Date: 2007-12-26 13:46 Subject: sign writing & hand lettering Security: Public Tags: hand lettering, sign writing

There is a sign writer working across the street from me. Hand lettering isn't something you see everyday; it's quite mesmerising watching the letters slowly appear.

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Date: 2007-11-15 19:09 Subject: A found heartbeat. Security: Public Location: sofa Mood: blah Music: tap tap of keyboard Tags: heartbeat

I found this in my street today. A little bit of paper with signs of life.

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Date: 2007-11-04 21:38 Subject: Rubbish blogger? Security: Public Location: on sofa with laptop Mood: curious Music: tapping of keyboard Tags: blogging

Is it normal to go 2 months between posts or am I just rubbish at blogging?

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Date: 2007-09-04 15:15 Subject: Friends & Furniture Security: Public Music: Everything But The Girl - Temperamental

PSX and myself have been spending some time trying to expand our social circle and I find a quote from Douglas Coupland keeps popping into my mind.

"People lose the ability to make friends somewhere around the time they buy their first expensive piece of furniture."

One thing's for sure, at 45 I'm finding it harder to make new friends than when I was 25.

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Date: 2007-08-08 15:18 Subject: Richard Serra is love, apparently Security: Public Location: Home sweet home Music: Gotan Project - Peace Orchestra

richard serra is love
brought to you by the isLove Generator

Oddly, Richard Serra is one of my favourite artists.

Hmmmm......I may be attributing these generators with seeing powers that, deep down, I know they don't possess.

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Date: 2007-08-06 15:34 Subject: Ibis Hotel top tip Security: Public Location: at home Mood: productive Music: Hum of computer

Publicity shy X* and myself are just back from Brussels. Most enjoyable.

Anyway....our Ibis hotel room had broken air conditioning. No big deal, we just opened a window. However X complained about it and our stay was free because the management couldn't fix it within 15 minutes. Brilliant!

Lesson learnt from the exercise:  not that I'm a moaner, but it can pay to complain.




* I think I'll call him PSX from now on, it sounds more snappy.

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Date: 2007-07-30 20:34 Subject: 10 garage doors Security: Public Location: at home Mood: determined Music: Digitalism - Zdarlight Tags: garage doors

10 garage doors, Each both dull and interesting in equal measure.

Enjoy...or not.

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Date: 2007-07-17 15:37 Subject: The girl behind me at Harry Potter Security: Public Location: Edinburgh Mood: busy Music: I'm in silence Tags: harry potter, talking at the cinema

And the award for Person Most Lacking In Self Awareness goes to the girl sitting behind me during the new Harry Potter film.

Why? Because she managed to talk non-stop for the whole 138 minutes; it was quite an achievement, well done her.

Top moments:
"Isn't he cute?" - This was said quite a lot, usually with reference to Harry Potter.
"Doesn't he have lovely blond hair?" - referring to Voldemort.
"Who's that?" - referring to any extra.
"What's happening now?" - mentioned with metronomic regularity.

I could have moved but the only seats available were right at the front about 10ft away from the screen, not brilliant. It would also have meant sitting away from my friends and feeling a bit of a fool.

And, yes, I could have said something but then I would have spent the rest of the film stealing myself for the moment she executed her revenge by texting her friends to tell them how much of a tosser I was. Making sure, of course, the glare from her mobile phone display was in my peripheral vision. I know this because I've seen it happen.

What did I think of the film? Don't ask me, I've no idea what it was about.

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Date: 2007-07-03 20:48 Subject: Sickbag collage Security: Public Location: In front of computer Mood: cheerful Music: Pet Shop Boys - Tonight Is Forever Tags: sickbag

I've been holding on to some ephemera I collected whilst travelling in eastern Europe. Truth be told it's all been in an envelope for the last 20 something years waiting for something to happen to it. Most of it was chocolate wrappers from Hungary. I also had some old Olympic Airlines postcards, travel tickets etc. I even had an old air sickness bag someone gave me in Istanbul.

Anyway......I tried to sell the stuff but, quelle suprise, no takers; so I got out my cutting board and scalpel and started to collage together some bits and pieces.

I'm more of a Photoshop person so it was great fun doing it old skool, getting messy with glue etc.

It whiled away a couple of hours on  Saturday morning whilst I waited for publicity shy X to come back form the opticians with swell new glasses.

Here are my efforts.

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Date: 2007-06-29 20:54 Subject: 10 drains in a row (minus one flushed away in error) Security: Public Location: At home Mood: thoughtful Music: Sitting in silence Tags: drains

I was taken by a drain that I came across and decided to photograph it for the Textures community that I'm a member of. The drain in question is the first one in the series that follows.

I then decided to photograph the next 9 drains that I came across as I walked home. That would make a group of 10 drains and that seemed somehow to follow on nicely from my series of 10 Yellow Things I Saw On Sunday.

Aesthetic judgement wasn't being exercised at all; I was really just a vehicle for the camera. So, basically, no matter how uninteresting the next 9 drains were, they had to be photographed to complete the set of 10.

Of course, on the way home I passed more than 10 drains; some of them were quite exciting. It was hard to resist the temptation to photograph them and substitute an interesting drain for a less interesting one.

So, here they are: 10 drains in a row.

Actually it's only 9 as I deleted the last one by accident.

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Date: 2007-06-24 17:42 Subject: 10 Yellow Things I Saw On Sunday Security: Public Location: Edinburgh Mood: full Music: Faithless - Bring My Family Back Tags: things that are yellow

I like second hand bookshops and charity shop scouring. X needed a new book so today I went to visit some second hand bookshops.

I still had my camera in my bag from yesterday. Yesterday was Edinburgh Pride and I meant to take some pictures of the march but missed the whole thing. It must have been over really quickly, or possibly it was cancelled due to the rather soggy weather. Anyway, as mentioned, my camera was still in my bag and I took some snaps during my walk to and from the bookshop.

I decided to limit myself to only photographing things that were yellow. Don't know why, it just seemed like a reasonable idea at the time.

One thing did strike me: it's amazing how much litter is yellow.

So here they are: 10 yellow things I saw on Sunday.

Enjoy

Oh, nearly forgot to mention, the book I got for X was Stickleback by John McCabe. Mine for £2.49. Bargain!

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Date: 2007-06-20 19:34 Subject: Happy birthday to me, my first blog post Security: Public Location: At home Mood: chipper Music: I'm sitting in silence Tags: dr who, public transport, sonic screwdriver, tardis

45 today and I thought it was time to dabble with this blogging thing.

Did not too badly on the present getting. The boyfriend, he's publicity shy and has decided to be called X for the purposes of this blog, bought me a Dr Who TARDIS money box and a toy sonic screwdriver. Brilliant!

According to the instruction the TARDIS plays a recording of The Doctor and Rose when you deposit a coin in the slot. It also plays the wooshing dematerialisation sound. Unfortunately to appreciate thrill of it all the TARDIS requires 3 AAA batteries which, in time honoured fashion, were not included.

If you're wondering what I'm wittering on about then check out Dr Who here.

Moving on. A note to the chap on the No29 bus going into Edinburgh at about 2.15pm today. Yes, you know who you are. Next time you want to listen to the techno music on your mobile try using earphones instead of broadcasting to the whole bus through your phone speaker. Thanks.

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