November 2004

The weekend in pictures (or at least the Saturday night in pictures)…

[from the photocopy of a photocopy of who knows what recipe book. The description is fun so I’ve included it] When Halloween comes ’round, we welcome pumpkins as symbols of harvest and sources of shivery fun. For holiday decorations, why…

To all my American friends (wherever you are in the world!) Have a slice of pumpkin pie on me (with whipped cream naturally…) ^__^

Lots of traffic on the roads tonight for some reason, so Jane – our tutor – was late to class. The model was on time so we started by ourselves. Not a bad sketch all things considered. Certainly a much…

…but I warn you the security is tighter than it’s ever been. The Great Shepline Archives Project has begun. On 21 October 1990 I decided to keep a diary, and these pages will take you back that far, and then…

My age 31How old are other lj users are compared to me: Younger My age Older 94% 1% 5% There are 14466 lj users the same age as me. Enter age: LJ Age was bought to you by _imran_ and…

I want this dossier as they call it. I’m not entirely sure why as it will probably depress the hell out of me, but I’ve just heard in reviewed on Front Row and it sounds like it is, like the…

It transpires that for the last two months or more, the journal of one of my best friends has disappeared off the default view of my friends page. Consequently, whilst I have wondered often what was happening, if I had…

Jane threw us a surprise for today’s class. We kicked off with a series of one minute sketches, and I was embarrassing useless. We did about six and I didn’t manage to get one single complete figure! I decided there…

Last night the House of Commons voted (again) and overwhelmingly (again) to ban hunting with dogs. Tonight the House of Lords voted (again) to not ban it. The current session of parliament ends tomorrow, and so the Government can impose…

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It’s funny how you don’t realise the things that perhaps you think you should have noticed before. It wasn’t till, in conversation with grapefruitmoon this evening, wherein I was explaining that I have three cousins in Iceland and three cousin…

I hope so. It seems that I may soon be able to go to the pub and come away without smelling like the lit end of the smoking cigarette

There’s nothing better than to walk into town on a Saturday morning and kick some leaves… …but remember to keep your eyes open, because you never know what you might notice…

Yesterday I passed the 46,000 word and 170 page mark in Blood & Fire. To celebrate this small mile post, today I have made pumpkin pie – or rather three pumpkin pies with some mixture left over to make at…

Ten years ago, I: 1. had just graduated with a 2:1 BA in Creative Arts; 2. enjoyed a long hot summer in La Rochelle, living the french life and learning the language; and 3. was living with my Mum and…

So I have had no responses to yesterday’s artistic post. Come on you artists out there – I know you’re on my friends list, and I need your advice!

A difficult this week. With the exception of week two we have had the same model – Patty – for every session. Tonight it was the return of week two’s flabby man with the Margaret Thatcher nose. Actually as I…

…in Chapter Three. My aim is to be working on chapter four come December. My realistic aim is to finish chapter three (and the halfway point in the book) by the end of the year. It’s going well. I have…