Also..

I just wanted to apologise for the lack of the grave accent on gruyere on the previous post, unfortunately my keyboard isn't as sophisticated as i'd like it be. I can do this `u, but can't do them at the same time. Maybe i'll write Apple a letter detailing my outrage.

Where's the gruyere?

I was in Tescos the other day, frequenting the chilled, savoury snack section when I came across these two items.After thinking long and hard about about which one to buy, I decided to read the detailed product description. After reading the detailed product description, I realised something. The product information was exactly the same on both quiches, just slightly re-worded.

Now, clearly as most people know, the difference between a cheese and bacon quiche and quiche lorraine is gruyere cheese. I've decided I might write a letter to Tescos, outlining my disgust at their lack of quiche awareness. Or maybe start a petition, so that Tescos know how many people share my concern for quiche truth. If you share my concern please do not hesitate to contact me and we can have a nice discussion about the finer aspects of correct quiche making.

Cloud 9

It has come to my attention recently that pillows are becoming obsolete.

Joel has the worst pillows known to man. Using two sheets of paper would probably be of more use whilst trying to sleep than Joel's pillows. I have secretly been pinching Joel's flatmate's pillows when he's not there, so I can achieve a suitable night's sleep. However, this becomes a problem when Joel's flatmate is in. So as an alternative, I decided to try something a bit radical. Instead of using the traditional pillow, I used a spare single duvet. Joel said (and I quote),
"That is the worst idea I have ever heard", (this is before he tried it).
It, in fact, was the best idea I had ever heard. The fact that it moulds around you with minimal effort and you can get really entwined in it just puts it in a whole other realm. I was very pleasantly surprised, and after Joel tried it he quickly retracted his previous statement, and proceeded to nickname it 'Cloud 9'.

For anyone who feels pillows are soon to become extinct/or who have trouble sleeping , I recommend trying Cloud 9.

A new pencil sharpener and injury.

I bought a new pencil sharpener yesterday which I am really enjoying. It cost 79p. At one end there is a pencil sharpener and at the other there is a rubber! I would like to see more stationery solutions like this. Although the one problem with integrated stationery is if you lose your pencil sharpener you have also lost your rubber, and vice versa. For me I can see this becoming a problem as I am very good at losing things. However, I have quite a collection of rubbers, so I should be ok.

I have another self inflicted injury. Today I fell over in the shower and managed to crack a tile with my elbow. I am going to give blood next week, I hope I didn't catch anything from the tile.

Recent injuries

I don't know whether it's because I am getting older, or whether I am just generally becoming more clumsy, but it seems recently that I have injured myself on more occasions than seems appropriate. The most recent, is something that just happened now which prompted this post.

- I was eating a pack of Chipsticks, and a little crumb fell onto my keyboard (computer keyboard, not the Casio type). Not wanting to poke the crumb further in between the keys, I thought the best thing to do was to try and inhale it into my mouth. However, I may have inhaled too hard as the crumb went to the back of my throat and consequently I choked quite significantly.

Actually I'm not entirely sure whether that would be classed as an actual injury, more of a momentary minor affliction. More recent injuries include:

- Dropping a heavy glass light onto myself in bed which almost smashed on my head.
- Almost breaking my nose whilst playing table football, (in all the excitement of scoring a goal, I smacked my nose on the corner of the table, which has caused a great deal of cartilage damage).
- Burning my fingers on a hot pan (acute blistering).
- Several times catching my shins on the corner of my bed, resulting in blood being drawn.

Notice the frequent use of 'almost', it seems I always cleverly manage to avoid sustaining more serious injuries. To this day I have never broken anything, even though when I was little I jumped out of a first floor window and landed on concrete, 'almost' broke my pelvis. A quite impressive array of injuries!

Post it!

It occurred to me the other day whilst shopping on oxford street that I have a desire to stop people buying crap, or encourage them to buy good things. This is when I came up with the iniative, 'Post It'.
'Post It' is a way of sharing your thoughts without actually having to say them.
I happened to be in Topman in the queue with Joel whilst he was purchasing a pair of rather nice jeans (which I of course chose), when I noticed an abundance of men by themselves in the queue with some very poor clothing choices. I wanted to tell a young man in front of me that the £30 he was about to part with for an awful green shirt couldv'e been better spent. However, I, not being the confrontational type, didn't. I regret this now as I'm sure with my guidance he could've made a better informed choice.
Using Post-Its as an anonymous way of advising people i feel is the way forward. No confrontation, no pressure, just you and the post-it gently guiding you to a good choice. Also in HMV I feel a man in front of me missed a trick when he picked up What's Eating Gilbert Grape (£4 - a bargain), but put it back down. I feel with an encouraging post it from a stranger, there could be one more person in the world enjoying one of Leonardo Di Caprio's first good performances.

If someone had been kind enough to warn me of the awfulness of this film with a quick note...

...then I would still have £3.
I also feel that leaving more post-its around for people could be good. Maybe Joel will finally get the message after weeks of nagging that I dislike him leaving his unecessary facial hair on the sink with a simple note.

Hopefully with my new initiative I will be more bold and helpful to society, I encourage you to do the same, whether it be making choosing wine in Sainsbury's easier or discouraging people in general from going to Burton.

Discoveries...

It has been a while since ive posted anything, and there is no real reason for this apart from the fact i have been busy making discoveries. Lots of different discoveries, for example, musical discoveries e.g. Ratatat's new song mirando, Rigas a swedish producer, Kleerup a swedish electro person, and Lissi Dancefloor Disaster a swedish electropop duo (quite a lot of swedish things). I have also made other discoveries, like my recent need to watch crap films, ones featuring anne hathaway, and jonathan rhys meyers. I really do not know what is wrong with me. I have also discovered what my favourite flower is after joel brought me back 2 bunches of flowers whilst I was asleep and he was inebriated. One bunch being white roses, and the other bunch being Sweet Williams.

Another discovery has been the fact that i have been able to produce a shoe which I am not completely embarrassed by.


I actually tried it on and it was notably comfortable. The discoveries have been coming thick and fast lately. I 'treated' myself last week to £60 worth of food for my weekly shop, although i hadn't done anything worth rewarding. My shop included a bottle of Blossom Hill (not on offer), GU blueberry cheesecakes (not on offer) and Pink Lady apples (also not on offer) (however these 3 items did not total the £60). I dread to think how much I will spend after I hand in my project on wednesday and feel the need to celebrate actually achieving something.

I am at this moment sitting in my room revelling in the mess I have managed to create since joel went to bristol just yesterday. It really is quite an achievment. You can't really blame me though considering I have only left my room twice in the past 48 hours. I am contemplating doing some washing, however the lift can't come to my floor any more as someone has stolen the call button. This is actually funnier than it sounds as notices were put up around saying (sounding similar to a police enquiry).."If anyone has any information on the whereabouts of the missing button, or knows who took it please do not hesitate to contact reception. The button is from Germany and could take upto a month to replace." Oh how we laughed.
This has gone on far too long...