I've written before about...

this site that I used to enjoy writing at...

I've not been there for a while as I find some of the stuff people write is just so painful to read. I think that speed writing microficion is a very fun thing... If you're not familiar with it then the jist is... each day they give you a random word... and then 30 seconds to write something about it/ including it... the word of the day only shows up on your screen as the timer starts....


While reading my blog's visitor logs the other day, I noticed that someone visited my blog via my writing that I did for the word pendant:

I need a little something. a little piece of harmony for the soul... like a delicate pendant on a necklace... oh so barely there. Hanging around, having a purpose.
June 25, 2003 07:05 AM

Thank you to them for doing that... I had forgotten that I had written that, and I find it quite pretty.

well it was a close one a few weeks back...

but this week... they got it. the baddies got my bike... Double locked to a massive steel pole outside the pub 5 minutes from my house... my baby was snatched. Must have been pros as there was no trace of it... no broken locks no nothing it just vanished. *sigh*

It's now with my insurance people to hopefully sort out. What a pain... I wonder if hallmark makes a card for this sort of incident... 'we're sorry for the loss of your bike' ?

Perhaps it happened for a reason... perhaps I would have been shmucked on my way in today if I had of rode... who knows... I leave it to the fates... perhaps they were on my side after all

no more news from my mad emailer... I'm thinking It could be my friend Christie... but who knows... I know they come from a Canadian ISP as I can trace that back... Thanks to Jeffie for helping me do some detective work

what a strange week this has been... strange emails... death... stolen bikes... oh yea I forgot to write about how my uncle died ... I never knew him... he lived up in Lancashire... I hope he's chilling with my dad now... Too bad the news came so late or I would have gone up for the funeral...

this only happens in bad Hollywood movies

but no no, it's happening to me... I'm sure it's just a joke but it's got me quite amused...

yesterday I received an email in my hotmail account... the subject line was " ?" and the text in the message read " I'll never tell "

attached was a picture of me and some of my friends taken about 3 years ago at a Halloween party back in my house in Ottawa. We're all dressed up, but it's a good pic. But that's all besides the point...

Now I don't recognise the email address...nor can think of any of my friends that would do something like this... I responded with a *laughs* that's funny, who are you?...

Today I get into work and there is another message... it read "it means nothing"... and something like "the picture simply made them piss themselves".... attached this time were two audio files... one called 'who I really am' which plays a distorted voice that says 'I'll never tell' and then the second is an MP3 of a cover version of Bonnie Tyler's 'total eclipse of the heart'

I am at a loss for words...

I think I could write a screen play... but I hope it doesn't turn really freaky-like...

yea so the techie me is thinking... god, who has that photo? Do I have it posted somewhere online? So I ran off and checked everywhere and found it nowhere...

the saga continues...

could it be one of my 3 faithful readers playing a joke?

for some strange reason...
my diet coke tastes like grapefruit

it's summer here today... 18 degrees! what's that about? It's great, don't get me wrong... but wow, what a surprise!

At lunch I popped around to a few of the posh shops around my office with my boss... we helped a posh girl buy a skirt in Joseph while the snarky French shop assistants just snickered at her... we hated them and left...

Then we went across the street and braved the Gaultier shop!

The shop assistants in there wer lovely, friendly and down to earth. I tried on a pair of jeans that were on sale for 50£ bargain... too bad they didn't make it over my thighs :) However... I must let you know that they have the funniest fitting rooms in the world... I now know where to go the next time I'm stressed out at work -> out of the office, round the corner to the Gaultier fitting room... They're padded and white and squooshy... much like a fabled mad house... when you shut the door it makes this air tight swooshing noise... I prodded the walls and everything... you could go mad in there and bounce off the walls and no one would know. I love it! I think perhaps the high street retailers should take note and follow suit... may make for a more stress free shopping trip! I mean I could have thrown a proper fit about the jeans not fitting... get it out of my system- then return to the shop floor as sane as before...

well after a lot of work and many a worry lines...

i finally launched the music on demand site that I've been producing since the begining of time. It's far from over yet as this is only the soft launch and there are some residual issues with IP filtering and such but... for the most part, it's done!

it's so warm here in London today I was sweating do death while cycling this morning! Now if we could only sort out some sunshine and we'd be well on our way to summer.

tuesday nights bring excitement to all homes... well okay maybe just to my home but it's the property ladder with sarah beeny... we just love her... nice voice sugar! mmmm but her hair has varying degrees of niceness... but hey... she's just about the smartest chyk around... now if I could only muster up a few pennies and buy a house... wonder if I could get her to come round?

*giggles*

tonight I'm going to see

gene! gene are one of my favourite bands of the mid nineties. I never had a chance to see them as they were an ocean away. Tonight is the night I get to regress 8 years and see them live. I really wish I could tell my mate Fabien Cavana from France or my friend from Uni Kyle Garreau, god I miss those guys. Time can sometime be so cruel to contact.

Tonight as I sing along to 'we could be kings' or 'haunted by you' I be thinking of you guys.

Nobody realizes...

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal. -Albert Camus

this morning

i took the tube to work

i sat next to a man who wore a monacle. a honest to goodness real old school monacle.

truly these things still exist beyond the pages of sherlock holmes... Only in London.

It came faster than I thought...

I had to do it

there was nearly no time left

today was the last day to book flights for miss woo and i to go to nyc for her b'day...

so it's done!

and from the 15th-19th of April... we will mostly be in manhattan! ( and forest hills as that where miss Yvonne lives!)

Just when I intend to do any work between now and then and all the other mad travelling I've got planned... the answer would be I just don't know.

I had a vivid dream last night that i had 5 numbers in the lotto and woke up, checked my ticket and

i had 4 numbers

2 in each row

ah well...

we're all off to spitz tomorrow night to see andy's gig. should be good fun!

yipee

I'm going to Belgium to visit sio!!! I'm going so soon! On a train under the English Channel... I best pack my snorkel! Not long after that I'm going to Cornwall! Then when my seestor arrives on the 13th of March, I'm going to Barcelona! Poverty jet set baby poverty!

but first I'm mostly having my performance review today eek!

I've been so bad at updating lately, I can blame work... but it's all too true you would never believe me!

I heard back from the channel4 people who informed me that they're looking for someone with 2 years asst. producer experience for the internship and that (it paid really well) nice... ahh well, I've been a pc producer for yonks but they don't find it relevant... I may just try anyways and do my darndest to convince them... nothing ventured nothing gained.

My sad bike is back in action and I'm thoroughly enjoying cycling too and from work even when it's damp as the weather is warming up and it's around 11 degrees :) The tulips are starting to sprout in the park! We're far from summer but spring may just come a bit early this year...

updates a plenty

well I'm very happy to report that Sean hasn't fallen off the face of the earth and he is alive and well! *phew*

KJ's boy interest is finally back in town and has rang her so that's all good!

I've got like a million things I need to do at lunch today but only one hour in which to do it all!?!?! what's a girl to do? I locked my bike up outside my gym just down the road and feel quite nervous about it... I've got the fear since my tyre getting knicked... *deep breaths*

Heading to the art fair at the design centre tonight with woo... will report back on that demain

So I'm wondering how mad it would be for me to apply to do an internship as a producer/commissioner with channel 4... I mean clearly it would mean a HUGE pay cut (and one would assume even that the training would be unpaid) but I saw the ad in the guardian on Monday and have felt tempted ever since... would I be mad to venture that far out of my sandbox?

I just hate it sometimes when I get a bee in my bonnet about something... I just can't seem to shake it!

so...

I've packed my bags and i'm ready to move... everything is on my G drive and it's just a matter of time before I'm out of this stupid little box... new computer to arrive soon! But it's got me wondering weather or not I would somehow manage to compress my life and store it all on the G drive too in preparation for a move.

Things are a brewing in my mind and I know change is a coming! I'm not sure how when or where yet, but gaud dang it's going to be soon. If you put your ear really close to the screen you can almost hear me whispering it to you. (write me and let me know what you hear)

I'll accept any ideas or cash donations towards the cause as my lotto number just did not come up last night damn it!

abs a plenty

I've been mostly getting over my anger towards the stupid little chav kids who nicked my front tyre when I locked up my bike outside of budgens on my way home on Monday night... I ALWAYS lock it but of course thinking that I would only be 3 secs I did not... and they stole it. little feckers! The pub owner across the road saw them do it but he was busy chucking out an unwanted patron so he couldn't help... He pointed up the road towards my flat. 'they legged it that way' he said. So I'm dragging my bike home feeling rather furious... and at the top of the road, who do I see? The kids! To add insult to injury they taunted me asking me where my tyre was. I wanted to rip their heads off. Sometimes I wish I was a 6ft tall bloke... as I would have caused some serious harm. *deep breaths*

well nothing I can do about it... just comes at a super bad time as the month after xmas is never a good time... like the last thing I can afford right now is a new tyre... and to top it off it was Luke's not mine... so I have to replace it for him! Thankfully my nice flatmates have offered to lend me their disused bikes until I can afford to replace the wheel :)

so gymming has been on the agenda a lot and I think it's not possible for my abs to hurt anymore than they already do. I did this mad 1/2h ab session last night, man oh man... but it's good to be back in the swing of things.

on another note, should I mention the Dan taping down the tongue of her trainers? nahh... would be too funny...

KJ has booked her march break trip over to see me! She's arriving on the 13th! Will be good fun. And I've got the entire week booked off already!

Still no sign of Sean McCann... I think he's truly missing in action this time... If you see him can you tell him he's got a pressie waiting for him at my mum's place in TO!!!

speaking of mums... I think I hear her calling... see ya.

it would just be far too much...

for me to even attempt to write down all my xmas exploits.

I will however summarize by saying that it was simply lovely to be home and spend such quality time with my family... even though my sister gave me what I enjoyed calling SARS... I was swiftly informed that it was not appropriate to joke about the disease like that... oh well, there's me the queen of the inappropriate!

I did however while on holidays... meet the cutest but most anti social Chihuahua named mya...

I also managed to lose my favorite black hat in my sister's school. Last year when I went I lost my fav black scarf... I'm now convinced that there is a bizarre curse with that place. I'm not impressed let me add!

I managed to see all my relations and even managed to spend a night in TO with Karm and then got to have a quick coffee with the lovely Mark. I even got to see Andy, Mark's son :)

Back here in London it was great to see miss woo again. NYE was V low fi as we just had supper at la porchetta near my house and then just stopped by Filthy's (local pub) on the way home. The neighbours from downstairs joined us which was fun.

Being back at work is decidedly evil. I'm not sure how much more I can cope with before I just chuck it all in and get a job in a completely un-related field... I'm just itching to do so but rational and logical thinking keeps pulling me back down to earth and convincing me that I would be mad to give up good money for an uncertain future....

anyone want to buy me a lotto ticket?

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!

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*

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

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.

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

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