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Pink For October (kind of)

Right, it’s the first of October, so by rights I should be asking you to step outside the RSS reader...

Oct 1st

BrightMeadow: Lying in bed listening to rain. times like this i love our slanting roof. (via Twitter...

Sep 30th

BrightMeadow: resisting thought of work tomorrow. getting random facebook messages. feeling...

Sep 30th

BrightMeadow: feeling distinctly meh. i need some excitement. (via Twitter / BrightMeadow)

Sep 30th

BrightMeadow: watching Black Adder Goes Forth - the inherent humour of simile elevated to the height...

Sep 30th

BrightMeadow: roasted - http://tinyurl.com/yv8vo2 (via Twitter / BrightMeadow)

Sep 30th

Sunday Roast: not many women can pull...

So I’ve just spent 15 minutes writing a post to explain why I won’t be writing a Roast this weekend...

Sep 30th

BrightMeadow: awake after dormousing it for 12hrs. bliss. now watching a VERY soggy grand prix. Oops...

Sep 30th

BrightMeadow: @system13 - hard to do in 140 characters! basically said something v.innuendo laden in...

Sep 29th

BrightMeadow: just embarrassed little old lady in charity shop by saying the first thing that popped...

Sep 29th

BrightMeadow: awake. waiting to see if I’ve got a lift to the gym. discombobulated because Jo...

Sep 29th

I’m an internet statistic

I can’t find the source right now, but I did read somewhere recently that 38% of women have a secret...

Sep 28th

BrightMeadow: being an internet statistic - http://tinyurl.com/2e25oz (via Twitter / BrightMeadow)

Sep 28th

BrightMeadow: eating best pizza in soton, BSG, wine, gossiping about inappropriate crushes on work...

Sep 28th

BrightMeadow: Trying to write blog idea whilst on bus and slightly drunk. understandably handwriting...

Sep 28th

BrightMeadow: @Gnorb - great idea. (via Twitter / BrightMeadow)

Sep 27th

BrightMeadow: home, watching Jo make gingerbread men - and i’m allowed to eat them as i was a...

Sep 27th

BrightMeadow: equanimity more or less restored after application of fine rose wine and good friends...

Sep 26th

For Illyna, from moose

As Cas mentioned, we hosted a little dinner party on Saturday. Since then Illyna has been pestering...

Sep 26th

BrightMeadow: giving up for the night. wish i wasn’t steaming mad, but i am. damn families to...

Sep 25th

BrightMeadow: repeat after me: tempting though it might be, do not write a letter to your gran when...

Sep 25th

BrightMeadow: limping and writing (via Twitter / BrightMeadow)

Sep 25th

BrightMeadow: wierdly managed to twist my big toe on the way back from work. now hobbling round the...

Sep 25th

BrightMeadow: OK, these people are no longer my ‘contacts’ in Flickr? Why the frack are...

Sep 24th

BrightMeadow: Jo sent me an email with a bday pressie idea on it. I deleted the email and forgot...

Sep 24th

BrightMeadow: It was either buy a bottle of wine and down it in one or buy the new Terry Pratchett-...

Sep 24th

BrightMeadow: Fracked off half way to hell and back. (via Twitter / BrightMeadow)

Sep 24th

BrightMeadow: woken up to rain & wind. Bad combination as must be only british person I know...

Sep 23rd

BrightMeadow: sitting at the computer, wondering what to do… (via Twitter / BrightMeadow)

Sep 23rd

BrightMeadow: @nils_geylen - just get the dvds! I don’t think you’re going to be able to...

Sep 23rd

BrightMeadow: @publicenergy - if you tell me what happens at the end of S3 I am going to have to...

Sep 23rd

BrightMeadow: pondering what colours to paint my nails (via Twitter / BrightMeadow)

Sep 23rd

BrightMeadow: taking a break after four BSG’s. Damn it will Apollo and Kara get themselves...

Sep 23rd

BrightMeadow: @nils_geylen - I was at approx 80. Now at 59 and that still a few too many, just...

Sep 23rd

Sunday Roast: nothing says relax like...

Once again, I wouldn’t trouble yourselves looking for the provenance of the roast title. This one is...

Sep 23rd

BrightMeadow: stopping following lots of people on twitter - it’s not that I don’t love...

Sep 23rd

BrightMeadow: for my sins, now resorting to stalking people on myspace… (via Twitter /...

Sep 23rd

BrightMeadow: Shooing drunk people from my house so a drunk Jo & Cas can go to bed. Good party....

Sep 22nd

BrightMeadow: think I lucked out - dinner party guests who insist on doing the washing up?! I just...

Sep 22nd

BrightMeadow: Knew we’d forgotten something: emergency dash to market for red onions for red...

Sep 22nd

BrightMeadow: watching Jo make pastry - very VERY glad it’s not me doing it! (via Twitter /...

Sep 22nd

BrightMeadow: off to go get supplies for tonights dinner party. (supplies meaning lots & lots of...

Sep 22nd

BrightMeadow: note to self - make sure coffee pot is open *before* tipping it over sink and covering...

Sep 21st

BrightMeadow: Think i just made a mistake. upstairs on bus whilst wearing heels and short...

Sep 21st

BrightMeadow: thankful that Akismet is picking up the spam again. moderating 600 comments a day was...

Sep 20th

BrightMeadow: scan for PCOS, trip to ear/nose/throat specialist for my magical disappearing voice,...

Sep 20th

BrightMeadow: Waiting in drs. running 45 minutes late. read all magazines. v bored! (via Twitter /...

Sep 20th

BrightMeadow: so fracking exhausted & the week is only 1/2 way through. Sleep now. (via Twitter...

Sep 19th

BrightMeadow: @nils_geylen - *starts to cluck like a chicken* (via Twitter / BrightMeadow)

Sep 19th

BrightMeadow: home. watching BSG. Knackered. Can I sleep yet? (via Twitter / BrightMeadow)

Sep 19th

BrightMeadow: is amazed @ number of people who will comment even when instructed to *email*! Morning...

Sep 18th

And now I’m 25

I turned twenty five yesterday. Eek. Twenty Five years I’ve been walking this here earth. In one way...

Sep 18th

BrightMeadow: blog post before I go - http://tinyurl.com/27bp4d anyone got any questions for me?...

Sep 18th

BrightMeadow: cold outside + lots of blankets on the bed = blissfull nesting. Night twitter. (via...

Sep 18th

BrightMeadow: @nils_geylen - Hilary Duff *released* 2 songs?! (at least the worse I can own to is...

Sep 18th

BrightMeadow: @estarla - Stonehenge, Bath & Windsor all in 1 day? That’s some trek! Enjoy...

Sep 17th

BrightMeadow: heading to bed. work tomorrow. ugh after my long weekend. still, more pressies to look...

Sep 17th

BrightMeadow: being hammered by spam. sorry to anyone trying to read Bright Meadow - my server is...

Sep 17th

BrightMeadow: just got an ego boost from the lady doing my nails: “but you’re...

Sep 17th

BrightMeadow: The shoe-shopping gods clearly don’t know it’s my bday. no nice...

Sep 17th

BrightMeadow: sitting in bed, eating toast/nutella, opening pressies, found out I won a book for my...

Sep 16th

BrightMeadow: about to go to sleep. When I wake up I’ll be 25. Eek! (Happy birthday me :) )...

Sep 16th

Sunday Roast: don’t get a gig on

As you’re never going to guess where this week’s title has come from, I’ll tell you now to spare you...

Sep 16th

BrightMeadow: The roast has rarely taken so long to write - http://tinyurl.com/2f6l7b time for my F1...

Sep 16th

BrightMeadow: been banned from my own kitchen whilst Jo bakes my birthday cake. (via Twitter /...

Sep 15th

BrightMeadow: surfing in the living room again. Not sure why, but haven’t sat @ my desk since...

Sep 15th

BrightMeadow: Jo went to the shops and back in the time it’s taken me to do a first pass on...

Sep 14th

BrightMeadow: back from seeing atonement (v. good), eating gnochi (not bad), checking emails...

Sep 12th

BrightMeadow: starting to sort out uni reunions. scary stuff. (via Twitter / BrightMeadow)

Sep 10th

Optimus Prime!: Yes, my dad rocks. He brought me an Optimus...

Sep 10th

Robots In Disguise

I think it is time I told you the tale of me and Optimus Prime. Mother Dearest is convinced that I...

Sep 10th

BrightMeadow: Waiting for the bus after the day from crazy world. (via Twitter / BrightMeadow)

Sep 10th

BrightMeadow: heading off for *another* blood test. let’s hope they 1) take enough and 2)...

Sep 9th

BrightMeadow: @rustyfork - my pleasure :) (via Twitter / BrightMeadow)

Sep 9th

Let’s see if for once I can get ‘mobile blogging’, or at least ‘blog by...

Sep 9th

BrightMeadow: trying to organise a birthday bash. failing. damn friends with busy social lives! (via...

Sep 9th

BrightMeadow: @Winnopeg - doesn’t the built in Mac spell check work for you? (via Twitter /...

Sep 9th

BrightMeadow: realising I can’t write dialogue worth shit. feeling demoralised. (via Twitter /...

Sep 9th

BrightMeadow: sitting on the bed, eating a cookie, drinking tea, typing up last nights inspiration....

Sep 9th

Sunday Roast: smile. It’s September

So what to say about this week? Well, I made it into work on Tuesday (woo hoo!), watched Knocked Up...

Sep 9th

BrightMeadow: got inspired late @ night again & had 2 write 1000 words when just wanted to...

Sep 8th

BrightMeadow: whimpering at my ‘to read’ stack. I really need to keep on top of it :S...

Sep 8th

BrightMeadow: preping for work again tomorrow. wow, how quick the 9-5 becomes routine again after a...

Sep 5th

BrightMeadow: @nils_geylen - yup. i’m an old fashioned gal at heart. i could write with a...

Sep 4th

BrightMeadow: had genuine (i think) eureka moment whilst falling asleep. had to turn on laptop to...

Sep 4th

BrightMeadow: refilling the fountain pen. covered in ink that’s really not washable, no matter...

Sep 4th

BrightMeadow: home from work. knackered. time for sleep. (via Twitter / BrightMeadow)

Sep 4th

BrightMeadow: home from work. knackered. time for sleep. (via Twitter / BrightMeadow)

Sep 4th

Sunday Toast

For those of you who haven’t been following my adventures on Tumbleweeds (and why not?), I am back...

Sep 2nd

BrightMeadow: contemplating sanity of attempting away day tomorrow. logic says no, need to be there...

Sep 2nd

BrightMeadow: watching Time Team repeats. Now *that* is just wrong. why is day-time tv so crap?!...

Sep 1st

BrightMeadow: still alive. just. taken me 6 hours to eat 1 cream cracker. currently marshaling...

Aug 31st