farewell
my blogubines!
I shall mostly be in the great white north for the next 10 days...
that will be me, there... right behind the polar bear and next to the penguin... if you need to find me I'll be at my mum's house it's the igloo on the corner.
goodbye jolly ol' England...
I shall see you again soon
happy holidays all!
18.12.03
17.12.03
well
some clever chappy tookphotos at our xmas party last night... and sadly, but more so surprisingly I'm not in any of them... but they're a good laugh anyways...
i had 5 or 6 glassed of champers... and one vodka
didn't make a fool of myself!!!
the only excitement was, that some drunk waaanker tried to snog me on the train home... he managed to lick my ear. ewwwwwwwwwwwwww! then had the audacity to ask me if i was taking him home with me? I mean is this normal behaviour? Hello, total stranger on train... let me stick my tongue in her ear that'll win her over! *shudders*
but i'm all good
off to social tonight for carlolyn's b'day...
need lard
*shuffles off*
some clever chappy tookphotos at our xmas party last night... and sadly, but more so surprisingly I'm not in any of them... but they're a good laugh anyways...
i had 5 or 6 glassed of champers... and one vodka
didn't make a fool of myself!!!
the only excitement was, that some drunk waaanker tried to snog me on the train home... he managed to lick my ear. ewwwwwwwwwwwwww! then had the audacity to ask me if i was taking him home with me? I mean is this normal behaviour? Hello, total stranger on train... let me stick my tongue in her ear that'll win her over! *shudders*
but i'm all good
off to social tonight for carlolyn's b'day...
need lard
*shuffles off*
16.12.03
so
it all didn't end in vodka it was more like tequila... but with the weekend all settled and my bank account still plummeting into the red it's still all good baby!
I think perhaps it's the sunshine that's been beaming over London town for the past two days that's put a spring in my step. Or perhaps it's the fact that I've got 3 more sleeps till I go home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've put up some fairy lights in the flat (although most of them have had a mind of their own and decided to fall down) as well as some around my bed. Looks kind of like it's floating.... fit!
The office xmas party is tonight. I wonder if I will manage to keep myself from making an ass of myself... there's always a first time for everything. My oh so not carefully chosen outfit is quite hilarious... all black of course... with 3/4 length pencil skirt black button down shirt and black belt with brushed silver buckle... fishnets on legs and alternating footware... high top black leather converse for walking and black boots with heels for the party... some would say tragic... I simply prefer to see it as comfort first... and yea... I look funny... but I don't care... I swear...okay yea maybe I do since I find it necessary to write about...
I'll get my coat
it all didn't end in vodka it was more like tequila... but with the weekend all settled and my bank account still plummeting into the red it's still all good baby!
I think perhaps it's the sunshine that's been beaming over London town for the past two days that's put a spring in my step. Or perhaps it's the fact that I've got 3 more sleeps till I go home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've put up some fairy lights in the flat (although most of them have had a mind of their own and decided to fall down) as well as some around my bed. Looks kind of like it's floating.... fit!
The office xmas party is tonight. I wonder if I will manage to keep myself from making an ass of myself... there's always a first time for everything. My oh so not carefully chosen outfit is quite hilarious... all black of course... with 3/4 length pencil skirt black button down shirt and black belt with brushed silver buckle... fishnets on legs and alternating footware... high top black leather converse for walking and black boots with heels for the party... some would say tragic... I simply prefer to see it as comfort first... and yea... I look funny... but I don't care... I swear...okay yea maybe I do since I find it necessary to write about...
I'll get my coat
12.12.03
i'm back
well I have been for a few days now.
Paris was lovely and the hotel really nice (free upgrade to boot!) We did loads of museums and lots of art bookshops.. sipped coffee, drank wine and had really nice meals. I highly recommend a 2 day break to Paris! At 130£ you can't go wrong really. The only down side is actually coming back. Don't get me wrong I love London but the Parisians are just much more refined in the way they live... cleaner metros a slower pace of life... great appreciation for the arts. I could go one... but I shan't.
work has been so busy since my return I've greatly neglected my poor blog. So much so that this morning I was dreaming about writing an entry. Of course the entry was full of wit and intrigue... sadly I fear that's been lost in the time between waking and arriving at work.
I'm hopped up on gourmet jelly beans and multiple chocolate miniatures... lord knows where I'm going to fit the team lunch in... we're heading down to a pub in Chelsea (just down the road)... the big xmas party is on the 16th at another poncy place near to the office... wonder how much champers I can scarf this year... when will I ever learn?
Xmas shopping is dragging behind me like a gimp leg... I keep thinking I'm almost done (or that's what my bank account is insisting) but alas 1 day of shopping hardly crossed off all the items on my list... someone please give me strength... me of all people, losing the will to shop? well I never thought the day would come!
My kingdom for anyone who's got a tip on where to find a pair of white addidas rod laver trainers in size 5.
well I have been for a few days now.
Paris was lovely and the hotel really nice (free upgrade to boot!) We did loads of museums and lots of art bookshops.. sipped coffee, drank wine and had really nice meals. I highly recommend a 2 day break to Paris! At 130£ you can't go wrong really. The only down side is actually coming back. Don't get me wrong I love London but the Parisians are just much more refined in the way they live... cleaner metros a slower pace of life... great appreciation for the arts. I could go one... but I shan't.
work has been so busy since my return I've greatly neglected my poor blog. So much so that this morning I was dreaming about writing an entry. Of course the entry was full of wit and intrigue... sadly I fear that's been lost in the time between waking and arriving at work.
I'm hopped up on gourmet jelly beans and multiple chocolate miniatures... lord knows where I'm going to fit the team lunch in... we're heading down to a pub in Chelsea (just down the road)... the big xmas party is on the 16th at another poncy place near to the office... wonder how much champers I can scarf this year... when will I ever learn?
Xmas shopping is dragging behind me like a gimp leg... I keep thinking I'm almost done (or that's what my bank account is insisting) but alas 1 day of shopping hardly crossed off all the items on my list... someone please give me strength... me of all people, losing the will to shop? well I never thought the day would come!
My kingdom for anyone who's got a tip on where to find a pair of white addidas rod laver trainers in size 5.
5.12.03
it'll all end in vodka....
how class is that? i read that line in a mail out today for some club that we went to that one night for that popbitch party... I think that will be my weekend's motto...
I'm still recovering from the shock of having visited the Y are we here bar last night... I didn't think it possible for it to get any worse... *shudders* However miss Jo jo was looking fab with her new shorter locks... no more feather like whisps on top any more... she is the eternal beacon of change!
oh yea... by the way i'm now convinced that CAVA makes me retarded... I sense a trend here...
*runs away*
ah oui... je ne serais pas ici au début de la semaine prochiane, je serai a Paris! woo woo!!!!!!!!! a + tout le monde
how class is that? i read that line in a mail out today for some club that we went to that one night for that popbitch party... I think that will be my weekend's motto...
I'm still recovering from the shock of having visited the Y are we here bar last night... I didn't think it possible for it to get any worse... *shudders* However miss Jo jo was looking fab with her new shorter locks... no more feather like whisps on top any more... she is the eternal beacon of change!
oh yea... by the way i'm now convinced that CAVA makes me retarded... I sense a trend here...
*runs away*
ah oui... je ne serais pas ici au début de la semaine prochiane, je serai a Paris! woo woo!!!!!!!!! a + tout le monde
4.12.03
today's numbers
dirty little stop out still dressed in xmas party dress spotted doing the walk of shame this morning 1
groggy half awake co-workers 5
co-worker firing Styrofoam gun at me while I threatened to send him to Poland to train a new employee 1
number of numbers I got in last night's lotto 2
days left of work until next year 8
more figures will be distributed as they become available
dirty little stop out still dressed in xmas party dress spotted doing the walk of shame this morning 1
groggy half awake co-workers 5
co-worker firing Styrofoam gun at me while I threatened to send him to Poland to train a new employee 1
number of numbers I got in last night's lotto 2
days left of work until next year 8
more figures will be distributed as they become available
2.12.03
brilliant!
Furniture kits for divorced men
now i think i should drop this guy a line as he could have a niche market in lesbian breakups too... wonder if he wants a new business partener?
Furniture kits for divorced men
now i think i should drop this guy a line as he could have a niche market in lesbian breakups too... wonder if he wants a new business partener?
1.12.03
Canterbury tails...
ha ha had to misspell it for fear of getting inundated by school kids researching for their English papers!
we had a great time.
- chatting with mad Italian blokes and sipping champers on the train down
- enjoying 1£ double vodkas at a local... and felling very old compared to most of the clientele
- wiping of a lipstick bindi applied by the mad owner who is apparently an evil little boy fiddler (at this club we went to)
- missing the snake charmers that were apparently brought up on stage as part of the Asian inspired theme
- chatting with locals who for some reason were really impressed that we lived in London... as if it were a far off untouchable place!
-chatting with a wee French bloke in drag who was Very brave to go out in frock in the middle of chav* land.
-catching chips from the front window from some random bloke who was walking by and willing to share his food... still a mystery how he managed to throw them to me 3 stories up... and how i managed to catch 2 out of 3 of them! yummy! *laugh*
- all piling into Tim's bed as Sally held court and ordered people around to fetch her fags and water
-watching finding nemo on video
-having a brilliant veggie kiev as part of a Sunday lunch that only cost 50£ for 7 people including drinks!
t'was good fun! My grandmother would love the town. I must bring her down there for the day the next time she's on this side of the ocean
scary thought for the day... it's only 14h45 an already the sun is weary and getting ready to set!
* chav = argos jewellery wearing, ring on every finger, hair scraped back into tight pony tail, big hoop earrings, shell suit, Reebok trainer wearing, pram pushing, teenage pregnancy -esq people
ha ha had to misspell it for fear of getting inundated by school kids researching for their English papers!
we had a great time.
- chatting with mad Italian blokes and sipping champers on the train down
- enjoying 1£ double vodkas at a local... and felling very old compared to most of the clientele
- wiping of a lipstick bindi applied by the mad owner who is apparently an evil little boy fiddler (at this club we went to)
- missing the snake charmers that were apparently brought up on stage as part of the Asian inspired theme
- chatting with locals who for some reason were really impressed that we lived in London... as if it were a far off untouchable place!
-chatting with a wee French bloke in drag who was Very brave to go out in frock in the middle of chav* land.
-catching chips from the front window from some random bloke who was walking by and willing to share his food... still a mystery how he managed to throw them to me 3 stories up... and how i managed to catch 2 out of 3 of them! yummy! *laugh*
- all piling into Tim's bed as Sally held court and ordered people around to fetch her fags and water
-watching finding nemo on video
-having a brilliant veggie kiev as part of a Sunday lunch that only cost 50£ for 7 people including drinks!
t'was good fun! My grandmother would love the town. I must bring her down there for the day the next time she's on this side of the ocean
scary thought for the day... it's only 14h45 an already the sun is weary and getting ready to set!
* chav = argos jewellery wearing, ring on every finger, hair scraped back into tight pony tail, big hoop earrings, shell suit, Reebok trainer wearing, pram pushing, teenage pregnancy -esq people
27.11.03
i'm guessing ...
that this detox thing is working as beyond feeling a bit light headed I think my body is enjoying the break from all the bad things I put into it. It's quite amazing how quickly you realize much crap you do eat when you're forced to think about it... however in retrospect... I would not recommend such an activity so close to xmas and so close to Tasha's and Andrea's Birthdays! No chocolate cake for me *poo*
And yes, if you're wondering which I'm sure you are... it is possible to catch a chill on your ankles while cycling... I discovered that little chestnut on my way in this morning... brrrr...
so the plan is to do xmas shopping for CDN peeps today at lunch. I'm going to buy peeps here xmas pressies from home as it seems like more fun to receive exotic gifts... yea well, not too sure about Toronto being exotic but we'll just pretend.
After making a botched 20£ donation to Ryan air... I am the biggest ditz in the world... Siobhan is not coming this weekend as initially planned. Too bad really as I wanted to see her! But in all things sad there is something glad... I'm going to head down to Canterbury this weekend instead!
Prior to leaving, the girls and I are hitting the shops to attempt to decorate our sadly un furnished flat... It will be really nice to finally make it into a home... the last two places I've lived have always been a stop gap and I've never settled or decorated.
It's a gloriously sunny day which makes me well happy. They had announced rain all week. I just love it when they're wrong!
that this detox thing is working as beyond feeling a bit light headed I think my body is enjoying the break from all the bad things I put into it. It's quite amazing how quickly you realize much crap you do eat when you're forced to think about it... however in retrospect... I would not recommend such an activity so close to xmas and so close to Tasha's and Andrea's Birthdays! No chocolate cake for me *poo*
And yes, if you're wondering which I'm sure you are... it is possible to catch a chill on your ankles while cycling... I discovered that little chestnut on my way in this morning... brrrr...
so the plan is to do xmas shopping for CDN peeps today at lunch. I'm going to buy peeps here xmas pressies from home as it seems like more fun to receive exotic gifts... yea well, not too sure about Toronto being exotic but we'll just pretend.
After making a botched 20£ donation to Ryan air... I am the biggest ditz in the world... Siobhan is not coming this weekend as initially planned. Too bad really as I wanted to see her! But in all things sad there is something glad... I'm going to head down to Canterbury this weekend instead!
Prior to leaving, the girls and I are hitting the shops to attempt to decorate our sadly un furnished flat... It will be really nice to finally make it into a home... the last two places I've lived have always been a stop gap and I've never settled or decorated.
It's a gloriously sunny day which makes me well happy. They had announced rain all week. I just love it when they're wrong!
26.11.03
you know
i'm definitely not the first person nor the last to ponder upon the capacities of human emotions...
sometimes when i'm not experiencing any major high or low I wonder to myself how I could have let certain things in my past upset me so much... it just seems impossible... I cite it as just a simple chemical fluxes in my system... It's kind of fascinating how that emotions are purely chemical.
"Time heals" and all that jazz- I do wonder if it is possible to have an infinite amount of love to give? When you've been hurt or you've hurt yourself you think you'll never ever be able to open yourself up to such pain ever again... but nothing ventured nothing gained... and as time passes you meet someone new, and things re-develop.
So I come back to that nagging question... Is if it is possible to have an endless supply of emotion to share with each new person in your life, or do the marks of time eventually start to show? I feel slightly worn down in this capacity, but don't get me wrong I am most definitely happy in my new relationship (albeit cautiously)... now, is that cautiousness a mark of me being worn down or is it just a defence mechanism? It's all part of the process... or else i guess it's just true that it takes a lot of love, to keep the heart from breaking....
25.11.03
i'm detoxing
for the first time ever... it's a five day plan. the only hard part is having no dairy and no diet coke! If you know me you're probably thinking what on earth is that girl going to eat as she practically lives on dairy products... lets just say it ain't much. Lord knows how any one ever manages to diet! It's so hard to think before you eat!!! Oh yea, and it's just never the right time to not be able to eat chocolate cake... what was I thinking!? next time I will have to plan before I attempt to cleanse my body of all the abuse that I've subjected it to of late
16 working days left (not including weekends of course and not including the time I'm taking off to go to Paris with miss W at the beginning of next month. If I said that I was counting down the minutes it wouldn't be too far from the truth.
apples are so filling
for the first time ever... it's a five day plan. the only hard part is having no dairy and no diet coke! If you know me you're probably thinking what on earth is that girl going to eat as she practically lives on dairy products... lets just say it ain't much. Lord knows how any one ever manages to diet! It's so hard to think before you eat!!! Oh yea, and it's just never the right time to not be able to eat chocolate cake... what was I thinking!? next time I will have to plan before I attempt to cleanse my body of all the abuse that I've subjected it to of late
16 working days left (not including weekends of course and not including the time I'm taking off to go to Paris with miss W at the beginning of next month. If I said that I was counting down the minutes it wouldn't be too far from the truth.
apples are so filling
20.11.03
I had...
a very vivid but strange and gross dream last night
I was on a subway of sorts with my sister... when a bunch of lads piled on and dropped their friend in the seat next to me. He was extremely drunk and not at all in a good state... I was really agitated as there was a fare collector that made my sister and I pay 19£ for a one way journey... citing some stupid reason that I couldn't get my head around... then before you know it the horrible man next to me was sick all over me... pretty vivid and disgusting... what in god's name does that mean?
on a brighter note... happiness is:
finding out you've got 3 more day of holiday on top of the 7 days I'm taking off at xmas!
coming home to an uber clean flat (thank you lovely cleaning lady!)
owning fab orange boots purchased in NYC
being booked in to fall into a vat of gin with the lovely dearbhla
not getting schmucked by a taxi (which I so nearly did on my way home last night)
a very vivid but strange and gross dream last night
I was on a subway of sorts with my sister... when a bunch of lads piled on and dropped their friend in the seat next to me. He was extremely drunk and not at all in a good state... I was really agitated as there was a fare collector that made my sister and I pay 19£ for a one way journey... citing some stupid reason that I couldn't get my head around... then before you know it the horrible man next to me was sick all over me... pretty vivid and disgusting... what in god's name does that mean?
on a brighter note... happiness is:
finding out you've got 3 more day of holiday on top of the 7 days I'm taking off at xmas!
coming home to an uber clean flat (thank you lovely cleaning lady!)
owning fab orange boots purchased in NYC
being booked in to fall into a vat of gin with the lovely dearbhla
not getting schmucked by a taxi (which I so nearly did on my way home last night)
19.11.03
this morning...
on my way into work I cycled past hotel near to UCL and saw a man entering a black cab wearing only a towel wrapped around his waist... he was also wearing blue socks and a fleece jumper...? So i'm thinking... that I can't even begin to come up with a story that could explain what I saw... do you think the bird he was with just up and left taking all his clothes with her? Hmm?
then as I cycled through Hyde park I was getting rather warm as it's quite mild here today... so I un buttoned my ever so chic bright yellow rain coat and then unzipped my blue jumper a tiny bit... then this middle age Scottish man shouted at me as I rode by something to the likes of 'cover your chest up lass!'
If I didn't know better I would think it was nearing a full moon
on my way into work I cycled past hotel near to UCL and saw a man entering a black cab wearing only a towel wrapped around his waist... he was also wearing blue socks and a fleece jumper...? So i'm thinking... that I can't even begin to come up with a story that could explain what I saw... do you think the bird he was with just up and left taking all his clothes with her? Hmm?
then as I cycled through Hyde park I was getting rather warm as it's quite mild here today... so I un buttoned my ever so chic bright yellow rain coat and then unzipped my blue jumper a tiny bit... then this middle age Scottish man shouted at me as I rode by something to the likes of 'cover your chest up lass!'
If I didn't know better I would think it was nearing a full moon
17.11.03
busy busy busy
weekend... but was good fun!
went to the nice organic pub in angel. The food was nothing spectacular but the wine was nice and the company really pleasant. Miss W's da and Margaret were lovely!
Sunday morning we all shuffled off to the Tate Modern and it was really something to see! I've got some nice pictures that I took on the camera built into my phone... think they are cooler than the ones on the Tate site.. Guess because they're more grainy. I wonder if I could convince santa claus to buy me a new digital camera for xmas? Ha I'm such a brat!
Catching up with a bunch of people this week I can't wait! Looks like Hon is going to be getting married! Very exciting news for him... Micha is off on her 6 month adventure starting in Thailand soon... and miss D is working like a trooper drowning- not waving... poor thing... but in her sound words she says 'lets meet up, I need to fall into a vat of gin' she's so funny!
Went to the gym at lunch today... was strange to come back to work afterwards... my poor brain was all confused as it only ever associates gym time with it being almost time to go home.
28 days till I fly home!!!!!!!!!
weekend... but was good fun!
went to the nice organic pub in angel. The food was nothing spectacular but the wine was nice and the company really pleasant. Miss W's da and Margaret were lovely!
Sunday morning we all shuffled off to the Tate Modern and it was really something to see! I've got some nice pictures that I took on the camera built into my phone... think they are cooler than the ones on the Tate site.. Guess because they're more grainy. I wonder if I could convince santa claus to buy me a new digital camera for xmas? Ha I'm such a brat!
Catching up with a bunch of people this week I can't wait! Looks like Hon is going to be getting married! Very exciting news for him... Micha is off on her 6 month adventure starting in Thailand soon... and miss D is working like a trooper drowning- not waving... poor thing... but in her sound words she says 'lets meet up, I need to fall into a vat of gin' she's so funny!
Went to the gym at lunch today... was strange to come back to work afterwards... my poor brain was all confused as it only ever associates gym time with it being almost time to go home.
28 days till I fly home!!!!!!!!!
13.11.03
New York...
was a blast!
sadly, since I've been back there have been 12 h work days and enough work related stress to erase almost all my witty stories I was going to write down. Lets see if I can't rustle up some yankee doodle dandies
Yvonne and Benoit own the two fluffiest cats in the world... great to cuddle with, but no so great when I was skirting respiratory arrest due to my god forsaken allergies to cats... I think my wheezing was louder than their purring! Y&B were both looking great and their flat in Forest Hills is lovely!
Shopping was mostly on the cards on Friday and we shopped and shopped and ran into the cutest black 3 month old pug dog in this shoe shop near Broadway... the ugliest creature in the world but soooooooooooo cute at the same time! Lunched at balthazar t'was swell indeed, even if the only veggie thing on the menu for me was a salad.
I learned one important lesson... martini's in Manhattan make me retarded... clearly I can't keep up with the strength of their concoctions! I vaguely remember being at some bizarre place in St. Marks after having dinner with miss Y and the girls at gobo then kj and I were lost *pronounced with a lisp* as we took the wrong subway exit... I guess the 2h walked that ensued was most beneficial to my scullied state
Got all dolled up and got a manicure and pedicure in Queens with my sister on Saturday morning. It was the most hilarious salon in the world... right out of a sitcom let me tell you... the lady's accents were so unreal! Very cultural foray indeed. Then to add to the beauty I got a makeover at MAC at bloomies from the most lovely lady... she gave me the most large and luscious lips one could ever imagine... I've got pics to prove it. Angelina watch out sister!
The charity fund raiser at the waldorf was a good laugh. Rosie cancelled but she was there instead ... it goes without saying that she had the most spectacular bosom in the world! It was a very fun night watching rich people give away their yankee doodle dollars to a good cause... still, why the table of diabetic children were eating burgers with ketchup was beyond us... Our meals were fantastic! Then we ended up a pravda... strangely enough, my co worker who was in New York at the same time as me, ended up in the same place! Don't quite know how we managed to miss each other as we we most definately in the same place... what a riot!
Sunday morning KJ left and jetted back to TO leaving behind the very few purchases she made... I spent the day with Yvonne catching up and strolling through her neighbourhood. Then she took me to veg city diner! wow I almost cried from excitement... just made me think how limited the options are in ol' London town :(
One thing I can attest is that New York is a buzz with the cutest puppies in the whole world... I felt like I was becoming obsessed as every corner there was a new little squidgy face! I've already mentioned the pug... then there was the shitzu puppy at the charity auction (nuzzling into Lorraine's chest!) then the cute little bulldog puppy in Soho.... awww
Thanks for American airlines for bumping me off the flight home... the 500$ in travel vouchers is real swell!
god bless America *cough*
oh yea... just write me if you want to see pics
was a blast!
sadly, since I've been back there have been 12 h work days and enough work related stress to erase almost all my witty stories I was going to write down. Lets see if I can't rustle up some yankee doodle dandies
Yvonne and Benoit own the two fluffiest cats in the world... great to cuddle with, but no so great when I was skirting respiratory arrest due to my god forsaken allergies to cats... I think my wheezing was louder than their purring! Y&B were both looking great and their flat in Forest Hills is lovely!
Shopping was mostly on the cards on Friday and we shopped and shopped and ran into the cutest black 3 month old pug dog in this shoe shop near Broadway... the ugliest creature in the world but soooooooooooo cute at the same time! Lunched at balthazar t'was swell indeed, even if the only veggie thing on the menu for me was a salad.
I learned one important lesson... martini's in Manhattan make me retarded... clearly I can't keep up with the strength of their concoctions! I vaguely remember being at some bizarre place in St. Marks after having dinner with miss Y and the girls at gobo then kj and I were lost *pronounced with a lisp* as we took the wrong subway exit... I guess the 2h walked that ensued was most beneficial to my scullied state
Got all dolled up and got a manicure and pedicure in Queens with my sister on Saturday morning. It was the most hilarious salon in the world... right out of a sitcom let me tell you... the lady's accents were so unreal! Very cultural foray indeed. Then to add to the beauty I got a makeover at MAC at bloomies from the most lovely lady... she gave me the most large and luscious lips one could ever imagine... I've got pics to prove it. Angelina watch out sister!
The charity fund raiser at the waldorf was a good laugh. Rosie cancelled but she was there instead ... it goes without saying that she had the most spectacular bosom in the world! It was a very fun night watching rich people give away their yankee doodle dollars to a good cause... still, why the table of diabetic children were eating burgers with ketchup was beyond us... Our meals were fantastic! Then we ended up a pravda... strangely enough, my co worker who was in New York at the same time as me, ended up in the same place! Don't quite know how we managed to miss each other as we we most definately in the same place... what a riot!
Sunday morning KJ left and jetted back to TO leaving behind the very few purchases she made... I spent the day with Yvonne catching up and strolling through her neighbourhood. Then she took me to veg city diner! wow I almost cried from excitement... just made me think how limited the options are in ol' London town :(
One thing I can attest is that New York is a buzz with the cutest puppies in the whole world... I felt like I was becoming obsessed as every corner there was a new little squidgy face! I've already mentioned the pug... then there was the shitzu puppy at the charity auction (nuzzling into Lorraine's chest!) then the cute little bulldog puppy in Soho.... awww
Thanks for American airlines for bumping me off the flight home... the 500$ in travel vouchers is real swell!
god bless America *cough*
oh yea... just write me if you want to see pics
4.11.03
I shall go to the ball!
how exciting is this??!?!?!?! I'm going to the ball... The 31st Annual Promise Ball - International Chair: Mary Tyler Moore. Emcee: Chuck Scarborough. Auctioneer: Rosie O'Donnell. Entertainment: The Hank Lane Orchestra. Grand Ballroom, the Waldorf-Astoria. 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.: Reception. 8:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.: Dinner and dancing. Black Tie. Tickets: $1,000. (but free thanks to miss Y's work)
Well done miss Yvonne! I feel mildly jet set!
Mark- you could almost fake that my poverty jet set days are over--- almost (okay so i'm flying economy) I won't tell if you don't!
It's been a manic past few days. There is just no time between trying to get projects wrapped up and handed over and actually doing anything else before I leave tomorrow.
On an aside note... did you know that when you eat asparagus... even your tears smell funny (I discovered this on Sunday night...after laughing so hard I cried)
Miss W has sold a painting within 10 minutes of the start of the exhibition that opened last Thursday... the fastest 1k ever! Then the clever little minx got commissioned to paint another one for the same buyer... Go check it out! It's on at the crypt gallery (st. Mary's church) Islington open Thurs&Sat. Congrats to her!!!!!!!!!
Overheard at Starbucks on Monday at 11am from a table filled with ladies of leisure.... with posh accent and condescending tone " Yes, darling but you know... he's middle class"... *shakes head*
erm... any one have a fancy party dress for me?
how exciting is this??!?!?!?! I'm going to the ball... The 31st Annual Promise Ball - International Chair: Mary Tyler Moore. Emcee: Chuck Scarborough. Auctioneer: Rosie O'Donnell. Entertainment: The Hank Lane Orchestra. Grand Ballroom, the Waldorf-Astoria. 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.: Reception. 8:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.: Dinner and dancing. Black Tie. Tickets: $1,000. (but free thanks to miss Y's work)
Well done miss Yvonne! I feel mildly jet set!
Mark- you could almost fake that my poverty jet set days are over--- almost (okay so i'm flying economy) I won't tell if you don't!
It's been a manic past few days. There is just no time between trying to get projects wrapped up and handed over and actually doing anything else before I leave tomorrow.
On an aside note... did you know that when you eat asparagus... even your tears smell funny (I discovered this on Sunday night...after laughing so hard I cried)
Miss W has sold a painting within 10 minutes of the start of the exhibition that opened last Thursday... the fastest 1k ever! Then the clever little minx got commissioned to paint another one for the same buyer... Go check it out! It's on at the crypt gallery (st. Mary's church) Islington open Thurs&Sat. Congrats to her!!!!!!!!!
Overheard at Starbucks on Monday at 11am from a table filled with ladies of leisure.... with posh accent and condescending tone " Yes, darling but you know... he's middle class"... *shakes head*
erm... any one have a fancy party dress for me?
28.10.03
pregnant monkeys, new jobs and new life!
I laughed so hard I cried this afternoon... We were messing about with the two monkey finger puppets I've got at my desk given to me by miss w as a present... There is a mum and a baby one... When the baby one was tucked up inside the mum one it looked like she had a pregnant belly... Doesn't sound so funny now, but I seriously laughed until I cried... And until my boss came out and glared around, then shut his office door in disapproval... Man laughing like that is sometimes so good for the soul, even if it's not so good for your professional credibility....
Congratulations young Mr. McCann on landing a new job! And to Dave and Lisa for producing another beautiful offspring into this world. Welcome Ryan David!
I laughed so hard I cried this afternoon... We were messing about with the two monkey finger puppets I've got at my desk given to me by miss w as a present... There is a mum and a baby one... When the baby one was tucked up inside the mum one it looked like she had a pregnant belly... Doesn't sound so funny now, but I seriously laughed until I cried... And until my boss came out and glared around, then shut his office door in disapproval... Man laughing like that is sometimes so good for the soul, even if it's not so good for your professional credibility....
Congratulations young Mr. McCann on landing a new job! And to Dave and Lisa for producing another beautiful offspring into this world. Welcome Ryan David!
27.10.03
lots of funnies
so this Sunday evening I was bending over to collect my washing from the floor near the kitchen. We've got this huge glass vase on the floor there. All of a sudden I got this massive waft of smell... so I say to Sally and JoJo who were sat in the living room.. " my god these flowers smell like germoline, can you smell that?" Sally then turns to me and says " How should I know, I've never been to Germany" Oh how we laughed...
Saw Kill Bill on Sunday afternoon... god how I laughed... there were so many points in the film that I was the ONLY person in the theatre laughing... I don't get it, I thought it was so funny... maybe because I grew up in North America???? dunno, but it was pretty obvious that I was the only North American in the theatre when the "silly rabbit, tricks are for kids" line was delivered... AH HA HA!
Found a wonderful French bookshop in South Ken this weekend... I had to come down this way to meet up with my friend whom I was supposed to be going to the gym with... which never ended up happening because the silly goat kept ringing my old mobile number to try and confirm with me:) So I went on my own and had a super kick ass workout :) nice!
It's an extraordinarily gorgeous day here today, sunny, bright... chilly but not too freezing. fit!
so this Sunday evening I was bending over to collect my washing from the floor near the kitchen. We've got this huge glass vase on the floor there. All of a sudden I got this massive waft of smell... so I say to Sally and JoJo who were sat in the living room.. " my god these flowers smell like germoline, can you smell that?" Sally then turns to me and says " How should I know, I've never been to Germany" Oh how we laughed...
Saw Kill Bill on Sunday afternoon... god how I laughed... there were so many points in the film that I was the ONLY person in the theatre laughing... I don't get it, I thought it was so funny... maybe because I grew up in North America???? dunno, but it was pretty obvious that I was the only North American in the theatre when the "silly rabbit, tricks are for kids" line was delivered... AH HA HA!
Found a wonderful French bookshop in South Ken this weekend... I had to come down this way to meet up with my friend whom I was supposed to be going to the gym with... which never ended up happening because the silly goat kept ringing my old mobile number to try and confirm with me:) So I went on my own and had a super kick ass workout :) nice!
It's an extraordinarily gorgeous day here today, sunny, bright... chilly but not too freezing. fit!
24.10.03
23.10.03
tragedy thy name is
pink thong...
yup, you wouldn't think it possible, but it is. During my lunch break today I zipped over to the gym for a swim. Nearing the end of my workout a woman entered the pool area sporting a circa 1980's neon pink thong! the type that's high cut up to your ying yang and full on thong action at the back... I thought those only existed in bad America infomercials that are shown late at night!?!?!? I guess it's just another good example of money not buying class... truly amazing, you should see some of these 'ladies of leisure' types that ponce around my gym... mental... I don't think I'll ever get my head around south ken....
pink thong...
yup, you wouldn't think it possible, but it is. During my lunch break today I zipped over to the gym for a swim. Nearing the end of my workout a woman entered the pool area sporting a circa 1980's neon pink thong! the type that's high cut up to your ying yang and full on thong action at the back... I thought those only existed in bad America infomercials that are shown late at night!?!?!? I guess it's just another good example of money not buying class... truly amazing, you should see some of these 'ladies of leisure' types that ponce around my gym... mental... I don't think I'll ever get my head around south ken....
22.10.03
Sweetness!
Thy name is Tunnocks Caramel Wafers. At only 120 calories per bar, sin has never tasted so good!
ahem, who ordered the rain? I was not consulted! It's going to be a wet ride home let me tell you!
Thy name is Tunnocks Caramel Wafers. At only 120 calories per bar, sin has never tasted so good!
ahem, who ordered the rain? I was not consulted! It's going to be a wet ride home let me tell you!
21.10.03
she's arrived!
my new baby has arrived... she's so pretty, and she's even got a blue tooth! She's so smart she was even talking with another baby just like her this morning when I got into work... now I've just got to figure out how to feed her and get her to check my email...
time is just spinning by which is a good thing as I'm dying for a holiday... this year has certainly had the better of me so I think some retail therapy in Manhattan will most certainly help!
brr brr chilly chilly cold cold! that's what my backside says for about 40 mins after I get off my bike... my grandmother would die if she knew my kidneys were being frozen like they have been in transit lately...
my new baby has arrived... she's so pretty, and she's even got a blue tooth! She's so smart she was even talking with another baby just like her this morning when I got into work... now I've just got to figure out how to feed her and get her to check my email...
time is just spinning by which is a good thing as I'm dying for a holiday... this year has certainly had the better of me so I think some retail therapy in Manhattan will most certainly help!
brr brr chilly chilly cold cold! that's what my backside says for about 40 mins after I get off my bike... my grandmother would die if she knew my kidneys were being frozen like they have been in transit lately...
17.10.03
positive words or wisdom from miss crow
for anyone who's been feeling low...
snip from everyday is a winding road
I'm just wondering why I feel so all alone
Why I'm a stranger in my own life
Jump in, let's go
Lay back, enjoy the show
Everybody gets high, everybody gets low
These are the days when anything goes
Everyday is a winding road
I get a little bit closer
Everyday is a faded sign
I get a little bit closer
psst. I'll tell you a secret...
the project I've been working on has finally launched *shock horror* I'm still not quite over the shock of it all.
It's a beautiful sunny day here today and I've taken a break from cycling today to give my poor bell ringing thumb a rest... when it's cold and pedestrians in London have no concept that there are bicycles as well as cars on the road... I need to ding my bell lots on the way home. Last night was well chilly!
My tube journey was most strange this morning as I had the overwhelming feeling that I was either really early or really late for work. There was no one on my train... or on the down escalator... I had to seriously think to myself if it was truly Friday or if I had just gotten up to come to work on a Saturday!? Hmm it's Friday... and I was on time to work... stranger things have happened.
for anyone who's been feeling low...
snip from everyday is a winding road
I'm just wondering why I feel so all alone
Why I'm a stranger in my own life
Jump in, let's go
Lay back, enjoy the show
Everybody gets high, everybody gets low
These are the days when anything goes
Everyday is a winding road
I get a little bit closer
Everyday is a faded sign
I get a little bit closer
psst. I'll tell you a secret...
the project I've been working on has finally launched *shock horror* I'm still not quite over the shock of it all.
It's a beautiful sunny day here today and I've taken a break from cycling today to give my poor bell ringing thumb a rest... when it's cold and pedestrians in London have no concept that there are bicycles as well as cars on the road... I need to ding my bell lots on the way home. Last night was well chilly!
My tube journey was most strange this morning as I had the overwhelming feeling that I was either really early or really late for work. There was no one on my train... or on the down escalator... I had to seriously think to myself if it was truly Friday or if I had just gotten up to come to work on a Saturday!? Hmm it's Friday... and I was on time to work... stranger things have happened.
14.10.03
follow-through phobia bus conductors and naughty auto generated passwords
okay so there was a strange incident yesterday. I was on the bus on the way to supper with miss W we paid for our tickets to Highbury barn where we were meeting some of her work friends for supper... the nice conductor promised to let us know when the stop was... as he collected our fares with one of those new ticket machine thingies... he let the ticket print out and then tore it 3/4 of the way across and then handed over the little machine to us individually motioning for us to each tear off the final 1/3 of the ticket... how very odd... is this indicative of some sort of follow through phobia? Or do I simply notice very odd behaviours in people?
probably the latter
on another more humorous note... once of our microsite partners today produced a hilarious error... in signing up for the service their systems generate a random password taken from the English dictionary... the password can only be 8 words long and thus truncates the random word at the 8th letter... Apparently the test team requested a change to their password issuing system when they were assigned the password 'punish me' while testing! LOL! how hilarious is that! it truncated 'punishment'!
how much Dutch chocolate can one PC production team consume during a 9h period? approximately 600g /21.1 oz to be exact... won't be needing supper after all!
okay so there was a strange incident yesterday. I was on the bus on the way to supper with miss W we paid for our tickets to Highbury barn where we were meeting some of her work friends for supper... the nice conductor promised to let us know when the stop was... as he collected our fares with one of those new ticket machine thingies... he let the ticket print out and then tore it 3/4 of the way across and then handed over the little machine to us individually motioning for us to each tear off the final 1/3 of the ticket... how very odd... is this indicative of some sort of follow through phobia? Or do I simply notice very odd behaviours in people?
probably the latter
on another more humorous note... once of our microsite partners today produced a hilarious error... in signing up for the service their systems generate a random password taken from the English dictionary... the password can only be 8 words long and thus truncates the random word at the 8th letter... Apparently the test team requested a change to their password issuing system when they were assigned the password 'punish me' while testing! LOL! how hilarious is that! it truncated 'punishment'!
how much Dutch chocolate can one PC production team consume during a 9h period? approximately 600g /21.1 oz to be exact... won't be needing supper after all!
13.10.03
happy turkey day
to my family back home and to my friends too of course!
received this really cool shirt from my mum in the post today. It says trick on the front and treat on the back in orange writing... it's black and as you can guess it's a hallowe'en shirt :0) too cute!
the weekend was nice and relaxing, didn't end up in Antwerp as intended but chilled a lot and had great dinner with friends and a nice long bike ride. Monday morning, however... came too quickly.
less than a month till my trip to NYC getting well excited about it!
to my family back home and to my friends too of course!
received this really cool shirt from my mum in the post today. It says trick on the front and treat on the back in orange writing... it's black and as you can guess it's a hallowe'en shirt :0) too cute!
the weekend was nice and relaxing, didn't end up in Antwerp as intended but chilled a lot and had great dinner with friends and a nice long bike ride. Monday morning, however... came too quickly.
less than a month till my trip to NYC getting well excited about it!
10.10.03
did you know that...
it's possible to do Signing With Your Baby: and that you can use sign language to communicate before your baby can talk.???
Well the other night when I was out with the lovely miss Hannah she was telling me about her boyfriend's brother's child who is learning sign language concurrently to speach. Apparently it's well popular in dem united states... it helps reduce frustration and subsequently crying in babies. How cool is that... man... not that I've got a degree in lanaguage aquisition or anything like that... (okay I do but I never talk about it) but it's such a brilliant idea!
My sign language interpreter friend would be most interested in this indeed....
excuse me while i run off and have babies so i can play!
dang... guess I'd need a bloke for that...
foiled again!
it's possible to do Signing With Your Baby: and that you can use sign language to communicate before your baby can talk.???
Well the other night when I was out with the lovely miss Hannah she was telling me about her boyfriend's brother's child who is learning sign language concurrently to speach. Apparently it's well popular in dem united states... it helps reduce frustration and subsequently crying in babies. How cool is that... man... not that I've got a degree in lanaguage aquisition or anything like that... (okay I do but I never talk about it) but it's such a brilliant idea!
My sign language interpreter friend would be most interested in this indeed....
excuse me while i run off and have babies so i can play!
dang... guess I'd need a bloke for that...
foiled again!
9.10.03
last night
when I returned home from my evening visiting with the lovely Hannah... I plugged in my mobile that had been dead all day. I cleared out the messages that I had received throughout the day. I noticed that I had one stored in my outgoing folder... I opened it and it read
'call dad'
now I'm absolutely clueless as to how that go there as I certainly didn't write it, nor did anyone touch my phone yesterday as it was out of juice...
I kind of wish I could call him as I would love to have a chat... but as my sister put it... but there is no way to call him up there!
message from beyond?
hmm I kind of would like to think so...
I'm thinking that he's been around London lately... Tuesday after work as I rushed out the back door of the office out of the corner of my eye I caught a glimpse of a man sitting on a chair... identical profile to my father... I didn't dare look back for a closer look as I didn't want to disappoint myself because I knew that it was in theory impossible to see him... maybe he's stopped by for a visit?
Hi dad! love you!
when I returned home from my evening visiting with the lovely Hannah... I plugged in my mobile that had been dead all day. I cleared out the messages that I had received throughout the day. I noticed that I had one stored in my outgoing folder... I opened it and it read
'call dad'
now I'm absolutely clueless as to how that go there as I certainly didn't write it, nor did anyone touch my phone yesterday as it was out of juice...
I kind of wish I could call him as I would love to have a chat... but as my sister put it... but there is no way to call him up there!
message from beyond?
hmm I kind of would like to think so...
I'm thinking that he's been around London lately... Tuesday after work as I rushed out the back door of the office out of the corner of my eye I caught a glimpse of a man sitting on a chair... identical profile to my father... I didn't dare look back for a closer look as I didn't want to disappoint myself because I knew that it was in theory impossible to see him... maybe he's stopped by for a visit?
Hi dad! love you!
8.10.03
you know
it's pretty amazing...
for the first time since like forever I'm not skint. It doesn't take a genius to figure out why, but god damned, it's a nice change.
this month is just flying by and soon in just a couple more weeks it will be time to flutter off to NYC! so so so excited about that.
popped into Harvey nics at lunch and had some fab french guy make my face glow... tee hee... makeup counters generally scare the poop out of me but this guy was sound and it wasn't so scary (but i really just went in to buy my flatmate a b'day pressie)... I'm meeting hannah after work tonight... she'll wonder what the occasion is ... i so rarely wear makeup to work (anything more than lipgloss that is...
dang where did the day go?
it's pretty amazing...
for the first time since like forever I'm not skint. It doesn't take a genius to figure out why, but god damned, it's a nice change.
this month is just flying by and soon in just a couple more weeks it will be time to flutter off to NYC! so so so excited about that.
popped into Harvey nics at lunch and had some fab french guy make my face glow... tee hee... makeup counters generally scare the poop out of me but this guy was sound and it wasn't so scary (but i really just went in to buy my flatmate a b'day pressie)... I'm meeting hannah after work tonight... she'll wonder what the occasion is ... i so rarely wear makeup to work (anything more than lipgloss that is...
dang where did the day go?
7.10.03
flowers flights and physio
I received the most beautiful bouquet of flowers from miss w. I didn't think it was possible for me to blush so much... t'was the last thing I expected to be quite honest... I couldn't believe the admin who rang me to tell me I had received them. I was convinced that they were for someone else. Needless to say I was beaming for the rest of the day.
The goodness continued as I found a flight home for xmas for 477£ super deal considering that the other direct fares were much closer to 700£. I'm flying with Kaffin's airline and will be there for 10 days! I can't wait!
Had a great but hilarious evening last night as I managed to jerk my neck and cause some serious pinched nerve pain... I couldn't move an inch! Laughing and crying in pain I managed to make it to work this morning... re-affirming that tube and bus travel while experiencing neck pain is so so so not recommended! Back to physio for me tonight again... shut up tasha I can hear you giggling!
no i'm serious I can hear you!
I received the most beautiful bouquet of flowers from miss w. I didn't think it was possible for me to blush so much... t'was the last thing I expected to be quite honest... I couldn't believe the admin who rang me to tell me I had received them. I was convinced that they were for someone else. Needless to say I was beaming for the rest of the day.
The goodness continued as I found a flight home for xmas for 477£ super deal considering that the other direct fares were much closer to 700£. I'm flying with Kaffin's airline and will be there for 10 days! I can't wait!
Had a great but hilarious evening last night as I managed to jerk my neck and cause some serious pinched nerve pain... I couldn't move an inch! Laughing and crying in pain I managed to make it to work this morning... re-affirming that tube and bus travel while experiencing neck pain is so so so not recommended! Back to physio for me tonight again... shut up tasha I can hear you giggling!
no i'm serious I can hear you!
1.10.03
sail away with me
what will be will be...
I know that i was yonkers ago but i keep thinking how much the girls from the Filament office would have just loved David Grey'sTrafalgar square concert...
i'm thinking i should name my wee cycle as I've been spending so much time with her commuting to and from work... any suggestions? she sort of champagne coloured...
do you ever wonder sometimes what it would be like to just pack it all in... leave your job and just head out into the unknown? I know that eveverything would be ordinary eventually.... but it's nice to dream. back to my long term financial planning... *playingcoughsthelotto* if only I could actually earn money off of playing celebdac
what will be will be...
I know that i was yonkers ago but i keep thinking how much the girls from the Filament office would have just loved David Grey'sTrafalgar square concert...
i'm thinking i should name my wee cycle as I've been spending so much time with her commuting to and from work... any suggestions? she sort of champagne coloured...
do you ever wonder sometimes what it would be like to just pack it all in... leave your job and just head out into the unknown? I know that eveverything would be ordinary eventually.... but it's nice to dream. back to my long term financial planning... *playingcoughsthelotto* if only I could actually earn money off of playing celebdac
26.9.03
past life
while downloading some completely useless emoticons for msn messenger here... I got to thinking about sally... she often says that she is convinced that she was a tropical fish in her past life. I once asked her to describe the type of fish she was and she sounded like a fancy black fish with flowing fins...
I wonder if I was anything in my past life? I hear people say that piceseans are at the last round of your life cycle and that when I die I shall finally get some rest... no more coming back, but if you ask me I feel as if I was kind of a young spirit... don't know if I've been around before or not?
Have you?
Speaking of past lives... I was stood on the corner waiting to cross the road to get to my office, a motorcycle pulled up I looked at the driver in the eyes and swear to god it was my ex... Okay so yea maybe I made myself believe it because of the bike and all but the eyes, the nose the figure... I swear it was him... and there is a good chance that it was as the last time I spoke with him, he told me that him and his wife and his daughter were probably moving here in a couple of years... I wonder if that's true? I would so love to catch up with him, meet the baby and such ... ring me Shawn melito :)
while downloading some completely useless emoticons for msn messenger here... I got to thinking about sally... she often says that she is convinced that she was a tropical fish in her past life. I once asked her to describe the type of fish she was and she sounded like a fancy black fish with flowing fins...
I wonder if I was anything in my past life? I hear people say that piceseans are at the last round of your life cycle and that when I die I shall finally get some rest... no more coming back, but if you ask me I feel as if I was kind of a young spirit... don't know if I've been around before or not?
Have you?
Speaking of past lives... I was stood on the corner waiting to cross the road to get to my office, a motorcycle pulled up I looked at the driver in the eyes and swear to god it was my ex... Okay so yea maybe I made myself believe it because of the bike and all but the eyes, the nose the figure... I swear it was him... and there is a good chance that it was as the last time I spoke with him, he told me that him and his wife and his daughter were probably moving here in a couple of years... I wonder if that's true? I would so love to catch up with him, meet the baby and such ... ring me Shawn melito :)
25.9.03
because robert smith says so and that's why!
do the unstuck
it's a perfect day for letting go
setting fire tobridges, boats and other dreary worlds you know
lets get happy
it's a perfect day for making out
to wake up with a smile without a doubt
to burst scream giggle jump sing and shout
lets get happy
but it's much too late
you said, for doing this now now
should of done it then but it just goes to show
how long it's been and how you really should know
that it's never too late to get up and....... GO
tra la la
tra la la
it's the perfect day to
throw back your hair
and kiss it all goodbye
okay yea so while I'm writing this my co-worker walked by and placed a print out on my dest that reads:
----------------------------------
IF DECK
IS SALTY
THERE WILL
BE LASHINGS
-----------------------------------
Okay now it makes a bit more sense...
do the unstuck
it's a perfect day for letting go
setting fire tobridges, boats and other dreary worlds you know
lets get happy
it's a perfect day for making out
to wake up with a smile without a doubt
to burst scream giggle jump sing and shout
lets get happy
but it's much too late
you said, for doing this now now
should of done it then but it just goes to show
how long it's been and how you really should know
that it's never too late to get up and....... GO
tra la la
tra la la
it's the perfect day to
throw back your hair
and kiss it all goodbye
okay yea so while I'm writing this my co-worker walked by and placed a print out on my dest that reads:
----------------------------------
IF DECK
IS SALTY
THERE WILL
BE LASHINGS
-----------------------------------
Okay now it makes a bit more sense...
24.9.03
blogging
these days has been a bit of a challenge to say the least. It's mostly having to do with working so gosh darned much... no excuses... what on earth will my one faithful reader do for enjoyment? *scoff*
since i've last written I've made an exorbitantly expensive train journey to Bristol where I worked my ass off for a day trying to get this damned project off the ground... fruitful as it was there is still a ways to go.
cycling to work continues like a storm... cooler mornings now are a bit more challenging to motivate and dark nights post gym are a little daunting but with blinkity blinkity lights it's better.
kaffin is now booke in to join me in NYC how spendid... i know another secret but i just can't tell *bursts*
oi how is it that flights to belgium and even train journeys costs almost as much as my flight to NYC? I will never understand!!!!!!!
during my recent bout of very uncharacteristic insomnia I've mostly been enjoying the amazing view of the sky from my bedroom window... nothing but sky for miles and miles and not buildings blocking the view... space in london- quite a luxury indeed :)
these days has been a bit of a challenge to say the least. It's mostly having to do with working so gosh darned much... no excuses... what on earth will my one faithful reader do for enjoyment? *scoff*
since i've last written I've made an exorbitantly expensive train journey to Bristol where I worked my ass off for a day trying to get this damned project off the ground... fruitful as it was there is still a ways to go.
cycling to work continues like a storm... cooler mornings now are a bit more challenging to motivate and dark nights post gym are a little daunting but with blinkity blinkity lights it's better.
kaffin is now booke in to join me in NYC how spendid... i know another secret but i just can't tell *bursts*
oi how is it that flights to belgium and even train journeys costs almost as much as my flight to NYC? I will never understand!!!!!!!
during my recent bout of very uncharacteristic insomnia I've mostly been enjoying the amazing view of the sky from my bedroom window... nothing but sky for miles and miles and not buildings blocking the view... space in london- quite a luxury indeed :)
16.9.03
what to do...
in the morning to make you smile:
-sing been caught stealing by Jane's Addiction (changing 'stealing ' to 'speeding' ) to to flatmate who's just been done for speeding :)
- cycle to work through hyde park and breathe in the beauty
what not to do...
- attempt to disembark the number 98 bus on Oxford st. while it's still moving... the poor bloke spilt all over the pavement... he's lucky it was just a ripped suit!
- realise that the location that your beautiful cycle brought you is indeed work... and that yes, you're now a prisoner of your desk for the next nine hours!
in the morning to make you smile:
-sing been caught stealing by Jane's Addiction (changing 'stealing ' to 'speeding' ) to to flatmate who's just been done for speeding :)
- cycle to work through hyde park and breathe in the beauty
what not to do...
- attempt to disembark the number 98 bus on Oxford st. while it's still moving... the poor bloke spilt all over the pavement... he's lucky it was just a ripped suit!
- realise that the location that your beautiful cycle brought you is indeed work... and that yes, you're now a prisoner of your desk for the next nine hours!
12.9.03
naeot!
Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.
pttrey azamnig
Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.
pttrey azamnig
desk
is now clean... all stray papers have been filed... a bit of neurosis to try and help get this mountain of work looking like something is attainable... We all had a good laugh the other day as our arsey Sr. Boss guy so gently put it to us... 'there are 7 days in a week and 24h in a day, so there is simply no excuse for things to not be completed' this is not the type of place where overtime is a common occurance for all staff and the reluctance for this to become that type of place was quite comical to say the least... oh boy.... when exactly is it that I will become financially intependant and not need to work anymore? No time soon I bet cha!
Tickets to NYC are booked for November, can't wait... seems like an eternity until then... There is always a weekend with sio in Antwerp to look forward to, but jaysus why is the eurostar just so dang expensive? I guess it still is faster than flying if you take into account that you've got your travel time to the airport then your check in 1h ahead thing...so I guess it's worth it...
The flatmates should all be back in the fort by the begining of next week... where did the month go? off and away like vapors...
is now clean... all stray papers have been filed... a bit of neurosis to try and help get this mountain of work looking like something is attainable... We all had a good laugh the other day as our arsey Sr. Boss guy so gently put it to us... 'there are 7 days in a week and 24h in a day, so there is simply no excuse for things to not be completed' this is not the type of place where overtime is a common occurance for all staff and the reluctance for this to become that type of place was quite comical to say the least... oh boy.... when exactly is it that I will become financially intependant and not need to work anymore? No time soon I bet cha!
Tickets to NYC are booked for November, can't wait... seems like an eternity until then... There is always a weekend with sio in Antwerp to look forward to, but jaysus why is the eurostar just so dang expensive? I guess it still is faster than flying if you take into account that you've got your travel time to the airport then your check in 1h ahead thing...so I guess it's worth it...
The flatmates should all be back in the fort by the begining of next week... where did the month go? off and away like vapors...
2.9.03
this weekend I was mostly
having fun at this
free concert it was brilliant... even Carlione a die hard David Grey - hater was impressed with him... Sky and Morcheba were fantastic too. Thanks to Andy whom I work with for scoring me a ticket!
It was a nice quiet weekend before the gig on Sunday... Saw the lovely miss Dearbhla and Jane and Caroline and Dani and all that crew when I ventured down south to Clapham for a social gathering on Saturday. Jane jets off on her year long travel adventure with her gf starting in Peru! How exciting for them!
To Austria with me next week. The lovely Chris (our admin) has booked me into a fab hotel in the centre and I get to fly out the night before so I have a bit of time to explore Vienna, sweet!
Kaffin is still due to arrive on Friday morning. I think I might try and squeeze in a visit to the ol salon in the morning to get my hair coloured it's been ages... will be so nice to see her and have a whole day off!
My LAN line is to be installed tomorrow for an exorbitant cost of course since we're the first occupants of this flat... will be nice to hear my mum's voice again as it's been well over a month since we've last spoken... didn't quite appreciate the value of having a home phone before this...
Miss B has returned from her travels with Sally. Can't wait to hear about the wilds of Vietnam!
Tumbling class tonight for me but nothing involving my neck says my physio... can't wait!
Fitness kick is back on again... watch this space... I've taken to cycling to work (although this involves me getting lost as I am crapola at navigating west London). I've also joined the new gym near my work... it's got a pool, how fit!?!?!
Sean has apparently fallen off the face of the earth.
having fun at this
free concert it was brilliant... even Carlione a die hard David Grey - hater was impressed with him... Sky and Morcheba were fantastic too. Thanks to Andy whom I work with for scoring me a ticket!
It was a nice quiet weekend before the gig on Sunday... Saw the lovely miss Dearbhla and Jane and Caroline and Dani and all that crew when I ventured down south to Clapham for a social gathering on Saturday. Jane jets off on her year long travel adventure with her gf starting in Peru! How exciting for them!
To Austria with me next week. The lovely Chris (our admin) has booked me into a fab hotel in the centre and I get to fly out the night before so I have a bit of time to explore Vienna, sweet!
Kaffin is still due to arrive on Friday morning. I think I might try and squeeze in a visit to the ol salon in the morning to get my hair coloured it's been ages... will be so nice to see her and have a whole day off!
My LAN line is to be installed tomorrow for an exorbitant cost of course since we're the first occupants of this flat... will be nice to hear my mum's voice again as it's been well over a month since we've last spoken... didn't quite appreciate the value of having a home phone before this...
Miss B has returned from her travels with Sally. Can't wait to hear about the wilds of Vietnam!
Tumbling class tonight for me but nothing involving my neck says my physio... can't wait!
Fitness kick is back on again... watch this space... I've taken to cycling to work (although this involves me getting lost as I am crapola at navigating west London). I've also joined the new gym near my work... it's got a pool, how fit!?!?!
Sean has apparently fallen off the face of the earth.
28.8.03
on my desktop right now...
is a picture of the ocean... taken from within the swell of a wave. nothing tacky nothing over stated nothing contrived... there is no break to the wave, it's just starting to swell... the angle is such, that you can feel the anticipation of how large it's going to be... the blue of the ocean melds with the sky, the scene is impending. when I look at it I can conjure the feeling of being right there, heart racing, feeling the swell grow, awaiting the moment when you get pulled with the surf.
pictures are just so amazing...
okay so i'm really really really naughty and ripped the picture from 28mm.org... but it's brill so shhh don't tell the photographer...
is a picture of the ocean... taken from within the swell of a wave. nothing tacky nothing over stated nothing contrived... there is no break to the wave, it's just starting to swell... the angle is such, that you can feel the anticipation of how large it's going to be... the blue of the ocean melds with the sky, the scene is impending. when I look at it I can conjure the feeling of being right there, heart racing, feeling the swell grow, awaiting the moment when you get pulled with the surf.
pictures are just so amazing...
okay so i'm really really really naughty and ripped the picture from 28mm.org... but it's brill so shhh don't tell the photographer...
27.8.03
so
i'm not quite as low as I was last week... I think not having a home phone and not being able to speak to my mum in any means other than email in over a month just made things worse... I think my hormones are evil and punishing me for not breeding... PMS was an evil force in my broodiness lately...
I've just finished this article for mutationspottig and it's funny, how something like that give you such a great sense of achievement. A feeling that you don't often get once you've left education. Don't get me wrong, there is no chance of me going back for another degree or anything of the sorts, any time soon... but it's good to track these sorts of feelings... helps you keep track of time, attribute order to things in life.
My trip to NL was cancelled this week so I won't see my seestor tonight like I had planned... however, she will be in town next weekend, so I'm taking Friday off to spend with her. In theory I was going to go home for a visit as I could have had the week of the 8th off but why bother as the flights are insanely dear right now.. and Kaffin would be here...
However, in an effort to keep my will to live going... I've booked the rest of the holidays for this year. I'm going to NYC in November (providing miss Y will have me) then heading home for xmas on the 17th... I can always shave off some days from my xmas visit if I start going mad mid Oct. (very probable) but hey... that's not far off normal is it?
The lovely miss Siobhan rang me last night! It was so great to speak to her and hear about her new adventures in Belgium. I'll probably nip over there to visit her in the next two weeks to see how he and Annouk are settling. I'm so happy to be back in touch with her again!
i'm not quite as low as I was last week... I think not having a home phone and not being able to speak to my mum in any means other than email in over a month just made things worse... I think my hormones are evil and punishing me for not breeding... PMS was an evil force in my broodiness lately...
I've just finished this article for mutationspottig and it's funny, how something like that give you such a great sense of achievement. A feeling that you don't often get once you've left education. Don't get me wrong, there is no chance of me going back for another degree or anything of the sorts, any time soon... but it's good to track these sorts of feelings... helps you keep track of time, attribute order to things in life.
My trip to NL was cancelled this week so I won't see my seestor tonight like I had planned... however, she will be in town next weekend, so I'm taking Friday off to spend with her. In theory I was going to go home for a visit as I could have had the week of the 8th off but why bother as the flights are insanely dear right now.. and Kaffin would be here...
However, in an effort to keep my will to live going... I've booked the rest of the holidays for this year. I'm going to NYC in November (providing miss Y will have me) then heading home for xmas on the 17th... I can always shave off some days from my xmas visit if I start going mad mid Oct. (very probable) but hey... that's not far off normal is it?
The lovely miss Siobhan rang me last night! It was so great to speak to her and hear about her new adventures in Belgium. I'll probably nip over there to visit her in the next two weeks to see how he and Annouk are settling. I'm so happy to be back in touch with her again!
22.8.03
21.8.03
celeb bingo
continues... Borris Becker was having lunch at the oyster bar this afternoon. He looked me right in the eye and then smiled as I walked past. I've figured that he must have thought I was a waitress as I was dressed all in black! Ah well... no broom closet and illegitimate child on the menu for me today...
I'm convinced that I either suffer from a major vitamin deficiency, or I have mild narcolepsy... sleep is just so so taking over every day of my life! HELP!
continues... Borris Becker was having lunch at the oyster bar this afternoon. He looked me right in the eye and then smiled as I walked past. I've figured that he must have thought I was a waitress as I was dressed all in black! Ah well... no broom closet and illegitimate child on the menu for me today...
I'm convinced that I either suffer from a major vitamin deficiency, or I have mild narcolepsy... sleep is just so so taking over every day of my life! HELP!
18.8.03
I
spent some time this weekend with jo jo's family. We took the tube up to Brent Cross and trapsed around a shopping centre with her mum and dad and cousin that was in town visiting... Strangely I almost cried when I walked into the shopping centre... it was quite surreal. The reason being... I live in central London and never encounter large shopping centres... they are very typical of the way things are back home... I've been feeling a little homesick as of late and really wanting to go home for a visit so I guess this just compounded it... so I've not got any deep spiritual connection with large commercial spaces but I guess it's just an odd link to home...
We then left the shopping centre with the pregnant cousin the ex- but now current boyfriend (who's baby it was not that she is carrying), mum and dad... off to the garden pub near jo jo's house. It was such a lovely afternoon. Lots of kids running around the garden... the 2 pints of lager went straight to my head. Then we headed back to jo's house and lounged in the garden sipping white wine... I had forgotten how nice it was to be out of London for a change!
I think I might be going to Amsterdam next week for business and may try and swindle a weekend stay over... perhaps it's the mini break I've been needing... *schemes*
spent some time this weekend with jo jo's family. We took the tube up to Brent Cross and trapsed around a shopping centre with her mum and dad and cousin that was in town visiting... Strangely I almost cried when I walked into the shopping centre... it was quite surreal. The reason being... I live in central London and never encounter large shopping centres... they are very typical of the way things are back home... I've been feeling a little homesick as of late and really wanting to go home for a visit so I guess this just compounded it... so I've not got any deep spiritual connection with large commercial spaces but I guess it's just an odd link to home...
We then left the shopping centre with the pregnant cousin the ex- but now current boyfriend (who's baby it was not that she is carrying), mum and dad... off to the garden pub near jo jo's house. It was such a lovely afternoon. Lots of kids running around the garden... the 2 pints of lager went straight to my head. Then we headed back to jo's house and lounged in the garden sipping white wine... I had forgotten how nice it was to be out of London for a change!
I think I might be going to Amsterdam next week for business and may try and swindle a weekend stay over... perhaps it's the mini break I've been needing... *schemes*
15.8.03
the end is nigh
well at least for this big project it is... I can't wait for things to slow back down again... it's nice to reach a goal.
The weekend is looking like it's going to be great... heading to Canterbury for a little chilling and mostly having fun... I shall write some tales upon my return. *smirk*
I've been eyeing this lovely jumper in this shop near work... I'm so tempted to buy it... I'm going at lunch to visit it... I know I know I'm in South Ken... it's gonna cost a bundle but hey... if I can't afford it, I can always just visit it in the window everyday until the shop assistants get fed up of seeing me drool down the shop window... then just maybe they'll give me one to make me go away?
A girl can dream can't she?
Task number two for the day... take boss to Jimmy Choo shop to check out the sale... lord knows I could never afford anything but she can... *shopping by proxy* always a viable option non?
well at least for this big project it is... I can't wait for things to slow back down again... it's nice to reach a goal.
The weekend is looking like it's going to be great... heading to Canterbury for a little chilling and mostly having fun... I shall write some tales upon my return. *smirk*
I've been eyeing this lovely jumper in this shop near work... I'm so tempted to buy it... I'm going at lunch to visit it... I know I know I'm in South Ken... it's gonna cost a bundle but hey... if I can't afford it, I can always just visit it in the window everyday until the shop assistants get fed up of seeing me drool down the shop window... then just maybe they'll give me one to make me go away?
A girl can dream can't she?
Task number two for the day... take boss to Jimmy Choo shop to check out the sale... lord knows I could never afford anything but she can... *shopping by proxy* always a viable option non?
14.8.03
last night...
I dreampt of the
metro in lyon. It was a strange dream that involved a bit of anxietry, frustration, failing memory and flashed of all things that were part of my life when I lived in Lyon... including this mad Irish pub near the large shopping centre (which doesn't exist in real life). I wonder what on earth this dream means and where it came from?
I enjoy work so much more when it's busy like this... make you mind sharp... it's when all the political bs starts getting in the way that it all goes pear-shaped.
I was really hoping to fly home in Sept. for a holiday but the flights are inordinately expensive... will save my pennies for xmas... maybe go to France instead perhaps that's maybe what my dream was telling me!?
I dreampt of the
metro in lyon. It was a strange dream that involved a bit of anxietry, frustration, failing memory and flashed of all things that were part of my life when I lived in Lyon... including this mad Irish pub near the large shopping centre (which doesn't exist in real life). I wonder what on earth this dream means and where it came from?
I enjoy work so much more when it's busy like this... make you mind sharp... it's when all the political bs starts getting in the way that it all goes pear-shaped.
I was really hoping to fly home in Sept. for a holiday but the flights are inordinately expensive... will save my pennies for xmas... maybe go to France instead perhaps that's maybe what my dream was telling me!?
13.8.03
today is just mental busy here at work
had a fun chat with the lovely Tiago this morning ... i'm all hopped up on a mocha frappachino from Starbucks... I'm so buzzing!
Looks like it's going to be a late one... I'm supposed to go help sally with some canvases in her studio tongiht... doestn' look like I'll make it.
KJ and mum jet off to San Fran today to sail with Auntie Jean. I wish I was going with them as I adore sailing... I should have been born with money let me tell you! I would do it proud.
How brilliant is the new radiohead album? very let me tell you!
had a fun chat with the lovely Tiago this morning ... i'm all hopped up on a mocha frappachino from Starbucks... I'm so buzzing!
Looks like it's going to be a late one... I'm supposed to go help sally with some canvases in her studio tongiht... doestn' look like I'll make it.
KJ and mum jet off to San Fran today to sail with Auntie Jean. I wish I was going with them as I adore sailing... I should have been born with money let me tell you! I would do it proud.
How brilliant is the new radiohead album? very let me tell you!
12.8.03
now i'm
miffed... no tumbling classes for 6 weeks! that sucks... my neck... damn it! I'll wait two and then go... I want to play!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The heat continues to oppress ol' London town... this is supposed to be the last scorcher for a while so thank goodness...sleep at night was beginning to be a huge challenge... and that's bad as I am the QUEEN of sleeping!
My morning commute has be confirmed at a solid 30 mins (if I leave at 8h15) sweet. Much better than the hour and fifteen that I was pushing prior to my move. Sweet sweet clerkenwell.
Dan and Sal are off to Vietnam on Sunday. How exciting for them... I know nothing of that country other than the imagery I've seen from the war... very green... Can't wait to hear of their adventures!
The party on Friday was great fun but was unbearably hot in our flat... met our new neighbour from upstairs who just bought the penthouse... never in my days have I seen such a nice flat! 270 degree view of London from a massive massive balcony... sweet woman too... she owns a flower shop of all things... perhaps I can learn something from her and one day own my own flower shop in some hot country. She must be doing something right if she's got a 600, 000£ flat!
Saturday in Brighton was good fun, it was a lovely chill day... much better than London pride... and it was free! I'm a big gayed out right now... but it was fun!
Back to the salt mines I suppose... we're approaching our infamous deadline... bring it on. quickly, please?
miffed... no tumbling classes for 6 weeks! that sucks... my neck... damn it! I'll wait two and then go... I want to play!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The heat continues to oppress ol' London town... this is supposed to be the last scorcher for a while so thank goodness...sleep at night was beginning to be a huge challenge... and that's bad as I am the QUEEN of sleeping!
My morning commute has be confirmed at a solid 30 mins (if I leave at 8h15) sweet. Much better than the hour and fifteen that I was pushing prior to my move. Sweet sweet clerkenwell.
Dan and Sal are off to Vietnam on Sunday. How exciting for them... I know nothing of that country other than the imagery I've seen from the war... very green... Can't wait to hear of their adventures!
The party on Friday was great fun but was unbearably hot in our flat... met our new neighbour from upstairs who just bought the penthouse... never in my days have I seen such a nice flat! 270 degree view of London from a massive massive balcony... sweet woman too... she owns a flower shop of all things... perhaps I can learn something from her and one day own my own flower shop in some hot country. She must be doing something right if she's got a 600, 000£ flat!
Saturday in Brighton was good fun, it was a lovely chill day... much better than London pride... and it was free! I'm a big gayed out right now... but it was fun!
Back to the salt mines I suppose... we're approaching our infamous deadline... bring it on. quickly, please?
8.8.03
note to self
starting out a friday morning with a 7h15 physio apt. is not at all a nice thing to do. All I can say is ouch!
our flat warming party is this evening and should be fun but sweaty (dont' get the wrong idea...) I simply mean that it's so warm here in London right now. Miss Dearbhla will be away in Belfast but it will be nice to see some friendly faces!
Work is still on lock down which sucks... I don't know if they could possibly be crueler... it's August for goodness sake... the month were everyone takes time off!
Off to Brighton on Sat. if the trains allow... should be the 'hottest day of the year' they say... I say- bring it on!
starting out a friday morning with a 7h15 physio apt. is not at all a nice thing to do. All I can say is ouch!
our flat warming party is this evening and should be fun but sweaty (dont' get the wrong idea...) I simply mean that it's so warm here in London right now. Miss Dearbhla will be away in Belfast but it will be nice to see some friendly faces!
Work is still on lock down which sucks... I don't know if they could possibly be crueler... it's August for goodness sake... the month were everyone takes time off!
Off to Brighton on Sat. if the trains allow... should be the 'hottest day of the year' they say... I say- bring it on!
5.8.03
i wish
i had an excuse... so many people have taken the summer off from blogging... curse them! However over the past few days I've been so swamped that I've not had a second to write anything down.... Alas I am no better than them!
time should fly when you're busy at work... but when you loathe what you're doing it doesn't help much... fleeting moments are spent by me day dreaming up a job that pays the same but doesn't require me to do what I do here... something that I love to do would be ideal... at this point I know if Mark is reading this he'll be sighing saying something like *hello, sarah... get your BBC production ideas together and start pitching*
maybe i'll just do that!
reducing the space and time between wanting and doing...
It's kind of funny sometimes, as I keeps stats on my blog... I can see who drops by and visists even if they don't leave comments... it's even funnier when people tell you that they've not read your blog in months and you can see right there in black and white that they have :) makes me chuckle...
We're having our big flat warming party this weekend. Should be a hoot... If I've forgotten to invite you and you're in town let me know.
Circus school again tonight... going to brave the hard class again tonight... I'm stoked... weather I'll be able walk tomorrow is another question entirely!
i had an excuse... so many people have taken the summer off from blogging... curse them! However over the past few days I've been so swamped that I've not had a second to write anything down.... Alas I am no better than them!
time should fly when you're busy at work... but when you loathe what you're doing it doesn't help much... fleeting moments are spent by me day dreaming up a job that pays the same but doesn't require me to do what I do here... something that I love to do would be ideal... at this point I know if Mark is reading this he'll be sighing saying something like *hello, sarah... get your BBC production ideas together and start pitching*
maybe i'll just do that!
reducing the space and time between wanting and doing...
It's kind of funny sometimes, as I keeps stats on my blog... I can see who drops by and visists even if they don't leave comments... it's even funnier when people tell you that they've not read your blog in months and you can see right there in black and white that they have :) makes me chuckle...
We're having our big flat warming party this weekend. Should be a hoot... If I've forgotten to invite you and you're in town let me know.
Circus school again tonight... going to brave the hard class again tonight... I'm stoked... weather I'll be able walk tomorrow is another question entirely!
31.7.03
I am in love!
with my tumbling class... i went to the level lower last night and it was too easy but was nevertheless fun! It's amazing how tricks just start coming back! It's like riding a bicycle. I had such and incredible buzz when I finished the class... not so handy when the class finishes at 10pm but hey... no complaints here
I think the nice weather just may return to o'l London town... They're calling for a warm sunny weekend and a promising next few weeks *fingers and toes crossed* I guess it will be a small consolation of sorts as I'm not able to go on holiday with my seestor and my mother to San Fran to go sailing on my auntie's boat :( It's so cruel that my work has us on lock down... my heart is broken into a million pieces...
I think this exploding dog cartoon found by my boss yesterday (and subsequently used on the front page of one of her briefs...) is kind of how I feel about not being able to go to san fran...
with my tumbling class... i went to the level lower last night and it was too easy but was nevertheless fun! It's amazing how tricks just start coming back! It's like riding a bicycle. I had such and incredible buzz when I finished the class... not so handy when the class finishes at 10pm but hey... no complaints here
I think the nice weather just may return to o'l London town... They're calling for a warm sunny weekend and a promising next few weeks *fingers and toes crossed* I guess it will be a small consolation of sorts as I'm not able to go on holiday with my seestor and my mother to San Fran to go sailing on my auntie's boat :( It's so cruel that my work has us on lock down... my heart is broken into a million pieces...
I think this exploding dog cartoon found by my boss yesterday (and subsequently used on the front page of one of her briefs...) is kind of how I feel about not being able to go to san fran...
30.7.03
This
is my favorite new website... mUncH a S Lut at YOMiko.com. ... .. You must play the amputee fridge magnet game! Brilliance thy name is yomiko!
is my favorite new website... mUncH a S Lut at YOMiko.com. ... .. You must play the amputee fridge magnet game! Brilliance thy name is yomiko!
29.7.03
The weekend was fab. Very busy but fun!
The wine show in Olympia on Friday night was a good laugh. Made it home in about an hour on a random bus that I caught... Was very strange as I NEVER ever venture about west London... it's kind of like visiting a different city. When I got home I collected Jojo, Sally and Tim and headed to the flat... We stopped in at our downstairs neighbours party... it's always interesting to see what other people's places look like especially when you've both got the same flat!
Saturday morning showed some promise of sunshine... after an immense amount of faffing by someone that will remain nameless... we finally headed towards Hyde Park. Within 30 minutes of mincing in the champagne area we were 40£ lighter and one bottle of champers heavier... then the heavens opened. It wasn't too bad as there were many dance tents and they were quite large. We all laughed and danced and had lots of fun. We were all heading back home by 8h30 which was fine by me as I was exhausted!
Sunday morning I headed down to Brighton accompanied by miss wood. Met up with my sister and my cousins. Had a nice lunch and was generally windswept in a most proper manner... it was madness! The wind off the sea was almost enough to blow you off your feet.
I'm really hoping my friend Karm lands that job he went for a Microsoft yesterday... and also hoping that Sean lands that job at the home office that he applied for! How cool would that be? Oh yea, very!
KJ is back in the UK on Friday but only for 18... however as we're all on lockdown here at work, it doesn't look like I'll be able to see her... very sad really, as this is most likely her second but final trip to London this year...
I missed circus school yesterday as the class I wanted was at 18h15! dang! I think I might brave the advanced one again tonight .
Did I mention all the fabulous pressies my seestor and my mum sent for me? I think I'm the luckiest Jarrett in the world!
There are lots of pictures... email me or leave me a comment if you want to see :)
24.7.03
letter to the landlord from the flat part 1
Dear Mr Sha
It's been nearly one full week since we last chatted. The new tenants have moved in. Goodness do they ever have a lot of stuff! But you would be most proud as they've carefully placed pieces of felt on the bottoms of their potentially damaging furniture so as to protect my delicate wooden floors.
I watched the blond one read instructions on how to use the dishwasher... good thing she did or else she wouldn't have known to add salt to the first wash. Then I saw the brown haired one consult the washing machine instructions so as to know where to put the fabric softener.... You would be so proud of them!
I've got a sneaking feeling that they're planning on wall mounting this beautiful painting brought over by one of their friends... as the one girl with the longer hair was running a stud detector along the wall... then I noticed her re-charging a drill! I'm quite frightened as I've not had anything like this done to my walls before!
I hear you are planning to visit me on Sunday as you forgot to give the ladies a key to one of the bedroom windows. I can't wait to see you again and show you all the neat things they've done to me!
Yours truly,
the flat apt. 307
ps. the girls were speaking of how you call each of them individually at work on Tuesday to make sure that I was okay. You're so sweet, always worrying about me!
Dear Mr Sha
It's been nearly one full week since we last chatted. The new tenants have moved in. Goodness do they ever have a lot of stuff! But you would be most proud as they've carefully placed pieces of felt on the bottoms of their potentially damaging furniture so as to protect my delicate wooden floors.
I watched the blond one read instructions on how to use the dishwasher... good thing she did or else she wouldn't have known to add salt to the first wash. Then I saw the brown haired one consult the washing machine instructions so as to know where to put the fabric softener.... You would be so proud of them!
I've got a sneaking feeling that they're planning on wall mounting this beautiful painting brought over by one of their friends... as the one girl with the longer hair was running a stud detector along the wall... then I noticed her re-charging a drill! I'm quite frightened as I've not had anything like this done to my walls before!
I hear you are planning to visit me on Sunday as you forgot to give the ladies a key to one of the bedroom windows. I can't wait to see you again and show you all the neat things they've done to me!
Yours truly,
the flat apt. 307
ps. the girls were speaking of how you call each of them individually at work on Tuesday to make sure that I was okay. You're so sweet, always worrying about me!
I've been
home being mostly sick.. I just can't shake this cold... so I've resolved to just let it win, and agree to be sick forever more...
I have however had the chance to unpack my room and fit everything in!
I must say that our new bathtub is heaven.
This weekend is jam packed... wine festival friday. Pride Saturday... Brighton to meet up with seestor on Sunday...
home being mostly sick.. I just can't shake this cold... so I've resolved to just let it win, and agree to be sick forever more...
I have however had the chance to unpack my room and fit everything in!
I must say that our new bathtub is heaven.
This weekend is jam packed... wine festival friday. Pride Saturday... Brighton to meet up with seestor on Sunday...
22.7.03
once upon a time
I had this lust thing with this bloke... yea yea it was a bloke... he was young... it was one weekend it was a blast... nothing that I wanted as it was terribly impossible due to a millions of reasons... just a few minutes ago I got this message from him out of the blue... god it was hilarious... I don't' think I could have any less interest in the fragmented conversation with him if I tried... god, I really am as old as I am supposed to be. I've really got to thank him though as I was terribly close to losing consciousness at my desk and his messenger woke me up! Guess there is always a good side to things like this... back to my big gay world now...
the move went well... was very tiring but it's done and that's what matters. Now it's time to unpack and compact life into a much smaller flat.
henceforth I will begin to feature a special segment that I will call 'letters from the flat to Mr Sha' it will be a journal-esq collection of thoughts and messages from our new flat to it's owner... who seems to have a very vivid passion for his flat... Just to give an example, he insisted (and then with great glee) spent 2h on Saturday morning flipping through the owners manual and page by page reading out it's entire contents! It made us all lose the will to live! So as an ode to the landlord/owner (complimented by his phone call to all three of us this morning to make sure the move went well and that we've set up all our bills) I'm going to commence a series of letters on behalf of the flat so that they can keep in touch throughout the tenancy. Oh how sweet they will be. Stay tuned!
Kaffin arrives this Sunday! I'm meeting her in Brighton. Friday night is the wine festival with work peeps and Saturday is pride...but not sure yet if i'm even going to go as there don't seem to be many tickets left and I seem to be living very far from where one can procure them... and I'll be damned if I'm paying lastminute.com's outrageous 3£ postage plus 4£ admin fee!
So I guess I'll be sitting at home then!
I had this lust thing with this bloke... yea yea it was a bloke... he was young... it was one weekend it was a blast... nothing that I wanted as it was terribly impossible due to a millions of reasons... just a few minutes ago I got this message from him out of the blue... god it was hilarious... I don't' think I could have any less interest in the fragmented conversation with him if I tried... god, I really am as old as I am supposed to be. I've really got to thank him though as I was terribly close to losing consciousness at my desk and his messenger woke me up! Guess there is always a good side to things like this... back to my big gay world now...
the move went well... was very tiring but it's done and that's what matters. Now it's time to unpack and compact life into a much smaller flat.
henceforth I will begin to feature a special segment that I will call 'letters from the flat to Mr Sha' it will be a journal-esq collection of thoughts and messages from our new flat to it's owner... who seems to have a very vivid passion for his flat... Just to give an example, he insisted (and then with great glee) spent 2h on Saturday morning flipping through the owners manual and page by page reading out it's entire contents! It made us all lose the will to live! So as an ode to the landlord/owner (complimented by his phone call to all three of us this morning to make sure the move went well and that we've set up all our bills) I'm going to commence a series of letters on behalf of the flat so that they can keep in touch throughout the tenancy. Oh how sweet they will be. Stay tuned!
Kaffin arrives this Sunday! I'm meeting her in Brighton. Friday night is the wine festival with work peeps and Saturday is pride...but not sure yet if i'm even going to go as there don't seem to be many tickets left and I seem to be living very far from where one can procure them... and I'll be damned if I'm paying lastminute.com's outrageous 3£ postage plus 4£ admin fee!
So I guess I'll be sitting at home then!
16.7.03
bizarre quirks
everyone's got'em the strange thing is that a lot of them are totally unconscious to the beholder. I've mad a list of a few of mine... feel free to add to the list
-writing in all lower case with very little regard (if any) to punctuation along with a terribly embarrassing inability to spell
-the inability to close twist lids firmly (this involves anything from toothpaste to bottle tops) Christie flagged me on this one when we were living on Lewis st.
-the need to walk on the same side of the road of my destination
-the lack of self restraint to not be able to open a weekly TV listing and not read every single east enders update
-how I stroke my throat and collar bone with my right hand when I'm nervous
Tonight i'm heading to some promotional/launch night with my friend Hon and his brother at Pop in Soho... all I know is that it involves free beer and polish vodka... perhaps that will kick my cold once and for all?
Now all I need is a plan that will get me from half ten to 18h with the least amount of pain and the most amount of productivity...
everyone's got'em the strange thing is that a lot of them are totally unconscious to the beholder. I've mad a list of a few of mine... feel free to add to the list
-writing in all lower case with very little regard (if any) to punctuation along with a terribly embarrassing inability to spell
-the inability to close twist lids firmly (this involves anything from toothpaste to bottle tops) Christie flagged me on this one when we were living on Lewis st.
-the need to walk on the same side of the road of my destination
-the lack of self restraint to not be able to open a weekly TV listing and not read every single east enders update
-how I stroke my throat and collar bone with my right hand when I'm nervous
Tonight i'm heading to some promotional/launch night with my friend Hon and his brother at Pop in Soho... all I know is that it involves free beer and polish vodka... perhaps that will kick my cold once and for all?
Now all I need is a plan that will get me from half ten to 18h with the least amount of pain and the most amount of productivity...
15.7.03
i'm mostly...
liking my entry for today's oneword.: "Go west on the road that veers to the clouds... where the sky dips down and you can taste heaven perfectly... ask Tori, she knows all too well."
liking my entry for today's oneword.: "Go west on the road that veers to the clouds... where the sky dips down and you can taste heaven perfectly... ask Tori, she knows all too well."
j'ai mal à la gorge!
c'est impossible car c'est l'été... je ne veux pas être malade :(
the weather has been fantastic but alas I'm locked in the office... I can imagine that the heat will definitely stay until we move next Monday... I excel at consistently moving on the hottest day of the year... some would call it a gift... others would call me an unlucky mare.
Poor Neil, our designer got knocked off his motorbike on the way home last night... dislocated shoulder and suspected broken arm. It's so yucky. I hope he's okay... I've never been a big fan of motorcycles stemming from my father's accident... It's not the bikes that are the problems it's the motorists who consistently don't pay attention and run them down.
Spooks was great last night.... I really enjoy that program!
best feign working for a while as I was suuuuuuuper late this morning...
c'est impossible car c'est l'été... je ne veux pas être malade :(
the weather has been fantastic but alas I'm locked in the office... I can imagine that the heat will definitely stay until we move next Monday... I excel at consistently moving on the hottest day of the year... some would call it a gift... others would call me an unlucky mare.
Poor Neil, our designer got knocked off his motorbike on the way home last night... dislocated shoulder and suspected broken arm. It's so yucky. I hope he's okay... I've never been a big fan of motorcycles stemming from my father's accident... It's not the bikes that are the problems it's the motorists who consistently don't pay attention and run them down.
Spooks was great last night.... I really enjoy that program!
best feign working for a while as I was suuuuuuuper late this morning...
11.7.03
you know...
I think I've been remarkably quiet about my whole break up... the only trace of the actual event lies in some comments left by her in my comments a few weeks back. I think I'm a fair person and have an enormous amount of room in my heart for moving on and trying to stay positive... I don't hate or resent her. It was not working, we were not happy, it had to end. I have not slung about blame and pointed fingers and been spiteful and all of those easy but wrong things that people do when the part company with their partners... in fact I can clearly say that I do a lot of times miss her company... miss the good times... but am very aware that those memories are all in the past... this is very apparent to me today...
money is evil... it makes every break up even harder... being out of love and subsequently out of pocket just plain sucks... but that's life... you live, you love, you learn... you make similar mistakes... you repeat the cycle... you laugh you cry...
it was really nice to read about how David and Markus were able to meet up for the first time post their break-up... all in due time I suppose... but distance certainly has it's place. Distance is difficult as it comes with time... and time is eternally slow in healing hearts after break-ups...
my advice to me? life is really good right now. smile and enjoy it.
I think I've been remarkably quiet about my whole break up... the only trace of the actual event lies in some comments left by her in my comments a few weeks back. I think I'm a fair person and have an enormous amount of room in my heart for moving on and trying to stay positive... I don't hate or resent her. It was not working, we were not happy, it had to end. I have not slung about blame and pointed fingers and been spiteful and all of those easy but wrong things that people do when the part company with their partners... in fact I can clearly say that I do a lot of times miss her company... miss the good times... but am very aware that those memories are all in the past... this is very apparent to me today...
money is evil... it makes every break up even harder... being out of love and subsequently out of pocket just plain sucks... but that's life... you live, you love, you learn... you make similar mistakes... you repeat the cycle... you laugh you cry...
it was really nice to read about how David and Markus were able to meet up for the first time post their break-up... all in due time I suppose... but distance certainly has it's place. Distance is difficult as it comes with time... and time is eternally slow in healing hearts after break-ups...
my advice to me? life is really good right now. smile and enjoy it.
10.7.03
ten minutes...
left in this day here at the office and there has been little time to even think. For some odd reason it's become uber busy here....
the pain in the legs from tumbling on Tuesday has peaked today as pain often does (two days post exercise) I'm walking around like a wobbly peg-leg woman... this is all too familiar... this is the part of tumbling that I had forgotten *creak*
It's been a glorious day almost 30 degrees which is very hot for these parts! Too bad I missed it all sitting inside. Miss Dearbhla and I are meeting tonight to catch up on things. It's been ages since we last caught up! Hopefully we can find somewhere nice with a terrace to soak up the remains of the day.
Got news that our credit checks all passed and that the flat is officially ours! Not that we were doubting it but it's re-assuring nonetheless. *hobbles away*
left in this day here at the office and there has been little time to even think. For some odd reason it's become uber busy here....
the pain in the legs from tumbling on Tuesday has peaked today as pain often does (two days post exercise) I'm walking around like a wobbly peg-leg woman... this is all too familiar... this is the part of tumbling that I had forgotten *creak*
It's been a glorious day almost 30 degrees which is very hot for these parts! Too bad I missed it all sitting inside. Miss Dearbhla and I are meeting tonight to catch up on things. It's been ages since we last caught up! Hopefully we can find somewhere nice with a terrace to soak up the remains of the day.
Got news that our credit checks all passed and that the flat is officially ours! Not that we were doubting it but it's re-assuring nonetheless. *hobbles away*
9.7.03
celeb spotting...
My boss and I walked by Mini Driver today during lunch... Yes she's quite tall but had brushed out her lovely curly hair and was looking slightly worse for wear...
Tumbling class last night was an absolute fab time. I went to the intermediate class on a whim as I had messed up the date of the beginner intermediate class... I wasn't the worst in the class but I was certainly not even close to the one bloke who could do full tumbling passes including back layouts! I can still do no handed cartwheels... It was such a great workout, we were all dripping with sweat... just like back when I used to take gymnastics class... I really had fun at the end when we did front tucks and layouts off of the trampoline on the big squishy mat. Next week I'm going to the beginner intermediate class to brush up on my back 'flicks' as they call them here... 'handspring' as we call them in Canadia. I'm absolutely besotted by this class, I never thought I could have this much fun at my age!
T-12 days till our move to our new flat. I can't wait. Moving sucks but the new place is so lovely... I think the housewarming party will be around the 8th of Aug... Sean get your arse over here!
My boss and I walked by Mini Driver today during lunch... Yes she's quite tall but had brushed out her lovely curly hair and was looking slightly worse for wear...
Tumbling class last night was an absolute fab time. I went to the intermediate class on a whim as I had messed up the date of the beginner intermediate class... I wasn't the worst in the class but I was certainly not even close to the one bloke who could do full tumbling passes including back layouts! I can still do no handed cartwheels... It was such a great workout, we were all dripping with sweat... just like back when I used to take gymnastics class... I really had fun at the end when we did front tucks and layouts off of the trampoline on the big squishy mat. Next week I'm going to the beginner intermediate class to brush up on my back 'flicks' as they call them here... 'handspring' as we call them in Canadia. I'm absolutely besotted by this class, I never thought I could have this much fun at my age!
T-12 days till our move to our new flat. I can't wait. Moving sucks but the new place is so lovely... I think the housewarming party will be around the 8th of Aug... Sean get your arse over here!
8.7.03
YOU ARE WEAK YOU ARE BLUBBER!
I got the funniest orientation email for the nike fun run from my chosen trainer... you can read it here.
work has been mad... at least time is passing quickly.
Mummy is off to Halifax with the grandparents today... They hope to make it to PEI too. Mum promised to visit the interactive kiosk we made back at Filament that is in the confederation museum there... That was such a great project to work on! I miss stuff like that!
I'm supposed to go to my first drop in tumbling class tonight (if I can make it home to change in time) youpie!!!!!!!!
I got the funniest orientation email for the nike fun run from my chosen trainer... you can read it here.
work has been mad... at least time is passing quickly.
Mummy is off to Halifax with the grandparents today... They hope to make it to PEI too. Mum promised to visit the interactive kiosk we made back at Filament that is in the confederation museum there... That was such a great project to work on! I miss stuff like that!
I'm supposed to go to my first drop in tumbling class tonight (if I can make it home to change in time) youpie!!!!!!!!
7.7.03
Manolos?
So trying to make the best of our new location... my boss and I ventured down the road to the Manolo Blanik shop at lunch... We arrived and looked in the window... it was looking suspiciously like the type of place you needed and appointment to enter... we quickly psyched ourselves out and aborted the mission... perhaps we'll brave it later when we're looking a little less topshop and a bit more bond st. (erm... that would be never!)
The weekend was fun. Hung out with some peeps at Soho pride... not that I'm one for rainbow flag waving malarky... this was far from it... It was a nice chill afternoon.
I had a great chat with my sis and my mum on Sunday afternoon... I then witnessed a funny conversation at the bus stop when I was heading into angel... a girl was chatting with her boyfriend and they were discussing the most important people in her life... I listened as she went over and over 'my priorities are god, then me' the guy kept insisting that he should be included on her list... she was adamant that it was just her and god that were eligible. Hilarious... It's interesting to hear people discussing religious beliefs in such an urban neighbourhood.
So trying to make the best of our new location... my boss and I ventured down the road to the Manolo Blanik shop at lunch... We arrived and looked in the window... it was looking suspiciously like the type of place you needed and appointment to enter... we quickly psyched ourselves out and aborted the mission... perhaps we'll brave it later when we're looking a little less topshop and a bit more bond st. (erm... that would be never!)
The weekend was fun. Hung out with some peeps at Soho pride... not that I'm one for rainbow flag waving malarky... this was far from it... It was a nice chill afternoon.
I had a great chat with my sis and my mum on Sunday afternoon... I then witnessed a funny conversation at the bus stop when I was heading into angel... a girl was chatting with her boyfriend and they were discussing the most important people in her life... I listened as she went over and over 'my priorities are god, then me' the guy kept insisting that he should be included on her list... she was adamant that it was just her and god that were eligible. Hilarious... It's interesting to hear people discussing religious beliefs in such an urban neighbourhood.
4.7.03
I really really...
like this site it's a great little daily writing exercise... I'm far from brilliant but some of the entries are just terrible.
some days just will never end... this is one of them. Went to Harvey Nic's at lunch (guided there by Tasha) I'm so out of my bearings around this part of town... Almost got run over by a Bentley on my way back to the office and just when I thought I was safe a Rolls Royce nearly got me... I tell no lies.
This weekend should be eventful... busy busy.
Happy Yankee day...
like this site it's a great little daily writing exercise... I'm far from brilliant but some of the entries are just terrible.
some days just will never end... this is one of them. Went to Harvey Nic's at lunch (guided there by Tasha) I'm so out of my bearings around this part of town... Almost got run over by a Bentley on my way back to the office and just when I thought I was safe a Rolls Royce nearly got me... I tell no lies.
This weekend should be eventful... busy busy.
Happy Yankee day...
3.7.03
so yea my blogging has been short as of late
but some things don't require many words
one of those things is a comment uttered by our designer in our production meeting we had on Tuesday... he was speaking of this new navigation system that they're trying to bodge...
'for a three legged dog, it's got a real shiny nose'
I leave you with that!
*laughs*
but some things don't require many words
one of those things is a comment uttered by our designer in our production meeting we had on Tuesday... he was speaking of this new navigation system that they're trying to bodge...
'for a three legged dog, it's got a real shiny nose'
I leave you with that!
*laughs*
2.7.03
Oh...
how the smallest things can change your life... I just need to say how much I LOVE Vanilla diet coke!... now where can i find me some diet cherry coke?
how the smallest things can change your life... I just need to say how much I LOVE Vanilla diet coke!... now where can i find me some diet cherry coke?
1.7.03
it could get...
worse... the commute in the morning is worse than imagined... long, hot... squished...
At lunch today I walked up to the Chelsea Holmes Place to see if I was going to switch my membership over to there... HA! It's a dive. It's got a lovely pool but the rest of the place is small with low ceilings, narrow corridors... It's amazing how branding can make rich people go there even though it's clearly crap. So now I'm clean out of options... unless I leave my membership at Holmes place and join a new club near here... pay the ridiculous joining fee... god it makes me want to not be healthy. Well not quite but it sure makes life difficult!
The circus school orientation was brilliant. What fun! I think I'm going to go to one of the drop in tumbling classes next week... I also liked the balance stuff they showed us as well... Eventually once I have some money again *laughs--- we all know that will never happen* I'm going to take a trampoline class!
Here is a pic that the lovely Natasha took of me this morning... you'll see the glory of our new office... look my desk is almost clean!
Happy Canada Day everyone... and, Happy Birthday Duffy Denise!
worse... the commute in the morning is worse than imagined... long, hot... squished...
At lunch today I walked up to the Chelsea Holmes Place to see if I was going to switch my membership over to there... HA! It's a dive. It's got a lovely pool but the rest of the place is small with low ceilings, narrow corridors... It's amazing how branding can make rich people go there even though it's clearly crap. So now I'm clean out of options... unless I leave my membership at Holmes place and join a new club near here... pay the ridiculous joining fee... god it makes me want to not be healthy. Well not quite but it sure makes life difficult!
The circus school orientation was brilliant. What fun! I think I'm going to go to one of the drop in tumbling classes next week... I also liked the balance stuff they showed us as well... Eventually once I have some money again *laughs--- we all know that will never happen* I'm going to take a trampoline class!
Here is a pic that the lovely Natasha took of me this morning... you'll see the glory of our new office... look my desk is almost clean!
Happy Canada Day everyone... and, Happy Birthday Duffy Denise!
30.6.03
"have a nice night..."
I said to the Indian man working in the shop where I picked up some things on my way home last night... It was one of those strange shops in Dalston that sells mainly African beauty products... He responded in the most peculiar way... with a great sadness in his voice. 'but i'm alone'. Don't get me wrong, we wasn't at all saying it in a tone where he was subversely looking for some company in me! No, he truly was lonely. I responded... ' you're only as alone as you feel' like hello? Sarah? that makes no sense... I was trying to say something nice and sympathetic but it came out all wrong... Being alone is strange after you've had a partner for a while... it's like getting to know yourself all over again... it's hard work but worth it. I wish I could have said something more clever to him.
We've found a flat! It's just south of Angel in Barnsbury... really nice flat. We move on the 21st! I'm so glad all that flat hunting is done. More info later... as I truly can not be arsed to go through all the hoo ha. Plus perhaps it's best that I not write the exact location of my flat on the blog....
I had a moment of trauma this morning as I signed away 75£ to the man at the tube station... Signing away my fate to travel by tube every morning to this new office. I'm having major culture shock as it's just so posh here it's impossible to describe. Ladies who lunch are everywhere... GUCCI accross the road and Joseph on the corner... there is no lack of swish shops and such in this area. The new office it's self is nice and bright and they've re-arranged where everyone sits, so it's interesting. The air con is brutal and we're all freezing to death!
I'm off to circus school orientation tonight. I hope to do some of the tumbling classes they offer... I can't wait! I feel kind of nutty after this day... I wish every work day started at 11am rather than 9am!
I said to the Indian man working in the shop where I picked up some things on my way home last night... It was one of those strange shops in Dalston that sells mainly African beauty products... He responded in the most peculiar way... with a great sadness in his voice. 'but i'm alone'. Don't get me wrong, we wasn't at all saying it in a tone where he was subversely looking for some company in me! No, he truly was lonely. I responded... ' you're only as alone as you feel' like hello? Sarah? that makes no sense... I was trying to say something nice and sympathetic but it came out all wrong... Being alone is strange after you've had a partner for a while... it's like getting to know yourself all over again... it's hard work but worth it. I wish I could have said something more clever to him.
We've found a flat! It's just south of Angel in Barnsbury... really nice flat. We move on the 21st! I'm so glad all that flat hunting is done. More info later... as I truly can not be arsed to go through all the hoo ha. Plus perhaps it's best that I not write the exact location of my flat on the blog....
I had a moment of trauma this morning as I signed away 75£ to the man at the tube station... Signing away my fate to travel by tube every morning to this new office. I'm having major culture shock as it's just so posh here it's impossible to describe. Ladies who lunch are everywhere... GUCCI accross the road and Joseph on the corner... there is no lack of swish shops and such in this area. The new office it's self is nice and bright and they've re-arranged where everyone sits, so it's interesting. The air con is brutal and we're all freezing to death!
I'm off to circus school orientation tonight. I hope to do some of the tumbling classes they offer... I can't wait! I feel kind of nutty after this day... I wish every work day started at 11am rather than 9am!
26.6.03
when...
my mobile grows up... it wants to be this! *drools* now just how sexy is this phone... anyone got a spare 200£ to buy me one? Please feel free...
my mobile grows up... it wants to be this! *drools* now just how sexy is this phone... anyone got a spare 200£ to buy me one? Please feel free...
25.6.03
okay...
so the caffeine has kicked in... I don't usually drink coffee at work... but today my 15h drowsiness was unbearable!
I know I've mentioned it before but the sun rises so early here in the summer that It freaks me out. I bolted awake at 4h45 this morning thinking I had slept the day away. Turns out I hadn't it was just the daylight outside that confused me. London almost gets 2.5h extra hours of daylight compared to Seville. And nearly an entire hour more than Toronto... We be proper northerly
The flat hunt is still as dismal as it's been all along... Pushy twatty estate agents that insist that we need to live in hoxton as it's the only area with suitable unfurnished flats... What part of WRONG LOCATION do they not understand? Grrrr. Seeing one more place tonight in the right location... bet ya its' going to be a dump!
Going biking on Saturday with my co-worker Luke. I can't wait. It will be a nice change to cycle somewhere else other than central London!
*scurries back to work*
so the caffeine has kicked in... I don't usually drink coffee at work... but today my 15h drowsiness was unbearable!
I know I've mentioned it before but the sun rises so early here in the summer that It freaks me out. I bolted awake at 4h45 this morning thinking I had slept the day away. Turns out I hadn't it was just the daylight outside that confused me. London almost gets 2.5h extra hours of daylight compared to Seville. And nearly an entire hour more than Toronto... We be proper northerly
The flat hunt is still as dismal as it's been all along... Pushy twatty estate agents that insist that we need to live in hoxton as it's the only area with suitable unfurnished flats... What part of WRONG LOCATION do they not understand? Grrrr. Seeing one more place tonight in the right location... bet ya its' going to be a dump!
Going biking on Saturday with my co-worker Luke. I can't wait. It will be a nice change to cycle somewhere else other than central London!
*scurries back to work*
23.6.03
The weekend was filled with many an ouch and lots of hilarity...
I met up with the lovely Hon for lunch on Friday afternoon... Then Micha after work. We had a few drinks in Shoreditch and then headed home.
There was lots of sunning to be done on Saturday morning as our gracious neighbours decided to come home at 6am and crank their music. Nice. Went to view a flat in the afternoon... then a picnic on the green.
Saturday night met up with the lovely miss Dearbhla and finally got to give her her b'day pressie. Lots of wine ensued and the evening ended in the jazz bar followed swiftly spilling onto the concrete when foolishly giving my friend a piggy back. My knee is most likely broken (okay so I exaggerate but still) it hurts like an SOB! I'm still wobbling around today... if it's not better by mid week I'll get it x-rayed but i'm not a big fan of 10h waits in the A&E of UCL...
Sometime during the night the funniest thing happened... Jo jo's friend Sally managed to wander into Dan and Sally's room (wrong turn from the loo perhaps) and ended up waking up in the morning in their bed. I can't imagine the thoughts going through Dan and Sal's heads when they saw a stranger in their bed that they most definitely did not have in their bed when they got in it. One can only attribute it to sleep walking. It was nothing short of hilarious!
Sunday in a hung over haze I went and did something really adventurous... okay well in my book it is... Sean you're familiar with this activity as you've done the same thing in the past... Ouch!
Work today is mental busy and as I write it's 17h20 and I've not even stopped for lunch... feeling very hungry now... our office moves on Friday which means that we only work a half day... then again a half day on Monday too! Not that it makes the fact that we're moving to south Kensington any easier... but I've got to find something positive about it.
I met up with the lovely Hon for lunch on Friday afternoon... Then Micha after work. We had a few drinks in Shoreditch and then headed home.
There was lots of sunning to be done on Saturday morning as our gracious neighbours decided to come home at 6am and crank their music. Nice. Went to view a flat in the afternoon... then a picnic on the green.
Saturday night met up with the lovely miss Dearbhla and finally got to give her her b'day pressie. Lots of wine ensued and the evening ended in the jazz bar followed swiftly spilling onto the concrete when foolishly giving my friend a piggy back. My knee is most likely broken (okay so I exaggerate but still) it hurts like an SOB! I'm still wobbling around today... if it's not better by mid week I'll get it x-rayed but i'm not a big fan of 10h waits in the A&E of UCL...
Sometime during the night the funniest thing happened... Jo jo's friend Sally managed to wander into Dan and Sally's room (wrong turn from the loo perhaps) and ended up waking up in the morning in their bed. I can't imagine the thoughts going through Dan and Sal's heads when they saw a stranger in their bed that they most definitely did not have in their bed when they got in it. One can only attribute it to sleep walking. It was nothing short of hilarious!
Sunday in a hung over haze I went and did something really adventurous... okay well in my book it is... Sean you're familiar with this activity as you've done the same thing in the past... Ouch!
Work today is mental busy and as I write it's 17h20 and I've not even stopped for lunch... feeling very hungry now... our office moves on Friday which means that we only work a half day... then again a half day on Monday too! Not that it makes the fact that we're moving to south Kensington any easier... but I've got to find something positive about it.
19.6.03
so I had to edit my posting yesterday
so that my friend dan's natzi-esq browser security at work will let her view my site... apparently I must writ p with and orn rather than the full word... well I'll be darned
went to see another flat last night... this one in the perfect location... nice size, bright, great quiet residential street... only one small problem... the second room in the flat was the size of a small storage cupboard... there is no way a double bed would have fit in there. So frustrating...
I watched a brilliant program on the bbc last night... it's about career change... it watched the life of a welsh farmer who decided he wanted to be an interior designer... it was heartbreaking and touching all at the same time... it's a good replacement for my other favorite program 'no going back'... the week previously they followed a baker of 30 years on his path to become a funeral director. Simply brilliant... and the best part was... that they both were successful. The Welsh bloke ended up as a cabinet maker for a high end kitchen design company and the Baker landed a job with a funeral company as a trainee funeral director (which would eventually provide him with a much heftier salary than he was earning as a Baker) Life is about well calculated risks and following your dreams.... these people have such spirit it's infectious.
it's a grey Thursday but Friday is not far off now. I'm counting the minutes.
so that my friend dan's natzi-esq browser security at work will let her view my site... apparently I must writ p with and orn rather than the full word... well I'll be darned
went to see another flat last night... this one in the perfect location... nice size, bright, great quiet residential street... only one small problem... the second room in the flat was the size of a small storage cupboard... there is no way a double bed would have fit in there. So frustrating...
I watched a brilliant program on the bbc last night... it's about career change... it watched the life of a welsh farmer who decided he wanted to be an interior designer... it was heartbreaking and touching all at the same time... it's a good replacement for my other favorite program 'no going back'... the week previously they followed a baker of 30 years on his path to become a funeral director. Simply brilliant... and the best part was... that they both were successful. The Welsh bloke ended up as a cabinet maker for a high end kitchen design company and the Baker landed a job with a funeral company as a trainee funeral director (which would eventually provide him with a much heftier salary than he was earning as a Baker) Life is about well calculated risks and following your dreams.... these people have such spirit it's infectious.
it's a grey Thursday but Friday is not far off now. I'm counting the minutes.
18.6.03
after a long and well deserved break...
I was back a the gym this morning... nothing much had changed... the amount of theft from lockers in the changing room is apparently reaching epidemic rates... not nice.... the leather skinned 80lbs anorexic lady was there as per usual sweating and grunting and crunching away at what's left of her... however, new this morning... was an absolute vision of beauty on the treadmill.... toned, lovely... tanned... quite a bit of eye candy! Then later in the locker room as I was getting changed I noticed that she was too... now this is not going to turn into a 'p' with an 'orn' moment so don't' get excited... To my utter shock I noticed that this perfect specimen was stepping into possibly the mumsiest clothes I've seen a long long time. Large granny blouse, high-wasted trousers... and granny sandals. How could this be? yea yea, well I've got to find excitement in my life where I can...
work has been manic but good. keeping busy keeps life simple... or so that's the theory that I'm going with...
The first day of flat hunting was an astounding flop... I saw a tiny, hot dark carpeted place 5 minutes walk to Angel... I can't believe the estate agent wasted his time showing me that!?!?! What's even more incredible is that they wanted 350£ a week for it! The next place was beautiful, 4th floor, modern all mod cons... a bit on the sterile side... gorgeous view of the city...but again the neighbourhood was so so and really at the end of the day now what's on the cards... The hunt is supposed to resume this evening but I'm not too sure if that's going to happen.
I'm really starting to seriously think about this Spain thing... sooner rather than later...
avis aux liseurs... ne m'approcher pas, sans avoir lu les directions...
I was back a the gym this morning... nothing much had changed... the amount of theft from lockers in the changing room is apparently reaching epidemic rates... not nice.... the leather skinned 80lbs anorexic lady was there as per usual sweating and grunting and crunching away at what's left of her... however, new this morning... was an absolute vision of beauty on the treadmill.... toned, lovely... tanned... quite a bit of eye candy! Then later in the locker room as I was getting changed I noticed that she was too... now this is not going to turn into a 'p' with an 'orn' moment so don't' get excited... To my utter shock I noticed that this perfect specimen was stepping into possibly the mumsiest clothes I've seen a long long time. Large granny blouse, high-wasted trousers... and granny sandals. How could this be? yea yea, well I've got to find excitement in my life where I can...
work has been manic but good. keeping busy keeps life simple... or so that's the theory that I'm going with...
The first day of flat hunting was an astounding flop... I saw a tiny, hot dark carpeted place 5 minutes walk to Angel... I can't believe the estate agent wasted his time showing me that!?!?! What's even more incredible is that they wanted 350£ a week for it! The next place was beautiful, 4th floor, modern all mod cons... a bit on the sterile side... gorgeous view of the city...but again the neighbourhood was so so and really at the end of the day now what's on the cards... The hunt is supposed to resume this evening but I'm not too sure if that's going to happen.
I'm really starting to seriously think about this Spain thing... sooner rather than later...
avis aux liseurs... ne m'approcher pas, sans avoir lu les directions...
16.6.03
My room....
is now a shrine to cleanliness... okay so my sock bins are still not organized but everything else is dusted washed and cleaned... It's amazing how much junk I've accumulated since I moved to London nearly 2 years ago!
Got a letter from miss Denise today... I can't believe she'll be back in Ireland soon. A year of travelling sure when by quickly for her! I wonder if she's going to end up moving across the pond to work in London once she's settled?
Did some flat hunting over the weekend and I'm going to look at a place after work tonight. After yet another weekend of noise I'm about at the end of the tether... At this this time one of the landlords came round at 3am to demand the music be turned off. Surprisingly enough it wasn't the arseholes next door... it was the people on the second floor in the other block of flats!!!!!!!!
Work is very busy, and before you know it, it will be next Friday and we'll be out of this office. My story of air-conditioning relief was short live... they've turned them on here and it's terrible my throat has been sore all day long and i'm shivering in my jumper when it's freaking 26 degrees outside. I HATE IT!
Had a nice drink last night at the firefly in Stoke Newington last night... yummy long Island Iced tea! That part of town was such a buzz last night! Live jazz is brilliant!
Just found out today that my friend Lisa who is expecting (she's such a dear friend she's like my other sister) well, she's having a boy! She'll have a right nuclear family! One boy and one girl. I'm so pleased for her and her husband.
is now a shrine to cleanliness... okay so my sock bins are still not organized but everything else is dusted washed and cleaned... It's amazing how much junk I've accumulated since I moved to London nearly 2 years ago!
Got a letter from miss Denise today... I can't believe she'll be back in Ireland soon. A year of travelling sure when by quickly for her! I wonder if she's going to end up moving across the pond to work in London once she's settled?
Did some flat hunting over the weekend and I'm going to look at a place after work tonight. After yet another weekend of noise I'm about at the end of the tether... At this this time one of the landlords came round at 3am to demand the music be turned off. Surprisingly enough it wasn't the arseholes next door... it was the people on the second floor in the other block of flats!!!!!!!!
Work is very busy, and before you know it, it will be next Friday and we'll be out of this office. My story of air-conditioning relief was short live... they've turned them on here and it's terrible my throat has been sore all day long and i'm shivering in my jumper when it's freaking 26 degrees outside. I HATE IT!
Had a nice drink last night at the firefly in Stoke Newington last night... yummy long Island Iced tea! That part of town was such a buzz last night! Live jazz is brilliant!
Just found out today that my friend Lisa who is expecting (she's such a dear friend she's like my other sister) well, she's having a boy! She'll have a right nuclear family! One boy and one girl. I'm so pleased for her and her husband.
13.6.03
I was actually almost on time to work this morning!
I was greeted by a lovely email in my inbox from my friend charlotte in Ottawa. It's simply been ages since I was last in touch with her! She is full of joy and fun as always and keeping busy with her dogs and her lovely husband! Bless!
It's a gorgeous day and I'm wearing girlie shoes... bought them in Spain for a whopping 14euros... they're purdy! Gosh it's not often I wear heels but these ones are comfy in that they are wedges... man oh man does the world ever look different from this height! Yea I know... get a life Sarah.
I arrived home last night to a new flat mate... his name is rattus henry II... He's so sweet. Yea yea so we can't have a dog or a cat but this little guy is sweet. Dan is the proud mum and stayed up late into the night playing with him.
*scurries off*
11.6.03
and I was ridin' by
ridin' along side
for a while till you lost me
and I was ridin' by
ridin' along till you lost me
till you lost
me in
The Rear
View
you lost me
I said
way up North I took my day
all in all was a pretty nice
day and I put the Hood
right back where
You could taste heaven
perfectly
Feel out the summer breeze
didn't know when we'd be back
And I I don't
didn't think
We'd end up like
like this
A Sorta Fairytale- Tori Amos
ridin' along side
for a while till you lost me
and I was ridin' by
ridin' along till you lost me
till you lost
me in
The Rear
View
you lost me
I said
way up North I took my day
all in all was a pretty nice
day and I put the Hood
right back where
You could taste heaven
perfectly
Feel out the summer breeze
didn't know when we'd be back
And I I don't
didn't think
We'd end up like
like this
A Sorta Fairytale- Tori Amos
10.6.03
sooo
i'm back from the land of the sun. Had a lovely time in Sevilla and prospects look surprisingly good. For professional and personal reasons I shall not post all the details of my visit here, as it may be more trouble than it's worth... needless to say, life is full of surprises. It's strange to be back in London, I quickly grew accustomed to the sun, and now that there is none I feel so disjointed!
I got to spend the weekend with Siobhan and Hugo. It was manic as they were working driving mule carriages during the el rocio. the best part was is that she was working for this hotel which is absolutely gorgeous... Swimming in that pool was pure heaven!
I've got pictures but as blogger is rather naughty when you try and publish pictures... you'll have to write to me if you want to see them.
Work is mad busy and I managed to get some things done this morning... this afternoon however, seems much less fruitful as I'm writing this rather than working.
2.6.03
bike rides, sun tanning and corona
fell asleep like a trooper on Friday night 10pm I was zzz on the sofa. And who says I'm a party animal??? I woke up bright and early on Saturday 7h30! Jumped on my bike... stopped at the Euphorium bakery and picked up a freshly baked pain au chocolat and an iced tea and went along my merry way down to kings cross... then along the canal to Camden... then to regent's park (which is absolutely stunning... god why have I never been there before? I work 2 mins from there!) stopped soaked up the sun and ate my brekkie. Then I rode to the bike shop near my work and bought a new saddle which is immensely more comfortable than the one that came with the bike... Then I continued along up towards Kensington and around green park. God it was just so lovely. Being on your own like that is so good for the mind and does allow for much mental irrigation... the nice weather really does brighten your spirit. Perhaps that's why the Spaniards are so happy all the time? At 11 I rang jo jo and dragged her out of bed and we sat in Islington green having iced coffees. Met up with the girls for lunch at the living room then biked home did some laundry and rested.
Sunday was for sun tanning and then a trip to spittalfields market... met up with Dan and jo and jo's friend who's name I always forget... had a few coronas and watched the market pack up for the day. Some really nice stuff there... Good ideas. I'm going to make some really cool neck ribbon-like things made from old neck ties and buckles... very cool idea but the girls who had made them had them priced at 20£ which was extortionate... sorry but at a 5£ I would have bought two but they were asking just too much.
Stopped by the embassy later on where I met up with jo jo again and sally and jo's friend Lisa (who is such a doll) and her boyfriend who was in town from Wales... had a few drinks and some laughs then I headed home. The rain at 3am was amazing. such heavy rain is so exotic.
Short week for me... Wednesday can't come soon enough. I only wish I could bring my bike with me to Seville. Ah well.
30.5.03
do di doo
I got a lift to Kings Cross this morning as Miss B was running late. It was so glorious outside that I decided to walk the rest of the way in... and the fact that I was then so early that I would be at work at 8h15 if I took the bus! I walked all the way... though the polluted streets and it was surprisingly pleasant. I stopped off at a little café just near to my office and had some marmite on toast (god love this country) and a bottle of water and soaked up the rays...
then at 9am I arrive at work
and there are a zillion things wrong with the weather application we built... Okay not a zillion but two... two more than anyone wants to deal with on a Friday morning....
however
clever Amazon sent me a mail letting me know that this... was now available... yea yea so I'm probably the last to know but how excited am I? Sadly Amazon will not get my business as the instant satisfaction of visiting HMV at lunch down on Oxford street will prove much more fruitful.
I went to bed early last night after having a very relaxing bath... only to be greeted by what can only be described as carnival-like noise levels in the courtyard. It was like standing between two different rides playing equally offensive music... everyone's windows were open. It was nothing short of torture. Thank goodness that my ability to sleep rescued me from this terror and I made it though the night without killing any of my twatty neighbours. I will miss my flat when we move but I certainly won't miss the noise!
Production meeting in the park this afternoon... sounds like a really good idea. Lets just see if we can muster up the gumption to pull it off... the boss is away so...
I got a lift to Kings Cross this morning as Miss B was running late. It was so glorious outside that I decided to walk the rest of the way in... and the fact that I was then so early that I would be at work at 8h15 if I took the bus! I walked all the way... though the polluted streets and it was surprisingly pleasant. I stopped off at a little café just near to my office and had some marmite on toast (god love this country) and a bottle of water and soaked up the rays...
then at 9am I arrive at work
and there are a zillion things wrong with the weather application we built... Okay not a zillion but two... two more than anyone wants to deal with on a Friday morning....
however
clever Amazon sent me a mail letting me know that this... was now available... yea yea so I'm probably the last to know but how excited am I? Sadly Amazon will not get my business as the instant satisfaction of visiting HMV at lunch down on Oxford street will prove much more fruitful.
I went to bed early last night after having a very relaxing bath... only to be greeted by what can only be described as carnival-like noise levels in the courtyard. It was like standing between two different rides playing equally offensive music... everyone's windows were open. It was nothing short of torture. Thank goodness that my ability to sleep rescued me from this terror and I made it though the night without killing any of my twatty neighbours. I will miss my flat when we move but I certainly won't miss the noise!
Production meeting in the park this afternoon... sounds like a really good idea. Lets just see if we can muster up the gumption to pull it off... the boss is away so...
29.5.03
this morning there is a lovely breeze flowing in through the window that I sit next to...
i'm so happy to be free of air conditioning... that's one think I really hated about working in an office back in Canada... their insistence that the fact that it's freezing for 8 months of the year isn't enough... and that it's customary to freeze all employees during the summer months as well. I'll never understand that one...
I had a really really good chat last night with my friend Mark. I've not spoken to him in ages and he gave me some really sound advice... and some really positive ideas to work towards... Some things to think about and just some really nice support. He's such a top bloke! Even after I got off the phone with him I went and wrote some stuff down just so as I wouldn't forget. I'm looking forward to going to Seville next week, but I've resolved in my mind that it's going to be more of a mini-holiday on my own... more so than anything else. I think I should send him a really fun present from London... hmmm *off to spittafileds I shall trott*
work is quiet as our NL counterparts are all off today for ascension day... most of them have tomorrow off as well making theirs a four day weekend. Good for them... they know how to celebrate their antiquated catholic holy days!
please welcome a new blogger to the world!
*said in theme park voice*
thank you and enjoy the rest of your day here at Canada's Wonderland
i'm so happy to be free of air conditioning... that's one think I really hated about working in an office back in Canada... their insistence that the fact that it's freezing for 8 months of the year isn't enough... and that it's customary to freeze all employees during the summer months as well. I'll never understand that one...
I had a really really good chat last night with my friend Mark. I've not spoken to him in ages and he gave me some really sound advice... and some really positive ideas to work towards... Some things to think about and just some really nice support. He's such a top bloke! Even after I got off the phone with him I went and wrote some stuff down just so as I wouldn't forget. I'm looking forward to going to Seville next week, but I've resolved in my mind that it's going to be more of a mini-holiday on my own... more so than anything else. I think I should send him a really fun present from London... hmmm *off to spittafileds I shall trott*
work is quiet as our NL counterparts are all off today for ascension day... most of them have tomorrow off as well making theirs a four day weekend. Good for them... they know how to celebrate their antiquated catholic holy days!
please welcome a new blogger to the world!
*said in theme park voice*
thank you and enjoy the rest of your day here at Canada's Wonderland
28.5.03
i can't imagine that...
it's possible for me to be more distracted than I am today... the sun has come out for the first time in what seems like an eternity. My mind is fluttering and work is just not on the agenda
I finally found a place to stay in sevilla and then realized that I've got no freaking credit card to make the booking. damn it. what a pain in the arse... I forgot about this. Why don't I have a credit card again? hmm dunno? oh yes, i remember... it's because they're eeeeeeeeevil!
As part of my gentle induction into tube travel I took it again this morning... *shudders* oh wait... we got paid today... yipee!
Perhaps some strawberry tea might kill some time...
gosh sean's blog is tres drole as of late!
it's possible for me to be more distracted than I am today... the sun has come out for the first time in what seems like an eternity. My mind is fluttering and work is just not on the agenda
I finally found a place to stay in sevilla and then realized that I've got no freaking credit card to make the booking. damn it. what a pain in the arse... I forgot about this. Why don't I have a credit card again? hmm dunno? oh yes, i remember... it's because they're eeeeeeeeevil!
As part of my gentle induction into tube travel I took it again this morning... *shudders* oh wait... we got paid today... yipee!
Perhaps some strawberry tea might kill some time...
gosh sean's blog is tres drole as of late!
27.5.03
this morning on my way to the gym...
I passed one of the 'working girls' who was standing on the corner a block away from my flat... she was wearing a cowboy outfit... complete with little fringed skirt and hat that was dangling from a string and hanging down her back. This is a very new marketing initiative, by either her or her pimp (assuming she has one). As I walked by I gave her a meak smile... she is human after all I can't just pretend she doesn't exist. She responded with a very timid 'hello' I looked her in the eyes and tried to give a very quick but reassuring greeting back to her... and I kept on walking. The poor thing. She couldn't be older than 16... My heart broke into a million pieces for her. I mean, there is no way that she wasn't humiliated by standing around in an outfit like that on a suburban street corner. The world is a yucky place sometimes.
Had a very good work out this morning... detox is definitely on the cards this week as this weekend involved more drinking than biking... although there was biking involved... there was also, cleaning and resting and hangovers... Saw Jo jo and her sister on the weekend too which is always fun. Jojo is looking super fly with her very ultra trendy hair style. She can really pull it off. It looks straight from the Vidal Sassoon workshop!
I've booked my flight and I'm very nervous but I'm off to Sevilla again soon... you never know unless you try... and if the meeting doesn't go well... I still have a nice mini holiday! I think getting old must be making me go a bit soft as doing something like this in the past wouldn't have fazed me one bit... but then again my life has been pretty hectic as of late so that can't help.
Meeting up with the lovely Micha tonight to hear all about her loved up holiday in Thailand! T'will be a non alcoholic meeting for me! *heh*
23.5.03
either the fates are too busy to measure my piece of string...
or they've done it so quickly that it's been unrolled, measured, snipped and sent in an express envelope... no word back from my deluge of emails... maybe it's just me not seeing things in a more relaxed way... it will take time and patience... it's a different world over there.... not as zap boom pronto as things are here...
another grey day... I think it's been like this every day since I've been back. I'm hoping the weather can at least help it's self from pissing down with rain tomorrow as I'm out to test out my new London cycle guide and on Sunday... I hope to mostly be doing the same thing. Hopefully it will be cost effective.
random question...
are cranberry's and black current's in any way related?
Had a good chat with Dan last night. It's always nice to get someone else's perspective on my desire to move to Spain.
relaxing weekend ... (long weekend!) here I come!
or they've done it so quickly that it's been unrolled, measured, snipped and sent in an express envelope... no word back from my deluge of emails... maybe it's just me not seeing things in a more relaxed way... it will take time and patience... it's a different world over there.... not as zap boom pronto as things are here...
another grey day... I think it's been like this every day since I've been back. I'm hoping the weather can at least help it's self from pissing down with rain tomorrow as I'm out to test out my new London cycle guide and on Sunday... I hope to mostly be doing the same thing. Hopefully it will be cost effective.
random question...
are cranberry's and black current's in any way related?
Had a good chat with Dan last night. It's always nice to get someone else's perspective on my desire to move to Spain.
relaxing weekend ... (long weekend!) here I come!
22.5.03
what a strange night
nope I wasn't up late watching American HBO programming... I went to bed at 11...
at 1h30 in the morning I bolted awake... no apparent reason or impetus... Now, sleep to me is one of my most natural things... I fall asleep very easily (sometimes too easily) and it never takes me more than 5 mins. I never wake in the night and generally sleep through most disruptions... Thus why awaking at 1h30 was so very strange to me.
Sometime in the night or this morning I had this very vivid dream... I was in my elementary school... In the corridor just in front of the gym, when for some reason I realized I was with my friend Brad from Ottawa... He leaned in to kiss me and I stopped him... I then took out my retainer... chucked it in my pocked and then went back in for the snog. How odd is that? what on earth could that mean?!?!?!
It's clearly not Friday yet and my morning gyming sessions have been yet again replaced by post work biking sessions. I'm in love with stationary bike number 7... oh yes... it's official.
I stumbled upon the most jammy website yesterday... it lists all the digital communication company's in Seville. I mean, how freaking lucky was that? 23 emails later I sit and wait... watching the fates unwind, measure and cut the fabric that is my destiny... well that sounds a little dramatic... but any time now folks!
nope I wasn't up late watching American HBO programming... I went to bed at 11...
at 1h30 in the morning I bolted awake... no apparent reason or impetus... Now, sleep to me is one of my most natural things... I fall asleep very easily (sometimes too easily) and it never takes me more than 5 mins. I never wake in the night and generally sleep through most disruptions... Thus why awaking at 1h30 was so very strange to me.
Sometime in the night or this morning I had this very vivid dream... I was in my elementary school... In the corridor just in front of the gym, when for some reason I realized I was with my friend Brad from Ottawa... He leaned in to kiss me and I stopped him... I then took out my retainer... chucked it in my pocked and then went back in for the snog. How odd is that? what on earth could that mean?!?!?!
It's clearly not Friday yet and my morning gyming sessions have been yet again replaced by post work biking sessions. I'm in love with stationary bike number 7... oh yes... it's official.
I stumbled upon the most jammy website yesterday... it lists all the digital communication company's in Seville. I mean, how freaking lucky was that? 23 emails later I sit and wait... watching the fates unwind, measure and cut the fabric that is my destiny... well that sounds a little dramatic... but any time now folks!
21.5.03
well well well
what can I say?
some things are easier to predict than others... *smiles*
one of the unpredictable things is... that I scored a meeting with a company in Seville... now it's just up to me to haul ass over there and hopefully round up a few more meetings to make it a worthwhile journey. I don't think I'll manage to arrange it while Siobhan is available so it will be a real baptism by fire If I'm in the city on my own... Next mission is getting time off of work!?!?!? that will be the most difficult of all seeing as it's very busy here of late....
It's hump day.... middle of the week... little sleep due to the sopranos last night. Gosh this series if finally getting good! The first few episodes were such snoozers!
Spooks is coming back soon... six feet under starts again on Sunday... and *mutters* big brother starts on Friday I think these are arguments that stand up on their own as to why I shouldn't move!
19.5.03
I am at a loss...
I refuse to give up writing my blog simply due to the fact that someone is insisting on barraging my comments with their reflections and accusations. Break-ups are never easy but there is a very fine line between not letting go and harassment. Ah well. I guess I have not choice but to just go on and hope that one day soon it will stop.
Had a super busy weekend... Caught up with Dearbhla... whom sadly lost her job. It's a blessing in disguise we hope as she's so swell I'm crossing my fingers and toes that her and Micha both find new fab jobs in no time. I also caught up with Hon and helped him buy two really pretty necklaces for his gf in Japan :) Partook in Dan's b'day celebrations on Saturday which was a good laugh.
Spoke with Siobhan who's off to Belgium in a few weeks to explore branching her consultancy across to there too! Think I'll head back to Seville at the end of next month and check out some employment possibilities (lol)
I refuse to give up writing my blog simply due to the fact that someone is insisting on barraging my comments with their reflections and accusations. Break-ups are never easy but there is a very fine line between not letting go and harassment. Ah well. I guess I have not choice but to just go on and hope that one day soon it will stop.
Had a super busy weekend... Caught up with Dearbhla... whom sadly lost her job. It's a blessing in disguise we hope as she's so swell I'm crossing my fingers and toes that her and Micha both find new fab jobs in no time. I also caught up with Hon and helped him buy two really pretty necklaces for his gf in Japan :) Partook in Dan's b'day celebrations on Saturday which was a good laugh.
Spoke with Siobhan who's off to Belgium in a few weeks to explore branching her consultancy across to there too! Think I'll head back to Seville at the end of next month and check out some employment possibilities (lol)
16.5.03
James James Robinson Robinson
This morning I received the sweetest email from my friend James in Ottawa. He's so great! We lost touch for a while after I moved but have been in touch off and on over the past few months. He's going through a bit of a rough spell as his little boy is moving out of town with the mother and they'll be about 6 hours away from each other. My heart goes out to him as I know what an amazing father he is to his child and it's sad that he's going to have to be so far away from the little guy. I'm not in touch with many people from back in Ottawa anymore... we're all scattered around the world. It's funny how a few words from him bring me swirling back to the days where we hung out at zahpods before it was over run by all the 'jocks' back in the day where we could queue jump and pop in there leaving our massive winter coats at his place that was next door. The bjork, the stone roses... 'I wanna be adored' ah the fun times we had. I'm fully aware that I broke James' heart when I broke up with him. I know this and I will always feel bad about it. I'm very lucky to still have him as a friend.
it's grey and rainy today and I'm dreaming of Spain.... also realizing that I have to get my arse into conversational Spanish lessons in a hurry if I want to get things in order.
we're off at lunch today for celebratory drinks today to mark the launch of the FR portal that happened while I was away last week. Not particularly in the mood for drinking mid-day. I don't think I'll ever become accustomed to mid day drinking rituals in this country.... it feels too naughty!
This morning I received the sweetest email from my friend James in Ottawa. He's so great! We lost touch for a while after I moved but have been in touch off and on over the past few months. He's going through a bit of a rough spell as his little boy is moving out of town with the mother and they'll be about 6 hours away from each other. My heart goes out to him as I know what an amazing father he is to his child and it's sad that he's going to have to be so far away from the little guy. I'm not in touch with many people from back in Ottawa anymore... we're all scattered around the world. It's funny how a few words from him bring me swirling back to the days where we hung out at zahpods before it was over run by all the 'jocks' back in the day where we could queue jump and pop in there leaving our massive winter coats at his place that was next door. The bjork, the stone roses... 'I wanna be adored' ah the fun times we had. I'm fully aware that I broke James' heart when I broke up with him. I know this and I will always feel bad about it. I'm very lucky to still have him as a friend.
it's grey and rainy today and I'm dreaming of Spain.... also realizing that I have to get my arse into conversational Spanish lessons in a hurry if I want to get things in order.
we're off at lunch today for celebratory drinks today to mark the launch of the FR portal that happened while I was away last week. Not particularly in the mood for drinking mid-day. I don't think I'll ever become accustomed to mid day drinking rituals in this country.... it feels too naughty!
15.5.03
I am the complete antithesis of my humour yesterday
I've got a spring in my step ad smile on my face and a glow in my belly. (no i'm not pregnant). Well it would be the immaculate conception if I were... I'll just leave it at that.
My boss is away today and the sun is shining. I'm probably wearing the most dodgy outfit I've put together in a while involving fishnet stockings... high top converse and a red hooded jumper. I feel like a tarted out little red riding hood but I don't care. Now if someone would be kind enough to hook me up with some peeps in Seville for a job then please please please feel free to contact me.
What else is up? hmm lets see. Spoke with Siobhan this morning on messenger and she said the her consultancy is picking up and that she's got another job training and may even have a contact from London shipping over a horse for her to train and compete with... which would supplement her income and strengthen her consultancy name! At this rate she may just need an assistant some time soon! !?!?!?
Sean is still humming and hawwing over his life that's in transition... no amount of bollocking from me seems to make him 'turn it into a positive' as my old boss would say. He'll click on to it. Got better advice for him? Tell him!
tenga un día fabuloso
I've got a spring in my step ad smile on my face and a glow in my belly. (no i'm not pregnant). Well it would be the immaculate conception if I were... I'll just leave it at that.
My boss is away today and the sun is shining. I'm probably wearing the most dodgy outfit I've put together in a while involving fishnet stockings... high top converse and a red hooded jumper. I feel like a tarted out little red riding hood but I don't care. Now if someone would be kind enough to hook me up with some peeps in Seville for a job then please please please feel free to contact me.
What else is up? hmm lets see. Spoke with Siobhan this morning on messenger and she said the her consultancy is picking up and that she's got another job training and may even have a contact from London shipping over a horse for her to train and compete with... which would supplement her income and strengthen her consultancy name! At this rate she may just need an assistant some time soon! !?!?!?
Sean is still humming and hawwing over his life that's in transition... no amount of bollocking from me seems to make him 'turn it into a positive' as my old boss would say. He'll click on to it. Got better advice for him? Tell him!
tenga un día fabuloso
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