It was my birthday yesterday! I am 27! I am also old, because my favourite present I received was kitchenware. Yes, it's true, with age comes maturity an irresistable craving for fancy kitchenware.

What's been going on with me? Well...

( I am buying a flat! \o/ ... /o\ )

I've been on vacation from work this past week, which means I've also taken a break from reading the papers. Figures, then, that THIS WEEK would be the week when election fever takes off and a weirdy ash thing in Iceland causes mayhem. It's tough to adjust to a reality where the Lib Dems are making strides (they are? really? I mean, YAY! but... ( Read more... )

I literally cannot believe the number of application forms I have filled out that ask for references, specify that one should be my current employer, and then add, "oh, and LOL, we'll totally take up references on anyone we invite to interview".

?!?!?!?!

No, it is not okay for you to call my current employer at interview stage (i.e. a long way ( Read more... )

I've already ranted about this IRL to anyone who'll listen and, apparently, I'm STILL NOT DONE.

( unsustainable transport systems )

In a new twist of weirdness for America's Next Top Model, they made the models write their own copy for the CoverGirl commericial this week. Ummmm? That's my job.Incidentally, I figured the popularity of Mad Men would mean I'd be able to tell people that I'm a Copywriter and they'd understand what it means. I'm Peggy Olsen! (Not really. She writes ( Read more... )

My wish to spend the weekend sitting in the garden, reading, was rather taken too literally by TPTB*, since my mum ended up locking the back door while I was still outside. She then proceeded to go out for two hours ( Read more... )

Thank you for the scattered birthday wishes that I have seen around. They mean a lot. <3 Also, a very happy birthday to my lovely Canadian twin, Pip.

My sister is paying for me to go to this as a birthday present, which is neat.

I am also generally considering the simple existence of Little Ashes, which opens on Friday, as my own personal present ( Read more... )

I used to mock California endlessly for the near-hysteria that emerged every time it rained. The top story on the local news would always be, “OMG! It’s raining! Will it still be raining tomorrow? What will we doooo ( Read more... )

I think I'm allergic to toothpaste. No, really. TOOTHPASTE. I'm gonna have to start using that tree bark stuff they use in the jungle. o__O

Life is ridiculous.

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The crunch generation

Good article from last weekend's Guardian, which sums up everything I'm feeling now -- and, in fact, everything I was feeling even before the recession. Because, no matter how cynical I may profess to be, a part of me did think that, after excelling at school for *mumble* years, I would walk out of university and actually get ( Read more... )