my internet has gone down the last 4 days in a row. so very annoying!

another annoying event was gigi getting a hold of a 'beanbag' type pillow, filled with thousands of TINY styrofoam beads. what a pain that was to clean. gah.

i just opened a punnet of cherries that had been in the fridge for 3 days and there was a LIVE sp*der in them! sadly, the cherries have gone in the bin, the thought of them having been in such close contact with a creepy crawly was too much for me to stomach (literally!). *shudder*

(sp*ders are pretty much my only fear. i won't even say the word, ( Read more... )

having finished the first six weeks of obedience training, gigi and i started the second set of classes yesterday. it was all different dogs from before which is nice as it means meeting new owners/dogs. but some of the names! one puppy is named licky and one is named hugs (different owners, btw). i joked that i'm going to change gigi's name to ( Read more... )

going to see fields of the nephilim this weekend at the shepherd's bush empire (have tickets to both saturday and sunday). hope to see familiar faces there. have a great weekend, y'all, whatever you get up to (hopefully some sunshine!). :D

just bought tickets to this: the goth detectives. noel fielding and russell brand at a charity event on july 28th. not exactly sure what to expect, and a bit frightened as these two guys kind of scare me. but should be fun and funny.

what is it with the weather lately? is it not july? is it not summer? have we somehow been transported back in time to winter a la doctor who ( Read more... )

happy fourth of july to those celebrating today. i might even manage to get out of the house this weekend in honour of it. funny thing, though - mark works at the british hq of a large american company. every fourth of july the company throws a big catered party with an open bar to celebrate american independence, no taxation w/o representation, ( Read more... )

i've been watching the lots at a local auction house for months and finally now have some furniture in my room, hooray!


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bit of a long shot, i realise, but does anyone want to see cyndi lauper at shepards bush in october? tickets go on sale 9:30 a.m. (friday). ticket are about £40 depending on vendor ( Read more... )

... the worst thing about owning a dog would be picking up poop. no, the worst thing about owning a dog is having to stand out in the rain waiting for them to select a spot to poop so you can then pick it up. *sheesh*