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There were 13 volunteers in the drop in centre, And the little one said, "Roll over, roll over. There are too many people in the kitchen." So they all rolled over, And one went to play cards or chess or chat with someone else. There were 12 volunteers in the drop centre....

As you can probably guess, tonight at Rough Edges there were thirteen volunteers. Yes, you heard me right (and guessed right)THIRTEEN. Wow. I know - that's what I thought. A lot hey. And it was too. But it was great. It was great fun. Everyone said funny things. We bitched and complained and made fun of each other's taste in g-strings. We prayed for other people's selfishness.... we didn't really, but it was suggested. I got to meet James properly for the first time. That was tops. Jane is trying to make us become best friends. I think she's depressed that things didn't work out with her last attempt at match-making.

I remember when I was in Newcastle. Andrew wanted me to meet his friend, but he wasn't sure if we'd like each other. He suspected we both might think the other was too cynical. So I tried really hard not to seem cynical. Perhaps too hard, because he laughed when I told him that I was studying economics because I wanted to change the world. We chatted for a while. And when it came time to leave, he said to Andrew "Remind me why you wanted us to meet again." It was pretty funny. It probably seems really rude just reading it like that. He wasn't being rude, although he wasn't trying to be polite either. Eventually he worked out that I was pretty cynical to, and we decided that we liked each other. But oh how I laughed. I just love people who say it how it is.

Dave (of A Street Sprituality) came up to me today and suggested to me that I had offered to help him build is website. James is helping him at the moment. But he thought it might be good if I offered to help, since we could "share the workload". At the end of the conversation, he asked me for the hundredth time what my name was again. Such a funny chap.

It was a good night tonight. Rough Edges fills me with joy.