NS October 10th, 2007
Tonight on Channel 4 News, from anchor John Snow after hearing a live report from a field correspondent who was having to shout over traffic passing by in the background:
“That was _____ reporting live, over a rather frightful din.”
A frightful din. Who says that?
NS October 10th, 2007
Seeing as I’m in the middle of painting my dining room
brainstorming ideas for my latest article
and watching my toddler alternate between throwing her dinner defiantly across the room and rubbing it over her hands like lotion (oh, and stuffing it down her shirt too, that’s a new one)
I thought I’d do another nice n’ easy meme. This one is from Strawberry and it requires me to regale you with seven facts about me. I will try not to reduce you to tears of boredom. Here goes.
- I have been trying to finish Bill Clinton’s autobiography since February 2006. I’m only halfway there and it is really interesting, but it’s a funkin’ HUGE book and it’s not easy to lug around in my handbag or to different rooms when I’ve got my arms full of child or to relax with in the bath. Bill, you might need to come out with the Cliff’s Notes version for people on the move, yo.
- My left knee has been popping in and out and acting funny and just generally aching and it’s bothering me because it is making me feel a bit old. I know, I know, I’m practically a zygote to some of you and have no right to use the O word when I haven’t even cracked three decades yet, but some days I just think I should start eating Shredded Wheat and chasing kids with canes and be done with it.
- Sometimes I use tv as a babysitter for my daughter when I need to get something done. And sometimes, even when I’m not busy, I can’t be bothered to play or pretend that I’m interested in getting the milk out of the fridge for the 19th time that day or looking at pictures of cats and shouting “MEOW!” with unbridled glee and so I kind of ignore her and just make her get on with it while I laze about or write in my blog or do some menial household chore. Let the bad mother awards start coming in…
- I don’t like eBay that much. I just don’t. I use it occasionally but all that feedback back and forth bullshit and the possibility of getting completely ripped off is not appealing.
- I almost shed a tear today thinking about not being right down the road from a Starbucks this holiday season because that means I won’t be able to get my eggnog lattes on a whim. Costa sucks goat balls.
- I sometimes pretend to have an issue with my looks or body just to make a friend who is complaining about herself feel better. I feel like if I don’t bitch about myself I’ll either make her feel bad or be considered a snob. In reality, I’m happy with myself most days.
- If I won £10,000 today I would spend 1k on a kick-ass camera, 1k on a kick-ass computer, 3k on a car, 2k on improving our house, 2k on a long holiday and stick 1k in an IRA.
Oh, and not to be a total spoilsport, but I’m not tagging anyone else. I know a lot of the same people as those who have already been tagged and don’t want this going round in circles. Plus, the kid is squalling to be let out of her sweet potato prison and I think there’s some stuck up her nose.
