December 2008
11 posts
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Happy New Year to man and penguin!
Man, all these days off are amazing. I’ve just finished reading Death and The Penguin by Andrey Kurkov and, although the translation could have been a bit smoother in parts, parts of it really resonated with me. I have a bit of a thing for penguins and the Antarctic right now, don’t I? There was a really gorgeous animation on TV at Christmas which I think was based on a book, about...
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A blog without pictures
The last couple of summers have been humid and rainy, and people have done very little but complain. Global warming etc, birds are dying because there aren’t enough insects, Wimbledon takes forever. The upside of all of this appears to be the finest winter we’ve had for years. And now, of course, no-one is stopping to appreciate it. This morning I left the house to go into town and...
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Frozen Cheese
Here’s a beautiful picture from a blogger called Tamsin Gray, who’s based on a research station in Antarctica. She writes the Frozen Cheese blog about her days on the ice. Enough to make you make your snowshoes and head out the door right now.
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The New Writing Model, by Nicola Barker
My reading of Darkmans by Nicola Barker has been somewhat disrupted by the plethora of Disney films on the telly this past week (Madagascar = brilliant, Narnia = lots of beautiful snowy scenes but lots of that bloody toothless girl as well), but now that I’m back in Manchester, my head is buried in the book again. It’s very funny. There have been times that I think if it wasn’t...
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"There's no place like home! There's no place...
Well, Christmas has been and gone and I’m back in the office again. Mercifully though, I’m all on my own, so can ease myself back into the real world at my own pace. Yesterday was mental, because financial year end is looming at my other job, and I nearly forgot that my invoice deadline was 2pm. Still, at least it’s warm enough there. I’ve wheeled one of the...
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"Halleluj-ooh-oooh-ooooh-yaaaahh..."
So, the X Factor winner is going to be Christmas number one again this year. Alexandra can really sing, in the way that Leona Lewis can really sing. Belt it out. Make several thousands people all breathe in at the same time. Make adverts for sporting tournaments feel like the most important thing in the world. Here’s a confession for you: I really like Leona Lewis’s cover of...
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How much is a year worth?
I thought I had it all sussed. I was going to go to De Montfort University as a mature student, master Arts Management on a brilliantly interesting course in Leicester, spend my hefty academic scholarship on trips to the theatre and graduate into something something eco-friendly at the Arts Council in 2012. Now though, London South Bank Uni are going to offer me a place starting in the second...
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"My name is Megan and I am a binge reader."
I’ve been working full time for a couple of months now, and coupled with the last few weekends being taken up with all sorts of family commitments, I’ve been feeling a bit wiped out. Nothing to complain about obviously - most people spend their lives in full time work and then come home to kids and dog-walking and piano practice and all sorts. I just go to gigs every now and then....
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Two things bad, one thing good
You don’t need me to tell you that Barry Manilow songs are like aural rape. And, blog posts that are merely links to other blog posts are also gash. This post, however, shows us that while it is amazing that Barry Manilow is gigging again (the pure theatrics of the whole occasion are of titanic proportions as well as ‘Titanic’ proportions), it is also amazing that Barry Manilow...
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Here's a shepherd at Loch Lomond:
Isn’t it beautiful? It’s from The Guardian.
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Just slooooooow the fuck down...
Never let it be said that I hang around doing nothing. I still haven’t submitted my UCAS application (just waiting for a reference from Howard at Humble Soul) but I’ve just got off the phone from a lovely lady at De Montfort Hall, who operate the Summer Sundae Weekender every August. It’s possible that once my Futuresonic contract comes to an end in June, I’ll go and work...
