Tumbleweeds...

Hoping that epic stretch of insomnia is over tonight. Work don’t really deserve another day of...

May 1st

Happy bright and sunny May day people:)

May 1st

Lied earlier on. Fluffy chicklit exerting its evil allure too strongly to resist. Banks back on the...

Apr 30th

Given up on aged scanner. Damn thing is 8 yrs old - think can treat myself to new one? (Though how...

Apr 30th

Trying to get my aged scanner to play nicely with the aged PocketCalculator

Apr 30th

Image upload solved with cunning use of digital camera....

Apr 30th

Insomnia 2: I wish I could draw what I really see in my...

Apr 30th

Insomnia 1: I wish I could draw what I really see in my...

Apr 30th

That Wednesday Feeling

Apr 30th

Actually put fresh sheets on the bed as soon as I stripped it, so no making the bed at midnight for...

Apr 29th

And one mattress ordered. Bless IKEA online delivery (but zeesh at the delivery charge). Blissful...

Apr 29th

home from work early. Back imploding. WILL buy a new mattress tonight, expense be damned!

Apr 29th

To the different ones

Apr 28th

Trying BadBehaviour plugin alongside Akismet. Well, got to try something - 507,762 spam....

Apr 28th

4 hours sleep. NOT enough. Silly insomnia. Late-night TV was crap last night too!

Apr 28th

1421 & done http://tinyurl.com/5e82ro Just time to see race finish

Apr 27th

Sunday Roast: I’m going to go crazy and I’m...

Apr 27th

12:42 and I’m starting the Roast. Will I get it finished in time to see the end of the race?...

Apr 27th

Don’t know what devil woman who calls herself hairdresser put in hair yesterday, but I...

Apr 27th

Wake up and find I have got more than half a million piece of spam on Bright Meadow! 502,373 to be...

Apr 27th

And upon the realisation that captchas are an even worse idea when you are mildly tipsy, I shall...

Apr 26th

Home from Dungeon. Fun. Knackered now. First time in 4 years not managed to get a taxi from outside....

Apr 26th

Trying to decide what to wear tonight. Finding it very tricky.

Apr 26th

Like a Phoenix from the Ashes

Apr 26th

Back where i belong: http://tinyurl.com/6qbcyo

Apr 26th

Test Number 5zillion

Apr 26th

It flies, phoenix like!

Apr 26th

Turns out, i was hacked a while back :( What sort of lowlife scum would want to hack little old me?!

Apr 26th

Now the fun starts to find a temporary theme I can live with

Apr 26th

IT’S ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! @karmatosed you totally rock and I don’t have the words...

Apr 26th

halfway there! now running 2.5.1 still unexplained mysteries though…

Apr 26th

why is it never as simple as you think it is going to be… *glowers at Fasthosts*

Apr 26th

spread the word: Fasthosts suck. Totally. Completely and utterly.

Apr 26th

OK, we’re going in. Fingers crossed there’ll be a working brightmeadow.co.uk shortly!

Apr 26th

I need to stop waking up early at the sodding weekend! Morning all.

Apr 26th

Got to be up early tomorrow. Papers to finish write/prettifying for important visitors. Scary to...

Apr 24th

Nothing finishes the day quite like your ex ambushing you on im, telling you he’s now married...

Apr 24th

Why is it when determined to leave work on time end up leaving later than ever?

Apr 24th

Had to make 2 cups of tea this morning. Poured OJ instead of milk into the first. Wow, I’m...

Apr 24th

And now it is time to curl up with Iain Banks (Dead Air, good book) and then go to sleep.

Apr 23rd

I Am What I Am Not

Apr 23rd

The joys of spilling your guts on the internet. Blogging as free therapy. http://tinyurl.com/6rco83

Apr 23rd

I Am What I Am Not

Apr 23rd

Where the frack did chat appear from in Facebook?! Don’t people know that one of the reasons I...

Apr 23rd

Big Dog, Little Dog

Apr 23rd

Alas no job @ penguin for Cas *Sob* Anyone else want to hire me? I’m bloody brilliant &...

Apr 23rd

Drowning sorrows down Goblets. Feel free to join in?

Apr 23rd

… please not another day spent staring at spreadsheets & interminable lists of client...

Apr 22nd

Totally in love with this weeks We Tell Stories http://wetellstories.co.uk/stories/week6/

Apr 22nd

Time for sleep again. Tomorrow will be more productive than today, it will dagnabbit!

Apr 21st

Sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep. Suspicion that this is a busy week coming up. Oh, I do so...

Apr 20th

Been hitting the “next blog” button on WP.com for 10 minutes. Yet to find something new...

Apr 20th

Why oh why does radiotimes.com always break when I want to know what’s on TV?! Alternatives...

Apr 20th

Got “we’re all going to the zoo tomorrow” stuck in my head for some reason. Now I...

Apr 20th

Sunday Roast: cheese is particularly...

Apr 20th

3 hours later! I really need a better system http://tinyurl.com/65vq5n

Apr 20th

Sunday Roast: cheese is particularly...

Apr 20th

OK, up, breakfasted, showered, dressed and ready to hold a conversation before 10am on a Sunday?...

Apr 20th

Sends hugs to @system13 :)

Apr 20th

Finished watching Catch & Release. Predictable, but surprisingly well done & enjoyable. Now?...

Apr 19th

Back from back massage. Blissfully unkinked and about as stressed as a sleeping labrador puppy....

Apr 19th

It’s BST i refuse to wear shoes. Direct quote stupid girl @ busstop shivering in flipflops in...

Apr 19th

It’s always depressing when you loved the first 3, have been eagerly awaiting the 4th book,...

Apr 19th

waiting for washing machine to finish so can have a shower & actually get on with my day. Yes,...

Apr 19th

Have I just missed this in the UK media? http://tinyurl.com/6aupeb UK police + Facebook…

Apr 18th

The problem with not having an appetite for 3 weeks is when it comes back you have no frelling clue...

Apr 17th

You know those days you shouldn’t be let out the house without adult supervision? Yeah, today...

Apr 17th

Going to catch some zzzzz’s. Interview stress = more knackering than expected. Clearly not...

Apr 16th

The No Diet Diet

Apr 16th

The No Diet Diet

Apr 16th

On train home thinking of all answers *should* have given! Ah well all can do is wait till next week...

Apr 16th

Ok. Here goes nothing.

Apr 16th

Quite the most depressing sight in world: getting to platform & watching your train pull out.

Apr 16th

Hair straightened. Task written. Not too promisingly though Word just crapped out on me. PLEASE say...

Apr 16th

Nearly there with marketing campaign from hell. Going to let it stew over night and hopefully will...

Apr 15th

Where’s my muse when I need her? Now absolutely petrified about tomorrow. If you see a...

Apr 15th

15-04-08_2032: Continuing the series of “daily shot...

Apr 15th

Repeat after me Claire Louise Kemp: I will stop sabotaging my chances & WRITE THE BLOODY THING I...

Apr 15th

Really hating the stats feature of wp-hosted dashboards. Am *totally* freaking out over...

Apr 14th

Stationery: Happiness is a project support coordinator with...

Apr 14th

Ooops: My gym cares about me. They send me little notes when...

Apr 14th

Happiness is a project support coordinator with a fully stocked and tidy stationary cupboard

Apr 14th

Depressingly close to 1/2 million pieces spam caught on Bright Meadow. Running pool on when I will...

Apr 13th

Ideas: There is an order to these notes, honestly…

Apr 13th

Life Saver: You cannot under estimate how grateful I was for...

Apr 13th

Sunday Roast: come midnight you’re the...

Apr 13th

Sunday Roast: come midnight you’re the...

Apr 13th

Guiltily enjoying a surreal playlist combining Nickelback & Rhianna. Feeling much more human....

Apr 13th

Sending marathon wishes to Hannah & Cat

Apr 13th

Proud owner of a new suit. Damn that was a chore to find. Who’d’ve thought prep for...

Apr 12th

Bless trains with buffet cars and cups of tea!

Apr 12th

Great night out. Far too much food & wine. Crazy canalman genuinely pleased at his birthday...

Apr 11th

Left my railcard behind didn’t i!

Apr 11th

Heading off for a whirlwind visit to London. Out in Covent Garden tonight, back in Southampton...

Apr 11th

At hospital to be taught how to speak properly!

Apr 11th

I love it. Someone actually made it to Bright Meadow via a search for “Grr Arg” (Top...

Apr 10th

Enough is Enough

Apr 10th

Time to stop the excuses: http://tinyurl.com/5v9cx7 (new look as well!)

Apr 10th

Enough is Enough

Apr 10th

Twitter eating my tweets. Grrr. Have made decision to stop evil pills. Waking up @ 5am to be sick...

Apr 10th

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7340005.stm Used to sell both blue mountain & the...

Apr 10th

Got to love a diet book that tells you how many calories sex burns!

Apr 10th

Investigating the GI diet. Damn but eating healthily looks boring!

Apr 8th

Side affects can end now. Please. Seriously, been near 3 weeks now and it’s getting old. (No...

Apr 7th

Submitted application. Gulp. Ah well, it’s done now.

Apr 6th

Done. Not exactly looking forward to tomorrow and data-upload-hell that awaits at work. Ah well, it...

Apr 6th

Final tweaks to CV & cover letter. Will it never be done?! Plus, why *do* I want to work in...

Apr 6th

Huh? But it’s Sunday!

Apr 6th

Huh? But it’s Sunday!

Apr 6th

Driving home past stonehenge in a blizzard. Doubt there’ll be a Roast tonight.

Apr 6th

New series dr who = rather good!

Apr 5th

Talking up BrightMeadow in job app. Feels weird (but strangely appropriate) to be leveraging it like...

Apr 5th

Applying for job at dream company. God help me and fingers crossed!

Apr 5th

Sleeping. Hoping for inspiration with CV writing tomorrow.

Apr 4th

Ack! WP.com upgraded. New look to admin panel creeping me out.

Apr 4th

Feeling need to tweet something other than latest health status (not great if you’re...

Apr 4th

Giants and Pygmies

Apr 3rd

Not sure of the wisdom of this, but hey-ho, there’s always delete option....

Apr 3rd

Giants and Pygmies

Apr 3rd

Feels odd, posting something written by my father on Bright Meadow. Then again, at least he’s...

Apr 3rd

1 confused tourist pointed in direction of their hotel. Think karma balances out me reaming out...

Apr 3rd

Updating about/bio pages when really should be asleep getting better for work tomorrow....

Apr 2nd

Lasted at work till 1530. Not bad going. Knew it was time to leave when boss went “urgh! Will...

Apr 2nd

Chances on me making it to work tomorrow?

Apr 1st

Watching ep7 of Ashes to Ashes on iPlayer. Not got a CLUE what is going on, but enjoying it. Might...

Apr 1st

Composing a new bio/about page. Question is whether to go third person or not?

Apr 1st

Composing a rant against SnapPreview in my head. Also dispensing pearls of wisdom about cc licenses...

Apr 1st

Flying penguins. Adore the BBC right now! http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/page/item/epeng001.shtml

Apr 1st

At home, hiding from April Fool laden office. Also still feeling off colour, so hiding is allowed.

Apr 1st