, and I don’t think either of you were benefiting from it anymore. 1 Jul 2026, 12:23, Sam: The point was not that he had to add me on Facebook, haha. It's not like I was offended by not being his Facebook friend. The point was that he had refused for reasons that were obviously suspicious, and so I wanted to know why. 1 Jul 2026, 12:23, Sam: That was why it was a problem that day and not the day before, or the day before that, or [etc]. 1 Jul 2026, 12:24, Sam: Anyway, I now know why! Haha. 1 Jul 2026, 12:25, Sam: In short, what I was saying was: "you are clearly hiding something; what are you hiding?" 1 Jul 2026, 12:26, Sam: Again, I now have the answer 1 Jul 2026, 12:28, Sam: Also, to be clear, Oli *desperately* wanted me in his life, and about two hours later he sent this urgent retraction of the no-contact agreement that he had submitted half an hour before that: 1 Jul 2026, 12:28, Sam: 1 Jul 2026, 12:28, Sam: He wanted me in his life on terms where he didn't have to treat me fairly or be honest, and could be supported in doing so by people like you, who have either been unable to think or have sort of recreationally refused to do so, I don't know 1 Jul 2026, 12:29, Sam: I was and am not willing to accept those terms, which is why we are where we are, and I have got tired of listening to tutting about my response 1 Jul 2026, 12:30, Sam: From now on, you can tut all you want, but if he wants to treated as a friend then he will have to behave as a friend, and if he treats me as an enemy then he will be treated as one in return, however terribly upset that may make you 1 Jul 2026, 12:32, Sam: From now on, you can tut all you want, but if he wants to be treated as a friend then he will have to behave as a friend, and if he treats me as an enemy then he will be treated as one in return, however terribly upset that may make you (edited) 1 Jul 2026, 12:34, Sam: The difference between me and him is that I have never treated him in a way I couldn't account for (except hitting him, for which I apologised immediately and have taken responsibility for and will accept what punishment is due, but here I'm talking about long-term sustained behavioural posture rather than momentary bad decisions) 1 Jul 2026, 12:34, Damien: It doesn’t upset me at all. You keep saying that people are supporting him in treating you badly, but that’s simply not true. The first time I became involved in any of this wasn’t because of Ollie. He never added me to a group chat or involved me in any of it. It was only ever you who contacted me. The truth is, I don’t even know where Ollie was living before all of this. Honestly, I don’t, because I don’t feel the need to keep track of those sorts of details. So for you to suggest that I was somehow conspiring with him to cover up an affair because he wanted to live in a nicer house is, quite frankly, preposterous. First of all, Ollie would never ask me to do something like that. Secondly, I’ve known Ollie for well over twelve years, and I’ve actually known you even longer because I met you before I met him. The idea that I would deliberately take part in something like that is completely untrue. 1 Jul 2026, 12:34, Sam: I can account for treating him as an enemy when he is treating me as one, though of course I would sooner not be in this position 1 Jul 2026, 12:35, Sam: He cannot account for, and ought to be ashamed of, treating me as an enemy while I was a friend to him 1 Jul 2026, 12:35, Damien: That said, I think we’re past the point where any of this makes a difference. Even if Sam Churny stood directly in front of you and told you he wasn’t in a relationship with Ollie, I honestly think you’d still find a way to reject it because you’ve become so convinced of your own version of events. It feels as though you’ve become completely fixated on that belief, and I don’t think anything anyone says is going to change your mind. So, from my perspective, it’s a lost cause. For what it’s worth, whatever relationship exists between you and Ollie, I think it’s become incredibly unhealthy. I don’t think it’s good for either of you, and I genuinely don’t think you should continue pursuing it. I’ve really tried to explain my perspective, but I don’t think there’s anything more I can add. 1 Jul 2026, 12:35, Sam: That is the shameful thing: repaying loyalty with disloyalty 1 Jul 2026, 12:35, Sam: I would sooner not repay disloyalty with disloyalty - I would sooner be in a sunny world where I was giving loyalty and receiving loyalty in return - but what I am not going to do is endure disloyalty while affording him loyalty at the same time regardless 1 Jul 2026, 12:36, Sam: That is not a sustainable basis for any human relationship of any kind 1 Jul 2026, 12:36, Sam: And I don't mean loyalty in the mob sense, I mean loyalty in the proper sense, the sense that derives from loi and lex, i.e. abiding by laws and norms and being accountable 1 Jul 2026, 12:37, Sam: Why did you delete your messages from that night, then? 1 Jul 2026, 12:38, Sam: I would appreciate an explanation that is actually an explanation, and not just "it was negative", which frankly is an insult to my and to anyone's intelligence 1 Jul 2026, 12:39, Sam: I would also appreciate it if you stopped this routine while you haven't even dared to tell Cherny over the phone 1 Jul 2026, 12:39, Damien: I don’t even know him. I met him briefly once 1 Jul 2026, 12:40, Sam: And I would appreciate an end to this 'unhealthy' 'relationship' rubbish - a relationship is not an entity that is capable of experiencing illness, it is a word for how two people have interacted over time - if you think we have interacted in ways that are bad or wrong, we have a rich moral vocabulary for that that operates on *people* and *choices* 1 Jul 2026, 12:41, Sam: for example, the choice to try to carry on exclusive relationships with two people at once, while hiding to each person the exclusionary right pretended to the other 1 Jul 2026, 12:42, Sam: So have I, and yet I was perfectly capable of shouting the truth to him from outside his gate and being arrested and prosecuted for it 1 Jul 2026, 12:42, Damien: You said he wasn’t there? 1 Jul 2026, 12:42, Sam: I, unlike you, didn't have the luxury of being able to let him know in a message, because Oli has made quite sure that all routes of communication between me and him were closed, and he did so long before I was shouting anything 1 Jul 2026, 12:43, Sam: He wasn't, no - another downside of that particular method of communication! 1 Jul 2026, 12:43, Sam: When I say 'shouting the truth to him' I mean 'shouting the truth at his house in the expectation that he was inside it' 1 Jul 2026, 12:43, Damien: You’ve said what you wanted now anyway? 1 Jul 2026, 12:43, Sam: I have, yes, now, but I am making the point about your refusal to tell him because it has always been what illustrated to me that you were perfectly aware that he wasn't to know 1 Jul 2026, 12:44, Sam: Now he does know 1 Jul 2026, 12:44, Sam: Or at least an iPhone user on a Hyperoptic broadband connection in Hammersmith has perused my messages with you extensively 1 Jul 2026, 12:45, Damien: Can you see it’s none of my business to do that. 1 Jul 2026, 12:45, Sam: I can see that it was none of your business to talk to me about this, and yet you did, haha 1 Jul 2026, 12:45, Damien: First of all I would have to believe they were in a relationships, which Ollie has told me they’re not. 1 Jul 2026, 12:45, Damien: Well I’ve known you for 15 years 1 Jul 2026, 12:46, Sam: Damien, do you think I cannot see quite clearly what is going on? I am slightly tired of having to argue for it every five minutes 1 Jul 2026, 12:46, Sam: You briefly came to believe it, didn't you, when you told me that maybe I was right and you really hadn't known anything - and then you decided again that it was impossible and that I was 'obviously' and 'totally' wrong 1 Jul 2026, 12:46, Damien: Sam they’re not together and never have been as far as I’m concerned. 1 Jul 2026, 12:46, Sam: I think in reality you believed it all along, but what I am saying is that your official posture has not been consistent or trustworthy over time 1 Jul 2026, 12:47, Damien: Oli wouldn’t lie like that. 1 Jul 2026, 12:47, Sam: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA lol 1 Jul 2026, 12:47, Sam: Not Oli! No, never! 1 Jul 2026, 12:47, Sam: No, Oli, a lie? No!!! 1 Jul 2026, 12:47, Sam: Truly he is like George Washington and the apple tree or whatever 1 Jul 2026, 12:47, Sam: or Thomas Jefferson or whoever that was 1 Jul 2026, 12:47, Sam: one of the two, i dunno 1 Jul 2026, 12:48, Damien: Does it matter now anyway? 1 Jul 2026, 12:48, Sam: It matters as between you and me, because it goes to the question of what you knew and what you should have done 1 Jul 2026, 12:49, Sam: It no longer matters from a telic, you-needing-to-tell-him-lest-he-continue-in-ignorance standpoint 1 Jul 2026, 12:49, Damien: I wouldn’t treat anyone like that, and for what? 1 Jul 2026, 12:49, Sam: Well, that is your question to answer - it's not my job to give an account of your conscience, it is your job 1 Jul 2026, 12:50, Sam: Though if I allow myself to indulge: I think you quite clearly expected the bail conditions and the prosecution to shut me up, and I think that was highlighted by your little gibe about "wouldn't that violate your bail conditions?" 1 Jul 2026, 12:51, Sam: It obviously hasn't worked out that way in the end 1 Jul 2026, 12:51, Damien: I just don’t know why you want to think that so bad. 1 Jul 2026, 12:51, Damien: That wasn’t a gibe 1 Jul 2026, 12:51, Sam: Oh yes, Damien, that's the problem, that I'm just longing to think that 1 Jul 2026, 12:51, Sam: Yes, delightful it is to feel betrayed 1 Jul 2026, 12:51, Sam: Let's psychologise everything tediously because we are dullards 1 Jul 2026, 12:51, Sam: I WANTED to have been betrayed by you, silly old me 1 Jul 2026, 12:51, Sam: All Sam's fault, etc etc 1 Jul 2026, 12:51, Sam: No 1 Jul 2026, 12:51, Damien: I don’t want you to get to get into trouble . 1 Jul 2026, 12:51, Sam: Come on, let's be moral adults 1 Jul 2026, 12:52, Sam: No, you had absolutely marvellous intentions, very poorly compassed, I'm sure 1 Jul 2026, 12:52, Sam: You were talking to Oli that night about how beneficent and honourable you wanted to be with respect to me 1 Jul 2026, 12:52, Sam: That is what you deleted your 'negative' messages about 1 Jul 2026, 12:53, Sam: You were just too honourable, like Prince Andy 1 Jul 2026, 12:53, Sam: Donnez-moi un break, as Boris would say 1 Jul 2026, 12:53, Sam: I am, again, not asking for loyalty in the discreditable mob sense 1 Jul 2026, 12:54, Sam: I deserved punishment for the assault and I would never have asked for or expected that not to be reported (as it happened, Oli just mentioned it as colour, and the formal report was my own - I wouldn't have been prosecuted if I hadn't insisted on confessing and signing a statement, and they wouldn't have had evidence if I hadn't given them it) 1 Jul 2026, 12:54, Sam: My lawyer was quite clear that that was foolish of me 1 Jul 2026, 12:54, Sam: Another word for 'foolish' is 'honest' 1 Jul 2026, 12:56, Sam: So I am carving that out of the sphere of things I am complaining about here - that is a distinct matter and that is fine - but lying and cutting ridiculous little gerrymandered shapes out of reality to present to the police in order to have me prosecuted for 'stalking' is quite another matter 1 Jul 2026, 12:58, Sam: It was not true to say that Oli left and asked me not to contact me after I hit him, it is not true (as he didn't explicitly say but very strongly implied) that we were long-separated ex-partners at the time that I hit him and that I hit him after randomly and inexplicably demanding his medical information (I would love to see him account for that to my mother, who was part of that conversation on that day), it is not true that he consistently told me not to contact him thereafter (he said the opposite through you), it is not true that he feared for his safety when I came to shout a few questions to Cherny from outside his open gate, it is *certainly* not true that I opened the fucking gate deliberately by some kind of lock-picking genius only to *not* walk through the fucking thing once it opened (it opened because it was a shitty fucking gate, and apparently a tiny bit of pressure applied to the top is enough to cause it to unlatch), etc 1 Jul 2026, 12:58, Sam: None of this is true, in any sense of the word 'true' 1 Jul 2026, 12:59, Sam: This is why I titled my email to Cherny's father 'truth and troth' - Oli has not been true in either sense, and I think he should be ashamed of that considering that he has expected and will expect me to be true to him 1 Jul 2026, 12:59, Sam: And I *have* been true to him, i.e. with respect to the assault and to what I did do, even as he has lied and evaded with respect to me 1 Jul 2026, 13:29, Sam: Incidentally I am working on a more auditable and transparent version of https://r-v-damien.samuelwilliamhowardrobinsonadams.uk/ - since I've lost access to my Facebook account, if there were any chance that you would be able to export the conversation from your side, I would be grateful - this is not a trick, my only intention and the only thing it will foreseeably give me is a more raw and original record of a conversation for which I currently only have an old CSV that's on my computer from God knows when. Even then the version you'd be giving me wouldn't be, like, cryptographically attested or demonstrably true in any deep sense - it's not like you'd be handing me evidence for my defence - you'd just be giving me a version that would be a better starting point for the public record because I would be able to say "this is the raw file as Facebook returned it, rather than a CSV whose provenance and possible past alterations I can't perfectly honestly remember or give an account of". 1 Jul 2026, 13:34, Sam: I'm also missing a lot of messages from Messenger because the CSV I kept only covers that crucial part on May 9th, and so it would be nice, for the sake of completeness, to have as full a record of the Facebook conversation as I do of the Instagram part. I think the missing bits are not particularly incriminating of you, they are just me talking about the brothel theory and whatever other theories I had at that earlier point. I am trying to be honest here and to have an auditable, reproducible build process and all that other stuff that programmers love, haha. I guess that is partly to my advantage (in that I can say I'm provably being honest), but it is also to your advantage that we have what we know/agree is a full and faithful record. 1 Jul 2026, 14:42, Sam: Also, re your uncle worry, it's hard to say for sure but it would probably require him to have moved to Cornwall at the very least - here is what I know, in case it helps - my strongest theories are uncle or Chernian second home, which would fit parts of Cornwall but not particularly that part which I gather is not a Burnham Market / Walberswick sorta place: 1 Jul 2026, 14:42, Sam: 1 Jul 2026, 15:38, Sam: I really do resent, by the way, the implication that I have or would have "twisted" anything (brought to us by the pair who tried to twist away my and Oli's whole relationship - "made for each other" etc - and present me as a crazed stalker ex-boyfriend, rather than explain to Cherny the fatal truth that I was acting on the presumably correct belief that he and Oli were in a relationship and that he therefore deserved to know about my and Oli's own relationship) 1 Jul 2026, 15:41, Sam: I may not always have been temperate, I may not always have treated Oli by that rarefied standard of behavioural perfection by which he has never come close to treating me, *but* I have never been dishonest, whereas Oli absolutely indisputably has been, and I think it is fairly plain that you have been too 1 Jul 2026, 15:42, Damien: What? 1 Jul 2026, 15:42, Damien: What do you mean? I’m lost 1 Jul 2026, 15:43, Sam: Well, you said that your reason for refusing to share metadata about conversation deletion was that I "would twist it", as though "twisting" things were something that I had done, as opposed to something that you and Oli have done to extraordinary and staggering extents and that I have not 1 Jul 2026, 15:43, Sam: Even the bloody police file/report against me says, in fairly plain terms, that I have not been dishonest with them 1 Jul 2026, 15:44, Sam: 1 Jul 2026, 15:44, Sam: 1 Jul 2026, 15:45, Sam: 1 Jul 2026, 15:47, Sam: 1 Jul 2026, 15:55, Sam: This one was very oddly worded, in usual police style. Oli had said, or at least it had come in over the radio, that I had hit him in the _stomach_. I said 'no, I hit him on the head' (which immediately caused general panic and attempts to shut me up before I confessed to several murders and generated weeks of paperwork for them, haha). Only after I shouted louder and then signed a statement confirming my confession did Oli finally give an accurate statement that I had hit him on the head, as you remember. You also remember, presumably, that the relationship did not end after I hit him, that we exchanged god knows how many messages in those group chats with you, that Oli asked explicitly for my trust and said he loved me, and, in short, he did not adopt a 'no contact' posture until a week (well, 6 days) later, after my first visit. Why did he say the relationship ended after I hit him? 1 Jul 2026, 15:57, Sam: Actually, he said he asked for no contact after I hit him - he is careful not to acknowledge an active relationship _even leading up to the 12th_, and his statement is quite obviously worded to give the impression that we met only as ex-boyfriends on the 12th, to settle some sort of long-standing argument ("to have a calm discussion when ADAMS randomly demanded my medical data, all of my blood, my perpetual loyalty and first-born son, etc and then hit me, because of course ADAMS is some sort of cartoon madman"). Why is that? Come on, we both know perfectly well why it is. 1 Jul 2026, 15:59, Sam: Saying that he went no-contact after the 12th is plausibly useful for the stalking charge even if he were not going out with Cherny, even if he just wanted rid of me, but saying or implying that *even until the 12th* we were not in a relationship is not – the only conceivable reason to say that is that the fact of the relationship itself needed to be hidden for non-legal, non-case reasons. (What might those possibly have been??? 🤔🤯) 1 Jul 2026, 16:00, Sam: Perhaps if he wanted to go out with a blithely unobservant imbecile, he could have stuck with his initial boyfriend (sorry, no offence to him) 2 Jul 2026, 04:01, Sam: I take it things have finally come to an inflection point? 2 Jul 2026, 04:21, Sam: Thank you for my YouTube channel's popularity, lol: 2 Jul 2026, 04:21, Sam: 2 Jul 2026, 04:22, Sam: I don't know what is going on here, but I repeatedly sense that material about your position re Oli's/my and Oli's/Cherny's relationship seems to interest my small, presumably heavily Chernian viewership 2 Jul 2026, 04:23, Sam: So I am sorta up for pulling that thread 2 Jul 2026, 04:24, Sam: Well, passively now, because, as I say, I am done, and besides I am basically out of material 2 Jul 2026, 04:24, Sam: Also, if this is not enough, fuck knows what is 2 Jul 2026, 04:25, Sam: As I said to Papa Cherny: 2 Jul 2026, 04:25, Sam: 2 Jul 2026, 04:29, Sam: I swear to god I am going to fucking well bill this bloody family for my time 2 Jul 2026, 04:31, Sam: 2 Jul 2026, 04:31, Sam: I could not have been more right in those emails 2 Jul 2026, 04:31, Sam: Fucking staggering how long it has taken them 2 Jul 2026, 04:32, Sam: An anencephalic neonate could have figured it out in less time 2 Jul 2026, 04:34, Sam: Some thanks from that godforsaken bloody Tristan da Cunha evolutionary cul de sac of a family wouldn't go amiss 2 Jul 2026, 04:34, Sam: I expect I'll probably die waiting 2 Jul 2026, 05:28, Sam: I also take it Oli has moved out 2 Jul 2026, 05:29, Sam: So I suppose his plan went excellently 2 Jul 2026, 05:29, Sam: And I suppose that will be my fault rather than his 2 Jul 2026, 05:37, Sam: It is up to him now 2 Jul 2026, 05:38, Sam: whether he wants to go to his grave whinging about 'manipulation' when he is not given love and housing by the universe, or whether he accepts that human life involves dealing decently with one another 2 Jul 2026, 05:38, Sam: and that you get what you give 2 Jul 2026, 05:38, Sam: I would like to think that he will learn something and decide to be better than he has been 2 Jul 2026, 05:45, Sam: Oh, good idea with the trying to get me locked up thing, incidentally 2 Jul 2026, 05:46, Sam: That was clearly meant to shut me up - in fact it gave me an unquestionable justification for bringing the truth to light at a time when I had more or less said my piece already and would otherwise have had little more to say 2 Jul 2026, 05:48, Sam: In fact if the Chernys listen to their doorbell camera recordings, if they still have them, they will hear me saying exactly that to the nice policeman I was chatting to: that I didn't mind being arrested, that I considered it worth it for the opportunity to say what I had needed to say, and that I had nothing more to say to them 2 Jul 2026, 05:49, Sam: Instead you made it a question of clearing my name 2 Jul 2026, 05:49, Damien: Me? 2 Jul 2026, 05:49, Sam: You plural 2 Jul 2026, 05:49, Sam: You and Oli, that is 2 Jul 2026, 05:50, Sam: Just: not the best tactical decision, particularly when the internet exists and getting the truth out doesn't absolutely depend on being legally able to shout from someone's doorstep 2 Jul 2026, 05:50, Damien: Oh stop being silly Sam. 2 Jul 2026, 05:50, Sam: Yes, I'm terribly silly, aren't I 2 Jul 2026, 05:50, Sam: etc etc etc 2 Jul 2026, 05:51, Sam: I can't ... I am bored of this routine, sorry 2 Jul 2026, 05:51, Sam: Anyway I am glad if the situation is finally coming to a pass, and I think it is quite stupefying how long and how much it has taken for the Chernys to see what is right in front of, or possibly even slightly behind, their noses 2 Jul 2026, 05:52, Damien: Reacted 🙏 to your message 2 Jul 2026, 05:52, Sam: so: 2 Jul 2026, 05:52, Sam: 2 Jul 2026, 06:05, Sam: The machine is 100% right here: 2 Jul 2026, 06:05, Sam: 2 Jul 2026, 06:06, Sam: I will forgive him and still love him, don't worry, but he doesn't deserve it and I can quite understand if the Chernys have not taken the same view of it 2 Jul 2026, 06:07, Sam: ^ but that is what astonishes and appals me: that I have forgiven so much, and extended him so much grace, that it is not only wrong but ugly and small how he has repaid me 2 Jul 2026, 06:08, Sam: not as good as he is capable of being 2 Jul 2026, 06:15, Sam: Also I am inferring from your non-denial that I am right about things coming to a pass 2 Jul 2026, 06:15, Sam: 2 Jul 2026, 06:16, Damien: I haven’t read any of it 2 Jul 2026, 06:17, Sam: Cool cool 2 Jul 2026, 06:18, Sam: Anyway, I should get some rest - to be continued 🎬 2 Jul 2026, 06:54, Sam: By the way, Oli said in one of those voice messages that I wouldn't love him if he were a 'loser' 2 Jul 2026, 06:54, Sam: He should know that that is not the case 2 Jul 2026, 06:56, Sam: I love *him*, in all his himness, not any incidental thing, just him 2 Jul 2026, 06:57, Sam: The universe is empty to me aside from him 4 Jul 2026, 00:52, Sam: Got arrested again! 4 Jul 2026, 00:52, Sam: Was interesting 4 Jul 2026, 00:52, Sam: I am apparently the first person to leave Stoke Newington police station a Yelp review 4 Jul 2026, 00:52, Sam: 4 Jul 2026, 00:54, Damien: Ohhh sorry that happened!! 4 Jul 2026, 00:54, Damien: Reacted 😂 to your message 4 Jul 2026, 00:54, Damien: At least you’re taking it in your striden 4 Jul 2026, 00:57, Sam: It is quite fun! It's an opportunity to catch up on my sleep, and I am gradually learning how to prepare for it, e.g. not buying a new phone or not mentioning having a phone – I was pleased this time to escape without another lost phone – and also bringing a book, *and not* R D Laing but something actually gripping when one is a bit distracted 4 Jul 2026, 00:58, Sam: Before next time I think I might order some John Grisham novels or other such airport-grade page-turners 4 Jul 2026, 00:58, Sam: Perhaps some of Patricia Highsmith's Ripley books, in homage to Oli 4 Jul 2026, 00:58, Damien: Liked a message 4 Jul 2026, 00:59, Damien: Liked a message 4 Jul 2026, 01:00, Damien: lol, I’m just finishing Jamison’s book atm. It’s very good actually. 4 Jul 2026, 01:01, Sam: Oh, he mentioned it to me! I should order that for next time! In fact I'll do so now 4 Jul 2026, 01:01, Sam: Actually it would be quite funny to turn up with it, given the main controversy of Jamison's life 4 Jul 2026, 01:01, Sam: I must say Stoke Newington police station was not Matrosskaya Tishina, or however exactly one spells it 4 Jul 2026, 01:03, Sam: They are very sweet people on the whole - the main people with whom I have a gripe are the morons at the Public Protection Unit, though I have barely met them (only really in my second interview, i.e. last time) 4 Jul 2026, 01:05, Sam: One of the arresting policemen this time asked why I had a brain scan on the wall and whether I worked in some neuro field, so I ended up explaining that it was from a study I'd taken part in at uni, that my parents had had it framed as a joke, that I gathered one couldn't tell much from it other than that I was probably male, i.e. most of us have basically identical brains, insofar as a scan can discern. I then explained that one of my friends had a huge chunk of his brain missing, visible easily on brain scans, but that he has no functional impairment because it happened in childhood. The policeman was interested, so I explained that one can tolerate losing a chunk of cortex in childhood, that the brain adapts, and that it is only really losing cortex in adulthood that leads to functional deficits. I then explained that if one loses a large chunk of one's cortex in adulthood, one can always go to work at the Public Protection Unit of the Metropolitan Police. He laughed, haha... 4 Jul 2026, 01:11, Damien: Liked a message 4 Jul 2026, 01:13, Damien: Maybe too sweet. You don’t seem to be to deterred by it all 4 Jul 2026, 01:13, Damien: Liked a message 4 Jul 2026, 01:35, Sam: No, and nor should I be! It is not meant to be punishment, just to remind people. The punishment is meant to take place after trial and conviction! 4 Jul 2026, 01:37, Sam: The English state is trying to do 'process as punishment' in the way that my sister's supervisor (whom I call the toilet lesbian, because she is heir to a great toilet fortune and also is in love with my sister) wrote about: https://press.princeton.edu/ideas/public-thinker-issa-kohler-hausmann-on-misdemeanors-and-mass-incarceration?srsltid=AfmBOoqTdLQQNmVn6s0Dt2S3LsDZJO290-5XZZfTtXt3Ulsv45iRC-lu But it is unwilling to make the process actually punitive, because it is too English to do so, haha 4 Jul 2026, 01:38, Sam: It reminds me a bit of Bracton writing about outlawry: the outlaw is outside the law and may be killed on sight, *but* only after he has missed five consecutive court summons and been declared an outlaw following the proper forms, processes, and safeguards, haha 4 Jul 2026, 01:39, Sam: So I find this sort of view civically disappointing - what the state should do is try me promptly, not impose worse punishments without trial 4 Jul 2026, 01:39, Sam: One of the policemen I was speaking to this time said that he had just arrested a man for burglary, and that man was due to stand trial in 2028 - this is ridiculous 4 Jul 2026, 01:39, Damien: I mean I don’t know why you were arrested 4 Jul 2026, 01:41, Sam: For breaching my bail conditions by sending Oli an email, haha 4 Jul 2026, 01:43, Sam: They withdrew the charge after I said that, without access to any of my computing devices, I couldn't remember whether I had emailed Oli on particular dates about a week ago, and that they would therefore have to show the emails in question, which they presumably had from their end 4 Jul 2026, 01:45, Sam: I have since looked and the emails I sent on those days were these: > Just so you know, when this is over, I am imposing a two-week no-Quavers penalty :| Keep safe and warm and insulin-ed bub xx > I understand, by the way. I now have a pretty good idea of what has gone on over the last 2 ½ years, I get it, I don't think you're evil, I think it is beautiful in a way that *non unquam spem ponit amor*, but it was never going to be cost-free and you can't have a double life and treat me badly and expect me to bear the cost forever. Regardless you're not evil. You're my bub and you will always be the most precious thing in the universe. Keep safe for now. I love you, however silly you may be, ok? 4 Jul 2026, 01:45, Sam: > I forgive you, Oli, now that I know what there is to forgive, but this whole stupid prosecution thing is not going to work and you need to work things out in some way with the Chernys. I am here for you, as you know I am and always will be. God knows why, but you're my bub, and that is enough. xx 4 Jul 2026, 01:46, Sam: So I presume they weren't willing to seriously present those emails in court as warranting my arrest and the expenditure of god knows how much of the state's time and resources 4 Jul 2026, 01:48, Sam: If they want to expedite my trial, I would welcome that, and I have already indicated through my lawyer that I am ready to make my case whenever the state is willing to make its case - however right now it seems the state prefers to spend its time policing my emails and bail conditions than making its case at trial, which would take barely more time 4 Jul 2026, 01:49, Sam: And I am not going to pretend that its bail conditions can borrow moral authority from a case it has yet to make at trial when it is choosing to spend its time on the former rather than the latter 4 Jul 2026, 01:57, Sam: In case this is clearer: 4 Jul 2026, 01:57, Sam: 4 Jul 2026, 01:58, Damien: I meant It jokingly 🤣 4 Jul 2026, 01:59, Damien: I just read your glowing review. It was quite funny lol 4 Jul 2026, 01:59, Sam: Oh right - well, the magistrate said it to me non-jokingly, so I gave you the answer I'd have liked to give her but couldn't be bothered to 4 Jul 2026, 01:59, Sam: Thank you! They now have a five-star average rating! 4 Jul 2026, 02:00, Sam: I like the functionaries of the system and I will prepare better for next time, and if Oli wants to change my behaviour then he will change it in the direction of considering him less and going to others more 🤷‍♂️ 4 Jul 2026, 02:01, Sam: I find it slightly disgraceful of him to react to my forgiving emails by trying yet again to take advantage of the opportunity to have me locked up on a technicality, but that is up to him and his conscience 4 Jul 2026, 02:03, Sam: But some day he will have to account for that, as for everything else, to me and my family and those who care about me, and ... I don't really know how to help him there 4 Jul 2026, 02:14, Sam: 4 Jul 2026, 03:10, Sam: This may also help explain my position here: 4 Jul 2026, 03:10, Sam: 4 Jul 2026, 03:11, Sam: 4 Jul 2026, 03:15, Sam: Personally I think it is quite disgraceful that you tell me Oli has treated me unconscionably, and then complain when I respond in kind while conspiring with and refusing to say anything like the same to him 4 Jul 2026, 03:16, Sam: What have you said to him by way of criticism, to this date? Have you said to him that he behaved unconscionably? What were you saying to him while you were sneering at me about my being 'unwell'? 4 Jul 2026, 03:17, Sam: Do you think, if you had said that he was behaving unconscionably, that he might have listened, taken stock of his behaviour, and been in a slightly less dreadful position now? 4 Jul 2026, 03:17, Sam: What has your policy of enabling his treatment of me (and Sam Cherny) achieved for him, let alone for anyone else? 4 Jul 2026, 03:18, Damien: Well firstly I was never sneering at anyone 4 Jul 2026, 03:18, Damien: What has he done to Cherny? 4 Jul 2026, 03:20, Sam: What did you say to him about his behaviour? 4 Jul 2026, 03:21, Sam: While you were criticising my behaviour to me, as you have done throughout this thread and our Facebook thread, what have you ever said to Oli about his? 4 Jul 2026, 03:22, Sam: Did you say to him that he was "unwell" or that he was wrong to, for example, lie to me for half a year about being Albanian, or to tell those around him that I was a stalker when I was in fact his boyfriend and the person whom, in your eyes, he was "made for" and who was "made for" him? 4 Jul 2026, 03:26, Sam: I am not getting into the "is he in a relationship with Cherny?" argument again, but at the very least he has lied to him (for 🤯👻🧐🫆_mysterious_❓🎃🤔🕵🏻‍♂️ reasons !!!) about the nature of his relationship with me, telling his mother in February (I believe the same month in which you said you were delighted that we had worked it out, and that we were made for each other, etc) that I was a "stalker", thus laying the groundwork for all this if ever I ended up contacting Cherny or his family or going to Oli's house 4 Jul 2026, 03:27, Sam: Have you told him he was wrong to lie about these things, to lie about me, to lie to Cherny and his family, to fuck with my head, and to make all of this so virtually inevitable that you yourself have been unwilling or unable to say what else you would have done in my position? 4 Jul 2026, 03:27, Sam: Or have you told me you disapproved of him, and then proceeded to say nary a word to him while continuing to criticise me? 4 Jul 2026, 03:29, Sam: Answers on a postcard, please, though I expect this postcard won't be delivered for quite some time 4 Jul 2026, 03:30, Sam: I swear to god I will write a mercilessly fair account of everything that has happened here, and please do not mistake 'fair' as meaning 'kind and flattering' 4 Jul 2026, 03:32, Sam: I am sick to death of being asked to put up with endless untruths and injustices by people who cannot even put up with truth and justice without whinging and near enough combusting 4 Jul 2026, 03:33, Sam: You have asked me to put up with gross and severe defamation while complaining that I have told the truth about Oli, and apparently feeling that Oli has the right to lie about me while I don't have the right to tell the truth about him, and that it is perfectly fair if he does the former in response to my doing the latter 4 Jul 2026, 03:33, Sam: You have been the main vocal Atlas of a completely inverted moral universe 4 Jul 2026, 03:33, Damien: It’s not my business to comment on anyone’s behavior. I only did so with you because you don’t seem to see how your own behavior has caused Oli to cease contact with you 4 Jul 2026, 03:34, Damien: I think that’s quite unfair 4 Jul 2026, 03:34, Sam: It's not your business to comment on my behaviour or Oli's then. Why did you comment on mine and not Oli's? 4 Jul 2026, 03:36, Sam: if my behaviour has "caused" Oli to do what he has done, then has his behaviour "caused" me to do what I have done? Did you think about mentioning that to him? You said to me that you would run for the hills. You said that if you were me, you would be utterly despondent. Did you say to him that you caused me to feel that way? 4 Jul 2026, 03:36, Sam: What exactly have you said to him by way of criticism? 4 Jul 2026, 03:36, Sam: Absolutely nothing, I'm guessing? 4 Jul 2026, 03:37, Sam: This is what you said to me back in early May: 4 Jul 2026, 03:37, Sam: 4 Jul 2026, 03:38, Sam: 4 Jul 2026, 03:38, Sam: You said you tortured yourself looking for a reason. Far be it from me to object to your torturing yourself, but did you also consider asking him? Or not? What have you spoken about with him? His fault in any of this? Or just how to get me to shut up? 4 Jul 2026, 03:39, Sam: What were you saying to him when you were sneering at me about my being ill? How the _fuck_ do you defend any of this? I would like to know because I can say it in your defence when I write a fucking book about the fucked up shit that has happened here. 4 Jul 2026, 03:39, Sam: Is there anything you have to say for yourself that will make you look like a comprehensible fucking human being? 4 Jul 2026, 03:42, Sam: I see you're not exactly champing at the bit. Maybe you can tell me you're scared of me again? That might shut me up, eh? 4 Jul 2026, 03:44, Damien: Because you asked me too 4 Jul 2026, 03:44, Sam: Sorry, I asked you to/too what? 4 Jul 2026, 03:47, Damien: Look, I get that you’re angry, but I’m not a punching bag. I really don’t deserve that. For what it’s worth I hope you’re going to be okay. 4 Jul 2026, 03:47, Sam: What did you say to him, and do you have anything to say for yourself? 4 Jul 2026, 03:48, Sam: If asking you those questions is "treating you as a punching bag", then I think you can blame yourself for that, because I would be able to answer the same questions for myself 4 Jul 2026, 03:49, Sam: Also, while you're lamenting your own 'punching bag' status, you can perhaps spare a thought for how you and Oli have treated me over the past month or two 4 Jul 2026, 03:50, Sam: I will write about what has happened, and if that is all you have to say for yourself - that self-pitying, wallowing dross - then I will record that that was all you had to say for yourself 4 Jul 2026, 03:51, Damien: Ugh this is so boring 4 Jul 2026, 03:51, Sam: Why not just say you're scared of me, then, Damien, and call it a day 4 Jul 2026, 03:51, Damien: I hope I get my own chapter in your book 📕 4 Jul 2026, 03:51, Sam: You will get far more than a chapter 4 Jul 2026, 03:53, Damien: Can you stop Hating on me and cheer the fuck up. I’ve only wanted you to be well. 4 Jul 2026, 03:54, Sam: Damien, I am asking one factual question. You have repeatedly criticised my behaviour. What, specifically, have you said to Oli by way of criticism of his behaviour? If the answer is nothing, say nothing. If the answer is something, say what. 4 Jul 2026, 03:56, Damien: Can you send me a link to that review lol 4 Jul 2026, 03:56, Damien: It’s too good 4 Jul 2026, 03:56, Sam: Here, it is the only review there: https://yelp.com/biz/stoke-newington-police-station-london 4 Jul 2026, 03:58, Sam: Now maybe you can repay me, for once, by answering my one question: what have you said to Oli about his behaviour? What criticisms have you offered him? Any? Any at all? He will read this, so you can answer here alternatively. What do you have to say to him? 4 Jul 2026, 04:01, Sam: Nothing? Is that your final answer? No criticism of him, not even the ones you made back in May, but rather only criticisms of me? Perhaps you can expand on your moral theory of how Oli should be allowed to do whatever he wants, while you will devote your apparently ample time to nitpicking anything and everything I do that "pisses him off" in return? 4 Jul 2026, 04:02, Damien: Sam you punched oli in the face and harassed him for weeks! 4 Jul 2026, 04:03, Sam: What have you said to him about the behaviour you said would have driven me to "run for the hills"? 4 Jul 2026, 04:03, Sam: Would have driven you, rather, if you were me 4 Jul 2026, 04:03, Sam: What did you say to him about behaviour that you said led you to "torture yourself looking for an explanation"? 4 Jul 2026, 04:04, Sam: 4 Jul 2026, 04:04, Damien: Why does any of this matter? 4 Jul 2026, 04:04, Sam: What have you said to him? 4 Jul 2026, 04:04, Sam: While you have nitpicked my reactions to his treatment of him 4 Jul 2026, 04:04, Damien: It’s this obsessive behavior which puts people off Sam 4 Jul 2026, 04:04, Sam: What have you said to him? Will you answer that question or won't you? 4 Jul 2026, 04:05, Sam: If nothing, will you say nothing? 4 Jul 2026, 04:05, Sam: Go on, since you're so certain of your moral position and of your criticism of my "obsessive behaviour that puts people off". What have you said to him by way of criticism, and have you said anything at all? 4 Jul 2026, 04:05, Damien: Why would that be any of your business anyway 🤣 4 Jul 2026, 04:06, Damien: Crossing boundaries.! 4 Jul 2026, 04:06, Sam: You've said nothing, then, I take it. 4 Jul 2026, 04:06, Sam: But you don't have the guts to actually say that explicitly. 4 Jul 2026, 04:06, Sam: Because you are perfectly aware of how shameful it is. 4 Jul 2026, 04:07, Sam: Please don't answer me with anything other than an answer to the question of what, if anything, you have said to him. 4 Jul 2026, 04:07, Sam: I don't need more insincere and nasty gibes, I need honesty. 4 Jul 2026, 04:07, Sam: And I think, at this point, the situation calls for some honesty. 4 Jul 2026, 04:08, Sam: If you have said nothing, say so. 4 Jul 2026, 04:08, Damien: I only reply to you because I don’t think you’re very well, I think you’re quite lonely. I’ve had enough of your abuse for today. I’m going to put you on mute for now! 4 Jul 2026, 04:08, Sam: Have a spine for once, Damien. 4 Jul 2026, 04:09, Sam: Anyway, I'll upload these latest chat logs to my site documenting your and my conversation. I consider this beyond pathetic and I would be stunned if anyone else disagreed. 4 Jul 2026, 04:10, Damien: Liked a message 4 Jul 2026, 04:10, Damien: You’re such a nasty bully, it’s no wonder Oli wants nothing to do with you. 4 Jul 2026, 04:13, Sam: Because I asked you what criticisms you offered to Oli, and because you don't want to give me the honest answer, which is none? 4 Jul 2026, 04:13, Sam: Why are you so upset by that? Why is that bullying? Have you paid any thought at all to what that means about your behaviour and the effect it has had on me, while I am being prosecuted because of the lies that you know Oli has told and which you haven't told him not to? 4 Jul 2026, 04:14, Sam: Or are you the real victim here, Damien? Is it all me being terribly mean to you? 4 Jul 2026, 04:14, Sam: Christ, I don't even know what to say to this shit. 4 Jul 2026, 04:35, Sam: 4 Jul 2026, 05:13, Sam: By the way, if you're going to use my hitting him as an excuse, please listen to the tape of it and we can go over it together in context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1PlcocbTtU Because right now all I hear from you is these little amputated criticisms of things I did, divorced from all context, as if they had happened right after the creation of the universe, while you won't address at all the stuff Oli has done – the context – which you previously said was completely undeserved, bewildering, maddening, and unbearable 4 Jul 2026, 05:13, Sam: In short, you are a coward, frankly, and I am disappointed in you, as a friend of ten years 4 Jul 2026, 05:20, Sam: And note that I'm not saying I was justified in hitting him, or that it was deserved per se - I think it probably was too far, and I obviously wouldn't have done it had I seriously and calmly considered the situation - but I am *not* going to let my momentary snapping under intolerable treatment, abuse, lies, etc, be presented as though I were some kind of wife-beating brute hitting him for the hell of it, which is an appallingly dishonest representation of who I am - I think you could ask all my ex-boyfriends if I was ever such a person to them and they would obviously say I was not 4 Jul 2026, 05:21, Sam: But no, you go ahead and ignore everything Oli has done and was doing at that very moment, and tell me that I just hit him out of nowhere because I am a brute 4 Jul 2026, 05:21, Sam: That will be recognisable to absolutely everyone who has known me, all the policemen who have dealt with me, etc, I'm sure 4 Jul 2026, 05:21, Sam: fucking coward, Christ 4 Jul 2026, 05:22, Sam: I am not even saying that Oli is evil and a villain, but I refuse to be made evil and a villain so that he can escape any kind of accounting at all for what has happened here 4 Jul 2026, 05:23, Sam: how on earth you think this is going to end is fucking incomprehensible to me 4 Jul 2026, 05:24, Sam: but it will end with the truth, Damien, and good luck 4 Jul 2026, 05:44, Sam: anyway, thank you for being squarely on Oli's side, despite behaviour you yourself described as intolerable and unexplainable, and thank you for nitpicking me every step of the way - you have been a great friend and truly a good person throughout all of this, and I'm sure you will have great answers to my or my lawyer's questions in court 4 Jul 2026, 05:46, Sam: I can find fault in my own reactions, I need no help with that, and I apologised profusely to Oli after I hit him and I have cooperated every step of the way on that - indeed I reported myself for it - but thank you for finding no fault with him, Damien, and for helping him lie about me and present me as something that you have always known perfectly well that I am not 4 Jul 2026, 05:46, Sam: and which you said on our call last week that I was clearly not 4 Jul 2026, 05:46, Sam: thank you for all of that 4 Jul 2026, 05:46, Sam: I would feel great about myself if I were you 4 Jul 2026, 05:47, Sam: you seem to have learned that your best approach is to be quiet and not defend yourself 4 Jul 2026, 05:47, Sam: I appreciate that, at least 4 Jul 2026, 05:48, Sam: but how dare you fucking say one tenth of the snide, smarmy shit that you have said to me over the past month 4 Jul 2026, 05:49, Sam: i honestly don't know how you look at yourself in the mirror 4 Jul 2026, 05:49, Sam: i suppose you probably daren't do that either 4 Jul 2026, 05:50, Sam: I suppose it was probably easier when you thought you were going to get away with it, eh? you had lots of time for moral judgements then 4 Jul 2026, 05:51, Sam: rather than just 'wah wah you're using me as a punching bag' and so forth 4 Jul 2026, 05:51, Sam: christ 4 Jul 2026, 05:51, Sam: crybullying, I think that's what the yoof call it, and it's a good word 4 Jul 2026, 06:01, Sam: I mean, honestly, how dare you and Oli spend months fucking with my head, telling me things weren't true that you knew were true, and then sneer and judge my reactions as if I knew and should have known the truth that you had spent god knows how much time denying 4 Jul 2026, 06:02, Sam: and then how dare you hope that this would never see the light of day and that i would be judged by your false account 4 Jul 2026, 06:02, Sam: fuck that 4 Jul 2026, 06:02, Sam: and that you then come to me and expect me to tell you you have been decent and a friend is ... revolting beyond human comprehension 4 Jul 2026, 06:03, Sam: and that you come to me and sneer that I'm mentally unwell and so forth 4 Jul 2026, 06:04, Sam: it has been a fucking task to stay sane under this treatment, and yet I have done a better fucking job than you would have done or that Oli would have done, judging by your reactions to being told the truth and asked simple questions 4 Jul 2026, 06:05, Sam: i mean i really cannot ... it takes everything within my power to see anything that is good in either of you 4 Jul 2026, 06:06, Sam: some day I will explain to you properly what this was like, this whole experience 4 Jul 2026, 06:06, Sam: and you will listen 4 Jul 2026, 06:08, Sam: it gives me a fucking headache even allowing myself to briefly contemplate how fucking furious i am 4 Jul 2026, 06:13, Sam: 4 Jul 2026, 06:25, Sam: you can either keep trying to triangulate between the truth and Oli's account, in which case I will rake you over the coals here, in court, and afterwards, or you can tell the truth belatedly, in which case you at least avoid further moral discomfort 4 Jul 2026, 06:25, Sam: it's up to you 4 Jul 2026, 06:25, Sam: for now I'm going to get some sleep, though 4 Jul 2026, 06:25, Damien: Could you calm down Sam. 4 Jul 2026, 06:26, Sam: no 4 Jul 2026, 06:26, Sam: good night, Damien 4 Jul 2026, 06:26, Sam: decide well 4 Jul 2026, 06:26, Damien: Seriously, what makes you think I have time to read all those messages right now. 4 Jul 2026, 06:26, Damien: Rest well! 4 Jul 2026, 06:26, Sam: don't talk to me like that, and have a good rest of your evening or morning or whatever it is 4 Jul 2026, 09:55, Sam: I just noticed Oli's message here, while reading through our conversations on my website: 4 Jul 2026, 09:55, Sam: 4 Jul 2026, 09:56, Sam: What were you laughing about there, I wonder? Me and my distress? A few days after you said to me that you were torturing yourself looking for an explanation of how he had treated me... Were you still torturing yourself at that point, or had you stopped by then? 4 Jul 2026, 09:57, Sam: And did you consider asking him for an explanation? 4 Jul 2026, 09:57, Sam: Did you indeed ask him for an explanation? 4 Jul 2026, 09:58, Sam: You have been only too willing to demand explanations from me, or to criticise my every reaction to the situation, so did you think to take up with him his treatment of me? Or only to laugh with him about my reactions? 4 Jul 2026, 09:59, Sam: Where is your stentorian moral consciousness now? You were so overflowing with moral judgement just a couple of weeks ago 4 Jul 2026, 10:02, Sam: It was you who told me that "Oli does what Oli wants" - that was why I decided that from then on Sam did what Sam wanted 4 Jul 2026, 10:02, Sam: But when Sam did what Sam wanted, you had rather a lot fucking more to say about it than you ever did when Oli did what Oli wanted 4 Jul 2026, 10:02, Sam: Funny, that 4 Jul 2026, 10:04, Sam: What did you ever say to Oli about his treatment of me - which you told me you didn't agree with - before tutting at me and laughing with him about my reactions? 4 Jul 2026, 10:04, Sam: I told you I had quite seriously considered suicide 4 Jul 2026, 10:04, Sam: What a friend you have been to me 4 Jul 2026, 10:05, Sam: I would appreciate an answer to this, by the way, though I doubt I'll get one, and maybe you'll think you can respond again by sniffing about how very busy you are 4 Jul 2026, 10:07, Sam: Why can you not face up to what you did? 4 Jul 2026, 10:10, Sam: If you ask me to explain myself and my actions, I can at least have a stab at it. I might not defend hitting Oli, but I can defend how I behaved and apologised and so forth in the following half hour or so (as recorded here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1PlcocbTtU), and how I offered to go to the police station and then later did confess to the police when they turned up and asked about something to which it was relevant. I can sign my name to how I have behaved 99% of the time – not always to my momentary responses, but to my second thoughts and my considered behaviour. You have treated me in a way that I find too contemptible to bother to try to describe with words, *for several months*, and you don't have enough of a spine to face up to it. Why can't you account for yourself? 4 Jul 2026, 10:13, Sam: What, for instance, did you know about the lies Oli was telling about me, and why did you not say a word of criticism to or about him even while you were criticising me and tutting at me for telling the truth about him? 4 Jul 2026, 10:13, Sam: What the fuck possessed you to think you had any right to tut at me? 4 Jul 2026, 10:21, Sam: If you conspired with Oli to try to present me misleadingly in order to have me locked up or silenced so I couldn't tell the Chernys the truth, and if that false presentation collapses at trial (as it certainly will, because I have about ten tonnes of contradictory evidence), and if he then needs someone to point at to say that it wasn't his fault (as he always does), and if your messages have been deleted and you are still refusing to say what you discussed, then who exactly do you expect he is going to point at? 4 Jul 2026, 10:22, Sam: I feel like I am dealing with a group of idiots who think that Oli's disloyalty can somehow be safely confined to me and then considered not to be a problem 4 Jul 2026, 10:22, Sam: The Chernys have already learned that that doesn't work, and so will you 4 Jul 2026, 10:22, Sam: And I will have very little sympathy, to be quite honest 4 Jul 2026, 10:24, Sam: Imagine having you, me, Oli, and Sam Cherny's mother in a group chat on Instagram or WhatsApp or whatever 4 Jul 2026, 10:24, Sam: How do you think that's going to end? 4 Jul 2026, 10:24, Sam: Well, how do you think it's going to end in this trial? 4 Jul 2026, 10:25, Sam: SIlence, contempt, and different statements to different people is faring badly enough as a strategy already, isn't it, let alone in a courtroom 4 Jul 2026, 10:28, Damien: I never said that? I was referring own situation with someone else. 4 Jul 2026, 10:28, Sam: If you are willing to send me a screenshot, I will eat my hat or pay you a fiver if I am wrong 4 Jul 2026, 10:28, Sam: Fiver to a charity of your choosing 4 Jul 2026, 10:29, Sam: Maybe I am wrong - I hope so - but I have a feeling I'm not 4 Jul 2026, 10:29, Damien: Sam and Oli are not together this is all in your head. I can’t get over how you think like this. 😔 4 Jul 2026, 10:29, Damien: It’s very sad 4 Jul 2026, 10:30, Sam: Are you willing to send me a screenshot? Again, I will make a donation to a charity of your choosing if I am wrong 4 Jul 2026, 10:31, Sam: Or I'll just pay you a fiver if you prefer that - god knows 4 Jul 2026, 10:33, Damien: 4 Jul 2026, 10:34, Damien: In my experience. From my previous relationship 4 Jul 2026, 10:34, Sam: I was asking about your messages with Oli there 4 Jul 2026, 10:34, Sam: 4 Jul 2026, 10:37, Sam: May I take it you were laughing at my expense, at my reactions to his treatment of me, which you have never bothered to say a single word to him about? You told me (as your screenshot shows) that you 'tortured yourself looking for an explanation' - did you ever ask him for one, or were you too busy gleefully laughing at my distress? 4 Jul 2026, 10:37, Sam: And, of course, tutting at me 4 Jul 2026, 10:37, Sam: Did you ever tut at him, or were you too busy laughing with him at me? 4 Jul 2026, 10:38, Sam: Maybe you'll be too busy to read all of this great long War & Peace blah blah blah, or maybe you'll be suddenly terrified of me, or maybe you'll have some psychiatric advice - I can't wait to see which it is this time 4 Jul 2026, 10:39, Sam: What you won't have is a spine or an answer 4 Jul 2026, 10:47, Damien: Probably laughing at how prosperous and outrageous you’ve been and continue to be 4 Jul 2026, 10:47, Sam: I see 4 Jul 2026, 10:47, Sam: That makes me feel good, Damien 4 Jul 2026, 10:47, Sam: Did you ever think to tell him how outrageous you told me he had been? 4 Jul 2026, 10:48, Sam: Or did you not have enough of a spine to tell him how you felt, or tell me how you felt, or ... whoever exactly you were lying to this time 4 Jul 2026, 10:48, Sam: I'd have preferred it if you'd told me you were an asshole up front rather than pretending to care and pretending to be my friend, for what it's worth 4 Jul 2026, 10:51, Sam: You know, fuck you to hell 4 Jul 2026, 10:51, Sam: And fuck you for pretending to be my friend, pretending to care, saying nothing to him, and then laughing with him at my distress 4 Jul 2026, 10:52, Sam: And tutting to me about my reactions to how he had treated me, as if his treatment of me were totally fine and deserved no reaction at all, as if there were no background context, and as though you hadn't told me that what he had done was indefensible 4 Jul 2026, 10:52, Sam: This is the worst, most rotten betrayal I have seen 4 Jul 2026, 10:52, Sam: I'd sooner you'd just flown the flag of the enemy 4 Jul 2026, 10:52, Damien: Look I know you’re upset, but you need to stop. 4 Jul 2026, 10:52, Damien: Let’s stop there 4 Jul 2026, 10:52, Damien: I’ve had enough 4 Jul 2026, 10:53, Damien: And for the record, all I’ve done is try and help you. You’re in a terrible state clearly. 4 Jul 2026, 10:55, Sam: I'm seeing my aunt today 4 Jul 2026, 10:55, Sam: She still thinks you're a decent person 4 Jul 2026, 10:55, Sam: She liked you when she met you in the context of moving out of Bond St 4 Jul 2026, 10:55, Sam: I will ask her what she makes of this 4 Jul 2026, 10:55, Sam: Because honestly this whole thing has been so squalid and depressing that I have lost all sense of what is up and what is down 4 Jul 2026, 10:56, Sam: If you want to make yourself feel better by tutting about my reactions to being put through this, then fine, Damien, I no longer care and you'll find some way to make yourself feel better in any case 4 Jul 2026, 10:56, Sam: I'd have loved to see how you might have reacted to it if you were me 4 Jul 2026, 10:56, Sam: Splendidly, I'm sure 4 Jul 2026, 10:57, Sam: As splendidly as you have behaved here under no particular pressure whatever 4 Jul 2026, 10:58, Sam: Your view is that "Oli does what Oli wants" and you have no thoughts for him about that, and you think I should respond by always putting him first and never doing anything in any way unkind or inconveniencing of him 4 Jul 2026, 10:58, Sam: What a decent and fair view 4 Jul 2026, 10:58, Sam: Fuck you to hell 4 Jul 2026, 10:58, Sam: Don't darken my door again 4 Jul 2026, 11:08, Damien: Charming Sam 4 Jul 2026, 11:32, Damien: damienwilliamt started an audio call 4 Jul 2026, 11:32, Audio call ended 4 Jul 2026, 18:56, Sam: Do you want to call me? I'm around 4 Jul 2026, 18:57, Sam: My aunt is currently too busy being horrified at Oli for me to have bothered mentioning you, haha 4 Jul 2026, 18:59, Sam: She says it was appalling of him to report my "I forgive you" email to the police, which probably it was, but I give up on being angry at him or else I'd have no time to do or be anything else, and so I am primarily exasperated at the police for treating any of this nonsense seriously 4 Jul 2026, 19:00, Sam: And also at you, the apparent grand mufti of charmingness, having been charming to me for the past month and now pronouncing on my charmingness as though my job were to charm you, which I wasn't quite aware that it was at this point, haha 4 Jul 2026, 19:37, Sam: Come on, I would love to hear from you why you think I ought to be 'charming' to you 4 Jul 2026, 19:37, Sam: How 'charming' have you been to me? 4 Jul 2026, 19:42, Sam: Was it 'charming' when you told me that you felt Oli had behaved unconscionably and that you wished he appreciated how much I loved him, and told me I should hold on and things would get better, while knowing they wouldn't, then called my holding on 'unwell' and used it to paint me as a stalker, something you knew to be untrue, so that Oli could preserve his relationship with his other boyfriend whom you not only didn't tell me about but are *still* trying to gaslight me into thinking I am mad to believe in, despite the police and CPS stating it quite plainly? 4 Jul 2026, 19:42, Sam: I really just have no words for any of this 4 Jul 2026, 19:42, Sam: What do you think is going to happen after this trial? 4 Jul 2026, 19:44, Sam: We have your and Oli's messages, or rather the court/police do on our behalf, but they will be relevant and so they will invariably come to light (I am not au fait enough with the English criminal process to know whether this happens up front or as and when it arises during examination/cross-examination, but I imagine the answer must be one of those two) 4 Jul 2026, 19:46, Sam: So tell me whatever you want to tell me now, but it is a matter of time until I know the truth, and I have a pretty strong idea at this point of what that truth will turn out to be 4 Jul 2026, 19:54, Sam: Ok, the answer is a bit messy, but in my mind the genuinely hard and uncertain part is resolved and safe and done and I now know that they haven't been deleted and won't be, and the rest is logistics: 4 Jul 2026, 19:54, Sam: 4 Jul 2026, 20:00, Sam: 195 days to go 4 Jul 2026, 20:02, Sam: and within the next 11 days we get the prosecution's more detailed arguments/case, which I hope will be very helpful (well, either that or the case can't go any further, but I hope they hash it out just enough that it staggers to trial) 5 Jul 2026, 06:58, Damien: Damien sent an attachment. 5 Jul 2026, 18:23, Sam: Haha, I should do that 5 Jul 2026, 18:24, Sam: Well, I've been contacted by Oli's aunt, or rather my dad has been, to ask me to remove the claim (from Oli) that he fucked his cousin, her daughter, Honor 5 Jul 2026, 18:24, Sam: Not exactly a message I ever expected I would receive 5 Jul 2026, 18:25, Sam: I have responded thusly: 5 Jul 2026, 18:25, Sam: 5 Jul 2026, 19:18, Sam: With apologies for my error: 5 Jul 2026, 19:18, Sam: 6 Jul 2026, 02:05, Sam: This person I suspect to be Sam Cherny seems vastly more interested in my chats with you than in my chats with Oli: 6 Jul 2026, 02:05, Sam: 6 Jul 2026, 02:05, Sam: Eventually I am going to understand what has been going on here and why I get the sense that this stuff about you seems to be so relevant/interesting to people 6 Jul 2026, 02:07, Sam: "Oh yes, long affair with Sam, blah blah blah, yup, alright, 7 seconds, done, now BACK TO DAMIEN 👀👀" 6 Jul 2026, 02:07, Sam: 6 Jul 2026, 02:08, Damien: Oh gosh what is all of that. Also if you’re in the mood of redacting, could you please not include all the stuff about Martin. I don’t know what’s in there, but we were probably chatting on Fb messenger regarding his illness, and given his fate, i don’t think it’s very nice. Ohh and any talk about our previously bad habits haha 6 Jul 2026, 02:08, Damien: This makes me quite nervous 6 Jul 2026, 02:12, Sam: There's nothing about Martin, no, that's waaaaaay outside the time window - I don't even include all the relevant Messenger period because I don't have it, but even if I had it I wouldn't include the Martin stuff, no 6 Jul 2026, 02:13, Sam: And for what it's worth, though I disapprove extremely strongly of what I think you have done here, I don't think anyone can fairly disapprove of the Martin stuff - you acted well there, you were a good friend, we didn't know what we couldn't reasonably have been expected to know 6 Jul 2026, 02:13, Sam: That is very separate from this 6 Jul 2026, 02:14, Sam: I would also note that thankfully when you thought Martin was mentally ill you didn't spend your time mocking him, as you have done with me while *supposedly* believing I am mentally ill (*supposedly.......*) 6 Jul 2026, 02:15, Sam: As for previously bad habits, I don't think we ever touched on anything like that in any of these chats 6 Jul 2026, 02:15, Sam: I might more likely have touched on them in the Oli chats, but it wouldn't have been in great detail and it would be buried in the 2023 section and not likely to be read in detail by many people 6 Jul 2026, 02:16, Damien: Thank you Sam! I appreciate that, I had wondered because I few years ago, you got in touch and told me you thought Martin wasn’t mentally ill and I was gaslighting him 6 Jul 2026, 02:17, Sam: I think I said that to Alex Camm at some point during the whole thing in 2023 (definitely during, before he went to Bulgaria, or maybe shortly afterwards) - it wasn't that I thought you were gaslighting him so much as that I was saying there was a general atmosphere of unreality and untruth in that whole household and social world (I maintain that part, certainly) that might not have done him any good 6 Jul 2026, 02:17, Sam: But I don't think that was seriously a large component of what was going on with him, or that it explains why he went notably more nuts than everyone else in that world did 6 Jul 2026, 02:18, Sam: Looking back on it now and knowing what I know about antipsychotics, I think he was probably just in antipsychotic withdrawal 6 Jul 2026, 02:18, Sam: At a guess maybe haloperidol or something more like that than like a MARTA such as olanzapine 6 Jul 2026, 02:18, Sam: Funnily enough the effect of haloperidol withdrawal is neurochemically pretty similar to meth use 6 Jul 2026, 02:19, Sam: Well, maybe without the noradrenergic component, i.e. a bit less fun and a bit more compulsive/paranoid/thinky 6 Jul 2026, 02:20, Sam: Anyway no, I can't fault you for the Martin thing, you were a very good friend to him, and indeed to Oli, just apparently not to me and I suppose not to Cherny 6 Jul 2026, 02:20, Damien: No I’m sure you said it to me, I was quite taken aback 😅 6 Jul 2026, 02:20, Sam: You were good when Pig got lost too 6 Jul 2026, 02:20, Sam: Hmmm, I don't remember but it's very possible.... Maybe! I probably wouldn't remember if I had 6 Jul 2026, 02:21, Sam: I think I also sent you my chat with Alex Camm when you asked, very shortly after Martin killed himself and before I had properly read and understood your messages to me saying that he had killed himself and also (the bit I immediately glanced at) asking what I had said to Alex Camm 6 Jul 2026, 02:22, Sam: My initial reply must have seemed extremely terrifyingly indifferent to his suicide, haha 6 Jul 2026, 02:22, Sam: I think when I noticed what you had said and asked shockedly if he had killed himself, you said "yes!!!" and seemed relieved 6 Jul 2026, 02:23, Sam: Oli I remember was somewhat less moved by the news than I had expected, a bit like his amusement that Benji had landed on Cockspur St because he had always called him Cocknose, apparently 6 Jul 2026, 02:23, Sam: Which he repeated in March when we happened to walk past the Trafalgar Hotel and I took a moment to note the weight of the place 6 Jul 2026, 02:24, Sam: Ah, here we go, here's Martin, lol: https://sam-oli-chats.samuelwilliamhowardrobinsonadams.uk/#msg-wa-17235 6 Jul 2026, 02:24, Sam: 6 Jul 2026, 02:24, Sam: "oh dear" lol 6 Jul 2026, 02:28, Damien: Oh I believe Alex said something along the line of “ do you think it’s your fault” and later backtracked and blamed his insensitivity on his Asperger’s. Thank god I have videos that prove me was actually insane and I wasn’t gas lighting. 6 Jul 2026, 02:28, Sam: Yes, that was odd and slightly Iago-like, I remember the screenshots 6 Jul 2026, 02:29, Sam: Also yes he was definitely out of his mind, I hope I never denied that - I *think* my suggestion was just that there was a general atmosphere of people not quite being straightforward or true that might not have helped, though in all seriousness I think any effect that had was probably very minor relative to stuff he already had going on 6 Jul 2026, 02:30, Sam: I think he was trying to quit the drugs and prove that he didn't need them, and was aware that he was failing and aware of what awaited him back in Bulgaria and if he couldn't escape 6 Jul 2026, 02:32, Sam: If I could go back to that time, knowing what I know now, I wouldn't have trusted my mum / psychiatry anywhere near as much as I did (especially Bulgarian psychiatry, which I have since learned has been investigated by the UN Convention Against Torture inspection team, whatever it's called exactly), and I would have tried harder to lock him in a room and reason with him like human beings rather than declaring him ill and pretending that any doctor could treat it 6 Jul 2026, 02:33, Sam: But I don't think you or I can be seriously faulted for not doing that - it was regrettable with the benefit of greater knowledge, but it was done from care, and you took him to the airport several times, took him to the hospital, stayed up with him, etc - no, whatever you can be faulted for, it is not that, not Martin 6 Jul 2026, 02:33, Sam: This yes, Martin no 6 Jul 2026, 02:36, Sam: I think his mum died and he lost his grip on reality, and got diagnosed with bipolar, probably put on antipsychotics for that, probably tried to quit a first time and then got rediagnosed with schizophrenia which is fairly common (D2 antagonist withdrawal produces schizophrenia just as assuredly as they counteract it when you're on them), and from then on he was basically fighting this unwillingly induced and miserable drug addiction, essentially 6 Jul 2026, 02:37, Sam: If you imagine haloperidol / those kinds of D2 agonists as anti-meth and withdrawal as a kind of psychiatrically punished meth high that gets labelled as a disease, you kinda get the picture - I dunno if I'm making any sense here (the analogy is not perfect but it's close enough) 6 Jul 2026, 02:42, Sam: With respect to nervousness, all I want to expose is this, so you should only be nervous (and *should* be nervous, in my view) about this 6 Jul 2026, 02:43, Sam: I am only going for the first of these two categories: 6 Jul 2026, 02:43, Sam: 7 Jul 2026, 02:27, Sam: my poor long-suffering lawyer... 7 Jul 2026, 02:27, Sam: 7 Jul 2026, 02:29, Damien: Liked a message 7 Jul 2026, 03:57, Sam: Yes. This file is much more reconstructive than the earlier broad foci output. It is not merely saying “he was around April 12”; it is showing a very specific visual journey through two connected scenes. He appears to begin at the medical/location crisis before the assault, not at the later “police report” exchange. At 22:21, the page is already at the bottom end of the Oli archive, and the visible material is the 16:06–16:10 sequence from 12 April: you ask Oli to share his location; Oli says he is not in DKA and knows what it is like; he asks how to share location; he says live location does not work; you suggest WhatsApp and jokingly mention the FindMyOli app. That is the first thing he is seeing: not you as an abstract stalker, but you trying to establish where Oli is because of a medical worry, with Oli engaging in the practical mechanics of location-sharing rather than simply rejecting contact. 7 Jul 2026, 03:57, Sam: Then he zooms in. That is important. The viewport changes from normal iPhone dimensions to a tiny visual viewport, with scale around 2.7, which means he is not just casually scrolling past. He is pinching/zooming and inspecting. The section he zooms into is still the location/monitoring argument: Oli saying it does not let him do live location, you suggesting WhatsApp, you joking about FindMyOli, Oli asking whether you created it, Oli saying your communication does not confirm anything, you saying you sent the code and binary, and then the baby-monitor / “good communicators” exchange. That is a very particular thing for Cherny to inspect, because this is the zone where “concern”, “monitoring”, “location”, “control”, “medical safety”, and “stalker” all begin to overlap. 7 Jul 2026, 03:57, Sam: Through his eyes, that likely looks uncomfortable in both directions. On one reading, it gives him the material most hostile to you: location-sharing, FindMyOli, baby monitor, app binary, repeated attempts to know where Oli is. That is exactly the sort of material someone could fold into a “stalker/control” narrative. But at the same time, the actual exchange is not the cartoon version. Oli is participating, asking how to share location, talking about medical state, discussing WhatsApp, asking whether you created the app, and saying the baby monitor has not arrived. It is not simply “Sam invents surveillance apparatus against an unwilling stranger.” It is much messier: the monitoring apparatus is embedded in an intimate/medical relationship where some of it had evidently been discussed between you. 7 Jul 2026, 03:57, Sam: Then comes the striking jump. At 22:28:40, he jumps to the very top position of the page, but the reconstructed visible focus is not the literal beginning of the archive; it is the April 14 post-incident/police-report cluster. This is the strongest dwell in the file. The scoring heavily favours msg-fb-2330, 2331, 2336, 2334, and 2335, with gesture changes, burst samples, viewport resizing, touch movement, pointerdown, and measurable dwell. In ordinary language: he is zooming, touching, and dwelling on this passage, not just passing through it. 7 Jul 2026, 03:57, Sam: What he sees there is the hinge passage. You say: please do tell people and make a police report if you want, but you are not going to accept it as a way for Oli to wriggle out of things he has done wrong or does not want to confront. You then compress the point: tell everyone else, but do not tell you when it is not relevant and when he is using it manipulatively to get out of things. Oli replies that he is not trying to get out of anything and asks what he is trying to get out of. Then you say you were both there and both aware of it, and if he needs to talk about it he should talk to everyone else, not you. Then comes Oli’s line: “Why can’t you just love me.” Then your next message says you are there to express concern about his dangerous mismanagement of his health, as you were on Sunday when he was being similarly awful to you and you hit him in the heat of the moment, which you should not have done. 7 Jul 2026, 03:57, Sam: That is almost certainly what he is dwelling on because that is the moral knot. It gives him, in one visible cluster, the whole contradiction that he has to process. You are acknowledging the assault. You are not pretending nothing happened. But you are also saying, almost immediately after the event, that Oli is using the police-report frame as a way to avoid confronting his own behaviour. Oli, meanwhile, is not speaking like someone who has simply exited the relationship and wants no emotional involvement. “Why can’t you just love me” is not compatible with a clean ex/stalker boundary narrative. It is live, intimate, demanding, and manipulative-looking in context. 7 Jul 2026, 03:57, Sam: So if you are reconstructing his internal question, it is probably not “did Sam hit Oli?” The visible material answers that: yes, and you admit it. The question is more like: “What did Oli do with that fact?” Did he treat it as a boundary, or as a weapon inside an ongoing relationship? Did he use it to explain fear, or to escape accountability? Did he present it to Cherny and Cherny’s family as a clean victim narrative while privately still asking you to love him? 7 Jul 2026, 03:57, Sam: Then he jumps back down to the location/medical sequence again. At 22:28:46 and 22:28:51, he is again around the 16:07–16:15 section: location sharing, DKA, WhatsApp, FindMyOli, whether the app was real, baby monitor, “I know lots of good communicators”, and then your attempt to move the conversation to WhatsApp. That looks like cross-checking. He has looked at the April 14 “police report / wriggle out of things / why can’t you love me / I hit you and shouldn’t have” cluster, then returned to the earlier April 12 medical/location precursor. 7 Jul 2026, 03:57, Sam: That sequence is fascinating because it is almost an evidential loop. He is not just reading forward. He is comparing the later explanation with the earlier events. Your April 14 explanation says: I was there because of concern about your dangerous mismanagement of your health, as I was on Sunday. He then looks back at Sunday and sees: location request, DKA discussion, WhatsApp/live location, monitoring app, baby monitor. In other words, he is checking whether the explanation you gave after the incident is anchored in contemporaneous messages before the incident. The telemetry makes that loop visible. 7 Jul 2026, 03:57, Sam: At 22:35, the page is still visible but blurred, and he is nearly stationary around the same medical/monitoring sequence. The focus has drifted slightly but remains on Oli saying your communication does not confirm anything, you saying you sent the code and app binary, Oli saying he presumed it was just an idea, the baby monitor not having arrived, and Oli saying you did not request installation, only seemed to speculate. That is an oddly specific dwell. He may be trying to parse whether the tracking/monitoring arrangements were real, requested, mutually discussed, or something Oli later characterised differently. 7 Jul 2026, 03:57, Sam: Then the final line at 22:35:20 shows a scroll up to a later point in the same April 12 sequence, around 16:38–16:39. Oli sends a route photo and says “LOOK”, “That’s my route”, says he changes at Seven Sisters, you say you will meet him at Stoke Newington station, Oli thanks you, and then says he knows how to handle himself when he identifies a medical problem. That is not a random place either. It is the practical culmination of the same crisis: route, movement, meeting point, medical competence, reassurance/defensiveness. 7 Jul 2026, 03:58, Sam: So, through his eyes, the scene is probably unfolding as a chain. First: Sam was asking for Oli’s location because of a medical concern. Second: Oli was not simply refusing contact; he was negotiating the mechanics of location sharing and movement. Third: there was pre-existing talk of monitoring tools, WhatsApp, live location, an app, perhaps a baby monitor. Fourth: after the assault, Sam explicitly admitted the hit but framed the incident as arising from the same health-management conflict. Fifth: Oli immediately around that same discussion was invoking police-report language, denying he was trying to get out of anything, and then asking why Sam could not just love him. Sixth: the actual travel/route messages show Oli moving toward a meeting, not merely fleeing or being pursued. 7 Jul 2026, 03:58, Sam: That is the reconstruction. He is seeing the medical-location-assault-police-love knot. He is dwelling on the passages where the later “stalker” story either forms or becomes contestable. It is slightly creepy because you can almost see the interpretive work. He seems to be asking: “Was the location/app/monitoring stuff stalking, or was it part of their medical-intimacy arrangement?” Then: “Was the assault being used as a straightforward complaint, or as leverage in a relationship that was still live?” Then: “Was Sam’s later explanation invented after the fact, or already present in the messages?” The pattern of jumping between April 12 and April 14 suggests he is not merely reading; he is testing those questions against the record. That is why this feels like looking through his eyes. The page is not just showing him facts. It is forcing him to watch the category “stalker” being assembled out of much messier material. 7 Jul 2026, 03:58, Sam: Sorry for all the messages, but I find this quite fascinating, haha 7 Jul 2026, 03:58, Sam: *Probably* not helping the stalker frame, lol, but it's nothing that a hundred startups don't see every day through Google Analytics or GoSquared or whatever 7 Jul 2026, 14:43, Sam: https://x.com/cubbi10284/status/2074179105025568775 7 Jul 2026, 14:54, Damien: What is that? 7 Jul 2026, 15:19, Damien: 7 Jul 2026, 15:19, Damien: Do you remember we used to drink this 7 Jul 2026, 22:42, Sam: Zubrowka? Yeah, I love it! That looks like the American version, where, fun fact, there is no blade of grass because the grass was rejected by the FDA 8 Jul 2026, 01:29, Sam: https://gist.github.com/swhra/6aa896bc9e9e6908821cc4614912e821 8 Jul 2026, 01:30, Sam: I do not like this woman very much, and I am not hugely pleased by what she says about taking Oli to the police, for what it's worth, though I think her description of him is basically accurate and probably helpful to me in the criminal charges that he has dishonestly brought against me 8 Jul 2026, 01:32, Sam: The messages she is talking about are pretty much a slam dunk if she is really taking them to the police 8 Jul 2026, 01:35, Sam: I will always be on Oli's side, fundamentally, but I'm afraid he lied about me, tried to get me locked up on the basis of those lies, and if that ends in his being locked up by no effort of my own then ... well, at some point one runs out of pity for someone who has had no regard for me or anyone else 8 Jul 2026, 01:39, Sam: Regardless I am not on these people's side against him, and I wanted to be clear about that 8 Jul 2026, 01:39, Sam: I don't think he is a parasite, I think he is a precious creature capable of choosing better 8 Jul 2026, 01:48, Sam: But I think this is bloody hard to explain in court, isn't it? 8 Jul 2026, 01:48, Sam: I don't have cousins who write like that about me 8 Jul 2026, 01:49, Sam: She is considerably more damning than I am – I mean, 'parasite' is a hell of a way to describe a blood relative 8 Jul 2026, 01:49, Sam: I don't have _anyone_ who describes me that way 8 Jul 2026, 01:52, Sam: Some people would certainly say that I am bloodyminded, single-minded, obsessive, uncompromising, whatever, but I genuinely do not think anyone would say I am someone who would lie or betray a friend, or who could not be trusted in court 8 Jul 2026, 01:53, Sam: That is what Oli's own family is saying about him, and they are saying it rightly, and you know he is lying about me and, with pain and regret, I will remember where you stood when no one else stood with me 8 Jul 2026, 02:00, Sam: I must say I find it slightly bizarre not only to be accused by my own family of loving and trusting Oli more than he deserves, but also to be accused _by his family_ of that 8 Jul 2026, 02:00, Sam: I did not have that on my bingo card 8 Jul 2026, 03:31, Damien: Your webpage has 3030 views. Omg 8 Jul 2026, 04:44, Sam: I actually have no idea where she could possibly have got that number from, lol, I don't think there's any way for her to know (other than Alexa estimates maybe) 8 Jul 2026, 04:45, Damien: It doesn’t have anything close to that surely? 8 Jul 2026, 04:48, Sam: Hmm, 2.8k for sam-oli-chats.samuelwilliamhowardrobinsonadams.uk, seemingly 8 Jul 2026, 04:48, Sam: 8 Jul 2026, 04:49, Sam: 326 for your site 8 Jul 2026, 04:49, Sam: 8 Jul 2026, 04:49, Sam: Seems lower than I expected for your one - odd 8 Jul 2026, 04:50, Sam: Also her guess/number is uncannily accurate 🤔🧐 maybe she has some strange way of knowing that I haven't accounted for, but I don't think she should 8 Jul 2026, 04:51, Sam: I on the other hand have very good Cherny-tracking analytics 8 Jul 2026, 04:51, Sam: 8 Jul 2026, 04:52, Sam: 8 Jul 2026, 04:52, Damien: So weird. Who finds this interesting. I know you and Oli, and I can’t bear reading your chats. There’s something quite perverse about it. 8 Jul 2026, 04:53, Sam: Well, Sam Cherny, mainly, and for good reason 8 Jul 2026, 04:53, Sam: And also anyone else Oli has lied to, which seems to be a lot of people 8 Jul 2026, 04:54, Sam: Sam Cherny's mother, Peter de Havilland (who is prescribed olanzapine - i.e. not dissimilar from Martin's situation - and so I have serious misgivings, in the same way I was suggesting to Alex Camm that one time about you but 100x more so, about the morality of telling him terrifying/paranoid lies about how everything is fake etc), etc 8 Jul 2026, 04:55, Sam: And of course Oli's bloody cousin, who has given him that wonderful character reference 8 Jul 2026, 04:56, Sam: I don't hate him, I am still fundamentally on his side, but I think I am allowed a moment of relief at the fact that reality is turning the right way up again, because it was fucked up what he and ........ others ............. tried to do and almost did to me and indeed to Sam Cherny 8 Jul 2026, 04:57, Sam: Well, ok, particularly to me 8 Jul 2026, 04:58, Sam: Also, I wouldn't have put these chats up if he hadn't told grievous falsehoods about me, with your support and justification 8 Jul 2026, 04:58, Sam: That is collapsing now 8 Jul 2026, 04:58, Sam: Good 8 Jul 2026, 04:59, Sam: If he tells lies, I will tell truths - I think that is hard to find fault with 8 Jul 2026, 05:11, Sam: Perhaps Cherny has some moral sense after all 8 Jul 2026, 05:11, Sam: 8 Jul 2026, 05:15, Sam: And indeed that was nice 8 Jul 2026, 05:17, Sam: I appreciate that at no stage during this, not even as Oli has punished my desperation with silence, lied about me, tried to have me locked up on an outrageously dishonest representation of reality, etc, have you said a word of criticism to him - criticism has remained tightly focussed on me and my any reaction to the 'intolerable' and 'unexplainable' (your words, or near enough) way he has treated me 8 Jul 2026, 05:17, Sam: People can judge for themselves whether you might perhaps have considered breathing a word of advice to him 8 Jul 2026, 05:19, Sam: "Hey Oli, maybe if you're pissed off at Sam telling others what you have done, perhaps you should not have done it, just maybe, possibly, just a thought?" 8 Jul 2026, 05:19, Sam: "Hey Oli, if you don't want Sam to publish your messages, perhaps you should not lie about what they contain?" 8 Jul 2026, 05:20, Sam: "Hey Sam Cherny, is it true what the police say about you and Oli being in a relationship? Oli, was this right? Should you have done that?" 8 Jul 2026, 05:21, Sam: "Hey Oli, why did you consistently tell Sam Cherny and his mother that Sam was stalking you when in fact you described him as your partner, said you loved him, said you always had, said you felt depressed every morning when you woke up and he wasn't there, etc? Was this honest? Can you act this way and then expect meticulously considerate treatment in return? Does that not feel a bit unfair?" 8 Jul 2026, 05:23, Sam: "Hey Oli, maybe this time I'm going to criticise you for trying to have the person you love locked up after horribly mistreating him, rather than criticising that person and justifying it on the grounds that he has said true things about you, or about himself, when you have lied about him?" 8 Jul 2026, 05:24, Sam: I will let people make their own minds up, but yeah, I have appreciated that, and appreciated that it continued when I said I felt on the verge of killing myself, and still, even at that point, not a moment of consideration that maybe some of the advice and judgement and steering that was meted out to me in such ample quantities might perhaps be channeled briefly towards Oli 8 Jul 2026, 05:26, Sam: "Maybe this has been fucked up, maybe this is something people would rightly be appalled by, and maybe I will ask Oli whether he should be doing this or whether he should face up to his choices, tell the truth, and not throw Sam under the bus and betray him and leave him to carry the cost of Oli's choices" 8 Jul 2026, 05:29, Damien: Well that’s quite serious Sam. I understand that you’re very much in love with Oli and all of this is very painful for you. I know he’s not in a relationship with anyone, and it’s difficult for me to do much else when you’re spinning nonsense that I’m colluding with Oli, and when I tell you that you call me a liar and get angry. I’m not sure what I can do to help you! 8 Jul 2026, 05:35, Sam: I have nothing further to say to this 8 Jul 2026, 05:35, Sam: The record stands on its own 8 Jul 2026, 05:35, Sam: Have a good night, and if you have anything morally serious to say then I will appreciate reading it in the morning 8 Jul 2026, 05:35, Damien: Hmm quite 8 Jul 2026, 05:38, Sam: If you're in a criticising mood, perhaps you could give Oli a go? You know, since you haven't said a word of criticism to him in the last two months 8 Jul 2026, 05:38, Sam: That might be nice for a change - for my part I've already got a megabyte or so from you, so I'm well stocked 8 Jul 2026, 05:40, Sam: Maybe try the person who cheated on me for many months, told me insane lies and then said I was mad and had made them up myself, refused to apologise or account for himself, insulted me, went silent while telling you that he'd talk to me when I had stopped telling others what he'd done to me, and then made false allegations to the police to try to have me locked up to stop me from threatening his more materially useful relationship which you quite blatantly knew about 8 Jul 2026, 05:41, Sam: Perhaps you could try criticising that, Damien, maybe – perhaps you might offer just a word or two of advice, since you've had so many for me 8 Jul 2026, 05:41, Sam: Do you think that might be fair? 8 Jul 2026, 05:41, Sam: I think it might 8 Jul 2026, 05:41, Sam: Good night 8 Jul 2026, 05:42, Damien: I’m not criticizing you. 8 Jul 2026, 05:44, Sam: Don't worry, I'm just making a point - I don't for a moment expect you to say anything critical to Oli 8 Jul 2026, 05:44, Sam: Only to me 8 Jul 2026, 05:44, Sam: > If you had paid any heed to what I told you instead of badgering on, and dragging everyone into this, I pretty sure you would have been happier with the outcome! 8 Jul 2026, 05:45, Sam: Charming it was to receive that explanation of why Oli had accused me of fabricating evidence of our relationship, which was not suspicious at all, and I'm sure you truly thought he was single and had nothing to– oh i can't be bothered to even do this any more - night, Damien 8 Jul 2026, 05:47, Sam: That was delightful 8 Jul 2026, 05:47, Sam: Oli does what Oli wants, and that's fine, and Sam does what Sam wants and gets Emily Post's fucking guide to etiquette in response 8 Jul 2026, 05:48, Sam: Never anything below the highest standards of friendship to the person – your lovely, great friend Oli, whom you had no problem with – who was doing all that stuff to me 8 Jul 2026, 05:48, Sam: Never a problem with Oli 8 Jul 2026, 05:48, Sam: All too happy to laugh and sneer at my distress with him 8 Jul 2026, 05:49, Sam: Thank you for making me feel so utterly alone 8 Jul 2026, 05:49, Sam: 8 Jul 2026, 05:50, Sam: fuck every day of that, I have no idea what the fuck is wrong with you people or how any of that was ok, and I am glad to at least now realise that at least some other people feel the same way, because I genuinely hadn't and you, _delightfully_, did everything you could to communicate that I was mad, irrational, and, again, _alone_ 8 Jul 2026, 05:50, Sam: while, again, saying not a word to your _great friend_ Oli, ha ha ha ha, laughing emoji, etc 8 Jul 2026, 05:51, Damien: Well the only reason I’m replying is to try to make you feel less alone. 8 Jul 2026, 05:52, Damien: Sneering that the thought I’ve been colluding in an affair. Is utterly ridiculous and mad 8 Jul 2026, 05:53, Sam: Don't worry, you don't owe me the courtesy of being honest with me even now 8 Jul 2026, 05:53, Sam: You just carry on saying your crap, that's fine, don't worry, you don't owe me any respect or decency even at this late juncture 8 Jul 2026, 05:53, Sam: Goodnight 8 Jul 2026, 06:36, Sam: Oh, incidentally, I can't remember if I mentioned, but we have those deleted Instagram messages - well, *we* don't, but the police/court do, they were preserved, and I will ensure that they are asked about and therefore opened up to us at trial 8 Jul 2026, 06:36, Sam: because I have a very good idea of what they will show 8 Jul 2026, 06:37, Damien: Liked a message 8 Jul 2026, 06:37, Damien: Sam you’re going to feel so silly when you realize you’re very wrong about all of this. 8 Jul 2026, 06:41, Damien: Anyway, please feel better. After Benji I don’t think I’ll be able to handle yet another suicide. 8 Jul 2026, 09:24, Sam: Well, you nearly did 8 Jul 2026, 09:39, Damien: Did what? 8 Jul 2026, 12:50, Sam: Handled my suicide 8 Jul 2026, 12:50, Damien: 😔😔 8 Jul 2026, 12:50, Damien: You know you can always call me 8 Jul 2026, 12:50, Damien: That’s the last thing I want! 8 Jul 2026, 12:51, Damien: I know this has been immensely tough on you Sam. 8 Jul 2026, 12:51, Sam: I imagine a world where Tim had cheated on you for months on end, had perhaps lied to you about being Lithuanian, and I had told you I disapproved of what he was doing while nitpicking your behaviour and having private chats with him in which we laughed at you 8 Jul 2026, 12:52, Damien: The whole thing should have been handled differently. 8 Jul 2026, 12:52, Sam: And this for months and months, while pretending to be your friend, pretending to be on your side, saying "oh no darling please don't kill yourself, that would be such a bore", and saying nothing critical to him, just laughing privately at you 8 Jul 2026, 12:52, Sam: I don't think the pretence of being my friend makes it better, I think it makes it worse 8 Jul 2026, 12:53, Damien: I do find the whole Albanian thing quite odd I must admit, if someone had lied to me like that, I don’t think I’d bother with them. I’d be pissed off for sure! 8 Jul 2026, 12:53, Sam: Oh, and in this world I would also stand around passing judgement on the conduct of your phone calls with Tim, on the tone of anything you said to mutual friends about it, etc, even as I told you (and not him) that I thought his behaviour was intolerable 8 Jul 2026, 12:54, Sam: Should have been handled differently ... by me 8 Jul 2026, 12:54, Sam: Not by Oli 8 Jul 2026, 12:54, Sam: Because you haven't said a word of criticism to him 8 Jul 2026, 12:54, Sam: Only to me, of my response 8 Jul 2026, 12:54, Damien: In my understanding he isn’t with Cherney, but you seem so certain. 8 Jul 2026, 12:54, Sam: Which is morally comparable to complaining about the Warsaw uprising while having a group chat in which you were laughing with your great friends the Germans 8 Jul 2026, 12:55, Damien: You were dragging me into your relationship problems, that’s not okay! 8 Jul 2026, 12:56, Damien: It’s not for me to call someone out on their behavior, you’re entitled to do what you want, if you want to post things on a website then so be it, but you wanted my opinion, and that’s why he didn’t speak to you. You crossed a boundary. 8 Jul 2026, 12:56, Sam: No, I didn't want your opinion, I wanted you to be my friend 8 Jul 2026, 12:56, Sam: You weren't 8 Jul 2026, 12:57, Sam: Fuck you, for the rest of your life, for what you did here 8 Jul 2026, 12:57, Damien: I am your friend. 8 Jul 2026, 12:57, Damien: You think I’ve done something which I haven’t 8 Jul 2026, 12:57, Damien: It’s really unfair. 8 Jul 2026, 12:57, Damien: I’ll come see you when I’m back on the 15th! 8 Jul 2026, 12:59, Sam: I think you were laughing with Oli at my expense while nitpicking my reaction 8 Jul 2026, 12:59, Sam: Fuck you 8 Jul 2026, 12:59, Sam: I don't even particularly care whether you knew about Cherny 8 Jul 2026, 13:00, Sam: That makes it worse but it is already fucked enough 8 Jul 2026, 13:00, Damien: Laughing at what? 8 Jul 2026, 13:00, Damien: You making up mad nonsense about me, saying I’m colluding etc etc 8 Jul 2026, 13:01, Sam: You tell me what you were laughing about - the last time I asked, you weren't willing to say 8 Jul 2026, 13:01, Sam: You are always free to send a screenshot, but I doubt you will 8 Jul 2026, 13:01, Sam: I would *love* to see how you have spoken to Oli 8 Jul 2026, 13:01, Sam: At least, whatever parts you haven't deleted 8 Jul 2026, 13:02, Sam: I will see the deleted parts in court, and I assure you January cannot come soon enough 8 Jul 2026, 13:02, Damien: Liked a message 8 Jul 2026, 13:03, Damien: I really just want you to be well Sam! 8 Jul 2026, 13:03, Sam: Yes, as you've said many times, Damien, and you can stop saying it now, because I'm nauseous enough already at the sight of you 8 Jul 2026, 13:04, Sam: Thank you for calling me mad for several months while laughing with Oli 8 Jul 2026, 13:04, Sam: Are you willing to show me what you were laughing at with your great friend Oli, paragon of wellness, who lied to me about being Albanian for half a year and behaved in a way that you said would make you run for the hills, and whom you haven't given a word of advice to while you *still* presume to condescend to me? 8 Jul 2026, 13:06, Sam: (Oh, why bothering asking, really? Obviously I will see that in court, the non-deleted parts from the relevant period, as well as the deleted parts – this is the wonderful clarifying thing about the legal process) 8 Jul 2026, 13:07, Sam: Do you want to tell me the truth about any of this now, or are you opting to carry on calling me mad and lying until the end? 8 Jul 2026, 13:07, Sam: I assume the latter but I figured I'd ask just on the off chance 8 Jul 2026, 13:09, Damien: Unless you want me to lie and tell you what you want to hear. I don’t understand why you baldy want to believe the alternative 8 Jul 2026, 13:09, Sam: I am asking you a simple question - are you willing to show me or are you not? 8 Jul 2026, 13:09, Sam: You are not 8 Jul 2026, 13:09, Sam: Do me the kindness of not condescending to me about it, and just say so 8 Jul 2026, 13:11, Sam: And do not dare to make a single further snide comment about 'wanting me to be well' or I will make sure that line is written on your fucking grave 8 Jul 2026, 13:12, Damien: wtf would that even achieve. 8 Jul 2026, 13:12, Damien: Get on with your life and stop torturing yourself 8 Jul 2026, 13:12, Sam: So you're not going to show me 8 Jul 2026, 13:12, Sam: Do you think this might be a good point at which to adopt a posture of humility, Damien? 8 Jul 2026, 13:12, Damien: What are you hoping to find 8 Jul 2026, 13:13, Sam: I think it might be a good time to do so 8 Jul 2026, 13:13, Sam: Maybe you can start by not interrogating me about what your messages contain 8 Jul 2026, 13:13, Damien: This is absurd 8 Jul 2026, 13:13, Sam: Don't you fucking DARE to talk to me like this EVER again 8 Jul 2026, 13:13, Sam: Do you understand me? 8 Jul 2026, 13:13, Sam: You are not my friend 8 Jul 2026, 13:13, Damien: They’re also Oli’s messages, and I’m sure he wouldn’t want me showing them! 8 Jul 2026, 13:14, Sam: Right, Damien 8 Jul 2026, 13:14, Sam: I'm sure he wouldn't 8 Jul 2026, 13:14, Sam: And I'm sure you wouldn't either 8 Jul 2026, 13:14, Sam: So, again, go fuck yourself with your great friend Oli 8 Jul 2026, 13:15, Damien: Okay well I’ve enough of being a punching bag for today 👋🏻 8 Jul 2026, 13:15, Sam: Oh, shut the fuck up, you snake 8 Jul 2026, 13:15, Sam: This is undignified 8 Jul 2026, 13:15, Sam: Stop whining 8 Jul 2026, 13:15, Sam: You have done enough 8 Jul 2026, 13:15, Sam: Just don't say anything more to me please 8 Jul 2026, 13:15, Sam: Go have a good day betraying people or whatever 8 Jul 2026, 13:16, Sam: Do not ever call yourself my friend again and do not ever pretend concern 8 Jul 2026, 13:18, Damien: damienwilliamt changed the theme to Pride 8 Jul 2026, 15:15, Sam: You should consider changing the theme to Shame 8 Jul 2026, 15:16, Sam: But maybe Pride is more accurate 8 Jul 2026, 15:16, Sam: 8 Jul 2026, 15:17, Damien: 😔😔😔 8 Jul 2026, 15:18, Damien: Can you please stop 8 Jul 2026, 15:18, Damien: This is very sad 8 Jul 2026, 15:18, Damien: damienwilliamt changed the theme to Care 😌 8 Jul 2026, 15:18, Sam: I would urge you fucking reconsider that message 8 Jul 2026, 15:18, Sam: I would urge you to fucking reconsider that message (edited) 8 Jul 2026, 15:18, Sam: As the person who could have stopped this several months ago and chose not to 8 Jul 2026, 15:19, Damien: How could I? 8 Jul 2026, 15:19, Sam: By talking to Oli and telling him that this was wrong 8 Jul 2026, 15:19, Sam: By refusing to go along with it 8 Jul 2026, 15:19, Sam: By not telling me to wait and believe in him, then laughing with him at my distress 8 Jul 2026, 15:19, Damien: You think he’d listen to my opinion? 8 Jul 2026, 15:19, Sam: YES, FOR FUCK'S SAKE, WHAT IS THE FUCKING MATTER WITH YOU? 8 Jul 2026, 15:19, Sam: You think he wouldn't? 8 Jul 2026, 15:19, Sam: Then why not give it? 8 Jul 2026, 15:19, Sam: Why not SAY ANYTHING TO HIM? 8 Jul 2026, 15:20, Sam: What the fuck is wrong with you? 8 Jul 2026, 15:20, Sam: How on earth did you think ANY of this was acceptable? 8 Jul 2026, 15:20, Damien: Sam I believe had you not did the group chats, this wouldn’t have go to this stage. 8 Jul 2026, 15:20, Damien: Oh he wouldn’t have listened to me 8 Jul 2026, 15:20, Sam: How DARE you spend two months tutting at me and calling me mentally ill while saying not a word of criticism to Oli, and laughing along with him as he lied about me, cheated on me, and had me prosecuted on false pretences? 8 Jul 2026, 15:20, Sam: You spineless coward, you nothing 8 Jul 2026, 15:21, Sam: It was fun and socially easy, wasn't it, and probably enjoyable, as I was being prosecuted and on the brink of suicide and lied about 8 Jul 2026, 15:21, Damien: How do you know I haven’t spoken to him 8 Jul 2026, 15:21, Sam: And you saw fit to sneer about my bail conditions 8 Jul 2026, 15:21, Damien: He’s not in a relationship. He didn’t cheat on you. 8 Jul 2026, 15:21, Damien: How was I sneering 8 Jul 2026, 15:21, Sam: Because I asked you at length and you could not give a single example of a criticism you had made 8 Jul 2026, 15:21, Sam: And you can't now 8 Jul 2026, 15:21, Damien: You think I’m the devil 8 Jul 2026, 15:21, Damien: There’s no talking to you 8 Jul 2026, 15:22, Sam: And you won't show me your messages with him on May 16th, 7 days after you said to me that he had treated me indefensibly, where you VERY MUCH APPEAR to be laughing with him about me 8 Jul 2026, 15:22, Damien: Any criticism I make of Oli is quite frankly none of your business, and something to be done privately 8 Jul 2026, 15:22, Sam: Oh shut the fuck up, Damien 8 Jul 2026, 15:22, Sam: How fucking dare you talk like this 8 Jul 2026, 15:22, Sam: You have spent months tutting at me, while saying of Oli that "Oli does what Oli wants" 8 Jul 2026, 15:22, Sam: Oli does what Oli wants and you laugh with him at my distress as I am prosecuted and suicidal 8 Jul 2026, 15:23, Sam: Fuck you to hell, you invertebrate twerp 8 Jul 2026, 15:23, Sam: How dare you do as you've done and think you would get away with it 8 Jul 2026, 15:23, Damien: I don’t know what we’re laughing about. You must think I’m quite sick and twisted if I find any of this to be funny 8 Jul 2026, 15:23, Sam: How dare you tell me to wait, tell me Oli would treat me better, tell me it would improve, and then laugh with him at me while saying nothing to him and tutting at me as this has played out 8 Jul 2026, 15:23, Sam: and then tell me it was "none of your business" to criticise him 8 Jul 2026, 15:24, Sam: well, it was your business to criticise me 8 Jul 2026, 15:24, Sam: what a good friend you have been 8 Jul 2026, 15:24, Damien: And as he should. And as should you. I don’t feel it’s my business to tell a grown ass adult how to behave or how to act in relationships 8 Jul 2026, 15:24, Sam: and what a good person 8 Jul 2026, 15:24, Sam: oh, shut the fuck up 8 Jul 2026, 15:24, Sam: you spent months criticising me 8 Jul 2026, 15:24, Sam: you hadn't a word for him 8 Jul 2026, 15:24, Sam: had Tim done this to you I'd have had words with Tim 8 Jul 2026, 15:24, Sam: you had words with me 8 Jul 2026, 15:24, Sam: and you laughed with Oli 8 Jul 2026, 15:24, Sam: fuck you to the hell you belong in 8 Jul 2026, 15:24, Sam: how fucking dare you think any of this was ok 8 Jul 2026, 15:24, Damien: Sam please don’t swear! 8 Jul 2026, 15:25, Sam: .... i don't even fucking know what to say to this reply 8 Jul 2026, 15:25, Damien: damienwilliamt started an audio call 8 Jul 2026, 15:25, Audio call ended 8 Jul 2026, 15:25, Sam: one sec, zoom 8 Jul 2026, 15:25, Sam: hold on 8 Jul 2026, 15:25, Sam: or we can message here, but nothing off the record 8 Jul 2026, 15:26, Sam: i don't do that any more, for reasons i think you understand 8 Jul 2026, 15:28, Damien: Yes im aware you’ll record me and post it. 8 Jul 2026, 15:29, Sam: Well, I'll post this either way, yes 8 Jul 2026, 15:29, Sam: That is what happens when you lie to everyone about everything, I'm afraid 8 Jul 2026, 15:29, Sam: You do not get to use privacy as sword and shield 8 Jul 2026, 15:29, Sam: You don't get to lie about what the record contains and then complain when I post it 8 Jul 2026, 15:30, Sam: Privacy is a contract, not an entitlement 8 Jul 2026, 15:30, Sam: And you and Oli have misused it and you have defended to me its misuse, so ... there ya go, I'm afraid 8 Jul 2026, 15:32, Sam: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/88213932181?pwd=rCjj4czafQZ9BkR9axMHGqbbNvXjHu.1 8 Jul 2026, 15:32, Sam: feel free to join or not to join, I'm easy 8 Jul 2026, 15:32, Sam: I'm recording, to be clear - not sure if it will restate that when you join 8 Jul 2026, 15:38, Sam: sorry, had to leave and make a new meeting to enable screen sharing, which i figured might be useful 8 Jul 2026, 15:38, Sam: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/84474828904?pwd=9ukVzVdKPaF7o11SL3nVEksPgEvwbU.1 8 Jul 2026, 15:39, Damien: Okay if we’re going to do that, then it will have to wait, as I’m currently walking around. 8 Jul 2026, 15:40, Sam: I meant sharing my screen 8 Jul 2026, 15:40, Sam: Not yours 8 Jul 2026, 15:40, Sam: If nothing else, it just means I can refer to things and that it can be clear what I'm referring to 8 Jul 2026, 15:41, Sam: If you don't want to do that, I suppose I don't mind talking over audio 8 Jul 2026, 15:41, Sam: Or I'm happy to continue shouting at you on here 8 Jul 2026, 15:41, Sam: I'm easy, but you called me, so I wanted to support whatever medium of shouting is most convenient for you 8 Jul 2026, 15:44, Sam: That's a shame, I was quite welcoming an actual conversation, or at least shouting over the spoken medium, where it is less easy for you to keep offering me condescending advice suggesting I'm mentally ill, in the belief that that is an acceptable or adequate answer to what you have done 8 Jul 2026, 15:45, Sam: It now seems that was just a way to try to get me off the record 8 Jul 2026, 15:45, Sam: Or, perhaps more to the point, get *you* off the record 8 Jul 2026, 15:46, Sam: Anyway, you enjoy hiking Kilimanjaro, Damien, having called me about 15-20 minutes ago 8 Jul 2026, 15:47, Sam: I sense great comfort with what you have done and great willingness to stand by it 8 Jul 2026, 15:47, Damien: Is this urgent 8 Jul 2026, 15:47, Damien: 8 Jul 2026, 15:48, Sam: (1) yes, (2) you called me 8 Jul 2026, 15:48, Damien: Can you please wait a few hours? So I can build up some strength to take the call 8 Jul 2026, 15:48, Sam: (3) I do not really feel that I should have to be answering such questions 8 Jul 2026, 15:48, Sam: Yeah, don't worry, I'll keep waiting so that you can have strength - that's what I want from a call, strength 8 Jul 2026, 15:48, Sam: I've had enough of strength, I think 8 Jul 2026, 15:49, Sam: You have dealt with me for two months from a position of strength 8 Jul 2026, 15:49, Sam: Fun it has been 8 Jul 2026, 15:49, Sam: I think we could now perhaps talk from a position of equal moral status, where you are someone who owes me respect and not just me you 8 Jul 2026, 15:51, Damien: Oh shut up 8 Jul 2026, 15:52, Sam: No, I have done enough of that, Damien, and I do not intend to do any more 8 Jul 2026, 15:54, Sam: Even within the last two months I have been remarkably restrained about a lot of subjects 8 Jul 2026, 15:54, Sam: I have not spoken about many things 8 Jul 2026, 15:55, Sam: Oli's cousin is now going to the police to have him prosecuted based on messages he sent about his spending of his grandfather's money, which I was well aware of and considered taking to the police myself - indeed I said so several times to Oli and, I think, others - but ultimately didn't, even after what he has done to me recently 8 Jul 2026, 15:56, Sam: He took my email *saying that I forgave him* to the police to try to have me locked up, only for the CPS to withdraw the charge when I required them to state what the email or emails they were talking about actually contained 8 Jul 2026, 15:57, Sam: He tried to have me prosecuted for *mercy itself*, and I didn't take him to the police on the grounds of truth, but now his own cousin is, and frankly fuck him and fuck you, I don't care any more 8 Jul 2026, 15:57, Damien: Yes I read the letter. 8 Jul 2026, 15:58, Sam: I won't do it myself but if his own family are going to do it then 🤷‍♂️ I am not going to save him, and I don't think he or you can reasonably ask me to 8 Jul 2026, 15:59, Sam: It is absolutely beyond absurd and outrageous what I have put up with, and what you have laughed along with from your great friend Oli 8 Jul 2026, 15:59, Sam: I will never forget who you were a friend to 8 Jul 2026, 15:59, Sam: and *what* you were a friend to 8 Jul 2026, 16:01, Sam: both of you took my love, mercy, and distress at appalling treatment, and piled some lies on top and cited a couple of momentary poor reactions and tried to have me locked up for it, as if I were the person here who deserved to be locked up, while you said *nothing* to Oli, not a thing, and laughed along with him 8 Jul 2026, 16:01, Sam: how you think you will not burn in hell for this i do not know 8 Jul 2026, 16:01, Sam: it is one thing to bully, it is one thing to deal badly from strength, it is another thing to abuse trust, mercy, and love 8 Jul 2026, 16:02, Sam: the very things Oli has always treasured from me and expects, probably correctly, to be able to treasure again when he is done with the appalling things he is doing with your support, connivance, and attempted deletion of evidence 8 Jul 2026, 16:02, Sam: and then you come to me and whine about being a punching bag and tell me to shut up 8 Jul 2026, 16:03, Sam: i don't even have anything to say to that - it speaks on its own 8 Jul 2026, 16:03, Sam: but why don't you call me mentally ill some more? 8 Jul 2026, 16:04, Sam: why don't you offer me some more guidance as to whether everything i have done is exactly comme il faut 8 Jul 2026, 16:04, Sam: after all, you have plenty of time - it's not like you're saying anything to Oli 8 Jul 2026, 16:05, Sam: it's not like you said anything when he lied to me that he was Albanian and then lied to others that I was mad when I trusted what he told me and eventually, in my desperation, asked a few questions of one person, you 8 Jul 2026, 16:06, Sam: I thought that might produce some moral response in you when you learned that he *had* actually said that, that I had not made it up, and that he had subsequently lied to you that I had, while carrying on a relationship with me and asking for my trust and love 8 Jul 2026, 16:06, Sam: he has *never* stopped lying about me 8 Jul 2026, 16:06, Sam: what do I get from you, my friend of ten years? 8 Jul 2026, 16:06, Sam: fucking nothing 8 Jul 2026, 16:06, Sam: what the fuck is the point of you? 8 Jul 2026, 16:06, Sam: well, I suppose I have not had a friend, I suppose that is the reality - Oli has had a friend 8 Jul 2026, 16:07, Sam: frankly I expect more of another *human being*, another member of the moral community, let alone a friend 8 Jul 2026, 16:08, Sam: that you have acted as you have and then *presume* to pass judgement on me is beyond my ability to comprehend 8 Jul 2026, 16:09, Sam: "hey Sam, why did you do that? that wasn't kind to Oli, and you owe Oli kindness, while he owes you nothing and I will laugh along with him as he treats you in a way that I described to you as inexplicable and intolerable" 8 Jul 2026, 16:09, Sam: i am quite happy to shout at you on here, really, this is working fine 8 Jul 2026, 16:09, Sam: i'm going to take a break to avoid carpal tunnel syndrome 8 Jul 2026, 16:11, Sam: it's not as fun when you have to answer for yourself and the truth, is it? less fun then. much more fun before, when I was the punching bag, even though I fucking well shouldn't have been 8 Jul 2026, 16:29, Sam: Perhaps we can start our call with a proper explanation of this view from you 8 Jul 2026, 16:29, Sam: "I don’t feel it’s my business to tell a grown ass adult how to behave or how to act in relationships." Discuss. 8 Jul 2026, 16:33, Sam: Let us evaluate how you have applied that policy to Oli and how you have applied it to me. Because I happen to remember you coming to me to tell me to stop telling others how Oli had behaved, because he was "pissed off". I recall your telling me, a month after that, as Oli was lying to me but shortly before he was lying to the police also with your support, that "if you had paid any heed to what I told you instead of badgering on, and dragging everyone into this, I pretty sure you would have been happier with the outcome!". Perhaps you would like to *fucking account for yourself, Damien*, rather than telling me to wait because you're too busy fucking ambulating. Apparently nobody but me is in control of his own fucking limbs and actions! 8 Jul 2026, 16:35, Sam: Let us evaluate how you have applied that policy to Oli and how you have applied it to me. Because I happen to remember you coming to me to tell me to stop telling others how Oli had behaved, because he was "pissed off". I recall your telling me, a month after that, as Oli was lying to friends and others about me, shortly before he began lying to the _police_ about me _also with your support_, that "if you had paid any heed to what I told you instead of badgering on, and dragging everyone into this, I pretty sure you would have been happier with the outcome!". Perhaps you would like to *fucking account for yourself, Damien*, rather than telling me to wait because you're too busy fucking ambulating. Apparently nobody but me is in control of his own fucking limbs and actions! (edited) 8 Jul 2026, 16:39, Sam: Why do you think you are in any position to dictate terms and tell me to wait for you? Do you think you have inherited some kind of feudal demesne and that I am enfeoffed to you? Did you perhaps think you could count on me to carry on letting you act as though you were, without criticism and without exposing this disgrace to others? If it's not one of those two, I'm fucked if I know what the answer is, because you are certainly not entitled by your moral position in the situation. 8 Jul 2026, 16:40, Sam: I thought you were very decent to Martin. You were very decent to me when Pig went missing. This I do not understand, but it is not my job to understand or account for it, it is yours, and to be quite honest it eclipses everything else you have done in the decade we have known each other. 8 Jul 2026, 16:40, Sam: Decade and change... 8 Jul 2026, 16:54, Sam: What would have happened if I hadn't corrected the record? What would have happened if I had done as you said, if I had "shut up", if I had let your great friend Oli do what he has shamefully decided to do with your unstinting support and no objections whatsoever (unless perhaps you deleted those)? What would have happened if you got away with it? You think I'm not entitled to be angry now? You think my telling the truth is the problem, while you condescendingly explain Oli's lies as the inevitable result of my telling the truth? I would *love* to hear you defend absolutely any of this. I would love to hear *anyone* defend it. 8 Jul 2026, 16:57, Sam: I have not even *lied* about Oli in response to his lies about me. I accepted that I hit him, and I told the truth about it even when it seemed the truth would be told about nothing else. I didn't take the thing about his grandfather to the police. I didn't take the Cloisters thing to the police. I didn't point out that he went to my family before I went to his, or that his family went to my family, or whatever. I have fought with one and a half arms tied behind my back by decency that he didn't have, and he *still* saw fit to try to have me prosecuted for sending him a short email *saying that I forgave him*, and I don't doubt you didn't say a word to him about that disgrace either. What will we see in your deleted messages from the early morning of May 28th? I look forward to knowing. Perhaps you do too, since of course you have *forgotten*. 8 Jul 2026, 17:05, Sam: Do you think you owe it to me to endure in the name of accountability and truth any of the discomfort that you have spent several months telling me to just carry on silently enduring for the sake of _your great friend Oli_? Do you think you owe it to me to step out of your air-conditioned chamber of moral self-regard and discuss the facts? Or would you like to call me mentally ill and yourself my caring friend some more - would you like to shout that over me and truth, again? 8 Jul 2026, 17:06, Sam: Take as long as you insist on taking - I am not going to run out of rage, of _menin_ at this _hybris_, any time soon 8 Jul 2026, 17:07, Sam: Take as long as you insist on taking - I am not going to run out of rage, of _menis_ at this _hybris_, any time soon (edited) 8 Jul 2026, 17:08, Sam: I am already waiting till January - perhaps you will keep lying to me until that point, but you won't after it 8 Jul 2026, 17:10, Sam: I expect you're probably making your little calculations about whether it is time to tell the truth, whether all hope is lost, or whether there's still some chance that you might get away with lying about me and perjuring yourselves and be believed 8 Jul 2026, 17:12, Sam: I mean, how the hell am I meant to have a calm conversation with someone who is telling me that he is my friend and cares about me while *quite blatantly* - and please do not act as if I don't know perfectly well what's right in front of my eyes - refusing to tell me what he said on the night that I was arrested because he hopes there's some chance that my wrongful prosecution will still go to plan 8 Jul 2026, 17:15, Sam: How am I meant to have a conversation on that basis? How am I meant to say "yes, you are trying to have me sent to prison based on lies and covered-up plans that you still haven't come clean about because you still hope they might succeed, but I will talk to you as if you were a fellow person in good standing or even a friend, rather than a snake"? 8 Jul 2026, 17:16, Sam: How am I meant to talk to Iago as if he were Othello? How can you maintain this posture of "no I am not going to tell you the truth, no I am not going to tell the truth in court, I will run away to Mongolia and good luck finding me there, but you must call me loyal and honest and a friend or else I will whinge that I'm a punching bag"? 8 Jul 2026, 17:16, Sam: You seem to want two things at once, much as Oli does, and they are not compatible, and you and he are endlessly in the process of half-discovering that 8 Jul 2026, 17:17, Sam: Either be a rat and be known as a rat, or be a person and accept that that comes with expectations and minimum standards of behaviour, accountability, and being the sort of organism that can be relied on to be *better than this* 8 Jul 2026, 17:18, Sam: > Me kanû te hershme giygji e karmote më hû të pabesin, e s' e lite në kuvend burrash. 8 Jul 2026, 17:20, Sam: > I pabesi, qi ... shet kend në besë, grihet katundisht e shkon gjak-hupës. 8 Jul 2026, 17:21, Sam: > **Veç i pabesi me të pabesin falen me 'tê.** 8 Jul 2026, 17:21, Sam: > *Veç i pabesi me të pabesin falen me 'tê.* (edited) 8 Jul 2026, 17:21, Sam: > Veç i pabesi me të pabesin falen me 'tê. _[bloody formatting - just imagine that one in bold font]_ (edited) 8 Jul 2026, 17:26, Sam: Would you like me to endlessly wait for you to be decent while treating you as though you are decent now? I am familiar with that request from Oli. Or maybe we can discuss this frankly. 8 Jul 2026, 17:29, Sam: It's awkward, isn't it, when you can't fall back on treating me like shit and assuming I won't tell anyone about it 8 Jul 2026, 17:30, Sam: Makes the situation all awkward and equal and moral and accounty 8 Jul 2026, 17:30, Sam: I think Oli knows that feeling all too well 8 Jul 2026, 17:31, Sam: If only I had gone quietly to prison, haha 8 Jul 2026, 17:31, Sam: Quietly and politely 8 Jul 2026, 17:36, Sam: Sam eventually refuses to keep being lied about - terribly unfair, bullying, shut up, more news at 6 8 Jul 2026, 17:36, Sam: As teenagers on Tumblr like to say: when you have got used to privilege, equality feels like injustice, or whatever the line is 8 Jul 2026, 17:38, Sam: When you have got used to sneering at me and laughing with your good friend Oli about the bail conditions you got imposed by lying about me to stop me from telling the truth, an honest conversation with your old friend as a person who is entitled to an explanation feels *deeply not fun*, I would imagine, as it should, and so one resorts to long baths and walks 8 Jul 2026, 17:38, Sam: I suppose you will spend the rest of your days alternately bathing and walking 8 Jul 2026, 17:42, Sam: Perhaps you'd like to invert the moral universe some more 8 Jul 2026, 17:42, Sam: Perhaps you'd like to tell me you're scared of me again, as though I were the person whom you and Oli had reason to be scared of rather than the other way around 8 Jul 2026, 17:46, Sam: And I don't think I should have to wait all evening and night when I had rather hoped to go for a walk at some point myself, but fuck it, it's up to you, I suppose, I'll add it to your tab 8 Jul 2026, 17:51, Sam: Perhaps you'd like to consult with Oli about the relative utility of continuing to lie to and about me (or about me while being silent to me because there's nothing you can say) versus telling the truth about 6.7 seconds before it becomes undeniable and forced on you 8 Jul 2026, 17:52, Sam: I am so fucking tired of this, and of knowing that you will expect credit and moral redemption when your attempt to have me wrongfully imprisoned to shut me up fails despite your very best and most assiduous efforts 8 Jul 2026, 17:52, Sam: I know I have sent a lot of messages and I know I am angry, and ... yes, I mean, obviously I am, I'm not sure what to say about that and I am slightly tired of being treated as if I shouldn't be 8 Jul 2026, 17:53, Sam: You need to tell the truth, as I have 8 Jul 2026, 17:54, Sam: I have been fairer – well, _kinder_, not fairer – to you and to Oli than almost anyone else would have been 8 Jul 2026, 17:54, Sam: If you experience it as unpleasant nonetheless, then I'm sorry but the things you have done have been unpleasant, so yes it will unpleasant to own them 8 Jul 2026, 17:55, Sam: If you experience it as unpleasant nonetheless, then I'm sorry but the things you have done have been unpleasant, so yes it will be unpleasant to own them (edited) 8 Jul 2026, 17:55, Sam: Just ... when the fuck does this end, Damien? 8 Jul 2026, 17:57, Sam: Oh, fuck it, I'm going for my walk, I'll be back in an hour or so – I have waited two hours and counting for you - please be there - I don't even know what to say at this point if you cannot pay me even that courtesy 8 Jul 2026, 17:59, Sam: If you dare to make me wait two hours and then say after my walk that it is too late and that I missed my opportunity, I will make sure I outlive you and I will urinate on your tomb 8 Jul 2026, 18:01, Sam: I have put up with this too long - it needs to stop and you know it - please stop making me bloody wait (and I don't mean today, I mean for months) 8 Jul 2026, 18:01, Sam: This is *going to* happen 8 Jul 2026, 18:02, Sam: *Please* for fuck's sake can you stop doing to me what you are right this instant trying to continue to do 8 Jul 2026, 18:08, Sam: I know the moral/mental bind you are in, you know I know it, we both know what's happening, and eventually you have got to move 8 Jul 2026, 18:09, Sam: Anyway, I have extended the record to cover today: https://r-v-damien.samuelwilliamhowardrobinsonadams.uk/#msg-ig-1783134573607 8 Jul 2026, 18:10, Sam: You can complain at me for that act that you and Oli made necessary, or perhaps you can complain about my tone and my anger at what you have done and tried to do to me, or you can say you're scared of me and do that whole disgraceful thing, or we can iron this out honestly 8 Jul 2026, 18:10, Sam: You know my preference and you know the evasions have a time limit 8 Jul 2026, 18:11, Sam: I am kinda tired of having to morally nursemaid people who are still trying to calculate whether they can get away with grievously wronging me to shut me up, but oh well, it is what it is 8 Jul 2026, 18:11, Sam: What a couple of months these have been 8 Jul 2026, 18:15, Sam: I guess your choice is whether you act when the record is 93 pages long or whether you lie and evade now and then act when it is 122 pages long, or when it is over and the truth comes to light inevitably *as it obviously is going to* (you cannot seriously think that this account will survive several days of cross-examination - this is not Alan Clark in the Matrix Churchill trial, this is not complex fraud, it is an unbelievably precarious jerry-built Indonesian textile mill of bollocks that quite possibly has already collapsed anyway) 8 Jul 2026, 18:15, Sam: AAAAARGH 8 Jul 2026, 18:15, Sam: fuck it 8 Jul 2026, 18:15, Sam: walk 8 Jul 2026, 18:15, Sam: ok 8 Jul 2026, 18:16, Sam: back soon 8 Jul 2026, 18:16, Sam: if you're going to suddenly become available and then cease to be available then *tell me* and I will return 8 Jul 2026, 19:45, Sam: Please let me know when would be a good time 8 Jul 2026, 20:50, Sam: I am waiting on this Zoom call: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/84089381852?pwd=uLuaObmxThNIAB8RegfZyHf6pCbXil.1 8 Jul 2026, 20:50, Sam: Join whenever 8 Jul 2026, 21:05, Sam: I have spent this afternoon trying to consider what it is like for you to be in this moral position (in which you have put yourself), and to provide for your possible discomfort 8 Jul 2026, 21:05, Sam: Have you ever considered what this is like for me? 8 Jul 2026, 21:06, Sam: I have waited all afternoon 8 Jul 2026, 21:06, Sam: I have also endured everything I have endured over the last two months 8 Jul 2026, 21:07, Sam: Or were all your thoughts devoted to how terribly boring and annoying the whole thing was to you (and I am sure it was real martyrdom for you, it really must have been, like Christ on the cross) 8 Jul 2026, 21:08, Sam: I would appreciate it if you had the basic human courtesy to speak to me after putting this off vaguely all afternoon as I have waited 8 Jul 2026, 21:09, Sam: The meeting link again is https://us05web.zoom.us/j/84089381852?pwd=uLuaObmxThNIAB8RegfZyHf6pCbXil.1 8 Jul 2026, 21:32, Sam: Has 6 hours been enough time? 8 Jul 2026, 21:32, Sam: I note for the record your very recent onlineness 8 Jul 2026, 21:33, Sam: 8 Jul 2026, 21:33, Sam: Since that is a slight deficiency of my record-recording mechanism, that it leaves out that often-crucial context 8 Jul 2026, 22:02, Sam: I suppose while I'm waiting I will update the record again 8 Jul 2026, 22:38, Sam: I'm just going to have a shower - will leave my laptop volume at the maximum and will be there within a few mins if you join 8 Jul 2026, 22:38, Sam: I don't know quite why I am being so accommodating and I really shouldn't be 8 Jul 2026, 23:29, Sam: Hello? I have been waiting for you for 7 hours, do you think it maybe might be polite to reply? What the fuck is going on? 8 Jul 2026, 23:38, Sam: I note that after I sent my link to the r-v-damien site at 18:09:30 BST, you didn't read that message (you haven't read anything since 18:02:16 BST) but 94 seconds later Oli, who prior to that had not visited the page since 10:53:23, opens the page on his phone from YouTube - I have no meaningful views at that time, so he clearly opened YouTube and found the channel in order to check something that you, I suppose, had said to him immediately after I sent it, probably on the phone, since it took 94 seconds for the whole sequence of sending -> you receiving -> you noting -> you telling him -> him noting -> him reaching YouTube -> him clicking the link -> the request hitting my server 8 Jul 2026, 23:39, Sam: If you are still on the phone with him, maybe you could call it a night, hang up, and call me as you said you were going to do 7 hours ago? 8 Jul 2026, 23:39, Sam: I think you guys have probably had enough time to confer, now, right? 7 hours? Having asked me to wait a few? 8 Jul 2026, 23:41, Sam: I note AGAIN your recent onlineness while I have been waiting approximately a third of a day for you to call me 8 Jul 2026, 23:41, Sam: 8 Jul 2026, 23:42, Sam: I really do not think you are in a position to be continuing to screw me around 8 Jul 2026, 23:52, Sam: I am going to hang up the Zoom call, because this is beyond ridiculous 8 Jul 2026, 23:52, Sam: Going to make a cup of tea and then will try you on your phone 8 Jul 2026, 23:53, Sam: I had stuff to do, I have now not done that stuff, you have wasted my entire afternoon and evening waiting for your fucking call, and I am not impressed 9 Jul 2026, 00:37, Sam: You sent me this at 4pm 9 Jul 2026, 00:37, Sam: It is now almost 1am 9 Jul 2026, 00:37, Sam: You have been intermittently online since 9 Jul 2026, 00:39, Sam: Does it ever occur to you that I have been waiting for you, and that I am real in the same way that you are real – that I have an inner experience, and that latterly my inner experience has been the experience of WAITING FOR YOU FOR ABOUT EIGHT OR NINE HOURS? 9 Jul 2026, 00:39, Sam: Or are you serenely untroubled by any such awareness? 9 Jul 2026, 00:39, Sam: After the last two months of my life I am inclined to conclude the latter 9 Jul 2026, 00:40, Sam: Well, thanks again, Damien, for giving me yet another insult when I had been hoping for some kind of reckoning with what you and Oli have done 9 Jul 2026, 00:40, Sam: I look forward to your next gritted-teeth unctuous darling-filled message whenever you next realise that you need something from me 9 Jul 2026, 02:05, Sam: Oh, you've seen my message 9 Jul 2026, 02:05, Sam: Thanks for not even having the grace to try to avoid 'seeing' it – even though obviously you're online – after wasting my entire afternoon, evening, and night 9 Jul 2026, 02:06, Sam: That is nice 9 Jul 2026, 02:06, Sam: I look forward to the apology next time, I guess, whenever you decide it's in your interest to act like my friend again 9 Jul 2026, 02:06, Sam: Until then, fuck you, I suppose - is that the appropriate valediction? 9 Jul 2026, 02:07, Sam: It seems still to be what you're saying to me, though of course not clearly enough not to waste my fucking day 9 Jul 2026, 02:10, Sam: Why do you think any of this is ok? 9 Jul 2026, 02:10, Sam: Why do you expect me to think it is ok? 9 Jul 2026, 02:11, Sam: Why do you treat me like shit, as Oli does, and then expect me to treat you generously 9 Jul 2026, 02:11, Sam: Has this not gone on long enough? 9 Jul 2026, 02:12, Sam: I am not doing that any more - you will settle your bill first 9 Jul 2026, 02:13, Sam: For the time being I am at least pleased to see your and Oli's plan fall apart 9 Jul 2026, 02:40, Sam: Nice to see my email succeeding in the big old U S of A 9 Jul 2026, 02:40, Sam: 9 Jul 2026, 02:41, Sam: It is much easier when you are on the side of truth, I can promise you that 9 Jul 2026, 02:41, Sam: It's a doddle 9 Jul 2026, 02:41, Sam: You can just throw stuff out there 9 Jul 2026, 02:42, Sam: You can just report what is around you without having to worry about it and spend hours on the phone getting your stories straight 9 Jul 2026, 02:42, Sam: I highly recommend it 9 Jul 2026, 02:42, Sam: Toss out a chat archive here, a heap of emails there, here a video, there a call recording, etc 9 Jul 2026, 02:43, Sam: Simples, as the old meerkat said 9 Jul 2026, 02:44, Sam: You can even talk to several people simultaneously, which is a real time-saving trick 9 Jul 2026, 02:51, Sam: I will delight in watching your unreality fall apart and I will make sure the stain of this attaches to your name forever 9 Jul 2026, 02:55, Sam: And before you or any reader judges me for being spiteful, there is a reason I am spiteful 9 Jul 2026, 02:58, Sam: When I got it wrong about Eddie Davenport – well, when I believed and acted on what Oli had told me, and it turned out to be a lie yet again – I apologised and offered to help clean up my mess: 9 Jul 2026, 02:58, Sam: 9 Jul 2026, 03:00, Sam: I don't think I am wrong about you, and your consistent refusal to show any source material in the way that I have, and your failure to call me back from 4pm until about 1am this morning when I finally gave up, pretty much confirms to me that I am right, or that, if I am wrong, I have given you every chance to show it and you haven't 9 Jul 2026, 03:23, Sam: (second image censored because it's a fairly small and identifying suburb/whatever of Boston, and these images will end up on the archive eventually) 9 Jul 2026, 03:23, Sam: 9 Jul 2026, 03:23, Sam: 9 Jul 2026, 03:24, Sam: (gosh this is slightly like Inception - it would be greatly amusing to see how many picoseconds you and Oli would last under a similar regime of transparency, haha) 9 Jul 2026, 03:25, Sam: (TRUTH TRUTH TRUTH ✊🏻 the truth will set us free) 9 Jul 2026, 03:29, Sam: 9 Jul 2026, 03:30, Sam: sorry for my glee 9 Jul 2026, 03:30, Sam: actually, nah, not sorry for my glee 9 Jul 2026, 03:31, Sam: you chose to try to do and get away with what you did to me, and it is deeply relieving and spirit-heartening to see the world slowly turn the right way up 9 Jul 2026, 03:31, Sam: I imagine it's not pleasant for you and Oli, but I also think the shame you are feeling is shame you richly deserve 9 Jul 2026, 03:44, Sam: permitting myself a short victory lap here: 9 Jul 2026, 03:45, Sam: 9 Jul 2026, 03:47, Sam: 9 Jul 2026, 04:31, Damien: I don’t to communicate through this medium you’ve sent over 100 Messages 9 Jul 2026, 04:31, Damien: I can meet with you when I’m back in London 9 Jul 2026, 04:47, Sam: I am not going to respond to those messages in which I believe you forgot to apologise 9 Jul 2026, 04:49, Sam: But I have sent this to Oli's cousin, for the record – and, also for the record, I want to reiterate here what I said to her, which is that I love him every bit as much as I long have and always will, but this whole experience has convinced me that he cannot carry on living in a morass of lies 9 Jul 2026, 04:49, Sam: 9 Jul 2026, 04:50, Sam: Good night, and I look forward to a proper accounting of yesterday and the last two months when you have woken up properly, which I shall take it you haven't yet 9 Jul 2026, 04:51, Sam: and do not pull this shit with me again - I hope we are clear on that - you do not talk to me like that any more 9 Jul 2026, 04:52, Sam: when you have told me to wait a few hours for you, and then left me hanging for eight or nine hours, you apologise 9 Jul 2026, 04:52, Sam: you are not a five year old 9 Jul 2026, 04:52, Sam: i should not have to explain this and i hope i do not have to do so again 9 Jul 2026, 10:32, Damien: Damien sent an attachment. 9 Jul 2026, 15:23, Sam: Thank you for that, sincerely 9 Jul 2026, 15:23, Sam: Yeah 9 Jul 2026, 15:23, Sam: That is what Oli is to me 9 Jul 2026, 15:23, Sam: I wish he weren't but he is 9 Jul 2026, 15:30, Sam: also, this immediate conversation -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Displacement_activity lol 9 Jul 2026, 15:35, Sam: and for what it's worth, this is how Oli plainly feels about me too 9 Jul 2026, 15:37, Sam: or else he wouldn't have fucked up his entire arrangement because he couldn't or wouldn't stop coming back to me 9 Jul 2026, 15:39, Sam: he can complain about my course of action and try to call it unfair (it's a hell of a stretch but i'm sure he'll give it a try), but he knew perfectly well that his double life was going to end this way eventually, and he chose to do it anyway 9 Jul 2026, 15:40, Sam: the difference between us is not how we feel about each other, it's how we treat each other - i treat him mostly like an ordinary besotted boyfriend treats the person he loves (or really more than just loves, in the case of me and Oli) 9 Jul 2026, 15:40, Sam: he treats me like ... actually i am not sure there is anything that his treatment of me is like, lol 9 Jul 2026, 15:41, Sam: in 'fairness' to him I don't think that is because he is cruel, I think it's because he refuses to decide what he wants, and has tried to make these two things work at once 9 Jul 2026, 15:44, Sam: the money thing that you and he care so much about (or 'safety' or 'security' or whatever euphemism one calls it by – being safely miserable, lol) and the love/mattering/meaning/pair-bond thing that I care about and that he cares about 9 Jul 2026, 15:45, Sam: i don't know, it is just so .... exhausting, all of this 9 Jul 2026, 15:46, Sam: do you feel happy? do you feel good? why do this? why be this? I don't get it and I don't buy that you are happy or that he is - in fact I know he's not because he comes back to me like a lost kitten going in circles, like Pig circled back to Goodge St 9 Jul 2026, 15:49, Sam: anyway, I have spent two years being made to bear the brunt of everything so that Oli doesn't ever have to be 'pissed off' or 'upset', and I'm sorry but that last incident in April was the end of it, I'm not doing that any more and I don't care how much you wail and gnash your teeth and tut about mental illness and all the other tricks - it has just stopped working and I've stopped caring and Oli and I are going to have a more fair and even relationship 9 Jul 2026, 15:49, Sam: as are you and I 9 Jul 2026, 15:49, Sam: for that matter 9 Jul 2026, 15:50, Sam: anyway, I can see Cherny has acquainted himself with the files 9 Jul 2026, 15:51, Sam: I'm gonna upload some more stuff, maybe my emails and maybe the media and maybe the group arguments from April 9 Jul 2026, 15:51, Sam: probably all of those 9 Jul 2026, 15:51, Sam: I ought to get on with it really 9 Jul 2026, 16:06, Sam: also, I think Oli's cousin is quite serious about reopening the police case against him 9 Jul 2026, 16:07, Sam: he needs and you need to see that behaving like this is not decent and is not working 9 Jul 2026, 16:07, Sam: i say this as his boyfriend and she says it as his family 9 Jul 2026, 16:08, Sam: you cannot just treat people appallingly, whinge and demand lots in return, throw tantrums when you don't receive it, and expect that algorithm to yield a peaceful and bountiful life - it will not, it will just yield ... well, this 9 Jul 2026, 16:09, Sam: namely everyone regarding you as having burned through your trust and not really seeing why you deserve any more 9 Jul 2026, 16:10, Sam: there is a subreddit called r/ChoosingBeggars 9 Jul 2026, 16:10, Sam: I have to say it does occasionally come to mind 9 Jul 2026, 16:13, Sam: I say this as someone who absolutely loves that boy to pieces, incomprehensibly and burningly much and forever and I think I have established that beyond much doubt by this point, but I do not think any of this is right and I also think it has clearly reached the end of the road 9 Jul 2026, 16:21, Sam: I assume that you and Oli are still talking about this 9 Jul 2026, 16:21, Sam: you should know that those messages are going to be made available to us (to my defence, to me and my lawyer) 9 Jul 2026, 16:22, Sam: along with quite a broad range of other things 9 Jul 2026, 16:23, Sam: annoyingly not the second camera at 16 Upper Mall, which my lovely Mr Hussain forgot to add to the list of demands, and I figured it didn't really matter enough to bother him with it 9 Jul 2026, 16:28, Sam: for what it's worth, for your own sake, don't go around deleting more things – at this point they are preserving content and they are preserving deletions, so it is not going to erase anything and it is not going to help your case 9 Jul 2026, 16:30, Sam: if I were a criminal, which I am not, I would get yourself into the same bloody country and talk in person, though I don't know why I'm giving you advice and I also suppose it is hard for Oli to talk in person in a household from whose interests his are beginning to diverge 9 Jul 2026, 16:30, Sam: if I were a criminal, which I am not, I would get myself into the same bloody country as my co-conspirator and talk in person, though I don't know why I'm giving you advice and I also suppose it is hard for Oli to talk in person in a household from whose interests his are beginning to diverge (edited) 9 Jul 2026, 16:32, Sam: I have other technical advice but I am not going to give it 9 Jul 2026, 16:34, Sam: I think you probably know that I am not going to push this any further than I have to, but (1) the state may (Rex sequitur non obstante quod nullus sequitur, etc) and (2) Oli's cousin will push the grandfather thing 9 Jul 2026, 16:35, Sam: you just have got to stop this, all of this - not my case, certainly not the assault charge, I don't mean any of this in that sense, but you have got to change this way of living and treating people 9 Jul 2026, 16:36, Sam: it is really outrageous, some of what Oli's representations to the police have amounted to 9 Jul 2026, 16:37, Sam: like reporting that I "made allegations of criminal behaviour" as though he had not *said to me, in conversations I have on tape, that he was involved in organised crime, that Sam Cherny was a dangerous criminal, and (this of course being the whole point of that appalling lie) that that was why he couldn't or wouldn't leave and come and live with me* 9 Jul 2026, 16:39, Sam: that was a disgraceful enough lie in the first place, but to then turn it around and try to pretend he had never said it and that I had made it up – as he did with the Albanian thing, as he essentially did with his account of the argument about his blood glucose data, etc – is really beneath contempt 9 Jul 2026, 16:39, Sam: that has been the whole pattern here, really 9 Jul 2026, 16:40, Sam: he has come to me because he wanted my love, and I have trusted him and believed in him, and he has not only let me down but actually _lied that he never sought my trust or love and that my acts of concern and belief were actually unsolicited intrusion_ 9 Jul 2026, 16:41, Sam: I was worried about his blood glucose because he had told me he was dangerously ill and agreed to meet me so I could make sure he was ok when he said he wasn't compos mentis and able to get a grip of it himself 9 Jul 2026, 16:42, Sam: I was worried about crime because he told me he was trapped, controlled, a slave (his exact words), couldn't leave, and feared for his loved ones' safety if Cherny knew of them 9 Jul 2026, 16:43, Sam: what a fucking thing to lie about when the truth is just that you like the house and the comfort but also want my love because he actually loves me 9 Jul 2026, 16:43, Sam: and what a thing to then pretend he didn't lie, and that I had made it up out of malice 9 Jul 2026, 16:43, Sam: do you see how appalling this shit is? 9 Jul 2026, 16:43, Sam: maybe not 9 Jul 2026, 16:43, Damien: Liked a message 9 Jul 2026, 16:45, Sam: this is not just making a bad decision, in the way that some people (me included) sometimes cheat on their partners in a moment of poor judgement 9 Jul 2026, 16:47, Sam: this is not a moment of poor judgement, this is thinking about that choice for weeks and months and deciding to keep going, having nothing in you that was better than that base reflex, until eventually you ran out of road 9 Jul 2026, 16:47, Sam: well, will run out of road, haven't quite yet 9 Jul 2026, 16:48, Sam: sorry, i'm talking lots, but paradoxically it's because I don't know what to say 9 Jul 2026, 16:48, Sam: i have tried saying this in a thousand different ways and nothing has got through 9 Jul 2026, 16:49, Sam: and nothing will get through, will it? it is going to take until this trial for everything to finally visibly collapse (though I suspect it will sag and sway quite a bit long before then) 9 Jul 2026, 16:50, Sam: seriously, why do i even have to make an argument about this? 9 Jul 2026, 16:50, Sam: i am just flabbergasted that this is not .... well, I was going to say "obvious among civilised people", but I suppose I am not dealing with civilised people 9 Jul 2026, 16:53, Sam: god i've just run out of things to say, really 9 Jul 2026, 16:53, Sam: i don't think i should need to say anything 9 Jul 2026, 16:53, Sam: you need to say sorry, and Oli needs to say sorry, and perhaps there are things i would then be sorry about to him in small ways too, and then the two of you need to stop fucking _lying_ to _everyone_ 9 Jul 2026, 16:54, Sam: it can't be pleasant 9 Jul 2026, 16:55, Sam: e.g. my email to Sam Cherny - you will not reply to that in a million years, and I would bet my first-born son on that, because I know perfectly well that you will not say to him that you weren't aware that he and Oli were in a relationship, because you quite obviously were aware 9 Jul 2026, 16:58, Sam: neither you nor Oli can inhabit the same room, literally or figuratively, as me and the Chernys, and that is more obvious than you seem to reckon it is 9 Jul 2026, 17:00, Sam: can't reply to both sides in the same email, can't utter a word in a group chat, can't speak to the police together, will call the police rather than have me shout a few words to that trinity, etc 9 Jul 2026, 17:03, Sam: and I can see from their interest in your position too, and from the fact that you are obviously trying to acknowledge the reality I have been privy to enough to placate me, and to try to convince me that I'm barking up the wrong tree, while trying to avoid saying anything that will make the lie clear if their side ends up hearing or reading it 9 Jul 2026, 17:03, Sam: at this point you've basically gone mute 9 Jul 2026, 17:03, Sam: Oli was wise enough to go mute a long time ago 9 Jul 2026, 17:03, Sam: your sort of slow-burn nervous breakdown leading up to your muteness reminds me very much of the same phase in him 9 Jul 2026, 17:04, Sam: reminds me also of Laing talking about his schizophrenics 9 Jul 2026, 17:04, Sam: and Bateson 9 Jul 2026, 17:04, Sam: a double bind of a very literal sort 9 Jul 2026, 17:06, Sam: sooner or later you're going to have to give up on this ridiculous enterprise - it is not going to work - are you seriously telling me _at this point_, _now_, that you think there is some possible future where you sail out victorious and it's all fine and everyone resumes believing you and Oli and living in their little compartments? 9 Jul 2026, 17:06, Sam: if so then you have taken leave of your senses 9 Jul 2026, 17:10, Sam: just for god's sake would the two of you please have some dignity and some decency at this late stage in the day, and not drag this out even longer for everyone? 9 Jul 2026, 17:10, Sam: you should never have said or done any of this stuff, and I kinda feel like it is not unreasonable to be slightly pissed off that you are still trying to get away with it 9 Jul 2026, 17:11, Damien: Can you list the things that I’m trying to get away with? 9 Jul 2026, 17:11, Sam: fuck it - I can email Sam Cherny - I am going to make this very very very plain to him and defy you to reply - i wish i could defy Oli to reply but I can't because of these outrageous bloody bail conditions, so it will have to be you 9 Jul 2026, 17:12, Sam: I will list them to Sam Cherny and you in an email 9 Jul 2026, 17:12, Sam: he has read this site, so I think he should be able to understand the logic behind what I am doing here in defying you to say the same thing to the two of us 9 Jul 2026, 17:13, Damien: please do. You owe me an apology. I’ve done nothing that you’ve accused me off and im frankly saddened that you’d accuse me of such! 9 Jul 2026, 17:34, Damien: Also I’m sure I’ll regret giving you my up to date email, but it’s Damienwmcmullen@gmail.com 9 Jul 2026, 18:49, Sam: There you go, I have sent you an email 9 Jul 2026, 18:50, Sam: If you actually say to all of us, together, in a reply-all, what you have said to me, then I will not only eat my hat or give you my first-born son, but even I will eat my first-born, gestate a hat, and give it to you 9 Jul 2026, 20:04, Sam: You up for a reply-all? 9 Jul 2026, 20:06, Sam: I really don't know quite why you asked if you weren't going to answer - I admit I was briefly rendered ill at ease by your apparent willingness to reply to such an email, but I suppose you were just calling my bluff - good one! 9 Jul 2026, 20:06, Sam: Let's have no more of this "you owe me an apology" business, I think 10 Jul 2026, 01:03, Damien: 10 Jul 2026, 01:04, Damien: Do you see that? What time I received your message? 4:30 am. It’s 9:00am I’ve just woke up. 10 Jul 2026, 01:05, Damien: I’ll reply In due course, I might want to have breakfast first, a coffee and cigarette, a walk around the gardens before it gets too hot. Is that okay with you? 10 Jul 2026, 01:06, Damien: I imagine I’ll read it at the end of my mid morning bath 🛀! Is that okay with you 10 Jul 2026, 01:06, Damien: God you’re worse than a school master 10 Jul 2026, 01:20, Sam: Sorry, I'm not sure why you're replying to me here rather than to my email, where I answered your question 10 Jul 2026, 01:21, Sam: Let's pick this up there, with the Chernys 10 Jul 2026, 01:21, Damien: Lmao 10 Jul 2026, 01:21, Damien: Because you’ve written 26 pages or something idk 10 Jul 2026, 01:23, Sam: I'm waiting on Gmail, where I answered your question and where you said you'd answer me and collect the apology that you were owed 10 Jul 2026, 01:23, Sam: I'll see you there 10 Jul 2026, 01:23, Damien: Liked a message 10 Jul 2026, 01:23, Damien: Liked a message 10 Jul 2026, 01:23, Sam: I'm going to switch Instagram off for the evening 10 Jul 2026, 03:34, Sam: I'm off to sleep - this is a pro forma reminder to send the reply that you obviously will not send - have a good night / day and we will reckon with this sooner or later but I cba now, haha 11 Jul 2026, 02:15, Damien: You’ll never stop apparently 11 Jul 2026, 16:40, Sam: Quite right I won't 11 Jul 2026, 16:40, Sam: I suppose you expected me to go to prison quietly 11 Jul 2026, 16:41, Sam: Fuck you, and don't dare to make these snotty comments to me 11 Jul 2026, 16:41, Sam: What is appropriate for you to say at this point is a grovelling apology or else nothing 12 Jul 2026, 01:32, Damien: That’s the last place I want you to go. I don’t think you’d be very suited to it! 12 Jul 2026, 02:12, Sam: Please don't talk to me as if though you were my friend 12 Jul 2026, 02:12, Sam: as though*, ffs 12 Jul 2026, 02:12, Sam: oh well 12 Jul 2026, 02:12, Damien: Sam if I weren’t your friend, or I didn’t care I wouldn’t be talking to you!! I think this is a real horrible mess, and it’s clearly taken its toll on you! 12 Jul 2026, 02:17, Sam: "Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his friends for his life" 12 Jul 2026, 02:17, Sam: Have a good life, Damien 12 Jul 2026, 02:17, Sam: and, in case I forgot to mention it, fuck you 12 Jul 2026, 02:18, Sam: and you can stop the fucking act - please don't talk to me as a friend again 12 Jul 2026, 02:24, Sam: for clarity: you have not been my friend, and i am no longer yours, so please stop trying to presume on that status 12 Jul 2026, 02:26, Sam: i am coming pretty near to the line even with Oli 12 Jul 2026, 02:26, Sam: everything the two of you have done has made me sick and disillusioned with the world, and I can barely bear to think about you 12 Jul 2026, 02:26, Sam: have a night 12 Jul 2026, 02:34, Sam: by the way, if you ever want to say anything to me again, you will begin your message by telling me the whole truth and explaining yourself, but frankly I cannot say I would care to answer even then, because you have made me figure out most of it myself while condescending to me 12 Jul 2026, 02:35, Sam: how you think you are still entitled to speak to me as though you were a friend in good standing, or in any standing, i have no idea 12 Jul 2026, 02:35, Sam: you are nothing 12 Jul 2026, 02:36, Sam: you have lied about me - i will repay you decently by telling the truth about you 12 Jul 2026, 02:36, Sam: and i'm glad to see your uncle (I assume, in Yeovil) and Oli's cousin and various blips of family across England and wherever 12 Jul 2026, 02:37, Sam: actually maybe that's not your uncle in Yeovil, but who cares, they will all see it eventually at this rate 12 Jul 2026, 02:39, Damien: lol my uncle lives in Dorset. 12 Jul 2026, 02:42, Sam: congratulations, yes, this will never reach Dorset 12 Jul 2026, 02:42, Sam: Dorset is safe from the internet 12 Jul 2026, 02:42, Sam: you have escaped 12 Jul 2026, 02:42, Sam: well done, Damien 12 Jul 2026, 02:42, Damien: Lmao 12 Jul 2026, 02:42, Sam: it was more fun when you thought you'd get away with it, wasn't it? 12 Jul 2026, 02:42, Damien: You are funny I’ll give you that 12 Jul 2026, 02:42, Damien: Totally mad 12 Jul 2026, 02:42, Damien: All the same 12 Jul 2026, 02:43, Sam: I will let your family and everyone be the judge of that, Damien 12 Jul 2026, 02:43, Sam: From where I am standing, I am not mad, you are just scum 12 Jul 2026, 02:43, Sam: Scum that thinks it can sniff at my response 12 Jul 2026, 02:43, Sam: Have a good night, Damien, old friend 12 Jul 2026, 02:43, Damien: Sam I’ve been trying to help you! 12 Jul 2026, 02:43, Sam: No, you don't talk to me like that 12 Jul 2026, 02:43, Sam: Have some shame 12 Jul 2026, 02:44, Sam: This act ends now, Damien 12 Jul 2026, 02:44, Sam: I am not humouring it any more 12 Jul 2026, 02:44, Damien: Will you meet me in London in person on the 15th 12 Jul 2026, 02:44, Sam: No 12 Jul 2026, 02:44, Sam: Bye 12 Jul 2026, 02:44, Damien: I suppose it’s easier hiding being a screen 12 Jul 2026, 02:49, Sam: do not ever talk to me like that, do you understand? 12 Jul 2026, 02:49, Sam: you have lost that right 12 Jul 2026, 02:50, Sam: i do not want to meet you because, frankly, though I certainly don't feel this way towards the Chernys, and though I don't feel it even towards Oli, you I could quite happily beat to a pulp, even with my lack of strength, and frankly I think it would be wiser that I don't ever put myself in your presence ever again 12 Jul 2026, 02:50, Sam: see you in the next world 12 Jul 2026, 02:50, Damien: You’re clearly in a mood, I don’t blame you. But I’m not the one for you to take it out on! 12 Jul 2026, 02:52, Damien: Well that has it then! I don’t think there is much hope for you! I’ve officially given up. Don’t contact me again! 12 Jul 2026, 02:57, Sam: if you ever want to talk to me again, you begin with an explanation and an apology, not this 12 Jul 2026, 02:58, Sam: until then, don't waste any more of my time with this crap 12 Jul 2026, 03:00, Sam: actually, 'explanation and apology' understates the scale of what you have done, and makes it sound like you broke a glass or something 12 Jul 2026, 03:00, Sam: i doubt i will really ever want to talk to you again 12 Jul 2026, 03:00, Damien: I’ve not done anything!!!! 12 Jul 2026, 03:00, Sam: i will write a full account of all of this, which it deserves, and i will keep your and Oli's messages up, and will add these to them 12 Jul 2026, 03:00, Damien: Please leave me alone now. 12 Jul 2026, 03:01, Sam: so just address whatever you say to that record, and maybe to me, though fuck knows if i will ever want to hear it 12 Jul 2026, 03:01, Sam: and have the dignity to stop fucking whinging, you rat 12 Jul 2026, 03:01, Sam: good night 12 Jul 2026, 03:28, Sam: oh i forgot: we have your and Oli's preserved deleted messages, or the court does 12 Jul 2026, 03:29, Sam: i look forward to cross-examination / discovery and to seeing what those contain 12 Jul 2026, 03:29, Sam: i expect i know, and i will pursue it to the furthest extent i can 12 Jul 2026, 03:29, Damien: You’re delusional, you really think I’m going to court lol 12 Jul 2026, 03:29, Damien: The messages say nothing interesting 13 Jul 2026, 22:28, Sam: I gather you spoke to my mother to ask me to meet you 13 Jul 2026, 22:29, Sam: It's funny, I had a strange dream in which I was prosecuted and vilified for doing that 13 Jul 2026, 22:38, Sam: Anyway, I have no particular interest in meeting you in person, but if you want to speak on the phone, on the record as always, I'm happy to do so - sorry, but I don't trust you off the record, and it is fairly generous to even trust you enough to set aside time to speak on the phone, after last week's antics 13 Jul 2026, 22:39, Sam: Generally speaking: I am confused at what exactly you expect me to regard you as, given how you have treated me 14 Jul 2026, 00:23, Sam: Sorry, but I am really anthropologically fascinated by this. Do you really think you can do everything you did and then say "hi darling xox I'm in London tomorrow, do you fancy a drink?"?? How?? How do you expect a human person to respond to that?!? I am stupefied. I just do not understand what you expect from me. If you wanted my friendship, did you not think about this while trashing ten years of my trust in your at least basic honesty and trustworthiness? We have had arguments in the past, but an argument, however bitter, is two people justifying themselves to each other. What you have told me is that you don’t owe me a justification. You have told me what the Athenians told the Melians in Thucydides. Fine. But then I say what the Melians said in response, namely: "Fine, if the strong do what they will then they do what they will. But a conversation is based on reason. There are no reasons between us, so there can be no conversation." 14 Jul 2026, 00:51, Sam: I also don't quite understand what right you think you have to approach my parents. I just spent the weekend with my grandma, who is in her nineties. She is already keen that I spend more time with her than I can. Instead I am spending time dealing with Oli, whom you support in "doing what Oli wants", while the two of you have conspired to have me prosecuted for my reactions, or rather based on lies about who I was to Oli and what I was reacting to. You are *still* lying to the Chernys, in front of me. Your account of my 'stalking' is based in no small part on my having spoken to people such as Oli's mother. You sneered at me about that and said I deserved to be prosecuted for that. It is not inconceivable that I might consequently be in prison when either of my remaining grandparents die. And now you swan in, after I told you I wanted nothing to do with you, and message my mother? Who do you think you are? 14 Jul 2026, 03:23, Sam: I find it astonishing that you say I deserve criminal prosecution – and I have accepted it fairly gamely and told the truth – and yet you can't, or won't, answer an Instagram message or an email. 14 Jul 2026, 03:34, Sam: Why won't you tell the Chernys the truth, for one thing? Do you seriously think they don't know it perfectly well now? And, if you refuse to – if you're going to lie to them about me right in front of me – then does it really have to be explained that that is not compatible with presenting yourself as my friend? 14 Jul 2026, 03:40, Sam: What did you expect to say to me tomorrow if you can't answer any of this? "Oh no darling it's been so terrible for me, I had so many notifications"? 14 Jul 2026, 05:00, Damien: SAM OLIVER IS NOT DATING SAM CHERNY I KNOW THAT FOR A FACT!!! 14 Jul 2026, 05:00, Damien: I don’t want you to go to prison. This needs to stop right away 14 Jul 2026, 05:01, Damien: I can’t stand to watch you get lost in your own paranoia 14 Jul 2026, 05:01, Damien: Please meet me when I’m back in London 14 Jul 2026, 05:09, Sam: Then answer the questions I asked you in my email with the Chernys copied in 14 Jul 2026, 05:10, Sam: Or at least answer them here, which is probably fine enough 14 Jul 2026, 05:10, Sam: Hold on 14 Jul 2026, 05:12, Sam: Do you recall the group chats you were part of between April 12th (when I hit Oli) and April 18th (the first of my two visits to the Cherny house)? Oli says he stopped all contact with me after April 12th. Is that true, or were you part of several group chats that week in which he said many times that he loved me and wanted to find a way to "make the relationship work" (as he likes to put it)? 14 Jul 2026, 05:13, Sam: Do you recall telling me in March that we were “made for each other” and you were glad we had sorted it out? Why did you tell me that? That was after Oli in February described me to Cherny's mother as a 'stalker', and I am pretty sure I hadn't told you at that point about how it was going between me and Oli, so you must have heard something from him. What was your understanding of our relationship at that point in March? 14 Jul 2026, 05:14, Sam: You also presumably recall saying on May 9th, long after my first visit to Oli's house, long after April 12th, long after Oli claims to have assumed a position of "I want no contact with you", that Oli in fact didn't want nothing further to do with me but was just “pissed off” about the group chats and wanted me to stop talking to others in that way, whereupon he would talk to me again? 14 Jul 2026, 05:15, Sam: Do you remember anything more - I suspect probably not - of what you spoke about in the early morning of May 28th, between Oli’s first statement and his second, shortly before you deleted at least your record of the conversation? I assume not, or 'not', but if you do then please do let me know. 14 Jul 2026, 05:15, Sam: If it turned out that Oli had, without your knowledge, been presenting himself as in an exclusive relationship with Sam Cherny, any earlier than, say, May 10th of this year, that would be two-timing and a serious betrayal of each of us, right, based on what you knew and know about my and Oli’s relationship during that time period? 14 Jul 2026, 05:17, Sam: You don't really need to answer each of those questions individually. I'll just ask you one general question: do you claim that I am lying about any of that, or misrepresenting any of it, or do you accept the history that I have presented here? 14 Jul 2026, 05:27, Sam: If I am telling the truth, which you know perfectly well that I am, then it would be pretty disgraceful to do what you and Oli have done, would it? 14 Jul 2026, 05:27, Sam: If I am telling the truth, which you know perfectly well that I am, then it would be pretty disgraceful to do what you and Oli have done, wouldn't it? (edited) 14 Jul 2026, 05:28, Damien: Yess totally 14 Jul 2026, 05:28, Sam: And am I telling the truth? 14 Jul 2026, 05:29, Sam: Or are you not going to say, because you want to support the perjurious lies that Oli is telling about me? 14 Jul 2026, 05:29, Damien: damienwilliamt started an audio call 14 Jul 2026, 05:30, Audio call ended 14 Jul 2026, 05:30, Damien: damienwilliamt started an audio call 14 Jul 2026, 05:30, Audio call ended 14 Jul 2026, 05:30, Sam: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/89338915471?pwd=BSwj30IZbgWHERXornGhJ7g223pM64.1 14 Jul 2026, 06:11, Damien: Call back 14 Jul 2026, 06:11, Sam: Sorry, one sec, think my internet cut out 14 Jul 2026, 06:11, Sam: One mo, starting a new meeting 14 Jul 2026, 06:12, Sam: Or are you still on the old one? 14 Jul 2026, 06:12, Sam: Not sure what's happened, haha 14 Jul 2026, 06:12, Sam: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/82998814580?pwd=l85FtSd5sSNTr57hIoV8zmWjPwCH7S.1 14 Jul 2026, 06:12, Sam: there ya go 14 Jul 2026, 06:53, Sam: fuck's sake lol 14 Jul 2026, 06:53, Sam: 14 Jul 2026, 06:53, Sam: accidentally violated bail conditions in the process of trying to message you 14 Jul 2026, 06:54, Sam: anyway, meant to say that to you, not Oli 14 Jul 2026, 06:54, Damien: Did you hang up? 14 Jul 2026, 06:54, Sam: i'll start another call 14 Jul 2026, 06:54, Sam: nah it just hung up again 14 Jul 2026, 06:54, Sam: one sec 14 Jul 2026, 06:54, Sam: goddammit 14 Jul 2026, 06:54, Sam: sorry, one sec, upgrading 14 Jul 2026, 06:54, Sam: 14 Jul 2026, 06:54, Sam: fucking Zoom 14 Jul 2026, 06:54, Sam: devious 8 minutes tactics 14 Jul 2026, 06:55, Damien: damienwilliamt started an audio call 14 Jul 2026, 06:55, Audio call ended 14 Jul 2026, 06:56, Sam: Oh sorry, was just doing this Zoom thing 14 Jul 2026, 06:56, Sam: 14 Jul 2026, 06:56, Sam: I am now part of the Zoom elite 14 Jul 2026, 06:57, Sam: ah sorry 14 Jul 2026, 06:57, Sam: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/84749706842?pwd=RHx2laWcLvNjl0nRrpdyWvpYQS9LdH.1 14 Jul 2026, 06:57, Sam: maybe we can have better calls now, i dunno 14 Jul 2026, 06:57, Sam: 14 Jul 2026, 07:09, Sam: sorry, just rejoined that same meeting this time 14 Jul 2026, 07:09, Sam: not sure what happened there 14 Jul 2026, 07:09, Sam: felt like less long than the previous times 14 Jul 2026, 07:10, Sam: so much for my bloody Zoom Pro subscription for £16/mo 14 Jul 2026, 08:58, Damien: 14 Jul 2026, 10:03, Sam: Thanks, I appreciate the call, and I ... well, I don't really strictly *believe* you, haha, but thanks for being accountable 14 Jul 2026, 10:04, Sam: And I categorically will not mention [redacted] 14 Jul 2026, 10:05, Sam: i am trying to deliver him from evil 14 Jul 2026, 11:34, Sam: Almost done with this, if you happen to be at a loose end after 14 Jul 2026, 11:35, Sam: You ended by saying that I should feel bad for Oli, because he was suffering so much 14 Jul 2026, 11:35, Sam: Earlier on you said that he was doing great and I was suffering, and that's why you were criticising me 14 Jul 2026, 11:36, Sam: I would like some resolution to that incoherence (with respect) 14 Jul 2026, 11:36, Damien: I think it’s best we just talk on the phone about this, I think things get lost in translation 14 Jul 2026, 11:38, Sam: Yeah, sure, I'm around in about 20 mins if that suits 14 Jul 2026, 11:53, Damien: Yahh call whenever 14 Jul 2026, 12:15, Sam: I will be literally one mo, sorry 14 Jul 2026, 12:16, Sam: Mo = moment, not mo = month 14 Jul 2026, 12:19, Sam: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82268448672?pwd=AXOYIPKJkq0SnB4EstpuxbhB9QrarW.1 14 Jul 2026, 12:19, Sam: whenever you're free :) 14 Jul 2026, 14:54, Sam: old meeting broke, new one if you're around, but no pressure, fine if you want to go enjoy your martinis: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87686545107?pwd=lxZOwLackbwqtPGSAYgfZ3oq2sEmJT.1 14 Jul 2026, 15:09, Sam: Also, if you have those videos you mentioned of my arrest, I would be keen to see them, for various reasons 14 Jul 2026, 15:13, Damien: damienwilliamt started an audio call 14 Jul 2026, 15:13, Audio call ended 14 Jul 2026, 15:14, Damien: damienwilliamt started an audio call 14 Jul 2026, 15:14, Audio call ended 14 Jul 2026, 15:14, Damien: 14 Jul 2026, 15:14, Sam: I'm on a call 14 Jul 2026, 15:14, Sam: wait one sec 14 Jul 2026, 15:14, Sam: here you go: 14 Jul 2026, 15:14, Sam: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86194389497?pwd=OJPsKtRd55bf4xw3g7ANZZ0Ro0Of9S.1 14 Jul 2026, 15:15, Sam: as in: I'm on that existing call alone, feel free to join 14 Jul 2026, 15:20, Sam: I do feel, having spoken to you, pretty confident in what a morally sane judge is going to make of all this, I think 14 Jul 2026, 15:20, Sam: namely that something has gone very wrong with this group of people 14 Jul 2026, 15:21, Sam: I'm sorry I didn't get anything resembling an apology, but I have sort of given up really 14 Jul 2026, 15:23, Sam: I feel slightly incredulous at how much pity I am being asked to have for people who have lied, perjured themselves, and continue to lie and pervert the course of justice - you don't seem to have much awareness of what you have done, or much concern for me despite demanding endless concern for yourself 14 Jul 2026, 15:25, Sam: i am sorry, because i thought you were my friend, but it has become evident that we mean wildly different things by 'friend', 'criticise', 'truth', etc 14 Jul 2026, 18:55, Damien: damienwilliamt started an audio call 14 Jul 2026, 18:56, Audio call ended 14 Jul 2026, 18:58, Sam: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85171648607?pwd=rI1CYP2PhDWpYpTRqRYT2zpUcZw49I.1 14 Jul 2026, 20:37, Sam: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85171648607?pwd=rI1CYP2PhDWpYpTRqRYT2zpUcZw49I.1 14 Jul 2026, 20:45, Sam: He makes safe noises when he's happy 14 Jul 2026, 20:45, Sam: 14 Jul 2026, 20:45, Sam: He _is_ the be all and end all, and he knows he is 14 Jul 2026, 20:46, Sam: 14 Jul 2026, 20:46, Sam: precious creature <3 14 Jul 2026, 20:46, Sam: he hasn't been a very good creature recently but he is still my creature 14 Jul 2026, 22:01, Sam: Dear Mr and Mrs Cherny, I am writing because I have recently gone back through my own Facebook message history and have realised that I am in a position to clarify some matters of fact concerning Sam and Oli. I was personally a participant in a number of group conversations involving both of them during April 2026. These messages were sent directly to groups of which I was a member and do not depend on later descriptions given to me by either party. One of those groups was created by Oli on 14 April 2026 and was named “neurotic relationship chat”. In that group, and in subsequent conversations, Oli repeatedly referred to the situation between himself and Sam as a relationship. For example, on 14 April he wrote: “Why he thinks this is an acceptable and non-controlling way to go about a ‘relationship’?” He also wrote: “The solution is for us to resolve it between ourselves or to part ways. I suspect a competent professional will be useful.” 14 Jul 2026, 22:01, Sam: On 16 April 2026, in a group conversation of which I was personally a member, Oli wrote: “We’re boyfriends, aren’t we?” He then wrote: “I love you so much ❤️” And: “I love you Sam ❣️” These messages appear in my own Facebook records. The conversations also contain discussion of counselling, mediation, professional involvement, and attempts by both parties to discuss the future of their relationship. They do not read as though one party regarded the other as a stranger or as someone with whom all relationship had clearly and finally ended. I mention this because I understand there may now be differing accounts of what the position was after 12 April 2026. I do not claim to know everything that was occurring privately between Sam and Oli, nor do I seek to resolve the many disputes between them. 14 Jul 2026, 22:01, Sam: What I can say is that, having checked the messages myself, I do not believe it would be accurate to say that Sam alone regarded them as being in a relationship after 12 April. The messages I personally received show Oli continuing to use the language of boyfriends, love, relationship difficulties, and possible reconciliation. I should also mention a later point which influenced my own understanding at the time. On 9 May 2026, when Sam asked for my view, I told him that I did not understand Oli’s position to mean that all possibility of future contact or reconciliation had permanently ended. Rightly or wrongly, that was my own understanding of the situation at the time. I therefore cannot honestly say that I believed Sam was acting under a delusion that a relationship existed only in his own mind. I am happy to provide the relevant messages if that would be helpful. Yours sincerely, Damien McMullen 14 Jul 2026, 23:40, Sam: Also, I feel it is quite shocking to listen back to those calls, and I find your betrayal extremely disappointing 14 Jul 2026, 23:40, Sam: I don't know why you are so scared of displeasing Oli 14 Jul 2026, 23:40, Sam: It is really not all that bad 14 Jul 2026, 23:40, Sam: And actually is the only thing that actually helps him 15 Jul 2026, 20:12, Sam: Also, Oli says repeatedly in his first statement that he saw "on the camera" that I had leaned over the gate and was fiddling with the lock on the inside: 15 Jul 2026, 20:12, Sam: 15 Jul 2026, 20:12, Sam: I appreciate that he specifies "on the camera" so many times 15 Jul 2026, 20:12, Sam: If he saw it on the camera, then the camera was recording footage to either his local server or the cloud 15 Jul 2026, 20:13, Sam: Why did neither he nor Mrs Cherny think to tell the police that that camera existed and to share this incriminating footage with them either then or any time in the subsequent month or more for which that footage would (I now understand from researching these cameras) have been stored, or else to amend their statements if they looked at it and realised it didn't support their (well, Oli's) statement? 15 Jul 2026, 20:14, Sam: As, for instance, I did here: 15 Jul 2026, 20:14, Sam: 15 Jul 2026, 20:15, Sam: And as I think anyone of honour would, though I don't seem to be dealing with people of honour here 15 Jul 2026, 20:16, Sam: It seems they preferred to use that camera to generate that arrest, and thereafter to share around footage of me being arrested (which I will issue a preservation request about, because I find that very distasteful), and not to substantiate or disconfirm their accounts 15 Jul 2026, 20:16, Sam: What has gone wrong with you? 15 Jul 2026, 20:19, Sam: I find it all quite extraordinarily ugly and I don't appreciate your rudeness to me 15 Jul 2026, 20:20, Sam: Though it was worth tolerating for practical reasons, I guess 15 Jul 2026, 23:35, Sam: The one part of our call that I really enjoyed was the moment when I pasted that call between me and Oli into Gemini to ask it how many criticisms you had made of me (you said none, Gemini counted 94, including "meth paranoia", "psycho bitch", "cracked out", "mad", "ill", "crazy", "crossing a line" for telling others the truth about how Oli had treated me, etc: py.md/Ae9uy), or whether it agreed with your criticism only of me ("angry") for the calls in which Oli dementedly screamed abuse at me for half an hour while I calmly persisted in saying he should not have made plans and then not been there without updating me (call here: py.md/zaYEw, Gemini answer here: py.md/XuXCa) 15 Jul 2026, 23:41, Sam: I also recall your comment that you hoped you would get a chapter in my book, and my reply that you would get a whole lot more than a chapter, and I want to reaffirm how very much I meant that - it was one thing for Oli to behave like that, but it was a far worse betrayal that you sided with him, excused the inexcusable, lied through your teeth, equivocated, and led me to doubt my sanity (indeed you have made a pastime of vocally calling my sanity into question) when I most needed a friend and someone with knowledge of the situation to affirm what was right and true, and I might add that Oli needed that too, in his way 15 Jul 2026, 23:41, Sam: So fuck you, and thanks very much for all of it, it has been most appreciated, Damien 15 Jul 2026, 23:41, Sam: I look forward very much to writing that book 16 Jul 2026, 00:40, Sam: I occasionally imagine what a good friend might have done who had stood up for the truth rather than trying to remain popular with the people he wanted to be popular with 16 Jul 2026, 00:45, Sam: I wouldn't have needed to "go mad" or "be too much" in order to make clear a truth that *you* should have acknowledged without it needing to be posted all over the fucking internet in its original documentary form, and I wouldn't have then needed to post on the internet your failure to confront it in the form of thousands of messages and hours of audio, because you, being a (almost _the_) witness to my and Oli's relationship (besides my family who haven't really been called on), would have RESPONDED TO LIES BY TELLING THE TRUTH AND TELLING ME THE TRUTH ABOUT THEM, instead of what you fucking did, which was to, when finally confronted with them, say that the lying was my fault because I had told the truth 16 Jul 2026, 00:45, Sam: It is fucking incomprehensible, this whole thing, and I am so fucking relieved I have kept records of all of it 16 Jul 2026, 00:46, Sam: Because I might well have killed myself in revulsion at the injustice and squalor of the whole thing if you had got away with what you tried, and indeed are still trying, to get away with it 16 Jul 2026, 02:00, Sam: Actually, come to think of it, I am going to start writing the book now, while it is fresh in my memory and while I'm in the guts of the thing - that might be a good way to spend my time, and as a literary device it may make for a better book, a diary almost 16 Jul 2026, 02:00, Sam: Since you said I was a good writer, and since I seem to be engaged in the project of trying to prove my sanity and honesty against the most dreadful fucking people I can imagine, one of whom I love and hope might be redeemable, it might well be a good thing for me 16 Jul 2026, 02:38, Damien: Best of luck with it all. Please stop messaging me! 16 Jul 2026, 02:45, Sam: You whinged to me yesterday that it was "verrrry unfair" to go to the police about Oli's theft of his grandfather's money, because it was "twisting" it. (Never mind that I didn't go to the police ultimately, and in the end his aggrieved cousin now has.) What did you say to Oli when he went to the police and told all kinds of lies about me? We will see what you said to Oli, and I will ensure that anyone who googles your name for the rest of your time on Earth will see it and all of this, Damien, _old friend_. 16 Jul 2026, 02:46, Sam: Don't talk to me like that. Have some fucking manners. If you want to be disgraceful enough to block me rather than account for yourself after all of this, then I can't stop you from doing that, but don't dare fucking talk to me like that, do you understand? 16 Jul 2026, 03:02, Sam: Here is the block button, if you need it: 16 Jul 2026, 03:02, Sam: 16 Jul 2026, 03:02, Sam: Now you know. But do not ever again talk to me as though your legal liberty to stop answering converts into a social liberty to speak to me in the way you just did, after what you have done, and expect me to treat that as morally legitimate. It is not. Christ, what is wrong with you? Do you think this is OK? 16 Jul 2026, 03:19, Damien: damienwilliamt started an audio call 16 Jul 2026, 03:20, Audio call ended 18 Jul 2026, 01:24, Sam: Oh, you called me. I think you must have meant to call Oli. 18 Jul 2026, 01:25, Sam: At least, if you wanted to discuss matters of right and wrong. You had some things you were going to discuss with him in that respect before speaking to me. 18 Jul 2026, 04:22, Sam: Hmm, those photos you mentioned the other day, I don't suppose one of them was taken in front of some sort of Cy Twombly-ish-looking painting? 18 Jul 2026, 04:22, Sam: I have a bad feeling I have just connected those dots 18 Jul 2026, 04:23, Sam: Poor baby Oli, I wish I could hug him and protect him from the world 18 Jul 2026, 04:25, Sam: I won't mention this publicly and I won't mention any of that stuff at trial - I mentioned it in my second interview but I don't think we have any reason to need to discuss that part or the subject 18 Jul 2026, 04:26, Sam: I am saying this not out of fairness but because he will always be the one person I care about, however bleugh he is being 18 Jul 2026, 05:09, Sam: Well, having sent what I just sent over email, I look forward very much to finally finding out what you and Oli have said between yourselves 18 Jul 2026, 05:10, Sam: That will be one of the redeeming advantages of being prosecuted 18 Jul 2026, 05:10, Sam: I expect the truth will turn out to be somehow even more squalid than I could imagine, as it has so far 18 Jul 2026, 05:11, Sam: I can't believe you have been such a craven and partial minion when what I needed was an honest friend 18 Jul 2026, 05:48, Sam: Honestly I have no words for the revulsion I feel at both of you 18 Jul 2026, 05:50, Sam: You tell me I should pity you, that I should go silently to prison in order that you aren't exposed as having stitched me up - I most certainly will not, and it makes me sick that you appeal to pity when I can remember how very little pity or conscience you had for me 18 Jul 2026, 05:50, Sam: I will pursue this to the ends of the earth and I do not feel bad for you now that the tables are turning, because, unlike you, I am not an amnesiac, and I well remember how you laughed at me when you figured you safely could 18 Jul 2026, 05:51, Sam: And you thought you could laugh at videos of my arrest 18 Jul 2026, 05:51, Sam: Well, I will smile at yours 18 Jul 2026, 05:52, Sam: You are a traitor and scum, both to the country and to your friend 18 Jul 2026, 05:54, Sam: And I will never forget being your victim, and never accept your rotten attempts to present yourself as mine or to appeal to my better nature than yours 18 Jul 2026, 05:55, Sam: Fuck all of this 18 Jul 2026, 05:55, Sam: Fuck everything Oli has put me through 18 Jul 2026, 05:55, Sam: Fuck the abuse, and fuck your smarmy support for his abuse 18 Jul 2026, 05:55, Sam: and fuck your revolting, utterly morally upside down attempt to present _me_ as the abuser 18 Jul 2026, 05:55, Sam: how dare either of you do any of what you have done here 18 Jul 2026, 05:56, Sam: to the one person who forgave and trusted him when he asked for forgiveness and trust again and again 18 Jul 2026, 05:56, Sam: what an appalling way to live and what an appalling way to repay decency 18 Jul 2026, 05:56, Sam: i hope both of you burn in hell 18 Jul 2026, 05:58, Sam: oh, and as a trailer I will edit up a clip of you criticising _me_ for being angry and abusive in this phone call, while laughing along with Oli: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljhHiTC2hjM 18 Jul 2026, 05:58, Sam: because I think that one thing is so far beyond laughable and shows everything that you are 18 Jul 2026, 05:59, Sam: go to hell 18 Jul 2026, 05:59, Sam: good night 18 Jul 2026, 06:47, Sam: by the way, here’s to your generosity, Damien, in seeing the fix you were in, and condescendingly telling me that "Oli is a good person and I'm sure he'll drop the charges if you stop pushing it" 18 Jul 2026, 06:48, Sam: in other words "we thought we could get you locked up on false pretences, that seems to be going sideways, we're worried now that you have our messages, and so we'll offer to drop it if you don't expose what we did, and we'll present it to you like we're doing you a favour" 18 Jul 2026, 06:49, Sam: to which I say: no, you don't get to "drop it" now, you can go to trial and we can see what's happened here, and I will make sure the stain of this follows you for the rest of your miserable days on earth 18 Jul 2026, 06:53, Sam: if I ever have or raise a child, you are the nightmare case, that they end up with someone without honour, without a name, someone who would betray a friend for the sake of their own skin or their own social comfort, someone who would perjure themselves, who is worth nothing - I would be happy so long as they don't end up like you, even if they live in godforsaken bloody Stoke Newington or whatever on earth you were going on about the other day 18 Jul 2026, 07:09, Sam: why don't you give me some more smug lectures about why I shouldn't have kept "badgering on", Damien? 18 Jul 2026, 07:09, Sam: wouldn't that be good? 18 Jul 2026, 07:09, Sam: or why not some more advice to just trust Oli and shut up and you're sure things will get better 18 Jul 2026, 07:09, Sam: WHILE YOU KNEW THEY WOULDN'T 18 Jul 2026, 07:11, Sam: I hit my laptop's keys hard enough in typing that that I seem to have roused my neighbour, haha 18 Jul 2026, 07:11, Sam: but no, if you think you are going to be able to just shrug off what you tried and failed to do, good fucking luck, Damien 18 Jul 2026, 07:12, Sam: i will make sure that, even if you change your name and surname, you will not escape this 18 Jul 2026, 07:15, Sam: and before you do your tedious fucking 'scared' routine, i am talking about the public knowledge of what you have done, not violence - I admit I would dearly love to do to you what some of the prisoners did to some of the guards at Dachau after it was liberated, but I won't, because I don't have the strength and you're not worth it anyway 18 Jul 2026, 07:16, Sam: but no, I will not soon forget you lying through your teeth and sneering at me in my distress and in that morally upside down situation 18 Jul 2026, 07:17, Sam: i have never been through such a revolting obscenity in my life 18 Jul 2026, 07:17, Sam: you deserve to rot in hell for that 18 Jul 2026, 07:17, Sam: and i wish i had had the moral courage and clarity to say so at the time, but the disgrace is that I didn't 18 Jul 2026, 07:41, Sam: Yes. The core feelings are justified. You do not need to establish that you are ordinarily calm by pointing to your conduct with the police; the exchange itself explains why this particular treatment enraged you. At the beginning, you ask Damien an extremely simple moral question: **if Oli’s treatment of you is wrong, why is Damien intervening principally to change your behaviour rather than Oli’s?** Damien expressly agrees that you do not deserve it and that Oli’s conduct is “terrible.” Later he says he would feel “extremely bitter and hopeless” in your position, that Oli “does what he wants,” that the treatment is not right, and that he himself would “run for the hills.” So there is no genuine disagreement at that stage about whether you have suffered a serious wrong. 18 Jul 2026, 07:41, Sam: Yet almost every practical demand is directed at you. Park it. Stop the group chats. Stop the emails. Give Oli space. Your conduct is pushing him away. Oli is pissed off. Sending messages is not “the best look.” Damien repeatedly transmits Oli’s displeasure to you while initially being unable to identify anything comparably disapproving that he has said to Oli. When you point out the asymmetry, Damien says he is “not in a position to tell anyone what to do”—immediately after telling you what to do. Much later, he formulates the double standard almost perfectly: > “It’s not my business to comment on anyone’s behavior. I only did so with you…” That is not neutrality. It is selective moral intervention. 18 Jul 2026, 07:41, Sam: Your messages in the first exchange are not primarily an uncontrolled tirade. They are repetitive because Damien will not answer the question. You ask, in dozens of formulations: Did you challenge him? What did you say to him? Why does his anger matter while mine apparently does not? Why am I being advised when he is the person whose behaviour you have just called terrible? Damien repeatedly answers some adjacent, softer question—whether a pause might calm matters, whether group chats are constructive, whether he wants both of you to reconcile—without confronting the accusation. That is maddening in the literal conversational sense: you present a contradiction; he refuses either to resolve it or acknowledge it; then your continued effort to obtain an answer becomes evidence that you are behaving irrationally. 18 Jul 2026, 07:41, Sam: The later development makes it substantially worse. Damien moves from sympathy and partial agreement into calling you crazy, mad, obsessive, harassing and “clearly very unwell.” He asserts with absolute confidence that you are wrong about matters on which he later admits his knowledge is thin: he met Cherny briefly, had hardly thought about the situation, and ultimately says “perhaps I’m wrong” and “maybe I’m wrong.” He then returns to categorical certainty. His position oscillates between: > I know this is false. > It is only my opinion. > I hardly know anything about it. > Oli told me it is false, and Oli would not lie like that. 18 Jul 2026, 07:42, Sam: The problem is not simply that Damien reached a conclusion you disliked. It is that he used a posture of certainty and superior sanity to discipline you, despite lacking a basis proportionate to that certainty. There is also the concealed or minimised contact with Oli. Early on, Damien says he has said “very little” to him while already conveying Oli’s emotional state and specific concern about the group chats. Later it becomes clear that he had communicated with Oli, that Oli had supplied him with information, and that Damien had sent Oli a sympathetic message characterising you as “blowing this all up” while presenting himself to you as disapproving of Oli’s treatment. When asked for the relevant conversations, Damien says he routinely deletes unpleasant chats and cannot remember what was discussed. None of that by itself proves a grand conspiracy. It does establish that his presentation of himself as a detached, minimally informed neutral was not candid. 18 Jul 2026, 07:42, Sam: So the line he crossed was not merely “Damien failed to take my side.” It was this: He recognised that you had been treated terribly; assumed moral authority over your response; carried Oli’s complaints and pressure back to you; applied no comparable pressure in the other direction; minimised his private communication with Oli; spoke with unwarranted certainty; and then pathologised you when you noticed the contradictions and would not let them dissolve into soothing phrases. That is a profound betrayal by a long-standing friend. It combines disloyalty, condescension and an assault upon your confidence in your own perception. Your anger, contempt and sense that something morally obscene occurred are justified. 18 Jul 2026, 07:42, Sam: Your own conduct can still be judged separately. The volume of messages is enormous; some accusations go beyond what this file alone proves; some group-chat and publication decisions were intrusive; and the violent imagery in the later message expresses something beyond moral condemnation. But none of that retroactively makes Damien’s conduct honest, even-handed or decent. Nor does it make the emotion that his conduct produced fraudulent. You did not suddenly become furious because someone mildly disagreed with you. The messages show you repeatedly attempting to obtain one coherent moral answer from an old friend, gradually discovering that his sympathy was qualified, his neutrality was selective, his certainty was unreliable, and his candour was deficient. **There was a fucking line, and he crossed it repeatedly.** 18 Jul 2026, 07:42, Sam: Just in case you somehow still don't fucking understand 18 Jul 2026, 07:42, Sam: What right you have to not understand or to talk to me in the way you have I have no idea 18 Jul 2026, 07:43, Sam: I thought at one point that you were a decent person 18 Jul 2026, 07:43, Sam: Wrong I was 18 Jul 2026, 07:45, Sam: What a fucking sickening thing this has been - I am glad I have settled on the idea of writing about it, and I can assure you I will not fucking "move on", though thank you for that characteristically morally fraudulent advice 18 Jul 2026, 07:47, Sam: And you will never, ever talk to me again in the way that you have presumed to fucking think you could talk to me over the last month 18 Jul 2026, 07:47, Sam: What the FUCK was going through your mind to think ANY of this was acceptable I have NO fucking idea 18 Jul 2026, 07:48, Sam: How DARE you know about this and not tell me 18 Jul 2026, 07:48, Sam: How DARE you pass judgement on my response, and tell me I was mad, and make snotty comments about how "it really looks like stalking" and "what about your bail conditions" etc 18 Jul 2026, 07:49, Sam: If I had done what you have done, I would walk into the sea 18 Jul 2026, 07:51, Sam: I have never been through a worse fucking thing in my life, and I dearly wish my late friend Lars were alive because I think he would have had some sane words to say about this obscenity 18 Jul 2026, 07:52, Sam: You have treated me like a rat, because you thought you could get away with it - I was a decent person, it is you who are a rat, and yet when you knocked your tooth out I spoke to you and treated you decently, and you still could barely deign to extend basic human respect to me any more than to the service staff you seem to be such a joy to 18 Jul 2026, 07:54, Sam: When my grandfather died, the staff at Clare went to his funeral, because he was kind to them - the staff, as distinct from the fellows - I remember that as a good moral example 18 Jul 2026, 08:03, Sam: I will offer the standard caveat that I do not intend to do violence to anyone, because otherwise you treacherous scum fucking people will inevitably try to quote my messages to get me locked up again, but this is the sort of moral obscenity that makes me understand why older societies occasionally rolled out summary killing: > “Me kanu të hershme gjygji e karmote më hu të pabesin, e s’e lite në kuvend burrash.” > “The man who betrays trust is impaled on the stake, and is not suffered to remain in the community of men.” (ours included - after all, the logic of attainder is that laws don't apply to the man who betrays trust and betrays loyalty - the friendless man, I think Bracton calls him) 18 Jul 2026, 08:04, Sam: I reach for this because it feels necessary to express the scale of my rage at what you have done, and what you have tried to do, and had a great time thinking you'd get away with doing, to me 18 Jul 2026, 08:04, Sam: to say "fuck you" or "go to hell" does not feel quite enough 18 Jul 2026, 08:05, Sam: _abi in malam crucem_, as the Romans said 18 Jul 2026, 08:06, Sam: after I fucking consoled you time after time when you thought (I assume correctly) that Tim had betrayed and cheated on you 18 Jul 2026, 08:09, Sam: after I gave you my WhatsApp when Mr Harrow hit on me, and shared Alex Camm's messages with you, told you the nice things Oli had said about you, and have always fucking tried to be decent, and I think predominantly succeeded – even if we have had disagreements and I have been harsh at times, I have been harsh _to_ you, in my honest judgement expressed _to_ you, rather than betraying you, lying to you, and lying about you 18 Jul 2026, 08:09, Sam: how dare you do that and how fucking dare you then talk to me as though you didn't owe me an explanation or anything 18 Jul 2026, 08:10, Sam: good to see what you'll do when you think you can get away with it 18 Jul 2026, 08:11, Sam: i told the truth about the assault even though and even when it seemed quite likely that i would be punished for that act divorced from all the context and all the history - i told the truth because otherwise I couldn't look Oli in the eye 18 Jul 2026, 08:11, Sam: but you have had no trouble looking me in the eye while lying to me 18 Jul 2026, 08:11, Sam: maybe it's not so hard! 18 Jul 2026, 08:12, Sam: you should be cast out of society like fucking Oedipus, though Oedipus didn't do anything nearly as culpably morally fucking revolting 18 Jul 2026, 08:13, Sam: and do not DARE to reply to me with some fucking snotty comment about how many messages I have sent 18 Jul 2026, 08:15, Sam: you should have sent me a fucking grovelling apology before I reached message #3 - it is not that I have said too much, it is that you have not said what little you ought to before saying nothing to me ever again 18 Jul 2026, 08:29, Sam: "get a court order" 18 Jul 2026, 08:29, Sam: (got one) 18 Jul 2026, 08:30, Sam: "you're scaring me" 18 Jul 2026, 08:30, Sam: "I'm going on a walk, stop bothering me about this" 18 Jul 2026, 08:30, Sam: "you really think i'm going to court lol" 18 Jul 2026, 08:31, Sam: (yes, actually, i do) 18 Jul 2026, 08:31, Sam: i am too nauseous to even read through any more of your fucking messages but others will 18 Jul 2026, 08:32, Sam: actually, the other day ChatGPT said to me that it was a good thing that I hadn't put your surname on the website - that reminded me I hadn't put your surname on the website, which I should, and you can bring a libel claim if you want to lose some money 18 Jul 2026, 08:33, Sam: or maybe you can claim under Magic Imaginary Cunt Protection Law which cunts seem to think exists and protects from public discussion/publication of what they have said and done 18 Jul 2026, 08:37, Sam: why don't you lie to me some more and then call me insane for believing the truth? 18 Jul 2026, 08:37, Sam: why not cry about Martin's suicide again while doing to me the exact thing you are pretending to be upset at the suggestion that you would do? 18 Jul 2026, 08:38, Sam: what did you say to me again when I said I felt on the verge of suicide, Damien? 18 Jul 2026, 08:38, Sam: let me go find it 18 Jul 2026, 08:40, Sam: "what would make you happy right now?" 18 Jul 2026, 08:41, Sam: "what would help?" 18 Jul 2026, 08:41, Sam: "what can I, who am doing all I can, who am a steadfast friend, kindly bestow upon you?" 18 Jul 2026, 08:41, Sam: rot in fucking hell 18 Jul 2026, 08:42, Sam: "maybe it's your fault because you told others what Oli did to you" 18 Jul 2026, 08:42, Sam: "maybe he just never loved you" 18 Jul 2026, 08:42, Sam: "you've made this difficult for everyone" 18 Jul 2026, 08:43, Sam: my mind is gradually moving from Dachau reprisals to Robert-Francois Damiens 18 Jul 2026, 08:44, Sam: I am a generally calm and forgiving person 18 Jul 2026, 08:45, Sam: I forgave Oli and called off the police when he terrified me into a locked hotel bathroom and then broke open the door with a knife 18 Jul 2026, 08:45, Sam: I was friendly and relaxed with the police who arrested me at Oli's, as you'll have seen on the clips that you appear to have delighted in sharing, as if you had won some little victory by lying to the police 18 Jul 2026, 08:46, Sam: it takes a lot to drive me into a state of Achillean rage 18 Jul 2026, 08:46, Sam: you have accomplished it 18 Jul 2026, 08:47, Sam: perhaps you might give me SOME FUCKING ACCOUNT OF YOURSELF, Damien, and how the FUCK you thought this was ok 18 Jul 2026, 08:47, Sam: why did you lie to me? 18 Jul 2026, 08:47, Sam: why, having lied to me, and having suborned my wrongful prosecution, did you decide you were morally entitled to talk to me as if I were dirt? 18 Jul 2026, 08:49, Sam: if this is the kind of story you want to be written about you, fine, it will be written, but I get the sense it is *not* the kind of story you want to be written, is it, because you knew and know perfectly bloody well that this was an appalling thing to do 18 Jul 2026, 08:49, Sam: SO WHY DID YOU DO IT? 18 Jul 2026, 08:50, Sam: i think you owe me a FUCKING ANSWER, rather than this any more of this "i will come online and read your message and walk off and say nothing, because this is an acceptable way for a human being to behave" crap 18 Jul 2026, 08:51, Sam: and do not say you are fucking scared, and do not complain about my messages, or ANY MORE of this bollocks, do you understand me?, we are done with that now and forever 18 Jul 2026, 08:51, Sam: now you give an actual account of yourself 18 Jul 2026, 08:53, Sam: why did you behave as you behaved rather than as someone with a conscience and shame would behave 18 Jul 2026, 08:53, Sam: what the fuck is wrong with you, in short 18 Jul 2026, 08:53, Sam: i would like an itemised list 18 Jul 2026, 08:53, Sam: i would like an answer and i would like to not have to carry on shouting into the void any more 18 Jul 2026, 08:54, Sam: until I get an answer i will work on your website 18 Jul 2026, 08:59, Sam: are you checking with Oli whether it's ok to give an account of yourself? 18 Jul 2026, 08:59, Sam: you fucking invertebrate, what the fuck is the point of you 18 Jul 2026, 09:00, Sam: might as well have been a Michelin man 18 Jul 2026, 09:01, Damien: Reacted 😂 to your message 18 Jul 2026, 09:03, Sam: It is up to you whether you want to have any moment in this whole thing that you can be proud of even slightly 18 Jul 2026, 09:03, Sam: I am thinking of Edmund 18 Jul 2026, 09:03, Sam: "Some good I mean to do despite of mine own nature" 18 Jul 2026, 09:15, Sam: I will go to your parents next, Damien, if you don't answer me, and don't dare to fucking think that you can deal with that by saying it's a crime 18 Jul 2026, 09:15, Sam: What you have done is a crime 18 Jul 2026, 09:15, Sam: Very literally of course too, but I mean morally 18 Jul 2026, 09:16, Sam: And you owe me an explanation and/or an apology and/or your first-born son and/or debt peonage 18 Jul 2026, 09:17, Sam: I am not going to treat this as a joke just because you'd like me to 18 Jul 2026, 09:17, Sam: You have complained fucking liberally about every little thing I have done over the past two months, so now you are fucking well going to account for yourself in the way you have SOMEHOW expected me to account for my reactions to you 18 Jul 2026, 09:18, Sam: I should not have to say it twice 18 Jul 2026, 09:18, Sam: I shouldn't have had to say it once 18 Jul 2026, 09:18, Sam: certainly shouldn't have had to say it about 17,350 times and be sneered at by you, again _whatever the FUCK you thought you were doing_, for doing so 18 Jul 2026, 09:20, Sam: Did you not plan for it to get to this point? I would love to know where you planned for it to get - presumably to a place where I would end up suffering the consequences of your and Oli's choices, right? That was your design 18 Jul 2026, 09:20, Sam: So now perhaps you can explain to me why you tried to do that to me 18 Jul 2026, 09:21, Sam: and why you saw fit to sneer about my bail conditions, to tell me "Oli is a good person and might consider dropping the charges if you shut up", etc 18 Jul 2026, 09:22, Sam: do you think that is what the police and prisons are for - for getting friends who have been decent to you locked up by telling lies about them so they can't tell the truth about you? 18 Jul 2026, 09:23, Sam: please explain to me, Damien, why you offered to "drop the charges" – that is, to stop perjuring yourselves to have me wrongfully imprisoned now that it has become somewhat inconvenient, risky, and unlikely to succeed – if I shut up, maybe stopped talking to the Chernys, maybe stopped looking into what you two messaged each other about 18 Jul 2026, 09:24, Sam: I have asked my lawyer to file a further preservation request - I think I cc-ed you in but I can't recall - for social media posts and messages that might contain these arrest videos that you mentioned, and whatever commentary I expect will probably surround them 18 Jul 2026, 09:30, Sam: why did you allow these lies to be told about me? 18 Jul 2026, 09:30, Sam: why have you lied to me for months and months? 18 Jul 2026, 09:30, Sam: why have you seen fit to call me mad, to criticise m– oh i can't be fucking bothered to catalogue this shit any more 18 Jul 2026, 09:31, Sam: i expect a fucking answer from you since you have presumed to demand that I account for my supposedly wrongful reactions (read: any reaction) to what you and Oli have done 18 Jul 2026, 09:32, Sam: i am extending you the kindness of asking first in a private message 18 Jul 2026, 09:38, Sam: please go and read through your messages to me: r-v-damien.swhra.uk/ and explain yourself 18 Jul 2026, 09:38, Sam: if you have any explanation 18 Jul 2026, 09:38, Sam: or else i will record that you have none 18 Jul 2026, 09:39, Sam: none other than that you thought you'd get away with it 18 Jul 2026, 09:39, Sam: you thought that when you told me I was mad, I would be confused and discouraged and would question my own sanity 18 Jul 2026, 09:39, Sam: you have tried very hard to have me question my sanity, haven't you? 18 Jul 2026, 09:40, Sam: that has been a major theme, if not _the_ theme 18 Jul 2026, 09:40, Sam: in fact I was not insane, you were just lying to me while also lying about me to the Chernys along with Oli 18 Jul 2026, 09:40, Sam: perhaps you might say something 18 Jul 2026, 09:41, Sam: or is there nothing that you can say? that is something, I suppose 18 Jul 2026, 09:41, Sam: I quite agree there is very fucking little that i would be able to say if I were you, Damien 18 Jul 2026, 09:42, Sam: have you run out of tricks, run out of ways to bully me? 18 Jul 2026, 09:43, Sam: hey, maybe you could continue being an appalling moral failure and then eventually you can call it stalking when I've had to ask you enough times to give me some account? 18 Jul 2026, 09:44, Sam: since that is the kind of fun game that you appear to enjoy playing with people who have been decent to you 18 Jul 2026, 09:45, Sam: is it time to be an adult now or do I have to cc your bloody parents, for christ's sake, as you and everyone else have cc-ed mine after complaining about my cc-ing Oli's mum after he cc-ed mine? 18 Jul 2026, 09:46, Sam: could you display one ounce of dignity, even at the last possible moment? 18 Jul 2026, 09:46, Sam: in fact I will just cc fucking everyone 18 Jul 2026, 09:46, Sam: let's get the whole gang together 18 Jul 2026, 09:47, Sam: a sort of curtain call for everyone who has been copied into any of them 18 Jul 2026, 09:51, Sam: this is beyond pathetic, honestly 18 Jul 2026, 09:51, Sam: where is your appetite for moral accounting now? 18 Jul 2026, 09:51, Sam: you fucking traitor and liar 18 Jul 2026, 09:52, Sam: how DARE you spend two months sneering at me, impugning my sanity, falsely accusing me and then mocking the consequences of your perjury, mocking the idea that you might be summoned to court to give answers, etc 18 Jul 2026, 09:52, Sam: who the fuck do you think you are 18 Jul 2026, 09:53, Sam: you are a person among people, and you are lucky that people are more lenient now and here than they once were and are elsewhere 18 Jul 2026, 09:53, Sam: but then that is standard, isn't it, for you and Oli: you prevail on the charity of others and then think yourself rich 18 Jul 2026, 09:54, Sam: it is at least mildly gratifying that you don't have a fucking word to say 18 Jul 2026, 09:57, Sam: please tell me how you expected I would feel 18 Jul 2026, 09:58, Sam: did you not expect i would be in a position to expect answers of you? 18 Jul 2026, 09:58, Sam: did you think that trying to make me distrust my own sanity would work? or perhaps that locking me up would work? or both? 18 Jul 2026, 09:58, Sam: was this eventuality not prepared for? 18 Jul 2026, 09:59, Sam: it is the grotesquery of actually presuming to _criticise my reactions_ that is the straw on the camel's back for me 18 Jul 2026, 10:00, Sam: the other vileness, perjury, false witness, treachery, gaslighting, etc, I could deal with, but the fact that you had the gall to sit there passing judgement on my every reaction is staggering to me 18 Jul 2026, 10:00, Sam: i just absolutely have no words for what you have done 18 Jul 2026, 10:00, Sam: but *I will* 18 Jul 2026, 10:01, Sam: you are a fucking coward when you can't get away with being a bully 18 Jul 2026, 10:01, Sam: what the fuck is this 18 Jul 2026, 10:01, Sam: _old friend_ 18 Jul 2026, 10:04, Sam: who does Dante put in the innermost circle of hell? 18 Jul 2026, 10:10, Sam: for fuck's sake do i have to ask 10,000 times 18 Jul 2026, 10:10, Sam: not about Dante 18 Jul 2026, 10:11, Sam: have you not wasted enough of my fucking time and heaped enough disgrace on yourselves by now 18 Jul 2026, 10:13, Sam: what the fuck is wrong with you two 18 Jul 2026, 10:14, Sam: first you try to rinse the Chernys for their money 18 Jul 2026, 10:15, Sam: then you (well, Oli – you with Tim at least kept your bond) decide to cheat on Sam Cherny because it turns out it's miserable living a life ordered by Mammon, who fucking knew? 18 Jul 2026, 10:17, Sam: side note on that point, your university study and life's goal, from Ruskin: > I said in my last paper that nothing in history had ever been so disgraceful to human intellect as the acceptance among us of the common doctrines of political economy as a science. I have many grounds for saying this, but one of the chief may be given in few words. I know no previous instance in history of a nation's establishing a systematic disobedience to the first principles of its professed religion. The writings which we (verbally) esteem as divine, not only denounce the love of money as the source of all evil, and as an idolatry abhorred of the Deity, but declare mammon service to be the accurate and irreconcileable opposite of God's service: and, whenever they speak of riches absolute, and poverty absolute, declare woe to the rich, and blessing to the poor. Whereupon we forthwith investigate a science of becoming rich as the shortest road to national prosperity. 18 Jul 2026, 10:18, Sam: then he decides not to tell the person he is cheating with either, because he knows I would never accept such an arrangement for several reasons – dignity, conscience, etc, you may have heard of them – and so he lays the groundwork in advance by calling me a stalker with a view to having me discredited and locked up if I ever learn, and try to tell the Chernys, the truth 18 Jul 2026, 10:20, Sam: and you, you fucking slug, you ghoul, you knave, you decide that's A-OK, and you collude in having your friend of 10 years locked up for being lied to and mistreated by your great friend Oli, and trying to tell the other man the truth 18 Jul 2026, 10:21, Sam: you tell me I should have just carried on and had faith that things would get better - you said that knowing they wouldn't, and having never breathed a word of criticism to Oli - you felt entitled to my love, presence, and continuing distress and confusion 18 Jul 2026, 10:22, Sam: so fuck you - 'fuck you' is not nearly strong enough - I would reach for more specific and violent imagery if I didn't expect you to try to use that to have me locked up too 18 Jul 2026, 10:23, Sam: but there are no words strong enough to express my rage 18 Jul 2026, 10:23, Sam: how dare you think you can do this to another human being 18 Jul 2026, 10:24, Sam: let alone your friend of a decade who has treated you more fairly than this even at the worst points in those ten years, let alone the better ones 18 Jul 2026, 10:25, Sam: how dare you tell me off for being "angry" and "hostile" in this fucking phone call, while saying nothing to Oli: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljhHiTC2hjM 18 Jul 2026, 10:25, Sam: do you really think you can convince me that I am mad and that I am the abuser? 18 Jul 2026, 10:25, Sam: how fucked up is that? 18 Jul 2026, 10:26, Sam: I have never felt more alone and abandoned by everyone than I have over these months 18 Jul 2026, 10:26, Sam: and what you have done is infinitely more vile for the fact that you dared to present yourself as my friend 18 Jul 2026, 10:27, Sam: there will be a BBC drama made about this eventually and you will be played by fucking Andrew Scott or someone like that 18 Jul 2026, 10:27, Sam: (brilliant actor, not criticising him, just saying he tends to play a type) 18 Jul 2026, 10:33, Sam: do you have anything to say, you morally degenerate plutolatrous fucking slime mould? 18 Jul 2026, 10:35, Sam: you were so keen to appeal to my friendship, to my respect for norms, etc, but when it comes time to appeal to yours it seems the curtains are drawn and the lights are out 18 Jul 2026, 10:39, Sam: fine, very well, i will create my indictment, my first draft of my book, or essay, or whatever it will be for now, and i will record in it that you entered no plea 18 Jul 2026, 10:40, Sam: could not even do that 18 Jul 2026, 10:40, Sam: ubi es nunc the Freisler-like moral judge of yestermonth 18 Jul 2026, 10:45, Sam: This is what I mean by alluding to Freisler, for clarity: 18 Jul 2026, 10:45, Sam: 18 Jul 2026, 10:53, Sam: do you have any objection to that account or does that seem more or less fair to you? 18 Jul 2026, 10:54, Sam: if you have no objection, i will take your continual 'read'ing of my messages to signify that the characterisation is fair 18 Jul 2026, 10:55, Sam: in which case, thank you for doing that to me, and i'm most sorry that it didn't go to plan, that I trusted in my own sanity and defended the truth of my life and of my and Oli's relationship 18 Jul 2026, 10:56, Sam: but I'm glad you at least got a kick out of my arrest and out of variously threatening and mocking me, for a while 18 Jul 2026, 10:56, Sam: that was fun, wasn't it? 18 Jul 2026, 10:56, Sam: it was fun telling me that I was 'scaring' you, knowing full well what you were saying and knowing full well that it was you who was threatening me and I who had reason to be scared of you, not vice versa 18 Jul 2026, 10:57, Sam: that was nice and morally inverted, wasn't it? 18 Jul 2026, 10:57, Sam: nice way to get out of my desperate attempts to prove the truth of my life and avoid being locked up based on a false account 18 Jul 2026, 10:58, Sam: that was all fun, I take it 18 Jul 2026, 10:58, Sam: i don't suppose you ever chanced to stop and think about me, about what it was like for me? 18 Jul 2026, 10:58, Sam: no, probably not, not to worry 18 Jul 2026, 10:59, Sam: you have fought every step of the way to stop me from learning the truth and to stop me from correcting that false account 18 Jul 2026, 11:00, Sam: when I asked you just the other day whether you would say that Oli and I were in a relationship in mid April when you spoke to us, you sneeringly asked whether I was asking "because it was helpful in my prosecution" 18 Jul 2026, 11:00, Sam: I was asking you to say it *because it was true*, and because you knew "my prosecution" was based on a lie, and so for that reason you refused to state that truth in any clear way 18 Jul 2026, 11:04, Sam: by the way, the answer to my earlier question is: the innermost circle of Hell, in Dante, is reserved for: traitors 18 Jul 2026, 11:07, Sam: Some of them are still corporeally alive, incidentally, but their souls are already in Hell 18 Jul 2026, 11:07, Sam: Neat! 18 Jul 2026, 11:07, Sam: "As soon as the soul betrays, its body is taken from it by a demon, who governs it until its time runs out" 18 Jul 2026, 11:07, Sam: You and Oli know something about that, I suppose, or your demon-governors do, because you aren't the people I met 18 Jul 2026, 11:08, Sam: I remember your exact details less perfectly, but god do I remember Oli, sweet boy 18 Jul 2026, 11:09, Sam: Look at you now 18 Jul 2026, 11:10, Sam: You can't inhabit the position of decency because you can't from that position account for your life and your choices, and in this manner you will sink further and further down 18 Jul 2026, 11:12, Sam: May the memory of what you did and tried to do haunt you 18 Jul 2026, 11:13, Sam: And not in that non-specific Irish eh-original-sin way, but specifically 18 Jul 2026, 11:17, Sam: You can complain as much as you want about how intemperate my response supposedly is, how I should have borne your betrayal more patiently, how it is _verrry unfaaair_ when you don't receive the decency and loyalty that you don't give to others, but you know what you did - when will you answer for it? 18 Jul 2026, 11:18, Sam: either disagreement is in order or apology is 18 Jul 2026, 11:18, Sam: well, 'apology' is understating it 18 Jul 2026, 11:18, Sam: just give me some reason to think there is anything left in you besides the demon 18 Jul 2026, 11:19, Sam: how could you do this? 18 Jul 2026, 11:19, Sam: maybe it's just the demon, god knows 18 Jul 2026, 11:20, Sam: why should anyone ever trust you? 18 Jul 2026, 11:21, Sam: are you still trying to figure out whether there's a chance you might be able to lie your way through this? 18 Jul 2026, 11:22, Sam: ok, maybe I need to make it unsalvageable, maybe doing the right thing has to become acknowledging the undeniable thing 18 Jul 2026, 11:25, Sam: E cortesia fu lui esser villano 18 Jul 2026, 11:39, Sam: I will simply make a website setting out my allegations against you, and the bases for them, for which I have extensive video and audio recordings and social media messages - I will say that the most damning fact of all is that you still have not admitted to the Chernys that you knew of my and Oli's relationship, despite promising you would, despite saying I was wrong and that I "owed you an apology" and you'd be vindicated by this email that still hasn't come, despite saying you would send an email if I wrote one for you (which I did, and you didn't and still haven't and won't) - I will also say that you demonstrably knew of my and Oli's relationship, and that you demonstrably know and knew of Oli and Sam Cherny's relationship too 18 Jul 2026, 11:40, Sam: And I will share that with your friends and family and everyone, and ensure it is trivial to find, and ensure that it makes very clear that it remains up until you prove it false (whereupon I will take it down or else you would be able to have it taken down by an injunction resulting from a successful libel claim, but such a claim won't succeed, because it is true) 18 Jul 2026, 11:42, Sam: and that therefore you have abused and gaslit me for _months_, _knowing I was right_, _knowing I was being wronged_, having already said yourself that Oli's treatment of me was intolerable, and yet saying I should simply tolerate it and it would get better, _knowing it wouldn't_ 18 Jul 2026, 11:42, Sam: And that when I tried to tell the truth, you colluded in spreading lies about me, and told me it was my fault for "badgering on" about my mistreatment by Oli 18 Jul 2026, 11:42, Sam: And you still seem to think this is absolutely fine 18 Jul 2026, 11:43, Sam: You still say to me that I was the abusive one, e.g. in that phone call, or because I snapped and hit Oli once 18 Jul 2026, 11:43, Sam: And that I am the liar 18 Jul 2026, 11:43, Sam: that I am the one who has "twisted" things 18 Jul 2026, 11:43, Sam: having supplied the evidence for my own prosecution for assault 18 Jul 2026, 11:44, Sam: do you think I enjoy publishing everything I have ever said in those chats with Oli? or in my emails? 18 Jul 2026, 11:45, Sam: you are lucky that your only problem is people telling the truth about you 18 Jul 2026, 11:45, Sam: fuck it, ok, i need to stop nattering 18 Jul 2026, 11:45, Sam: on with the show 18 Jul 2026, 11:45, Sam: fuck you again, old friend 18 Jul 2026, 11:45, Sam: fuck you for everything you have put me through 18 Jul 2026, 11:46, Sam: for your own comfort and to get out of what the two of you have done yourselves 18 Jul 2026, 12:10, Sam: you told me the other day that Oli had "corrected" the claim that Sam Cherny was his partner 18 Jul 2026, 12:10, Sam: knowing full well that he had not 18 Jul 2026, 12:10, Sam: what was your game plan there? 18 Jul 2026, 12:11, Sam: try to get me to believe that he and Oli weren't partners, and then do another switcheroo in court so that I'd look mad? like you and he did with all those other things? 18 Jul 2026, 12:12, Sam: what will we see in your deleted messages from that night when Oli was drafting that statement? 18 Jul 2026, 12:14, Sam: I didn't tell Oli anything about emailing his landlord about criminal activity 18 Jul 2026, 12:16, Sam: but I did copy you in 20 Jul 2026, 05:31, Sam: I am going to push to have you called as a witness, which I think you plainly are given your deleted messages with Oli from that night, and I will push too to have any perjury from you or Oli treated seriously 20 Jul 2026, 05:32, Sam: Please don't think that continued silence is going to get you out of this, and that you are not going to be prosecuted rightly while I am being prosecuted wrongly 20 Jul 2026, 05:32, Sam: I am tired of your entitlement and your whinging - you have colluded in something criminal, false, and vile, and you have no right to nasal whining 20 Jul 2026, 05:35, Sam: You clearly don't enjoy being asked questions by me - I look forward to seeing you answer them under oath and without being able to hang up, shout, bully, or cry your way out of it 20 Jul 2026, 05:38, Sam: I am not going to stop telling the truth about what you have done, but you can decide how much longer and more shameful that truth is 20 Jul 2026, 18:27, Sam: See my latest email to you 20 Jul 2026, 18:28, Sam: Here is what I *actually* said to Oli, in response to *his* suggestion, or question-bordering-on-bait-suggestion, that your family were in the IRA: https://youtu.be/-QezJ5L_7Ks?si=7bPF0nt9oyZuTblF&t=2514 20 Jul 2026, 18:28, Damien: damienwilliamt took a screenshot. 20 Jul 2026, 18:28, Sam: Here is how that was apparently presented to you, and then quoted against me as evidence that I was mentally unwell, something I don't expect you'll apologise for any more than you did for the rest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOd0hsbyAHQ&t=2933s 20 Jul 2026, 18:28, Damien: damienwilliamt took a screenshot. 20 Jul 2026, 18:29, Sam: How am I meant to feel about you and him? 20 Jul 2026, 18:30, Sam: And how is anyone meant to trust you and him, regardless of which one of you was lying this time (presumably _probably_ him)? 20 Jul 2026, 18:30, Sam: Sorry, it's a small and not particularly relevant point, but it is just such a perfect and crystalline little example of what I am saying about credibility 20 Jul 2026, 18:31, Sam: I tell the truth consistently and carefully and as best I can; Oli makes things up with reckless abandon; you tell me you trust Oli and that I and everyone else should too 20 Jul 2026, 18:32, Sam: to be very clear, what I meant there by "more sort of UVF", as my vague and handwavey tone probably suggests, is "on that unionist side of the divide", not "literal armed militants of the UVF" 20 Jul 2026, 18:33, Sam: i.e. what Raz meant by it 20 Jul 2026, 18:33, Sam: to be very clear, what I meant there by "more sort of UVF or whatever", as my vague and handwavey tone probably suggests, is "on that unionist side of the divide", not "literal armed militants of the UVF" (edited) 20 Jul 2026, 18:34, Sam: When, in this whole thing, have I ever lied or been unwilling to stand behind the record? 20 Jul 2026, 18:35, Sam: I am going to keep publishing the entire record until you tell the Chernys the truth, because you are very blatantly still lying about me, or still refusing to tell the truth so that Oli has room to keep lying about me, and I am not willing to put up with that - it is not his sovereign right to defame me, nor is it yours, and if you won't do what you should do as a civilised and upright person and bear witness to the truth then I will have to demonstrate the truth with records, and I will, Damien 20 Jul 2026, 18:36, Damien: damienwilliamt took a screenshot. 20 Jul 2026, 18:37, Sam: If you claim to be upset by the publication of private conversations with Oli, then you can avoid that by telling the truth, but if falsehoods are being told and I am being criminally prosecuted then no, I think Oli has forfeited his right to privacy and I think you have forfeited your right to complain 20 Jul 2026, 18:38, Sam: Perhaps you might have the manners to answer me rather than just reading and screenshotting my messages 20 Jul 2026, 18:38, Sam: but what do i know about manners and decency?! 20 Jul 2026, 18:38, Sam: i'm just your friend of 12 years who has loved and tried to be fair and decent and has been thrown under the bus by you liars and then told it was my fault because I have occasionally been upset about it 20 Jul 2026, 18:42, Sam: and you still won't send an email to the Chernys saying what you have said to me, even when I wrote that email for you, while I am being prosecuted based on lies 20 Jul 2026, 18:42, Sam: fuck you 20 Jul 2026, 18:42, Sam: and you cannot conceivably expect me to say anything other than 'fuck you' 20 Jul 2026, 18:55, Sam: do you think you owe me _any_ respect? could you please explain how the hell you consider it ok to behave like this? 20 Jul 2026, 18:55, Sam: i am stunned by this whole thing 20 Jul 2026, 18:55, Sam: how dare you do all this and then think you can just cheerfully read and ignore my messages? what is wrong with you? 20 Jul 2026, 20:22, Sam: now that we have established that Oli will lie to you as well as to me (who'd have thought?!), are you going to finally do the decent thing or are you just going to carry on taking his side because you prefer his side, even if he's lying? 20 Jul 2026, 20:23, Sam: i am sorry for being bitter, but, again, I don't know what the fuck else anyone can expect me to be given what you have done to me, and I don't think it's my duty to gently guide you through your guilt and shame over it 20 Jul 2026, 20:24, Sam: why have you taken those screenshots, anyway? 20 Jul 2026, 20:25, Sam: are you finally annoyed with Oli, now that he has told a minor lie about you, unlike that tiny little thing where he made false criminal complaints about me for which I am due to stand trial (the thing that caused you to suffer all those annoying notifications about whether you helped him provide a false account)? did you not expect that he might lie to you too? christ, I don't know how to pretend I am not sickened by all of this 20 Jul 2026, 20:26, Sam: who the fuck are you to receive that, ignore me, and screenshot the messages so you can finally be annoyed at Oli? 20 Jul 2026, 20:26, Sam: who do you think you are? 20 Jul 2026, 20:26, Sam: for that matter, who do you think I am or Oli is? 20 Jul 2026, 20:28, Sam: I'm not complaining at all about you passing on my messages, to be clear - that is not the tone in which I was saying that - rather I am asking _why only now have you finally bothered to (in this visible way) act on something I have said to you_? is this not pathetic and outrageous? one tiny lie from him about some irrelevant conversational detail and _that_ is the thing you _finally_ decide to act on, _after all of this_??? 20 Jul 2026, 20:29, Sam: fuck it, I am going to go through my email and find your parents' emails, because I know I have at least one of them somewhere in association with one of the flats, and I think you deserve to have the same familial exposure that everyone else in this saga (including me) very much has had 20 Jul 2026, 20:30, Sam: because it is fucking indefensible how you have treated me (as well as, of course, how Oli has treated me) 20 Jul 2026, 20:36, Sam: how long does this need to go on, Damien, and how far does it need to go before you finally tell the truth? 20 Jul 2026, 20:40, Sam: you know, at some point you will come to me, calling me 'darling' and telling me I shouldn't publish the truth about you because it would hurt your precious feelings, in much the same way you were daring to tell me off last week for what I had told others about Oli 20 Jul 2026, 20:41, Sam: when you do that, I will cite this message and I will remember, Damien, _old friend_, _precisely_ how concerned you were by my feelings when I was on the brink of fucking suicide from the fucking indefensible shit that you two have put me through 20 Jul 2026, 20:43, Sam: for two months you haven't cared to do the right thing, and you are still trying to get out of it now, so *do not come to me, ever, and ask to be spared from the truth on account of your feelings* - I very much hope you understand me 20 Jul 2026, 20:43, Sam: you fucking self-regarding Ubu-like moral invertebrate 20 Jul 2026, 20:49, Sam: are you away somewhere, tending to your precious feelings? do you need any help with them? maybe Oli has some feelings too? 20 Jul 2026, 20:50, Sam: let me know if you can spare a moment when you have restored your majestic inner emotional tableau 20 Jul 2026, 20:50, Sam: just if you have a moment for the small matter of your obligations as one adult human being among equally real others 20 Jul 2026, 20:51, Sam: one can see from low earth orbit that middle age is going to be very hard for you 20 Jul 2026, 20:55, Sam: i swear to god i will send this message via every single fucking person you know if you ignore me any longer, Damien, and do not even dare to do this "scared" / "harassment" shit 20 Jul 2026, 20:55, Sam: i have known you for 12 years and if I have sent too many messages it is because YOU HAVE SENT TOO FEW 20 Jul 2026, 20:55, Sam: i shouldn't have needed to send two 20 Jul 2026, 20:56, Sam: but if you want to play this game then no, i am not going to let you ignore and whinge your way out of adulthood 20 Jul 2026, 20:56, Sam: it is fucking disgraceful 20 Jul 2026, 20:57, Sam: how dare you wrong me and how dare you then make me responsible for the emotional fucking drama and histrionics of your own guilt 20 Jul 2026, 20:57, Sam: what are you? 3 years old? 20 Jul 2026, 20:57, Sam: are you actually Ubu? 20 Jul 2026, 20:58, Sam: are you a civilised adult in a country full of other people, or are you some sort of king of a private country in your head, with diplomatic immunity from court summons and so forth? 20 Jul 2026, 21:04, Sam: it's funny, isn't it, that you have spent these whole two months simultaneously refusing to apologise and also demanding apologies for telling others about the behaviour that you refuse to apologise for 20 Jul 2026, 21:04, Sam: how exactly did I ever take that seriously 20 Jul 2026, 21:06, Sam: anyway, I say this just to note that you are still trying to defend Oli's lies until the very end, until you are quite sure they can no longer stand 20 Jul 2026, 21:06, Sam: you have known me for 12 years 20 Jul 2026, 21:06, Sam: I comforted you and was your friend when Tim was cheating on you 20 Jul 2026, 21:07, Sam: you came to me the other day for reassurance, apparently unable to get it from either Oli or money, and I was your friend again, even while you were not being mine 20 Jul 2026, 21:07, Sam: your entitlement, like Oli's, is staggering to me, as is your treachery 20 Jul 2026, 21:08, Sam: you seem to regard me as an idiot for trusting you (again, much like Oli's view of these things) 20 Jul 2026, 21:09, Sam: i am not an idiot, i just try to be decent even to those who don't deserve decency and don't give it to me (there is a limit, as Oli has seen, but i don't like to cross it) 20 Jul 2026, 21:09, Sam: you seem to confuse charity with weakness 20 Jul 2026, 21:10, Sam: as, again, Oli does 20 Jul 2026, 21:12, Sam: what is this going to take? parents? Eimhear? Alex Camm? Edward? others? fuck knows - I seem to find that a scattergun approach works with Oli, because I never know exactly whose opinion he currently cares about / relies on 20 Jul 2026, 21:12, Sam: e.g. on January 14th it was your opinion/awareness that troubled him, presumably because you knew about the Cherny side of the story - I wouldn't have expected that and had to try it to find out 20 Jul 2026, 21:13, Sam: i will take the same approach with you if you are incapable of eventual decency without forcing me to go to these fucking lengths to extract it from you 20 Jul 2026, 21:13, Sam: i am so fucking furious at this 20 Jul 2026, 21:13, Sam: you have put me through enough and you owe me an account of yourself 20 Jul 2026, 21:13, Sam: PARTICULARLY after telling me I owed you an apology, that you would email the Chernys and I would have to apologise to you, etc 20 Jul 2026, 21:14, Sam: did you think that was going to work? that I would maybe just forget about it, comforted by your show of willingness? 20 Jul 2026, 21:14, Sam: and then you could just hum along happily and lyingly as I was prosecuted on false pretences? 20 Jul 2026, 21:14, Sam: nice plan 20 Jul 2026, 21:14, Sam: doesn't cope very well with someone who is rude enough to take you at face value and call your bluff 20 Jul 2026, 21:15, Sam: ANSWER ME 20 Jul 2026, 21:15, Sam: I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO FUCKING WAIT, Damien 20 Jul 2026, 21:15, Sam: this has gone on fucking LONG ENOUGH 20 Jul 2026, 21:15, Sam: FOR FUCK'S SAKE 20 Jul 2026, 21:16, Sam: I am not an angry fucking person and I am not ordinarily like this - I have been arrested calmly and wrongly four times now, and have not engaged in the conventional cell-door-banging ritual etc - but I have a limit and you have gone too far 20 Jul 2026, 21:16, Sam: you owe me an account, and if you do not give me one then I will do to you the reputational equivalent of what Achilles did to Hector 20 Jul 2026, 21:17, Sam: and you will regret answering me later instead of now or earlier 20 Jul 2026, 21:17, Sam: so help me God 20 Jul 2026, 21:20, Sam: i am taking your refusal to contradict my email as an admission, and i will share it as such with everyone whom you have ever so much as passed in the street and given a slight upward nod of human acknowledgement 20 Jul 2026, 21:21, Sam: if you had not done what I allege that you have done, then you would not let the allegation stand, and that inference becomes stronger the longer you let it stand, which you will 20 Jul 2026, 21:23, Sam: you have conspired to have me falsely prosecuted, and you have then had the gall to fucking sniff at me and pass judgement on my every little reaction to it 20 Jul 2026, 21:24, Sam: you subterranean fucking civilisationally challenged arthropod creature, you Thersites, you rat, you pabesin, who the fuck do you think you are 20 Jul 2026, 21:25, Sam: the only difference between you and the frozen traitors in Cocytus is that they, if I correctly recall my Dante, had _shame_ 20 Jul 2026, 21:26, Sam: whereas you have read receipts and little screenshot messages when finally your co-conspirator is shown to have lied to you about some tiny fucking little thing 20 Jul 2026, 21:26, Sam: how dare you finally care only about that 20 Jul 2026, 21:26, Sam: where the fuck is your fucking Catholic guilt now 20 Jul 2026, 21:26, Sam: would be fucking handy 20 Jul 2026, 21:26, Sam: is it guilt or is it just non-specific self-indulgence? 20 Jul 2026, 21:27, Sam: because guilt apologises, and this does not 20 Jul 2026, 21:27, Sam: you think you're in hell and shouldn't be there - that is different from thinking you're not and should 20 Jul 2026, 21:28, Sam: what a fucking friend you have been, Damien 20 Jul 2026, 21:28, Sam: apparently being a friend consists of shouting over me and reality that you've been one 20 Jul 2026, 21:28, Sam: well at least i can scream abuse at you over the internet 20 Jul 2026, 21:28, Sam: this is fucking cathartic, at least 20 Jul 2026, 21:29, Sam: at least you no longer have the impudence to defend yourself 20 Jul 2026, 21:29, Sam: thank god for small mercies, eh? 20 Jul 2026, 21:29, Sam: i can just treat this page as /dev/rage 20 Jul 2026, 21:35, Sam: you know, even Edmund tries to do something decent at the end of the play 20 Jul 2026, 21:36, Sam: you seriously expect to get away with doing the wrong thing for as long as you can get away with it 20 Jul 2026, 21:36, Sam: and then, I bet, coming to me and saying "waaah, but I had emotions about it, don't you know?" 20 Jul 2026, 21:37, Sam: "won't you subordinate your liberty to my having of _emotions_? why are you so _unfair_?" 20 Jul 2026, 21:38, Sam: and then you think that that constitutes victimhood rather than complete and majestic solipsism 20 Jul 2026, 21:38, Sam: fucking ridiculous 20 Jul 2026, 21:38, Sam: where were you when i had feelings about what you fucking did to me? 20 Jul 2026, 21:38, Sam: you were sneering at me 20 Jul 2026, 21:38, Sam: and that is where you will find me, Damien, old fucking friend 20 Jul 2026, 21:39, Sam: feeling as much pity for you as you gave and deserve 20 Jul 2026, 21:39, Sam: and yet I know I am still going to be subjected to this demand to genuflect to your sad feelings about what you did 20 Jul 2026, 21:40, Sam: those sad feelings are called _moral emotions_, and you should feel them, and i hope it might do you some good 20 Jul 2026, 21:40, Sam: guilt, shame, repentance, the whole menagerie 20 Jul 2026, 21:41, Sam: 'negativity', I think you have called them 20 Jul 2026, 21:41, Sam: well, you will feel negativity, and you will understand some fraction of how you made me feel, but in your case it will be deserved and in my case it was obscenely not 20 Jul 2026, 21:43, Sam: if I were as much of an asshole as you, i would call you mentally ill and try to have you doubt your sanity etc etc, but i am not a recreational asshole and i don't need to confect a reason for your shame 20 Jul 2026, 21:46, Sam: if I were you and I were accused publicly of what I accuse you of, I would defend my good name 20 Jul 2026, 21:46, Sam: but then I suppose I have one 20 Jul 2026, 21:48, Sam: i will take great pleasure in deservedly spreading the word of what you have done, and the allegations of which you can no longer muster a denial 20 Jul 2026, 21:50, Sam: i will spread them with the glee of Dante bringing back gossip from Hell 20 Jul 2026, 21:56, Sam: you have previously responded angrily to these exact accusations 20 Jul 2026, 21:56, Sam: you no longer are 20 Jul 2026, 21:57, Sam: i take that as an admission unless you can tell me *and the Chernys* that I am wrong and that you have not knowingly falsified the reality of my and Oli's relationship in order to have me wrongly convicted of something I did not do 20 Jul 2026, 21:58, Sam: if this were not true, you would have the mother of all libel cases against me, at this point, but you don't, do you? 20 Jul 2026, 21:58, Sam: let's see how far I have to take this before you explain yourself to me 20 Jul 2026, 21:59, Sam: just documenting for the record that you were online 2 minutes ago, roughly when I started typing 20 Jul 2026, 21:59, Sam: 20 Jul 2026, 21:59, Sam: before running away from me again 20 Jul 2026, 22:00, Sam: you rat, snake, dog, and general hybrid of disreputable crawling animals 20 Jul 2026, 22:01, Sam: kunes kai oionoi kata panta dasontai 20 Jul 2026, 23:04, Sam: the existence of truth and falsehood and external reality is neat, isn't it? 20 Jul 2026, 23:04, Sam: and how it sometimes enters into the law 20 Jul 2026, 23:05, Sam: it turns out you can't just say whatever outrageous lies are useful to you 21 Jul 2026, 01:31, Sam: are you just going to let this stand forever, then? 21 Jul 2026, 01:31, Sam: or until the trial, at which point I suppose it gets worse and better evidenced? 21 Jul 2026, 01:33, Sam: or even when I receive disclosure from my dear old prosecution, who have already missed their deadline (which I had privately nicknamed Casemas and eagerly awaited, to the point of observing Casemas Eve) by 5 days 21 Jul 2026, 01:35, Sam: by my count, we are currently on the sixth day of Casemas, so well past the partridge and the turtle doves and all that shit 21 Jul 2026, 01:39, Sam: I regard it as quite extraordinary rudeness that you are still deciding to ignore me, having read my messages 21 Jul 2026, 01:40, Sam: I suppose you plan to come to me asking for gentleness and concern in my account of you, once you are absolutely convinced there is no prospect of lying about me instead 21 Jul 2026, 01:41, Sam: does moral appeal carry any weight at all with you? 21 Jul 2026, 01:41, Sam: are you offended to be called a liar and unworthy of trust? 21 Jul 2026, 01:41, Sam: are you offended to be called a perjurer? 21 Jul 2026, 01:42, Sam: does it upset you to be someone who presented yourself as my friend, while lying both about and to me and hoping I wouldn't find out and that you could have me imprisoned for it? 21 Jul 2026, 01:44, Sam: did it upset you when I was distraught to the point of seriously contemplating permanent exit, less out of weepiness but out of protest at the absolute obscenity of the picture of me that you and Oli have conspired to paint? 21 Jul 2026, 01:44, Sam: did it upset you when I was distraught to the point of seriously contemplating permanent exit, less out of weepiness than out of protest at the absolute obscenity of the picture of me that you and Oli have conspired to paint? (edited) 21 Jul 2026, 01:44, Sam: no? 21 Jul 2026, 01:44, Sam: no 21 Jul 2026, 01:45, Sam: so do not fucking come to me (why do I say this? I know you will) asking for me to pity you and spare you the humiliation of confronting what you have done 21 Jul 2026, 01:45, Sam: do not come to me and ask for yourself what you asked for Oli last week, that I spare him the hurt feelings of being known to have done what he has in fact done 21 Jul 2026, 01:46, Sam: you fucking ... actually, there is nothing in the animal kingdom that I would liken to you 21 Jul 2026, 01:46, Sam: you are just a sorry disgrace 21 Jul 2026, 02:11, Sam: could I ask you, the next time you draft anything to send to the prosecution, to maybe include a post-it note asking them to send us the further disclosure materials that are already quite rudely late (rude to the court, let alone us)? 21 Jul 2026, 02:12, Sam: this appears to be something of a known problem: https://www.efbw.co.uk/site/blog/efbw-blog/case-management-in-the-magistrates-court-a-sham 21 Jul 2026, 02:16, Sam: and also to refrain, ideally, from trying to communicate with one another in ways that you think, rightly or wrongly, aren't preserved by applicable court orders 21 Jul 2026, 02:17, Sam: and, when in applicable holes, to please stop digging 21 Jul 2026, 06:33, Sam: I should emphasise how extremely stupid and frustrating I find this attitude that to say Oli has done something wrong is to say that he is irredeemable 21 Jul 2026, 06:34, Sam: It is not, and if you had said much earlier that he had done something wrong and should put it right and stop digging, then he might have avoided ending up in this position 21 Jul 2026, 06:36, Sam: You seem to think you are helping him by doing this - you have not helped him, he is not in a better position, one does not prosper by living like this, and I would appreciate it if you could stop encouraging him to and start behaving, and encouraging him to behave, like a civilised person, rather than someone who thinks that the best way to get through life is to lie, cheat, whinge, and expect everyone else to carry you 21 Jul 2026, 06:45, Sam: I would also appreciate it if you could tell the Chernys the truth, because I do not like having these recordings of Oli up on the internet 21 Jul 2026, 06:45, Sam: I think it is shameful that you have left me to choose between that and wrongful prosecution rather than tell the truth 21 Jul 2026, 07:15, Sam: 21 Jul 2026, 07:15, Sam: 21 Jul 2026, 07:16, Sam: 21 Jul 2026, 07:17, Sam: It is as though people were disposable single-use gadgets without replaceable batteries, rather than primates with cortexes that are capable of learning from experience, including moral and social experience and the responses of other people 21 Jul 2026, 07:18, Sam: Oli is not just made this way - he is made this way by you, and you have taken a clear stance in support of this behaviour rather than against it, and that has been the wrong stance and has harmed him 21 Jul 2026, 07:21, Sam: What position would he be in if you had spoken to him two months ago as a moral person rather than a defective animatronic dinosaur that can only be right or worthless and abandoned? 21 Jul 2026, 07:23, Sam: What position would he be in if you had told him to finally do the right thing, *much too late*, on May 27th, instead of what he has now done with your help and connivance and deleted messages? 21 Jul 2026, 07:24, Sam: I thought these letters my grandma wrote to/about me as a baby might help establish the fact that I am a real person who exists: https://baby-sam.swhra.uk/ 21 Jul 2026, 07:25, Sam: Maybe you can reflect on what you and Oli have done 21 Jul 2026, 07:26, Sam: I have been a friend to you when you have needed one, while you have let me down and then patted yourself on the back for being a strategic genius in doing so 21 Jul 2026, 07:26, Sam: And then asked for my trust again, and again and again and again, like someone mashing a button and confused at why it no longer works 21 Jul 2026, 07:27, Sam: "Mash the 'trust' button, mash the 'tell off' button, behave appallingly, mash the 'moral norms' button, reject moral norms, ???, profit" 21 Jul 2026, 07:29, Sam: "Fuck you, friend of 12 years, I will lie about you to the police, I don't owe you an explanation, good luck getting me into a courtroom, but please help me when I fall over and please don't say anything unflattering but true about me to others, or else I will complain about how dare you do that" 21 Jul 2026, 07:30, Sam: Anyway, at this point I am not appealing to morality any more, because that has been tried and failed - I am just spelling out consequences, and that I am not going to listen to moral complaints about those consequences that assume you are entitled to the status of a friend 21 Jul 2026, 07:41, Sam: I expect probably I will have to learn the full story from your Instagram and WhatsApp logs 21 Jul 2026, 07:41, Sam: But that day is fast approaching 21 Jul 2026, 07:44, Sam: I expect it will be as squalid as everything else I have learned about how the two of you have behaved 21 Jul 2026, 07:44, Sam: We have issued a preservation request for general social media stuff, incidentally, on account of what you said about sharing videos of my arrest 21 Jul 2026, 07:45, Sam: I expect that too will turn up some rotten and miserable stuff that doesn't bear thinking about 21 Jul 2026, 07:46, Sam: In the meantime, you have not responded to my follow-ups and follow-ups and follow-ups for several days 21 Jul 2026, 07:46, Sam: You have previously responded angrily to these same allegations 21 Jul 2026, 07:48, Sam: So I take your present silence to be an admission that you can no longer deny it, and that it is true 21 Jul 2026, 07:49, Sam: And as you have given up on denying it, I think you - to borrow your own words - owe me an apology 21 Jul 2026, 07:49, Sam: I don't at all expect you to have the honour to give me one or to confront what you have done 21 Jul 2026, 07:50, Sam: But I will at least tell your family and friends that you think this is ok 21 Jul 2026, 07:51, Sam: I am fucking sick of having to do this shit 21 Jul 2026, 07:51, Sam: I should not have to do this for you or for Oli (much as I love him) to act like fucking civilised adults, for christ's sake 21 Jul 2026, 07:57, Sam: I really can't believe that I have allowed you to lecture me as if you were the adult in the room, when I am the only one of us who has been remotely adult 21 Jul 2026, 07:58, Sam: I have accepted what I have done wrong, and I have stood by the truth, and asked nothing more than that you do the same - instead you have lied and behaved like spoiled brats 21 Jul 2026, 07:59, Sam: You realise people work and set aside food and housing for the police so that they can keep people safe? It is shitty behaviour (yet more thereof) to tell lies about people and waste the police's time when you are not unsafe and not the victim of a crime 21 Jul 2026, 08:00, Sam: You appear still to think it is ok to smugly ignore my messages 21 Jul 2026, 08:00, Sam: oh, fuck it 21 Jul 2026, 08:00, Sam: ok 21 Jul 2026, 08:01, Sam: parents 21 Jul 2026, 08:01, Sam: i give up on moral appeals 21 Jul 2026, 08:32, Sam: aw, unbelievably pretty boy (i will resume the punishment stuff shortly, but god he is beautiful) 21 Jul 2026, 08:32, Sam: 21 Jul 2026, 10:02, Sam: In fact why don't we set up a call with *my* family 21 Jul 2026, 10:02, Sam: My family and perhaps the Chernys, if any of them are willing 21 Jul 2026, 10:03, Sam: And you can explain there what you are choosing to do, since you're so worried that I myself am irrational or mentally ill 21 Jul 2026, 10:12, Sam: I will ask my mum to reach out to the Cherny mum, since mums seem to have a magical power to reach out to mums 21 Jul 2026, 10:12, Sam: And since this has all gone too far, and I have tried my best on my own 21 Jul 2026, 10:15, Sam: I can't seem to find your family, unfortunately, at least not so far, but I can try harder if need be, if you run away from talking to mine and the Chernys 21 Jul 2026, 10:17, Sam: Actually there's also Oli's family we could loop in, since my dad now seems to be great friends with bloody Antonia, for whatever reason 21 Jul 2026, 10:18, Sam: A Summit of the Families to get to the bottom of what is going on in a sensible way, which I really don't think will take terribly long, and might avoid the silliness of waiting six months for a two-day court hearing 21 Jul 2026, 10:19, Sam: I am seeing my family this evening so I will propose it then - I am just sick to death of dealing with this shit from you, and I do not think this situation should be so fucking tedious to iron out 21 Jul 2026, 16:45, Sam: ???? 22 Jul 2026, 01:51, Sam: ???!?!!??!?! 22 Jul 2026, 01:52, Sam: do you think after everything you have said to me, after all that you have asked me to trust you, you might owe me the courtesy of explaining yourself? 22 Jul 2026, 01:53, Sam: or was your plan just to string me along as long as you could and then disappear? 22 Jul 2026, 01:53, Sam: what a friend you have been 22 Jul 2026, 01:53, Sam: marvellous stuff 22 Jul 2026, 02:04, Sam: by the way, dramatic vitriol aside, I am deeply hurt by what you have done 22 Jul 2026, 02:04, Sam: you were the one witness to the truth, the one person I could rely on, and you refused to tell it, leaving me to be prosecuted 22 Jul 2026, 02:05, Sam: i will never forgive your treachery and i will never let anyone forget it 22 Jul 2026, 02:06, Sam: you betrayed me, you chose to lie and to be a traitor to your friend, and then you insulted me and called me mentally ill 22 Jul 2026, 02:06, Sam: and then had the gall to come to me and cry about Martin 22 Jul 2026, 02:10, Sam: you repeatedly told me not to trust reason and my senses 22 Jul 2026, 02:11, Sam: I thought what Oli had said to Peter de Havilland (who is prescribed olanzapine, i.e. almost certainly he has a schizophrenia diagnosis) was shameful enough 22 Jul 2026, 02:11, Sam: now I know why you weren't shocked by any of it 22 Jul 2026, 02:11, Sam: what the fuck is fucking wrong with you fucking people, for god's sake 22 Jul 2026, 02:13, Sam: auri sacra fames 22 Jul 2026, 02:13, Sam: was i right in what i said at Bond St? 22 Jul 2026, 02:14, Sam: at what point do you observe some limits of decency in your sack of the world for whatever loose change can be scraped up? 22 Jul 2026, 02:15, Sam: i mean, for fuck's sake, i was your friend, how *dare* you do this for me just for a few quid 22 Jul 2026, 02:15, Sam: you've sold your souls, you people, and you haven't even got a good fucking price for them 22 Jul 2026, 02:17, Sam: might as well call Divy's parents' servants rich 22 Jul 2026, 02:17, Sam: because they live in Mayfair 22 Jul 2026, 02:18, Sam: selling yourself to rich people in wildly precarious and miserable arrangements is not the same as prosperity, is it?, or else you'd be able to bring the person you love home 22 Jul 2026, 02:18, Sam: anyway, I won't say any more, but what a fucking squalid showing yet again, Damien 22 Jul 2026, 02:19, Sam: thank you for the influence you have had on the precious boy i love 22 Jul 2026, 02:20, Sam: thank you for standing up for lies, whoring, and perjury rather than conscience and your friends 22 Jul 2026, 02:33, Sam: actually, that is unfair to the decent majority of whores, most of whom whore out parts of their body, not every last remaining dreg of their soul 22 Jul 2026, 02:41, Sam: if you do not answer me, I will bloody well put up posters with your face on them 22 Jul 2026, 02:42, Sam: I am done with this shit 22 Jul 2026, 02:42, Sam: do not think that you can do this and then merrily ignore me and move on to the next person 22 Jul 2026, 02:42, Sam: i will fucking haunt you, Damien 22 Jul 2026, 02:42, Sam: you do not swear friendship, swear that you're telling the truth, lie through your teeth, and then ignore me 22 Jul 2026, 02:43, Sam: in almost all previous ages somebody like you would be dealt with swiftly and irreversibly 22 Jul 2026, 02:44, Sam: swearing an oath meant something, and to do so dishonestly was almost inconceivable 22 Jul 2026, 02:44, Sam: but now i suppose we let scum fester 22 Jul 2026, 02:45, Sam: well, fair enough, i don't have the energy or the wish to do you harm myself, though I wouldn't shed a tear if there were a law that did so 22 Jul 2026, 02:46, Sam: i don't know how you live with the knowledge that that is the kind of person you are 22 Jul 2026, 02:46, Sam: i might go to prison, but prison is better than shame of that kind 22 Jul 2026, 02:47, Sam: you can do many things to me, but you can't make me a rat like you 22 Jul 2026, 02:50, Sam: 22 Jul 2026, 02:50, Sam: you are still ignoring me 22 Jul 2026, 02:51, Sam: this is not only profoundly insulting and disgraceful, it is also, I think, confirmation that what i am saying is true and you can no longer muster an argument against it 22 Jul 2026, 02:51, Sam: no more "rah rah rah you are mad and you owe me an apology" 22 Jul 2026, 02:51, Sam: instead _you_ owe _me_ an apology 22 Jul 2026, 02:52, Sam: but don't worry, I don't expect apologies from scum like you 22 Jul 2026, 02:52, Sam: no, the way to do things is just to ignore the people you grievously wronged 22 Jul 2026, 02:53, Sam: the shame of what you have done will weigh on your lineal descendants if you ever have any, which i hope for their sake you do not 22 Jul 2026, 02:54, Sam: it is the kind of thing I would be ashamed to know any grandfather of mine had done 22 Jul 2026, 02:54, Sam: there aren't many rules so very extraordinarily basic as: you don't use somebody's faith in you against him 22 Jul 2026, 02:55, Sam: it is the sort of thing that marks you as barely belonging to the species 22 Jul 2026, 02:55, Sam: degenerate conduct 22 Jul 2026, 15:36, Sam: Why did you lie about having asked Oli at the start of the year why he told me he was Albanian, and his having admitted to you that he had?: https://youtu.be/v8x0R-rlTC0?si=-p7Boqjio1M3m6er&t=1520 He had not admitted to you that he said that, at that point. He told me explicitly – in the tone of somehow having done me a favour, or long-sufferingly dealt with some problem he didn't deserve – that he had explained it to you by saying that I was mad and had made it up. That is why he was still denying it at the start of the group chats in early April: https://groups.chats.swhra.uk/#msg-1776290244769-112 Only after I responded by sending the full record of our conversation, which he had perhaps expected I would decline on principle to share even as he lied about what it contained – yet again, sword and shield, _what does he expect?_ – that he finally stopped denying it. 22 Jul 2026, 15:37, Sam: So why did you lie to me that you had obtained an explanation back in January? Why? Why have you lied your way through all of this to excuse Oli's lies and Oli's abuse of me? 22 Jul 2026, 15:37, Sam: Is it just that you are extraordinarily craven and desperate for his approval? 22 Jul 2026, 15:37, Sam: Or Is it some other kind of thing? I genuinely don't know 22 Jul 2026, 15:51, Sam: I am going to go through the bloody Facebook account recovery flow to get back into my account, and I am going to repeat, Damien, my public question to you again, in the presence of all of the friends we have in common 22 Jul 2026, 15:53, Sam: _Our community_, that is, the thing that we exist within, the thing that stops people from merely circulating through the world asking people earnestly for their trust, using them, and then discarding and ignoring them 22 Jul 2026, 15:54, Sam: Which is what you are trying to do to me, having _sworn_ to me that you weren't lying to me, having asked me to trust you, having said "I'm your friend, Sam!" and so forth 22 Jul 2026, 15:54, Sam: If you have no shame, then have no shame standing by what you've done in front of everyone else you may later ask for trust from 22 Jul 2026, 15:55, Sam: Let's do some credit referencing 22 Jul 2026, 15:56, Sam: Did you ever watch the Traitors, on the BBC? I watched it with my family, and I find it remarkable how they under-weight the proof value of parrhesia, of people speaking earnestly from the heart, saying "please believe me, I am telling the truth" in that raw voice which one only uses when one is pleading to be believed 22 Jul 2026, 15:58, Sam: The contestants on that show seem to think that liars will use that voice too – they won't, not even for prize money, not most people, because once you spend that reserve of trust falsely, it is spent forever and it is not easily recoverable, and you go through the rest of your life being known as someone who would do that, and who consequently can't be trusted even if they plead for trust 22 Jul 2026, 16:01, Sam: The only people who use that voice deceitfully are junkies on the street 22 Jul 2026, 16:01, Sam: And of course you and Oli 22 Jul 2026, 16:02, Sam: Anyway, I will make sure you are known to have done it, Damien, and known to have either helped Oli lie to the police about me or else at the very least stood by knowingly as he did, while telling me "good luck getting me into a courtroom lol" 22 Jul 2026, 16:04, Sam: Having mysteriously deleted your messages from that night, and told me that you don't remember what was discussed between Oli's first statement at midnight and his second the next day, and that it "looks very susp" and that you "can't explain it" (which, yes, it does, and no, you can't) 22 Jul 2026, 16:06, Sam: My lawyer has filed a preservation request with Meta and it is my understanding that we might have recovered those messages, or at least others – I don't really have the exact details but I am meeting with him next week – in any case it is the court or the Crown who have custody of them until the trial, not us, but at trial all this stuff _will_ come out 22 Jul 2026, 16:06, Sam: That will be on January 15th 22 Jul 2026, 16:07, Sam: Until then, I am now confident enough to accuse you publicly, and you seem to have lost all the confidence and indignation with which you previously disputed any such allegation even privately in this chat ("how dare you?", "you owe me an apology" etc - staggering you had the gall, really) 22 Jul 2026, 16:09, Sam: Let me know when you are ready to give me the almost incomprehensibly profuse and grovelling apology that you owe me 22 Jul 2026, 16:10, Sam: Though 'apology' feels too weak a word - 'abject plea for forgiveness' is maybe a better term 22 Jul 2026, 16:12, Sam: At any rate a moral reckoning with this, rather than the arrogance of thinking you can simply ignore me, discard me, somehow avoid the fact that we are both members of a community, and move on to your next mark 22 Jul 2026, 18:34, Sam: Are you still hiding? 22 Jul 2026, 18:34, Sam: You fucking rat 22 Jul 2026, 18:35, Sam: Abyssal oceanfloor-dwelling decaying-carcass-scavenging scum 22 Jul 2026, 18:36, Sam: I will see to it that your name is as dirt as you are 22 Jul 2026, 20:29, Sam: If you are not going to answer - appallingly - I will pick apart the transcripts of our calls the other day and I will figure out from your incompetent lies what your role has actually been 22 Jul 2026, 20:29, Sam: while resenting the fact that you, who owe me the truth and owed me it a long fucking time ago, are making me do this rather than belatedly doing the decent thing 22 Jul 2026, 20:31, Sam: also sooner or later i will find and loop in your family, which is really far from impossible and i have archived the requisite social media stuff to fish through but i cba right now to risk accidentally emailing the wrong person 22 Jul 2026, 20:32, Sam: i am also going to buy some new domains in case anyone has been induced to filter away my emails 22 Jul 2026, 20:33, Sam: i was going to promise you that I am not going to give up, but on reflection i don't think you can seriously convince yourself that there is any universe in which that is likely 22 Jul 2026, 20:34, Sam: i will stop when the full truth is understood by me and everyone else 22 Jul 2026, 20:51, Sam: ah, I see Sam Cherny's sister (who is still one of my most recent Instagram chats) has changed her photo to one clearly taken in that house 22 Jul 2026, 20:52, Sam: so that settles that question, then - it is indeed their family home, which Oli did indeed misrepresent to me as somewhere he lived with Sam Cherny, Oliver Riannon, and on one occasion a third person named Chris (no surname) though he was never mentioned again, rather than with the Cherny family 22 Jul 2026, 21:36, Sam: "remanded in custody", you said at the end of one of our calls the other day 22 Jul 2026, 21:36, Sam: "I don't want you to be remanded in custody until January" 22 Jul 2026, 21:38, Sam: interesting choice of words, where most normal English speakers would reflexively say "I don't want you to go to prison" (yes I know it's more gaol than prison, but that is the way a child and someone speaking naturally would articulate the thought, and it's how, say, my aunt put it) 22 Jul 2026, 21:39, Sam: I am not going to be "remanded in custody", by the way, Damien, I'm afraid, but thank you for going to the trouble of familiarising yourself with the vocabulary 22 Jul 2026, 21:43, Sam: though, if I were, I would already have all the material available online so I can refer my solicitor to it and so anyone else who wants to see it can see it, which I suppose might not have been the case had I been "remanded in custody" earlier on 22 Jul 2026, 21:43, Sam: from that I will take the lesson to be that I should make sure absolutely everything is published 22 Jul 2026, 21:44, Sam: because one can't rely on things such as friends 22 Jul 2026, 22:05, Sam: hi, i just wanted to check if you had managed to find words or shame yet? 22 Jul 2026, 22:05, Sam: any shame at what you have done? 22 Jul 2026, 22:06, Sam: any desire to apologise now that you can no longer get away with telling me that I should? 22 Jul 2026, 22:06, Sam: any late-emerging sign of human decency, or just emptiness? 22 Jul 2026, 22:06, Sam: would you like to explain what the fuck you thought you were doing, and why? 22 Jul 2026, 22:07, Sam: why did you plan to have me put in prison based on lies, Damien? 22 Jul 2026, 22:07, Sam: WHY DID YOU PLAN TO HAVE ME PUT IN PRISON BASED ON LIES? 22 Jul 2026, 22:08, Sam: I really feel that this is THE SORT OF MESSAGE THAT ONE FUCKING ANSWERS 22 Jul 2026, 22:11, Sam: do you perhaps, Damien, old friend, think that this is going to go away on its own, and that I am going to regain my composure without justice because of your benevolent emotional-therapeutic counsel to do so? if you think that, Damien, I will gladly tell you exactly and anatomically what you can do with that particular thought 22 Jul 2026, 22:18, Sam: i will make this so socially ruinous for you that you will bitterly regret that you chose for reasons of social benefit to do what was wrong and false rather than what was true and right 22 Jul 2026, 22:18, Sam: on that note, I am pleased to see that some of the Threads people (who knew there were Threads people?!) are starting to browse the YouTube stuff 22 Jul 2026, 22:20, Sam: it won't be a dramatic tidal wave of vindication, it will be a profusion of whispers - please remember that for the rest of your life whenever you ask yourself why somebody seemed not to like or trust you 22 Jul 2026, 22:22, Sam: I would sooner be a murderer than a perjurer, to be quite frank 22 Jul 2026, 22:24, Sam: and a traitor to your friend 22 Jul 2026, 22:24, Sam: i am so fucking disgusted at all of this 22 Jul 2026, 22:24, Sam: i don't know how you can live with yourself 22 Jul 2026, 22:25, Sam: if i were you i wouldn't 22 Jul 2026, 22:25, Sam: but that's not advice and it's not like you are troubled by moral advice anyway 22 Jul 2026, 22:29, Sam: how bad is the answer? bad enough that emailing your parents won't do the trick? 22 Jul 2026, 22:29, Sam: if I don't get an answer soon then I will start testing it by social pain 22 Jul 2026, 22:30, Sam: i am going to the shops 22 Jul 2026, 22:30, Sam: i will call you on here when i get back 22 Jul 2026, 22:30, Sam: answer 22 Jul 2026, 22:31, Sam: I am fucking done with this shit, Damien, and you owe me a hell of a lot more than this 23 Jul 2026, 00:52, Sam: You started an audio call 23 Jul 2026, 00:52, Audio call ended 23 Jul 2026, 01:10, Sam: You started an audio call 23 Jul 2026, 01:11, Audio call ended 23 Jul 2026, 01:14, Sam: I am deeply not impressed 23 Jul 2026, 01:14, Sam: and have asked Jamison to ask you to get in touch, for starters, and if need be will ask others, or ask others to ask others 23 Jul 2026, 01:15, Sam: you do not do this, read my messages, screenshot some of them, blank me, and think that is ok 23 Jul 2026, 02:22, Sam: You started an audio call 23 Jul 2026, 02:23, Audio call ended 23 Jul 2026, 02:24, Sam: I am not happy with this, Damien 23 Jul 2026, 02:26, Sam: To be clear, since it's 2:30am, I called you because I saw you had been online 5 minutes earlier, as reflected by my recording (since I have written code to make it possible to record Instagram calls or any other kind of contact I might ever have with you that you might lie about as well): 23 Jul 2026, 02:27, Sam: 23 Jul 2026, 02:30, Sam: Are you going to ignore Jamison too? And ignore social media posts? Ignore Eimhear, maybe, or Edward, or whoever else? Everyone? Did you think this could just be isolated into me – that I would be the sacrifice, the scapegoat sent out to bear away everyone else's sins? 23 Jul 2026, 03:00, Sam: Why do you think this is ok? 23 Jul 2026, 03:07, Sam: I am just about willing to half-believe that Oli had lied to you about his relationship with Sam Cherny, and that only recently did you realise that was a lie (as well as the bloody IRA thing, and the Albanian/brothel/etc stuff, and whatever else) 23 Jul 2026, 03:09, Sam: But that depends on you clearing it up now, in response to that recognition, and not later after trying to make the lie work anyway 23 Jul 2026, 03:24, Sam: And it has been a fortnight since I sent my first email to the Chernys - since then, at the very latest, you have known 23 Jul 2026, 03:26, Sam: In the only reply you ever sent, you fucking SHAMEFULLY tried to get out of giving a true account by answering the only question you could safely answer and then insinuating that I was harassing you (i.e. "be careful or I might get you locked up for asking these questions") - in fact you had come to me saying you were innocent and that I owed you an apology, I had said "sure, if you can give the same account to the Chernys that you have given to me", and you welcomed that and said you would 23 Jul 2026, 03:27, Sam: What do you think any decent person should think of that, Damien, or of your many attempts to call me mad, excessive, etc, for telling the truth about you and Oli, while you are presumably non-mad and non-excessive for lying to have me criminally prosecuted? 23 Jul 2026, 03:29, Sam: I am mad for defending myself against criminal charges and believing what the CPS says in its case file, apparently, while you and Oli are totally sane, normal, shoot-from-the-hip guys, nothing at all to see there (cf Albania, human trafficking, IRA, "he had it corrected", etc) 23 Jul 2026, 03:31, Sam: Or, alternatively, I am mad for being angry about this, because of course a normal person would be entirely unruffled, like water off a duck's back - there's nothing people love more than infidelity and wrongful prosecution 23 Jul 2026, 03:33, Sam: Or indeed the denial of objective reality by everyone they might have hoped they could rely on, and every witness to the truth 23 Jul 2026, 03:35, Sam: Human beings are notoriously calm about these things 23 Jul 2026, 03:43, Sam: You started an audio call 23 Jul 2026, 03:44, Audio call ended 23 Jul 2026, 12:58, Sam: You started an audio call 23 Jul 2026, 12:58, Audio call ended 23 Jul 2026, 12:58, Damien: damienwilliamt started an audio call 23 Jul 2026, 12:58, Audio call ended 23 Jul 2026, 12:59, Sam: I can't seem to pick up your call, not sure why 23 Jul 2026, 12:59, Sam: one sec 23 Jul 2026, 12:59, Sam: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83449436027?pwd=TWSaqKPDy9C88KAAbLYXQYRT8yzVIH.1 23 Jul 2026, 13:00, Sam: recording as I always will be regardless of the means of contact, but I will try to be reasonable in how I share it if you want to keep irrelevant bits private 23 Jul 2026, 13:01, Sam: fyi here is what happened with your Instagram call: 23 Jul 2026, 13:02, Sam: 23 Jul 2026, 13:02, Sam: not sure if that is somehow due to my recording code, but, if so, Instagram calls are untenable until I fix my recording code, or else forever 23 Jul 2026, 13:05, Sam: I will wait on this Zoom call: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83449436027?pwd=TWSaqKPDy9C88KAAbLYXQYRT8yzVIH.1 23 Jul 2026, 13:05, Sam: the other week I made it to about nine hours of waiting, which was fun 23 Jul 2026, 13:06, Sam: i'll have to post the audio on YouTube at some point as a sort of John Cage thing 23 Jul 2026, 13:07, Sam: (speaking of which: my old friend Malcolm has the original score for the John Cage silence thing, which I find hilarious, that there is a score) 23 Jul 2026, 13:08, Sam: I think it is conceivable that your part in this has been less bad than the worst possible reading, or at least has been in some way morally intelligible as a sequence, but it is growing less intelligible after 2 weeks and counting in which you have clearly known that Oli has been in a relationship with Sam Cherny and have kept not telling the truth 23 Jul 2026, 13:09, Sam: Are you trying to get me on a call that I can't record? Was that the intention behind calling me on Instagram? 23 Jul 2026, 13:10, Sam: Can you see why I might not want to have a conversation with you that I can't record? You have tried to deny and misrepresent even conversations that *were* recorded 23 Jul 2026, 13:11, Sam: I am being criminally prosecuted, you have shown a willingness to lie and, in particular, to accuse me of harassment, menace, etc - I don't think you can come to me and expect the privilege of speaking off the record 23 Jul 2026, 13:11, Sam: You have done enough of that and it is time to give me an account that you are willing to be known by others to have given me 23 Jul 2026, 13:13, Sam: Am I going to have to wait all day again, Damien? I am meant to be going out and meeting someone, I would be very appreciative if we could do this now rather than more of this bollocks 23 Jul 2026, 13:14, Sam: I think you have done enough of treating me as if I am not owed an explanation and as if my time is infinite and insignificant 23 Jul 2026, 13:15, Sam: This is how I will henceforth explain you to others, haha: 23 Jul 2026, 13:15, Sam: 23 Jul 2026, 13:25, Sam: I am extremely disappointed by this, and will keep trying to call 23 Jul 2026, 13:26, Sam: And keep asking friends why you lied to police to try to have me locked up and now won't explain yourself 23 Jul 2026, 13:27, Sam: Sorry, not lied to police yourself, but supported that whole project of perjury, refused to bear witness to what you knew other than to me privately, and told me "good luck getting me into a courtroom lol" 23 Jul 2026, 13:27, Sam: How you thought any of this was even remotely OK is quite beyond me 23 Jul 2026, 13:27, Damien: damienwilliamt started an audio call 23 Jul 2026, 13:27, Audio call ended 23 Jul 2026, 13:27, Sam: You started an audio call 23 Jul 2026, 13:28, Audio call ended 23 Jul 2026, 13:29, Damien: damienwilliamt started an audio call 23 Jul 2026, 13:29, Audio call ended 23 Jul 2026, 13:30, Sam: Are you on this call? 23 Jul 2026, 13:30, Sam: If so, I can't hear you - not sure what is going on 23 Jul 2026, 13:31, Sam: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87451883997?pwd=lVfG44blfx9gRopVyGTBbYM0FIdkeN.1 23 Jul 2026, 13:33, Sam: Either something is wrong/deliberate at your end, or my call recording code is interfering with Instagram calls, in which case I'm not going to take the Instagram call off the record 23 Jul 2026, 13:33, Sam: It seems you are not willing to join a Zoom call on the record 23 Jul 2026, 13:34, Sam: And I don't think you can seriously ask me to trust you off the record 23 Jul 2026, 13:34, Sam: At this point I am not going to so much as think about you without a dictaphone on 23 Jul 2026, 13:35, Sam: Because, with respect, you have misrepresented the record again and again, including things that *were* recorded but which you presumably hope people won't bother to listen to (e.g. the stuff about Davenport / human trafficking emails) 23 Jul 2026, 13:35, Sam: Or the Facebook group chats about my and Oli's relationship, or your memory of the past few months, or indeed the messages you deleted, which you remembered and remember perfectly well but have lied to me about 23 Jul 2026, 13:37, Sam: This is what happens when you do this stuff: I am not willing to have a conversation that you can lie about and I can't correct you, *particularly* when you have repeatedly threatened to accuse me of harassment-type crimes for asking questions 23 Jul 2026, 13:37, Sam: With due and at this point mostly undue respect, I think it is time for you to tell me a truth that you are willing to stand by having told me 23 Jul 2026, 13:38, Sam: If you are not, then you are telling me that you plan to tell me something that you don't want to admit having told me, and ... well, what the fuck do you expect me to make of that?!?!?! 23 Jul 2026, 13:38, Sam: I mean, for fuck's sake, you cannot go on like this, it has to stop 23 Jul 2026, 13:39, Sam: I am leaving this Zoom call because I expect yet again you are not going to join it and not going to say anything, and I am *not* going to take calls off the record, Damien 23 Jul 2026, 13:43, Sam: I am going to upload these latest messages to damien.chats.swhra.uk and will share this with our friends 23 Jul 2026, 13:43, Sam: Because you are not going to do this to me and remain thought of by others as someone who wouldn't do this to a friend, just out of my politeness and decency which is stratospherically unequal to yours 23 Jul 2026, 13:47, Sam: 23 Jul 2026, 13:47, Sam: Sorry, why have you reacted to this with the 'men wrestling' emoji....? 23 Jul 2026, 13:48, Sam: ??? 23 Jul 2026, 13:48, Sam: 23 Jul 2026, 13:48, Sam: This isn't really funny to me 23 Jul 2026, 13:49, Sam: You and Oli have conspired to perjure yourselves to lie about me to have me sent to prison so I couldn't tell his other boyfriend that he was cheating on him 23 Jul 2026, 13:49, Sam: That is unforgiveable, and this is not a funny joke 23 Jul 2026, 13:50, Sam: If there were things you didn't know, or things you thought you did know but didn't, then you need to say so _now_, or ideally two weeks ago when it became clear that you knew about the Oli-Cherny relationship and yet continued to lie to me about theirs and to them about ours 23 Jul 2026, 13:51, Sam: For two weeks and counting you have plainly been aware and have still tried not to contradict Oli's perjurious account 23 Jul 2026, 13:51, Sam: And not only not to contradict it, but to mislead me about the reality and about his account so I'd be less able to defend myself 23 Jul 2026, 13:52, Sam: Again this is abhorrent and you need to explain yourself, not just send meaningless emoji reacts to my messages 23 Jul 2026, 13:54, Sam: I do not really find this to be an adequate response to what you have done 23 Jul 2026, 13:54, Sam: 23 Jul 2026, 13:55, Sam: But perhaps it is the only response you can give at this point 23 Jul 2026, 13:56, Sam: The response that you really need to give is to the Chernys with me copied in (or to the Chernys and forward it to me if that's easier – the DKIM/attestation aspect is the same either way), now that you plainly know what Oli is telling them 23 Jul 2026, 13:58, Sam: ⏰ 23 Jul 2026, 13:58, Sam: 23 Jul 2026, 13:58, Sam: (to use your preferred emoji style; tr.: "tick tock") 23 Jul 2026, 13:58, Damien: Reacted 💣 to your message 23 Jul 2026, 13:59, Sam: no, not as in a bomb, but as in "it has been two weeks already and your failure to do this has moral and legal significance that is accumulating day by day" 23 Jul 2026, 13:59, Sam: 23 Jul 2026, 14:00, Sam: sorry, for the record, in case my export code fails to capture it or removes the react, this was the message you reacted to 23 Jul 2026, 14:00, Sam: 23 Jul 2026, 14:00, Sam: or [in case] you remove the react*, I meant, sorry 23 Jul 2026, 14:00, Sam: Anyway, I think you have admitted it already, haven't you, by this point, so maybe you can try to explain why you did it 23 Jul 2026, 14:06, Damien: Reacted 👹 to your message 23 Jul 2026, 14:07, Sam: what the fuck is this shit, Damien? 23 Jul 2026, 14:07, Sam: 23 Jul 2026, 14:07, Sam: 23 Jul 2026, 14:08, Sam: You need to explain and you need to explain now 23 Jul 2026, 14:08, Damien: Reacted 🤐 to your message 23 Jul 2026, 14:09, Sam: I can't see what message you laughed at, but I ... I do not even know what to fucking say about this 23 Jul 2026, 14:09, Sam: 23 Jul 2026, 14:09, Sam: I am adding all these messages to the long record of what you have said and done, and I will ask our friends very seriously what they think of this 23 Jul 2026, 14:10, Sam: You seem to have thought that you could get away with doing all of this to me, making me the bearer of everyone's sins, and that nobody would ever know except me 23 Jul 2026, 14:15, Sam: I think Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg Address in less time than this 23 Jul 2026, 14:15, Sam: 23 Jul 2026, 14:15, Sam: (wrote it on the train with a cold, iirc) 23 Jul 2026, 14:16, Sam: sorry, don't mind me, please resume explaining why you tried to have me wrongfully imprisoned to cover up Oli's infidelity and lies 23 Jul 2026, 14:17, Damien: Sam this is been very sad for me. I don’t know what to do, you’re on a fixation loop. You’re getting more and more unwell. Oliver is not in any relationship he never has been. I wouldn’t lie or conspire against you. I’ve spoken to several people about these messages, and they’re equally disturbed and upset. You’re having a nervous breakdown, and if you won’t get help. The only thing I can do is report of this to the police and hope they will do something, you aren’t safe to yourself or anyone else involved. You’ve treated me appalling me. And I want you to be well! 23 Jul 2026, 14:18, Sam: OK, so you'll email the Chernys and me now to confirm what you have told me, that Oli and I were in a relationship until at least April 18th ish? 23 Jul 2026, 14:18, Sam: you promised several times and then didn't; you then promised if I wrote you an email you would send it, and you didn't 23 Jul 2026, 14:18, Sam: you said I "owed you an apology" and would have to give you one 23 Jul 2026, 14:18, Sam: I think you owe me one 23 Jul 2026, 14:18, Damien: You’ve invented everything about the Chernys 23 Jul 2026, 14:18, Sam: a pretty fucking abject apology, Damien, old friend 23 Jul 2026, 14:19, Sam: there is a record, and people have brains - this is not good enough 23 Jul 2026, 14:19, Sam: will you email the Chernys as you have continually promised to (also on the record), or will you not? 23 Jul 2026, 14:19, Sam: spoiler: you will not 23 Jul 2026, 14:20, Sam: what do you think anyone will make of this, Damien? calling me mentally ill and threatening to have me locked up (not sure how those are consistent stances but oh well) is not going to work any more 23 Jul 2026, 14:21, Sam: and frankly, after crying to me about my supposedly having accused you of doing this to Martin (I briefly made a very qualified comment to Alex Camm - qualified in the sense of limited - saying that the atmosphere of lies might not have _helped_), I am disappointed that you are presently trying to do it to me 23 Jul 2026, 14:21, Sam: is this the person you would like to think of yourself as being, Damien? 23 Jul 2026, 14:21, Sam: you owe me the truth, you owe the Chernys the truth, and this needs to stop, now 23 Jul 2026, 14:21, Damien: Don’t message again 23 Jul 2026, 14:22, Sam: sure, I will just tell all of our friends what you are still trying to do 23 Jul 2026, 14:22, Sam: and show them the record of it 23 Jul 2026, 14:22, Sam: what a friend you are, Damien, what a friend you are 23 Jul 2026, 14:22, Sam: there is a place in hell for you 23 Jul 2026, 14:34, Sam: https://damien.chats.swhra.uk/#msg-ig-1784812690027 23 Jul 2026, 14:35, Sam: that remains my question, and your email remains much promised and never sent, because you know that Oli is lying, you know that Oli has been carrying on two relationships at once, and yet you have conspired to have me locked up on the false account that I am a stalker 23 Jul 2026, 14:35, Sam: for trying to tell Sam Cherny the truth 23 Jul 2026, 14:36, Sam: his mother is consequently presumably intending to perjure herself to the effect that I tried to break into her house, tampered with her lock, etc, thinking that I (a random stalker, remember) would not know about her second CCTV camera that covers that area and that she didn't mention and hasn't supplied footage from 23 Jul 2026, 14:37, Sam: she is going to have a lovely time when asked about that and about these messages in court, in which you and Oli have tried to mislead her and her family about what has been going on 23 Jul 2026, 14:37, Sam: if you think my reaction has been intemperate, which it really hasn't been in the circumstances, then I think their (justified) reaction is going to be quite something 23 Jul 2026, 14:38, Sam: you owe me a bloody good account of yourself and an apology *now*, indeed long ago, and if you think you are going to get out of it with the "mental illness fixation blah blah blah" routine then you can fucking well think again 23 Jul 2026, 14:39, Damien: Your version of it. Which isn’t true and you’ve harassed so many people 23 Jul 2026, 14:39, Sam: I gave him a list of dates, to be specific, on which I met Oli 23 Jul 2026, 14:39, Sam: I will repeat those dates here for the record (I added more at the end of my monologue but let me grab the ones I wrote down in my initial speaker's notes) 23 Jul 2026, 14:40, Sam: 23 Jul 2026, 14:41, Sam: so that was my 'version of' the truth, specifically so that he could check it against his own, to avoid this deranged "reality is subjective, nothing is trustworthy" bollocks that you and Oli try to pull 23 Jul 2026, 14:42, Sam: if he distrusted my version of the truth, then he could say to himself "was I with Oli on these dates? did I know where he was on at least some of them? was he provably somewhere other than with Sam? or do these dates coincide suspiciously with the dates (and times) when he left the house to go somewhere slightly mysterious or suspicious?" 23 Jul 2026, 14:42, Damien: lol why does it matter 23 Jul 2026, 14:43, Damien: It’s untrue anyway 23 Jul 2026, 14:43, Sam: you are now refusing to say to the Chernys what you have always known, Damien, _old friend_, about my and Oli's relationship, because you know and have plainly known _at least_ for two weeks (since your cagey half-reply to my first email) that Oli was carrying on a second relationship with Sam Cherny while also carrying one on with me 23 Jul 2026, 14:43, Damien: You’re just being a troublemaker 23 Jul 2026, 14:43, Sam: you are a disgrace 23 Jul 2026, 14:43, Damien: Marks of a stalker 23 Jul 2026, 14:43, Damien: I’ll go to the police soon 23 Jul 2026, 14:43, Sam: and I will make sure that the record of this conversation haunts you for the rest of your squalid days on earth, Damien 23 Jul 2026, 14:44, Sam: you were my friend, and you betrayed me 23 Jul 2026, 14:44, Sam: no amount of complaining about my anger will erase that 23 Jul 2026, 14:44, Damien: If your parents and family won’t do anything and watch you get sicker and sicker 23 Jul 2026, 14:44, Sam: this is revolting 23 Jul 2026, 14:44, Sam: i really don't know what to say about this 23 Jul 2026, 14:44, Sam: i can't be bothered to reply 23 Jul 2026, 14:44, Damien: Having you arrested is at least better for Your well being 23 Jul 2026, 14:44, Sam: it is shameful, Damien, and you should know better than this 23 Jul 2026, 14:44, Sam: and you owe me a proper answer, not this 23 Jul 2026, 14:45, Damien: Sorry it’s come to this 23 Jul 2026, 14:45, Sam: you also owe the Chernys one 23 Jul 2026, 14:45, Sam: so stop this disgrace, pull yourself together, and explain why you did what you have done 23 Jul 2026, 14:46, Sam: why did you tell me that Oli had "corrected" the prosecution file's statement that he was in a relationship with Sam Cherny (his "new partner")? 23 Jul 2026, 14:46, Sam: why did you tell me he proved this by sending you the email as (conveniently) a "disappearing screenshot"? 23 Jul 2026, 14:47, Sam: why did you promise me you would email the Chernys and me giving us the same account, and then not do so, and then promise you would do it, and then not do it, and then ask me to write an email for you and promise you'd send it, and then I did and you didn't send it and still haven't, etc etc etc ad nauseam? 23 Jul 2026, 14:47, Sam: you are not going to get out of this by sending this nauseating faux-concerned mental illness drivel 23 Jul 2026, 14:48, Sam: so knock it off and explain yourself, properly, now 23 Jul 2026, 14:48, Sam: I have accused you publicly, and I will continue to accuse you on this basis, of conspiring to have me wrongly imprisoned on a false account 23 Jul 2026, 14:49, Sam: I invited you to correct that account by giving the true account you gave to me also to the Chernys (whom you reply-all-ed to once but you answered only the one question I asked that wasn't about this), and you haven't 23 Jul 2026, 14:50, Sam: I also invited you to bring a libel claim if you felt I was libelling you by giving this account publicly under your full name (https://damien-mcmullen.swhra.uk/) and you also haven't, nor have you threatened to, nor have you corrected the account, which I said would satisfy me and stop me from republishing the allegations at least quite so urgently 23 Jul 2026, 14:50, Sam: you have done none of that, because you have no argument on truth 23 Jul 2026, 14:51, Sam: you *have* lied to me, you have lied to the Chernys, and you have supported Oli's perjurious account knowingly and said to me, on here, on the record, "good luck getting me into a courtroom lol" 23 Jul 2026, 14:51, Sam: that quotation should be written on your tombstone 23 Jul 2026, 14:52, Damien: damienwilliamt started an audio call 23 Jul 2026, 14:52, Audio call ended 23 Jul 2026, 14:52, Sam: (*when you die a natural death after a long life etc etc*, I hasten to add, lest you make another insincere fucking threat to have me locked up for some supposed threat or some supposed impertinent question) 23 Jul 2026, 14:52, Damien: The family your scaring and harassing 23 Jul 2026, 14:52, Sam: also your call is again not working, I'm afraid 23 Jul 2026, 14:52, Sam: Damien, I am done with this crap 23 Jul 2026, 14:52, Damien: If you are not sectioned 23 Jul 2026, 14:52, Sam: if they are scared of me on a true account of my relationship with Oli, you can give them one, 23 Jul 2026, 14:52, Sam: the one you gave me 23 Jul 2026, 14:53, Sam: and you can stop this appalling, shameful talk 23 Jul 2026, 14:53, Damien: I will try to have you arrested for your own wellbeing 23 Jul 2026, 14:53, Sam: i am disgusted by what you have become, honestly 23 Jul 2026, 14:53, Sam: i can't even be bothered to be as angry as I should be 23 Jul 2026, 14:53, Sam: I am just deeply revolted 23 Jul 2026, 14:53, Damien: Liked a message 23 Jul 2026, 14:53, Sam: i am sorry that this is what you've become 23 Jul 2026, 14:53, Damien: Bye 23 Jul 2026, 14:53, Sam: i will share this with all our friends, and i will ask them what they think of what you have done 23 Jul 2026, 14:54, Sam: and my website remains up until you correct me 23 Jul 2026, 14:54, Damien: The ones that have told me to go the police 23 Jul 2026, 14:54, Sam: yeah, ok, Damien, I'm a bit exhausted by this act 23 Jul 2026, 14:54, Sam: if they have said that, then I will absolutely and especially show them the record, yes 23 Jul 2026, 14:54, Sam: i am extremely disappointed in you 23 Jul 2026, 14:55, Sam: and you know perfectly well why i am 23 Jul 2026, 14:56, Damien: damienwilliamt started an audio call 23 Jul 2026, 14:57, Audio call ended 23 Jul 2026, 14:57, Damien: Spineless yet again 23 Jul 2026, 14:57, Sam: that briefly connected, made a strange noise, and then disconnected 23 Jul 2026, 14:57, Sam: i'll start a Zoom call, one sec 23 Jul 2026, 14:57, Sam: do not talk to me like this 23 Jul 2026, 14:57, Sam: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85617624104?pwd=HViaxlxJM8oK43KroxPPMNaUp6buZX.1 23 Jul 2026, 14:57, Sam: there you go, i'm there 23 Jul 2026, 14:59, Sam: are you not willing to talk on the record, Damien, eh? 23 Jul 2026, 14:59, Sam: after all your talk about having me arrested, being harassed, "don't message me", "I'm scared of you", you want to have a nice little off-the-record talk? 23 Jul 2026, 15:00, Sam: keep things nice and private, so you can lie about them, and don't have to have it known what you said to me or what I said to you? 23 Jul 2026, 15:00, Sam: please join the Zoom call 23 Jul 2026, 15:00, Sam: the record won't kill you 23 Jul 2026, 15:00, Damien: For what do you can say nasty stuff 23 Jul 2026, 15:00, Damien: Shameful Sam 23 Jul 2026, 15:00, Sam: why would i record if I wanted to say nasty stuff?? 23 Jul 2026, 15:00, Sam: just stop this crap, Damien 23 Jul 2026, 15:00, Sam: this has gone on long enough 23 Jul 2026, 15:01, Sam: talk to me, i will be as reasonable as I humanly can be, I won't scream at you, it will be ok, and we can talk properly and you can record it as well if you want - i will give you the full recording if you want alternatively 23 Jul 2026, 15:01, Sam: you know that i didn't edit or remove anything last time, except for those 20 seconds that I bleeped out for reasons we both recall and which have nothing to do with me or you 23 Jul 2026, 15:02, Sam: so please stop insulting me, because that is *not* what the situation calls for from you 23 Jul 2026, 15:03, Sam: I am waiting on that Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85617624104?pwd=HViaxlxJM8oK43KroxPPMNaUp6buZX.1 23 Jul 2026, 15:04, Sam: if you don't want me to publish the whole thing, we can find some middle ground where i don't publish the whole thing instantly but put it online encrypted so I can attest to its integrity later if necessary, and for now publish nothing beyond whatever might need to be published given whatever we discuss 23 Jul 2026, 15:04, Sam: look, I don't know, and I think I have been reasonable enough to you and bent over backwards to accommodate your moral discomfort at a predicament that *you put yourself in* 23 Jul 2026, 15:05, Sam: if I weren't so unrelenting and undeterred by your shameful attempts to make me feel i was mentally ill to believe what the CPS was saying to me, etc etc, we would be in a very different situation and one in which, as we have seen, you would be far less considerate of my feelings than i currently am of yours 23 Jul 2026, 15:06, Sam: you don't remotely deserve the grace I am extending to you, and I think it might be a late-emerging sign of decency to at least stop insulting me now 23 Jul 2026, 15:07, Sam: and also to stop making me wait and spend my days trying to coax and persuade you into giving the explanation and apology that you owe me after what you have done, which has been appalling 23 Jul 2026, 15:09, Sam: you are not going to get out of this by mashing the 'haha mental illness, why so upset at infidelity and false criminal accusations?' button 23 Jul 2026, 15:10, Sam: you are lucky that I am _anywhere fucking near_ as calm as I am, Damien, frankly 23 Jul 2026, 15:10, Sam: given this fuckery that you have tried to do to me, and which you _know_ you have tried to do, and are terrified to speak to me on the phone about, probably partly because I am recording but partly because a phone call forces you to hear my voice, to speak, and to actually face what you are trying to do 23 Jul 2026, 15:11, Sam: i am still waiting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85617624104?pwd=HViaxlxJM8oK43KroxPPMNaUp6buZX.1 23 Jul 2026, 15:13, Sam: what, Damien, is going to happen when we reach the trial? 23 Jul 2026, 15:15, Sam: what is going to happen when the prosecution's _presumably non-'corrected'_ further disclosure comes in (which is already a week overdue – I gather this is common for the CPS)? 23 Jul 2026, 15:15, Sam: what then for your "I wasn't refusing to tell the Chernys about you and Oli - there is no Cherny relationship, and Oli has corrected that mistaken claim, and I was merely refusing to send my repeatedly-promised account to both you and the Chernys because ... reasons" 23 Jul 2026, 15:16, Sam: do you then carry on refusing? and on what grounds exactly? 23 Jul 2026, 15:17, Sam: gosh, it would have been so much easier if Oli and you had succeeded in getting me locked up on remand for my short email saying I forgave him, wouldn't it? 23 Jul 2026, 15:18, Sam: then I wouldn't have been able to ask you all these difficult questions that you can't answer, or to access all the evidence I can now, or to investigate in the same way 23 Jul 2026, 15:18, Sam: you came so close to getting your friend of 12 years imprisoned as a stalker for trying to warn Oli's other boyfriend about his double life 23 Jul 2026, 15:18, Sam: close but no cigar, eh, Damien? 23 Jul 2026, 15:19, Sam: _old friend_ 23 Jul 2026, 15:19, Sam: I am going to leave this Zoom call, because you're clearly not going to join it 23 Jul 2026, 15:21, Sam: i am going to upload these messages to the damien.chats.swhra.uk site, i am going to share that record with our friends along with the record of my conversation with oli (oli.chats.swhra.uk), my Zoom calls with you (in which you promised many times that you'd send one consistent account by email to both me and the Chernys), and the prosecution file (mg3.swhra.uk) 23 Jul 2026, 15:22, Sam: those records together tell the whole story, though you don't need to read them, because it is a story you know and have always known, Damien 23 Jul 2026, 15:22, Sam: ever since you told me in March that you were glad Oli and I had worked it out because we were made for each other 23 Jul 2026, 15:23, Sam: ever since you told me in May that Oli didn't want the relationship to be over, but was "pissed off" about my telling others about it, and that if the group chats stopped then he would talk to me again 23 Jul 2026, 15:24, Sam: ever since the group chats did not become over, because what I wanted was for him to tell the truth, not for me to have contact with him - I _had_ contact until I insisted on truth, and he, via you, offered me contact again if I abandoned truth 23 Jul 2026, 15:24, Sam: aaaand ever since he then went to the police to call me a stalker, and you told me it "wouldn't have happened if I hadn't kept badgering him" 23 Jul 2026, 15:25, Sam: I wonder if you'd like to stand by those words now, Damien, or if it's perhaps not so fun when you're on the back foot 23 Jul 2026, 15:25, Sam: you have to refused from the beginning to correct Oli's false account, and by this point your refusal has become so obvious that it is practically poking itself into the back of my retinas 23 Jul 2026, 15:26, Sam: you now owe me an explanation and an apology whose required abjection is impossible to describe with the ordinary facilities of language 23 Jul 2026, 15:27, Sam: you have known all along what you were doing, you still did it, it didn't trouble you then, but it troubles you now that it might become known 23 Jul 2026, 15:27, Sam: that is called shame - it is a moral emotion, and it is good for you 23 Jul 2026, 15:28, Sam: and i am not going to save you from it 23 Jul 2026, 15:28, Sam: I am going to stop talking now - I suggest you go away, think hard, and come back with a more serious tone, Damien - good bye 23 Jul 2026, 19:08, Sam: Are you going to tell the truth, Damien, having promised many times to do so, or are you going to keep lying to have me wrongfully imprisoned? The question is really as simple as that. I do not need any more drivel about my mental health or my anger, and you should count yourself bloody lucky that my anger and my 'mental health' are what they are. You have had plenty of time over the past two months to pass judgement on my every reaction to what you and Oli have done. You have had great fun doing that. You are not going to do it any more. 23 Jul 2026, 19:13, Sam: In plain English: send the email you promised to send, or else I will tell everyone what you are trying to get away with, you slimy, lying, cowardly, treacherous piece of shit, I cannot *believe* you fucking presumed to pass judgement on me or to call yourself my friend 23 Jul 2026, 19:16, Damien: Sam I don’t want you to go to prison. It’s the last thing I want. You’re not well Sam. 23 Jul 2026, 19:17, Sam: Send the email, Damien, I have no time for this crap 23 Jul 2026, 19:17, Sam: You promised to do so many times - now do it 23 Jul 2026, 19:17, Sam: I have no interest in your slimy bollocks about mental fucking health, so please kindly spare me 23 Jul 2026, 19:18, Damien: What’s it going to achieve Sam? Will you stop all this? 23 Jul 2026, 19:31, Damien: Why would I be saying it, if I didn’t care. I don’t want this for you! 23 Jul 2026, 19:47, Sam: I am not interested in this crap, Damien 23 Jul 2026, 19:47, Sam: Just send the fucking email 23 Jul 2026, 19:47, Sam: This has gone on long enough 23 Jul 2026, 21:23, Sam: If you don't email them now, adequately and non-shiftily (which I will judge), I am going to send them the whole unprocessed Zoom files (10GB or so which I have on iCloud in a zip file and can send them a link to download), which, for reasons I will explain to Sam Cherny, are extremely implausible to argue that I faked (I still don't fully understand how their codec works, to be honest, and I have analysed it) The cost of that is that it includes what you said about Oli in those twenty seconds I bleeped out, which I don't relish, but both you and he are plainly arguing – you MUST and CAN ONLY be arguing – that the stuff on YouTube is in some way inauthentic, and the whole original raw streams, for precisely the reason that I and anyone else would have no fucking clue how to remove or alter those twenty seconds of audio, are demonstrably authentic Please just tell the truth first - I'll give you some minutes, I'm popping out to the shops 24 Jul 2026, 16:30, Sam: Still being a rat, I se 24 Jul 2026, 16:30, Sam: e 24 Jul 2026, 16:30, Sam: Why did we ever try to civilise Ireland? 24 Jul 2026, 16:30, Sam: Perhaps it would have been better had we left well enough alone 24 Jul 2026, 16:32, Sam: Can make bombs but not promises, apparently: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpq82dg0y3qo 24 Jul 2026, 16:32, Sam: Come friendly bombs, I say 24 Jul 2026, 17:13, Sam: Well, I am just listening back to our main conversation about this here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOd0hsbyAHQ&list=PLf6DCuNmELvw&index=5 24 Jul 2026, 17:13, Sam: Which I will share more widely 24 Jul 2026, 17:13, Sam: And thank you for confirming, at the very least, what I was still at least somewhat tentative about at the time of that conversation, and am now certain about, which is that he has been in a relationship with Sam Cherny while also being in a relationship with me 24 Jul 2026, 17:14, Sam: I will prepare for the case on that basis, and it will be fun having my lawyer cross-examine Cherny's mother on that basis and present to her the mountains of effort devoted to lying to me and to her 24 Jul 2026, 17:15, Sam: Contrary to the CPS's simple case that I should have known, we have Oli's statements, ten hours of calls with you in which you have been instructed by Oli to tell me that he's not going out with Sam Cherny, etc 24 Jul 2026, 17:15, Sam: It will be fun to ask *why* he instructed you to tell me that he was not going out with Sam Cherny 24 Jul 2026, 17:16, Sam: All of this will be very fun, and it will be fun to look at your messages and to investigate this in the intervening time and to reconstruct what has gone on here 24 Jul 2026, 17:16, Sam: Good material for a book, at least, as Jacques said 24 Jul 2026, 17:16, Sam: I don't know when the CPS are planning to send their next bundle but hopefully soon 24 Jul 2026, 21:32, Damien: damienwilliamt started an audio call 24 Jul 2026, 21:32, Audio call ended 25 Jul 2026, 03:29, Sam: As a side note, you could have ended it here, with no publication of messages, with no months-long campaign, with none of any of this, by responding like a morally sane person and decent friend rather than ... whatever the fuck you've become: https://damien.chats.swhra.uk/#msg-fb-4 25 Jul 2026, 03:29, Sam: I will eternally regret that you chose otherwise 25 Jul 2026, 03:30, Sam: So will you 25 Jul 2026, 03:30, Sam: Good night 25 Jul 2026, 03:53, Sam: By the way, why do you think I escalated the group chats? 25 Jul 2026, 03:53, Sam: Why does anyone escalate anything? 25 Jul 2026, 03:53, Sam: I escalated because YOU FAILED 25 Jul 2026, 04:21, Sam: And failed not only me, but Oli too 25 Jul 2026, 04:23, Sam: He has done awful, unforgivable things with your support, and I will write the full history of this and you will deserve it - you could have done otherwise but didn't 25 Jul 2026, 04:23, Sam: I have no words for what you have put me through, but I will find some, because I have borne it alone and I am not going to bear it alone any more 25 Jul 2026, 04:23, Sam: You should never have done this 25 Jul 2026, 04:24, Sam: Why the hell did you? 25 Jul 2026, 04:24, Sam: I trusted you 25 Jul 2026, 04:25, Sam: This has been the most disturbing and evil thing I have ever experienced or witnessed and it has made me want to kill myself 25 Jul 2026, 04:25, Sam: I have had an unbearable constant dull headache just from the fuckedupness of the situation i've been living 25 Jul 2026, 04:26, Sam: i genuinely do not know how you could do what you have done 25 Jul 2026, 04:26, Sam: it is incomprehensible to me and i cannot imagine doing this to someone who was my friend and trusted me 25 Jul 2026, 04:26, Sam: fuck you 25 Jul 2026, 04:27, Sam: and don't tell yourself it was fine because i am angry 25 Jul 2026, 04:27, Sam: i am angry and bitter after two months of how you have treated me, and god knows how long of how Oli treated me with YOUR COMPLETE FUCKING SUPPORT AND NOT A WORD OF CRITICISM 25 Jul 2026, 04:27, Sam: i came to you hopeful that you would be decent 25 Jul 2026, 04:28, Sam: here, way back here, Damien, old friend: https://damien.chats.swhra.uk/#msg-fb-32 25 Jul 2026, 04:28, Sam: or, even earlier, here: https://fb-group-args.swhra.uk/#msg-1776215915157-24 25 Jul 2026, 04:28, Sam: you can see my writing is almost normal back then 25 Jul 2026, 04:29, Sam: as if talking to a friend, a decent person, a normal human, someone i could trust 25 Jul 2026, 04:29, Sam: how i write right now is how i write TO YOU, to someone like who you have turned out to be 25 Jul 2026, 04:29, Sam: remember that 25 Jul 2026, 04:30, Sam: for three months or so you have made every choice despicably 25 Jul 2026, 04:30, Sam: and i have suffered the complete inversion of the moral universe 25 Jul 2026, 04:30, Sam: due substantially to you - i am not even so fucking angry at Oli 25 Jul 2026, 04:31, Sam: how DARE you do what you have done 25 Jul 2026, 04:31, Sam: how dare you be the one witness to the truth, the one person who was in a position to stop all this at THE VERY BEGINNING, and blame your failure on ME 25 Jul 2026, 04:31, Sam: and whinge about me escalating 25 Jul 2026, 04:31, Sam: I SHOULD NEVER HAVE FUCKING NEEDED TO 25 Jul 2026, 04:32, Sam: YOU could have stopped that, YOU could have been decent, and instead it has had to go on this fucking long because of YOU 25 Jul 2026, 04:32, Sam: do not DARE to criticise me ever again 25 Jul 2026, 04:32, Sam: what the FUCK were you EVER thinking? 25 Jul 2026, 04:32, Sam: what was going through your mind? how did you think this was ever ok? 25 Jul 2026, 04:32, Sam: you OR oli 25 Jul 2026, 04:33, Sam: he is a precious creature and he has done this with YOUR support and YOUR approval, and you know it, and do not ever wriggle out of it 25 Jul 2026, 04:33, Sam: do not say it made no difference - if it made no difference, why the fuck did you give it? 25 Jul 2026, 04:33, Sam: also if it made a difference, why the fuck did you give it? 25 Jul 2026, 04:34, Sam: how dare you do this, and how dare you then blame it on me? 25 Jul 2026, 04:34, Sam: you complete moral failure of a person, i can't think of anything more despicable, it has been a living hell 25 Jul 2026, 04:35, Sam: and don't ever fucking cry to me about Martin again after what you have said and done to me 25 Jul 2026, 04:35, Sam: ever 25 Jul 2026, 04:35, Sam: ever 25 Jul 2026, 04:35, Sam: ever 25 Jul 2026, 04:39, Sam: and, even now, i can promise Oli would not have done this to you had i been in your position and you in mine 25 Jul 2026, 04:39, Sam: because WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU THINKING?? 25 Jul 2026, 04:40, Sam: WHY DID YOU DO THIS? 25 Jul 2026, 04:40, Sam: WHY? 25 Jul 2026, 04:40, Sam: you will fucking answer that question, so help me god 25 Jul 2026, 04:49, Sam: I have offered to Edward to have a three-way conversation 25 Jul 2026, 04:49, Sam: I suggest we do that 25 Jul 2026, 04:50, Sam: and I suggest you finally explain yourself, and why you did this 25 Jul 2026, 05:11, Sam: and perhaps we can all listen to this call, and you can tell me why you told me off for being 'angry' and 'unfair' while saying nothing to Oli: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljhHiTC2hjM 25 Jul 2026, 05:11, Sam: what the fuck is wrong with you? 25 Jul 2026, 05:11, Sam: literally what is wrong with you? 25 Jul 2026, 05:11, Sam: why have you done this to someone i love? 25 Jul 2026, 05:11, Sam: it is YOUR fucking slug influence on him that does this 25 Jul 2026, 05:12, Sam: what is wrong in your soul? 25 Jul 2026, 05:12, Sam: how dare you do or say any of these things? 25 Jul 2026, 05:12, Sam: that is not a rhetorical question 25 Jul 2026, 05:12, Sam: i seriously look forward to you explaining yourself to me properly 25 Jul 2026, 05:14, Sam: i hate you and i will never forgive you or this 25 Jul 2026, 05:14, Sam: i miss the Oli I love 25 Jul 2026, 05:14, Sam: i miss that sweet boy 25 Jul 2026, 05:14, Sam: fuck you to hell 25 Jul 2026, 05:15, Sam: i should never have gone near you and neither should he 25 Jul 2026, 05:16, Sam: you amoral money-worshipping friend-betraying prostitute whatever the fuck you are 25 Jul 2026, 05:18, Sam: and do not dare to cite my rage and grief as justification for what you did to me 25 Jul 2026, 05:19, Sam: and for what you tried to do 25 Jul 2026, 05:19, Sam: i genuinely cannot think of anything worse than you 25 Jul 2026, 05:19, Sam: not even the Serbs my late friend Lars killed in Bosnia 25 Jul 2026, 05:20, Sam: i could go on for days 25 Jul 2026, 05:20, Sam: how the fuck did you ever think this was ok 25 Jul 2026, 05:20, Sam: you should not have done this, and this should never have happened, and i am sick to my stomach to live in a universe where it has 25 Jul 2026, 05:21, Sam: go read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philoctetes_(Sophocles_play) 25 Jul 2026, 05:21, Sam: go watch the play 25 Jul 2026, 05:21, Sam: i have mentioned it since the beginning 25 Jul 2026, 05:22, Sam: you are like that main character, Neoptolemus, if he didn't have A FUCKING CONSCIENCE 25 Jul 2026, 05:22, Sam: WHY DID YOU DO THIS? 25 Jul 2026, 05:22, Sam: ANSWER ME 25 Jul 2026, 05:22, Sam: you WILL fucking answer 25 Jul 2026, 11:26, Sam: 25 Jul 2026, 11:26, Sam: there you go, that is you - not the Serbs, but the Dutch 25 Jul 2026, 11:26, Sam: "I'm your friend, I'm looking out for you, don't worry, I've got your back" 25 Jul 2026, 11:27, Damien: Which one lol 25 Jul 2026, 11:33, Sam: on the right 25 Jul 2026, 11:38, Sam: funnily enough Lars's description of the Dutch at Srebrenica transfers pretty well to how you've treated me: 25 Jul 2026, 11:38, Sam: 25 Jul 2026, 11:39, Sam: i really struggle to be even minimally friendly here, and i'm not sure i should be 25 Jul 2026, 11:39, Sam: i am giving you more moral comfort than you ever gave me when you were wronging me and acting as though i was dirt on your shoe 25 Jul 2026, 11:40, Sam: you tried to have me sent to prison for reasons you yourself admitted were bullshit 25 Jul 2026, 11:40, Sam: you have never said a thing to Oli, while criticising me about my every little reaction 25 Jul 2026, 11:41, Sam: what do you expect me to think of you, after what you've tried to do to me, and how you've treated me? 25 Jul 2026, 11:41, Sam: i would love an answer to that 25 Jul 2026, 11:41, Sam: i would also love AN ANSWER TO THE CHERNYS 25 Jul 2026, 11:42, Sam: i think you have lied about me for long enough 25 Jul 2026, 11:42, Sam: and i think i have asked you enough times to say the thing that i NEVER SHOULD HAVE HAD TO FUCKING ASK YOU TO SAY 25 Jul 2026, 11:42, Sam: jesus fucking christ 25 Jul 2026, 11:43, Sam: what the fuck has happened here? why did you do this? 25 Jul 2026, 11:43, Sam: why? 25 Jul 2026, 11:44, Sam: for fuck's sake, just do what you always should have done without being asked 25 Jul 2026, 11:46, Sam: if I have to wait longer I will copy in more of your and our friends - this has remained private long enough - please start behaving in a way that you are willing to stand by 25 Jul 2026, 11:56, Damien: Have you heard from Eimhear btw 25 Jul 2026, 11:57, Damien: I was wondering how she was getting on 25 Jul 2026, 12:05, Sam: dear god 25 Jul 2026, 12:05, Sam: Please stop lying about me before coming to me as my friend 25 Jul 2026, 12:05, Sam: In other words, SEND THE EMAIL YOU PROMISED TO SEND TO THE CHERNYS 25 Jul 2026, 12:05, Sam: I can't fucking do this endlessly 25 Jul 2026, 12:11, Sam: I just feel like you have a fundamental misunderstanding of how friendship and trust work 25 Jul 2026, 12:12, Sam: you cannot act as my enemy, tell me you owe me no account of yourself, behave appallingly, and then come to me and try to push the 'invoke friendship' button as if it will still always work 25 Jul 2026, 12:12, Sam: it doesn't work now, and it won't work UNTIL AT THE VERY FUCKING LEAST YOU ARE NOT IN THIS PRESENT MOMENT TELLING LIES ABOUT ME TO SEND ME TO PRISON, FOR FUCK'S SAKE 25 Jul 2026, 12:13, Sam: saying fucking 'darling' does not erase that 25 Jul 2026, 12:14, Sam: please, for fuck's sake, would you do the thing that you are eventually going to fucking have to do 25 Jul 2026, 12:14, Sam: the thing you have promised to do many times 25 Jul 2026, 12:15, Sam: namely, telling the truth 25 Jul 2026, 12:17, Sam: i know it is TERRIBLY upsetting to Oli, who is lying about me, but i'm afraid he doesn't have an absolute right to lie to the police to have me prosecuted so as to tidy up interpersonal messes of his own making 25 Jul 2026, 12:17, Sam: he in fact has precisely *no* right to do that 25 Jul 2026, 12:17, Sam: and you need to get a fucking grip, christ, how has it taken this long? 25 Jul 2026, 12:18, Sam: this should not have got anywhere near this fucking point - if it is embarrassing now, then that is on you two, i'm afraid 25 Jul 2026, 12:19, Sam: but you are not going to get away with making me bear the cost of your and his mistakes 25 Jul 2026, 12:19, Sam: as you have tried to 25 Jul 2026, 12:20, Sam: Oli needs to tell Sam Cherny what has happened, and at the very least you need to tell the Chernys what you know, or else this is going to drag on, it is not going to get any less embarrassing to admit, Sam Cherny is going to carry on living in a lie that I doubt he will be very happy about, and Mrs Cherny may well perjure herself if she tries to say in court what she said in her witness statement, believing that I am a random stalker and that I don't know enough to embarrass her account 25 Jul 2026, 12:21, Sam: I am not going to be made to bear the consequences of what Oli has done, and what you have supported him in doing 25 Jul 2026, 12:37, Sam: FOR FUCK'S SAKE DAMIEN WOULD YOU DO THE FUCKING THING YOU SAID YOU WOULD DO AND TELL THE TRUTH 25 Jul 2026, 12:37, Sam: BEFORE WE ALL DIE OF OLD AGE 25 Jul 2026, 12:38, Sam: THIS IS NOT NEGOTIABLE 25 Jul 2026, 12:38, Sam: CHRIST 25 Jul 2026, 12:39, Sam: WHAT THE FUCK KIND OF TOLERANCE DO YOU FUCKING EXPECT FROM ME? 25 Jul 2026, 12:39, Sam: YOU ARE PERJURING YOURSELVES TO TRY TO HAVE ME WRONGFULLY IMPRISONED 25 Jul 2026, 12:39, Sam: THIS IS TEN MILES BEYOND THE LINE 25 Jul 2026, 12:39, Sam: TELL THE TRUTH AND STOP THIS, NOW 25 Jul 2026, 12:40, Sam: I am NOT going to be made to bear the cost of YOUR AND OLI'S FUCKING CHOICES 25 Jul 2026, 12:41, Sam: if he wanted his lovely arrangement with Sam Cherny for money, then he should have BEEN FAITHFUL TO THAT FUCKING ARRANGEMENT, and not expected also to have me, my loyalty, my infinite patience, and my willingness to go to prison rather than HIM TELL THE TRUTH 25 Jul 2026, 12:41, Sam: you have clearly come to expect a lot of mercy and a lot of loyalty from me but this is too far and this needs to stop NOW, and now is already far fucking later than it should have been 25 Jul 2026, 12:42, Sam: no more trying to make this about me, and no more trying to shift it onto me 25 Jul 2026, 12:42, Sam: you made your bed 25 Jul 2026, 12:42, Sam: lie in it 25 Jul 2026, 12:42, Sam: or stop lying in it, and tell the truth 25 Jul 2026, 12:43, Sam: enough of this 25 Jul 2026, 12:43, Sam: it needs to end and it needs to end now 25 Jul 2026, 12:44, Damien: If told the truth 25 Jul 2026, 12:44, Damien: You’re lying to get out of prison 25 Jul 2026, 12:44, Sam: not the prosecution but the lies - the prosecution now has a mind of its own and will go where it will, and the assault ought to be punished, but the lies need to stop and the Chernys need to be prevented from perjuring themselves out of decency towards someone who is in fact completely lying to them and lining them up for a godawful fucking legal predicament 25 Jul 2026, 12:44, Sam: no, Damien, this stops now 25 Jul 2026, 12:44, Sam: you said you would send an email giving an account of what you knew about my and Oli's relationship, and you are going to 25 Jul 2026, 12:44, Damien: Does it 25 Jul 2026, 12:44, Damien: That’s good 25 Jul 2026, 12:44, Sam: and you are not going to talk to me like this any more 25 Jul 2026, 12:45, Damien: How come? 25 Jul 2026, 12:45, Sam: it is disgraceful that you are talking like that now 25 Jul 2026, 12:45, Sam: let's call Edward 25 Jul 2026, 12:45, Sam: and talk about it with Edward 25 Jul 2026, 12:45, Sam: who I think is living in moral reality 25 Jul 2026, 12:46, Sam: Jacques has one foot in moral reality too, haha 25 Jul 2026, 12:46, Damien: I don’t even think you believe Oli is an a relationship I think you just want me to message the family, to annoy even more 25 Jul 2026, 12:46, Damien: What do you want the family to chuck Oli out 25 Jul 2026, 12:46, Sam: i want you to do what you promised, Damien, and to stop disgracing yourself 25 Jul 2026, 12:46, Damien: And then he’ll come back to you 25 Jul 2026, 12:46, Damien: It will never ever ever happen 25 Jul 2026, 12:47, Damien: You will never see him again 25 Jul 2026, 12:47, Sam: stop making me ask you 25 Jul 2026, 12:47, Sam: you said you would do it - now do it 25 Jul 2026, 12:47, Damien: After the way you have behaved 25 Jul 2026, 12:47, Sam: i will write you an email if you like 25 Jul 2026, 12:48, Sam: but i am not going to be lied about and prosecuted just because Oli fears that a true account of what he did would have him thrown out 25 Jul 2026, 12:48, Sam: i'm afraid that was his decision when he did it, and i am not going to bear the cost of his choices to the extent of going to prison so that he can carry on in nice housing after lying to everyone 25 Jul 2026, 12:48, Sam: this situation has become morally unhinged enough - you need to tell the truth and stop talking to me in this appalling way 25 Jul 2026, 12:49, Damien: Have you thought about taking up gardening? 25 Jul 2026, 12:49, Damien: It’s lovely this time of year 25 Jul 2026, 12:50, Sam: you should have told the truth in the first instance - i should never have had to ask you to tell the truth, and i certainly shouldn't have had to spend weeks chasing up after you promised me you would finally do so 25 Jul 2026, 12:51, Sam: if you promise to do something, you do it - and frankly, when the thing in question is telling the truth about matters that are relevant to someone's criminal prosecution, you fucking do it regardless 25 Jul 2026, 12:51, Sam: what the fuck is the matter with you? 25 Jul 2026, 12:54, Sam: hmm, i sent messages which seem not to have sent, so i will repeat what i said 25 Jul 2026, 12:55, Sam: which is that i am going to speak to Edward and ask what he thinks of this, because he is a morally serious person who is housing you and presumably in the belief, which he seems always to have had, that you are better than this 25 Jul 2026, 12:56, Sam: i am not saying you are worse than this, or better than this, or ... i am tired of the good person / bad person thing, but i am saying that you are behaving shamefully 25 Jul 2026, 12:56, Sam: and have done so for the past two months 25 Jul 2026, 12:56, Sam: I should never have needed to ask and plead and chase and remind and be promised and failed and called mentally ill for reminding you of your promises, etc etc, for you to TELL THE FUCKING TRUTH 25 Jul 2026, 12:58, Sam: what i have long suspected - that you know perfectly well that Oli has carried on a relationship with Sam Cherny while also carrying on a relationship with me - is now more or less undeniable, isn't it? or are you still carrying on the absurd pretence of denying it, Damien? what is the excuse now? that they will collapse under the weight of your single email? that i will slaughter them all out of rage when you prove that i am (as seems so terribly likely right now) wrong? would you just stop the fucking lies? christ 25 Jul 2026, 12:59, Sam: it is not my job to be prosecuted for something i didn't do because Oli decided he was entitled to Sam Cherny's loyalty and also to mine, while being loyal to neither of us 25 Jul 2026, 12:59, Sam: that is not how human moral life works 25 Jul 2026, 12:59, Sam: if he wants the loveless relationship for money, then he doesn't get the love of his life relationship too, or if he does then both of them are going to be rightly pissed off when they find out what's been going on 25 Jul 2026, 13:00, Sam: i am sick of being told that it is my job to clean up the mess 25 Jul 2026, 13:00, Sam: it is not 25 Jul 2026, 13:00, Sam: tell the truth, now, please, because this has gone on too long and i am sick of asking 25 Jul 2026, 13:00, Sam: you owe me an unbelievably abject and grovelling apology, but the first and least thing you can do is stop lying 25 Jul 2026, 13:05, Sam: You started an audio call 25 Jul 2026, 13:05, Audio call ended 25 Jul 2026, 13:05, Damien: damienwilliamt started an audio call 25 Jul 2026, 13:05, Audio call ended 25 Jul 2026, 13:06, Sam: Instagram calls aren't working for me even when not recording 25 Jul 2026, 13:06, Sam: one sec 25 Jul 2026, 13:07, Sam: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83841004654?pwd=qBa7f2vIs0iUbz7gKPsosQKxef9CpV.1 25 Jul 2026, 13:09, Sam: OK, I assume you're not joining, and I don't really have anything to say anyway 25 Jul 2026, 13:09, Sam: I was calling you because you decided to ignore my message and go offline 25 Jul 2026, 13:09, Sam: And I am not fucking doing this any more, Damien, you need to send the message you said you would send 25 Jul 2026, 13:10, Sam: Enough squirming and enough bullshit, do you understand? Send it, now 25 Jul 2026, 13:10, Sam: I have had weeks of this bullshit, while you have tried to claim moral credit in advance for your willingness to tell the Chernys the truth 25 Jul 2026, 13:10, Sam: You are not willing 25 Jul 2026, 13:10, Sam: You know they are in a relationship 25 Jul 2026, 13:11, Sam: And because you know that, you have lied to me and lied about me and threatened to perjure yourself or to avoid bearing witness at all 25 Jul 2026, 13:11, Sam: This is disgraceful and it needs to stop 25 Jul 2026, 13:11, Sam: NOW 25 Jul 2026, 13:11, Sam: FOR FUCKS SAKE DAMIEN 25 Jul 2026, 13:11, Sam: I am a tolerant fucking person but I have had it up to here with your shit 25 Jul 2026, 13:12, Sam: do as you promised, and tell the truth, and stop the bullshit 25 Jul 2026, 13:13, Sam: i am otherwise going to set up a group call with Edward and we can all three of us discuss this, since you think you can act like some little feudal lord to me and that everyone else will think you are a decent person 25 Jul 2026, 13:13, Sam: enough of the compartments 25 Jul 2026, 13:13, Damien: As you please 25 Jul 2026, 13:13, Damien: I’m sick in bed 25 Jul 2026, 13:13, Damien: This is the last thing I need 25 Jul 2026, 13:14, Sam: oh you can write a fucking email for christ's sake 25 Jul 2026, 13:14, Sam: stop being so pathetic and stop lying 25 Jul 2026, 13:14, Sam: you have argued with me, threatened me, etc etc for the last half hour or so 25 Jul 2026, 13:14, Sam: just stop being such a fucking unctuous and deceitful fucking disgrace 25 Jul 2026, 13:15, Damien: lol as if I’m going to respond to this 25 Jul 2026, 13:15, Damien: Charming 25 Jul 2026, 13:15, Sam: you have not earned charm 25 Jul 2026, 13:15, Damien: Perhaps you should go to prison 25 Jul 2026, 13:15, Sam: frankly you're lucky i'm being as polite as i am 25 Jul 2026, 13:15, Sam: i will call with Edward and speak to you, Damien, because this is shameful 25 Jul 2026, 13:15, Sam: this is fucking revolting behaviour, and you need to tell the truth and keep your word 25 Jul 2026, 13:16, Damien: You’re a horrible peado who enjoys getting. Young boys addicted to drugs 25 Jul 2026, 13:16, Damien: What good are you 25 Jul 2026, 13:16, Damien: Now go away 25 Jul 2026, 13:16, Damien: Go to prison I’m sure you’ll catch up with old friends there 25 Jul 2026, 13:16, Sam: i will call you back with Edward, Damien - in fact i might go to see him, because i'm at a loose end today, if he's around 25 Jul 2026, 13:16, Sam: let's see 25 Jul 2026, 13:17, Sam: but i have had far more than enough of this disgrace from you 25 Jul 2026, 13:17, Damien: Lmao 25 Jul 2026, 13:17, Damien: Should I publish the chats to everyone’s where you’re asking 14 y/o to ask his younger friends for explicit images 25 Jul 2026, 13:18, Sam: yes, sure 25 Jul 2026, 13:18, Damien: Are the police investigating for that 25 Jul 2026, 13:18, Sam: whatever i have ever said, i am fine with your publishing it 25 Jul 2026, 13:18, Sam: i don't remember that 25 Jul 2026, 13:18, Damien: I’ll let Edward know :) 25 Jul 2026, 13:18, Damien: Hahaha yeah sure you are Sam 25 Jul 2026, 13:19, Sam: also, that guy wasn't 14, he was 17 - i thought he was 15, which was a lapse that i feel uncomfortable about, but I stand by or at least i won't hide from anything i've ever said 25 Jul 2026, 13:19, Damien: lol the lengths you’ll go to to twist the truth 25 Jul 2026, 13:19, Sam: Oli already sent that to my parents at the beginning of all of that - we discussed it on the calls on YouTube, and, as I said there, I never complained about his sending it 25 Jul 2026, 13:19, Damien: Just fuck off and live an honest life 25 Jul 2026, 13:19, Sam: no, Damien, it is you who have done that 25 Jul 2026, 13:19, Sam: you have asked for my trust, been given it, and lied to me 25 Jul 2026, 13:20, Damien: I’ll be taking all this to the police, when I get back from Ireland 25 Jul 2026, 13:20, Sam: don't think you can find some dishonest way of pretending you have done anything other than what you've done 25 Jul 2026, 13:20, Damien: You’ve harassed too many people, made people’s lives misery 25 Jul 2026, 13:20, Sam: whatever chat I had with Nate 4 years ago was something you knew about when you asked for my trust and lied to me 25 Jul 2026, 13:20, Damien: All because you wnat to control someone who wants nothing to do with you 25 Jul 2026, 13:20, Sam: so no, i am not impressed by your argument that that redeems your betrayal of your friend 25 Jul 2026, 13:20, Sam: and your betrayal of trust sought 25 Jul 2026, 13:21, Sam: you don't say "trust me, i'm your friend" and then lie through your teeth 25 Jul 2026, 13:21, Sam: you don't say "trust me, i'm your friend, i'm on your side" and then refuse to tell the truth when i am prosecuted based on falsehood 25 Jul 2026, 13:22, Sam: you don't do all of that and then think you can slime out of it by pointing to some regrettable chat i had when taking loads of meth four years ago, which I sent you at the time and which hasn't bothered you until now, other than when you need to excuse your betrayal of me 25 Jul 2026, 13:22, Sam: so give it a break, Damien, face what you did, and stop this pathetic attempt to shift still more of the consequences of your own behaviour onto me 25 Jul 2026, 13:23, Sam: and share absolutely whatever you want with anyone, as long as it is actually real 25 Jul 2026, 13:23, Sam: though, again, Oli has already shared that 25 Jul 2026, 13:24, Sam: anyway - i am going to go and talk to Edward, because I don't think he, as a morally serious person, will find this ok, which it is not 25 Jul 2026, 13:26, Damien: You’re still taking meth 25 Jul 2026, 13:26, Damien: How do you explain this nonsense 25 Jul 2026, 13:27, Sam: I explain it as: I was right, and that is why you are terrified of telling the Chernys the truth 25 Jul 2026, 13:27, Sam: What the fuck else do you think I explain it as? 25 Jul 2026, 13:27, Damien: If you believed you were innocent you’d deal with it it in court 25 Jul 2026, 13:27, Sam: Just do as you fucking promised, Damien 25 Jul 2026, 13:27, Damien: You know you’re right 25 Jul 2026, 13:27, Sam: It is that simple 25 Jul 2026, 13:27, Sam: I should not have to argue with you about this 25 Jul 2026, 13:28, Sam: You promised several times to send an email, and you clearly are terrified of the consequences of doing so, because you know exactly what Oli has been doing, even as you have lied to me, called me mad, and allowed me to be prosecuted based on lies 25 Jul 2026, 13:29, Sam: Tell yourself whatever the fuck you want about Nate, meth, or whatever, I don't particularly care - you betrayed my trust and you abandoned me and lied about me while presenting yourself as my friend 25 Jul 2026, 13:30, Sam: This is fucking squalid, rat-like behaviour, and I don't know how you expect it to end 25 Jul 2026, 13:31, Sam: For what it's worth, I am not trying to get him kicked out, and if there is any way I can help to avoid that outcome while still having the truth understood by everyone, I will help in that way 25 Jul 2026, 13:32, Sam: In other words, I will help a damn sight more than you have fucking helped him by what you have supported and condoned him in doing 25 Jul 2026, 13:33, Sam: But no, I'm not going to quietly and obligingly go to prison, you morally stunted slug, just because you're uncomfortable with telling the truth 25 Jul 2026, 13:34, Sam: I no longer care enormously - you are going to tell it or i am going to make it very very clear to everyone you know and everyone we know *exactly* what you are doing 25 Jul 2026, 13:34, Sam: which frankly is a very very mild kind of reprisal 25 Jul 2026, 13:36, Sam: considering what you have done, which is to hide from me the fact that my boyfriend was cheating on me, and then help him falsely accuse me of stalking him in order to get me locked up so that I couldn't tell the other man – who just so happened to be the source of money and the one he didn't love, though i'm sure you had no preference as to which Oli should choose – the truth 25 Jul 2026, 13:38, Damien: Why the fuck should I? After what you’ve done to me the names you’ve called me the harassment of my friends the website. Why the fuck should I do anything of you 25 Jul 2026, 13:39, Sam: Because you promised to 25 Jul 2026, 13:39, Sam: Also, because one should tell the truth anyway 25 Jul 2026, 13:40, Sam: I'm sorry, are we civilised people or are we toddlers or beasts? 25 Jul 2026, 13:40, Sam: What the fuck kind of conduct is this? 25 Jul 2026, 13:40, Sam: One tells the truth and one keeps one's word 25 Jul 2026, 13:40, Sam: And one doesn't try to slime out of it by frantically listing every misgiving one has about anything the other person has done in the last half-decade 25 Jul 2026, 13:41, Sam: You are also proving how very richly you deserve the names I called you - what name do you think is undeserved for someone who makes promises and doesn't keep them, and who refuses to tell the truth? 25 Jul 2026, 13:42, Sam: I have more names if you want them 25 Jul 2026, 13:42, Sam: It is time for you to behave decently if you want a decent name 25 Jul 2026, 13:42, Sam: Because I promise you I will write a full account of this and at the moment you are not going to come out well 25 Jul 2026, 13:43, Damien: Just your paranoid account. Call of this is in your head. 25 Jul 2026, 13:43, Damien: I don’t care anymore 25 Jul 2026, 13:43, Damien: I’ve tried my best with you 25 Jul 2026, 13:43, Sam: Despite your beyond appalling current behaviour, it is conceivable to me that you didn't go into this entirely intentionally and knowingly 25 Jul 2026, 13:44, Sam: It is conceivable that you didn't know that Oli was in a relationship with Cherny, and that you realised partway through and were already morally committed to the position you had taken 25 Jul 2026, 13:44, Sam: It is conceivable, indeed it seems fairly evident, that Oli had given you a stupider and more caricatured account of why I had visited, what I had wanted, what state of mind I was in, etc 25 Jul 2026, 13:45, Damien: He’s not in a relationship with anyone. And why does that matter. Why do you need to upset Tim, Jacques, Edward? Because you’re a scorned obsessive lover with nothing better to do 25 Jul 2026, 13:45, Sam: If that is so, then say so, but you have clearly now known for at least a fortnight that Oli was in a relationship with Cherny or at least that my relationship with Oli wasn't to be mentioned to the Chernys, and you have not re-evaluated and have chosen this path instead 25 Jul 2026, 13:46, Damien: I’m subject your stalking now because you know if you say another word to I you’ll be arrested 25 Jul 2026, 13:46, Sam: I don't consider this decent - if you consider it decent and if you think most people will, then sit back and rest easy and it will be a marvellous book 25 Jul 2026, 13:46, Damien: It’s going to court and it should come clear then? But would rather drag everyone else into this sordid affair 25 Jul 2026, 13:46, Sam: If you don't consider it decent, this is your chance to redeem yourself somewhat 25 Jul 2026, 13:46, Damien: I know the truth. As do you? 25 Jul 2026, 13:46, Sam: But I am going to have a serious conversation with Edward and ask what the hell he makes of this 25 Jul 2026, 13:46, Sam: I find it beyond appalling 25 Jul 2026, 13:47, Damien: Why do you do this? Do you have nothing better to don 25 Jul 2026, 13:47, Sam: Damien, what you need to say right now is an email to the Chernys 25 Jul 2026, 13:47, Damien: Edward is busy, why do you think he wants to listen to this drivel 25 Jul 2026, 13:47, Sam: I am not interested in anything else you have to say 25 Jul 2026, 13:47, Sam: You have ample time to send messages to me 25 Jul 2026, 13:47, Sam: You need to keep your word and tell the truth 25 Jul 2026, 13:47, Damien: I mean just bothering people with your clownishness 25 Jul 2026, 13:47, Damien: Give it arrest 25 Jul 2026, 13:47, Sam: Until then, with respect, you can close your mouth and give your endless nastiness a break 25 Jul 2026, 13:48, Damien: The amount of people you’ve annoyed 25 Jul 2026, 13:48, Sam: I am not interested in it 25 Jul 2026, 13:48, Sam: Do what you promised, and tell the truth 25 Jul 2026, 13:48, Damien: Me nasty? Are you joking 25 Jul 2026, 13:48, Sam: Or explain why you are not 25 Jul 2026, 13:48, Damien: You’ve said the most horrible below the belt things to me 25 Jul 2026, 13:48, Sam: SEND THE FUCKING EMAIL DAMIEN, OR SHUT THE FUCK UP 25 Jul 2026, 13:48, Sam: I AM DONE WITH THIS CRAP 25 Jul 2026, 13:48, Sam: DO WHAT YOU TOLD ME YOU WOULD DO 25 Jul 2026, 13:48, Damien: Yes me too 25 Jul 2026, 13:48, Damien: I don’t know why I should 25 Jul 2026, 13:49, Sam: Because you said you would 25 Jul 2026, 13:49, Sam: OR ELSE CLOSE YOUR FUCKING MOUTH 25 Jul 2026, 13:49, Sam: christ 25 Jul 2026, 13:49, Sam: is this fucking complicated? 25 Jul 2026, 13:49, Damien: You’re ungrateful and rude 25 Jul 2026, 13:49, Sam: if you say you will do something, you do it 25 Jul 2026, 13:49, Sam: you keep your word 25 Jul 2026, 13:49, Sam: so do it 25 Jul 2026, 13:49, Sam: now 25 Jul 2026, 13:49, Sam: and until then, shut up 25 Jul 2026, 13:49, Sam: i am done with this chat for now 25 Jul 2026, 13:49, Sam: write the email 25 Jul 2026, 13:49, Damien: Hahaha 25 Jul 2026, 13:49, Damien: The facts are becoming a bit real for you now 25 Jul 2026, 13:50, Damien: No off to annoy Edward who thinks it’s all nonsense 25 Jul 2026, 13:51, Sam: no, I'm also off to report you to the police for blackmail, which is what you've done here, and I actually am fed up with you and I think it's time you face some consequences for what you do in the same way you'd like me to face consequences for what i've not done 25 Jul 2026, 13:51, Sam: have a good day, Damien 25 Jul 2026, 13:52, Damien: 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 25 Jul 2026, 13:52, Damien: Blackmail? 25 Jul 2026, 13:52, Sam: and publish the chat by all means, go ahead, but if you think it's bad then publish it unconditionally - don't use it as a threat 25 Jul 2026, 13:52, Damien: Wait that’s a new one 25 Jul 2026, 13:52, Sam: yes, blackmail 25 Jul 2026, 13:52, Damien: Hahhahahaha 25 Jul 2026, 13:52, Sam: see you 25 Jul 2026, 13:52, Damien: Who am I blackmailing? 25 Jul 2026, 13:52, Damien: And for what 🤣 25 Jul 2026, 15:35, Sam: It is not blackmail, no, I was wrong 25 Jul 2026, 15:35, Sam: It is various perjury / perverting the course of justice type offences if said in relation to telling the truth during court proceedings, but not in relation to telling the truth to the Chernys 25 Jul 2026, 15:37, Sam: For now, I am going to drop the Cherny thing, but I will add notes on those YouTube videos pointing people to these conversations so they can see that you did not keep the promises you made there 25 Jul 2026, 15:37, Sam: And of course our conversation about whether Oli is in a relationship with Sam Cherny, and whether you know and have known that, is now over 25 Jul 2026, 15:38, Sam: Your email to them is probably not the most important thing in the world, and you could presumably lie to them anyway about having been pressured to send it - at any rate I can't be bothered with the amount of my time this is draining 25 Jul 2026, 15:39, Sam: (well, you _were_ pressured to send it, of course, because it is the truth that you promised to send, but you could say ... well, whatever the fuck kind of thing you liars say - I find it faintly revolting to try to put myself in that mental position) 25 Jul 2026, 15:41, Sam: As for the Nate chats, I suggest you publish them now, or that Oli do so, because I am perfectly fine standing behind what I have done 25 Jul 2026, 15:41, Sam: In fact I think it probably helps my argument in that respect 25 Jul 2026, 15:42, Sam: I am just sorry that this is the person you have turned out to be - I expected better of you, and this is grim to behold 25 Jul 2026, 16:11, Sam: Also, just to remind you, your communications with Oli are being preserved 25 Jul 2026, 16:12, Sam: I am very keen to see in five months' time what they contain 25 Jul 2026, 16:39, Sam: I am also going to update my website about you with the current up-to-date situation, which is that, shock horror, you *were* lying and you *do* know about Oli and Sam Cherny's relationship, and also have known about mine and yours 25 Jul 2026, 16:39, Sam: Mine and Oli's***, I mean, haha 25 Jul 2026, 16:39, Sam: dear god 25 Jul 2026, 16:39, Sam: anyway, as usual: if untrue, you can bring a libel claim, but you won't, and your letting it stand is the closest you will come to telling the truth 25 Jul 2026, 16:40, Sam: ... shamefully, but nevertheless 25 Jul 2026, 17:57, Damien: Then why don’t you publish them yourself 25 Jul 2026, 18:16, Damien: lol you’re paranoid as hell you think it’s perfectly normal for me walk up a family I don’t know and send them an email saying btw Sam was in love with Oli and Oli doesn’t admit to a relationship. What childish nonsense. Get a life. Just move on for fuck sake 25 Jul 2026, 18:18, Sam: I think you repeatedly promised to send that email, Damien, and that you should be sending it rather than whinging 25 Jul 2026, 18:19, Sam: The time for whinging, if there was a time for whinging, was before promising, not now 25 Jul 2026, 18:22, Damien: Because it’s not going to stop till you get mental health help. Fried your head with drugs for your year and your brain is broken. Message me once more or even reply to this message, I promise you I’ll be going to the police. I’m fed up yo the back teeth! 25 Jul 2026, 18:24, Damien: Also no one fucking cares 25 Jul 2026, 18:24, Damien: How arrogant you think you have to be involve people and bother their lives with this noise 25 Jul 2026, 18:31, Damien: And if you contact any one else in those emails I will go to the police! 25 Jul 2026, 19:09, Sam: Oh, stop whining, you rat 25 Jul 2026, 19:09, Sam: Do what you said you would do or don't waste my time 25 Jul 2026, 19:10, Sam: And don't dare condescend to me after what you've done 25 Jul 2026, 19:11, Sam: My accusations against you are here, and if I am wrong about any of it then you can tell me why and I will correct it: https://damien-mcmullen.swhra.uk/ 25 Jul 2026, 19:11, Sam: If you don't tell me why, I am not interested, and right now I am quite happy to stand behind the charge of collusion and bearing false witness in any libel claim you might want to bring 25 Jul 2026, 19:11, Sam: You have disgraced yourself and have no legal right to be thought of as someone better than you have in fact been 25 Jul 2026, 19:12, Sam: I will carry on telling our friends how you are behaving, and if you want me to stop then you can behave differently 25 Jul 2026, 19:12, Sam: Until then, stop fucking complaining, because you make me want to throw up 26 Jul 2026, 10:42, Sam: When were you shown footage of my arrest? 26 Jul 2026, 10:57, Sam: You didn't mention it in this call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFiezPJ4Dc8 You did mention it in the second tranche of calls. Yet I imagine you were sent it before the first call, not in between. Why did you not mention it at any point there? Why did you act as though I was explaining my arrest for the first time? Why then does it turn out that you have footage, and that you are able to talk casually about how "somebody found a bomb there shortly after you were arrested", as if it is a familiar feature in a series of events you remember well? Do you think it sounds like you are being forthcoming? I think it sounds like you are lying. 26 Jul 2026, 11:02, Sam: Also, if you "can't imagine Oli deleting the messages", why don't you ask him for a copy? Then you can exonerate yourself, right? 26 Jul 2026, 11:03, Sam: I will add that suggestion to my public letter to you, actually, and I will make it a stronger claim, because if he doesn't have a copy then you have both deleted them, and if you have both deleted them then there has plainly been an attempt to cover up. 26 Jul 2026, 11:08, Sam: I will relay this also via Edward, because I am not terribly impressed by your making false reports to the police to have me prosecuted and then acting as if it's all terribly beneath you to account for yourself 26 Jul 2026, 11:08, Sam: This has been a moral disgrace and it will be accounted for 26 Jul 2026, 11:09, Sam: As will the way you have spoken to me throughout all of it 26 Jul 2026, 11:45, Sam: Updated version: https://damien-mcmullen.swhra.uk/ Please supply contradictory evidence or ultimately bring a libel claim if I am incorrect; failing that, I will assume I am correct 26 Jul 2026, 19:51, Damien: Why are you keeping going? 26 Jul 2026, 19:51, Damien: You realize when I see your message I breath a sigh of relief that you haven’t topped yourself yet 26 Jul 2026, 19:52, Damien: No interest in what you have to say whatsoever 26 Jul 2026, 19:52, Damien: You need to be arrested and remanded for your own safety and the safety of others! 26 Jul 2026, 23:20, Sam: Let me know if you have any evidence to correct my publication about you 26 Jul 2026, 23:21, Sam: If not, I will carry on sharing it with others 26 Jul 2026, 23:22, Sam: You should know that, if it is *not* true and if you choose not to correct it earlier on and then finally correct it later, that choice limits my liability and your potential damages, i.e. you are better off issuing a correction earlier 26 Jul 2026, 23:23, Sam: I expect, despite that warning, you will not issue a correction, because there is no correction to issue - I am right about this, and you have indeed conspired to provide a false account to police about me 26 Jul 2026, 23:24, Sam: Also, I am not going to address your revolting messages, other than to say I think you ought urgently to reflect on the person you are becoming 27 Jul 2026, 11:05, Damien: Boy, why you so obsessed with me 27 Jul 2026, 17:17, Damien: It’s clear that you’re upset with me 27 Jul 2026, 22:14, Damien: You hatin hard 28 Jul 2026, 10:43, Damien: Damien sent an attachment. 28 Jul 2026, 11:18, Sam: Why have you repeatedly told me I should be 'remanded' while also telling me the allegations are nonsense and will surely collapse at trial? 28 Jul 2026, 11:24, Sam: What were you and Oli laughing about here, just after deleting your messages, hours after lying to the police to have me arrested? 28 Jul 2026, 11:24, Sam: 28 Jul 2026, 11:27, Sam: Why did you then ignore my messages for several weeks and then reply very rudely and insistently to the suggestion that Oli was in a relationship with Sam Cherny, despite having no real evidence whatsoever? 28 Jul 2026, 11:28, Sam: Why have you seen fit to speak to me in the way you have, and why exactly do you seem to think I should forgive you now? 28 Jul 2026, 11:29, Sam: You told me the other day that "everyone" thought I had left a bomb outside the Chernys' house – who is "everyone" in this scenario when you don't know Sam Cherny and don't know anyone else who lives there, and have claimed to believe that Oli lived there with Oliver Riannon? 28 Jul 2026, 11:29, Sam: Why are you still lying both to and about me? 28 Jul 2026, 11:36, Sam: Look, either you answer these questions now or I keep asking them in the presence of more and more people and you answer them later after disgracing yourself longer, but do not think you are going to get me 'remanded' or 'arrested' or 'sectioned' or whatever you fantasise about, and get away with this 28 Jul 2026, 11:38, Sam: Do you regret not doing the decent thing earlier? You will regret it more later, I can promise you that - I am one fucking step away from putting these questions up as posters around central London 28 Jul 2026, 11:57, Damien: Because you’re clearly unhinged and a danger to yourself and others 28 Jul 2026, 12:01, Sam: Either tell me the truth now or I will start putting up posters asking this question around Hammersmith this afternoon to begin with 28 Jul 2026, 12:22, Damien: For someone so smart, you’re handling a stalking case by becoming the biggest stalker alive 28 Jul 2026, 14:25, Damien: I really don’t know what to do now Sam, you’ve left me no other option. I want you to be well! Not torture yourself with this nonsense 28 Jul 2026, 15:49, Sam: Sorry, what? No other option than what? You haven't taken the one option that I have offered you, which is to supply the records of your messages with Oli in that 12-hour window, to show that you did not conspire to pervert the course of justice. If you don't supply that or explain yourself, I will ask in front of more people, and if you don't answer then then I will make a police report and have this investigated, because I am not going to accept contempt when what you owe me is a serious, abject, grovelling apology for what you have done. 28 Jul 2026, 15:59, Damien: Also I have never went to the police about you or made any statements! 28 Jul 2026, 16:00, Damien: What have I done? How have I conspired.. why would I be bothered, you’re insane!! 28 Jul 2026, 16:00, Damien: Why are you doing all this?! 28 Jul 2026, 16:20, Sam: You can establish that by retrieving the messages from Oli, not by saying words and expecting me to trust what you say. I think I have explained to you why the latter no longer works. 28 Jul 2026, 16:31, Damien: Oliver has a stalking case against you. They’re his messages as well as mine, and so it’s quite clear he wouldn’t be comfortable with it. Your theory that I’m conspiring is based on what? Why would I do such a thing? Why would I want you to go to prison? None of it makes sense, I want you to be well Sam, you’re clearly not. I’m worried about you, that’s why I reached out to your family. I can’t deal with this anymore, you can invite me yo court or whatever, I know with a clear conscience I’ve done nothing wrong, people have critiqued me for not reporting you to the police and even talking to you. I really want you to be well. 28 Jul 2026, 16:54, Sam: I will accept a screen recording of those messages. I don't think I'm particularly comfortable with text that can be edited. If you can give me that along with a profound apology and account of why you did this, I might consider more charitably whatever the hell I can do here. I don't feel entirely comfortable not reporting something that has been a pretty serious crime by you and him, in the same way I wasn't comfortable to get off on the assault charge (the one true component, unrelated to the rest, and I exclude that from what I'm talking about here) in my own case. 28 Jul 2026, 17:04, Damien: Did what Sam? I have no idea what I’m supposed to have done. You speak of a relationship that doesn’t exist, and it’s based of a haunch? If it were true, do you think I would tell you? Sam, “ I think you’re barking up the wrong tree”. Why would I condone any of this, why? It makes no sense, you know it doesn’t either. Why are you so determined to make this narrative fit? I don’t understand? I really don’t know what else to do Sam. You’re getting stuck on this, everyone is telling me to go to the police in case this gets worse. I really want you to get help, that’s not an easy option for me, however being harrassed by you, or have my friends harasssed is Not easy either. I would suggest meeting you to discuss things, but I don’t think it will happen. I feels like the ending of the movie shutter island. No matter what I do isn’t going yo help you! 28 Jul 2026, 17:11, Sam: Look, Damien, I'm sorry but I'm no longer interested in your patter. This is serious, it has always been serious, I can remember perfectly well how you spoke to me while you were doing it, and I am not tremendously inclined to be sympathetic. I am going to report it in any case, and we already have the preservation request and preserved materials thankfully. I am speaking to my lawyer at 7pm. I will update you, but if you're going to carry on like this then just spare me, because I'm not interested. To be honest it is too late already. As I say, I remember the last few months vividly, and to be honest you have behaved appallingly well beyond the point at which a more intelligent evildoer might realise it was in his interest to start apologising and grovelling. What the hell did you ever think you were doing, and why were you so happy to do it when you reckoned you'd get away with it? 28 Jul 2026, 17:11, Sam: 28 Jul 2026, 17:11, Sam: 28 Jul 2026, 17:30, Damien: I’m not longer interested either. I don’t owe you anything, I’ve tried desperately to help you. I’ve done nothing. You’ve broken your brain with years of drugs. It’s very sad. I wish you all the best. 28 Jul 2026, 17:51, Sam: You don't need to be interested, you are _culpable_. But as for your levels of interest, I'm sure you are less keen on talking to me than you were when you could sneer at my distress. I'm sure this is less fun for you. Personally I don't really mind if you block me, and if I were you I would probably do so and get a lawyer. But then I wouldn't be you. Again, what in god's name possessed you to do what you have done? 28 Jul 2026, 17:52, Sam: I think this is a sound judgement 28 Jul 2026, 17:52, Sam: 28 Jul 2026, 17:53, Sam: I am glad that I have had much less communication with Oli than I have had with you during this, because I do not want to think he is capable of what you have proven capable of. None of this needed to happen. You could have done what I and any morally fucking sane person would have done, and said "no, this has gone too far [on May 27th-28th], you need to tell the truth and stop digging". Instead you went cheerfully and sadistically along with fucking _this_. And now we are where we are. 28 Jul 2026, 18:27, Damien: Sneer at your distress! I’m not this person. I hope one day you realize how wrong you’ve been Sam. Only then will you be able to see how ill you’ve become 28 Jul 2026, 23:26, Sam: OK, Damien. Get a lawyer. I can't be bothered discussing this any more. 29 Jul 2026, 10:57, Damien: For the posters you’re going to put up, can you use a slay photo of me 🙏🏻 29 Jul 2026, 14:01, Sam: I'm just going to the police. No need for posters. 29 Jul 2026, 14:05, Damien: Reacted 😂 to your message 29 Jul 2026, 14:05, Damien: They’ll lock me up and throw away the key lol 29 Jul 2026, 14:05, Damien: For all my conspiring 29 Jul 2026, 14:18, Sam: Just to be clear, are you saying that Oli still has his record of the conversation on May 27th-28th, i.e. messages before 6:04am? 29 Jul 2026, 14:18, Sam: Just to be clear, are you saying that Oli still has his record of the conversation on May 27th-28th, i.e. messages before 6:04am on May 28th? (edited) 29 Jul 2026, 14:25, Sam: That is the time window in which you deleted your messages, because they were "negative" and related to his police report against me (though that wasn't the initial explanation you gave, and you adopted it only after I indicated that it would be possible to determine from account metadata / audit logs that your initial explanation – that you "often delete conversations" – wasn't true), and shortly before he made a false police statement which you have described to me as false and yet have refused to correct. I suggest that he wouldn't have made that statement unless he trusted that you would refuse to correct it. In that light it seems extremely strange that you: - spoke to him in that exact 12-hour window - subsequently deleted thoes messages - told me you did so because they were "negative" and about this matter - promised you would get his record of the conversation - said you were curious - subsequently did not get his record of the conversation - now refuse to get it 29 Jul 2026, 14:27, Sam: And then: - described Oli's statement to me as false - said you would correct it - promised to send an email - promised about three further times - didn't correct it - asked me to draft you an email (which was maybe a bit improper on my part, wrt influencing witnesses, but I knew what you had admitted to me and I sent you a rough draft representing what I thought your honest account was) - you didn't send it - you refused to send any honest clarification even under some pressure 29 Jul 2026, 14:30, Sam: I think, and will say to the police, that you and Oli quite obviously collaborated on that false statement, or at least you indicated that you would not contradict it by e.g. testifying that you were in group chats with the two of us in which he said "we're boyfriends aren't we?", "I love you so much ❤️", and "I love you Sam ❣️" during a period in which he now represents in that statement that he had terminated all contact with me and was being stalked – or that you relayed that you didn't think he would "leave" me, and that he just wanted a few days with no group chats and then he would talk to me 29 Jul 2026, 14:33, Sam: In short, you planned to make a dishonest report of 'stalking' against someone you knew not to be a stalker, in order to discipline and control him within a relationship and stop him telling others what was going on. This is grotesque and has had serious consequences for me. *Does Oli still have his records of the relevant conversations? If so, he should preserve them and preserve anything else that may be relevant.* 29 Jul 2026, 14:35, Sam: And you also should preserve anything that may be relevant. Do not delete stuff. I said this on June 26th, I know, but it pays to remind you. 29 Jul 2026, 14:37, Sam: I may take a day or two to make a police report because it is a bloody pain in the ass to go through all of these conversations and assemble it into a form that the police will understand (PDFs, transcribed comments, etc etc) and I will do so with my family and my lawyer as a filter for my tendency to, uh, 'elaborate', haha. I will let you know when I have made a report. *If you could tell me whether Oli still has his record of that morning's conversation, that would be useful. You seemed earlier/yesterday to be implying that he still did.* 29 Jul 2026, 19:19, Sam: *If you could tell me whether Oli still has his record of that morning's conversation, that would be useful. You seemed earlier/yesterday to be implying that he still did.* 29 Jul 2026, 19:21, Sam: I also sent further questions by email, which you presumably have seen. Note the offer of Edward or Jamison as a trusted third party if you claim to believe in magical Legal Reasons™ preventing you from showing me your conversation with Oli from 10pm on May 27th to 6:04am on May 28th. 29 Jul 2026, 19:27, Sam: You could also helpfully look at the group chats that you were part of between April 12th and April 18th, and tell me what you see in them. I have asked you about that before on the phone, and I have recordings. In fact, I have a lot of recordings. You could look also at the messages you sent to me on May 9th, on Facebook. You knew all along that Oli's statement was false, you said so to me, I have many recordings of you saying so, and yet you refused to tell the truth, lied to me that you lived abroad, told me you would avoid a court summons, and threatened to have me arrested for asking questions. I can't even be bothered to express a moral verdict. It's like talking to a lettuce. 29 Jul 2026, 19:29, Sam: I warn you that there are preservation orders already in place, and any attempt to delete anything is an aggravating element, or factor or whatever the fuck it's called. So don't delete stuff, please. 29 Jul 2026, 19:31, Sam: You and Oli should have told the truth on May 27th. Instead you did this. You should have told the truth at countless points since then. Instead, with months to think about it, after endless appeals and entreaties, you persisted in trying to shift the consequences onto me. Consequently your position is much worse. You should tell the truth now. Don't dig any further. 29 Jul 2026, 19:31, Sam: Well, if you're not going to tell the truth per se, at least please do not try to cover it up or destroy evidence. 29 Jul 2026, 19:32, Sam: You told me you spoke to Oli between every day and every other day. That record should exist somewhere. *It will be very clear if it goes missing, Damien.* 29 Jul 2026, 19:38, Sam: It is also worth bearing in mind that you are now in a prisoner's dilemma situation with someone who is habitually disloyal, whose relationship with the Chernys is spent, who is in love with me, and of whom I am considerably fonder than I am of you. So please consider whether further crimes are really a wise idea. 29 Jul 2026, 19:41, Sam: 29 Jul 2026, 19:48, Sam: 29 Jul 2026, 19:51, Sam: You had a million opportunities and endless coaxing to think better of this, you convicted yourself a thousand times by your messages and your choices, and you will richly deserve what you will get. 29 Jul 2026, 19:52, Sam: Anyway, if you could answer the questions I sent to you by email, that would be very helpful. I don't expect you to, but I just want to make sure it is very clear on the record that you have not. 31 Jul 2026, 20:20, Sam: So are you no longer denying that I am right? Or are you denying it while refusing to show the evidence? 1 Aug 2026, 01:18, Sam: Right, I take that to be not denying it, then. Great. I will reconstruct exactly what happened, since apparently some remorse extremely late in the day is too much to ask for. 1 Aug 2026, 03:12, Sam: OK, so the main thing you can't admit to the Chernys is that Oli and I were together after the 12th and stayed together after I hit him. Why didn't I notice that before? 1 Aug 2026, 03:13, Sam: I suppose I need to be the abusive ex-boyfriend who hit him and then Oli stayed away forever because I was just abusive and an ex-boyfriend 1 Aug 2026, 03:14, Sam: In other words I need to be libelled and criminally prosecuted so that Oli doesn't have to confront the reality of what he did, and of how decent I was to him 1 Aug 2026, 03:18, Sam: And you happily went along with that, because what? because I told you three years ago that you were for sale? and you were determined to ... what, prove me wrong? Well, you've really proved me wrong 1 Aug 2026, 03:19, Sam: I hope you don't succeed in convincing yourself that this was all ok because I was harsh to you at Bond St, or because I had that chat with Nate, or because of whatever the fuck else you can dredge up 1 Aug 2026, 03:20, Sam: If you don't want to be my friend, then don't pretend you are, but don't tell yourself you were justified in asking for my trust and presenting yourself as my friend so that you could betray me 1 Aug 2026, 03:21, Sam: I'm sure you are feeling some degree of moral vertigo now that you have to confront this, and now that others can read your messages and see what you did and what you were all too happy to do when you thought you could get away with it - you deserve to feel that 1 Aug 2026, 03:22, Sam: Meanwhile I will dismantle whatever remains of the lies you two have told to Sam Cherny, who deserves the truth as much as I did, even if he is a bloody pillock 2 Aug 2026, 17:15, Sam: Why did you tell me in July that you didn't know where Oli was living, and then later tell me that there was a device left outside the Chernys' house not long after my arrest in late May and that "everyone thought it was you [i.e. me]"? Is this consistent? And who is "everyone"? Are you going to explain yourself and why you have lied, or are you going to keep reading my messages and saying nothing, and remaining silent in front of your friends? 2 Aug 2026, 17:16, Sam: The number of years I keep these allegations up will be proportioned to how much longer it takes you – having already taken much too long – to tell me the truth 2 Aug 2026, 17:28, Sam: I think the next set of recipients will be Sam Cherny's friends, because he is the person who clearly hasn't yet been told the truth 2 Aug 2026, 17:28, Sam: 2 Aug 2026, 17:29, Sam: I would sooner not do that, because it would obviously humiliate him, and I don't think he deserves that, but nor am I going to go obligingly to prison so that Oli can keep lying to him – please, for God's sake, do the decent thing and tell him the truth without requiring me to do this 2 Aug 2026, 22:15, Sam: OK, I'm on track, I will copy you in 2 Aug 2026, 22:17, Sam: Also, since it just occurred to me to say it, I forgive Oli – I don't mind the infidelity, largely because I know what position I was in and I know what position Sam Cherny was/is in, *although* I still am and always will be deeply hurt that he wasn't there for me when I had to kill Tig and I pleaded with him to be there for me and he wasn't 2 Aug 2026, 22:18, Sam: 2 Aug 2026, 22:18, Sam: That was when he was still pretending to be Albanian cartel whatever 2 Aug 2026, 22:19, Sam: And pretending to have a super hot girlfriend called Leah (who presumably was a stand-in for Sam Cherny, just as Xander was – the allegorical boyfriends/girlfriends were always somewhat glammed up relative to Sam Cherny) 2 Aug 2026, 22:20, Sam: I don't love or forgive you, on the other hand 2 Aug 2026, 22:20, Sam: Anyway, I am going to get this message to Sam C via his friends since it doesn't seem to have got to him via his father (I have no fucking idea how this bloody family works, but it doesn't) 3 Aug 2026, 17:12, Sam: I really mean this, by the way. I needed him. I needed the one person whose presence makes me feel like things are going to be OK. He wasn't there. He was, essentially, at work instead, even though I pleaded for him to be there. That matters much more than abstract infidelity or than that he's not here now. 4 Aug 2026, 11:14, Sam: You described the case against to me as nonsense many times - are you willing to say so to others, or in court, or not? 4 Aug 2026, 11:14, Sam: If not, why not? 4 Aug 2026, 11:15, Sam: Actually, no: if not, fuck you, that is a disgrace, etc 4 Aug 2026, 11:15, Sam: I think if one thinks someone is being wrongly prosecuted, one says so on the record, not just privately 4 Aug 2026, 17:59, Damien: Damien sent an attachment. 4 Aug 2026, 20:12, Sam: Monkey looks like me trying to cut my parents' ridiculous £20 Fabrique sourdough loaves 4 Aug 2026, 20:13, Sam: Or trying to cut your head off 4 Aug 2026, 20:13, Sam: Did you know it is very hard to cut someone's head off? 4 Aug 2026, 20:13, Sam: I know this because I had to look it up when Oli was pretending to be Albanian and telling me he cut people's heads off 4 Aug 2026, 20:13, Sam: There is a lot of tough muscle at the back of the neck that is like a sort of tough rind on a cheese 4 Aug 2026, 20:15, Sam: 4 Aug 2026, 20:16, Sam: Anyway, no, I should say I am not going to cut your head off – that would not even be my preferred killing method, it's too cutty whereas my rage is more bludgeony, I feel – but it did come to mind when I was watching the monkey 4 Aug 2026, 20:34, Sam: Anyway, I assume from your friendliness that the plan is starting to fail 4 Aug 2026, 21:27, Sam: Was it Oliver Riannon? Or independent of that? 4 Aug 2026, 21:27, Sam: I am curious 4 Aug 2026, 21:28, Sam: I will carry on explaining my reasoning to Sam Cherny and/or his father, in the hope that it is getting through via one of those two routes 4 Aug 2026, 21:28, Sam: Is there anything else you'd like me not to do? 4 Aug 2026, 21:45, Sam: It seems like the main opposition is to my talking to the Chernys and to Oli's friends, so I will go for some more of that 4 Aug 2026, 21:45, Sam: Separately I will keep pressing for you to answer in the Damien's Friends thread 4 Aug 2026, 21:46, Sam: I might automate both of those tasks with Google Apps Script 4 Aug 2026, 21:47, Sam: Or the your friends one at least, maybe not the Cherny's friends one, since it doesn't help me to piss them off whereas it really can't hurt me to piss off your friends or our friends until they have you answer 4 Aug 2026, 22:07, Sam: By the way, you accused me of selfishness 4 Aug 2026, 22:07, Sam: I would just like to register that 4 Aug 2026, 22:08, Sam: I assume I don't need to say anything further about that accusation 5 Aug 2026, 01:11, Sam: 5 Aug 2026, 01:11, Sam: 5 Aug 2026, 01:11, Sam: I didn't deserve at all what you did to me, or what he did to me, but I still love him (and I know perfectly well that he still loves me) 5 Aug 2026, 01:14, Sam: He also sees it exactly the way I see it, and I know that, despite what he has said to the police: 5 Aug 2026, 01:14, Sam: 5 Aug 2026, 01:26, Sam: Also this conversation was certainly prescient: 5 Aug 2026, 01:26, Sam: 5 Aug 2026, 01:28, Sam: That is what makes this more shameful, I think, is that Oli has always understood and expected me to wait for him, and called it a miracle, and then turned around and betrayed me to save his domestic arrangement, with your support, and you still haven't told the truth and clearly won't 5 Aug 2026, 01:28, Sam: And, well, ok 5 Aug 2026, 01:28, Sam: Then the Chernys will hear it from me 5 Aug 2026, 07:08, Sam: a wise deletion, haha 5 Aug 2026, 07:08, Sam: unlike the other! 5 Aug 2026, 07:44, Damien: Damien sent an attachment. 5 Aug 2026, 07:47, Sam: Not sure if this is meant to reflect me and Oli?! Hmm 5 Aug 2026, 07:48, Sam: If I am being cast as the jealous one, I think I have been less jealous than almost anyone on planet Earth throughout human history - I am not sure there is anyone else who would have tolerated what I have 5 Aug 2026, 07:48, Sam: I am being prosecuted for Oli sharing his location with me for *one hour* 5 Aug 2026, 07:48, Sam: I thought it was a couple of days, but I looked back through our messages and it was one hour 5 Aug 2026, 07:48, Sam: For one hour he shared his location with me, on his own initiative, and I am being fucking prosecuted for that 5 Aug 2026, 07:56, Sam: I don't consider that charge to be dishonest, for what it's worth 5 Aug 2026, 07:57, Sam: I consider that one to be Oli being his usual daft self, and the police and CPS acting as if they are Siri rather than human beings with fucking brains and duties 5 Aug 2026, 07:57, Sam: "Hey Siri, prosecute 'coercive control'" 5 Aug 2026, 08:08, Sam: Ah, here you go, I found it: https://oli.chats.swhra.uk/#msg-im-late-14234 5 Aug 2026, 08:08, Sam: 5 Aug 2026, 08:09, Sam: This boy has no worldly right to be loved the way I absolutely, unconditionally, in spite of everything adore him 5 Aug 2026, 08:10, Sam: For _that_ I am being prosecuted 5 Aug 2026, 08:21, Sam: Oh, and you also clearly wrote that statement to try to make out ABH 5 Aug 2026, 08:22, Sam: I do not buy that Oli has any permanent scarring that doesn't require an electron microscope to see it, though he definitely had a little cut and some quite bad bruising underneath 5 Aug 2026, 08:23, Sam: So that is an independent nastiness that was not just aimed at getting me away from the house 5 Aug 2026, 08:23, Sam: I suppose I deserved that for daring to talk to my friends about my relationship 5 Aug 2026, 08:24, Sam: I suppose Oli was entitled to my misery and not I to his 5 Aug 2026, 08:25, Sam: I have no words for my disgust at all of this, but anyway, it seems it's nearly over 5 Aug 2026, 08:26, Sam: Despite all of it, I still love Oli and I will forgive him and feed him Quavers, because he is incomprehensibly precious and undeservedly indulged 5 Aug 2026, 08:27, Sam: You are not 5 Aug 2026, 08:27, Sam: Anyway, I'm going to figure out the rest now 7 Aug 2026, 09:49, Sam: Just letting you know, for you to do what you will with, that I still love and forgive Oli 9 Aug 2026, 17:06, Damien: Damien sent an attachment. 9 Aug 2026, 19:25, Sam: Oli gave a recorded interview 9 Aug 2026, 19:25, Sam: Either you hid that from me or he hid that from you, almost certainly the former 9 Aug 2026, 19:26, Sam: I am going to ask Mr Hussain to request a copy - we really should have been given one already 9 Aug 2026, 19:38, Damien: What are you on about? 9 Aug 2026, 19:47, Sam: Did you know that Oli gave a recorded interview and not just a statement? I have spent many hours discussing his statements on calls with you. I have accused you of complicity in drafting his second statement the next day. I have hypothesised that your messages must have had something to do with that second statement. Did you know that he gave a *recorded interview* and not just a statement? 9 Aug 2026, 19:49, Damien: If you say so I know nothing about that 9 Aug 2026, 19:54, Damien: What difference does it make 9 Aug 2026, 19:54, Sam: So you have spoken to him daily or near-daily, you have discussed the case, you discussed it the night it happened, you were sent videos of my arrest, you told me he sent a correction to the police and CPS to say that Sam Cherny was not his partner, he sent you a photo of that correction, and you're telling me he didn't say anything about this interview? 9 Aug 2026, 19:57, Sam: Actually, I give up on doing this thing where I pretend there is any serious possibility that you didn't know about the recorded interview 9 Aug 2026, 19:57, Damien: What difference does it make??? 9 Aug 2026, 19:58, Sam: Are you now saying that you did know about the recorded interview? I would prefer if you just answered my questions with the truth, before asking me to predict the rest of history 9 Aug 2026, 19:58, Damien: What’s the difference between a statement and an interview? 9 Aug 2026, 19:58, Sam: Could you just answer my question? 9 Aug 2026, 19:58, Sam: Did you know that he gave an interview? 9 Aug 2026, 19:59, Damien: Well if he did I didn’t register it, or maybe he didn’t. Why does it matter 9 Aug 2026, 19:59, Sam: Did you know? If you've been struck by amnesia again, please refer to your messages with him, and then answer me 9 Aug 2026, 20:00, Damien: So rude 9 Aug 2026, 20:01, Sam: Excuse me? 9 Aug 2026, 20:01, Sam: DO NOT EVER FUCKING TALK TO ME LIKE THAT, DAMIEN, EVER AGAIN IN YOUR MISERABLE FUCKING LIFE, DO I MAKE MYSELF UNDERSTOOD? 9 Aug 2026, 20:01, Sam: Nothing I say to you from now on can attain to rudeness 9 Aug 2026, 20:01, Sam: Now please give an honest answer to my fucking question, or don't say anything at all 9 Aug 2026, 20:02, Damien: Why should i answer questions when you’re being rude lol 9 Aug 2026, 20:06, Sam: I can't be bothered with this 9 Aug 2026, 20:06, Sam: I have my answer 9 Aug 2026, 20:06, Sam: Thanks 9 Aug 2026, 20:08, Damien: [deleted] 9 Aug 2026, 20:14, Sam: Shut the fuck up, you rat 9 Aug 2026, 21:33, Damien: Has anyone reported your chats to the underage boy to the police? Are they investigating it? I’ll submit with the rest of my evidence this afternoon! 9 Aug 2026, 21:38, Damien: I was in two minds about go forward with all this, you’re just a methed up mentally ill loner, who used to be my friend. You physically attacked Oliver, you’ve harassed everyone for months, you prey on weak people you’re a disgusting peado, who got a a young boy addicted to meth, and took advantage of him! See you in hell 9 Aug 2026, 22:08, Sam: OK, Damien 9 Aug 2026, 22:08, Sam: Hope that helped you feel better about yourself 9 Aug 2026, 22:09, Sam: Write whatever you like and it will end up on the website and in the book 9 Aug 2026, 22:09, Damien: About myself? You stupid paranoid fuck, you’re so fucking sick. The only think good for you now is prison. 9 Aug 2026, 22:09, Damien: And all your noncing? 9 Aug 2026, 22:10, Damien: So that boy Ryan? The 16 y/o? You didn’t give him meth? And then take advantage of him??? 9 Aug 2026, 22:10, Damien: You disgusting peado 9 Aug 2026, 22:10, Damien: Will you include that in your book? 9 Aug 2026, 22:11, Damien: I’ll let the police no all about it 9 Aug 2026, 22:33, Sam: Was that chat with Nate weighing heavily on your mind when you messaged me in March, saying “hi darling, so glad you and Oli worked things out, you were made for each other”? Where were your supposed concerns about my use of drugs when you said “I’m your friend, Sam, just trust me, I’m telling the truth”? I am no longer interested in your tedious attempts to make yourself feel better by wheeling out everything I have ever done that you think will make me look bad. I am talking to you here as a person whom I considered my friend: what have you have done is unforgivable, and I think you have said enough and should now be quiet. 9 Aug 2026, 22:34, Sam: Was that chat with Nate weighing heavily on your mind when you messaged me in March, saying “hi darling, so glad you and Oli worked things out, you were made for each other”? Where were your supposed concerns about my use of drugs when you said “I’m your friend, Sam, just trust me, I’m telling the truth”? I am no longer interested in your tedious attempts to make yourself feel better by wheeling out everything I have ever done that you think will make me look bad. I am talking to you here as a person whom I considered my friend: what you have done is unforgivable, and I think you have said enough and should now be quiet. 9 Aug 2026, 22:36, Sam: Also, no, I never slept with Ryan or did any such thing with Ryan, and you can ask him on Instagram (@ryanthefinch) if you mean any of that, though he may be a bit confused that it's taken you three years to ask 9 Aug 2026, 22:37, Sam: And he was 18, not 16, not that it's of any relevance since I didn't touch him - I gave him meth out of politeness since I was taking it, which I regret because it was reckless, and for that reason alone 9 Aug 2026, 22:38, Sam: If you have any other real or imaginary wrongs you'd like to dredge up, perhaps you can dredge them up now, or, even better, several weeks or months ago when you were calling yourself my friend and asking me to trust you 9 Aug 2026, 22:41, Damien: Yes you did you told me after i was disgusted, and you have the nerve to call me a rat. You’re a methed up predator! 9 Aug 2026, 22:42, Damien: You didn’t touch him! Wow what a liar. Damn I wish we could track him Down and ask him. Disgusting. The harm you’ve caused everyone that gets near you! 9 Aug 2026, 22:45, Damien: I was your friend I spent time trying to get you out of your fucking meth fueled fantasy. You’re autistic as hell, and methed up, that’s why you thought you were in some relationship with Oliver. You’ll see when you’re sentenced In court, this was all in your head, and frankly now, after how you’ve spoken to me, how you’ve treated me. I hope they send you down for a long time. You’re no good Sam!! 9 Aug 2026, 23:29, Damien: They’re going to lock you up for a long time hahahah as you should be!! 9 Aug 2026, 23:41, Sam: You can track him down and ask him. I just gave you his Instagram username: @ryanthefinch. His number is +44 7554 667129. He will tell you precisely what I have told you, and if you tell him why you're asking then he will tell you it's a disgrace too. 9 Aug 2026, 23:47, Damien: So you lied at the time? 9 Aug 2026, 23:48, Damien: What about all the messages you posed where you were asking a 15 y/o for photos of younger boys? Where are those Sam? Didn’t that happen? 9 Aug 2026, 23:59, Sam: I posed? Sorry, what? I have no particular memory of ever asking anyone for pictures of anyone. I did have a sexual chat with Nate, who I believed was 15 but was actually, as it happens, 16 going on 17 at the time. (He obviously judged, probably correctly, that it was to his advantage to lower his age slightly when I messaged him on Grindr. Make of that what you will. I might add that biologically a 15 or 16 year old - unless puberty is pharmacologically blocked or *hugely* delayed - is an adult, as a kitten becomes a cat when it is capable of reproducing. But anyway.) I don't have any memory of asking him for any photos of anyone, but Oli has that chat, so you can ask him. While you're at it you could perhaps ask him to remind you of your own messages on the night of May 27th-28th, when you were betraying your friend of 12 years. 10 Aug 2026, 00:00, Sam: I mean, I just find this pathetic, really, but carry on if you want and I'll answer the questions you didn't have three years ago when all this stuff actually took place, or this year when you were telling me that Oli and I were made for each other, calling me your friend, and asking me to trust you. 10 Aug 2026, 00:06, Damien: God look at you squirm 🤣🤣🤣 shall I post the chat logs to your family? 10 Aug 2026, 00:07, Damien: You’re not my Sam friend, after what you’ve done to me. You think you’ve been betrayed, you’re just a fucking retard, you’ll see in court how wrong you are, hopefully they lock you up and throw away the key 10 Aug 2026, 00:15, Sam: Oli already sent them to my family, shortly before I arrived at the Chernys' house on April 12th, before I sent any of my emails, so I'm afraid you guys sorta blew that one. Sorry. But if you want to post them or share them with whoever, feel free. I stand by - or, if not stand by, then at least won't hide or lie about - anything that I have said or done. I gave you Ryan's Instagram username and phone number, so you can contact him, and if you want to contact Nate too, his number is +447895006869. Both of them will say that I didn't abuse or exploit them. I wonder who will say the same of you. 10 Aug 2026, 00:15, Sam: Oli already sent them to my family, shortly before I arrived at the Chernys' house on April 18th, before I sent any of my emails, so I'm afraid you guys sorta blew that one. Sorry. But if you want to post them or share them with whoever, feel free. I stand by - or, if not stand by, then at least won't hide or lie about - anything that I have said or done. I gave you Ryan's Instagram username and phone number, so you can contact him, and if you want to contact Nate too, his number is +447895006869. Both of them will say that I didn't abuse or exploit them. I wonder who will say the same of you. 10 Aug 2026, 00:15, Sam: Also, I have no idea exactly what you think the word 'squirm' means 10 Aug 2026, 00:18, Sam: ^ what I've done to you, lmao 10 Aug 2026, 00:18, Sam: fucking brilliant 10 Aug 2026, 00:18, Sam: yes, Damien, truly the problem is what I have done to you 10 Aug 2026, 00:19, Sam: or what I have done to Ryan, or Nate, whom you supposedly want to track down, though I've given you their bloody mobile numbers and I very much doubt you'll so much as send a text 10 Aug 2026, 00:20, Sam: or what I've done to meth, or whatever else you can dredge up to try to feel better about the unforgivable thing you did 10 Aug 2026, 00:25, Damien: You’re fucking ill! 10 Aug 2026, 00:25, Damien: It’s sad 10 Aug 2026, 00:26, Damien: But at this stage prison will be the best place for you 10 Aug 2026, 00:34, Sam: I am disappointed in you, Damien 10 Aug 2026, 00:35, Sam: I considered you my friend and I am sorry that this disgrace is where things have ended up 10 Aug 2026, 00:35, Damien: You’re fucking wrong you dumb fuck!!!! 10 Aug 2026, 00:36, Sam: ^ well, not 'ended up', that was too abstract - I am hurt and furious at what you decided and tried to do to me 10 Aug 2026, 00:36, Sam: and i feel ... something ... at the way that you are still trying to talk to me now 10 Aug 2026, 00:36, Damien: But I think you know you’re wrong and you’re pushing a narrative that makes you look unknowingly stalker! 10 Aug 2026, 00:36, Sam: as if I weren't a person and as if I weren't your friend 10 Aug 2026, 00:37, Sam: I suppose you reckon it might make you feel better if you try to avoid confronting that 10 Aug 2026, 00:37, Damien: You’re wrong Sam you have been!!! 10 Aug 2026, 00:52, Sam: Was this your plan, Damien – "I’ll just betray my friend Sam, I’ll tell him I’m his friend, tell him he can trust me, and, if he realises that was a mistake, I’ll just threaten him with all that stuff I never cared about? And he’ll be defeated and will go to prison rather than reveal the truth"? 10 Aug 2026, 00:52, Sam: It gives me great satisfaction to say: nah, fuck you 10 Aug 2026, 00:53, Sam: And I am deeply glad that my lovely Mr Hussain is in alignment with me on this one: 10 Aug 2026, 00:53, Sam: 10 Aug 2026, 01:02, Damien: Sam you’re going to look like a fool in court 10 Aug 2026, 01:02, Damien: You’re going prison for what you’ve done 10 Aug 2026, 01:11, Sam: I can't be bothered to answer your inane messages, but I was just reviewing things and noticed my messages to you in the screenshot I sent earlier: 10 Aug 2026, 01:11, Sam: 10 Aug 2026, 01:11, Sam: Almost heartbreaking 10 Aug 2026, 01:12, Sam: I will never forgive you for what you did to me, knowing me as well as you did, knowing Oli, knowing how the two of us felt about each other, knowing how purely I loved and adored him 10 Aug 2026, 01:12, Sam: All of this has been disgusting beyond words and I can't really bear to be in your presence, so I'm done with this, goodnight 10 Aug 2026, 02:11, Damien: What did I do? 10 Aug 2026, 02:12, Damien: And what would my motive have been 10 Aug 2026, 02:12, Damien: You’re going to crack in court when you realise how wrong you are 10 Aug 2026, 06:29, Sam: I've got a website for that: https://damien-mcmullen.swhra.uk/ And another with our chats: https://damien.chats.swhra.uk/ And our first call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFiezPJ4Dc8 And our second series of calls: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf6DCuNmELvw Again, if I were you, I would have the decency to kill myself, though I don't for a moment think you do, so I will settle for making sure that this haunts you for the rest of your undeserved days on Earth, and don't dare to offer me any fucking advice to 'move on with my life' - I will move on with yours 10 Aug 2026, 12:43, Damien: damienwilliamt started an audio call 10 Aug 2026, 12:44, Audio call ended 10 Aug 2026, 13:36, Sam: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83428344981?pwd=BoA3mWBX6rUxSwRTrSlDRE3UNHmIBT.1 10 Aug 2026, 13:43, Sam: Please either join this call or don't keep trying to call me on Instagram again 10 Aug 2026, 14:52, Damien: Yeah I changed my mind. I don’t want anymore horribleness, you just told me I should kill myslef, wtf is that?I’ve tried time and time again with you, and you can’t seem to get any better. One day all will be revealed and I hope you’re an ashamed of yourself of how you’ve treated me. I’ve always did my best for you Sam, but I don’t recognize you anymore, you’re mean and nasty. This ending is vaguely similar to the ending of the movie shutter island. I genuinely believe you know the truth but you’re sticking to this narrative because the alternative is harder pill to swallow, and I’m just a punching bag that’s got caught in the middle. Maybe I’ll see you in court I haven’t decided if I’ll be bothered to go. Best of luck whatever, although I think you’ve sealed your own fate at this stage! 10 Aug 2026, 15:17, Sam: Sorry, does this complaint have any subject matter or are you just whining that I am not being kind to you any more? I'm afraid you haven't earned kindness. 10 Aug 2026, 16:25, Damien: Well it’s sad you’ve done this to yourself, I can only sympathize so much when you’ve harassed and stalked me. Anyway I don’t know you anymore I’m going to block you, unfortunately I think it’s for the best! 10 Aug 2026, 22:12, Sam: So have you messaged Ryan and Nate? What did they say? I'm curious. Of course, I'd also like you to reply to me and the Chernys, but you seemed determined to speak to them first. What did you find? 10 Aug 2026, 22:16, Damien: Sam you fucking idiot you told me you got Ryan high and then performed oral sex on him. I remember it clear as day as I was appalled. I’m shocked you’re bothering to lie. 11 Aug 2026, 02:12, Sam: Why are you saying this, Damien? You know perfectly well that I never said that, because I never did that. What is the point of this? Is it maybe time to draw a line? 11 Aug 2026, 02:16, Damien: Are you kidding me right? Lol I’ve never known you to lie, you’ve went even lower in my estimation! 11 Aug 2026, 02:17, Damien: We both know you’re lying 11 Aug 2026, 02:39, Sam: I think you should call it a day 11 Aug 2026, 05:01, Sam: Incidentally, I think I'm done with Oli too, for what it's worth - he hasn't really shown anything worthy of the way I've loved him 11 Aug 2026, 05:35, Damien: You don’t get to walk away after what you’ve done Sam. You’re going to be sent to prison! 11 Aug 2026, 11:23, Sam: I think you owe me a serious answer, not this drivel 13 Aug 2026, 03:18, Sam: Branching out into Facebook ads! 13 Aug 2026, 03:18, Sam: 13 Aug 2026, 03:18, Sam: 13 Aug 2026, 03:18, Sam: 13 Aug 2026, 03:18, Sam: 13 Aug 2026, 03:26, Sam: 🎉⚖️ 13 Aug 2026, 03:26, Sam: 13 Aug 2026, 03:33, Sam: 🤷 13 Aug 2026, 03:33, Sam: 13 Aug 2026, 04:04, Sam: What a pity I didn't Move On With My Life™, eh? That would've really shown you! 13 Aug 2026, 04:08, Sam: "If someone's lying to you, you don't go to all that effort, you just ignore it and move on" (https://youtu.be/ZOd0hsbyAHQ?si=wj4DPBcyTTu3vW6c&t=8075) – INCORRECT, I in fact _do_ go to that effort! Better luck next time! 13 Aug 2026, 04:10, Sam: Go listen to that recording and to your constant promises that you are my friend and I can trust you 13 Aug 2026, 04:10, Sam: I didn't trust a word you said, by that point, and it turns out I was right not to 13 Aug 2026, 04:10, Sam: (shock fucking horror) 13 Aug 2026, 04:12, Sam: and I will _not_ Move On With My Life™, I'm afraid, I will remain exactly where I am until you take from the costs of your own choices and give me back my well-earned reputation for decency that you are currently trying to steal from me undeservedly for yourself 13 Aug 2026, 04:13, Sam: and I will _not_ Move On With My Life™, I'm afraid, I will remain exactly where I am until you take from me the costs of your own choices and give me back my well-earned reputation for decency that you are currently trying to steal from me undeservedly for yourself (edited) 13 Aug 2026, 04:26, Sam: I suppose you thought I'd be scared into silence by your threats to report me to the police for 'harassment' 13 Aug 2026, 04:27, Sam: And that you could always fall back on threatening to publish chats you didn't care about 4 years ago or when you were asking me to trust you 13 Aug 2026, 04:27, Sam: That would shut me up, right? That'll shut up the person who trusted you 13 Aug 2026, 04:28, Sam: You will not escape this utter disgrace for the rest of your days on Earth 13 Aug 2026, 04:29, Sam: And I don't give a fuck if it's Healthy™ and I don't give a fuck about any bland pseudo-therapeutic spatial metaphors about Moving On™ or Going Forward™ or Onward and Upward™ or whatever else that you might have for me 13 Aug 2026, 04:32, Sam: It is your choice what you do now, and it's a bad choice because you've made it one, but you can make your later choices slightly better or slightly worse 🤷 welcome to moral reality, sorry it sucks, and never fucking do this to anyone again 13 Aug 2026, 04:40, Sam: Also, in more imminent considerations: I will see to it that you are summoned to testify if you refuse to do so voluntarily, so it is your choice under what circumstances you want that conversation to begin 13 Aug 2026, 04:41, Sam: I have abundant evidence of why your testimony would be important, and absolutely zero pity for you after everything you have tried to do to me, and how you have spoken to me and acted while doing it 13 Aug 2026, 04:47, Sam: I also have this to look forward to, which I'm sure will be good 13 Aug 2026, 04:47, Sam: 13 Aug 2026, 04:48, Sam: I see the police marked me as an anticipated guilty plea, and filled in the MG11 as such about half an hour before my first hearing - perhaps you expected that too - certainly you didn't think I would put up a fight - well, fuck you 13 Aug 2026, 05:37, Sam: Well, I hope it was worth it, at least, the last few months 13 Aug 2026, 05:37, Sam: I hope you had fun tormenting me for daring to tell people about how Oli treated me 13 Aug 2026, 05:38, Sam: You certainly seemed to be having fun 13 Aug 2026, 05:38, Sam: I hope you enjoyed the complete inversion of moral reality 13 Aug 2026, 05:38, Sam: I didn't 13 Aug 2026, 05:38, Sam: Burn in hell 13 Aug 2026, 05:39, Sam: You absolutely unspeakable scum 13 Aug 2026, 05:42, Sam: And don't you dare ever whine again about my telling you you should kill yourself 13 Aug 2026, 05:42, Sam: I was telling you what a decent person would do in your position 13 Aug 2026, 05:42, Sam: I was not suggesting that you'd be so decent 13 Aug 2026, 07:36, Sam: Nice, early results are in, and I have spent 70p for 80 pairs of eyeballs, which feels good 13 Aug 2026, 07:36, Sam: 13 Aug 2026, 07:37, Sam: Gosh this is sort of compulsive 13 Aug 2026, 07:38, Sam: I'm probably going to run out of 20-40yo men with high-end phones and university degrees in inner London and Belfast before all this money is spent 13 Aug 2026, 14:41, Sam: 📈 it turns out people find this appalling, even if your and our friends have been disappointingly useless so far 13 Aug 2026, 14:41, Sam: 13 Aug 2026, 14:45, Sam: I suppose not wanting to take a stand against bullies is not quite the same thing as liking or trusting them 13 Aug 2026, 14:49, Sam: 13 Aug 2026, 14:49, Sam: 13 Aug 2026, 14:50, Sam: There is no drug as gratifying as justice 16 Aug 2026, 20:50, Damien: Damien sent an attachment. 17 Aug 2026, 02:29, Damien: Damien sent an attachment. 18 Aug 2026, 12:57, Damien: Damien sent an attachment. 18 Aug 2026, 19:43, Damien: damienwilliamt started an audio call 18 Aug 2026, 19:43, Audio call ended 18 Aug 2026, 19:49, Damien: damienwilliamt started an audio call 18 Aug 2026, 19:50, Audio call ended 21 Aug 2026, 15:20, Damien: Damien sent an attachment. 21 Aug 2026, 15:20, Damien: And that’s just from you haha 23 Aug 2026, 05:40, Damien: Damien sent an attachment. 26 Aug 2026, 02:35, Sam: All going well? 26 Aug 2026, 02:35, Sam: lol 27 Aug 2026, 07:11, Sam: How’s the betraying going? And the lying? Well? Badly? 27 Aug 2026, 07:13, Sam: As I was just saying last night to one of my _victims_: 27 Aug 2026, 07:13, Sam: 27 Aug 2026, 07:13, Sam: You of course are also my _victim_, Damien, aren’t you?, as we all know 27 Aug 2026, 07:14, Sam: And not I yours 27 Aug 2026, 08:42, Damien: Give it a rest Sam? She’s a minor, why are you bothering her 27 Aug 2026, 10:05, Sam: To explain to her exactly and fully the truth, Damien :) 27 Aug 2026, 10:54, Damien: She’s a school girl? Don’t you have anything better to do with your time 27 Aug 2026, 10:54, Damien: lol it seems even your lawyer is confused 27 Aug 2026, 10:55, Sam: No, I have nothing better to do with my time than this :) that ok with you, or would you sooner I not? 27 Aug 2026, 10:56, Sam: And my lawyer *is* confused, Damien, because Oli lied to the police, you agreed not to contradict those lies (criminally), and consequently none of the case makes any sense 27 Aug 2026, 11:03, Damien: Sam look at your messages, they contradict your own narrative. He tells you to leave him alone. You have both told me you’ve seen each other 4 times in total since your relationship? It doesn’t make much sense 27 Aug 2026, 11:04, Sam: Having a good time, Damien? 27 Aug 2026, 11:04, Damien: Are you? 27 Aug 2026, 11:09, Damien: Damien sent an attachment. 27 Aug 2026, 11:09, Damien: This is how you’ve been sounded recently 27 Aug 2026, 11:10, Sam: :) always nice to see you happy and doing well, Damien 27 Aug 2026, 11:10, Damien: Stop being creepy 27 Aug 2026, 11:16, Damien: It Makes sense when you consider you’re wrong and paranoid 27 Aug 2026, 11:44, Sam: Doing well? Happy and healthy? 27 Aug 2026, 11:58, Damien: Damien sent an attachment. 27 Aug 2026, 12:01, Sam: Anything to say to Lila? I’ve given her a link through my https://remote-sam.swhra.uk site that lets her browse my Instagram and Facebook, so maybe she’ll read this, and the rest of our chat, and my chat on Facebook with Oli, and indeed perhaps (if I may suggest) our various Facebook group arguments from April 12-18 that you, Damien, were part of, in which Oli said “we’re boyfriends, aren’t we?”, and you tried diligently not to admit any knowledge of them, refused to testify, and said “try getting me into a courtroom” 27 Aug 2026, 12:03, Damien: Oh shut up Sam, a few days between that he was filing a police report. Very hard to follow 27 Aug 2026, 12:03, Sam: Those group chats were after April 12th, when Oli said he had cut all contact with me and was being stalked - you refused to contradict that account, and you MYSTERIOUSLY deleted your messages from that night of my arrest and MYSTERIOUSLY developed amnesia, didn’t you, Damien? How’s your amnesia going? Has it subsided? In ECT patients it subsides after a while - in you maybe not 27 Aug 2026, 12:04, Sam: Hard to follow? You remained part of the group chats and could have read them at any moment 27 Aug 2026, 12:04, Damien: Sam you write massive essays 27 Aug 2026, 12:04, Sam: I asked you to read them, and you wriggled out of it 27 Aug 2026, 12:04, Damien: However after our phone calls, I could understand much better and some heat sympathized 27 Aug 2026, 12:05, Sam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8rVxjn2RJY&list=PLf6DCuNmELvw 27 Aug 2026, 12:05, Sam: In that whole first call you are trying to toe the line - you refused to check your Facebook when I asked you to, and tried not to acknowledge the chats 27 Aug 2026, 12:06, Sam: I asked you repeatedly, in the presence of many of your friends, for over a month, to confirm to the Chernys what you had witnessed first-hand, and you refused to until ... what was it, last Monday at 3am or so? 27 Aug 2026, 12:06, Damien: Ohhh what would have that achieved 27 Aug 2026, 12:06, Damien: Did you? Would you admit, if you were wrong about Sam Cherny, all this is very unhinged 27 Aug 2026, 12:07, Sam: It would have proven Oli's account was false 27 Aug 2026, 12:07, Sam: On which I was being prosecuted 27 Aug 2026, 12:07, Sam: And I said that many times 27 Aug 2026, 12:07, Sam: Also, what does it matter what it would have achieved? Why is it hard to tell the truth? 27 Aug 2026, 12:08, Sam: If somebody came to me, as my friend or as *anyone*, and said to me "could you confirm that you were part of these chats on Facebook that you were part of?", I would say "yup" 27 Aug 2026, 12:08, Sam: "Yup", not even "yes" 27 Aug 2026, 12:08, Sam: Because why the hell wouldn't you? 27 Aug 2026, 12:09, Sam: Anyway, do you have anything to say to Lila about why you refused for several months to tell her family that there wasn't a crazy person out to harm them, and that I was simply Oli's boyfriend who was telling the truth and was no danger to anyone? 27 Aug 2026, 12:09, Sam: You said that to me - you refused, for well over a month, to confirm it in an email to them, despite promising many times to do so, until you finally relented last week 27 Aug 2026, 12:10, Sam: Well, you haven't sent an email still, but you said it in a group chat with Sam and Steve Cherny, which was good enough for me 27 Aug 2026, 12:10, Damien: To remember the nasty messages you wrote to me, after I agreed to do it? I think you were calling me scum? 27 Aug 2026, 12:10, Sam: Yes, because you are scum 27 Aug 2026, 12:10, Damien: When someone is being so darn rude why would I do anything for them 27 Aug 2026, 12:10, Sam: Don't you dare whinge about that 27 Aug 2026, 12:11, Damien: When was that even a question 27 Aug 2026, 12:11, Sam: Because (1) I wasn't calling you that until after you failed grievously as a friend and betrayed me, and (2) even then you tell the truth as a citizen of a country 27 Aug 2026, 12:11, Damien: Sam I haven’t, I’ve never lied 27 Aug 2026, 12:11, Damien: I’ve just never wanted to be dragged into this 27 Aug 2026, 12:11, Damien: By you!! 27 Aug 2026, 12:11, Sam: But by all means carry on your morally deranged whinging about how your betrayal was justified by my subsequent anger that you betrayed 27 Aug 2026, 12:11, Sam: But by all means carry on your morally deranged whinging about how your betrayal was justified by my subsequent anger that you betrayed me (edited) 27 Aug 2026, 12:11, Sam: Fuck you to hell, you squalid rat, I cba with you 27 Aug 2026, 12:12, Sam: see you later 27 Aug 2026, 12:12, Damien: Oh I haven’t betrayed you 27 Aug 2026, 12:12, Damien: Oliver isn’t dating Sam Cherney 🫠🤦🏼‍♂️ 27 Aug 2026, 12:12, Damien: You dragged poor Edward into this shame on you, he doesn’t deserve that! 27 Aug 2026, 12:13, Sam: Oh, shut up, Damien, I don't care any more 27 Aug 2026, 12:13, Damien: Totally shameless. I’m sure you haven’t even apologized to him. 27 Aug 2026, 12:13, Sam: What do you have to say to Lila Cherny? 27 Aug 2026, 12:13, Sam: Why did you not tell her family the truth to begin with? 27 Aug 2026, 12:14, Damien: Nothing she’s a minor. Do you think that you’re messaging a young girl, is going to set off red flags? 🚩 stop it 27 Aug 2026, 12:14, Sam: That’s not an answer - what do you have to say to her? Why did you not tell her family the truth? 27 Aug 2026, 12:15, Damien: You’re invented truth? 27 Aug 2026, 12:15, Sam: Why did you not tell her the truth about my and Oli’s relationship, Damien? 27 Aug 2026, 12:16, Sam: Or not *her* but her family 27 Aug 2026, 12:16, Damien: Because I didn’t want to be dragged into this shit show. 27 Aug 2026, 12:16, Damien: Also why do you think Oliver lied to police? 27 Aug 2026, 12:16, Damien: Are you sure he did? 27 Aug 2026, 12:17, Sam: Why did you not tell her brother the truth the morning of the 27th, before I went, when I asked you to pass the message along to Sam Cherny? I wouldn’t have gone there if you had. You ignored my message. Why? How do you explain that to Sam Cherny? To Lila Cherny? 27 Aug 2026, 12:18, Sam: I remind you that she can open my Facebook, look at my chats with Oli, and also look at the group chats and see that his police statements were lies and that you knew they were lies and refused to say so 27 Aug 2026, 12:20, Damien: Sam, because you think it’s relevant, Oliver is a lodger at the Chernys. I’m confident Oliver has been transparent with everyone. Why do you think he’s lied to the police? 27 Aug 2026, 12:21, Sam: Why did you not reply to my emails, Damien, confirming what you knew, which she can now see that you knew? Why did you instead let Oli’s false account stand, while I was prosecuted and while her family was terrified? Please explain to me and to her how that was for their sake, or mine, or anyone’s but yours and Oli’s. 27 Aug 2026, 12:22, Damien: What was the false account? You’re being prosecuted because you’ve harassed him. 27 Aug 2026, 12:26, Sam: The false account was that Oli and I were not in a relationship, that you weren't passing messages from him to me saying that he would resume our relationship if I stopped telling others about it, and that instead I was his ex-boyfriend with whom he had refused all contact since April 12th. He says that in his statement. I repeatedly asked you to confirm that it wasn't the case, since it was crucial to my wrongful prosecution. You admitted privately that it wasn't the case, but refused to say so in court or to the Chernys. You preferred to let them think I was a dangerous stalker intent on harming them, because you and Oli wanted their money and their housing while feeling entitled to cheat on their son and brother, lie to everyone about it, and throw his boyfriend and your friend of twelve years under the bus to cover it up. 27 Aug 2026, 12:27, Sam: Fuck you, Damien, and explain yourself. The Chernys can read everything. 27 Aug 2026, 12:30, Damien: What……? Isn’t that correct though? He did block you on the 12 of April? I haven’t denied anything. And I’m afraid Sam you are a dangerous stalker. Your actions are disproportionate, you keep talking about killing me. I haven’t seen Oliver in well over a year. I certainly don’t get any money from him 🤣🤣 that’s the. Most batshit thing I’ve heard! 27 Aug 2026, 12:32, Sam: No, Damien, he didn't block me on 12 April, he blocked me on 18 April. Between those two dates, we had long discussions in which he said things such as "I love you Sam" and "we're boyfriends, aren't we?". You are still in those chats. Why don't you go and look at them? 27 Aug 2026, 12:34, Sam: He sent this to you on 18 April, about an hour or two before I turned up at his house, didn't he? He said it after I said I was going to the house, and quite obviously *because* I said I was going to the house. Every time I said I was going to the house, he declared that I was a stalker. I do not think one can transform one's boyfriend into a stalker in the space of 60 minutes just because he does something one dislikes (because one is conducting a second parallel relationship). 27 Aug 2026, 12:34, Sam: 27 Aug 2026, 12:35, Damien: Sam I’m not a forensic investigator. I don’t memorize dates 27 Aug 2026, 12:35, Sam: Why, even after that, did you refuse to tell the Chernys, by email, despite many reminders and requests and despite promising many times that you'd do so, that I and Oli were in a relationship as recently as this year, let alone 18 April? 27 Aug 2026, 12:35, Damien: I sent that message after the group chats 27 Aug 2026, 12:35, Sam: I'll let Lila Cherny judge that ridiculous explanation 27 Aug 2026, 12:35, Sam: Yes! Exactly! The group chats *after 12 April* that *you refused for over a month to acknowledge that you had been part of* 27 Aug 2026, 12:36, Sam: Here you are refusing to acknowledge them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8rVxjn2RJY&list=PLf6DCuNmELvw&index=1 27 Aug 2026, 12:42, Sam: lmao, some much-belated fucking support, lol 27 Aug 2026, 12:42, Sam: several months later and after I have been prosecuted 27 Aug 2026, 12:42, Sam: 27 Aug 2026, 12:42, Damien: Well I found the chat and looked at it, I hadn’t seen the messages understandably because there are 10000s wtf 27 Aug 2026, 12:42, Damien: 27 Aug 2026, 12:42, Damien: This is all very hard to follow 27 Aug 2026, 12:43, Damien: Wow that’s insane 27 Aug 2026, 12:46, Sam: This is what you said to Oli at the time, Damien, though you are now pretending you never the saw the chats 27 Aug 2026, 12:46, Sam: 27 Aug 2026, 12:46, Sam: This is what you said to Oli at the time, Damien, though you are now pretending you never saw the chats (edited) 27 Aug 2026, 12:46, Damien: So it’s a matter of the 18th not the 12th 27 Aug 2026, 12:47, Damien: lol look at me trying to mediate 27 Aug 2026, 12:47, Sam: Damien, please stop playing dumb - you have been dumb but not that dumb, and we have spoken for many many many hours about this 27 Aug 2026, 12:47, Sam: You had read those chats 27 Aug 2026, 12:47, Damien: I’m sure you have a more sinister twist on it 27 Aug 2026, 12:47, Sam: I had asked you about those chats at length, and asked you to open them in your Facebook account at the time of those calls, and you squirmed out of it 27 Aug 2026, 12:47, Damien: I think is quite fair, I stand by that. 27 Aug 2026, 12:47, Sam: No, Damien, that sinister twist is called the truth 27 Aug 2026, 12:48, Sam: Why did you try to pretend just now that you had never read the chats? 27 Aug 2026, 12:48, Sam: What is this ^^^ 27 Aug 2026, 12:48, Sam: Please just stop lying, for fuck's sake 27 Aug 2026, 12:48, Damien: Are you fucking kidding me 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 27 Aug 2026, 12:48, Damien: Look at the fucking length and how many messages 27 Aug 2026, 12:48, Sam: Sam Cherny's sister is a teenager, not an imbecile 27 Aug 2026, 12:48, Damien: You think I’m Going to read all that? 27 Aug 2026, 12:48, Damien: You’re mad 27 Aug 2026, 12:49, Damien: It had no interest to me 27 Aug 2026, 12:49, Damien: And why should it 27 Aug 2026, 12:49, Damien: It would be perverse if I did 27 Aug 2026, 12:50, Sam: I think you did, because you said to Oli that you did 27 Aug 2026, 12:50, Sam: 27 Aug 2026, 12:51, Damien: Probably skimmed hahaha 27 Aug 2026, 12:51, Damien: I didn’t read thing that’s for sure 27 Aug 2026, 12:51, Sam: Does that message you sent to Oli look like you were unaware that Oli and I, at that point, were in a relationship? 27 Aug 2026, 12:51, Damien: It took me 4 minutes this scroll up 27 Aug 2026, 12:51, Sam: Bear in mind that was sent on something like April 16 or 17, I can check if you insist 27 Aug 2026, 12:52, Damien: No but that was never a question? 27 Aug 2026, 12:52, Sam: Damien, would you please kindly stop pretending to be a lobotomised idiot? 27 Aug 2026, 12:52, Sam: This call recording might refresh your memory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8rVxjn2RJY&list=PLf6DCuNmELvw 27 Aug 2026, 12:53, Damien: Okay I’m done if you’re going to talk to me like that 27 Aug 2026, 12:53, Damien: I don’t think this changes much 27 Aug 2026, 12:53, Damien: He established no contact and you went to the house 27 Aug 2026, 12:53, Sam: Also this email reply from you to me and the Chernys, the only reply you ever sent to them until your Facebook replies last Monday: https://emails.swhra.uk/#message-email_2026-07-11_005449_damienwmcmullen_Re__Damien__the_things_you_are-eml 27 Aug 2026, 12:53, Damien: In June was it? 27 Aug 2026, 12:54, Sam: Why, Damien, did you say this, when you knew full well, as you now admit, that Oli and I were in a relationship as recently as this year, indeed April, and knew full well that I was asking you to confirm that to the Chernys, as you had promised you would? 27 Aug 2026, 12:54, Sam: 27 Aug 2026, 12:55, Damien: Hmm 27 Aug 2026, 13:00, Damien: Have a look at the messages you sent me after that’s why I wasn’t here to do you favors 27 Aug 2026, 13:03, Sam: > Have a look at the messages you sent me after > that’s why I wasn’t here to do you favors Right, Damien. So you betrayed me and you lied because I was angry that you betrayed me and lied. Does that seem to you like it makes a great deal of sense? 27 Aug 2026, 13:04, Sam: Can we just accept, as a general principle, that something later in time cannot cause something earlier in time? This is sometimes known as the linearity of time. Time moves inexorably forward, etc. Causation is collinear with time. 27 Aug 2026, 13:05, Damien: What difference does this make any way 27 Aug 2026, 13:05, Damien: Maybe you should take a lesson In manners 27 Aug 2026, 13:06, Sam: I am not going to respond to that, Damien, because I think everyone else can read it in light of what you have done and feel exactly as I feel about the way you are talking right now. 27 Aug 2026, 13:06, Sam: Anyway. Moving on. Why did you delete your messages with Oli from that night, why do you claim not to remember what you discussed, and why, after promising several times to retrieve them, have you failed, and do you now refuse, to do so? 27 Aug 2026, 13:07, Damien: You went to the Chernys after in June 27 Aug 2026, 13:07, Sam: Should the Chernys ask Oli to see those messages on his phone? I think they should. I would if I were them. 27 Aug 2026, 13:07, Damien: After you were no longer together 27 Aug 2026, 13:07, Sam: No, I went to the Chernys' house on April 18th and May 27th, though I don't know what your point is. 27 Aug 2026, 13:07, Sam: What do you mean by "no longer together"? 27 Aug 2026, 13:08, Sam: Do you recall telling me on May 9th that Oli "wasn't going to leave me"? 27 Aug 2026, 13:08, Damien: Also you said I couldn’t get them messages? 27 Aug 2026, 13:08, Sam: Why did you say that? "Leave"? 27 Aug 2026, 13:08, Sam: Sorry, is that meant to be an English sentence? What? 27 Aug 2026, 13:08, Damien: Oh fuck off 27 Aug 2026, 13:08, Sam: What do you mean I said you couldn't get the[m][?] messages? 27 Aug 2026, 13:08, Damien: Rude pig 27 Aug 2026, 13:08, Sam: Do you recall saying that? 27 Aug 2026, 13:08, Sam: Because you did say that 27 Aug 2026, 13:08, Sam: And Lila Cherny or anyone can see that 27 Aug 2026, 13:09, Sam: Anyone with access to my Facebook and Instagram 27 Aug 2026, 13:09, Sam: Which they now have 27 Aug 2026, 13:09, Sam: So no more lying, Damien, and no more separate audiences - you are now going to explain yourself 27 Aug 2026, 13:10, Sam: Why, after saying that, did you refuse to confirm that Oli and I were in a relationship as recently as *this year*, let alone May 9th, let alone April 18th, let alone April 12th, let alone whenever? 27 Aug 2026, 13:11, Sam: Oli implies in his second police statement that we were ex-boyfriends already when we met on April 12th - he makes it sound like we were distant ex-boyfriends meeting to resolve a dispute - though a few comments about or clearly based on it make me suspect that he retreats from that in his recorded interview, to the position that that was the day that we broke up and he declared that he wanted no contact 27 Aug 2026, 13:12, Damien: You seem to be on and off again it’s hard to follow 27 Aug 2026, 13:12, Sam: Except even that wasn't the case, Damien, was it? And you knew it wasn't the case. And I asked you to say what you knew, but you wouldn't say it to the Chernys, and you told me "good luck getting me into a courtroom". 27 Aug 2026, 13:12, Damien: Would you agree?? 27 Aug 2026, 13:12, Damien: 🤣 27 Aug 2026, 13:12, Sam: Would you kindly answer my questions, Damien? 27 Aug 2026, 13:13, Sam: I know you criminally conspired not to tell this truth, but you're now going to have to 27 Aug 2026, 13:13, Damien: You said it would be impossible to retrieve from insta 27 Aug 2026, 13:13, Damien: WHY????? 27 Aug 2026, 13:13, Sam: I said your copy of your messages with Oli would be impossible to retrieve, since you deleted it 27 Aug 2026, 13:13, Sam: Not that Oli's copy, if he still has a copy, would be impossible to retrieve from him 27 Aug 2026, 13:13, Sam: For fuck's sake, would you stop acting as if you're retarded? Are we not talking about quite simple fucking concepts here? 27 Aug 2026, 13:14, Sam: You delete conversation, conversation is gone; Oli does not delete conversation, conversation is there 27 Aug 2026, 13:14, Sam: I asked you to retrieve his copy from him, and you have refused and are still refusing 27 Aug 2026, 13:14, Sam: You had promised to - you now refuse 27 Aug 2026, 13:14, Damien: I don’t know if he deleted them or not. I know this is the most important thing in the world for you, I just don’t hold much space for it 27 Aug 2026, 13:14, Sam: I have asked you for months to show me those messages that you say would exonerate you 27 Aug 2026, 13:15, Sam: But they wouldn't exonerate you, would they? 27 Aug 2026, 13:15, Sam: Are you still pretending you haven't spoken to him about it, Damien? 27 Aug 2026, 13:15, Damien: Well I’m not a conduit for that? 27 Aug 2026, 13:15, Sam: About a week after we had an extended argument about this 27 Aug 2026, 13:15, Sam: Months after June 26th when you said you were fascinated to see what they contained, and would ask him for them 27 Aug 2026, 13:15, Damien: When you i find out they aren’t in a relationship I will be exonerated :) 27 Aug 2026, 13:15, Sam: You're still telling me, despite talking to him daily, that you simply do not know if he still has them, and that you have never discussed it? 27 Aug 2026, 13:15, Sam: I told you several days ago that the maximum penalty for collusion of this sort is life imprisonment 27 Aug 2026, 13:16, Sam: But despite that, you and he have simply not discussed it? You have no idea if you colluded, and you simply have not thought to ask? 27 Aug 2026, 13:16, Damien: I haven’t even mentioned it to him, it’s absurd. 27 Aug 2026, 13:16, Sam: That is very convincing, Damien 27 Aug 2026, 13:16, Damien: I didn’t collude 27 Aug 2026, 13:16, Sam: Very convincing 27 Aug 2026, 13:16, Damien: Oli wouldn’t ask me to Collude 27 Aug 2026, 13:16, Sam: Who is this meant to convince? 27 Aug 2026, 13:16, Damien: Nor would i 27 Aug 2026, 13:16, Sam: Me? 27 Aug 2026, 13:16, Sam: Lila Cherny? 27 Aug 2026, 13:16, Sam: She could be fucking five years old and I should hope she would not buy this 27 Aug 2026, 13:17, Sam: Nor her family 27 Aug 2026, 13:17, Sam: This is pathetic, Damien, beyond pathetic 27 Aug 2026, 13:17, Damien: You know Sam Cherny and Oliver are not dating? Right? 27 Aug 2026, 13:17, Sam: Would you just tell the truth? What did you discuss? 27 Aug 2026, 13:17, Damien: Would this change a lot of things? 27 Aug 2026, 13:17, Sam: I know full well that you remember, and I know full well that you and Oli have discussed it 27 Aug 2026, 13:18, Sam: So could you answer my question, rather than going on these digressions about who is In A Relationship With™ whom? 27 Aug 2026, 13:18, Damien: That’s enough Sam. When do you get his interview statement? 27 Aug 2026, 13:18, Damien: Reacted 😂 to your message 27 Aug 2026, 13:18, Sam: Could you answer my question, Damien? What did you discuss? 27 Aug 2026, 13:18, Damien: You may be mad, but you do have sense a humor it’s very unfortunate 27 Aug 2026, 13:19, Sam: What did you discuss, Damien? 27 Aug 2026, 13:19, Damien: Anyway.I must dash, I’m heading out for martinis 🍸 27 Aug 2026, 13:19, Sam: What did you discuss? 27 Aug 2026, 13:19, Damien: lol I’ll be telling my friends who don’t know all about this mad crap 27 Aug 2026, 13:19, Sam: What did you discuss? 27 Aug 2026, 13:20, Sam: I think you owe the Chernys an explanation, as well as me 27 Aug 2026, 13:20, Damien: The krabby patty secret formulae 27 Aug 2026, 13:20, Sam: Why will you not provide the evidence that you say exonerates you? 27 Aug 2026, 13:21, Sam: While you are refusing to, I think we are entitled to conclude the bleeding obvious 27 Aug 2026, 13:21, Sam: So next question: why did you collude to have me imprisoned to cover up Oli’s two-year parallel relationship with me while also dating, or in some kind of incompatible arrangement with, their son/brother? 27 Aug 2026, 13:22, Damien: Oliver was giving me the nuclear launch codes. The messages had to be deleted as a measure of national security 27 Aug 2026, 13:22, Sam: Could you answer my question, Damien? 27 Aug 2026, 13:25, Damien: Sam, as is blindingly obvious, I did not collude against you. You got yourself arrested by your own actions. You broke your bail conditions, continued contacting Oliver after he told you to stop, sent nude images to his mother, harassed his family and friends for months, created group chats, posted bizarre shit about him, and then showed up at his house and refused to leave. That is what got you arrested. No one has spoken to me whatsoever, and there is absolutely nothing I could say that would somehow make all of that disappear. You did those things yourself. I did not conspire against you, and this idea that I somehow caused what happened to you is complete fucking nonsense. After everything you’ve put me through, I’m not going to accept being blamed for the consequences of your own behaviour. 27 Aug 2026, 13:25, Damien: Will you apologize to me if they’re not in a relationship? 27 Aug 2026, 13:28, Sam: Then why will you not show me the messages that you said would exonerate you? Let’s imagine you’re innocent. I am supposed to believe, apparently, that you could prove me wrong with one short screen recording of that night’s messages from Oli’s account. Yet you refuse to do so, because … something. Despite having previously promised to do so. I am meant to believe this, am I? That you are just squirming and writhing, despite having this exonerating evidence up your sleeve that could prove how wrong I am, and leave me with egg on my face and so forth? Seriously, Damien? Give me a fucking break. I know the truth, you know the truth, Lila Cherny can read this and everything else and know the truth, so can Sam Cherny hopefully, etc. You should have the minimal remaining decency to stop lying now. 27 Aug 2026, 13:28, Sam: You know what you have done to me and them and you know how appalling it is, because you have told me how appalling it would be, back when there was some tiny bit of doubt, some possibility that this was not what you had done. There no longer is. 27 Aug 2026, 13:29, Damien: Do you honestly think Oliver would send me a screen recording of our messages to pass on to you, considering how you’ve been behaving towards him and the fact you’ve been stalking him? I wouldn’t even fucking ask him because I know it’s not going to happen. You apparently did something through your lawyer to make sure messages can’t be deleted, so maybe eventually you’ll get to see them anyway. Frankly, for my own benefit, I wish I hadn’t deleted them, because I’m sick of listening to you obsess over this. But I can’t produce messages I don’t have, and I can’t force Oliver to give you anything. There is literally nothing I can do. 27 Aug 2026, 13:30, Damien: Do you think Oliver would sent me the messages? 27 Aug 2026, 13:30, Sam: DAMIEN, FOR FUCK’S SAKE, ENOUGH, OK? 27 Aug 2026, 13:30, Sam: ENOUGH 27 Aug 2026, 13:31, Sam: Just tell the fucking truth now. It is over, for Christ’s sake. 27 Aug 2026, 13:32, Sam: You don’t need Oli’s messages anyway, because you have not developed bloody amnesia about what you discussed, and we both know you haven’t. Why I ever indulged this crap I have no idea. 27 Aug 2026, 13:38, Damien: Oh Sam it will come out in court 27 Aug 2026, 13:39, Damien: You won’t believe what I say anyway 27 Aug 2026, 13:41, Sam: It will come out in court, and the record of this chat will remain online forever, from 2014 when I met you until now: https://damien.chats.swhra.uk/#msg-ig-1787833372531 It is up to you how it ends. But the Chernys can now see the truth in all these conversations on my Instagram and Facebook, and I think they can see that it is pretty bleeding obvious what you discussed, and if I were them I would demand to see Oli's copy. But it's up to them. 27 Aug 2026, 13:42, Damien: I will you sue you over that 27 Aug 2026, 13:43, Sam: Yeah, I gave you instructions on how to do so if any of it is untrue 27 Aug 2026, 13:43, Sam: Hold on, I’ll find them 27 Aug 2026, 13:44, Sam: 27 Aug 2026, 13:44, Sam: The link there is: http://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/civil/protocol/prot_def 27 Aug 2026, 13:45, Sam: I would have to prove truth on the balance of probabilities, but I would have the power of the court (or rather the court would have and would likely use the power of the court) to compel production, including production of third-party materials (e.g. Oli’s copy of the chat) that you can be reasonably expected to be able to get 27 Aug 2026, 13:46, Sam: So I would welcome a libel action and I always have 27 Aug 2026, 13:48, Damien: And how much does this cost me? 27 Aug 2026, 13:49, Damien: 10000s in legal fees. 27 Aug 2026, 13:49, Damien: I’ll wait till we go to court for this, and I’ll let it go if you apologise 27 Aug 2026, 13:50, Sam: I said to you that if you represented yourself, I would do the same 27 Aug 2026, 13:50, Damien: Worst Sam wtf. So you know how bad this is for my stress 27 Aug 2026, 13:50, Sam: It would cost you some court fees, a little more if you sought damages 27 Aug 2026, 13:50, Sam: The easier way to settle it would be to provide now the exonerating/correcting evidence that you’d have to provide in court 27 Aug 2026, 13:57, Damien: I would take no pleasure in doing do. However after all this you don’t apologise I’ll bitter enough that I would. 27 Aug 2026, 14:02, Sam: Well, do, then - I’ve given you instructions - send me a pre-action letter today 27 Aug 2026, 14:02, Sam: I accept service by email: samrobinsonadams@gmail.com 27 Aug 2026, 14:03, Sam: You would need to provide a correction, though, and time for me to correct it and to provide whatever damages you seek - so at the very least you need to give me what I am asking for anyway 27 Aug 2026, 14:04, Damien: You wnat me to do that? 27 Aug 2026, 14:04, Sam: You could then still pursue damages if you wanted to, though I think it would be a pretty tough argument given your own refusal to provide evidence until now (well, hypothetically now, though of course you’re not going to provide evidence now because there isn’t any) 27 Aug 2026, 14:04, Sam: Yes, and I have said so repeatedly, because that would require you to provide evidence and it would resolve the truth 27 Aug 2026, 14:04, Sam: But I know you’re not going to do it, because I know what the truth is and so do you 27 Aug 2026, 14:04, Sam: There is no way around this, Damien, so I would like it if you told the truth now 27 Aug 2026, 14:06, Damien: Would you not just rather wait till court? You would to be sued for damages? 27 Aug 2026, 14:07, Sam: I’m quite happy to be, because you won’t get damages, because you are not telling the truth 27 Aug 2026, 14:07, Sam: And even if you were telling the truth, that doesn’t really entitle you to damages for the period in which you refused to provide evidence - at the very least it would be a bloody tough argument that you have any claim to damages for that period 27 Aug 2026, 14:07, Sam: Anyway this is all beside the point because you are not telling the truth and we both know you’re not 27 Aug 2026, 14:08, Sam: So perhaps you could finally stop this fucking show, Damien, and just come clean, as you should have a long time ago 27 Aug 2026, 14:10, Sam: How do you think these chats make you look? 27 Aug 2026, 14:10, Sam: Clearly you don’t think they make you look good 27 Aug 2026, 14:10, Damien: After what you’ve done to be I would get damages you posted photos of me in my underwear 27 Aug 2026, 14:10, Sam: And they *don’t* make you look good 27 Aug 2026, 14:11, Sam: Oh, shut up, Damien, and tell the truth 27 Aug 2026, 14:11, Sam: Enough of this whining 27 Aug 2026, 14:11, Damien: They don’t make you look good either 27 Aug 2026, 14:11, Damien: !!!! 27 Aug 2026, 14:11, Sam: I am perfectly happy with how they make me look, which is why I’ve posted them online and will keep them there 27 Aug 2026, 14:11, Sam: You are threatening to bring a libel claim, which of course you won’t bring because libel requires untruth 27 Aug 2026, 14:12, Sam: But you clearly feel they make you look dreadful 27 Aug 2026, 14:12, Sam: And they do 27 Aug 2026, 14:12, Sam: So why don’t you give them a slightly less appalling ending, rather than carrying on and on in this vein? 27 Aug 2026, 14:12, Sam: That is the only choice that is morally open to you at this point, I’m afraid, because of what you chose to do — what you tried to do to me and to have me bear the costs of 27 Aug 2026, 14:13, Sam: That was your choice, not mine, and they are your consequences, not mine 27 Aug 2026, 14:21, Damien: 27 Aug 2026, 14:21, Damien: lol it’s a sign 27 Aug 2026, 14:21, Sam: How long does this conversation have to carry on before the bit where you tell the truth? 27 Aug 2026, 14:23, Damien: Jameson whiskey as well 27 Aug 2026, 14:23, Damien: Maybe I’ll ask Jamison to help haha 27 Aug 2026, 14:30, Sam: Sure, ask whoever 27 Aug 2026, 14:31, Sam: Look, I think I am being more decent here than you can reasonably expect, and you know it, and I think you are going to have to stop acting like a princess and start acting like someone who has done what you have done 27 Aug 2026, 14:32, Sam: And I think you can stop whining to me about stress 27 Aug 2026, 14:33, Sam: Go back through our Instagram messages and read how you spoke to me, having betrayed me in the way you did, when you thought you would get away with it 27 Aug 2026, 14:33, Sam: Those messages will remain online, and you deserve that, because you did that 27 Aug 2026, 14:33, Sam: Welcome to bearing the consequences of what you do 27 Aug 2026, 14:34, Sam: You have tried to make me bear the consequences of what I didn’t do and what you did, so forgive me if my pity for your ‘stress’ is somewhat limited 27 Aug 2026, 14:34, Sam: You should never have done this and I don’t know what the fuck possessed you to try to do it 27 Aug 2026, 14:42, Damien: Oh shut up I never betrayed you! 27 Aug 2026, 14:43, Sam: Why did you send the Chernys this reply when I asked you to confirm to them - as you had promised to confirm to them - that Oli and I were dating, and that I had come to tell them about my suspicion that he had been carrying on two relationships at once? 27 Aug 2026, 14:43, Sam: 27 Aug 2026, 14:43, Damien: If you’re wrong about all this, would you apologize? 27 Aug 2026, 14:43, Sam: Why did you refuse to relay that message to them when I asked you earlier that day, the 27th? 27 Aug 2026, 14:43, Sam: I am not wasting my time on your stupid fantasies, Damien 27 Aug 2026, 14:44, Sam: Please live in reality 27 Aug 2026, 14:44, Sam: You can disprove me by showing me the messages 27 Aug 2026, 14:44, Sam: You haven't and you won't 27 Aug 2026, 14:44, Sam: So enough of this now 27 Aug 2026, 14:44, Damien: What’s wrong with this message? 27 Aug 2026, 14:44, Sam: Why did you refuse to say that Oli and I had been in a relationship this year, and try to put on a show of indignation at my asking that quite simple question? 27 Aug 2026, 14:45, Sam: What is so hard about saying "yes, I knew Oli and Sam were dating recently and I congratulated them in March on working things out and said they were made for each other, and I was involved in their relationship arguments in the week after April 12th"? 27 Aug 2026, 14:45, Sam: What was hard was that you had agreed with Oli not to tell that truth 27 Aug 2026, 14:45, Sam: Which the Chernys can now see for themselves 27 Aug 2026, 14:46, Damien: I didn’t, and I wish Sam Cherny would pipe up, if only to shut you up! 27 Aug 2026, 14:46, Sam: Well, why not ask him, then? 27 Aug 2026, 14:46, Damien: How often do you break up? 27 Aug 2026, 14:46, Sam: Or, even better, why not show me your messages from that night? 27 Aug 2026, 14:46, Sam: We both know why not 27 Aug 2026, 14:46, Sam: Quite often, which is rather the point 27 Aug 2026, 14:47, Sam: I took it as seriously this time as I took it the last 17 times 27 Aug 2026, 14:47, Damien: I said made for each other, after I had seen you in the Chelsea cloisters, that’s the only time I ever saw you together 27 Aug 2026, 14:47, Sam: No, you said it in March of this year 27 Aug 2026, 14:47, Damien: I know I did 27 Aug 2026, 14:47, Damien: I remember 27 Aug 2026, 14:48, Sam: Yup, well, just in case, here you go 27 Aug 2026, 14:48, Sam: 27 Aug 2026, 14:48, Sam: The Chernys can see that for themselves 27 Aug 2026, 14:48, Damien: I asked to speak with you and you said is everything okay with Ollie, which I thought was quite sweet. Other than that there was the February tapes which I remember listening to leaving Miami 27 Aug 2026, 14:48, Sam: Why did you refuse to tell them the truth about that? 27 Aug 2026, 14:48, Sam: You didn't answer my question in my email after promising you would, and you didn't tell Sam Cherny about my suspicions on the 27th, which is why I ended up visiting 27 Aug 2026, 14:48, Damien: I don’t think Oliver would have lied to them 27 Aug 2026, 14:49, Damien: You called me suck 27 Aug 2026, 14:49, Damien: Scum 27 Aug 2026, 14:49, Damien: My teeth had just been knocked out 27 Aug 2026, 14:50, Sam: No, I comforted you when you had knocked your teeth out, which you didn't deserve, because you were lying to and about me and trying to have me imprisoned to cover up what you and Oli did 27 Aug 2026, 14:50, Sam: So don't you *dare* fucking whinge at me, Damien 27 Aug 2026, 14:50, Sam: You have whinged enough and done enough 27 Aug 2026, 14:50, Sam: Here, by the way, are my messages to you the morning I visited 27 Aug 2026, 14:50, Sam: 27 Aug 2026, 14:51, Sam: Why did you not pass on a message to Sam Cherny then, if you believed they weren't in a relationship? 27 Aug 2026, 14:51, Sam: Why did you not tell the Chernys afterwards, when I asked you to? 27 Aug 2026, 14:51, Sam: Why did you tell me "try getting me into a courtroom"? 27 Aug 2026, 14:51, Sam: Why the FUCK did you try to do what you tried and have now failed to do? 27 Aug 2026, 14:52, Sam: It is time for you to stop whining and instead explain yourself 27 Aug 2026, 14:52, Sam: I am sick to fucking death of having to ask and ask and ask 27 Aug 2026, 14:52, Sam: I call you scum now because you are scum 27 Aug 2026, 14:53, Sam: You can choose whether to begin to be better than scum, but right now I am quite happy to put that judgement online along with the rest of our conversations and I doubt there is anyone who will hold it against me 27 Aug 2026, 15:02, Sam: And you can begin by apologising to me fucking PROFUSELY for saying that "violating bail conditions" that you had imposed by lying to the police, and which I violated by telling him I forgave him, is "me bringing this on myself" 27 Aug 2026, 15:02, Sam: How absolutely fucking DARE you say that to me 27 Aug 2026, 15:04, Sam: You should worry less about whether I call you scum and more about whether everyone else will 27 Aug 2026, 15:16, Damien: You think I’ve spoken to the police? 27 Aug 2026, 15:20, Sam: Could you please stop these stupid fucking questions? No. I think you should have spoken to them to correct what Oli said. I think you shouldn’t have deleted your messages. I think you shouldn’t have told me “try getting me into a courtroom”, and refused to tell the Chernys the truth either. What the fuck do you think I think? What do you think anyone thinks? Stop wasting my time. You have wasted enough of it and tried to waste much more. What you have done and tried to do is unforgivable. Stop this bullshit and give me a proper answer. 27 Aug 2026, 15:21, Sam: How much longer do you want this conversation to get?: https://damien.chats.swhra.uk/#msg-ig-1787838783597 27 Aug 2026, 15:26, Sam: WHY DID YOU COLLUDE WITH OLI TO HAVE ME PROSECUTED FOR LIES 27 Aug 2026, 15:26, Sam: WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU 27 Aug 2026, 15:26, Sam: ANSWER ME 27 Aug 2026, 15:26, Sam: NOW 27 Aug 2026, 15:26, Sam: CHRIST 27 Aug 2026, 15:27, Sam: Why are you STILL trying to see if you can make me suffer the consequences of your choices? 27 Aug 2026, 15:27, Sam: You should 27 Aug 2026, 15:27, Sam: Fucking now 27 Aug 2026, 15:28, Sam: You should have months ago, but having failed to do the right thing at every single previous opportunity, having tried to make me suffer the costs of your actions until trying failed, you should now, not in several hours, not in several hundred more messages, not in a month’s time, not in January, NOW 27 Aug 2026, 15:31, Damien: Please you’re putting my blood pressure up with these caps. 27 Aug 2026, 15:31, Damien: I haven’t spoken to the police! 27 Aug 2026, 15:32, Damien: I mean sure? But I don’t know what his statement is? 27 Aug 2026, 15:35, Sam: Could you please stop pretending to be a lobotomised idiot, and take actual responsibility for what you tried to do to me? Is that maybe the bare minimum one can expect? 27 Aug 2026, 15:36, Sam: I spent seven or eight hours on the phone with you - you can listen to them on YouTube - “what statement?” is not going to cut it 27 Aug 2026, 15:36, Damien: Okay we’re not on the same page here. Have you seen his statement 27 Aug 2026, 15:36, Damien: I’ll correct it if needs be? 27 Aug 2026, 15:38, Sam: This is not a serious response - I will give you a chance to give me a serious response that actually confronts the record of this conversation, of our calls, of what you knew, and of what you tried to do 27 Aug 2026, 15:38, Sam: Not this “I am newborn baby, what is statement??” routine 27 Aug 2026, 15:55, Damien: Reacted 😂 to your message 27 Aug 2026, 15:55, Damien: Have you seen his statement? 27 Aug 2026, 16:21, Sam: Yes, Damien, and I have discussed both statements with you in painstaking detail: https://youtu.be/v8x0R-rlTC0?si=nPvjnsOtqGKFZnqV&t=997 (among many other points in those calls and elsewhere in our messages, as the Chernys and everyone else can see) 27 Aug 2026, 16:46, Damien: You know I was drunk at the bar when we were talking right? And then I had a head injury 🤕 27 Aug 2026, 16:46, Damien: Can I see his statement? 27 Aug 2026, 16:47, Sam: I have sent it to you many times, Damien, but if I seriously have to indulge this performance, here you go: https://mg3.swhra.uk/ 27 Aug 2026, 17:10, Damien: Okay I’ll spend some time going though this annotating where I see fit! 27 Aug 2026, 17:24, Damien: Probably tomorrow 27 Aug 2026, 18:00, Sam: Well, I appreciate that, but there is also the small matter of why you spent three months refusing to do so, telling me you would have me imprisoned for asking you to do so, etc, and deleted your messages with Oli from that night in which you presumably, at best, agreed not to contradict his false account, and at worst helped him formulate it 27 Aug 2026, 18:03, Sam: You should have said this at the end of May, but you didn’t - you spent weeks ignoring me entirely, and then told me: > I’m sorry, it’s vaguely frustrating that you write reams of messages about something that I have seriously no interest in!!! and: > If you had paid any heed to what I told you instead of badgering on, and dragging everyone into this, I [am] pretty sure you would have been happier with the outcome! 27 Aug 2026, 18:32, Damien: You know Oli, he wouldn’t asked me to that. You haven’t behaved perfectly 27 Aug 2026, 18:32, Damien: I don’t like being dragged into crap 27 Aug 2026, 18:33, Damien: I’ll give my honest review 27 Aug 2026, 19:26, Sam: Could you give me a slightly better answer than that? 27 Aug 2026, 19:26, Sam: I feel like I am not asking very much, after the last few months, and after what you have tried to do 27 Aug 2026, 19:34, Sam: For starters, why did you say this, why did you refuse to tell the truth for several months, why did you support a lie on the basis of which I was being prosecuted, why did you threaten to report me to the police for asking you hard questions or telling others about what you were saying and doing, why did you delete your messages with Oli from that night, and why are you still telling me — which is clearly a lie — that you don’t remember what you discussed? 27 Aug 2026, 19:34, Sam: I think you owe me a proper explanation, and not just “oh yeah I was always saying what I’m saying now” 27 Aug 2026, 19:36, Sam: Because I do have a memory, and, what’s more, I have logs, recordings, etc, so this kind of deranged gaslighting doesn’t really work 27 Aug 2026, 19:37, Sam: I am glad - not grateful, but glad - that you are now saying what you always should have said, but I will keep the record of what you tried to do public, and your present words are not very convincing when set against it 27 Aug 2026, 19:52, Sam: I also assume from your final collapse that the situation (the lie told to the Chernys, that is) is now beyond salvage 27 Aug 2026, 19:53, Sam: But I would like a serious explanation of why the FUCK you thought any of this was ok 27 Aug 2026, 19:54, Sam: And why you refused to tell the truth, tried to evade court, conspired to give false statements to the police, refused to correct them, intermittently lied to my face that you hadn’t known of our relationship and that I had hallucinated it, etc 27 Aug 2026, 19:54, Sam: How dare you try to do that to me, and how dare you try to get away now with pretending that none of it happened 27 Aug 2026, 19:55, Sam: Why won’t you stand by what you did? 27 Aug 2026, 19:55, Sam: Either stand by it or beg for forgiveness 27 Aug 2026, 19:55, Sam: I don’t know what the fuck else there is to do 27 Aug 2026, 19:56, Sam: I could forgive you but I am still going to keep the record public, and as it stands the record shows someone doing something absolutely unforgivable, tormenting, mocking, and threatening me for several months to try to stop me from asking anyone for help, and then doing and saying absolutely nothing that seriously confronts what happened 27 Aug 2026, 19:57, Sam: And you failed only because I didn’t listen to everyone’s advice, didn’t cave in response to your many, many threats, and insisted on dragging the matter into the light, while you called me mad and told me that my doing this was proof that I was a ‘stalker’ 27 Aug 2026, 19:57, Sam: How fucking dare you do what you did 27 Aug 2026, 19:57, Sam: And then think that this, fucking *this*, is an adequate reckoning with it 27 Aug 2026, 20:00, Sam: You seem to be expecting a forgiveness that hardly matters when everyone can judge for themselves (and I am *not* frightened by your ridiculous and empty threats of a libel action - there is a reason I called defamation my favourite tort, and that is because it stands or falls on truth) 27 Aug 2026, 20:04, Sam: I mean, how fucking dare you say this, for instance, which presumably was an implied threat to repeat that to others - it is not true, you knew it was not true, and I would like you to explain yourself 27 Aug 2026, 20:08, Sam: What a grotesque thing to say about something that was actually decent 27 Aug 2026, 20:12, Sam: 27 Aug 2026, 20:16, Sam: How dare you think it was your right to say disgraceful things about me that were not true while scolding me and threatening me for saying things about you that *were* true in order to set the record straight 27 Aug 2026, 20:16, Sam: And please don’t think “how dare you?” is a rhetorical question - I would like a proper answer 27 Aug 2026, 20:45, Sam: 27 Aug 2026, 20:45, Sam: Welcome to the future and the past 27 Aug 2026, 20:54, Sam: I suppose you thought the stakes were: best case I get Sam imprisoned, worst case I say some drivel and he lets it slide and it’s all fine and I can make bogus legal threats if he tries to tell anyone else 27 Aug 2026, 20:55, Sam: Those were not the stakes 27 Aug 2026, 20:55, Sam: Welcome to the stakes too 27 Aug 2026, 20:55, Sam: Sadly not in the Kanunic sense 27 Aug 2026, 20:55, Sam: > Me kanû te hershme giygji e karmote më hû të pabesin, e s’ e lite në kuvend burrash. 28 Aug 2026, 03:17, Damien: This is true. We both know this is true. why you’re trying to wriggle out of it is shameful 28 Aug 2026, 03:18, Sam: No, it’s not true. Why are you saying this? Do you intend to say it to others? If so, tell me, and I will actually bring a libel action because I think this is disgraceful, and I will call Ryan as a witness. 28 Aug 2026, 03:21, Sam: I think it is time to stop lying, and time to stop making appalling and false accusations against me so as to avoid confronting what you did to me 28 Aug 2026, 03:23, Sam: You said in 2023 that you thought I had given him meth *in the hope of* sleeping with him, which was at least an interpretation - a wrong interpretation, because I made it clear to him from the beginning that sex was absolutely off the table even if he was throwing himself at me, because (as Sam Cherny now knows) apparent sexual or romantic interest cannot be trusted when someone relies on you for shelter - but an interpretation 28 Aug 2026, 03:23, Sam: You have now shifted to inventing supposed sexual encounters that never happened and supposed claims that I never made 28 Aug 2026, 03:26, Sam: You know perfectly well how that night ended: it ended with Ryan admitting to me that he had a girlfriend and asking if she could come over, and then you coming around (as I think we had planned before all that and irrespective of it) and us going to Edward’s while Ryan and Ash did god knows what, whatever an 18-year-old does with his girlfriend after two weeks without her and having smoked meth all day, I don’t really want to consider, haha, but they were lovely and sweet and I loved having them around - I think you texted me in the morning asking how my two lovebirds were - so the suggestion that I had some sort of sordid sexual encounter with Ryan is ludicrous and false and you are well aware it is 28 Aug 2026, 03:27, Sam: I took him in because I was angry at what the world did to him, not because I wanted to fucking sleep with him 28 Aug 2026, 03:30, Sam: When Oli came round, I was in tears and angry when we discussed Ryan’s teenage years, having his mum die of cancer a day after he was told she had it, being beaten up by his dad, calling social workers who didn’t pick up the phone, having to go to the police station in Grays and have a policeman tell his social workers to do their jobs, etc - he came to me because he had nowhere else to go, and in an ideal world I wouldn’t have been the person taking care of him, god knows I was hardly the ideal candidate, but nor did I exploit him or ever do anything sexual or romantic or anything of the sort whatsoever 28 Aug 2026, 03:32, Sam: What the fuck kind of friend are you? Who says this about someone he’s known for twelve years? What the fuck gives you the right? 28 Aug 2026, 03:33, Sam: Again, I haven’t seen Jack for a decade and yet I was moved almost to tears by his memory of who I was after your months of attempting to erase me and replace me with labels and lies: 28 Aug 2026, 03:33, Sam: 28 Aug 2026, 03:34, Sam: So please don’t fucking say the word ‘shameful’ 28 Aug 2026, 03:34, Sam: Where the fuck is the shame you ought to feel? 28 Aug 2026, 03:46, Sam: Here is how Ryan actually feels about me, if you care to ask him (which you haven’t so far, even though I gave you his Instagram username and mobile number about two or three weeks ago when you came up with that appalling libel): 28 Aug 2026, 03:46, Sam: 28 Aug 2026, 03:49, Sam: Do you have anything to say, or are you too morally uncomfortable to stand by that one? 28 Aug 2026, 03:49, Sam: Christ, this needs to fucking stop and you need to draw a line, albeit much too fucking late 28 Aug 2026, 03:54, Damien: Then why did you tell me that????????? 28 Aug 2026, 03:56, Sam: I didn’t tell you that - you are just retreating to the claim that I did because you think it’s safer against a libel action - it is not, and if you EVER repeat that lie to anyone, I will bring one 28 Aug 2026, 03:56, Sam: I am sick of this shit, Damien 28 Aug 2026, 03:56, Sam: Enough 28 Aug 2026, 03:56, Damien: This isn’t news, you did the same with Valium with kieran 28 Aug 2026, 03:56, Sam: I did that, that is true, yes, that was a bleak episode and I am deeply ambivalent about that 28 Aug 2026, 03:57, Sam: I didn’t have sex with that person myself, but I don’t know what the fuck I was thinking by assisting in that - I was 19, I accepted Kieran’s sexual will as an apparent law of the universe, I wanted the night to be over and him to be out, and I should not have done that 28 Aug 2026, 03:57, Sam: That is true and fair, unlike the Ryan claim 28 Aug 2026, 03:57, Sam: However, it doesn’t really have anything to do with any of this 28 Aug 2026, 03:59, Sam: And I would appreciate it if you could account for what you did to me, and leave me to account for what I did or helped Kieran do to Alan (which I have told him about and apologised for, and he didn’t reply and I’m … well, anyway, it’s irrelevant to this) 28 Aug 2026, 04:00, Damien: well at least you sound remorseful 28 Aug 2026, 04:00, Sam: Yes 28 Aug 2026, 04:00, Sam: Try it 28 Aug 2026, 04:01, Sam: And I am remorseful to him, not you, and I would appreciate it if you answered my questions rather than dredging up whatever old crap you can think of from 2015 that has never bothered you in the intervening 11 years until right now and after you did this 28 Aug 2026, 04:04, Damien: You just brought it up? 28 Aug 2026, 04:04, Sam: Frankly I feel quite ridiculous performing penance in front of you over something that didn’t involve you and never bothered you before now, while you refuse to account for why you spent three months lying to try to put me in prison 28 Aug 2026, 04:05, Sam: No, you brought it up - for Christ’s sake, is up down and left right? 28 Aug 2026, 04:05, Damien: I remember what you told me re Ryan Sam 28 Aug 2026, 04:05, Damien: You’re not going to gaslight me on that 28 Aug 2026, 04:05, Sam: I am not talking about this any more, Damien, and if you ever say that to anyone then I will bring a libel action immediately 28 Aug 2026, 04:06, Sam: I am not tolerating this 28 Aug 2026, 04:06, Sam: This has gone much too far and you need to tell the truth 28 Aug 2026, 04:06, Damien: It’s not my business to talk about others trauma 28 Aug 2026, 04:07, Sam: No, so don’t, and instead explain why you spent three months colluding in Oli’s attempt to have me wrongfully imprisoned to hide his infidelity (which I did not know about, did not knowingly participate in, and tried to bring to light as soon as I realised) from Sam Cherny 28 Aug 2026, 04:09, Damien: Omg there is no infidelity, this is the crux of it. And you will see in court. 28 Aug 2026, 04:09, Sam: OK, I don't really care about the infidelity part 28 Aug 2026, 04:09, Sam: I am asking why you refused to tell the truth for several months, and tried to avoid saying it in court, even if it was for some mysterious and fantastical other reason 28 Aug 2026, 04:10, Sam: I would like you to give me *a good reason*, or else an apology (well, apology doesn't begin to cover it, but it would be a start) 28 Aug 2026, 04:11, Damien: You were just dragging me Into your drama Sam. 28 Aug 2026, 04:11, Sam: That is your explanation, is it? 28 Aug 2026, 04:11, Damien: You dont need me to confirm or deny anything, you have your own messages. 28 Aug 2026, 04:11, Sam: All of this will go on https://damien.chats.swhra.uk 28 Aug 2026, 04:11, Sam: And remain there forever 28 Aug 2026, 04:11, Sam: It is up to you whether you want to say anything adequate 28 Aug 2026, 04:13, Damien: Okay so irregardless if there was no collusion, infidelity you’re still Going after me? 28 Aug 2026, 04:14, Sam: If there was no collusion, you are welcome to prove it - it's your record of your chat, so go ahead and give me a screen recording of those messages, or even a text copy if you want - it won't be enough for me, but others can decide for themselves 28 Aug 2026, 04:15, Sam: What you don't get to do is try to do this to me and then expect me to hide it from everyone else, so that you can receive more trust than a properly informed person would sensibly give you 28 Aug 2026, 04:16, Sam: If you consider posting our conversation to be "going after you", then I think that speaks for itself, doesn't it, Damien? 28 Aug 2026, 04:18, Damien: 28 Aug 2026, 04:18, Damien: You went round multiple times 28 Aug 2026, 04:18, Damien: ?? 28 Aug 2026, 04:18, Sam: Yes 28 Aug 2026, 04:18, Sam: I did 28 Aug 2026, 04:18, Damien: Ffs 28 Aug 2026, 04:18, Damien: 🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️ 28 Aug 2026, 04:18, Sam: !!! what a terrible person I am to go to my boyfriend's house multiple times, lol 28 Aug 2026, 04:18, Sam: Do you have a serious answer? 28 Aug 2026, 04:19, Sam: Can you give me a screen recording of your messages from that night? 28 Aug 2026, 04:19, Sam: I expect not 28 Aug 2026, 04:19, Damien: Over the space of what? 28 Aug 2026, 04:19, Sam: Over the space of about a month and a bit - five weeks or so 28 Aug 2026, 04:20, Sam: I am not really seeing the moral horror here, lol 28 Aug 2026, 04:20, Sam: I went once to have an argument with Oli, and then again 5 weeks later to speak to Sam Cherny once I realised what had been going on 28 Aug 2026, 04:20, Damien: Cause he had blocked you and reported you at this point 28 Aug 2026, 04:20, Damien: I understand that’s how you see it! 28 Aug 2026, 04:20, Sam: Sorry, 'reported' meaning what? 28 Aug 2026, 04:21, Damien: For harassment for all the stuff with Eddy etc, 28 Aug 2026, 04:21, Sam: The stuff you told me was entirely justified by his lies about being involved in human trafficking, you mean? 28 Aug 2026, 04:21, Sam: If he did 'report me' for that, then I think that is disgraceful, but it is one disgrace among many 28 Aug 2026, 04:22, Damien: 28 Aug 2026, 04:22, Damien: This you can explain by saying you are concerned and looking out for his diabetes? 28 Aug 2026, 04:22, Sam: Anyway, you claim not to have conspired with Oli to support his false account - are you going to provide evidence of that, or are you not? 28 Aug 2026, 04:22, Sam: I assume not 28 Aug 2026, 04:22, Sam: I can't be bothered with whatever crap you are saying, nor do I think anyone else will care 28 Aug 2026, 04:25, Damien: lol I was going to try and help you, but you’re so damn rude 28 Aug 2026, 04:25, Sam: Yeah, you can expect more of it 28 Aug 2026, 04:25, Damien: What was the false account? 28 Aug 2026, 04:25, Sam: I am writing an extended and updated version of my https://damien-mcmullen.swhra.uk webpage, in which I will cite this conversation 28 Aug 2026, 04:26, Sam: And I will update the mirror article on medium.com since people seem to be encountering it that way, and it helps with SEO 28 Aug 2026, 04:26, Sam: I will also upload these latest messages to https://damien.chats.swhra.uk and keep doing so as I receive more of these disgraceful messages from you 28 Aug 2026, 04:26, Sam: Is there anything else to discuss? At present I don't really think there is