This is basically a signal boost from twitter at this point but R.I.P. Tom Walkinshaw. A brilliant man who should be remembered by all.

After several years of success in Europe, Walkinshaw set up the powerful Holden factory team (HRT) in 1988 and also established the Benetton F1 team which Michael Schumacher drove for when winning his first world ( Read more... )

I am totally back LJ! Back in a posting things/commenting/being on IM/being generally weird sort of way ( Read more... )

( TMI angsty health things )

So tonight I went to see Jonsi (of Sigur Ros) live. The music was fantastic and fucking epic. He was a great frontman and the crowd were so into it. But it just wasn't right. There was no spark between me and him. You know that moment of first hearing a song on the radio that grabs you so hard, when the frontman opens his mouth to sing and you can' ( Read more... )

HOW DOES SOMEONE NOT KNOW WHO DAVID ATTENBOROUGH IS OMFG.

ALSO I have finally worked out why saying John Watson (instead of Dr Watson) is weird to me. John Watson! So now calling Sherlock's Watson John is weirding me out in the extreme because all I can think about is John the driver.

THE FUCK IS UP WITH THIS SHIT LJ? FACEBOOK? FACEBOOK ARE YOU REALLY THAT STUPID LJ? IF I WANTED THE PEOPLE ON MY FACEBOOK TO READ THIS SHIT I WOULD BE POSTING IT THERE. RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ( Read more... )

I HAVE A FUCKING CARRandom buying of car was random. We've been sort looking for a while but made a big push this week and saw this one on Autotrader's website. It's a silver Ford KA which lol slightly rubbish but also kind of awesome ( Read more... )

So on paper 2009 should have been a terrible year. My dad was diagnosed with arrhythmia and lung problems, my mum discovered she has diabetes, my cat Felix died of feline AIDs and cancer of the lymph glands, I found out I have polycystic ovaries and at the end of 2008 my depression had come back full force. And yet it’s been the best year I can ( Read more... )

( AND THE FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPION OF 2009 IS... )

F1 has better marshals and nothing else. Now I'm going back to bed.