Things I don't like

Because I'm feeling grumpy, I'm going to write a list of the things I don't like (instead of shouting them at Tim). In no particular order:


• Dry ski slopes. Slippy AND spiky. Yuk.

• The smell of prawns being fried in butter. Gopping.

• Nature programmes (not all, just the really long, boring, life-cycle ones.*yawn*)

• Camomile tea. It’s just not nice. And doesn’t calm me down.

• Roobios/redbush tea. As above.

• Running machines.

• Chewing gum on pavements – I’ve never spat out gum in my life. Who does?

• Spam. Grrr.

• Period pains. I do not need practice for labour right now, leave me alone!

• Coriander leaf. It tastes like soap!

• Big leggy ’house’ spiders. Spiders should live outside!

• Tasteless crappy lager. Recently discovered Japanese lager is rather nice.

• Jools Holland. Smug git.

• Carbon offsetting. It doesn’t solve the problem. Fly less, yuppies.

• Things (like phones) which haven’t got Wifi, when they so easily could have!

• Pro-life people, particularly men (who will never get pregnant anyway), who preach to people, especially young people.

• Hangovers. Such a waste of time, it drives me mad!

• Jo Whiley. Well maybe not her personally, just the way she sucks up to musicians. Sorry, but not EVERYONE is ‘great live’. And not EVERY single is wicked.

Well, I feel better now. I apologise, because I know I've generalised a lot here. But it's a rant. Raaahhhh!

I can has iphone?

I do love icanhazcheezburger. This one, featured on geeksugar today, made me giggle. Really I want a HTC something (don't really care which, but I have sworn not to buy anything unless it has wifi capability) for my next phone, but if I was offered an iphone (can you believe they did this? I might cry a little...), or it was cheaper, I have to say I'd be there with bells on. My current 'gadgetenvy' is focused on an ipod touch (my obsession with touch screens is becoming a bit worrying) and one day, one happy day, I shall own one.

Solar powered what? Come again?

No, really! I could hardly believe my eyes. Yes, it's what all you girls seeking to reduce your carbon footprint have been looking for this Valentine's day - a solar powered vibrator!

Get your rocks off the environmentally friendly way!


Apart from all that, if bullets are your thing, then it's probably a very good product. Plus, it's multi-speed. You'll just have to hope it's sunny more often, which in Wales might be wishful thinking (most of the time). Then again, it will charge under a lightbulb, but that's not quite so green now, is it?

I'm giving it away for free!

Yes it's true, I will be working for nothing this Easter! I've secured work experience at the awesome, incredible, amazing, award winning magazine that is Stuff, and I will be hanging out with the boys there for two weeks. I also have another placement which is an exciting, if not a little daunting week planned on the magazine team at The Times. Plus, I've applied for some launch experience for a new magazine, so altogether I have pretty much obliterated any idea of an Easter break completely.

However, it has to be done, because I had no real direction until my last year of uni. That means I don't have any journalism experience apart from Waterfront, which isn't ideal (even though it gave me realtime editing experience, and I think taught me a lot) so I feel very much like I'm playing catch-up here.

In any case, I'm very excited about the whole thing, and feel that with some national, decent work experience under my belt, I'll feel much more confident when it comes to the next task, which is getting a job.

Incredible? Yes. Terrifying? Also yes.