see what percentage of women hate ironing, but do it anyway?
all for the love...
me, i love ironing!!
j'adore the ons...
lunes, febrero 25, 2008
jueves, febrero 21, 2008
some nights..
...only 'you split the earth' by delirious will do for my ears
it truly is one of the most beautiful songs i have ever heard
it truly is one of the most beautiful songs i have ever heard
miércoles, febrero 20, 2008
seriously
this is a genuine conversation i just had with someone at my work...
me: bbrrr its cold!
other person (OP): i'm going to get us all some get chips at lunch-time, that'll warm us all up
me: oh, no chips for me thanks, i'm having soup
OP: oh, i thought you liked chips, i've seen you eating chips!
me: yes, but I'm putting a stop to chip-eating
OP: why, are you going on a diet?
me: not exactly, just trying to make better lunch-time choices!
OP: well, i tell you what, i wish i was as big as you, wouldn't be so cold then would i..?
me: no, i suppose not
seriously....
me: bbrrr its cold!
other person (OP): i'm going to get us all some get chips at lunch-time, that'll warm us all up
me: oh, no chips for me thanks, i'm having soup
OP: oh, i thought you liked chips, i've seen you eating chips!
me: yes, but I'm putting a stop to chip-eating
OP: why, are you going on a diet?
me: not exactly, just trying to make better lunch-time choices!
OP: well, i tell you what, i wish i was as big as you, wouldn't be so cold then would i..?
me: no, i suppose not
seriously....
lunes, febrero 18, 2008
anna's top fifty smiling songs...
| a while ago a friend asked for a list of happy songs, that she could download...i just found it! for your itunes treat-yourself perusal... artist |
song |
morcheeba | rome wasn't built in a day |
| nitin sahwney | promise |
| bjork | more to life than this |
| guillemots | made up lovesong |
| the killers | mr brightside |
| get cape, wear cape, fly | call me ishmael |
| the hippos | wasting my life |
| feist | mushaboom |
| kathryn williams | no-one takes you home |
| elbow | station approach |
| the kooks | matchbox |
| john mayer | clarity |
| jason mraz | no stopping us (live, from the tonight, not again album) |
| blur | there's no other way |
| the feeling | fill my little world |
| frou frou | its good to be in love |
| india arie | wonderful |
| julia harris | ha ha |
| busted | britney |
| simon and garfunkel | keep the customer satisfied |
| t-rex | ride a white swan |
| ben harper | oppression |
| counting crows | hanging around |
| otis redding | try a little tenderness |
| james | laid |
| new radicals | you get what you give |
| jamiroquai | return of the space cowboy |
| sheryl crowe | love is a good thing |
| feist | secret heart |
| five iron frenzy | dandelions |
| g love and special sauce | baby's got sauce |
| feeder | buck rogers |
| john mayer | 83 (live from the any given thursday album) |
| lamb | angelica |
| stoney | hands hold the stars |
| lemon jelly | spacewalk |
| magic numbers | forever lost |
| neil mcsweeney | long way round |
| nina simone | I got life |
| the police | so lonely |
| counting crows | murder of one (live acoustic) |
| simon and garfunkel | baby driver |
| stevie wonder | as |
| ryan adams | New york |
| van morrisson | bright side of the road |
| cornershop | brimful of asha |
| john mayer | sucker |
| elvis presley | suspicious minds |
| blur | tracey jacks |
| simon and garfunkel | feelin groovy |
jueves, febrero 07, 2008
brisk
i had a bit of rage earlier
i had to do some pretty fierce negotiating with some people at work, i also got cross about something that made me cross, and i was also feeling harrangued. and frustrated. and a bit caged. and, well, you know....its february....
so as lunch time drew near i knew that i needed the air of outside rather than the air of inside.
and so i went for a small walk and admired once more my favourite building in manchester.....
isn't she a beauty?
i was calmed, and aired and breezed and therefore simply alright again.
ps: journal update: maybe i just need a nice new pen.......
miércoles, febrero 06, 2008
manchester evening views
i took this photo shortly before the aformentioned idiocy occurred this evening....
as i left work for the walk to town, this was what greeted me...
ps: journal update: not sure what's going on, but.....well, maybe in my head, i went too far....maybe the bok is just too nice to write in....?!
as i left work for the walk to town, this was what greeted me...
ps: journal update: not sure what's going on, but.....well, maybe in my head, i went too far....maybe the bok is just too nice to write in....?!
all out of character
so today i walked into a door
i am the woman who walked into doors.
seriously, i was about to go into pop cafe, which i actually don't like all that much because i think its up its bum, but i wanted a nice new/old purse, so i thought i'd chance it.
bad idea. literally there was not a sticker, not a sign, not a smear on the full-glass door.......and so how was i to know that before me was a fairly impenetrable object. particularly impenetrable to an unsuspecting, un-shielded, -unprepared forehead.
.....swearing ensued, and severe, pain-diminishing shame took me to a whole new place of embarrassment...
and then i thought - well, that was out of character!
and then i thought - what a stupid thing to think!
but its actually true..i generally don't drop things or fall down or trip over. i rely on our sal for that sort of entertainment....
anyway it felt weird to do something that i don't normally do
but then, who does normally walk into doors?
ps: journal update: NOPE! nothing! zip! zilch! nada!
i am the woman who walked into doors.
seriously, i was about to go into pop cafe, which i actually don't like all that much because i think its up its bum, but i wanted a nice new/old purse, so i thought i'd chance it.
bad idea. literally there was not a sticker, not a sign, not a smear on the full-glass door.......and so how was i to know that before me was a fairly impenetrable object. particularly impenetrable to an unsuspecting, un-shielded, -unprepared forehead.
.....swearing ensued, and severe, pain-diminishing shame took me to a whole new place of embarrassment...
and then i thought - well, that was out of character!
and then i thought - what a stupid thing to think!
but its actually true..i generally don't drop things or fall down or trip over. i rely on our sal for that sort of entertainment....
anyway it felt weird to do something that i don't normally do
but then, who does normally walk into doors?
ps: journal update: NOPE! nothing! zip! zilch! nada!
martes, febrero 05, 2008
am now purely six word thinker
so this morning on the -today- programme they featured a book/a thought/a movement concerning -six word memoirs-
it began with hemingway....if you don't know the tale, it is thus:
our pal ernesto once made a bet, probably with some other literary, bar-propping-up type, that he could write a story in just six words.
-surely not?!- i hear you cry -it can't be done!-
well, it was done, and his story was this:
For Sale: Baby shoes - Never worn
he won the bet
it also nearly reduced me to tears!
the idea has translated into a book, via a us magazine invitiation extended to the public to write one's life-story in just six words. or a six word representation of you and your full story. and basically, throughout the course of the day, my mind has to one extent or another (depending on what else i am supposed to be doing at the time!) been somewhat consumed with the notion.
all i have come up with so far are the following, neither of which fully satisfies me but which i will own to you just now for the sake of learning to air one's ideas when not yet perfected!!
raised catholic - found the escape hatch!
and
the art of pottering: pleasurable utility
i challenge you, my friends, to look upon this and feed your six-word imagination!
ps: journal update: all out of literary juices today (six words, see...?!)
it began with hemingway....if you don't know the tale, it is thus:
our pal ernesto once made a bet, probably with some other literary, bar-propping-up type, that he could write a story in just six words.
-surely not?!- i hear you cry -it can't be done!-
well, it was done, and his story was this:
For Sale: Baby shoes - Never worn
he won the bet
it also nearly reduced me to tears!
the idea has translated into a book, via a us magazine invitiation extended to the public to write one's life-story in just six words. or a six word representation of you and your full story. and basically, throughout the course of the day, my mind has to one extent or another (depending on what else i am supposed to be doing at the time!) been somewhat consumed with the notion.
all i have come up with so far are the following, neither of which fully satisfies me but which i will own to you just now for the sake of learning to air one's ideas when not yet perfected!!
raised catholic - found the escape hatch!
and
the art of pottering: pleasurable utility
i challenge you, my friends, to look upon this and feed your six-word imagination!
ps: journal update: all out of literary juices today (six words, see...?!)
lunes, febrero 04, 2008
literary incentives..
so i bought a new journal today
i spent £15.99 on it
i can't possibly justify this amount of money, except to say this: i need the motivation. i bought a paperblanks one, because they are the best (none of this moleskin molery!!) and within the paperblanks range, i bought the most beautiful one available. why? because i need the motivation...am not sure at what point i began to need motivation to write....it worries me slightly....
anyway, i am going to endeavour to journal, and for £15.99, it had better be good!
(aside: oh crikey i'd better not spell things wrong! you can't scribble things out in a £15.99 journal, can you? are there rules? yiesh.....where's that tippex...?!)
i spent £15.99 on it
i can't possibly justify this amount of money, except to say this: i need the motivation. i bought a paperblanks one, because they are the best (none of this moleskin molery!!) and within the paperblanks range, i bought the most beautiful one available. why? because i need the motivation...am not sure at what point i began to need motivation to write....it worries me slightly....
anyway, i am going to endeavour to journal, and for £15.99, it had better be good!
(aside: oh crikey i'd better not spell things wrong! you can't scribble things out in a £15.99 journal, can you? are there rules? yiesh.....where's that tippex...?!)
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