the importance of being earnest

ask anyone who knows me, I am a very earnest girl... if I'm on your team, boy! am I a great champion for you and everything hope to achieve!

I don't really know where this conviction came from, this 'why not' attitude that has seen me through many adventures, but I have come to realise today that it is the secret of any success I've had in this life... and by success I mean in the task of being a great human being! cos even though I struggle to make the rent and feel sometimes forlorn that I don't have all the trappings of modern life, being a greathuman being is all I am interested in... the amazing friends and family I have, the music I'm making, the life I'm enjoying, goddamn I feel blessed!!!

it occurs to me that everyone you meet, cross paths with, fall in love with, fall out of love with, all leave  you with something you didn't have before that helps you join the next dot in life... I have written some kickass songs about heartbreak and without that experience would I still have any songs? hard to gauge but other examples abound...
an ex love of mine helped a friend of mine publish his book, still reeling from that sweet story!
a really old friend of mine came to see me play last night for the first time, he probably doesn't realise it but his encouragement of me over the last 18 months has been priceless!
also at that same gig a guy who picked me up in his taxi couple of times lately turned up to listen to my songs, he is a lapsed teacher and I'm putting him in touch with someone who can probs give him some work, all this just because we were chatting in his cab... ! <3 it="" nbsp="" p="">
but what is also key, everyone who is leaving me with a little something, is getting a little bit of earnest from me! think about what kind of dog you'd be... I'm a Jack Russell! haha energetic, excitable and supercute! ;) haha

the universe delivers everything we ask for, so make sure you're asking for the right things! and if you see me in the street say hi because you never know how we can make each other's life better or at least more interesting!!!




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follow your dreams

This is a book written by a friend of mine... 

I know it's been a long time coming and I'm so happy for him to have finally achieved his dream of being published! It just goes to show that perseverance sometimes pays off... I've been a fan of Gene's blog since 2006 I think -- the years fly by and it all gets a bit fuzzy with so much sleep & red wine since then... but approximately you understand... ;)

Aristotle said one time "We are what we repeatedly do", good and bad habits maketh the man! 

So Gene stuck to his guns and wrote. And wrote. And wrote some more. And now he has a book to show for it! You can buy it here ;) 

I am using this soundbite of Aristotle's myself this year with regards my musical efforts...

I gig therefore I am a musician! #simples altho Descartes gets a nod for delivery ;)

And you know what, it's working! The simplest strategies are oft the most effective in this life...

Hear my sounds at www.soundcloud.com/shebeat if you please :) 

lippy power

This is me... 

I'm sporting a hat my mum abandoned in the 80s and somehow I managed to keep hold of it (lord knows how I managed this since I've moved about 20 times since then, which sounds like a blog entry waiting to happen!)... I'm also working a newly trimmed fringe having felt overgrown for a couple of weeks, feels great to see my brows again... and the pout is for the new lippy I purchased today from MAC... It's called Pink Nouveau and oh how I love it!

To me this is a perfect example of how simple pleasures can make your day :)

A fabulous hat, a fringe tidy and a new lippy made me smile and how lucky am I to live such a life? And don't think I'm not being serious, I am a big believer in the little things in life (for example did you see my post about Be Lovely Day?!)

Another thing that made me smile today since you asked ;)

my mate Chi wrote this ace song with a lyric that lingered in my head since I heard it on Wednesday... "what's the use of living in the past/ it ain't ever gonna ask you to come back" #wow

love it so much hear it here... 

Be Lovely Day

12.01.2013

Remember Remember January 12th because you're about to witness something lovely!

Well if you choose to take part and spread the word among friends family and colleagues that is, because Be Lovely Day is recruiting!

A friend and I concocted our lovely plan a few weeks before Christmas... wouldn't it be lovely we mused, if on one day we got everyone together to be lovely to each other and send a lovely ripple into the Universe! :o

So simple and yet so effective - no cost required, just word of mouth and a helping hand from our friends on social media - making something happen that could really make a difference!!!

And here we are - preparing for Be Lovely Day a week on Saturday - get involved! tell your friends and your mum's friends and your son's friends cos this is going GLOBAL! haha

Pay a stranger a compliment, make dinner for a friend, call a long distance relative for a chat, bake a cake for your class, so many little things that can put a smile on so many faces and send a ripple of lovely-ness into the atmosphere - pay it forward darlings!!!

Find out more via www.twitter.com/belovelyday

Beerdfest is GO!

Find out all about my Liverpool Beerdfest here

"you make the world a smaller place"

six degress of Kevin Bacon ain't got nothing on Jodester ;)

let me tell you a story about the sort of thing I like to do when the opportunity arises...

I am a big believer in simple pleasures, in the little things that get us thru the daily grind...

so when I heard a friend of mine from across the pond had a gig in NYC on his birthday I plotted a way to surprise him with some english treats*

my friend G drives a cab in NYC and you can read his blog about his adventures here

I thought it would be fun to send G with said treats to meet my friend but Hurricane Sandy tried to thwart me! well Mother Nature can try harder next time, cos my friend received my packet despite the weather and delivered said packet despite work restrictions!

I won't lie, I had the biggest smile on my face when I got the email from my friend explaining what happened when he received this surprise packet -- sufficient to say he was thrilled and that made me so happy...

a friend told me tonight I make the world a smaller place -- and I can tell you that's probs one of my most favourite compliments of all time!

to give is to receive my friends... simple pleasures ahoy!





*McVities Ginger Nuts since you ask ;) 

fresh beards

get them while they're hot folks ;) 

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whirlwinded

life sure ain't boring... and to hell with wanting it to be!

just on the other side of a whirlwind romance with an inappropriate man... lordy I sure can pick them!

but I am so happy to have had the time of my life this last summer and even though him breaking my heart hurt like never before I am determined to only take away the best of it and maybe try learn some lessons for next time... it's all we can do right?

PLUS the best art comes from pain so I got some serious masterpieces in my collection now cos boy did that hurt the mostest!!!

it's so crazy that heartbreak hurts like a physical pain... but heck I lost a few pounds and wrote a few songs so it's not all bad news (you can tell I'm trying my best to be breezy here right? it still hurts as I type but I'm moving on slowly...)

Adam Sandler sings it best in Wedding Singer and it's best to laugh at the bad times right? Just learning to dance in the rain baby!!!

darling Bettie

I got me a Bettie fringe! 

It's been a long time since I saw this much of my face... I was tres startled when I came out of Something Hells the rockabilly barber shop off Carnaby Street in the London but a few days on and I LOVES it muchly... funny how such a little thing can make such a big difference in your appearance.. number one thing I had to do post-fringe-trim was get  me to an eyebrow sharpener! At work people looked at me oddly... 'something's changed...' but they couldn't quite put their finger on what haha I had an Open Mic gig that very eve and got lots of thumbs up for new look so it's a success all round really ;)

Talking of which... if you haven't heard me singing yet, really you ought to! if you go along to www.facebook.com/shebeatmusic you'll find all my info & links, it's all going rather well and I'm enjoying it muchly! gotta love a new hobby, especially when nursing a broken heart... so beards and guitars are keeping me busy!