To fulfill my lifetime ambition of being just like Cosmo and Dibs I am doing the Star and Shadow craft market. And I am shitting myself.
Who would have thought knitting could be so stressful????!!!!
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Monday, 29 June 2009
Thursday, 4 June 2009
Friday, 1 May 2009
Giggity
The past week has been fuller than a Walkers grab bag.... of gigs.
Firstly, The crowning glory of gigs, maybe ever but only time will tell, opening night of The Specials reunion tour.
FUCKING AWESOME. Simple as that. Sitting in Rafferty's beforehand was like being in an episode of Ashes to Ashes (if only Gene Hunt was there). I have never seen so much well intended but ill-fitting Fred Perry in my life. The atmosphere inside the gig was pretty much as electric as I have ever known a gig to be. I imagine once you get older and your favourite bands are no more you never really beleive that they might actually reappear when you've all grows up and you've all but given up hope. This is obviously how I would feel should Jarvis ever see fit to tie up his disco shoes ever once again.
It's was amazing. Terry Hall has grown into his sallow face and actually developed a personality. Nite Klub alone is now ranked in my top ten best gig moments....ever. Note to self: This is a good top ten avenue to explore.
Secondly, Alan Rake and the Rakes. I like seeing bands that I have liked for a while and their star has started to fade a little bit. Obviously this isn't their ideal career trajectory and slightly selfish on my part but seeing band members wandering around the pub before the gig makes me feel cool in strange way. When I was a teenager that is something I would have thought was definitely very cool. Smoking outside in close proximity to the guitarist from the Rakes. Sweeeeet.
They were great. Of course they were it's Alan 'n' that. They play fast, talk fast and encourage people to drink on a school night. I like this. Didn't do Work, work, work though...bummer.
Finally, Doves. No one's favourite band but everybody loves them. The new songs sounded awesome. I love how people always seem to be swept away with them. Especially if they haven't seen them before. They have a real knack of putting you under their spell. I think that the constant, pounding (not the drum beat of Pounding...well maybe) is actually a form of Manc voodoo.
All in all a very good week
Firstly, The crowning glory of gigs, maybe ever but only time will tell, opening night of The Specials reunion tour.
FUCKING AWESOME. Simple as that. Sitting in Rafferty's beforehand was like being in an episode of Ashes to Ashes (if only Gene Hunt was there). I have never seen so much well intended but ill-fitting Fred Perry in my life. The atmosphere inside the gig was pretty much as electric as I have ever known a gig to be. I imagine once you get older and your favourite bands are no more you never really beleive that they might actually reappear when you've all grows up and you've all but given up hope. This is obviously how I would feel should Jarvis ever see fit to tie up his disco shoes ever once again.
It's was amazing. Terry Hall has grown into his sallow face and actually developed a personality. Nite Klub alone is now ranked in my top ten best gig moments....ever. Note to self: This is a good top ten avenue to explore.
Secondly, Alan Rake and the Rakes. I like seeing bands that I have liked for a while and their star has started to fade a little bit. Obviously this isn't their ideal career trajectory and slightly selfish on my part but seeing band members wandering around the pub before the gig makes me feel cool in strange way. When I was a teenager that is something I would have thought was definitely very cool. Smoking outside in close proximity to the guitarist from the Rakes. Sweeeeet.
They were great. Of course they were it's Alan 'n' that. They play fast, talk fast and encourage people to drink on a school night. I like this. Didn't do Work, work, work though...bummer.
Finally, Doves. No one's favourite band but everybody loves them. The new songs sounded awesome. I love how people always seem to be swept away with them. Especially if they haven't seen them before. They have a real knack of putting you under their spell. I think that the constant, pounding (not the drum beat of Pounding...well maybe) is actually a form of Manc voodoo.
All in all a very good week
Thursday, 16 April 2009
My name is Stacy
I have so far had a very good week. I only mention it because it seems odd for me to have had so much good fortune in such a short space of time.
This is all due, i'm sure to the good deed I did on Easter Monday when, on my way home from Wilkinsons, I was asked by an old woman who lives up the road if I would go to the shop and get her some milk. I did, of course.
Since then I have managed to buy a top and a pair of jeans straight away when i've gone looking for them (this does not ever happen - too short or not enough boob room usually). I bought 2 birthday presents and got money off both of them when I came to pay, once as a shock mis-pricing incident and then by using one of those "online-evoucher-shopping-code-website-thingys".
I sold some more knitting patterns and I now have my very own shiney car!!!! Life is GOOD.
This is all due, i'm sure to the good deed I did on Easter Monday when, on my way home from Wilkinsons, I was asked by an old woman who lives up the road if I would go to the shop and get her some milk. I did, of course.
Since then I have managed to buy a top and a pair of jeans straight away when i've gone looking for them (this does not ever happen - too short or not enough boob room usually). I bought 2 birthday presents and got money off both of them when I came to pay, once as a shock mis-pricing incident and then by using one of those "online-evoucher-shopping-code-website-thingys".
I sold some more knitting patterns and I now have my very own shiney car!!!! Life is GOOD.
Saturday, 4 April 2009
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
Monday, 23 March 2009
"I love the smell of commerce in the morning..."
Well, I finally bit the bullet yesterday and stopped fantasizing about how to make a spot of extra folding and actually did it. I put my first ever kntting pattern for sale on ebay. Woohoo!
It's for a tortoise that I made the other night whilst in one of my obsessive-must get this finished cos it'll be brilliant- moments.
It is pretty brilliant.....I think.
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