the power of the triangle

is it just me, or does toast cut into triangles taste nicer than its rectangle cousin? hehe

i had such a bit of toast only last night and i was sure it tasted nicer... sometimes i go wild and don't slice it at all! but i reckon triangles rule...

do let me know your own peronal favourite toast recipes...

award winning

i won an award! my very own oscar moment! hehe best radio ad in the whole group - 25 local radio stations and a national one and my ad is the bestest! whodathunkit?! i should put it on youtube so you hear it... note to self, be more technical in 08

i thanked my team and my producers then was ushered off stage to the sound of my ad playing out to a tough crowd! haha i got a hug from the big boss and me piccie taken grasping the bit of glass with me name on it...

i've never won an award at a ceremony before, I've had a certificate in the post, and had a double header win but the other person's name was on it (i'm not bitter... much! haha) so this is my first oscar moment! haha they didn't even wanna give me the mic to say anything but i insisted... gosh i was quite tipsy too...

since i leave the company on Friday it was a very nice leaving present!

top 5 festive films

there's nothing like a festive film to get you in the christmas spirit! with only 9 days to go

here's my top 5:

5 Labrynth - listen, Bowie in tights IS festive!

4 Little Women - I was named after the character Jo so I have a vested interest...

3 White Christmas - Bing! What's not to love?!

2 Scrooged - love Bill Murray's 80's Ebeneezer!

1 It's a Wonderful Life - I really believe it can be! (what a sucker!) hehe


and no i haven't done any christmas shopping yet... ARGH!

everyone is SO getting mince pies from me!

good news dot com

i am so fed up of the news!

is it just me? or is hearing about school shootings, the cost of living and the crazies on the street over breakfast just too much?!

i want to start a good news channel - and no religion thanks very much! how did they hijack the brand that is good news anyways? all religion ever seems to do is cause wars!

if i had the time and the resources i reckon good news in the morning would set everyone up for a better day, a better attitude to other human beans...

i had a random convo on the weekend with my man and his sis about how if you have a nervous scared attitude with people in the street, in the evryday they smell it like a dog, its part of how human beans have survived on this planet so long, they can sense unease, or danger... but we can also create unease which turns into danger if misinterpreted, basically we're all just misunderstood! haha

a guy who's blog i love to read had a situation of misunderstanding recently - you can read about it here - why would someone behave like that to another human being? road rage has occurred i think because of the false sense of territory cars have created for us.. its a natural instinct for a human bean to feel like king of his castle in his own space, and a car recreates this making people who invade this space intruders and to be defensive of... or something, anyways what i mean is people are very rarely that rude close up on the street, even on the high street on the busiest saturday before christmas! its because evolution gives us a survival instinct that says don't cause trouble, keep your head down and stay alive! haha but the car takes away the eye contact which makes people behave in such a rude manner... the man who spat in my friends face, he too had a physical seperation between him and his victim - what a tough guy! he obviously had other sht going on to behave in such a disgusting manner, maybe he had been genuinely ripped off in the past and was taking it on my friend... but it doesn't make it right!

people are funny lot, if you take a step back from most situations you can see a whole lot of confused going on! haha

and the thing with all this bad news making people distrust each other is, if i didn't hear it for a year -would my life be any different? do these wars abroad, crazies in other towns really effect my day to day? seems to me all it does is sell papers, who sell advertising, who want you to buy stuff...

so let's see if i can get good news going on cos i have had enough of the bad stuff!

nice cuppa tea and a biscuit

this week's top 5 is biscuits... best served up with a brew!

5 nice (see above)

4 jaffa cake (is it a biscuit tho, really?)

3 chocolate digestives

2 malted milk

1 rich tea

you can't beat a biscuit and a dunk... especially on a Friday after a very difficult fortnight!

please do share your own biscuit hall of fame!

that is all...

that great big ashtray in the sky

where have all the ashtrays gone?! hmm? answer me that!

the smoking ban in England on july 1st meant the familiar table top friend has disappeared!

i suppose theyv been sold off to non-fascist countries where you can smoke where you like hehe, i'm JOKING! i happen to agree with the ban since i've never smoked and hate seeing my loved ones sucking away on the cancer sticks! it DOES help them quit because social smoking is just peer pressure for grown ups! similarly social drinking is subject to this ridiculous peer pressure, but that's another blog...

but having enjoyed the more glam reclaimed ashtraay for makeshift jewellery pots in the past it occured to me that suddenly there was a mass mountain of ashtrays somewhere gathering dust!

sounds like an entry for the turner prize! haha tracy emin eat your heart out!

it certainly must be time for a coffee table edition lamenting the loss of this sometimes very stylish everyday item... well i'm not busy January so.... hehe

them days are over

have had the busiest couple of weeks ever... i quit my job, i went to my gran's funeral and i had a job interview! talk about an emotional rollercoaster! i'm exhausted!

i'm moving to birmingham to be with my man, you know how it is, nothing ventured nothing gained...

i'm currently seeking a new job but i think i can just about manage if January is a chill-out yoga fest! haha but someone has to fund my fashion fixes so i'm very much putting myself out there, so if you know anyone who needs a creative type in the midlands do let me know! haha

the dole queue beckons... haha

boom boom shake shake the room

so its all happening this week - can't get five minutes to myself!

and in between it all i catch myself off guard and get a lump in my throat about my gran...
i'm trying to get on with things - i'm practical that way, but i guess Sunday/ Monday at the funeral is the time i'll have to catch up with myself and let the news sink in properly...

we all have to go sometime of this i am well aware, but it doesn't make it any less of a shock to the system.. a reminder of how short our time is and that we should use it wisely!

i'm looking 33 in the face come June 08 and what have i got to show for all those years apart from a handful of blogs?! haha don't worry, i'm not being too hard on myself, i had my twenties to do that in, but you still should make an effort to make the most of yourself and your life and i think for me 2008 is going to be taking it up a notch...

time to change gear, make it happen, upgrade! haha and any other business like term you want to use as an analogy to making your life taste bettter!

less TV and more books i think is an easy one, i'm going back to basics (and i do have all those unread ones to get thru, so again i'm being practical...)

think happy thoughts

this week's Top 5 is dedicated to my recently-departed gran Mary...

it's always very sad when you lose a close family member as I have this week, and you can't help but take stock of your life and think how much you'll miss that person...

but i want to celebrate my gran's life by writing about my favourite memories of her

5 her lovely home made cakes and jam
4 sitting in her car on the beachfront drinking tea from a flask and nibbling on aforementioned cakes!
3 going on long walks through beautiful Dorset countryside and discovering where Enid Blyton lived, ginger beer? yes please!
2 playing scrabble together and doing crosswords with a dictionary on hand
1 Christmas '83 at gran's house receiving a wonder woman outfit and wearing it all day

i feel a bit guilty that i didn't visit her more often, yes she lived 6 hours away but should i have made more of an effort? i did write often though, sending cheerful cards and updates on my life, jobs, boyfriends..

now she's gone it's a shame... but she had a long life and hopefully knew we loved her

if you've read this and haven't seen someone you love in a while why not give them a call, write them a letter, heck get on a train and go see them... life's too short to miss out on the little things like scrabble and tea with someone you love : )