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Tuesday, 29 July 2008

[The Life of Shaun #257] Three BBQs in three days

Rachel decided to come to London for the weekend rather than have a weekend trip in France, which was so nice - I was really happy to see her again. And London celebrated her coming by giving her a week of real Summer.

London took advantage of the break in Springautumn and BBQs abounded - we attended three in three days. Attached are a few of my fave pics from the weekend. You can check the rest out here if you'd like:

http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=713081334&k=YZFYQVQZ336MYJ1FSD64W

Cheers,
Shaun

BBQ 1 @ Mary's

1) DSC00168 - Rachel and Mary on Mary's balcony

BBQ 2 @ Sean's

2) DSC00186 - Rachel, me and Kerstin at Sean's

3) DSC00187 - Sean didn't make enough to eat for everyone

4) DSC00189 - Labour reigns at the Two Brewers

BBQ3 @ Lottie's, Natasha's and Chris's

5) DSC00197 - Kerstin, Mary and Lottie on the terrace

6) DSC00202 - Me and Rachel holding court in the lounge chairs

7) DSC00207 - Crouchén's newest look

Shaun Coley
Shadwell, Tower Hamlets
London, UK

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[The Life of Shaun #256] Jerkin' the Gherkin

My favourite thing about my flat is the view it affords me of my favourite London building, the Gherkin. This weekend, Rachel managed to catch me on camera showing the Gherkin just how much I love it.

Cheers,
Shaun

Shaun Coley
Shadwell, Tower Hamlets
London, UK

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Monday, 28 July 2008

[The Life of Shaun #255] The Life of Benoît

This edition of The Life of Shaun has been preempted to bring you the following. It's not every day a friend of mine gets a book published, so I thought I'd spread the word.

Cheers,
Shaun

Shaun Coley
Shadwell, Tower Hamlets
London, UK

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Benoît
Date: 2008/7/17
Subject: Update on my book, America Anonymous

Hi All,

I just wanted to give you an update on America Anonymous: Eight Addicts in
Search of a Life, my book about addiction in this country.

It will be published Jan. 6 by Simon & Schuster. That month, I
will be going on a ten-city book tour—Boston, New York City, San Francisco,
Seattle, Chicago, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Fort Lauderdale. If you
live in or near one of those cities, I hope you can make a reading. I should
know the schedule in the next couple of months and will be creating a web site,
americaanonymous.com, that will list the dates and times.

America Anonymous tells the story of eight men and women from around the country in
various stages of recovery. For neearly three years, I followed a crack-addicted
grandmother, a college student hooked on sex and pornography, a radio DJ in
recovery from food addiction, a bodybuilder psychologically dependent on
steroids, an alcoholic retiree, a former boxer addicted to heroin, a housewife who can't
stop shoplifting, and a gambling addiction counselor addicted to, in his own
words, "virtually everything."

I also tell the story of my recovery from sexual addiction and explore
addiction and recovery as a whole in this country. In the book's introduction, I
write, "While untreated addiction triggers and exacerbates many of our country's
most pressing problems, we seem uninterested in tackling it—or even talking
honestly, intelligently, or compassionately about it… But effectively combating
addiction would require more than a complete rethinking of our failed drug
policies. It would necessitate nothing short of a radical shift of
consciousness. As we find more and more ways to entertain ourselves—and as
obsessively search for new and innovative ways to escape the reality of the
present moment and make ourselves feel 'better'—we've created a schizophrenic
culture where nothing is ever enough, where stillness is equated with boredom, and where we need increasingly intense experiences just to feel alive."

If you would like to pre-order the book at a discount, it is now available on
amazon. http://www.amazon.com/America-Eight-Addicts-Search-Life/dp/0743277821/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1216312730&sr=1-1

Thank-you so much for all of your support.

Best,

--
Benoit Denizet-Lewis
Contributing Writer, NY Times Magazine
www.benoitdenizetlewis.com

Tuesday, 22 July 2008

[The Life of Shaun #254] Ah, Paris!

The modern, sharp edges of Canary Wharf seemed especially harsh yesterday. Paris was great; it's such a wonderful city to be in with friends. I'd felt a bit 'over' Paris, but it was a totally different vibe going there to reunite with friends. I am actually excited about going there again next month when Russ is in town. I am mentally preparing for those hangovers already.

I'm attaching a couple of my fave pics from the weekend - if you want to see them all, you can check them out here:

http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=713081334&k=631YZ3W4RZZMYJ1FSD64W

Cheers,
Shaun

1) DSC00166 - Pædophiles and the disabled to the right

2) DSC00171 - Mmmmm! €5 wine!

3) DSC00183 - Bloody Marys with marshmallows - mais bien sûr!

4) DSC00194 - Post-dinner lounging at Rachel's

5) DSC00207 - Eating L'As du Falafel in the Marais - FANtastic

Shaun Coley
Shadwell, Tower Hamlets
London, UK

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Saturday, 19 July 2008

[The Life of Shaun #253] La Paris?

C'est belle.

Shaun Coley
Shadwell, Tower Hamlets
London, UK

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Thursday, 17 July 2008

[The Life of Shaun #252] Some random pics before I go

1) DSC00166: It was that kind of day...
2) DSC00175: I've sent lots of pics of the view to the City, but here's one off my balcony towards Canary Wharf, where I toil away 9-5*
3) DSC00176: North end of Watney Market - East London chic!
4) DSC00178: Brilliant example of brutalist London; Battersea Power Station to the right

Cheers,
Shaun

*I am so seeing that on Broadway when I go to New York next!

Shaun Coley
Shadwell, Tower Hamlets
London, UK

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[The Life of Shaun #251] À bientôt

I'm off to Paris tomorrow; my friend Rachel has rented a flat in the 8th for the month, so taking advantage of the shacking-up rights and seeing a good friend who's rarely nearby enough to do so. I am looking very forward to it, actually - it's a different feeling going there to visit someone.

So, have a good weekend everyone - I sense good wine, cheese and falafel in my future.

Bisous,
Shaun

Shaun Coley
Shadwell, Tower Hamlets
London, UK

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Wednesday, 9 July 2008

[The Life of Shaun #250] The Results

And the results are in! I am curious who JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ is and wonder why The MK hasn't made note of her double billing. ;-)

It was silly fun - thanks for taking it!

Cheers,
Shaun

Who is that Shaun?

Rank	Name	Score
1	JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ	100
2	The MK	80
3	Darrin	70
4	mammy spammy	70
5	Rachel	60
6	rei	60
7	Brent	60
8	dad	60
9	davidbell	60
10	natasha	60
11	Russ	60
12	Sean	50
13	Fern	50
14	Kurt	50
15	JimZ	50
16	Cousin Tracy	50
17	Sandra	50
18	matthew	40
19	Rene	40
20	Justin Timberlake's ex-babysitter's fuckbuddy	40
21	Chris	40
22	jodi	40
23	pepe	40
24	n	40
25	Hillary	40
26	Julia	40
27	Andrew	30
28	Sara	30
29	gus	30
30	Dan	30
31	lissybee	30
32	B	30
33	Simon	30
34	Ajay	20
35	M K	20
36	Ian	20
37	David	20
38	christopher	20
39	Danny	20
40	Matthew	20
41	psqured	20
42	laurent	20
43	Kay	10
44	lmp	10

Shaun Coley
Shadwell, Tower Hamlets
London, UK

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Monday, 7 July 2008

[The Life of Shaun #249] Weekend pics

Some pics from the weekend from Todd's collection, for those who're interested. Not sure what I was trying to relay in the second pic at Lahore, but it seems to have been something very dazzling or about The Wizard of Oz.

The last pic shows the weather for Pride here - shocking!

Cheers,
Shaun

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Shadwell, Tower Hamlets
London, UK

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Sunday, 6 July 2008

[The Life of Shaun #248] Beer lessons

Part of the celebration on the 4th of July was our beer tasting mini-course at the British Museum. Glad to see my tax pounds are going to support some art I can fully get behind!

Here's a pic of Schnookums and me getting cultured.

Cheers,
Shaun

Shaun Coley
Shadwell, Tower Hamlets
London, UK

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