Fuck you 2016. I’m glad to see the back of you. That is all.
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Some poignant ones here @plumjaffas
I have shamelessly stolen this from fb (even though it was probably pinched from here in the first place) but it just feels so appropriate for my blog that I had to post it here.
As a lot of you know this year has been a difficult one. The breakdown of my marriage has been a particular lowlight of it. Over the years I’ve been heavily involved in bringing up my little sister in law and we’ve remained close following the marriage breakdown. She’s spent Christmas with me here and I opened one of my presents from her to find that journal inside.
How I didn’t just sit and sob when I opened it I don’t know but I suspect that the presence of my ex probably did me a favour there. The little ‘un had wrapped it so carefully and said she took ages to choose it for me. It’s such a kind, thoughtful and appropriate gift.
Soft as it sounds I’m grateful to have been in her life and to have tried to give her some stability and love when there was none to be had at home. Even though things are so different for us all now I know that the little girl who once toddled towards me all blonde curls and smiles is a young woman who has a gentle kindness in her heart. If anything I did helped that in any way then every moment of every year inbetween was worthwhile.
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KP. Seriously ?!!
What have I just read ?!!!! OMG !!! This !! Hilarious !!http://www.parhlo.com/kevin-pietersen-appears-in-a-waist-coat/
This link is gold tho…
“OUR BELOVED KEVIN PIETERSEN. NOT ONLY DOES HE CHARMS US AND ROOTS US TO THE SPOT BY HIS INNINGS BUT HE MANAGES TO SET THE STANDARDS HERE PRETTY HIGH AS WELL.”
I like how the airbrushing has taken out half his facial features along with the wrinkles.
Jimmy has presumably sent this to Swanny multiple times already, to show him how much worse than ‘geography teacher who shops at Primark’ it can get
Jimmy’s latest advertising/tie-in shows just how much better it can be that the supply teacher chic he was rocking last year...
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When life decides things are going too well for you
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KP. Seriously ?!!
What have I just read ?!!!! OMG !!! This !! Hilarious !!http://www.parhlo.com/kevin-pietersen-appears-in-a-waist-coat/
This link is gold tho...
“OUR BELOVED KEVIN PIETERSEN. NOT ONLY DOES HE CHARMS US AND ROOTS US TO THE SPOT BY HIS INNINGS BUT HE MANAGES TO SET THE STANDARDS HERE PRETTY HIGH AS WELL.”
That moment when a real life picture confirms your every hc...
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I want a Jonny Bairstow in my life
L, O, R :)
Thanks for the ask
L - Not entirely dissimilar from where you live :) I think we’re rather lucky as snow is fairly infrequent and I can live with the rain and the cold. I do think the season of winter has shifted now though. I’m not sure it really starts until Christmas and seems to run until May when the sun comes back out!
O - Not in the sense of things like Big Brother, MiC and TOWIE etc. I watch shows like Masterchef which is real but not /that/ kind of real.
R - I’m not really a film person so I can honestly say that the only one I can recall having seen from this year is Deadpool. (I love Daniel Craig but I haven’t even seen Spectre yet :S) Deadpool was good though. Far gorier than anything I’d go and see usually as I’m a total wuss but it was funny, cleverly sarcastic and smashed the shit out of the fourth wall so very entertaining!
B, G, K (somewhat random selection...)
Thanks for the ask :)
B - If we’re talking about real life then I actually speak. I’m much more sociable online behind the protection of a keyboard and power button than I am in real life. If I’m really comfortable then I’ll turn up to stuff, offer my actual opinions rather than just agreeing and maybe, just maybe, even let them hug me once in a while. (I have lots of huggy affectionate friends who know that just isn’t going to happen with me unless it’s a supermoon or England won a Test series away from home!)
G - Spaghetti Bolognaise every time. I love it. I make it from scratch with tons of garlic and basil in it and it’s lovely. Grated melty cheese on the top is also a highlight.
K - Now that’s a difficult one as I don’t tend to buy into that kinda stuff. What I can say is that I come from a very devout Roman Catholic background and tales of exorcisms and various other supernatural incidents that I was told as a child still haunt me today. One involved a two headed dog driving a car (and no, I’m not kidding) and another involved some sort of possession in a hotel room above a pub. Weird. Just weird.
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A-Z ASK ME
A- What are you most self-conscious of?
B- What do you do around people when you’re really comfortable?
C- If you had to move to a big city, which would it be? (London, New York, L.A., Toronto, Seattle, Dublin, etc.)
D- What’s your favourite pasta dish?
E- What’s your favourite eye colour?
F- What’s your favourite thing to do on a lazy day?
G- If you have to make food for yourself, what’s your go-to dish?
H- What’s the last movie you saw in theaters? Did you enjoy it?
I- Do you have a piece of jewelry you never take off?
J- Is there a food you’d like to eliminate from the world?
K- What’s the creepiest or weirdest ‘inexplainable’ story you’ve ever heard?
L- What’s winter like where you live?
M- Do you like rain?
N- What’s your worst habit?
O- Do you watch reality tv?
P- Do you like oversized sweaters or do you overheat too easily?
Q- Do you drink Pumpkin Spice Lattes?
R- What’s your favourite movie (so far) from 2016?
S- Kisses or cuddles?
T- Forehead kisses or neck kisses?
U- Breaking Bad or Dexter?
V- Do you have a favourite movie from before 1982?
W- Favourite fruit?
X- Do you have Instagram? Can we follow you?
Y- Are you single?
Z- Do you like getting tagged on Tumblr?
I just want someone to look at me the way Titch looks at Colly...
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Zodiac Signs as Beautiful Words:
- ARIES: Defenestration (n) the act of throwing someone out the window.
- TAURUS: Petrichor (n) the pleasant, earthy smell of rain.
- GEMINI: Ephemeral (adj) lasting for a very short time
- CANCER: Hiraeth (n) a home sickness for home you cannot return to, or that never was.
- LEO: Phosphenes (n) the light and colours produced by rubbing your eyes
- VIRGO: Mellifluous (adj) a sound that is sweet and smooth, pleasing to hear.
- LIBRA: Limerence (n) the state of being infatuated with another person.
- SCORPIO: Sonder (n) the sudden realization that each passerby has a life as vivid and complex as your own
- SAGITTARIUS: Luminescence (n) light produced by chemical, electrical, physiological means
- CAPRICORN: Denouement (n) the resolution of a narrative
- AQUARIUS: Syzygy (n) an alignment of celestial bodies.
- PISCES: Ethereal (adj) extremely delicate, light, not of this world.
Source: thezodiacsociety.com
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Map shows UK’s weirdest place names.
Excuse me, but where is Nob End?
Well, you did ask.
Source: familybreakfinder.co.uk