December 2010
Today in London, it hasn't really got light.
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Prime.
Apparently Amazon charged me £49 for a membership that I didn’t ask to continue. What’s interesting is that this happened in August, and I didn’t notice.
On the plus side, they are going to give me a refund. Which is handy because I don’t get paid again for another 5 weeks. It’s going towards the “get emma to NYC in February” fund.
All donations welcome.
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Today the nice man in CycleSurgery said that I...
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I have recreated Focaccia Saturday.
Lunch today. That’s assuming I make it to work on time. I always think I have all the time in the world when I start late. On the plus side, no more late nights at work! I finish at 10pm again! Oh..wait…
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This will be an awesome show. →
I wish I wasn’t working, because I’d be there!
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I can't even explain to you how much I want to...
Just any bike. I don’t have one right now, but the weather has been so much more tolerable lately, I just want to get on my bike and feel alive again. Today I saw a guy park up outside my shop, and as he bent over all up his back was mud. Clearly he shouldn’t have worn a white t-shirt, but I got sad. How can I possibly be the kind of person who is jealous of a guy with mud up his...
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Mary Poppins vs Jurassic Park
How could I possibly choose?
Having a scab on your fingertip is really awkward.
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“So, I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we’ll never know...”
– Charlie, The Perks of Being a Wallflower (via dontstayinbedd)
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iPhone 4
I am now the proud owner of an iPhone 4…. So long Blackberry Messenger. You are perhaps the only thing I will miss.
Pinky-related crimes.
I was thinking of all the pinky-related crimes I could commit while I don’t have a full fingerprint on that finger. So far I’ve come up with a grand total of none. But I’m enjoying the concept.
“Oh! The rinseditch bit!”
– What my mother actually meant was: “The Shoreditch bit.” Proof that you don’t need an iPhone for autocorrect gold.
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Next year I am going to...
It’s that time of year again where I make a list. Last year I wrote it on paper, this year it’s back in the digital world.
Move house (again)
Get a new bike
Build a bike that is all mine.
Get back to the financial security I was in before my brother’s wedding.
Formulate a plan and begin to act on it.
Work harder (not more, just better)
Be bored less
Go somewhere I have...
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My mother makes the best sausage rolls in the...
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Bleedin'.
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Chrome.
I’ve been trying to ease myself into the switch over from Safari to Chrome. I set it as my default browser so that it forces me to use it sometimes. My dad uses Chrome, whereas I’m kind of steadfast on Safari. I’m getting there. There are plus points to Chrome, namely that I dont get Spinny Wheel of Doom on some regularly visited pages where I do get it on Safari. The whole...
Bank Holiday Monday.
In today’s edition of “mondays hate emma”, I have successfully managed to peel off the end of my finger instead of the potato.
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What is wrong with everyone?
My dashboard is full of myspace picture of emo kids, wrongly sourced quotes (ie: it was Marilyn Monroe, not a Swedish Proverb) and peoples ask box questions getting all sensitive and bitchy.
Seriously guys, go back to myspace for all that.
The Gruffalo.
I am almost ashamed to admit that I had never seen the gruffalo until tonight. It is lovely.
I’m now going to sit in bed and read Roald Dahl until I get tired. Oh, rural life.
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Good job I didn't go to NYC for Christmas!
I’d be stuck for sure. Oh wait…. Would that be better?
jhrnnn33 asked: Merry Christmas, Emma! I hope Santa brings you a beautiful new bicycle. And if not, have a wonderful holiday anyway!
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Christmas cheer
Working christmas eve was probably the least stressful experience of my life. I smiled all day, I had fun and I had christmas pie for lunch. Today I got bullied by my boss, and my staff… But I got them all back, and at the end of the night it was hugs all round. Even the customers were pleasant today, except for one: “why can’t I pay after 6pm?!” Er… Because...
jhrnnn33 asked: Merry Christmas, Emma! I hope Santa brings you a beautiful new bicycle. And if not, have a wonderful holiday anyway!
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I'm like Santa with all the stuff I've got to take...
Presents galore. Won’t be around for a few days… Bye!
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Happy Christmas, Tumblr!
Today is my last day at work for 3 days. I woke up super early in order to get ready, pack, tidy up and take all my vitamins (basically all the things I should have done yesterday). Now I’m dancing around my room to Deja Entendu, because no-one is here to stop me.
It’s Christmas. I’m happy!
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Sick.
Everyone around me is sick. At work, everyone is sick in some way. My parents are both sick. My friends are sick. Most have a cough or maybe a headache to match, but a few are really sick. Like my parents: in different stages of the deathly winter sickness.
So today I bumped into one of my friends, who happens to be the health-queen of life. With her words ringing in my ears, I trotted off to...
London smells like a fish market today.
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Screech. Skid. Crunch.
Onomatopoeia outside my window right now.
I need rock n roll back in my life.
toriachels:
I realised that about 80% of my iTunes is hip hop/pop/rap/r&b.
If i play anything slightly rocker than an MPC its been The Beatles & a split i downloaded the other day. Thats. It.
Please suggest me some awesome new albums that ISNT any of the above genres. Im loosing my roots!
The X-Certs - Scatterbrain
I could probably think of more but that’s the first that came...
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I don't want to play the sensible card, I want to...
Instead of going to my friend’s Christmas Party tonight, I decided to go to my old flatmate’s place. We dined at Nandos (next door to his flat - fatal.) and ate mini-milks for afters. Mini Milk! I remember popping down to Norman’s when I was wee to get The Dandy and a mini milk. Always the milk flavour.
I’ve never really been one for parties and nightclubs etc. I hate...
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I cannot spend another Christmas in retail.
I want to do something. I want to be making a difference. Don’t get me wrong, I like my job… but I am made for so much more than this.
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“You’re not grumpy, you’re just intolerant.”
– My dad, RE: me.
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I am in love with every single one of these... →
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mings asked: Who needs Santa? You appear to be missing forks, steering head bearings, handlebar & stem, saddle & stem, wheel set, bottom bracket, pedals & cranks, chain & sprockets and brakes to mention the most obvious... HO HO HO!
mings asked: Who needs Santa? You appear to be missing forks, steering head bearings, handlebar & stem, saddle & stem, wheel set, bottom bracket, pedals & cranks, chain & sprockets and brakes to mention the most obvious... HO HO HO!
