boring update

* handed in an essay, hopefully finished with that course now
* no idea when i will know if it passed/ not, wondering if i care.
* i got some new plates/ bowls etc this weekend, they are cool
* as above, but with cutlary. v pretty and lifetime guaranteed!
* made curries yesterday, were good, nom nom nom best nice
* had a cold this weekend, maybe manflu, am kinda tired today, perhaps unrelated
* am now upset about irregular line length, in this post, alas.
* bet this cool effect doesn't even show up when i post this, meh

new place

we moved into our new place on Saturday, for anyone who doesn't know me a) we moved to wales and b) what are u reading my blog 4? srsly....

anyway, we rocked up at about 4pm on Sat, and quickly realised the electrickery wasn't working BOOOO

anyway, saturday we spent lugging all our stuff into the flat, which is on teh 4th floor (i love lifts) but we had to stop by the time the sun went down, cuz we couldn't rly see much. we wandered across the road to this fab indian restaurant, where we were treated to some gorgeous foods and i managed to have a couple of asprins to try and get rid of my headache, which onmly worked for so long, by 9pm i had crashed out on our mattress on the floor.

sunday i woke up at 8 and started sorting out the square room, we put a torch in the bathroom, as it's the only room that doesn't has a window, and tried to arrange stuff. i managed to make some floor space in the square room, and then d woke up and we went to tescos for some naice breakfast (tesco breakfast ROCKS!) and then we got some fruit, rolls, peanut butter and nutsh. with no fridge, that's all we can really have in the flat!

we got back and did some more arranging, but we felt a bit stinky by then so we went to the local swimming pool and swam about for a bit, and then spent about half an hour in the showers. this was goooooooooood. srsly.

after some more arranging, it was time for chinese food, and then, since it's difficult to do anything in the dark, bed for us!

prescott, eating disorders.

From The Sun:

The former deputy prime minister said: “I’ve never confessed it before. Out of shame, I suppose, or embarrassment or just because it’s such a strange thing for someone like me to confess to.

“People normally associate it with young women - anorexic girls, models trying to keep their weight down, or women in stressful situations, like Princess Diana.”

Firstly, i'd like to say congratulations to JP for now eating what he wants, and not binging and purging.

Secondly, i'm a bit annoyed at the way this has been reported, not only by The Sun (as above) but by the Beeb. The reporter said something like 'it was embarrassing for him to have to admit to having a girls disease'

Eating disorders are commonly associated with 'impressionable young women' they said, not middle aged men. His doctor told him it was down to stress! Obviously, not down to skinny celebrities in the media, vogue or other misc sources that eating disorders in women are often blamed on. As a proper successful MAN with a high profile job, his eating disorder was not because he wanted to look good in a bikini like a shallow woman, but because he was stressed.

Consultant psychiatrist Dr Ty Glover said: “It’s a hugely brave and courageous thing for John to come out and admit that he was a bulimia sufferer.

“It’s hard enough for a young girl to confess to, but for a high profile male politician approaching 70, it’s especially impressive."

I suppose it is difficult for those in power to express any sign of weakness. And there's only one step up from dep pm!

As the beeb say:

Never again will it be seen as a condition that only affects young women.

That's great. thanks beeb. It took JP to bring it to light as something men suffer from? That's fantastic (really) for all the male sufferers from eating disorders and disordered eating patterns. But i can't help but cringe that it took so long to highlight this illness and the sadness it brings to so many males, females and their families.

“It’s believed that one in 10 bulimia sufferers are men but I have never in all my years as a consultant specialising in eating disorders come across a man this old suffering from bulimia.

“It seriously makes me think that maybe we’re completely missing a whole audience of middle-aged men who are too scared to admit they have a problem.”

I hope they find their voice.