The World as I see it

Writer's Block: What if calories didn't count?

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:20:20 GMT

If a magic genie told you your calories wouldn't count for 24 hours, would it change what and how much you ate that day?

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Stupid questions really!

Writer's Block: The truth is out there ...

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:11:49 GMT

If someone discusses UFOs at a party, do you assume they're a visionary or bonkers? Do you consider yourself a believer or a skeptic?

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well that all depends. If they are discussing the fact that they've just had sex with an alien I would be more inclined towards bringing out the straitjacket.

Writer's Block: And the Apple Goes To

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:35:36 GMT

Who is/was your favorite teacher in school?

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Without a doubt Mrs Tasker. Thanks to her I got a B in French for GCSE. The woman was terrifying but fair.

The Wonder of the Molster

Sun, 31 May 2009 08:26:08 GMT

Miss Molly just completed a back to front roll! She got tangled up with her ams but managed brilliantly! So happy and excited!

Rule Britania!

Sat, 30 May 2009 18:38:48 GMT

Read our Zoe's post. It's excellent and makes you proud to be British. Go Zoe!

Writer's Block: There Can Be Only One

Fri, 22 May 2009 14:37:31 GMT

Do you believe in monogamy?

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Utterly and completely

Writer's Block: Traditional Pursuits

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:47:32 GMT

There are a lot of things we see most often in December, like caroling, potato latkes, mistletoe, mulled wine, eggnog, and returning gifts. What's your favorite holiday tradition?

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The whole family being together at some point of the day
Being allowed to drink and eat chocolate no matter what time of the day it is
Feeling like you want to wear your best clothes, even if you're going nowhere
Playing idiotic board games, just cos it's christmas

Writer's Block: Physical Education

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:11:53 GMT

Call it gym, P.E., recess, or pure hell, most people have participated in a class at school that focused on games and athletics. What sport or game did you hate the most when you were a kid? What sport or game was your favorite?

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In my last year at school you could choose certain activities from a selection to take part in each week. The trampoline would be set up, you could play squash, the teacher would usually be helping the netball team or you could use the weight machines.

I spent the entire last year filing my nails while watching the boys lift weights. Utter bliss!

Writer's Block: Wild Rumpus

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:05:48 GMT

A lot of characters in kids' books have it pretty good, from calling the start of the wild rumpus to ordering room service from their hotel suite. If you could be any character from children's literature, who would you be?

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Little Red Riding Hood - but the one from Roald Dahls Revolting Rhymes who keeps a pistol in her knickers!

Writer's Block: Ghost Stories

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:39:15 GMT

Everyone enjoys a ghost story. Or at least knows one. What is the scariest ghost story you've ever heard?

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Someone told me this story when I was about 7 and (being an utter wimp) I took ages to get over it.

A young boy had a dog that would sleep under his bed every night. If he woke up scared or felt uneasy he would put his hand out and the dog would lick his hand. He then felt safe.

One night he was woken by the sound of drip... drip... drip. He put out his hand, the dog licked it. He turned over and went back to sleep.

In the morning he found his dog hanging by it's neck in the shower. Written in blood on the wall was

"MURDERERS CAN LICK HANDS TOO"

Doesn't seem that bad now (then again, I'm 27!)

Writer's Block: Your Favorite Series: One Last Go Round

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:00:41 GMT

If you could pick any TV show that has been off the air to come back for one more season, which show would you pick and why?

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It's got to be Knightmare! Any kid in England who is my age (26) should remember this show. As long as they stick to the original format how could it fail?!

Writer's Block: A Posthumous Oscar for Joker?

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:09:06 GMT

Do you think Heath Ledger deserves the Oscar for his role in the Dark Knight?

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What you have to ask is: If he wasn't dead, would he still have been nominated?

I think he deserves to be nominated but shouldn't automatically win just cos he happened to die.

Writer's Block: Home is...

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:03:44 GMT

Wherever I lay my hat, that's my home!

Writer's Block: Gaming From Young to Old

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:07:32 GMT

What was your favorite game as a child? What's your favorite now?

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Me, Zoe and whoever happened to be around at the time used to always play Hide and Seek in the dark. Was better outside round the block but we used to play it in the house too. Really good fun.

Now, my favourite game is the Sims! How dull have I become!

Selfish Drivers

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:33:40 GMT

Just a note to the stupid cow driving a Nissan Qashqi (or however you spell it) this morning.

Thank you so much for hogging the fast lane and refusing to move over to let traffic past. The huge line of traffic you caused and the amount of people you caused to undertake you was truly tremendous. You should be contratulated that you can manage to apply your lipstick in the rear view mirror and never notice the cars behind you. I would have thought my hand gestures utterly clear.

Happy driving.

Writer's Block: All in the Family

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:34:53 GMT

How do you think having siblings (or not having siblings) affects who you are as a person?

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I'm a complete brat now, imagine the horror I would be if I hadn't had to share with Zoe!!

Writer's Block: Coffee Or Tea?

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:37:09 GMT

What method do you use to prepare your coffee or tea?

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Tea - get my favourite mug, boil the kettle, add tea bag, pour on water, stir and squeeze tea bag till nice and strong, remove tea-bag, add milk.

Coffee - get my favourite mug, boil the kettle, add 1 spoonful of coffee, add water, add milk.

If I'm feeling posh I add honey to my coffee.

I'm very basic

That's Queen Bitch to you!

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:43:17 GMT

I am absolutely seething. I now detest with a passion idiotic teenage BOYS!!!

The title

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:34:02 GMT

I'm sitting at the computer desk in the spare room pondering over old photos and wondering, what on earth happened?

It started earlier today when I got an email from Facebook saying someone I went to school with (and haven't seen since) has added me as a friend. "Friend" in the term I think of would be an inappropriate name to give our current status but in the Facebook terms I'm sure it perfectly fine. I had a look at the profile of this person and the photos they have and I can't find the person I went to school with. This person is completely different.

One photo allowed me to see their smile is sort of the same but the face has changed. It's so odd.

It got me thinking about the girl I was at school and wondering if I have changed at all. I don't think I have. I always knew I was vanilla and my life has reflected that really! I don't mean that in a negative sense but some people have done things and been places I have never thought of. How did the skinny girl who smoked instead of eating, who had theories about the death of Kurt Cobain, who hated Home Economics, who was bullied, who thought she wouldn't be able to cope without Mel and Claire and who didn't have a boyfriend, become Mrs David Parkin?

I hear people talk about books I have never read or discuss philosophy and I can't follow it sometimes. If I had taken a different route would I be the same person now? If I had stayed on at 6th form would I have gone to University and become a writer, living in genteel poverty with 16 cats and a leaky ceiling? If I had gone to college and studied Art would I still be living with my mother at 25?

Do I need to read these books you "should" read before you die? Do I need to know what Nietzsche said? Do I need to know the periodic table? Some people say you do and look down on you for not.

If I had done any of these things or learnt any of these things would I be sitting in this house right now with the man I love downstairs, the books I love on the shelves, the smell of incense burning on the windowsill and the bouquet of roses and lillies Dave bought me for no reason at all?

I think I did ok.

Dun dun dun dunnnnnn

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:43:05 GMT

Got the date for my ultrasound. 2nd October. Gaaaah!

I'm fine

Some good news

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:07:11 GMT

About time I had some good news to share and here it is. My friend Helen has asked Dave and I to be Godparents for little Isaac!

I'm thrilled to bits. She knows my views on religion but I respect the fact that she believes in all this crap and I'm really honoured she's asked us for this. I have to do a reading and Dave has to say a prayer (he's terrified) and I'll be wearing my power suit to frighten all the church-goers.

Can't wait, I'm well happy!

News in Brief

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:37:29 GMT

I've been for my blood tests and pelvic exam (is there anything more humiliating to women than this?) and I get the results in a week.

I'm being sent for an ultrasound when the doctor sends me a letter.

Dave has been in a car crash with a 90 year old man and completely written off the Saxo. Wasn't his fault, the old man didn't look then accused my Dave of speeding. Bastard. Dave has tremendous whiplash and a bruise on his neck the size of Wales from the seatbelt.

At least it gave me something else to think about.

When I get a mo I'll post a proper account of the above.

Don't know

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:54:33 GMT

Being referred for blood tests and an internal examination. This is what I wanted but my stomach is doing somersaults.

What if they find something wrong?

What if they don't find something wrong?

Bourne crapiness

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 07:38:41 GMT

On TV last night was the second part of the Bourne trilogy.

I stopped watching when Matt Damon was fighting with some french bloke in a kitchen, the french bloke pulls a knife and Matt Damon rolls up a magazine to defend himself. Matt Damon wins.

I mean puh-lease!

Herr Dye (get it?)

Sun, 19 Aug 2007 16:21:12 GMT

Looks like dying hair is in the air! An acquaintance of mine has just gone red and I've just gone very purple indeed.

I look like vintage me. Me when I was 17. I like it!

Think I might frighten the old guys when I go into work tomorrow but who cares. They employed someone they thought was a nice girl, its about time I killed their illusions. So far I have been nice, I wore matching earrings and everything.

So. Today I made Sunday dinner. Well, made might be a stretch of the word and Zoe is bound to rat me out! Mam brought a chicken and I cooked real chips and something with basil in it (I forget what it was) and vegetarian for Zoe. It was a feast. Mama then dyed my hair and half the kitchen (thank god for Domestos).

I can't write. Star Trek is on and I'm missing a good episode. Anyone else find Brent Spiner very attractive?