I love where I live. I love living on my own and being relatively close to town, but I also love the kooks in my neighbourhood. A few weeks ago Shane came to see me and he happened to look out my back window to see the downstairs neighbour's young son battering his Luigi doll (of Mario and Luigi … Continue reading Who Ordered the Pre-Ritalin Kids?

The time was 23:10 on a Saturday night. It was the start of an epic tube journey home from the other side of town. Another passenger boarded the train and proceded to start eating a Magnum. I suddenly remember my friend Meagan and I had bought ice creams that afternoon but totally forgot about them before … Continue reading Mr. Wiffy

There's a substantial amount of boring build up to this story - but bear with me...Last Wednesday I was having something to eat after work before heading off to class. (Philosophy Part 2 - check me out, all educated and stuff). I decided on some yummy soup with crusty bread. Inside the bag of said … Continue reading Butter in my handbag

This last weekend was meant to be a quiet one. I was looking forward to being indoors and still, working on my craft projects, spending time in the kitchen and doing a battery recharge before the social onslaught of May began. (Insert 'yay' face)Irritatingly, for about a week and a half, I had been disturbed … Continue reading Burning Down My House

We have had a very long and rubbishly drab winter. Since this weekend the sun has come out and the mercury has risen to double figures. Glorious. There is a change in the atmosphere in terms of barometers and temperaments. Most of us have been raised to be wary of and stay well clear of … Continue reading They don’t only come out at night

She would be 105 today - that would have been the least of her worries if she had watched the news with me last night.There are a few things driving me to distraction right now, all of which I am trying not to think too hard about because of their anger inducing qualities. Kim Jong … Continue reading Bette Davis’s birthday

I was sharing this blog with some friends this week. I sent them a link in an email and titled it ‘Narcissistic Waffles’ since that, in essence, seems to be what is happening here. As soon as I sent the email I started craving waffles. I could smell them and taste them which made my … Continue reading Being my own Step 8

I ventured out into the frosty Friday air to find a pub in Dalston. I was going to see a band (a friend of a friend of a friend thing) and was grateful it was close to home. Feeling weary from a long week (and hoping my friends would be there when I arrived) I boarded a … Continue reading Cameron Crowe would have loved this

I must now come to terms with a truth about myself, I am a pathological impulse spender. Ironically so too. I resisted a credit card for the longest possible time knowing that the 'luxury' of free money would be too tempting to resist when those shoes winked at me or when that last round becomes three. Christmas 2012 came … Continue reading Damn you, Murphy.

It seems eerily coincidental that they've identified Richard III in the midst of the frozen 'beef' fiasco. For those not in the UK, frozen burgers and now frozen lasagnes have been tested and found to contain horse meat, some up to 100%. Oops.The urge to be a bit smug as a veggie is there, but … Continue reading My Kingdom for a Horse