December 2008
21 posts
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So, I no longer fit into a lot of my clothes. You can’t really notice it, apparently, but I have gained around a stone over the past 18 months or so. My “skinny” jeans are not so skinny any more. So like a lot of people, I’m going on a January diet. I am using this site to log what I eat and what exercise I take. I know it is still technically the Christmas period, and...
5 things I love
karlamae:
1. freshly brewed coffee
2. smell of old and new books
3. rain
4. fairytales
5. desserts
1. tea
2. new leaves on trees
3. flickr food photography groups
4. a really good book that you don’t want to end
5. picking apart a roasted chicken
Travel in 2008
New York, NY
Norwich, Norfolk*
Brussels, Belgium
Tev Aviv, Israel
Latitude festival, Southwold, Suffolk
Albania
Stockholm, Sweden
Somerset
Cardiff, Wales
Next year: Hong Kong
amorousmusings:
Berlin, Germany
New York, NY*
Washington, DC*
Los Angeles, CA
Geneva, Switzerland*
Paris, France*
Shelter Island, NY
Newburyport, MA*
North Adams/the Berkshires, MA*
Past years here...
Holiday holiday holiday! TWENTY days of holiday! I haven’t had this much time off in a row since university. Very excited. The Christmas present pile is growing (as in my gifts for my family, not presents for me). I will now need to take an entire suitcase for my 3 day visit to west London, because as well as all of the presents (which include several heavy books, DVDs, clothing, etc) I...
Jingle bells, jingle bells
This week has really taken it out of me. Work Christmas party on Monday, 10 hours of drinking yesterday at a media buyer party and tonight’s unofficial work Christmas party (for our division, as opposed to the corporation), which we organised as well. I feel knackered. My liver is about to give up on me. I didn’t even drink that much tonight (3 beers), but I feel as though I am at...
Question of the week
How many Christmas parties can one attend before one’s liver packs up?
Monday: 11:30 - pissed
Wednesday: 9:30 - pissed
Tomorrow: ORGANISING THE EVENT - 6pm - pissed
Say yes! →
Great book, fun movie - this could be a very fun competition.
I never want to grow up
Today I went to visit my grandmother and it was awful. She is getting so confused now. She confused me with my cousin on my dad’s side, who she barely knows; she repeated questions and phrases; she couldn’t rememeber what was said just a few minutes before; and then to top it off, when we were saying goodbye, her leg had fallen asleep and she couldn’t stand up. She told me she...
Journey for Xmas number 1! →
Please download this song on Monday. It can make it, I swear. It sure beats the hell out of any of those idiot X-factor finalists…
Yes, I think I like this →
I hate downloading music from iTunes because of the way their DRM works but I am loving the new Amazon store. Regular un-DRMed music for cheaper than iTunes prices? Genius. I will be using this service a lot.
Say Yes!
I went to the Yes Man premiere tonight in Leicester Square and it was brilliant. Seriously. I doubted because I love Danny Wallace so much, but it was great. Definitely worth seeing.
Just started Twittering for work. Not 100% convinced.
Perhaps this optimism will crash on down like a house of cards….
I’m feeling really nostalgic, but I’m not sure what for.
Today my lovely Japanese hair stylist convinced me that I should get a fringe.
On tangerines
kerr:
magicmolly:
Tangerines taste like the kind of food that only exists in children’s book illustrations. You know how, physically speaking, foods have a certain amount of flavor that is distributed throughout their mass? Steak, potatoes, apples, pie—all of these things, though they taste different, provide approximately the same level of sensation in the eating.
But not tangerines....
There's still something wrong with me
The new issue of Delicious. just arrived on my doorstep and I am totally disproportionately excited for this. The December issue is usually too focussed on Christmas, so hopefully January won’t be too much of a “what to do with leftovers” fest.
Last night I made cottage pie from the Delia’s How to Cheat book, except without the cheating (ie: no tinned mince or frozen...
