- The cat just sneezed so hard that he fell over. #
- @strowger78: he's fine, he was mid hour-long-hug at the time so was out of the habit of standing up by himself anyway :) #
- @sarahjarvis: near(ish) you, apparently the asda on holt rd & moortown sainsburys have clothes/textile recycling bins #
- Need some new (to me) fiction to read: anyone got any suggestions? Books I like – http://is.gd/teT4x4 – but contemporary stuff is good too #
- Went out to get the bus. Missed it. Went back home. Went out to get the next bus. Missed it again. I am the fail. #
- Next-door-but-one's cat drooled all over my boob during a mad tickle session in the street. #crazycatlady #
- Last night of our drama showcase this evening – can't wait for an evening off :) #
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- Dear naturally cool yet still sunny office, i love you. love, me. #
- .@johnleach just brought me a jug of squash with ice cubes in it. what, it would have killed him to crush the ice? pff, lazy boyfriend. ;) #
- Tidied my desk for possibly the first time in 2011. It's strange to be able to see the table top. #
- @grwndi: if you're being serious and not (just) smutty, we make marrow cake when we're bored of eating it as a veg – http://is.gd/moRJzQ #
- Couldn't work out why my syncing thing had stopped syncing between computers. It'll probably be because I turned it off. *facepalm* #
- Sad dog is sad because, after a few people-busy weeks, none of her friends have come to visit her today. http://twitpic.com/5ij163 #
- Woo, taught the dog a new word: "post" as in "go pick up the post". My plan to have a furry grunting servant is coming to fruition, mwuhahah #
- Can't wait for @johnleach to go to Leeds Ruby Thing so I can eat leftover curry. #
- My most common typo: declaring I'm "busty" rather than "busy". #
- In the sea at southport. Hoping I don't drop my phone. :) #
- Fun day in Southport – Lily experienced the sea for the first time, very funny. Also had pink&white ice cream and bought books. Many wins. #
Just over a year ago, I wrote a list of my favourite British simple living, green and craft blogs – and I thought it might be time for an update.
As I said then, I do read (and very much enjoy) a lot of blogs from the US (and Australia) because a lot of the information transfers but it’s also nice to read from other Brits, who have to put up with our not-always-perfect climate, buy BOGOFs at supermarkets rather than use coupons and know the correct terms/measurement units for crochet & baking ;)
Wild food/woodland living:
Green fingers:
Crafty crafts:
General simple living:
Oh, and of course, The Really Good Life is really good too ;)
(I’m always on the look out for new blogs to add to my feed reader – if you’ve got any simple living type suggestions, please leave the details below!)
- @Scampering: ugh. i hate grey "chocolate" things. i would have demanded another less grey, less vile dessert if i was you :) #
- @davidsmalley: hurrah for greenery! :) #
- Having a week without sugar treats & caffeine. I want to nap so badly right now. #
- Probably a good thing @johnleach is out of the house today: I feel groggy, tired & irritable. Wonder if it's the lack of sugar or caffeine. #
- Lily dunking herself in every pool in the beck is cheering me up – happy doggy #
- Dog, who barks at everything & nothing, was actually barking at something (postman) but i didn't believe her. #dogwhocriedwolf #
- @grwndi: i got caught singing "where has the dog gone?" to tune of "who let the dogs out" complete with woofs while out t'other day *shame* #
- @strowger78 @caius i think i speak for @sarahjarvis @andatche @creosotethewife etc when i say SHUT THE CHUFF UP ABOUT PIZZA. #
- Just changed my ebay account login from a nickname to my real name. Feel like it's a rite de passage into adulthood. #
- Did I wake up as a vampire? Stood in the sun for five minutes and felt like I was about to burst into flames. #
After doing the last ones, I just had to do it for this too.
And it was almost as fun as playing the games ;)
(Click to enlarge, naturally.)
Age 5-10:
Platform: ZX Spectrum, ZX Spectrum +2, ZX Spectrum +3
Games of note: Horace Goes Skiing, a Scooby Doo game, some adventure game where I couldn’t get passed the fourth screen no matter how hard I tried, Mailstrom, Paperboy
Age 9-11:
Platform: Commodore 64
Games of note: Snare, Football Manager, Split Personalities, Skool Daze, a Bubble Bobble game, Daly Thompson’s Decathlon,
Age 12-14:
Platform: NES
Game of note: Super Mario Bros 3 (far eclipsing all others to the point that they’re not worth mentioning)
Age 15-19:
Platform: a 286 PC
Games of note: Moria, Monkey Island 2, Indiana Jones & the Fate of Atlantis, Pinball Fantasies (many keys broken), Chemquiz (which is why I know the periodic table and all the elements now)
Age 18-19:
Platform: D’s brother’s PC in Bradford
Game of note: Transport Tycoon Deluxe (my first very antisocial addiction!)
Age 19-21:
Platform: our PC in Liverpool
Games of note: Civilisation 2/Civ 2 Test of Time, Tropico, Age of Empires & Age of Empires 2 (played over the LAN with Alex), The Sims, Shadow Warrior (not the actual game, just the level editor)
Age 21-23:
Platform: Yahoo Games while bored at work
Games of note: Literati (*cough*Scrabble*cough*), Chinese Checkers,
Age 22:
Platform: PSOne at Dan’s and at ours
Game of note: (ours) Tekken 2 & something Tony Hawk-y and (Dan’s) Bustamove 2 (many hours spent putting the world to rights)
Age 23:
Platform: laptop running Debian
Games of note: Five or more, (what is now) Swell Foop
Age 23-26:
Platform: XBox
Games of note: Psychonauts, Fable, something in the Tony Hawk series, Super Mario Bros 3 on an emulator, Soul Calibre 2
Age 25:
Platform: PC
Game of note: World of Warcraft, oh yes.
Age 27-onwards:
Platform: laptop running Ubuntu
Game of note: OpenTTD (Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe)
Age 28:
Platform: Nintendo DS
Game of note: Harvest Moon DS (gardening and keeping chickens before I could in real life)
Age 28-onwards:
Platform: Nintendo DS
Game of note: Scrabble DS, Zookeeper
Age 29-onwards:
Platform: On ubuntu under WINE
Games of note: Age of Empires/AoE 2, Theme Hospital, Tropico
Age 29-30:
Platform: XBox 360
Games of note: Fable 2, Hexic
Age 30:
Platform: PC
Game of note: World of Warcraft, oh yes again.
Five favourite games overall (in no particular order):
- Super Mario Bros 3
- World of Warcraft
- OpenTTD
- Tropico
- Psychonauts
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