Shameless Meme!

1.) What was I doing ten years ago?
I was 18 (just) and carelessly failing my way through a series of exams on Biology and English. The summer before I'd discovered how much fun losing skin was through the medium of rollerblading and from that point onward my education took a serious turn for the worse.

2) What are five (non-work) things on my to-do list for today?
Mail out a Mac wifi card I sold on eBay, eat something, call Julie at 11am (6am her time), talk to my buddies about skating tomorrow, call the garage about my car and call Bill to make sure he's okay.

3) Snacks I enjoy?
Cold chicken breast slices, cheddar cheese, white chocolate and raspberry cookies, Peanut butter and jam sandwiches and chocolate of any denomination!

4) Things I would do if I were a billionaire?
I'd make sure that my closest friends and family were all comfortable, then I'd set about travelling, living modestly and soaking up cultures. I'd take my girlfriend and my skates with me.

5) Places I have lived?
Cardiff, Bristol.

6) Jobs I have had?
Pot washer (mushroom issues stemmed from here), teeshirt printer (not allowed to sit down despite being the only person in the store), complaints line staff (shouty welsh people -did we cut you off instead of your neighbour? oops), envelope stuffer (at least I didn't have to lick them), technical support (the geeks shall inherit the earth!).

&) Do you still sleep with a stuffed animal? We won’t laugh!
No, but I sleep with a rolled up teeshirt next to my face.

Q: Did you ever watch a scary movie that frightened you so much you were afraid of the dark afterward? I mean like you’re lying in bed trying to sleep, but you have to pee, but you’re scared to get up. It doesn’t have to be recently; could be when you were a kid. So what movie was it?
The Monster Squad. They blew up a werewolf with a stick of dynamite!

Q: What’s the last book you read that you thought was really super, inspiring, you’d recommend it to most anyone?
Actually nothing springs to mind- I've been churning through so many fiction titles recently but nothing really stands out.

So How's that Ebaying Going?

For the discerning Palm-lover in your life...

For your perusal- the Trio 800... big brother to the 750 : ) Available this summer? x

Another great reason to live in Toronto!

You hold events like this. How incredible?!?

My Me Mosaic

The Questions:

1. What is your first name? Guy
2. What is your favorite food? Rare Steak
3. What high school did you go to? Sidcot School
4. What is your favorite color? Blue
5. Who is your celebrity crush? Natalie Portman
6. Favorite drink? Gin and Tonic
7. Dream vacation? Russia
8. Favorite dessert? Boodles Orange Fool
9. What you want to be when you grow up? Together
10. What do you love most in life? Julie_Darling
11. One word to describe you: Bold
12. Your flickr name: twoceeveeandme





1. Lemon, 2. Friday Night Steak, 3. Sidcot lawn, 4. wham:a different corner, 5. The cast of Star Wars, 6. Toledo, gin-tonic, 7. April Snow in Red Square, 8. dessert, 9. Two at the evening sun, 10. Julie Darling, 11. bookshelf spectrum, revisited, 12. us

You are my choice for 10. Skating isn't really anything more than another part of myself with plastic boots on... so you're what I love most in life.

Me Mosaic

On the many knit blogs I stalk, this little game is currently making the rounds. It's basically making a photo mosaic of the things that visually represent who you are.

The Concept:

a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.

b. Using only the first page, pick an image.

c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd's mosaic maker.

The Questions:

1. What is your first name? Julie

2. What is your favorite food? toast

3. What high school did you go to? Sudbury Secondary Schoool for the Performing Arts

4. What is your favorite color? green

5. Who is your celebrity crush? Clive Owen

6. Favorite drink? gin and tonic

7. Dream vacation? The Dalmation Coast

8. Favorite dessert? creme brulee

9. What you want to be when you grow up? Writer

10. What do you love most in life? Everything*, can't pick just one

11. One word to describe you: catalyst

12. Your flickr name: teamknit

1. Happy Birthday Julie!!, 2. toast bed (double divan), 3. DSC03094, 4. Nant Ffrancon and Glyder Fawr, Wales, 5. OUT903958, 6. Gin & tonic, 7. Life Is Beautiful, 8. Crème Brulée, 9. writer's teeth, 10. Go get your morning bean, 11. Cisco's One Millionth Catalyst 3750 Switch, 12. Julie Darling

* how do you pick? I love you, and weekends, and late nights, the sparkly ceiling, and laughing, and being silly, and thinking about the big stuff, thinking about little stuff, and knitting, and music, and driving. I love my life. I've got no complaints, expect that it would be better if you were here.

Lock up your (grand)sons...

Wow, kind of puts things in perspective a bit, doesn't it? I personally believe the lady should have quit the game after "Ray of Light"; I think she should maybe consider putting a bit more time into being a mum instead of being frightened of letting go of her youth. There's something incredibly unattractive about a senior citizen working out 8 hours a day to keep her physique. I'm happy to grow old gracefully... my parents are doing it, my grandparents have done it- its kind of a family tradition, you know?

Also a certain someone had a SATC party the other night... I've yet to see the film but I think that it'd have to work pretty hard to dispell my unshakeable opinion on the matter!