(None of these photos are mine - visit my tumblr for links, click through's, credits & shizzle).
This one made my mum laugh :)
Friday, 2 September 2011
Recently...
Playing (and winning!) scrabble at the Fitflat - what can I say, we're pretty wild...
A day of mooching around Southbank with Sj
& Simon
We went to the Press Photographer of the Year 2010 exhibition (which I would highly recommend! It's free, and totally worth a visit).
I spent the day in Camden with Leanne, and after a spot of chinese & impulse buying, we spent many happy hours in a really cute cocktail bar...
Thanks to the legendary Leanne Effect (and happening to know someone who had just started work there), we got the happy hour prices all night long!
Totally worth a re-visit.
I've also been putting my culinary skills to the test, and made my first Mac'n'Cheese! It wasn't quite as good as The Mothers, but there again, what is?
There are about 4 dishes I can claim to make pretty well, but if someone stays for more than a week it's pretty much destined to be beans on toast after day 5 :)
I've also been working on my nails a bit more, and collating all the pictures into one (online) place. The oh-so-wittily named nailing-it*.
I wish I'd thought of taking pictures of my nails right from the start, but oh well. I just thought it might be nice to see them all together, especially as it's rare for more than a couple of days to go by without someone commenting on them/asking how I did them/if they're wraps (definitely not!)
But check out, enjoy & let me know if anyone tries any/has better designs I can steal adapt...
*Feel free to throw any better nail-related puns my way...
Thursday, 1 September 2011
Sunday, 21 August 2011
Before I forget, the little things
Playing the Gin Game (every time I made her a new G&T during the course of the evening, I'd make it stronger & stronger, waiting for the moment when she'd say "oo, it's a touch strong...never happened..)
Watching Shawn the Sheep (with a big smile on face), then promptly switching the channel over to watch Midsummer Murders/CSI/anything with a 'decent' body count.
"Going like the hairy clappers!"
Downing wine like water & insisting on driving home - racing over all 50 million of the speed bumps, because "if you go fast enough you don't even notice them!"
Everything being called a "wee beastie".
Calling me a "poor fish face" if I was winging about something or other.
Liking KitKat Chunky's.
Every inaminate object with a face was always a boy, with an amazing name (such as Wilf, the owl).
Laying out cereal, bowls, mugs, tea, coffee, plates for toast, butter, jam, marmalade, and anything else hanging around in the mornings if there was ever anyone staying over.
Getting in from the hair dressers at 11am, pouring a large glass of white wine while saying "it's been such a long morning...would you like one? Get a glass, you know where they are".
Anyone stepping in the door, regardless of the time of day, being offered "Wine? Beer? Gin? I've got some juice? Or some nice whiskey? How about a coffee? Tea? There are some nice biscuits in the cupboard!"
Teaming Chanel no. 5 with bright pink lipstick & powder if going out & about after 5pm (even if it was just to the cinema).
Asking me what "Your Generation" thinks of a whole range of topics & issues.
Being so open minded & forward thinking about so many issues, when so many of your friends are so old fashioned & stuck in the past.
Calling the people of Sitges in Spain "just lovely" because they're all "as gay as you like" and therefore "as safe as houses!".
Flicking through cruise brochures, not being able to find a cruise you wanted to go on, because you'd already been everywhere.
Getting a bit more pissed than usual & gossiping about family history.
Seeming to know all bus routes in SW london, & the quickest possible tube journey to anywhere & everywhere off the top of your head.
Apologising for taking your shoes off at 10pm, even if it I was hanging out in my pj's.
Calling your (bright pink) mobile "that wretched thing", & trying repeatedly to learn how to text.
Insisting that the doorbell was broken, not that your hearing was getting worse!
Fighting with the rose bushes.
Making "mashed potato" using the magimix.
Standing outside your door & waving & waving whenever we drove away until we turned a corner & couldn't see you any more.
Complaining that your 3 floor, 3 bed house was "simply tiny".
Coming out with the most amazing phrases & sayings.
Calling everyone "blessing".
Lending us hats for the Royal Wedding.
Keeping copies of the paper from the Queen Mother's jubilee (in 1998).
"Why are all my friends so dreary?"
"It's wet as fishes outside!"
"oh you poor woppit, do you want some drugs?" (I assume she means means medicine, but who knows!)
"I think he's a good Pope...Ignore the pedophiles...He doesn't kiss the carpets like the last one....And he plays piano well."...
(Referring to me & my cousins) "what with all of you growing & getting new faces, it's very difficult to keep up with my photo frames."
Trying to feed the hedgehog I found in the garden cherry pips.
Told the Grandmother about Seasick Steve & she said "aw, what a woppet. Sounds like a lovely man"
(Watching TV, quite quiet for once, and then Gary Lineker came on...) "I used to think he was a nice man. But then I found out he cheated on his wife. Don't like him any more".
"See the South African team? They all look like females. Ridiculous."
Referring to Lawrence Fox as "that gorgeous man"!
"You'd make someone a good wife, you're so tidy!"...think she's getting me confused with someone else...
Going to the races. Watching the races. Declining any social events when a big race was on. Enjoying my horse-joke (how'd you make a horse hungry in four letters? ....... M T G G!)
"No, I don't think a man would do that...slitting the throat is much more of a lady-like thing to do"
"You know, I think I'm getting old..."
Watching every race going (the more accidents, the better).
Taking me to the races!
To be updated, as & when.
Missing you more than I'd have expected, already <3 x x x x
Watching Shawn the Sheep (with a big smile on face), then promptly switching the channel over to watch Midsummer Murders/CSI/anything with a 'decent' body count.
"Going like the hairy clappers!"
Downing wine like water & insisting on driving home - racing over all 50 million of the speed bumps, because "if you go fast enough you don't even notice them!"
Everything being called a "wee beastie".
Calling me a "poor fish face" if I was winging about something or other.
Liking KitKat Chunky's.
Every inaminate object with a face was always a boy, with an amazing name (such as Wilf, the owl).
Laying out cereal, bowls, mugs, tea, coffee, plates for toast, butter, jam, marmalade, and anything else hanging around in the mornings if there was ever anyone staying over.
Getting in from the hair dressers at 11am, pouring a large glass of white wine while saying "it's been such a long morning...would you like one? Get a glass, you know where they are".
Anyone stepping in the door, regardless of the time of day, being offered "Wine? Beer? Gin? I've got some juice? Or some nice whiskey? How about a coffee? Tea? There are some nice biscuits in the cupboard!"
Teaming Chanel no. 5 with bright pink lipstick & powder if going out & about after 5pm (even if it was just to the cinema).
Asking me what "Your Generation" thinks of a whole range of topics & issues.
Being so open minded & forward thinking about so many issues, when so many of your friends are so old fashioned & stuck in the past.
Calling the people of Sitges in Spain "just lovely" because they're all "as gay as you like" and therefore "as safe as houses!".
Flicking through cruise brochures, not being able to find a cruise you wanted to go on, because you'd already been everywhere.
Getting a bit more pissed than usual & gossiping about family history.
Seeming to know all bus routes in SW london, & the quickest possible tube journey to anywhere & everywhere off the top of your head.
Apologising for taking your shoes off at 10pm, even if it I was hanging out in my pj's.
Calling your (bright pink) mobile "that wretched thing", & trying repeatedly to learn how to text.
Insisting that the doorbell was broken, not that your hearing was getting worse!
Fighting with the rose bushes.
Making "mashed potato" using the magimix.
Standing outside your door & waving & waving whenever we drove away until we turned a corner & couldn't see you any more.
Complaining that your 3 floor, 3 bed house was "simply tiny".
Coming out with the most amazing phrases & sayings.
Calling everyone "blessing".
Lending us hats for the Royal Wedding.
Keeping copies of the paper from the Queen Mother's jubilee (in 1998).
"Why are all my friends so dreary?"
"It's wet as fishes outside!"
"oh you poor woppit, do you want some drugs?" (I assume she means means medicine, but who knows!)
"I think he's a good Pope...Ignore the pedophiles...He doesn't kiss the carpets like the last one....And he plays piano well."...
(Referring to me & my cousins) "what with all of you growing & getting new faces, it's very difficult to keep up with my photo frames."
Trying to feed the hedgehog I found in the garden cherry pips.
Told the Grandmother about Seasick Steve & she said "aw, what a woppet. Sounds like a lovely man"
(Watching TV, quite quiet for once, and then Gary Lineker came on...) "I used to think he was a nice man. But then I found out he cheated on his wife. Don't like him any more".
"See the South African team? They all look like females. Ridiculous."
Referring to Lawrence Fox as "that gorgeous man"!
"You'd make someone a good wife, you're so tidy!"...think she's getting me confused with someone else...
Going to the races. Watching the races. Declining any social events when a big race was on. Enjoying my horse-joke (how'd you make a horse hungry in four letters? ....... M T G G!)
"No, I don't think a man would do that...slitting the throat is much more of a lady-like thing to do"
"You know, I think I'm getting old..."
Watching every race going (the more accidents, the better).
Taking me to the races!
To be updated, as & when.
Missing you more than I'd have expected, already <3 x x x x
Thursday, 18 August 2011
It's a Small World...
I really do love the internet.
What with moving in to Fit Flat recently (pictures to follow), it's been a while since I've had a little while to just sit & browse/stumble/explore. And golly, have I been reminded how much I miss doing so;
"akinobu izumi: tiny world in a bottle"
What with moving in to Fit Flat recently (pictures to follow), it's been a while since I've had a little while to just sit & browse/stumble/explore. And golly, have I been reminded how much I miss doing so;
"akinobu izumi: tiny world in a bottle"
An unidentified sunken vessel in a tiny bottle
First hatched sea turtles
Tiny dark green tree and a tiny couple
I think the tiny couple in the park are my favourite. They're just so teeny & cute! Or the jellyfish, but that could be because it sort of reminds me of home (Eastbourne), when we'd go down to the newly built marina, and when you looked down in to the water we could see jellyfish sometimes! Which is a little scary when you think about it...being sting-y & all...no one wants to risk a Monica/Joey/beach scenario!
Thursday, 9 June 2011
I swear, I'm about to get as angry as those birds!
Stupid game.* *I may be slightly biased, as I get a touch angry when I can't get past a certain place in a game. This is why I don't usually play video games
But it's pretty cool that chrome are giving it away for free today!
What with that, and Google's Homepage today, it's pretty ace :]
Speaking of games (of the computer/games console variety), there are a couple I don't generally mind, and one I even request to play with The Boy when we have time to do nothing.
One of the games I don't mind playing - and I say this having lived in a house with four other people who loved playing all sorts of games - is Skate.
I can see how it might get a bit boring after a while, but it's quite quiet and the sound might grate on some, but it's the kind of repetitive noise you grow to quite like I think...That, and do a great impression of! Ha.
Another I don't really mind is Viva Pinata. This is quite a girly game, I suppose, because it's got cute made up animals and you have to grow things for the animals to eat so that they evolve! (Which is a lot more exciting when it happens, trust me).
See? Cute! Again, it's a game where you can go at your own pace, and no one's going to shout at you if you get killed, or whatever. Ideal!
But the one that I really do enjoy playing and request to play is Heavy Rain.
"Heavy Rain's story is a dramatic thriller modeled after film noir, featuring four protagonists involved with the mystery of the Origami Killer, a serial killer who uses extended periods of rainfall to drown his victims. Ethan Mars is a father who is trying to save his son from being the next victim, while investigative journalist Madison Paige, FBI profiler Norman Jayden, and private detective Scott Shelby are each trying to track down clues to the Origami Killer's identity."
Just reading the synopsis makes it sound like a really engaging film, and playing it is even better. I love that you can take control of the characters - a great example of this was when The Boy had just bought it, and was playing with our housemate. I wasn't playing as I'd just got in from work but stuck around to watch (it really does look amazing - if you're into the way films look, I'd recommend it just for the atheistics), and they were playing the part of the journalist Madison Paige.
She's a young woman (I'd say mid 20's, but they probably tell you her age somewhere in the game), and had gone into this creepy old man's house to ask him questions about the killer. The old man left the room, so Dan & our housemate James had the choice to look around the room, and you choose where she looks, how long for, etc.
Anyways, they had a little look around & after not finding anything sat back down just as the old man was coming back into the room with drinks for him and for her.
The old man offered Madison a drink, and Dan & James had to decide wether to drink & be polite, or be rude & refuse.
I tried my best to perswade them not to drink the drink, as not only was he not drinking, but you didn't even see him making them!*
But being boys with controllers in their hands, they ignored me...and she was poisoned!!!
Acemazing game, definitely play it if you have the chance. I'd totally recommend it to anyone, especially if they don't usually play games.
*Totally been paying attention to all the police in school who told us we were going to be spiked every weekend...Eastbourne's such a lovely place!
Most other games, I find are good & all but when I can't do something...or get stuck somewhere...I just have no patience! But I suppose there are worse things to get angry about :]
t 
Stupid game.* *I may be slightly biased, as I get a touch angry when I can't get past a certain place in a game. This is why I don't usually play video games
But it's pretty cool that chrome are giving it away for free today!
What with that, and Google's Homepage today, it's pretty ace :]
Speaking of games (of the computer/games console variety), there are a couple I don't generally mind, and one I even request to play with The Boy when we have time to do nothing.
One of the games I don't mind playing - and I say this having lived in a house with four other people who loved playing all sorts of games - is Skate.
I can see how it might get a bit boring after a while, but it's quite quiet and the sound might grate on some, but it's the kind of repetitive noise you grow to quite like I think...That, and do a great impression of! Ha.
Another I don't really mind is Viva Pinata. This is quite a girly game, I suppose, because it's got cute made up animals and you have to grow things for the animals to eat so that they evolve! (Which is a lot more exciting when it happens, trust me).
But the one that I really do enjoy playing and request to play is Heavy Rain.
"Heavy Rain's story is a dramatic thriller modeled after film noir, featuring four protagonists involved with the mystery of the Origami Killer, a serial killer who uses extended periods of rainfall to drown his victims. Ethan Mars is a father who is trying to save his son from being the next victim, while investigative journalist Madison Paige, FBI profiler Norman Jayden, and private detective Scott Shelby are each trying to track down clues to the Origami Killer's identity."
Just reading the synopsis makes it sound like a really engaging film, and playing it is even better. I love that you can take control of the characters - a great example of this was when The Boy had just bought it, and was playing with our housemate. I wasn't playing as I'd just got in from work but stuck around to watch (it really does look amazing - if you're into the way films look, I'd recommend it just for the atheistics), and they were playing the part of the journalist Madison Paige.
She's a young woman (I'd say mid 20's, but they probably tell you her age somewhere in the game), and had gone into this creepy old man's house to ask him questions about the killer. The old man left the room, so Dan & our housemate James had the choice to look around the room, and you choose where she looks, how long for, etc.
Anyways, they had a little look around & after not finding anything sat back down just as the old man was coming back into the room with drinks for him and for her.
The old man offered Madison a drink, and Dan & James had to decide wether to drink & be polite, or be rude & refuse.
I tried my best to perswade them not to drink the drink, as not only was he not drinking, but you didn't even see him making them!*
But being boys with controllers in their hands, they ignored me...and she was poisoned!!!
Acemazing game, definitely play it if you have the chance. I'd totally recommend it to anyone, especially if they don't usually play games.
*Totally been paying attention to all the police in school who told us we were going to be spiked every weekend...Eastbourne's such a lovely place!
Most other games, I find are good & all but when I can't do something...or get stuck somewhere...I just have no patience! But I suppose there are worse things to get angry about :]
Thursday, 5 May 2011
Sans Vous, ma petite un.
Out of interest - if you're reading this & have me on Twitter, tweet me your favourite film quotes! & not the "I love lamp" type - nice ones, please :)
The tattoo on my right foot reads "Sans Vous" (or phonetically - "soun vou").
It's French for "without you" - a quote from the film Amelie. It's short for;
"Without you, today's emotions would be the scurf of yesterdays".
Scurf means just bits and remainders, such as dandruff and the scummy bit left in the bath.
I take this to mean that without 'you' (and I like it, because it can apply to anyone who causes you to react to them in any way), the emotions felt today would just be the scummy remainders of yesterdays emotions - like there would be nothing new, and it would just be a bit blah...if that makes sense?
Usually when people ask what it means, I just say "without you" - which in turn, sounds a touch 'emo', but I don't necessarily want to explain the full meaning to just everyone...
So I do think it's pretty awesome when people I actually know really well, or have known for a long time, or those who just listen & remember know what it's short for - they're few & far between!
And I do think it's reasonably important that when someone has something marked on their body for life, that if you're told why, you generally know...plus most of the time the storys behind tattoos are awesome :)
Can't wait to book the next one!
xo
Ps. If you've never seen Amelie...take the time, it's totally worth it.
http://youtu.be/8G7CkdZoEK4
The film itself is subtitled, but the only English trailers have a ridiculous American Movie Voice over the top, which ruins it!
I reckon this, & Vanilla Sky are probably two of my favourite films...possibly a topic for my next post :)
...watch this space!
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