Rumours of the demise of my blog are, sadly, true 24 June, 2007

Hi dear friends,

Sadly, the time has come where I can no longer maintain the hitherto fitful stream of thoughts onto my blog. A combination of Facebook, summer (and, de facto, time required to roll about in the fields), a  busy work schedule and a new hobby (cooking, i.e. time required in the kitchen) has meant that I no longer have the means nor the will to make this blog interesting.

 I am therefore killing it, until I feel like resurrecting it again in the future.

Thanks for reading, and see you soon!

Sunrise Festival 5 June, 2007

Hey everyone! About time I updated this page, mainly for the benefit of those who haven’t yet been sucked into the black hole that is Facebook… As Rosie said over the weekend, “it’s a step up from Myspace maaaaaaaaan…” After sinking to the depths (I spent 16 hours in two days on Facebook last week), I’ve got everything under control by going to work again. Scary!

Last weekend was all about Sunrise Festival, a hippie festival promoting sustainability. 3000 people descended onto Bearley Farm in Yeovil on horse drawn carts (for the last 100 yards or so anyway, as cars were banned on festival grounds) and partook in a weekend of organic vegan food, solar-powered showers, mushrooms-induced nekkidness and wild abandon… twas good!

Here is the link to the photos I’ve taken.

I did, however, get so sick of healthy food that I took the first opportunity to stuff my face with a pork pie as soon I got to the train station.

A message: Hi Akiko!! I found out the other day that my dear friend Akiko who is livin’ it large in Tokyo at the moment has actually been finding the time to peruse my blog, so this entry is dedicated to her! I’ll come and break your shiny flat in come March next year, promise! xx

Work is a little bit dreary at the moment, watch this space for developments (I think I have been affected by the scaremongers that state that one has to be very careful about what one says on his/her blog because you never know who could be reading this).

An Aside 21 May, 2007

 1. I am in hot pants and heels cooking dinner.

2. It is COLD and goosebumps aren’t attractive.

3. I don’t think they ever film “love” scenes in movies anywhere in Western Europe (really, I don’t think they do), as it is far too cold most of the year to wear anything revealing and sexy.

A short holiday and the SCOURGE of too much social networking! 19 May, 2007

1. Hello everyone, glad to be back in God’s Ground again after a few glorious days in Barcelona. Although I had an awesome time (I always do no matter where I am), James took a long hard think about “travelling” and decided that he doesn’t like going anywhere where they don’t speak English. It makes him grumpy!

Anyway, I think I am suffering from the scourge of Too Much Social Networking Technology syndrome. I wanted to upload some photos of the Barcelona trip onto WordPress, but it isn’t terribly easy. Thank goodness Facebook comes to the rescue! Sorry, what did you say? Am I sounding too geeky? What about my MySpace, Bebo, Friendster and Hi5 accounts?

 Get onto Facebook y’all!

Bloody Giant Tent: serves me right! 10 May, 2007

Hot damn, my new tent is giant. I picked it up from the shop today, all six kilos of it. Trudged home up the slope with it and decided to put it up in my living room to see exactly how big it was. And lo and behold, the thing is gargantuan. I suppose the description “4-man tent” should have given me a clue. But the thing is HUGE! It takes up the entire floor space of my living room, and I can stretch my legs, and STAND UP in it.

Appeal: please send me lost photos of Trina! 9 May, 2007

Hello. And in case you were wondering, YES I am on another narcissistic bend.

Well, that’s not entirely fair. I’m trying to piece together how I’ve looked over the years, and how my features have changed (if they have at all).

Therefore, if anybody has any photographs of Trina from back in the day (it doesn’t matter whether it was from the craaaaazzzzzzzzzy naked uni days, or muscly spotty JC days, or even spotty chubby secondary school days – and god forbid, perhaps even primary school / kindergarten days! – I WANT THEM.

Reward offered for quality.

Sara’s Birthday in Bristol 7 May, 2007

Happy birthday Sara, and all the best in your new life in Abu Dhabi. It’s not goodbye, because we shall see you very soon at Glade Festival 2007! Here are some snaps from the party:

Firstly, the birthday girl:

These are the jokers I live with:

 

Charlie and Trina!

 

Preparing the BBQ

James Anderson is anybody’s after two whiskies

My James has run out of beer

Get your fat arse in gear, the summer is here! 2 May, 2007

It’s 6.53 AM and I am grumpy. I do not want to be out of bed, but my weight had reached 49 kilos and it is time to do something about it. In a month, bikini season will be upon us. Must. Look. Good.

Stay tuned for the success (or failure!) of my latest project.

Nice picture of Manda and I 23 April, 2007

2 Moments of Silly and lots of sneezing 23 April, 2007

The annoying thing about being brought up in a very clean household is that the human body loses its ability to deal with dirt. As most of you will probably know (or will have gathered from my compulsive cleaning), Mom and Dad Foo were fastidious to the extreme. One favourite story I used to tell was how Dad used to come into my bedroom to inspect whether I’d tidied up properly – and he used to insist that the pens were at right angles to my ruler!

Anyway the point of this is that my body has lost the ability to live in squalor. I have a severe allergy to dustmites which require me to wash my bedding in 90 degree wash, as well as dust and clean my bedroom every week. OK so I’m meant to do that ANYWAY, but who really does??

Moment of Silly 1: Neighbour Envy

Who would have thought that neighbour envy would creep into summer camping as well? Last week, I decided that I absolutely must have a tent with a PORCH for Glade Festival, because James Anderson has a great 4-person tent with a porch where he can put his shoes / pots / drunk friends. I then got excited about all the extras that tents these days come with i.e. the inside storage pockets, etc etc… whaaaaaaat, does that make me sad? Anyway we found a great tent on Saturday which has both a front porch AND a back door (to let the air in on those hot summer mornings), bonzer!

Moment of Silly 2 : Fear of Aging

I am terrified of wrinkles. I spent £60 on anti-ageing moisturizer today. Even after I read the results of a top scientist’s study into the chemical effectiveness of such creams (they had no effect whatsoever).