Read about my battles with Pre-Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD), my mental health, surviving both childhood sexual abuse and a 12 year relationship plagued with emotional abuse, as well personal projects / challenges, and anything vaguely Jem-related.
Aha, I did something a little strange last night. I “went out”. It’s a funny concept, not one I’m overly familiar with. Local blogger Stuart, aka ‘wonkotsane’ — an old school friend of Karl’s — invited Karl and I out for a drink to celebrate his lovely wife’s birthday. Despite a) not being a drinker… read full entry »
I nearly chopped off one of my fingers while cutting onion tonight. :X
You know you’re officially an old lady when you start collecting empty glass jars, because they might come in handy. Worse, when someone questions why you have said empty glass jars, you feel inclined to justify their purpose… because chucking them in the recycling bin would be too painful by far. Just shoot me now.
I’ve not long come out of a meeting with a client. Sat down to make a phone call, crossed my legs.. only to realise that the price sticker is still on the bottom of my new(ish) shoes. Oh dear.
It’s been somewhat windy the past couple of days, brought to a head this afternoon with a loud crack as our already-damaged apple tree split in half. I’m not surprised, the entire thing was swinging around like crazy! That’ll have to be cut down now, it’s obviously unstable. Still, it was nice while it lasted…. read full entry »
I’ve been waiting in all day for a new chair to arrive. As I’ve now got a desk in the back bedroom to do my studies on, it was only right that I should have a chair to go with it. Anyway, come 4:35 I was getting annoyed and wrote in the q*bee IRC “I… read full entry »
I’m not really a big music listener. It wasn’t until I started work — where we listen to the radio all day — that I actually started buying my own CDs. Shocking, that? Anyway, I’ve joined last.fm so that I’ve got something to bop along to when I’m studying my course guides for the next… read full entry »
You know you need a looong break from the Internet when you look at the TV listings, see: …and the first thing that springs to mind is an insecure script. Totally off topic… if someone pisses you off beyond belief, on levels that it is not possible to talk about without resorting to copious swearwords… read full entry »
Although I’m a self-confessed geek, it’s never really been about the gadgets for me. I don’t need the latest and greatest mobile phone (my ancient Nokia 3310 still works); the MacBook Air is still a poncy piece of kit (a classic example of a sub-standard spec machine trying to be something it isn’t); and I… read full entry »
Now that I’ve convinced you all I live in some sort of scummy drug-filled ghetto where the lowest of the low choose to take root and reproduce, I would like to point out that it’s not all bad. Telford — named after Thomas Telford the famous civil engineer — is home to the The Iron… read full entry »