Bad backs, bakeries, and book publishing

I wish I could take my own advice. I had this ‘great revelation’ about not doing vs. trying too hard, especially when it comes to my yoga practice, and then I go and over-stretch doing a sitting forward bend and pull a muscle in my back. Lord what fools these mortals be. But, no experience [...]

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Aches and Growing Pains

I tell you what, being holed up for 4 days with the flu really gives you a new perspective on things. For one thing I’m sick to death of being stuck indoors all the time. And that includes work as well as at home. I’ve had the last 2 days off work as they were [...]

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The Social Network

Just finished watching The Social Network and, rather ironically, I had to blog something about it. First off, if you haven’t seen it, check it out. The direction by David Fincher is excellent, the music by Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) really works well, and the writing by Aaron Sorkin is very crisp and beautifully [...]

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Bye Bye, Twenty Ten

It’s been a wacky old year, with a lot of the really interesting stuff happening in the past few months. But I don’t want to bang on about all that like it’s the end of something and the beginning of something else. The whole new year thing is somewhat arbitrary, and generally based on religion. [...]

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Week 44 : Frustrations

I’ve been trying to decide this week whether to continue with this blog or not. As I come up to 1 year of blogging I have to admit that My Brand New Life has pretty much failed in it’s mission; ie, to generate a brand new life. I’m still in the same job, in the [...]

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Week 25: In which our hero lists some stuff, does some stuff, and wins something

Ok, so what have I been up to this week? Well, after my lack lustre performance last week I’ve had my nose to the grindstone… a bit. So here goes; First, I made a big list of “Every Idea I’ve Ever Had”. This didn’t take long, I’m sorry to say. Actually it took longer than [...]

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Report 12: A new look and new ideas (& Chocolate Chip Cookies)

I was very discombobulated this week, and whilst it’s been fun having an excuse to use the word discombobulated in conversations with people, it really wasn’t worth the aggro. Not that anything specifically bad happened, I was just so busy with work, and so physically drained after having the bad back, that I couldn’t get [...]

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Report 8

Right, it’s a piss-poor report this week. Check out this list of non-events. Script pages done: None. I’ll spare you the excuses. I cleared Thursday to do some work but then I got paid and went shopping instead. Didn’t buy much either, just a jacket and a t-shirt. Thoroughly disappointing all round really. New thing [...]

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Report 6

Ok, a quick summation: New Things Done: Had a go in a floatation tank. Went to see a musical. Recipes Done: Spaghetti Bolognese and Hash Browns Script Writing Done: 4 pages. Yes, that’s right, I did it; I finally wrote some pages!!!!! In fact it’s even more impressive than that. I sketched out a map [...]

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Report 3 – A little Chinesey (Spring rolls and Garlic cucumber)

It’s Chinese night in the House of Kiki. Had a go at spring rolls for the first time ever. Turned out ok actually. Here’s how I did it. Spring Rolls Splash of Oil 1 Carrot 5-6 Spring onions 6 Shitake mushrooms 1 tsp Cornflour 2 tsp Cold water 1 tsp Light soy sauce 1/4 tsp [...]

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