Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin. Today, I want to share a word with you. It has come to my attention that not everyone knows about this word which I grew up with. It's a good word, with some good meanings. Pronounciation first - it's like "Cainites", but with an "f". Say it with me:

Fainites

There. Don't you feel a bit better already? ( Read more... )

I sometimes put song lyrics on my status on MSN. And a while back I used a Jarvis Cocker one "I'm not deep, but I am profoundly shallow". Today I found a little comment on this, from my Mum, who has not heard the new Jarvis album and therefore does not recognise this ( Read more... )

Back home from the Funeral. Which went well, although people give me a funny look when I say that, but I mean it. Speaking to one of the Nigerian folk at work, who says that if there is ever a funeral back round his way for anyone of my Gran's age it's more of a giant carnival, celebrating that they had lived so long and so well. It wasn't quite ( Read more... )

Back home. Slept like a log. Spent this morning with my Mum, taking all my Gran's old clothes to the charity shop. Everything is very quiet and still, it's not sombre, or even especially sad. Just calm. Meeting this afternoon with the Funeral Director, and went over everything in minute detail. Then went over it again ( Read more... )

Hello. My mother sends a conundrum, to the internet, via me. Over Anxious Mother and Long Suffering Father have purchased a new TV. It is slim and lovely. The speakers mounted on the walls in the room now do not look as lovely. They look grim and clunky. This is a moral in why home improvements are a dangerous thing, but anyhow ( Read more... )

So, in the spirit of being basically insane, I took kneeshooter home to Meet The Family, and also astound and amaze him with where I grew up ("this is a field", "this is another field, it is much like the last one only a bit damper") Overall the weekend went really well, and he got extra brownie points for washing up and taking some lovely photos, including ( Read more... )

Some days, you are just hot. Today is one of those days. I had a bit of a moaning incident last night at the Hunter game (not at the game I was just feeling a little out of sorts, and there may have been some foot-stamping). However, today, I am on a roll. All of my tasks have been completed for the day and I am considering fixing some of those we- ( Read more... )

For those of you who don't know, my mum regularly sends me chain e-mails of the jokey / kindly advice to pass on to your friends. The latest and possibly most terrifying , kitten filled downright weird one yet.

Clicky here for the Most Twee Thing Ever

Is totally SFW in respect to naked people and rudeness, but you might not want people thinking you ( Read more... )

Sooooo.

This year my gifts consisted mostly of cash-money to pay rent as I have not been paid for 6 weeks, and shall not be paid until end Jan.  Hopefully this will be a short term loan rather than anything more drastic.

So it was a short but sweet haul this year:  Kudos to
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Right.

Been home now for over 24 hours. Would like to come back to London please.  It wouldn't be so bad if it were not for the fact that my brother is here, and has brought a ridiculous amount of work home with him from Italy.  I think it's work.  I can't tell, being as I'm not an astrophysicist.  What it does mean is that he needs the internet ( Read more... )