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Afraid in my own country
Most of my life I forget that I'm not white. Racism doesn't really exist in the adult world in the UK (at least in my experience). Growing up in Britain, I did face bullying and racism when I was a child but that's not been a problem (apart from isolated incidents) since the age of 13/14. So most of my life I've not thought about my skin colour ( Read more... ) -
My music
Whilst I mostly listen to podcasts on my iPod, I do occasionally listen to music (and I'll probably listen to more music). Here's a list of my music:
ArtistName
AerosmithI Don't Want to Miss a Thing
Al StewartYear of the Cat
Alison MoyetWeak In The Presence Of Beauty
All SaintsPure Shores
Belinda CarlisleLeave a Light On
Bette MidlerWind Beneath ( Read more... ) -
Depression, luck and silver linings
It's amazing how fiction can help you see things that you've forgotten. One of the webcomics I read is Think Before You Think. It follows the lives and loves of a group of people centred around Brian, who just happens to be a mind reader. In Monday's episode, a depressed young woman waits for Brian to talk to her. One of the other readers ( Read more... ) -
Webcomics, soaps and being male
Men and soaps don't get on. It's an accepted truth. I may not watch Eastenders, Coronation Street, etc, but I did watch Dallas with my mother when I was growing up. During finals, we got to the Home and Away watching stage (I'm glad that I never got as far as Neighbours). I did follow The Archers when I was university ( Read more... ) -
Music and Politics
Last August an online friend posted a question. She asked if there was any Western popular music that wasn't about love or partying.
My response was that there were lots of Western pop songs that dealt with broader subjects, e.g.:
See What I'm Saying by Powder
Greatest Love of All (this is the Whitney Houston version)
You Are The Voice by John ( Read more... ) -
Quick Update
The knitting didn't work out. I couldn't keep the tension in the yarn. On the good news side, I found a job. I've been busy with that.
I've also been taking a Creative Writing class in the evenings. I've been invited to write a column for a magazine at work.
I recently bought something to help me write Sci-fi/Fantasy stories. I've also got ( Read more... ) -
Ravelry
I recently became interested in knitting. After all it appears in so many stories (not just webcomics like The Knit Princess. After I got into it, I was given the link to Ravelry. Ravelry is a social network whose purpose is to cater to people who enjoy knitting and/or crochet ( Read more... ) -
Loss of iPod
I did not fully realise how much my iPod meant to me until it died a few weeks ago. I used my iPod to listen to podcasts. If I wanted to listen to the news from Canada, or a media show from New Zealand, it was easy -- a few clicks of my mouse and it was added to a playlist I created for podcasts. I could keep up with the news as I shopped, did ( Read more... ) -
Thoughts about New Year's Resolutions
Do you keep to your New Year's Resolutions throughout the year ( Read more... ) -
News
At the end of May Julie and I split up. However, I'm going to wait until next year before I start looking as it'd be too tempting to enter a relationship on the rebound.
My job came to an end a few days later so I'm now looking for a job.