Just over a year ago I came to a dreaded title in the big pile of books I was planning to read - 'So Me' by Graham Norton. I've long despised the man as a comedian so I was convinced that I'd hate his autobiography, but my mum convinced me to at least give it a go and I ended up thoroughly enjoying it. It wasn't especially camp or ditzy, and for ( Read more... )

My gym seems to be adopting an unsettling trend for piping VH1 Classic into the building. Maybe it's just me, but when you're trying to power through those last few minutes on the cross trainer or straining to finish that last set of weights reps the last thing you want to hear is somebody's choice of top 10 classic crooners. Especially when the ' ( Read more... )

So, the day before yesterday my dog died. Well, if you want to get technical about things, he had a stroke that meant his back legs stopped working and when mum and dad took him to see the vet all three of them were in agreement that it was finally time for him to be put to sleep. But that doesn't sound half as graceful, and by the time I get about ( Read more... )

One of my cousins gets married on June 14th. I've been playing coy all year as to whether I can make it or not, what with it being right at the end of my final year and me not knowing what I'm going to be doing this summer, but since she's one of only three I have I've always kinda felt like I should really be there even though her side of the ( Read more... )

It's amazing the things you can find out about the love lives of your relatives when time and patience are on your side. Like the fact that mum's first husband liked to cross dress, or that my sister knew her first boyfriend was sleeping around and stayed with him anyway, or that my gran was engaged - or planning to get engaged, I forget which - to ( Read more... )

Item #1 in the 'Notes I Have Found Taped To Myself' series ( Read more... )

Finally, a day off work! Not that I can really complain since I did agree to do the shifts in the first place, but between the stock count and yesterday's afternoon shift with a contender for the world's most happy/incompetent person I'm quite glad it's the weekend ( Read more... )

Next time work asks if I can do three shifts in as many days I'll try and remember to check what time of year it is. Don't get me wrong, work is a good distraction from the Egyptian-Incan war I'm about to embark on and money is money no matter the task at hand, but somehow I'd forgotten that Easter vacation means stock count. And stock count means ( Read more... )

The definition of a 'short cut' has officially been extended to include routes that would be shorter were it not for three lots of road works and two cases of getting lost ( Read more... )

It's a sorry state of affairs when you're able to finish the latest James Patterson novel in just under an hour and a half. Of course some people would say it's a sorry state of affairs if you're reading the latest James Patterson at all, but I've never been one for literary snobbery and I needed something light hearted before I start on The God ( Read more... )