Tumbleweeds...

Left my bloody brolly at home. Shity end to a crap day.

Mar 3rd

Annoyance level at 7 and rising. Only not higher as going to get lunch in 20 minutes. Must escape...

Mar 3rd

OMG she’s driving me insane! I thought headphones on was the international symbol for...

Mar 3rd

Was actually looking forward to having office to myself today. The chatty part-timer is in. Bugger....

Mar 3rd

Spotify, oh how I love you!

Mar 3rd

Taking LONG list of titles and finding ISBNs. Why does this reading scheme have so many titles?!

Mar 2nd

Name me a band someone - am at musical impasse and need some suggestions.

Mar 2nd

To Do Pile self defense lesson one. List, prioritize, turn off email, work through list. Repeat till...

Mar 2nd

frontyard: Spring has definitely sprung

Feb 28th

Awake for what looks to be a fantastic saturday!

Feb 28th

Turning people down for meetings. Denying them feels surprisingly good.

Feb 27th

ExpectingFriday from Hell if the Diminutive Sicilian has anything to say about it, but the weekend...

Feb 27th

Back to the meeting schedule sudoku. Hey ho. Already missing catalogue/design panic

Feb 25th

XKCD today - http://xkcd.com/548/

Feb 25th

Got out the wrong side of the bed this morning, literally as well as figureatively. Stubbed my toe....

Feb 24th

Can’t believe I’ve had to come home to send a file to someone! Of COURSE the FTP crashed...

Feb 23rd

Nearly at the end. This catalogue is going to kick ASS!

Feb 23rd

Last day of catalogue designing tomorrow. Morning of frantic rewrites and diplomatic space...

Feb 22nd

Might be re-writing that report tomorrow. Sneaking suspicion I was a tad harsh. Then did waste my...

Feb 22nd

Must-not-rip-author-to-shreds. It could be me one day soon(ish). So hard. WANT to rip. Stupid first...

Feb 22nd

Trying to write readers report for m/s just read. Not sure “hate it with firey passion”...

Feb 22nd

Sunday Roast: rejoice!

Feb 22nd

I am such a light weight. White wine is evil. Posh Fish on Walton Street is great!

Feb 20th

Knew I spoke to soon. Bloody dictionaries being stubborn.

Feb 20th

Just dictionaries and minor cover tweaks, and sorted. Fingers crossed that that light at the end of...

Feb 20th

Brain. Fried.

Feb 19th

As expected, non-fiction placated. Storm in a tea-cup

Feb 19th

Time for bed said Zebedee

Feb 18th

Home. Ah, my lovely bed. Let me sit on thee and read a good book.

Feb 18th

Hiding from non-fiction

Feb 18th

You forget after a while why you follow a strict diet. Then you stray, push the boundaries, dare to...

Feb 17th

Things I have learnt

Feb 16th

Back from the gym. Ooof. Why do there have to be steps UP to get out the building? My legs are not...

Feb 16th

Thing I’ve learnt today 2: Costa Rica doesn’t have addresses. Hand on heart, had to...

Feb 16th

Lambrini and orange juice is a surprisingly good combination.

Feb 16th

Sunday Roast: making weapons with weather

Feb 15th

http://twitpic.com/1iao6 - Those damn blood baths are never open when you want them to be!

Feb 15th

Keble College

Feb 15th

Keble College: Felt very sneaky taking these shots…...

Feb 15th

Keble College: Felt very sneaky taking these shots…...

Feb 15th

Natural History Museum - ceiling: The first thing I said...

Feb 15th

Please Touch: How often do you see a museum exhibit that...

Feb 15th

Dino Map: A map of where dinosaurs have been found in/around...

Feb 15th

RAR!: Behind you!

Feb 15th

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Feb 15th

Tuna: A bluefin tuna. This thing is MASSIVE. You somehow...

Feb 15th

Tuna: A bluefin tuna. This thing is MASSIVE. You somehow...

Feb 15th

Wandering Albatros: Big birds. Can’t imagine your pet...

Feb 15th

Hall of Skeletons: I half expected them to come to life, as...

Feb 15th

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Feb 15th

Giraffe

Feb 15th

Efelbunts: African and Asian elephants.

Feb 15th

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Feb 15th

Run Away!: I’m gonna get you…

Feb 15th

So cute…: Yet you know it would happily chomp your...

Feb 15th

And new favourite muffin flavour - lemon and poppy seed (especially from Green’s Cafe on St...

Feb 15th

She Who Must Be Obeyed dragged me out for a walk. Glad she did. Great fun in University Parks and...

Feb 15th

Hiding from the world this valentine’s day

Feb 14th

Bright Meadow just been targeted by viral seeding company. Their tag, not mine. Apparently they even...

Feb 12th

One “you’re getting married - congratulations” card made. I can now sleep the...

Feb 12th

Treated self to (very) nice perfume so going to be sniffing my wrists appreciatively all day.

Feb 12th

Just remembered have tomorrow morning off. Forgot my out of office. Doh. More importantly, when was...

Feb 11th

Bless/curse accessing work emails at home. Now have time for drs tomorrow. Also seen number of...

Feb 11th

Eating some very good chicken and sweetcorn soup from the canteen. Just what the doctor ordered.

Feb 11th

Ratio of profile views converting to winks/emails is unsatisfactory. Time to tweak.

Feb 10th

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Eligible...

Feb 10th

You know it’s a bad papercut when you have time to find a plaster before is starts bleeding....

Feb 10th

Raspberry muffin. Perfect way to start the day. I *will* get bloody Bologna schedule sorted today if...

Feb 10th

Wants braids. Lots and lots of braids. And long hair. Mmmm long braided hair.

Feb 9th

Hot cup of tea, say hello to leg and duvet and pillows and clean sheets. *bored* I only DID the...

Feb 9th

Feel like I’m playing giant game of suduku with book fair schedules. Have I mentioned how much...

Feb 9th

The Fast & the Furious surprisingly not as bad as was expecting. Wonderful silly, fast car,...

Feb 8th

Sudden craving to see The Fast and the Furious. Do I crave it enough to go out in snow to movie...

Feb 8th

Temperature plummeted over past hour. Now it’s snowing again. Go Oxford!

Feb 8th

Working out budgets. Less *squee* than five minutes ago.

Feb 8th

Beware: One insouciant kitty cat. They breed ‘em tough...

Feb 8th

Sunday Roast: he looks like a french...

Feb 8th

Planning and plotting a bike ride. I’m going to ride a motorbike! *squees of glee*

Feb 8th

Lunch is served! http://tinyurl.com/b6f6gu

Feb 8th

Rearranged room means can finally put up my chinese hanging: it’s been in every place...

Feb 7th

*blush* rather than ALLuding to presence of more floor space, meant ILLusion had been created. In my...

Feb 7th

Room rearranged. So rarely sit at desk makes no matter chair doesn’t quite fit. Gained...

Feb 7th

Pet hate - author sites which don’t include a reading order in their bibliographies for a...

Feb 7th

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Feb 6th

Random Geese: Random geese mobbing me on a walk through...

Feb 6th

View: View from my bedroom window this morning. It’s...

Feb 6th

Wellington Green: Beautiful, but treacherous

Feb 6th

Wellington Green: Love the old-style lampost in the snow. So...

Feb 6th

Folorn

Feb 6th

Twisty: Lovely twisty branches in the quad

Feb 6th

View: The view from my office window

Feb 6th

Snow Alsation

Feb 6th

Snow Alsation

Feb 6th

Snow Alsation

Feb 6th

http://twitpic.com/1cs77 - We’ve got some creative folks here at OUP

Feb 6th

snowman

Feb 6th

OK, all pepped up by the Ladies who Lunch - this weekend be a WRITING weekend.

Feb 6th

http://twitpic.com/1cpmk - Not the most attractive footwear in the world, but they keep my feet dry...

Feb 6th

My hair, on the other hand, has not survived the old scarf/head trick in lieu of a brolly. Need to...

Feb 6th

The snowy roads held no fear for me this morning. Dug out my old walking boots. Brought back...

Feb 6th

My boots weren’t as waterproof as thought and stepped in snow-drift over top of boots. Soggy...

Feb 5th

Up from 12 degrees in room to 13 degrees (that’s 53/55 degrees farenheit). That’s WITH...

Feb 4th

Awful admission to have to make, but think I might like cous-cous.

Feb 4th

Don’t think this dating website mlarky is for me. All this winking at men making me feel...

Feb 4th

Disapointed with OUP salad bar. All the rest of the food is so good, why do the salads suck?

Feb 4th

Today’s gonna be a hard day.

Feb 4th

Return of the insomnia. Hey ho.

Feb 3rd

Seeing light at the end of the tunnel for contracts. Can now upload a co-ed in three minutes flat....

Feb 3rd

I cracked. Brought chocolate (Aero) from the shop. Also brought satsuma in vain hope it will balance...

Feb 3rd

PhD boy back in the house. Nice to have someone around, but… I was kinda getting used to the...

Feb 2nd

Had moment where no idea if conversation I’d had with someone was face to face, email, phone,...

Feb 2nd

Awesome! It’s still snowing!

Feb 2nd

Lunch at Al Shami with Crazy Canalman. Yum.

Feb 1st