NaBlo-ing again
I’ve decided to sign up for July’s NaBloPoMo again, because why not? I won’t do the alphabet thingy again, even though it really helped me going, because I’ll have the Tour de Fleece to post about for a good part of the month. I’ll find other things to keep me going for the rest of the time.
The summer spring-cleaning is continuing on here in my flat. I’m on a roll! I’m also going to be doing some tidying of the computer. I haven’t done that for waaay too long. There’s a whole load of pointless old files that need deleting. Plus, I’m going to change my broadband provider to a better tariff.
I’m also ridiculously excited because I just found out that Question Time is going to be on in Bexhill in a couple of weeks. I’m so applying for the audience. I must find out if anyone else wants to go too, though. I’m not sure if anyone I know locally would be up for it, but I’ll check.
X is for X Marks the Spot
I can’t remember if I blogged about this already, but there’s a Pirate Day as part of Old Town Carnival Week at the beginning of August, where they’re trying to get as many people dressed as pirates gathered together as possible, with the goal of breaking the world record. I intend to to along and join in – should be fun! There’s going to be other piratical stuff going on as well. Food, and music, and so on. And of course a Treasure Hunt, though I suspect that’s for kids!
Of course, I’ve got to find something appropriate to wear. I understand there are certain dress code rules that you have to follow to be considered one of the official pirate crew, though I don’t know what that is yet. I must have some basics that I can wear, though. I’ll have to have a rummage through my things. I need to have a clothes sort-out anyway, and send some stuff off to the charity shop. I should call my Mum and find out if she’ll be free to come and give me a lift over there so I can take all my donations at once.
14: A recommendation
While I’m eating my dinner, can I just point you in the direction of an excellent post that Cia made about ‘normality’. I’ve been asked a question about this by Ptyx, and I’ll give a bit of my own take shortly. But I think that Cia says it so much better than I can – you should definitley have a read of “Are you normal?“
6: Very Excited!!
I’m trying to contain myself from jumping up and down and running around the room in excitement. (Well, alright, maybe there was a little jumping up and down) I’ve just had an email newsletter from Concorde2 in Brighton, and Skunk Anansie (now reformed) are playing there in October! Eeeee!! I’m over the moon, because I was always gutted that I never got to see them before they split. I did see Skin play there a couple of years ago, and it was fantastic. I have got to get a ticket!
(And now I’ll go back to working on a bipolar topic post!)
4: Shoutouts
Just a quick one this half-hour to say hi to some people doing the ‘thon – you should go and visit:
- darlas_mom at tales from a twentysomething artist
- Renee Rigdon at Renee Rigdon is Genre Impaired
- Cia at crazed and infused
- And my ‘thon monitor, Noelle aka webgurl at Life’s everyday adventures!
Fibrey goodness
Recently, I’ve been spinning as much as knitting. Jo has lent me her spare spinning wheel which is an Ashford Kiwi and I’ve been having lots of fun with it. I still need lots of practice, and so far I’m using some of the fibre that came with my drop spindle. There’s no fear of me running out of stuff to spin, though: even before Jo lent me her wheel, I had some of the yummy fibre from her Etsy shop. I now have six 100g-ish braids of hers, and I’ll post some pics here soon. Not right now though, because I’m about to upgrade my photo gallery as a prelude to the whole site upgrade – which should be quite soon now! I’ve got some really gorgeous colours in BFL and Merino, and the Merino/Tencel is even more delicious, but you’ll just have to take my word for it until the upgrade is all done and dusted.
In other Etsy news, my friend Rae has opened her Etsy shop, Angel Rae Arts. She’s selling some very cool (and cute) fridge magnets. I love the buried treasure one (which is from a photo taken when she was visiting me a few years ago!), and also the caffeinated cat one (painted) which really reminds me of the Xandermog. *g* The original one’s been sold already, but she’s done some more that aren’t identical, but very similar. Yay!
Pink for October
In case it’s not obvious, I’ve decided to go Pink for October. Ta-daaa!
Well, pink and pinky-purple. And blue. I didn’t have time to do a full redesign. Maybe next month – I’ve been meaning to change this one anyway.
Not Dead!
Despite appearances, the blogathon didn’t kill me. Hoorah! It did wipe me out for a bit there, though, and then I had to spend some time catching up on the things I’d got behind on while I was thus wiped out. But anyway, now I’m back and feelin’ fiiiiine.
So!
And I raised a fantastic $199.66, which translates to £98.64 in real money, all thanks to my wonderful sponsors:
- Heather
- Ally
- Noxie
- Ramona
- Mum
- Carla
- hellolovely
- Anonymous
- Ambermoggie
- talesfromtheplain
- Liz
THANK YOU, guys. And thank you to my excellent charity, MDF, who sent me a lovely email and have invited me to submit a piece for the charity’s quarterly magazine about the blogathon and why I chose them as my charity. I’ll be sending that off to them shortly, so you never know, I might even get in print. :-)
I’d like to highlight a few of the posts I made during the ‘thon – the ones that got the actual content, really. It was amazingly hard to write what feel like ‘full’ posts to me for every one, because it just takes me too long! So there ended up just being a relatively small number of more meaty ones, interspersed by briefer comments. Anyway, the ones I wanted to point out are:
- Bipolar Disorder, and MDF: The Bipolar Organisation
- Fetching So Far
- Excitement! I Won!
- Forest Canopy
- My First Socks
- Loopylou and the Multitude of HP Scarves
I guess that’s all on the ‘thon until another year, then. Maybe next year, maybe not! It’s been three years since I did it last, so I’m not going to commit myself now. But I certainly do intend to do it again… and try to remember next time not to do pretty much a full day’s activity *before* I start, next time…
And now we return you to our non-regularly scheduled knitting posts!
Jobity!
I forgot to mention – I have a job! :-D As of tomorrow, I start as a freelancing / contractor web designer. Woohoo! So, er, I’m off to bed in a mo, since I have to actually get up in the morning at a specific time. Wheee. Yes, I’m a little excited. *geeeeeeeek*
Parry Hotter is teh devilllll! Clearly. O.o
Pupil Appeals Harry Potter ‘Witchcraft’
Well. Huh. Witchcraft manuals, eh? Funny, cos they don’t read much like any actual witchcraft manual that I’ve seen… *snerk*
Is it a bird, is it a plane…
Is it a bird, or plane? No, it’s Angle Grinder Man!! Hah. Well, it amused me, anyway.
As for me, I’m still a bit fuzzy in the head, and sleepier than normal, but much better than I was! It’s definitely improving, and hopefully I’ll be right back to normal soon. Mum and Dad have been up to stay for the last two weeks, and I think it helped having them around, even if they did nag me to death! ;-)
While I’m here, I think I’ll do the Friday Five (a bit late, obviously):
1. Is the name you have now the same name that’s on your birth certificate? If not, what’s changed?
It’s exactly the same: Louise Anne
2. If you could change your name (first, middle and/or last), what would it be?
I quite like my name, so nope, no changes. Although, I’ve been vaguely musing for some years on adding “Margaretta” before the Anne, purely because it’s a family name (“Margaretta Anne”) that’s been in every generation for ages. But hey, maybe I’ll inflict it on the next generation, somehow. Mwahahah!
3. Why were you named what you were? (Is there a story behind it? Who specifically was responsible for naming you?)
Mum and Dad chose it between them… and it was mainly because they liked the name and agreed on it. And that’s pretty much it! Both my grandmothers have the middle name “Louisa”, but that’s more a happy co-incidence than a deciding factor.
There’s more of an odd story behind what I’m *not* called – my parents liked the name Claire, and were going to call me that until they realised that it really doesn’t work with our surname (which also begins with Cl). But the strange thing is, whenever someone gets my name wrong, they call me Claire – it’s happened it many, unconnected places, to the point where I’ve even answered to it sometimes. Very odd indeed!
4. Are there any names you really hate or love? What are they and why?
There are names that have certain associations for me, but I think those are impressions I’ve picked up when I was young. For example, the name “Wayne” makes me think of a snivelly whinger, and I’m positive that’s because of a kid I was at infant school with! Also, in the stories that I’ve written when I was younger (15 and below), there are always characters called Jo, Charlotte, and/or Caroline. I don’t know why I had an affinity for those names… I knew several Joannes and a couple of Carolines, but I didn’t associate the characters with them. I dunno. I just liket them. Names I like now are often due to having friends with those names, or favourite book characters. But I can’t think of any in particular that stand right out for me, at the mo.
5. Is the analysis of your name at kabalarians.com / triggur.org / astroexpert accurate? How or how isn’t it?
Heh. Some of the things on kabalarians were fairly accurate, but then again, it’s a very general thing, so… eh…. *shrug* As for triggur.org:
LOUISE
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From the Italian root meaning “Complete Bastard”
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Expression: Louise is a stinking kleptomaniac.
Personality: Louise would not be a good candidate to babysit your children.
Natural: Louise has no native instincts for survival.
Emotional: Louise uses and abuses friendships.
Character: Louise will turn on you in an instant.
Physical: Louise could use major dental surgery.
Mental: Louise can be apathetic to a fault.
Motivation: Louise hates dealing with the details.
Well, a couple of those are actually kind of accurate ;-) I’ll let you decide which. Hehehehe :-)
Yahoo! News – Caped Crusader
Yahoo! News – Caped Crusader Saves the Day in English Town
That’s just excellent! Bizarre, but excellent. Go, caped crusader, go!! *vbg* In Tun Wells, too…. heh. I shall have to ask Aliiiiiiiiiison if she’s seen him. I think Clara works in that general area, too. Hmmm, maybe it’s Chaz. You never know!
Every town needs a caped crusader, I reckon. Woohoo!
Dress Kylie. Oh go on,
Dress Kylie. Oh go on, you know you want to. Heehee!
And this might seem a strange one, but after seeing all those egg adverts, I checked out eggrecipies.co.uk…. and it has lots of recipes! Of things that you can make with eggs. Big surprise there, huh? *g* But useful – eggs are goooood. Yum.
And it’s bye-bye Queen Mum.
And it’s bye-bye Queen Mum. It’s strange, I suppose it’s not really that much of a surprise, but on the other hand I kind of expected her to just go on forever. She was a tough lady. :-) My first thought when I saw the news was actually “oh no, poor Queen!” – losing her sister and now her Mum within a few weeks of one another. That’s just not good.
Er, and in case anyone feels the need for some cheering up, I had a sudden mad inspired (or cracked-out, more likely) few hours yesterday. Which produced Fellowship of the Rings – Moulin Rouge Style. It’s a kind of parody / spoof of the movie done all in song lyrics. I had fun writing it, anyway. *g*
Britain mourns comedian Dudley Moore
Britain mourns comedian Dudley Moore – I’m sad now. Although, with a disease like that, I don’t think continuing to live would be great either. :-( Rock on, Dudley.
And to lighten the mood a little, some news from the slightly bizarre world of the Xander-cat: His bed is under the radiator in the living room, but apparantly he was feeling a draft. Because he got up, went to the living room door, pushed it shut with his paw, then went back to bed and curled up to sleep again. I tell you, never a dull moment…..
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