6 item wardrobe challenge.

The 6 item wardrobe challenge.
http://sixitemsorless.com/the-experiment/

If you could only wear 6 items for 1 month (coats, accessories, gym clothes, underwear and shoes exempt) what would they be.

1. Black leggings (I have 4 pairs, having multiples of the same thing doesn't count)
2. Black apron dress
3. Black cardigan
4. Black skinny smart trousers
5. Purple t shirt(I have three of these)
6. Purple cardigan

This is going to be a really dull month in black and purple! I'd look like a bruise! At least tights, shoes, scarves and accessories would jazz it up! But tbh, that's pretty much my wardrobe now, the black dress has been leading my wardrobe collection since 2007... meh, if it aint broke...

2010 in stuff I did.

January: I am employable. After 15 months of wondering what to do with myself, I finally found myself to be capable of administration. Excellent discovery. I am not smoking.

February: I am content. I draw, paint, cook, eat drink and am merry. I like life.

March: I am experimenting. I lost my hair, I painted my nails, Islands, Dragons, Sunshine. I drew.

April: I am tired. I can't do everything. I can't work full time, part time and relief. I gave up on youth club work.

May: I am restless. I need to move. I applied for another job. We went to Devon, I thought about giving up.

June: I am moving. I got the job, friends moved away, I turned another year older, and we got engaged.

July: I am travelling, Oxford, Home, Home, I saw my family, I found my wedding dress, but I wont know it yet.

August: I am exhausted. We moved house, I became ill. I am stress. I need sleep. I am cross.

September: I am involved. We're planning a wedding. I'm working late. Work is less important, but still we take a trip to forget. I take on a new challenge.

October: I am celebrating. I am the hen. I see old friends and new and am recharged, defiant. This month lasts forever. I am upbeat.

November. I changed my mind. I am in blue. I am married. I am on honeymoon, I changed my mind. I am back to reality. I am contemplative. I missed a boat. I changed my mind.

December. I am waiting. I am impatient. I am home. I am away. I am wondering where I will go next. I am wondering where I am supposed to be.

politan

Telephone/Office Version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsU9tz3d3OY

Hello hello girlfriend, no no I can't do a thing
Cuz I am stuck up in this f***ing office building
Wha-Wha-Wha-What did you say?
What guy you gonna bring?
Oh sh*t, I gotta go right now
My boss is coming
My boss is coming
My boss is coming
Sorry gotta go,
My f***ing boss is coming
Just a week
vacation and I know where I would be
Party in New Delhi
With our outsourced I.T.
When I drink my second coffee,
Get my energy
It will go right through me
Now I'm kinda gassy.
CHORUS
Stop callin', stop callin',
I don't wanna work any more
Passive aggressive micro managing manwhore
Stop callin', stop callin',
I don't wanna troubleshoot for
The customers who bought online from our web store.
Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh...
Stop telephonin' me!
Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh...
I'm busy!
Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh...
Stop telephonin' me!
Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh...
Can call all you want,
but I'll put you on hold
and you're not gonna reach my telephone!
Out on break,
With some birthday cake,
and you're not gonna reach my telephone!
x2
All my boss' post-it notes
won't make me type no faster
check my email faster
scan these files no faster
I should of worked from home in bed
Cause Michael Scott's my master
Harrassin like a bastard
F*ck it - I'm gettin plastered
Not that I don't like my job,
Just rather party.
And I am sick and tired
of all this team building
Sometimes I feel like
I'm workin at Dunder Mifflin,
Today I'm not doin no work
'Cause I'll be dancin'.
'Cause I'll be dancin'.
and this ain't Scranton.
Today I'm not doin' no work
'Cause I'll be dancin.

no matter

how good your wardrobe is, you still need a bit of self esteem to get you out the house.

thought

I would be lying if I said I was a different person now. I am the same person. I would do it all again. - Emily Gould

Ernie Brooker

http://www.ernestbrooker.co.uk/

this is an awesome website :-) it is made by 84 y/o Ernie Brooker

social notworking, and the joy of bread time

tonight i did not have work, a meeting, or a placement. i probably have stuff to do but i thought i'd write a simple blag post about how naice it is to just hang around with dave n owen and go for a walk along the beach and a mince around tescos.

we got some naice bread which i have eaten most of, i love bread so much, if i could eat nice fresh bread with stuff on it forever i would not be upset. esp if that stuff included peanut butter, butter, jam, tomatoes, cucumber and burger sauce. not all together, obv. but some things together.

in other news, owen brought himself a sharpie tonight. yes.

healthcare

loz from the onion

here

also, war is socialised in america right? i don't see anyone popping out to make private war contributions or pay their war bill? how can you socialise killing but not saving? or indeed, 'liberating' other countries but not letting families go bankrupt because their kid got sick?

there's some very strange peoples over there..

still DRE!

Using only songs from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions. Pass it on to 25 people you like (including me). You can't use the artist I used. Try not to repeat a song title. It's a lot harder than you think! Repost as "My Life According to (ARTIST NAME)".

Pick Your Artist:
Dr Dre

Are you male or female?
Bitches aint shit

Describe yourself:
Lyrical Assault Weapon!

How do you feel?
Guilty Conscience.

Describe where you currently live:
California, love!

If you could go anywhere, where would you go?
East Coast West Coast Killaz!

Your favourite form of transportation:
Light Speed

Your best friend is:
X

Your favourite colour is:
Murder Ink

What is the weather like?
High Powered

Favourite time of day?
Blunt time!

If your life was a T.V. show, what would it be called?
The Next Episode

What is life to you?
Puffin On Bunts and Drankin Tanqueray

Your relationships:
Bitchez aint Shit!

Your fear:
Natural born Killaz!

What is the best advice you have to give?
No Ones Iller than me!

If you could change your name, you would change it to:
Still D.R.E

Thought for the day:
Pause for Porno

How I would like to die:
The Drs Office

My soul's present condition:
Bad Intentions / Guilty Conscience

My Motto:
Buttin but a 'g' thang baby!!

some stupid fb thing

Using only songs from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions. Pass it on to 25 people you like (including me). You can't use the artist I used. Try not to repeat a song title. It's a lot harder than you think! Repost as "My Life According to (ARTIST NAME)".

Pick Your Artist:
Eminem

Are you male or female?
Bitch, Please II.

Describe yourself:
Criminal

How do you feel?
Under the Influence

Describe where you currently live:
8 Mile Road...

If you could go anywhere, where would you go?
(say goodbye to) Hollywood

Your favourite form of transportation:
As the world turns?

Your best friend is:
Ken Kaniff

Your favourite colour is:
White (America)

What is the weather like?
Drips

Favourite time of day:
When i'm gone

If your life was a T.V. show, what would it be called?
Public Service Announcement

What is life to you?
Like toy soldiers

Your relationships:
My dad's gone crazy

Your fear:
Kim

What is the best advice you have to give?
Lose yourself

If you could change your name, you would change it to:
Real Slim Shady

Thought for the day:
Just don't give a f***!

How I would like to die:
One Shot 2 Shot

My soul's present condition:
Bad Meets Evil

My Motto:
Still don't give a f***!

werk

or at least what i imagine work to be like...

more drawings

all pen ones, i have a new pen, it's a bit thick.

a new hobby

i picked up a pencil the other day, as a result of some inspirational people getting me some pencils, and me having a gap in my life that needed filling /emo.

i kicked off with pintsize (i thought he'd be easy to draw..) and maria, whose hands are not how i'd like them to be, but at least she's aware of it. i hope i keep this up, it's really fun to do!

grammar/nazis

so i get an invite to this anti bnp group. i go have a look, and i like what i find, reasoned, point by point easy made attacks on the bnp. safe.

here it is.

there's also a site linked called 'nothing british' which is a pretty good blog, and carefully lays down it's criticisms, which include this list of crimes party members, supporters and councellors have been convicted of and this list of examples of what bnp folks actually do once they get into any sort of power.

once you get into the fb group there's the usual discussions, in which people feed the trolls, who seem to be about 17, young chris and jamie are interesting.

jamie claims to have left school because his teachers were black and asian, and as a result, his written english is difficult to understand.

"...and no icaint read or write coz i never went to skl coz all the teacher were black or asian and i could not understand them so that is y i never went to skl"

*****

there's a 15 year old who argues beautifully against jamie and chris. she can't spell either, and she says as much. she bravely questions the lads, asking if they have any non white friends, asks him to define 'real' british people, and pointing out that the drum n bass these kids listen to come from black communities. she argues, patiently and persistently, without drowning the lads in long arguments that they probably wont be reading anyway.

i think she does a great job.

when other commenters taunt one of the lads saying he should be in special school she points out that being in 'special school' shouldn't be used as an insult, and it doesn't mean you can't read and write. 'hey i no of ppl tht go to special skls n they r not tht thick n he can obviously read n write. probs better thn me' - the good point as well being if the lad cant read or write, how are they having a multi page debate with him?

why should this poor girl have to put up with this shit from what i am guessing are highly educated people? why does it matter that either side have bad spelling or crappy grammar? i mean sometimes things can get a bit tricky to inderstand but it wasn't the case here. this girl is putting up a better / more relavant fight than the other commenters, she knows her audience.

it is not the people who attack with snotty comments like this...

Once again we are presented with the irony that BNP supporters are unable to write fluently in their native language.

Hahahahaha you really can't spell can you? This just shows how uneducated, naive and stupid you are :)

Jamie you are either a) very young or b) practically illiterate, either way, until you learn to spell & use laguage properly its very hard to take you seriously

i guess Jamie is a true representative of the BNP, naive, dyslexic and ill read


...that will bring the change. insulting people does not work! attack the ideas not the spelling! debate does not need to get personal like that! you are more likely to get somewhere with something that a person can quickly go 'oh yeh!' to and then grow from than insults and long winded rants with long werds about how thoughougly you have researched the issue. that's just peacocking.

people like ellen are the future.



and i and anyone else who is naive, dyslexic and ill read, should apparently go and join the bnp! :-O

madonna gets her baby...

a court ruled madonna could have a little girl from malawi.

madonna wasn't in the courtroom.

she hasn't complied with residency laws.

the child has family, but no money.

madonna brought this kid, fair and square.

i hope she is happy with her purchase.

(in other news, my grandad pointed out that by the time he was my age, he had 3 children, and i am childless. my grandad tells it like it is! perhaps i should go buy a child...)

a totally reasonable write up of the eurovision song contest.

ok so we missed the first 4 since we were out getting some rum so analysis is slightly less detailed, as it is based on the short clips we saw at the end:

1. Lithuania - nice hat on the dude

2. Israel - looked pretty good

3. France - looked alright, apparently this lady is very famous and awesome!

4. Sweden - nah

we didn't grade this lot out of 10, but marks from 10 in yellow below, along with proffesional and slightly drunken grading notes.

5. Iceland - sings in english? quite sweet, cute dress, country ish. 6

6. Portual cute! nice accordion, nice dress, happy song 8

7. Croatia - crazy wind machine batman, cheese/folk not too bad, nice boyband twinkle in the guy's eye lol 6

8. Greece - stupid costumes, bad beat bad hip action from singer gaaaaah no! do not want 'fly to the top baby' no. +3 for conveyor belt action, +1 for smooth move, -1 for nipple action total: 4

9. Armenia - interesting costumes and dance, loose points for 'everybody move ur body' we gave 6 points for originality and staying true to own thing.

10. Russia - wearing a sheet, sounds like a cat, miserable song, sounds like cat. total: 1

11. Azerbaijan - cheese factor ++++++ pretty lady +1 for silver leg, +2 for 'man plays thing' +1 for fire, ooo! and overal 7 for danceability.

and then dunno whats goin on in the order here,

Malta - Impressive voice, nice look goin, -1 for stupid head snap thing, total: 8

Estonia - really nice beat, chillin song, brilliantly talented bunch, nice haircut, violin playing = bonne, good singing 8

Denmark - -4 written by ronan, -2 looks/sounds like ronan, +1 nice braclets, interesting ix of msicians +2, bad singer, guitar player is fit, +3 --- total, 4

Germany - oh no oh god (mir) -4 for eyebrow plucking and sparkly glitter leggings, dancers are good, +2 tap dance and +3 for DVT, and the pianist is big in germany? lol, 5 points, just.

Turkey - cool start, stupid skirts, +1 fire, +1 wiggle, +3 hot guy in a skirt +1 flip, total 7.

Bosnia - -1 white trousers, -1 bad hair, +1, looks like vampire, +1 drums, +1 stubble on lead singer, +2 actually he has a very good voice, +1 theatricality, +1 red flag/military thing goin on, total 7

Maldova - +2 stupid costume, +1 strong legs, nice voice, rough sounding, + 3 silly dancing + energy, +1, random mop, quite cool, 8.

Albania - tutu -2, +3 turquoise glitter outfit, +1 mimes, +3 break dancing mimes spinning on heads. song = rubbish, total 5

Norway - +3 danicng, +1 eyebrows, quite sweet, looks about 10, +1 playing violin, -1 girls going 'da da', but nice outfits, +1 fire tricks. total, 8.

Ukraine - 6, +2 tacky, -1 roman helmets, +1 men in skirts, +2 +1 doing the splits, the singer does some drumming whilst being dragged around by men in skirts +3 for good singing whilst being chucked around by kinky romans? total, 6 (it was a crap song)

Romania - -1 for uncomforatble looking boobies on main 'singer', +1 for forest elf outfits, -2 for blatant 'cheating with the girl in the blue dress in the corner. total: 4

23. UK woooooooooo! nice dress, very disney/ALW, very good singer, uplifting cheesefest, 8

24. Finalnd - nice dancey... what? YMCA outfit goin on, bad whiteboy rapping gonig on too, +1 fire effects, -2 for men wearing boleros - 3, total: 3

25. Spain +1 for cheese, +1 for lame magic trick, +1 for 'jumping' and +1 for interesting final note. total: 4

quoted

"They just like get words to replace other words that are like 10 letters longer."

"I don't wanna learn things that make me sound like a pompous arsehole"

- Piend, on A Level English

a sad and moving read

about a lady who's son has autism, and upon reaching adulthood became violent and dangerous, and how she, as a mother, has had to deal with it.

hopefully by next week i will have something upbeat on here...

head meets desk

what the hell kind of stupid place do i live in anyway?

besides the impending closure of fairbridge, the most awesomely successful youth project i have ever seen, what the goddam bum ass kind of rubbish is this?

pink lights being used to embarrass teenagers out of places that they hang around that they shouldn't hang around in. what the ey? here's the linketh: BEEB NOOZ

apparently these pink lights highlight imperfections in the skin, and give kids a pinkish tint, which they are hoping boys will find effeminate and therefore bad.

1. er, no.

2. just no

3. 'pink = girly = maybe homosexual = bad' and to be avoided does not equal 'helpful message' trying to keep lads away from things that are pink is just stupid and does nothing to challenge the idea that looking at all gay or feminine (or indeed, refusing to conform to a set of rules for acceptable masculinity) is something that is somehow less than.

4. why would local councils want to highlight medical/physical problems that so many people have and are probably already ashamed enough of in order to get them to conform? i dont even know where to start but i think most people at some point in their day are presented with a barrage of images of perfect skin, constantly reminding them that 'this is the goal, you are far from it' -- and then to have your local council install lights in order to highlight spots? srsly. i'd be all for going down to the local council and bodysnarking their decision makers, if i didn't think it was goddam rude and inappropriate, dehumanising and ultimately crap for everyone who has to put up with the huge negative self image problems perpetuated in this country. rraagh!!!

5. what happened to other approaches, such as defining reasonable spaces for young people to meet up, which are accessible, available and safe? or perhaps *talking* to the groups of young uns meeting up with their friends?

here's a couple of just as ranty posts: here and here