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Thursday 29 November 2012
Friday 23 November 2012
Friday Five- Films that changed my life
Many films settle for the obvious: get some good-looking
people, put them in a funny/perilous situation, include some witty banter, a
cracking soundtrack and – voila! A box-office hit that will entertain the
masses.
Some films go that extra mile. They blend these successful
elements and add a pinch of something special. I don’t know what it is exactly,
but I do know that everyone has them- those films that they return to time and
time again because of the effect they have. Here are mine.
Friday 16 November 2012
Friday Five- Money-saving Tips
Welcome to my first Friday Five!
We all want our information in short, snappy, easy-to-digest nuggets, so here are my top five tips for saving money. Enjoy.*
Thursday 15 November 2012
Desperately Seeking Tea Bags
Do you ever have those weeks when everything seems to happen at once? Yeah, me too. This week has been one of them.
For once, it's not been the result of a self-induced procrastination crisis: I've just been busy. I love my job- I wouldn't do it if I didn't- but this week I have been suffering from a serious lack of "me time". And tea bags...
Friday 9 November 2012
Pick a part that's new
I've been working on an idea for a story. Like most of my ideas, it was a random conversation that began it and it grew in the retelling. By the time I'd mulled it over (see my previous post on procrastination) and discussed it some more over a potentially-fatal mint Aero Krushem (long story) it was fully-formed and wanting to be born. So far, so good.
Wednesday 7 November 2012
Maybe tomorrow...
'stands up'
My name is Louise West and I am a procrastinator.
There, I've said it. Eventually.
It's a habit that I've been living with for years. I inherited it from my Dad, a world-class champion in "getting round to it". Our unofficial family motto is "manana" and I'm considering incorporating it into the family crest, when I get round to it. In a weird way, I'm actually quite proud of my procrastination pedigree.
Saturday 3 November 2012
I heard it through the grapevine..
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