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a new beginning
I didn't like this, so you can now find me at http://child-of.blogspot.com
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Two things
One funny, one horrific.
1. A conversation:
Background (I've got the song 'Jolene' as head music, and have been singing it in my comedy country style)
Me: I had a friend at primary school called Jolene, she hated that song.
Mark: Do you think she still hates it now?
Me: I'm not sure. She's one of those primary school friends who I can't really imagine now.
Mark: Can't you just imagine her bigger?
2. Oh God, it's horrible.
I just saw a mouse in my bedroom. It ran underneath my chest of drawers. In my room. Where I sleep. With all my things. It was in my room! It's probably there all the time. Oh it's disgusting. I've never been more glad that we have a spare bed - there'a absolutely no way I could sleep knowing there was a mouse in my room. Yeuchk! Also, in the morning - maybe there'll be a dead mouse in my room (we set the trap). Or maybe it will have eaten all of my most treasured possesions (posessions?). It's ok though, cos I've rescued Rory, so at least he's safe.
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#0 in the beginning
So this crept up on me a bit, and in the midst of a busy day I didn't have loads of time to give to the first day of this exercise. This is a bit of a preamble to say sorry that my first entry is a bit lame - tis kind of a tenuous link. anyway, I see this as more of a tool to create some good stories to tell, so here's the first one.
Most days I walk or cycle across Jesus Green on the way to work. It's a really beautiful place, with rows of wonderful trees that must have been planted hundreds of years ago. I got the bus to work today because I have a puncture, and I always have the choice of getting off the bus on Chesterton Road, and walking back over the bridge and across the park, or getting off on Bridge Street and walking the slightly shorter distance down the road. Being a lazy(ish) sort, I tend to opt for the latter (also, because as my friend Lucie says - no decision is a decision), but today I chose to take the plunge, push the button and enjoy the walk. This house is "in the beginning" of Portugal Street, and I think it's very beautiful. I'd like to live in a house that's covered in roses I think.
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Hello?
Who are you from Hull? You, at the university...are you friends with Mark? Have I met you? I'm intrigued.
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I am
angry. I'm really angry, and I don't know how to express it. I threw my keys on the ground and broke my keyring, then slammed the door shut. Very productive!
How do you deal with being angry?
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So what's it all about?
For the month of june, each day will have a different theme - as listed below. It's entirely up to me how I interpret each theme, and I'll attempt to blog at the end of each day - maybe with the occasional photo.
So here it is:
Thursday 1st #0 in the beginning (jem)
Friday 2nd #1 try at least 5 new foods (fiona)
Saturday 3rd #2 take a mud bath (beth)
Sunday 4th #3 fall in love (john-the-wit-whittaker)
Monday 5th #4 do two opposites at once (jason)
Tuesday 6th #5 i saw this and thought of you (jerry)
Wednesday 7th #6 learn as much as you can in half a day about a sort of human love of your choice (romnantic, filial, platonic etc) and then determine how much of what you learn you believe (zoe)
Thursday 8th #7 upside down (liz)
Friday 9th #8 flannel (josh)
Saturday 10th #9 silence (roxy)
Sunday 11th #10 sideways (marika)
Monday 12th #11 spend a day taking notes from the teachers that surround us without going near a school: trees, statues, market sellers... (andrew)
Tuesday 13th #12 live by the dice (daniel)
Wednesday 14th #13 spend a day going backwards (ruth w)
Thursday 15th #14 take a photograph or draw a picture to remember by (christina)
Friday 16th #15 charity shops and a tour with hats (rach)
Saturday 17th #16 bring somebody something which they could not normally have or have achieved (annie)
Sunday 18th #17 supersize me (ruth r)
Monday 19th #18 seasonal (matt l)
Tuesday 20th #19 travel as far as you can in a day (in your mind, literally, to a place that is foreign, but close) (emma)
Wednesday 21st #20 stay longer than you would have done (me)
Thursday 22nd #21 spend a day in the life of an old person (katherine)
Friday 23rd #22 holly (phil)
Saturday 24th #23 embrace : gravity (matt i)
Sunday 25th #24 race a fairground ride horse (nick)
Monday 26th #25 self raising (sian-lee)
Tuesday 27th #26 do something you have dismissed as being "impossible" (kate ob)
Wednesday 28th #27 ?I love her because she moves in her own way? --the kooks (chris)
Thursday 29th #28 sing for your supper (jacko)
Friday 30th #29 a day of atonement (matt b)
I'm not entirely sure what happened to #30, but will attempt to sort it out soon.
Edit: I've added a #0 and dates for all the challenges. Here I go!
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Surely not being introverted?
I'm having a very rare moment right now. Not that it's rare to have a moment, but the type of moment I am in is exceedingly bizarre for me. There are people in my house, who I like, who like me and have invited me to join them, and I've decided to sit on my own downstairs. And it's not because I'm tired, or upset or annoyed with anyone, or working or anything else that might be a good reason to reject human contact. I have in the past wondered if I'd ever spend time on my own if it wasn't necessary. Tonight however, 1 housemate and 3 friends are upstairs watching The Seventh Seal, which is a 'heavy' film, by all accounts, set in medieval sweden, and I don't feel that I have the brain capacity to engage with it. Instead, I have chosen to watch Season 6 Dawson's Creek, which demands much less of me. It's not the best season, to be honest once they left Capeside it all got a bit crap, but I like the characters - in a way they seem like old friends, so it's nice to be kept up to date on what they're doing.
So that's what I'll do - curl up on the armchair with me pretty little iBook, and a couple of episodes of Dawson's Creek. Quite comforting really.
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