Loving right now:

Autumn. Need I say more?

James Brown (not the musician, the printmaker). see http://www.generalpattern.net/ for more goodies from this man. (erhxmas, erhm)

Greige (oh yes, it is a real colour!) fingernails as seen on Lily Allen below.

And ...



I know it's a song from a TV advertisement but I love it. Her name is Allie Moss. The song is "corner".

639 days

On the tube this morning I was listening to a recording of a biochemistry lecture on the MP3. When it was finished a crowded house song came on that reminds me so much of NZ. And walking down the street in autumn grey London I could almost feel the heat from the sun and if I closed my eyes I was carried away to a beautiful beach. A bit dangerous though, walking around with your eyes closed at rush hour. I love being here, I'm happy that I am doing this, I am loving it, and I don't regret a thing. But I would quite like to be in more than one place at once.

I looked up at the BT tower and the countdown to the Olympics 2012 said 639 days. And that's roughly when I graduate and get my freedom back. I think I just want time to go faster so we can go have a party on a beach.

Not so black

Black was for many years the only coloured clothes I had... No real reason why, I don't think. Now days I enjoy injecting a bit more colour in to my life, nothing crazy, just a bit of blue and green etc. and I like it. So imagine my surprise when I found out that for work this weekend (catering, my gig over summer) I have to wear black and there were limited outfits to pick from in my wardrobe...
Speaking of the colour black, how's about a change in colour for the blog?????

stuck in between- time

Having just arrived back from a couple of weeks in Sweden I'm a bit unsure what to do with myself. Although I had planned for this week to be a slow, relaxing, catch up with life kind of week, I can't help but getting restless and bored. I've been loitering around the house for a couple of days now and feel that I need to get out. But at the same time the thought of going outside to face the real world and get on with a daily routine seems so alien and unthinkable. The thought of seeing people makes me feel tired and want to crawl under the duvet until the urge to socialise goes away. So maybe I need to make a choice. Either make my peace with sitting at home watching DVDs or make myself get out there. Maybe there will be a visit to a museum tomorrow. But there is still that empty feeling to deal with...

this just about sums up my week

click on the link to hear the Lily Allen song which is my tune of the week.
After a hard week of hard decisions and working like a lunatic for Way out West I just had to sneak off on my dinner (about 11 pm) break to check out Lily live on stage. This song came on and I'd never heard it before but it made me go "oh yeah!" to myself. People must have wondered if I was lost, drunk or both, apron still on, veggieburger in hand, big smile on face. I may just have been the best way to summarize a less than perfect but fun at times week.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ITZBBV8Syg

Sarah;jag ville ha den som en ruta så som du brukar göra, hur gör man!?!?!?!?!

Chinese New Year

So I saw on the telly today (breaking news it was with a long interview to follow, this country is just too cute) that NZ's new prime minister John Key had a bit of a tumble and broke his arm. This happened during the celebration of the Chinese New year he was partaking in. But apparently Mr Key has nothing to worry about this year should bring him good luck as he was born in the year of the Ox.

I was born in the year of the ox (a few years after Johnnyboy but none the less).

So I'm going to have a lucky year then, that's fab news!

But to be perfectly honest I struggle to see how life could possibly get any better.