http://www.spiralskies.com The ups and downs of a gonna-be writer. Life, embellished and exaggerated. I even make stuff up... Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:55:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Now there are many things I'm guilty of. One of them is impressing upon people that nothing much happens on this patch of the world I call home. Last week, however, in the small market town where I work, there was excitement afoot. There were rumbles, rumours ... http://www.spiralskies.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiralskies.com%2F2008%2F07%2F20%2Fof-being-a-bit-bitchy%2F&seed_title=Of+Being+a+Bit+Bitchy And so it was that Saturday morning saw me running about like a mad thing, whipping off snippy comments to lovely bf and generally behaving as if I were embarking on the biggest blind date ever. Which I was, in a way. Why I ever thought I would be brave ... http://www.spiralskies.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiralskies.com%2F2008%2F07%2F15%2Fof-non-highbrow-hilarity-or-needless-nerves%2F&seed_title=Of+Non-Highbrow+Hilarity+%28or+Needless+Nerves%29 Jolly good then. Photography course finished, portfolio submitted. Well, when I say portfolio, I do of course mean a set of ten surprisingly rubbish and random photos, edited and snappily titled. ‘Sky in Saucer', anyone? (It's a play on words, see, rhymes with flyin' saucer. ... http://www.spiralskies.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiralskies.com%2F2008%2F07%2F09%2Fof-feeble-photographic-frenzies%2F&seed_title=Of+Feeble+Photographic+Frenzies I do, dear reader, wonder whether I might have some advanced form of verbal Tourettes. I do, despite evidence to the contrary on this blog of nonsense, try to conduct myself like an intelligent, sane person. This illusion is sadly shattered when I open my mouth. Is ... http://www.spiralskies.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiralskies.com%2F2008%2F07%2F04%2Fof-vile-verbiage%2F&seed_title=Of+Vile+Verbiage Yay, I've been tagged by JJ and Karen and, since I'm so boring in the week, have been saving it for a Saturday to be boring. What were you doing 10 years ago? Living in Jersey, kids aged 4 and nearly 2. Probably tearing my hair out. Worked very briefly ... http://www.spiralskies.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiralskies.com%2F2008%2F06%2F28%2Fmarvellous-meme-possible-procrastination%2F&seed_title=Marvellous+meme+%28possible+procrastination%29 I went to The London on Saturday to see the Queen. Sadly, she was out at her weekly darts match. Shame really, I've heard she has Rich Tea and everything. Luckily, all was not lost. We had tickets to see Joseph and plans for a pre-theatre grub-up at ... http://www.spiralskies.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiralskies.com%2F2008%2F06%2F24%2Fgo-go-go-go%2F&seed_title=Go+go+go+GO%21 Now then, now then, she said in the style of Jimmy Savile. Jangle jangle, etc. I’ve been Thinking. Yes, yes, alert the media. You see, around three years ago, I had a different life to the one I have now. I didn’t live in a cul de ... http://www.spiralskies.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiralskies.com%2F2008%2F06%2F19%2Fof-determined-non-dithering%2F&seed_title=Of+Determined+Non-Dithering War Child is an international charity that works with children affected by war in Afghanistan, Iraq, Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. They work with former child soldiers, children in prison and children living and working on the streets to give them support, protection and opportunities. Every minute of every day, ... http://www.spiralskies.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiralskies.com%2F2008%2F06%2F09%2Fwar-child-and-a-lack-of-alliteration-almost%2F&seed_title=War+Child+-+and+a+lack+of+alliteration+%28almost%29 Awake at the crack of dawn as usual, I lay in bed listening to the Jurassic squeaks of the baby swallows in their mud huts outside the window. 5am and my mind lurched into action: had I remembered to edit the photos for work? Did I have anything ... http://www.spiralskies.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiralskies.com%2F2008%2F06%2F04%2Fof-reluctant-realisation%2F&seed_title=Of+Reluctant+Realisation I don't even know why I thought it a good idea. Last time lovely bf and me ventured to Ikea, we didn't speak for an entire week. Now and again though, I get this urge. I think I'm bored with the chickens and fields and wellies. I think ... http://www.spiralskies.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiralskies.com%2F2008%2F05%2F28%2Fof-shameful-shopping%2F&seed_title=Of+Shambolic+Shopping I don’t talk about my job much, mainly due to having had my blog rumbled before I even started there. Trying to explain to your new potential boss via mobile phone through a mouth of egg sarnie in a Waitrose car park what you meant by describing him as ... http://www.spiralskies.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiralskies.com%2F2008%2F05%2F23%2Fof-extraordinary-employment%2F&seed_title=Of+Extraordinary+Employment 'I don't think I'd write another novel,' I said to lovely bf a while ago. It's hideously hard, pouring so much time and emotional energy into something that will almost certainly sink without trace. I could hardly remember how I managed to sit there last summer, trying to ... http://www.spiralskies.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiralskies.com%2F2008%2F05%2F20%2Fof-bus-like-brainwaves%2F&seed_title=Of+Bus-like+Brainwaves I remember reading somewhere that 'having it all' means 'doing it all'. It sounded tough, in a kamikaze 1980s shoulder pads sort of way. All of a sudden, though, I seem to have adopted this red-lipstick and high heels approach. I want it all and I want it ... http://www.spiralskies.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiralskies.com%2F2008%2F05%2F15%2Fof-determined-doingness%2F&seed_title=Of+Determined+Doingness Dear Blog, I've been neglecting you. You sat there, despondent, empty, waiting for my input and there was none. Zilch. Bugger all. Soz. I've been busy, Blog. I've cluttered up the new house with things I'll never need and can't find the essentials. My lady's bathroom accoutrements are ... http://www.spiralskies.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiralskies.com%2F2008%2F05%2F08%2Fof-mundane-mumblings%2F&seed_title=Of+Mundane+Mumblings Here I am, all polished and shiny as I settle into middle class suburbia. Gawd. I have been wearing my cross face rather a lot since Saturday, practising my range of swear words and generally being quite scary. This morning, however, I woke up full of beans. Well, ... http://www.spiralskies.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiralskies.com%2F2008%2F04%2F30%2Fof-uppity-updates%2F&seed_title=Of+Uppity+Updates