I never make New Year's resolutions. I used to, but would then feel disheartened when I didn't stick to them. This year, however, I'm brimming with resolutions - and not doing too badly about keeping them. So far ;)
Woke up this lovely Sunday morning full of plans to make porridge with apple sauce and cinnamon (my favourite porridge combination, although hubby has made porridge and jam for me which is also delicious) but we were so full after last night's bolognese that I just made some coffee instead and we stayed in bed and had a cwtsh.
I've been reading so many lovely blogs lately (list in a minute) that I've added a new resolution: I will blog more, take more pictures, and blog more about the crafty things I do. Here are the fab blogs I've been reading:
Creative Yarn
Little Birdie Secrets
Miss Mardi Nowak
The Small Object
Green Bee
Inspirational people, all. They've certainly inspired me. I'll be here more often. See you around I hope x
Sunday, 24 January 2010
Friday, 22 January 2010
Crochet
A poem I wrote years and years ago, about my Mam. It's quite apt now as I'm learning crochet myself.
Crochet
The bright, red wool curls
around fingers that should be tapping keys,
writing reports.
A glass of wine waits on the stool
as she counts the hooks and knots
of a crocheted spiral.
She's making him pretty neck pouches
of coloured wool because he can't afford to buy them,
and she likes to see him happy.
Crochet
The bright, red wool curls
around fingers that should be tapping keys,
writing reports.
A glass of wine waits on the stool
as she counts the hooks and knots
of a crocheted spiral.
She's making him pretty neck pouches
of coloured wool because he can't afford to buy them,
and she likes to see him happy.
Monday, 18 January 2010
Learning crochet
Goodness me it's easier than I thought!
Here's a pic of my first crocheted creation: a lovely, warm nipple shield.
Finally, I can look at sentences like "Ch 3, dc in same st, 2 dc in each dc around; join with sl st in top of beg ch" and know what it means.
I'm still learning, but plan to make an easy sc blanket with chunky wool and a 12mm hook to start. Fast and easy is always a good confidence builder.
Sunday, 17 January 2010
Book meme
Nicked from Sheenagh Pugh (but it's okay, she nicked it first)
1. Which book has been on your shelves the longest?
The Hobbit
2. What is your current read, your last read and the book you'll read next?
Current read: Troll Fell by Katharine Langrish, because I needed something easy after...
Last read: David Zindell's Neverness books.
Next Up: The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-reading Monster Hercules Barefoot: His Wonderful Love and His Terrible Hatred by Carl-Johan Vallgren, because I've been promising Nina I'll finish it for ages
3. What book did everyone like and you hated?
The Time Traveller's Wife, put it down after about 20 pages
4. Which book do you keep telling yourself you'll read, but you probably won't?
Ooh, I dunno... Crime and Punishment, War and Peace
5. Which book are you saving for "retirement?"
See above
6. Last page: read it first or wait till the end?
Never! If a book is any good I'll wait, if it's not I'll get rid of it. I'm not one of those people who have to know what happens, if I don't like the book or the characters then I don't care what happens to them
7. Acknowledgments: waste of ink and paper or interesting aside?
I like them
8. Which book character would you switch places with?
Lol, great question! When I was about 8 I'd have said Frodo or Tolly (from the Green Knowe books by Lucy M. Boston), when I was 15 I'd have said Nothing (from Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite), but who now? I'll have to come back to this question
9. Do you have a book that reminds you of something specific in your life (a person, a place, a time)?
My tatty copy of Hounds of the Morrigan by Pat O'Shea reminds me of a lovely holiday in Cornwall when I was 7 or 8.
10. Name a book you acquired in some interesting way.
I once bought a black, leather briefcase in a jumble sale for 5p when I was 6, and when I got it home I discovered a book hidden in a pocket inside - Eva Ibbotson's Which Witch? A book I love and still read.
11. Have you ever given away a book for a special reason to a special person?
Yes of course
12. Which book has been with you to the most places?
Drawing Blood by Poppy Z. Brite
13. Any "required reading" you hated in high school that wasn’t so bad ten years later?
Nope, it's all still awful. Step forward Jane Austen. I also disliked William Golding's Lord of the Flies when I was in school and, if anything, it's become even more disturbing.
14. What is the strangest item you’ve ever found in a book?
I once found a beautiful and very old bookmark in a book about table-rapping from the 1800s
15. Used or brand new?
Used if they are old, new if they are new
16. Stephen King: Literary genius or opiate of the masses?
He's alright, I've read a few of his books but found myself skimming quite a lot
17. Have you ever seen a movie you liked better than the book?
Yes, but only once. Interview with the Vampire the film is way better than the yawnfest that Anne Rice wrote
18. Conversely, which book should NEVER have been introduced to celluloid?
I won't get started on Lord of the Rings! One that made me quite angry was Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. They got rid of really good bits, and replaced them with special effects-laden bits that totally underwhelmed. A pity, as the book is rather special
19. Have you ever read a book that's made you hungry, cookbooks being excluded from this question?
In the Hounds of the Morrigan, there is a description of a meal that sounds delicious. Mushrooms cooked on a hearthstone, hot soup with butter floating in it "like a thousand golden suns", and fish cooked in their skins on the fire.
20. Who is the person whose book advice you'll always take?
Michael has introduced me to some fantastic books that I would never have found otherwise, and Nina has been spot on every time so far; my book taste is most like my newphew Bryn's though, we like similar stuff!
1. Which book has been on your shelves the longest?
The Hobbit
2. What is your current read, your last read and the book you'll read next?
Current read: Troll Fell by Katharine Langrish, because I needed something easy after...
Last read: David Zindell's Neverness books.
Next Up: The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-reading Monster Hercules Barefoot: His Wonderful Love and His Terrible Hatred by Carl-Johan Vallgren, because I've been promising Nina I'll finish it for ages
3. What book did everyone like and you hated?
The Time Traveller's Wife, put it down after about 20 pages
4. Which book do you keep telling yourself you'll read, but you probably won't?
Ooh, I dunno... Crime and Punishment, War and Peace
5. Which book are you saving for "retirement?"
See above
6. Last page: read it first or wait till the end?
Never! If a book is any good I'll wait, if it's not I'll get rid of it. I'm not one of those people who have to know what happens, if I don't like the book or the characters then I don't care what happens to them
7. Acknowledgments: waste of ink and paper or interesting aside?
I like them
8. Which book character would you switch places with?
Lol, great question! When I was about 8 I'd have said Frodo or Tolly (from the Green Knowe books by Lucy M. Boston), when I was 15 I'd have said Nothing (from Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite), but who now? I'll have to come back to this question
9. Do you have a book that reminds you of something specific in your life (a person, a place, a time)?
My tatty copy of Hounds of the Morrigan by Pat O'Shea reminds me of a lovely holiday in Cornwall when I was 7 or 8.
10. Name a book you acquired in some interesting way.
I once bought a black, leather briefcase in a jumble sale for 5p when I was 6, and when I got it home I discovered a book hidden in a pocket inside - Eva Ibbotson's Which Witch? A book I love and still read.
11. Have you ever given away a book for a special reason to a special person?
Yes of course
12. Which book has been with you to the most places?
Drawing Blood by Poppy Z. Brite
13. Any "required reading" you hated in high school that wasn’t so bad ten years later?
Nope, it's all still awful. Step forward Jane Austen. I also disliked William Golding's Lord of the Flies when I was in school and, if anything, it's become even more disturbing.
14. What is the strangest item you’ve ever found in a book?
I once found a beautiful and very old bookmark in a book about table-rapping from the 1800s
15. Used or brand new?
Used if they are old, new if they are new
16. Stephen King: Literary genius or opiate of the masses?
He's alright, I've read a few of his books but found myself skimming quite a lot
17. Have you ever seen a movie you liked better than the book?
Yes, but only once. Interview with the Vampire the film is way better than the yawnfest that Anne Rice wrote
18. Conversely, which book should NEVER have been introduced to celluloid?
I won't get started on Lord of the Rings! One that made me quite angry was Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. They got rid of really good bits, and replaced them with special effects-laden bits that totally underwhelmed. A pity, as the book is rather special
19. Have you ever read a book that's made you hungry, cookbooks being excluded from this question?
In the Hounds of the Morrigan, there is a description of a meal that sounds delicious. Mushrooms cooked on a hearthstone, hot soup with butter floating in it "like a thousand golden suns", and fish cooked in their skins on the fire.
20. Who is the person whose book advice you'll always take?
Michael has introduced me to some fantastic books that I would never have found otherwise, and Nina has been spot on every time so far; my book taste is most like my newphew Bryn's though, we like similar stuff!
Friday, 8 January 2010
Podcast 9.0 'How To Seduce A Straight Man'
My first attempt at mixing. Some of the mixing is more successful than the rest, but I'm happy with how it turned out.
A selection of songs that attempt to describe how to seduce a straight man, a useful little musical guide for the discerning homosexual in us all.
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Download here.
Tracklisting:
Takk – Sigur Rós
Einleitung (from Also Sprach Zarathustra) - Richard Strauss
Spank – Jimmy ‘Bo’ Horne
Killer – Adamski
My Insatiable One (piano version) – Suede
U Talk 2 Much – Sultans of Ping F.C.
Witch Doctor – David Seville
Soldier Boy – The Beatles
Pushin’ Too Hard – The Seeds
Tonight We Fly – The Divine Comedy
Wicked Little Town – Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Roses and Teeth for Ludwig Wittgenstein – Matmos
I Feel Love – Donna Summer
Girls and Boys – Blur
I Open at The Close – The Sorting Hat
Wig in a Box – The Polyphonic Spree
Shut Up (And Sleep with Me) – Sin With Sebastian
Time to Pretend – MGMT
Golden Gun – Suede
This is Hardcore – Pulp
In the NA – The Hidden Cameras
I Would Die 4 U – The Space Cowboy
Pam V – Super Furry Animals
Xxzxcuzx Me – Crystal Castles
Was it Something I Said – OMD
Origin of Love – Hedwig and the Angry Inch
DISCLAIMER: Following these instructions does not guarantee you will seduce a straight man. My tongue is firmly in my cheek here. You can't pull straight men. If you do ever pull a straight man, then he's not straight, dear.
A selection of songs that attempt to describe how to seduce a straight man, a useful little musical guide for the discerning homosexual in us all.
This player might not work with all browsers. Sorry.
Download here.
Tracklisting:
Takk – Sigur Rós
Einleitung (from Also Sprach Zarathustra) - Richard Strauss
Spank – Jimmy ‘Bo’ Horne
Killer – Adamski
My Insatiable One (piano version) – Suede
U Talk 2 Much – Sultans of Ping F.C.
Witch Doctor – David Seville
Soldier Boy – The Beatles
Pushin’ Too Hard – The Seeds
Tonight We Fly – The Divine Comedy
Wicked Little Town – Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Roses and Teeth for Ludwig Wittgenstein – Matmos
I Feel Love – Donna Summer
Girls and Boys – Blur
I Open at The Close – The Sorting Hat
Wig in a Box – The Polyphonic Spree
Shut Up (And Sleep with Me) – Sin With Sebastian
Time to Pretend – MGMT
Golden Gun – Suede
This is Hardcore – Pulp
In the NA – The Hidden Cameras
I Would Die 4 U – The Space Cowboy
Pam V – Super Furry Animals
Xxzxcuzx Me – Crystal Castles
Was it Something I Said – OMD
Origin of Love – Hedwig and the Angry Inch
DISCLAIMER: Following these instructions does not guarantee you will seduce a straight man. My tongue is firmly in my cheek here. You can't pull straight men. If you do ever pull a straight man, then he's not straight, dear.
Mam Llanelli
Mamgu (Welsh for Grandmother) died on the 20th of December. I still can't believe she's gone.
I am so very angry at the rest of the world for carrying on without her. I find it hard to understand that people can still be having fun now that she's gone. I want to write about her, but it's still too raw yet. I'm fine for ages and then a little thing makes me break down; a carved wooden lizard that she brought home from Australia, her face smiling from a frame, remembering a dress she had with buttons that looked like snail shells.
I miss her so much.
I am so very angry at the rest of the world for carrying on without her. I find it hard to understand that people can still be having fun now that she's gone. I want to write about her, but it's still too raw yet. I'm fine for ages and then a little thing makes me break down; a carved wooden lizard that she brought home from Australia, her face smiling from a frame, remembering a dress she had with buttons that looked like snail shells.
I miss her so much.
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Seren and the New Mabinogion
Seren have commissioned a series of books from Welsh writers, the first two being White Ravens by Owen Sheers and The Ninth Wave by Russell Celyn Jones. I'm elated, obsessed with the Mabinogion as I am, but also frustrated.
Seren should have commissioned me to write my version of Blodeuwedd. It's contemporary, gay, urban; everything Welsh Publishing houses seem to like at the moment. I've got any amount of short stories, poems, experimental fiction and plays - all of which I've been told are too experimental, too urban to be published. No one wants to take risks. The one lead I have is an editor said he wanted to read a novel based on Geraint and Nathalie, after reading a few short stories about them. They are my favourite characters to write about; I've been writing about them for so long that they wrote their own stories now, it's like I just write down the exploits of two friends that I'm growing older with. Great though they are, and fun as they are to write - they are the stories most rooted in the real world. I wish it was the 50s and I was a beat writer. I wish the editor had asked to read about Nathalie and Geraint living in Antiville, my bleak near-future Welsh city. I wish I had more time to write the Geraint novel, or that someone would publish a collection of stories if I promised to write the Geraint novel afterwards. Get me and my angst. It's like being fifteen again.
I read contemporary fiction, and a lot of it frustrates and depresses me. How the hell did that get published? And conversely, why did no one buy this book?
I'm setting myself some deadlines. I want to write the Geraint novel by end of March 2010. Parthian are calling for submissions. I need a binding contract, something spiritual I can use. I will write my testament and seal it inside a beloved book and only open it when I have finished writing my novel. Which book to use?
Off at a tangent again. I love the idea of a New Mabinogion, I absolutely love it - but I am worried that the Blodeuwedd story will be ruined. It won't be as good as mine.
Seren should have commissioned me to write my version of Blodeuwedd. It's contemporary, gay, urban; everything Welsh Publishing houses seem to like at the moment. I've got any amount of short stories, poems, experimental fiction and plays - all of which I've been told are too experimental, too urban to be published. No one wants to take risks. The one lead I have is an editor said he wanted to read a novel based on Geraint and Nathalie, after reading a few short stories about them. They are my favourite characters to write about; I've been writing about them for so long that they wrote their own stories now, it's like I just write down the exploits of two friends that I'm growing older with. Great though they are, and fun as they are to write - they are the stories most rooted in the real world. I wish it was the 50s and I was a beat writer. I wish the editor had asked to read about Nathalie and Geraint living in Antiville, my bleak near-future Welsh city. I wish I had more time to write the Geraint novel, or that someone would publish a collection of stories if I promised to write the Geraint novel afterwards. Get me and my angst. It's like being fifteen again.
I read contemporary fiction, and a lot of it frustrates and depresses me. How the hell did that get published? And conversely, why did no one buy this book?
I'm setting myself some deadlines. I want to write the Geraint novel by end of March 2010. Parthian are calling for submissions. I need a binding contract, something spiritual I can use. I will write my testament and seal it inside a beloved book and only open it when I have finished writing my novel. Which book to use?
Off at a tangent again. I love the idea of a New Mabinogion, I absolutely love it - but I am worried that the Blodeuwedd story will be ruined. It won't be as good as mine.
Sunday, 6 December 2009
Nadolig Llawen
It's that time of year, my Christmas EP is being released today 6th December. I'm having a mediaeval yuletide this year - game pie, pheasant, cranberry and apple chutney, homemade presents (mostly knitted, sewn or carved from wood) and I have orange and clove pomanders drying on the radiator in my bedroom. It started off as being homemade out of neccessity, I'm skint this year, but it's grown and kind of consumed me since July! I'm all about the mediaeval Christmas this year, oranges, cinnamon and cloves all the way.
This mediaevality (no such word, I know) informed this year's EP. I make an EP as a Christmas card every year, and it usually has at least one 16th century melody on it, along with some Nintendo samples - but this time I just used tunes and words from the 1400s to the 1700s. I'm pleased with how it's turned out, but it's way more melancholy than typically Christmas songs are.
It's free to download, just click on the picture. Hope you like it.
Nadiolig Llawen x
This mediaevality (no such word, I know) informed this year's EP. I make an EP as a Christmas card every year, and it usually has at least one 16th century melody on it, along with some Nintendo samples - but this time I just used tunes and words from the 1400s to the 1700s. I'm pleased with how it's turned out, but it's way more melancholy than typically Christmas songs are.
It's free to download, just click on the picture. Hope you like it.
Nadiolig Llawen xThe Adventures of Miss Flitt
I've just stumbled on an absolutely fantastic thing, The Adventures of Miss Flitt. It's an illustrated book of knitting patterns mixed with an amazing-sounding story.
From the website "The Adventures of Miss Flitt: The Strange Case of the Magician's Cabinet, an illustrated, 19th century mystery with knitting patterns by Beth Hahn, follows Emma Flitt into a Victorian New York filled with magicians, clairvoyants, charlatans, and pick pockets to unravel the mysterious disappearance of her sister Lucy. Told over the course of four installments, the debut issue features knitting patterns that emphasize the use of experimentation and creativity. While the intermediate knitter can follow clearly written instructions and charts, he or she is also encouraged to personalize each item by choosing from different yarns, edges, sleeve types, and sweater lengths."
It's such a fantastic idea, incorporating loads of things I love - knitting, magic and mystery, fiction, illustration... it's just such a lovely idea! I'd like to make my own one day, but finding the time is getting more an more difficult the more projects I start. I have it stored though, one day I'll make one. Maybe I could start off with an easy one: four patterns and a short story... hmm... braincogs whirring...
From the website "The Adventures of Miss Flitt: The Strange Case of the Magician's Cabinet, an illustrated, 19th century mystery with knitting patterns by Beth Hahn, follows Emma Flitt into a Victorian New York filled with magicians, clairvoyants, charlatans, and pick pockets to unravel the mysterious disappearance of her sister Lucy. Told over the course of four installments, the debut issue features knitting patterns that emphasize the use of experimentation and creativity. While the intermediate knitter can follow clearly written instructions and charts, he or she is also encouraged to personalize each item by choosing from different yarns, edges, sleeve types, and sweater lengths."
It's such a fantastic idea, incorporating loads of things I love - knitting, magic and mystery, fiction, illustration... it's just such a lovely idea! I'd like to make my own one day, but finding the time is getting more an more difficult the more projects I start. I have it stored though, one day I'll make one. Maybe I could start off with an easy one: four patterns and a short story... hmm... braincogs whirring...
The pictures are just lovely as well.
http://willowrosaknits.blogspot.com/2009/11/amity-capelet-errata.html
Saturday, 7 November 2009
Nigel Slater's Simple Suppers
Has anyone seen the wankfest that is Nigel Slater's Simple Suppers (BBC One)? I used to love Nigel, and have admired his style of cooking (he's a cook, not a chef, after all). But this programme gets right on my tits. Why?
1. When he says 'leftovers', he means a whole roast chicken that's had two thin slices taken from the breast; or some leftover rhubarb (that's only leftover because he made a cheaters rhubarb tart a few minutes ago)!
2. He plates up REALLY slowly. He spoons food the way he thinks a chef on tv should, slowly and seductively. Sorry Nige, you're not Nigella!
3. Each episode has 27 songs on it. It gets annoying having the first few seconds of a Ting Tings song, only to be replaced with the first few seconds of another song.
4. The bloody allotment section. Nigel goes to a middle class family's allotment, picks their veg, fries it. That's it. Fried veg served up in an allotment for Mummy, Daddy, Tilly and Ollie: “Ooh I've never thought of fried tomatoes before, isn't this lovely Tilly?”
5. Nigel wanking about his garden. Yes, you have a garden; and no, not everybody can have one (the garden of my rented house is all patio slabs, and the nearest allotment has a 2 year wait).
I suppose the reason this programme annoys me so much is that it's such lazy television. Nigel makes four or five things in each episode – and some of them are as easy as chopping up leftover chicken, adding it to cous cous, then adding coriander leaves and orange juice. That's it, and it took about 10 minutes of screen time while Nigel camply explains why he likes using leftovers. Now I consider myself middle class, and I've fought my way here, but I find his manner smug, his middle class allotment owners smug and his food mediocre. Sorry Nigel, you had it once, but sadly no longer.
1. When he says 'leftovers', he means a whole roast chicken that's had two thin slices taken from the breast; or some leftover rhubarb (that's only leftover because he made a cheaters rhubarb tart a few minutes ago)!
2. He plates up REALLY slowly. He spoons food the way he thinks a chef on tv should, slowly and seductively. Sorry Nige, you're not Nigella!
3. Each episode has 27 songs on it. It gets annoying having the first few seconds of a Ting Tings song, only to be replaced with the first few seconds of another song.
4. The bloody allotment section. Nigel goes to a middle class family's allotment, picks their veg, fries it. That's it. Fried veg served up in an allotment for Mummy, Daddy, Tilly and Ollie: “Ooh I've never thought of fried tomatoes before, isn't this lovely Tilly?”
5. Nigel wanking about his garden. Yes, you have a garden; and no, not everybody can have one (the garden of my rented house is all patio slabs, and the nearest allotment has a 2 year wait).
I suppose the reason this programme annoys me so much is that it's such lazy television. Nigel makes four or five things in each episode – and some of them are as easy as chopping up leftover chicken, adding it to cous cous, then adding coriander leaves and orange juice. That's it, and it took about 10 minutes of screen time while Nigel camply explains why he likes using leftovers. Now I consider myself middle class, and I've fought my way here, but I find his manner smug, his middle class allotment owners smug and his food mediocre. Sorry Nigel, you had it once, but sadly no longer.
Monday, 2 November 2009
Mastering
Finished my Christmas EP. Here's the tracklisting and more info:
1. Gaudete – 16th Century
2. Coventry Carol – 16th Century – such a sad song, story can be found here and here
3. In Dulci Jubilo – 15th Century
4. Un Flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle – 16th Century – done using a sample of a wine glass being hit by a pencil
5. Orientis Partibus – 12th Century – an ancient melody, now known for the song The Friendly Beasts
6. Boar’s Head Carol – 15th Century
7. Tempus Adest Floridum – 13th Century – which you may know as Good King Wenceslas
8. Here We Come a-Wassailing – 17th Century – and I had to finish with a bit of New Year's Eve paganism, what is Christmas after all? Nothing more than a pagan winter festival absorbed by Christianity. Remember: Father Christmas isn't Santa, and he wears a green robe.
1. Gaudete – 16th Century
2. Coventry Carol – 16th Century – such a sad song, story can be found here and here
3. In Dulci Jubilo – 15th Century
4. Un Flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle – 16th Century – done using a sample of a wine glass being hit by a pencil
5. Orientis Partibus – 12th Century – an ancient melody, now known for the song The Friendly Beasts
6. Boar’s Head Carol – 15th Century
7. Tempus Adest Floridum – 13th Century – which you may know as Good King Wenceslas
8. Here We Come a-Wassailing – 17th Century – and I had to finish with a bit of New Year's Eve paganism, what is Christmas after all? Nothing more than a pagan winter festival absorbed by Christianity. Remember: Father Christmas isn't Santa, and he wears a green robe.
Me x 34
To do this, copy this entire message, then go to “notes” under tabs on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, delete my answers, and type yours.
1.What was the last thing you put in your mouth?
Chocolate digestive
2.Where was your profile picture taken?
Upstairs in Pantyffynnon Social Club
3. Can you play Guitar Hero?
Yes but I'm not very good at it. I'm better on the drums one
4. Name someone who made you laugh today.
Patrick
5. How late did you stay up last night and why?
Went to bed after 1am, stayed up drinking with Patrick
6. If you could move somewhere else, would you?
Yes, to Aberystwyth
7. Ever been kissed under fireworks?
Yes
8. Which of your Facebook friends lives closest to you?
Curig, same house!
9. Do you believe ex's can be friends?
It's rare, but it can happen
10. How do you feel about Dr Pepper?
I love it
11. When was the last time you cried really hard?
Last week at Llangrannog, looking after a deafblind little girl
12. Who took your profile picture?
No idea, someone using Vicki's camera
13. Who was the last person you took a picture of?
Patrick playing Viva Pinata on the DS
14. Was yesterday better than today?
Today was okay, off work!
15. Can you live a day without TV?
Yes easily
16. Are you upset about anything?
Yes, but I'm too busy to let it upset me
17. Are you a bad influence?
Always
18. Night out or night in?
Dunno, is it raining?
19. What items could you not go without during the day?
Mobile
20. Who was the last person you visited in the hospital?
Mamgu, on Sunday
21. What does the last text message in your inbox say?
Alison telling me that she missed me in work today, because there was nobody there to make her coffee
22. How do you feel about your life right now?
Time is moving too fast for me to do the things on my list that need doing
23. Do you hate any one?
Plenty of people
24. If we were to look in your Facebook inbox, what would we find?
25. Say you were given a drug test right now, would you pass?
Yes of course
26. Has anyone ever called you perfect before?
Yes, but he has appalling taste in men
27. What song is stuck in your head?
Kate Nash - Mouthwash
30. Someone knocks on your window at 2:00 a.m., who do you want it to be?
Ron in the flying Ford Anglia
31. Do you want to have grandkids before you’re 50?
Seeing as I'm 32 and have no children, it's not going to happen
32. Name something you have to do tomorrow?
Prepare stuff for two meetings I've got on Wednesday
33. Do you think too much or too little?
Too too much. My brain is always thinkin'
34. Do you smile a lot?
Thankfully, yes. I may be a miserable git sometimes, but I have a sunny disposition
1.What was the last thing you put in your mouth?
Chocolate digestive
2.Where was your profile picture taken?
Upstairs in Pantyffynnon Social Club
3. Can you play Guitar Hero?
Yes but I'm not very good at it. I'm better on the drums one
4. Name someone who made you laugh today.
Patrick
5. How late did you stay up last night and why?
Went to bed after 1am, stayed up drinking with Patrick
6. If you could move somewhere else, would you?
Yes, to Aberystwyth
7. Ever been kissed under fireworks?
Yes
8. Which of your Facebook friends lives closest to you?
Curig, same house!
9. Do you believe ex's can be friends?
It's rare, but it can happen
10. How do you feel about Dr Pepper?
I love it
11. When was the last time you cried really hard?
Last week at Llangrannog, looking after a deafblind little girl
12. Who took your profile picture?
No idea, someone using Vicki's camera
13. Who was the last person you took a picture of?
Patrick playing Viva Pinata on the DS
14. Was yesterday better than today?
Today was okay, off work!
15. Can you live a day without TV?
Yes easily
16. Are you upset about anything?
Yes, but I'm too busy to let it upset me
17. Are you a bad influence?
Always
18. Night out or night in?
Dunno, is it raining?
19. What items could you not go without during the day?
Mobile
20. Who was the last person you visited in the hospital?
Mamgu, on Sunday
21. What does the last text message in your inbox say?
Alison telling me that she missed me in work today, because there was nobody there to make her coffee
22. How do you feel about your life right now?
Time is moving too fast for me to do the things on my list that need doing
23. Do you hate any one?
Plenty of people
24. If we were to look in your Facebook inbox, what would we find?
25. Say you were given a drug test right now, would you pass?
Yes of course
26. Has anyone ever called you perfect before?
Yes, but he has appalling taste in men
27. What song is stuck in your head?
Kate Nash - Mouthwash
30. Someone knocks on your window at 2:00 a.m., who do you want it to be?
Ron in the flying Ford Anglia
31. Do you want to have grandkids before you’re 50?
Seeing as I'm 32 and have no children, it's not going to happen
32. Name something you have to do tomorrow?
Prepare stuff for two meetings I've got on Wednesday
33. Do you think too much or too little?
Too too much. My brain is always thinkin'
34. Do you smile a lot?
Thankfully, yes. I may be a miserable git sometimes, but I have a sunny disposition
Little Bee Cowl
New pattern! Little Bee stitch is my new fave stitch, it's so cute. I want to knit a swatch in yellow and black like a bee. I'm trying pdfs for my patterns from now on. Hope this works.
There, just click the arrow to download the pdf.
If that doesn't work, try clicking here to download the pdf directly.
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
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