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Thursday, August 19th, 2004
9:32 am	Game Over... Got back on tuesday night from a rather nice week in Aberdeen, spent a lot of time with my friends, and some time with my family. And for the first time since i moved to London(over 2 years ago!) i really wish i was still up there with them. Things have been 'funny' with Mike for a while now, but i put it down to him feeling overly stressed at work, and feeling like he didn't have much time to himself. However as it turns out, he's been chatting with, and has met up with, some girl from 'faceparty'. Just found out this gem on tuesday night. now, before i went up to Aberdeen we had a long talk about 'us', and how he didn't want us to be together anymore, i didn't take it well, and was determined not to give up...But by the time i got on a plane 2 days later i had completely turned around. I could see that he really didn't want to be in our relationship any more, and although we've had our moments in the past (almost breaking up, but staying together) i could see that this time was different. So i spent my week in the 'deen feeling positive about the change, i honestly need to get on with my life, and get on track with my art-career, so it seemed like this would ultimately be a good thing. Having learned about this other person has spun me though. And i'm not feeling so good at the moment. Everyone who lives here in London knows that it can tear you apart if you don't have a good structure of friends to be with, and i'm not feeling like i do at the moment. I'm quite worried about that. So yeah, our 5 year relationship is finally over. We'll see what happens, if we can still live in the same flat, and still be friends ( i hope so) I need a new Job! I think (and hope) that my boss is going to sell the shop (We're losing too much money for her to make it viable any more) so am going to start looking for something new. All of this coupled with the fact that my family has split up/fallen apart, and my parents are selling our house in Aberdeen, means that i really have a new life ahead of me. (and no old-life to fall back on) The future is looming, and i think i might actually be sick. bugger. Current Mood: sick Current Music: Radio 1...miscellaneous noise... (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, July 22nd, 2004
8:52 am	Updates Have been scanning and cropping and have now updated my 'birogirl' website. It's a site full of my paintings and drawings, so anyone who wants to see... birogirl Please have a look, and please leave me a wee (small) message in the guestbook, so i know you've been! THANK YOU!!! Am having a good week, had 3 days off work, so have been sketching/painting furiously, working on 2 major projects, and some fun random stuff too. Also my boyfriend's mum arrived last night, to stay with us for a week, and on monday my step-dad and my little sister arrive to stay for a week too!!! so it's gonna be a nice week, i'm sure we'll all find plenty to do : ) Well, back to reading random web-comics (there are some bloody good ones out there!) and to do some painting before work... bibi Current Mood: cheerful Current Music: Radio 1: dry your eyes - the streets (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 6th, 2004
10:49 am	heh hehh It's been an awfully long time since my last entry, no excuses really, but have been pretty busy, moving flat and working my usual hours at the shop. We're all settled into the new flat now, just lacking in some furniture (a bed, wardrobe and chest 'o' drawers) which will be ordered tonight maybe. it's a lovely flat. bigger bedroom for Mike and i, so i have plenty space for my desk, and therefore no reason to put off any artwork or sewing projects...muahh hahhh Am thinking about going to surprise Bruce (Red Warrior) at New Designers (Graduate exhibition here in London). might go along today, but might go on Friday afternoon...hmm well, better get on with some painting i guess, am working on a short story project, illustrating a lovely story called 'Fishing for Jasmine'. hopefully it will come out nicely, coherent, and the first full story i have illustrated (in a long time anyway) happy birthday to Grant by the way!!! Sorry i couldn't join you for a day and night of drinking, but i was kinda here...Am planning a possible late July/early August trip to Aberdeen though... see ya later... Current Mood: calm Current Music: Radio 1...miscellaneous noise... (Comment on this)
Thursday, March 11th, 2004
3:19 pm	pear-shaped things have been pretty weird this last week, so many things happening to people, so many twists and turns. i'll do my best to keep it all together, but i dont know what i can really do about half of it. : / *sigh* well at least i have a day off this week. i need a bath... Current Mood: confused Current Music: hummmmmmmm (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, February 28th, 2004
5:21 pm	Jamaica... Mike, Willie and i got back to Britain this morning, We left this city on the 18th, and after a 10 hour flight we arrived in Kingston, Jamaica. we were supposed to be staying at Robyn's dad's house for a night, but a taxi had been organised for us to leave straight away - a 3-4 hour drive to Montego Bay (we drove the length of the country, throught ghetto's and cliffs, forests and quarry's, it was terrifying, and the driver got VERY lost - he was asking Mike if he was on the right road!!!) We arrived at midnight (they're 5 hours behind us) Our villa was lovely, pool, sea view (and there was a MacDonalds down the road too!) we shared the villa with Barry's 2 brothers, managed to get pished every day, and had a great laugh. Barry and Robyn got married in Sandals (resort hotel place) on the beach, and we had the reception on a small island off the coast. it went very well, and a great deal of alcohol was consumed by all : ) we discovered the next night that a day/night pass could be bought for Sandals, and that all food/booze/activities were free after that, so we paid $70 each, had a 3 course meal, and proceeded to tan the bar till 2am followed by burgers and chips afterwards. mike worked out that after the £35 we spent we consumed about £4/500 worth of booze/food. (there were 5 of us, so not too bad going!) the holiday was great, we all went on a few day-trips (the 2 families and us) saw a lot of the country, got incredibly sunburnt (barry's brother had to go to the doctor to have huge burn-blisters removed from his feet, and got an injection in his ass!) there's so much that happened...we ended up missing our flight by a whole day (all mike's fault, he got the days wrong), and had to get standby tickets for the next flight (the day after that) so managed to stay in kingston after all, *sigh* didnt want to come back, despite the beasties (cockroaches, rats, mosquitoes, black widow spiders etc etc) and despite the raging sun, i really enjoyed it there, it's SOO not London, people live in sheds/shacks in the hills and by the road. there's no discernable speed limit, or driving laws of any kind. it's so cool. (scary but cool) the only drawbacks were being ripped off a lot by taxi drivers, the very varying prices of things (ripped off again) and the cat-calls and confrontations from the natives (*kiss kiss* heyyy whitieee) people are mostly friendly, but very up-front and in your face. ahh well. that's my review of my holiday, i would reccomend it to anyone, just be wary of prices (ask before you get in a taxi) and be confident in saying NO, when you dont want to buy something (we were daily offered clothes, bags, jewellery, weed, X, women (!)... and, they will do their best to have you go home and recommend jamaica to others, they really need the tourist trade over there, it's about the biggest business in the country. *phewwwww* well i'm done (i finished my drink) so i'll go now, and not ramble any more. hope to catch up with people very soon, just give me a day to get used to being here (ughhh jet-lag) and i'll be fine irie, Beth Current Mood: tired Current Music: sweet silence (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, February 6th, 2004
4:36 pm	whoooooooo *pop* Jeez it's been a while. things have been pretty chaotic since my birthday, we got a new flatmate, in the form of Bob. and have been having people over almost nightly...i wont complain, but it has burst my 'working in peace' bubble that i had going. i have been working on a lot of paintings, and been getting good feedback from random nosy people... just about recovered from going back + forth to Birmingham for the spring fair trade show, since my boss had her baby 3 days ago, i went on my lonesome to see what was new in the world, and order shed-loeads of new stock for the shop. it's way too easy to spend someone elses money... : / i must have ordered about £6,000 worth of stuff...i hope we can afford it...hehe ^^; anyhoo, things have been fun/strange here, there are nightly convo's/arguments about how much Bob drinks, which i try to stay out of, but he's doing great, he got a Job, and is at least drinking a lot less than when he was in Aberdeen. we just got 2 more visitors last night, Emily and Mary are staying the weekend (while Emily helps out at a different trade show, of alternative clothing) looks like we are all going out tonight, for a thai meal, then off to the 12 bar club on Tottenham Ct Road, to see a friend of willie's band play. oh! and for Grant and Nikki...Bill Bailey will be in Aberdeen as the last gig of his tour...i'm gonna go see him in London, he should be in Aberdeen on the 11th of July gotta go, i have a million people talking to me on messenger...aaauughhh Current Mood: crazy Current Music: the bleeping of messenger... (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, January 20th, 2004
7:37 pm	Happy Birthday It's my Birthday in 2 days!!! whoooooeeeeeee i plan to drink, a lot. gonna have people over on thurs night, and am going out to the electric ballroom on friday night, so if anyone wants to come to london, they can come along too ;) soo, yeah i'm going to Jamaica next month, it's our friends Barry + Robyn's wedding, they have got themselves an island just off Montego Bay for the ceremony, so it sounds like it's gonna be amaaaazing! yah maaan. been working lots, but am getting some painting done too, just got a script/rough outline from Willie, for a film that he + Barry would like to make. so am gonna put together a storyboard for them. seems interesting, so i'll see what i can come up with for them :/ i'm absolutely starving, must eat soon... gotta sleep tonight... Current Mood: hungry (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, January 15th, 2004
8:37 am	Jamaica! Hullo, have just found out Mike and i are going to Jamaica mext month! Wheeeeee! soo excited! more to come later... Current Mood: excited (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, January 9th, 2004
7:51 am	swing! uugh, dont know why but ended up drinking a lot last night, mulled wine, red wine, white wine, 2 massive bottles of beer...also ran out across the road with Oreli to the kids park, scaled the fence and played on everything for a while (in the middle of the night) i have bruises now...urkkh have to work for 10 hours today... >_ Current Mood: tired Current Music: None (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, January 6th, 2004
9:27 am	aghh ill! Well, i'm back home, had a great time in Aberdeen! drank lots, ate loads of chips/cheese (mmmm) went out a couple of times, and saw lots of people i hadn't seen in ages ^_^ Oreli had a great time too, finally met bob (who we were trying to set her up with) and got along very, very well...i think they're planning to run away to romania together and buy a farm... i had a great week up there (except for the last couple of hours, what with everyone trying to emotionally blackmail me into staying, foreverrr) but after about 2 minutes frantic packing, and a swift couple of taxis, i made it back to london... and now...i'm ill. AGAIN!!! it's just a cold, but good grief it's irritating!!! am trying to think what i want to do this morning...must pay in my wages, and should try to get to my bank in picadilly circus...can i be bothered going all that way though? my dad and i swopped laptops, so instead of my wee vaio notebook, i have a proper sized laptop now, which is great cause i can play 'the sims' again (heheeee) Mike got home last night too (from aberdeen) and coupled with the effects of a bottle of wine oreli and i drank last night, the flat is a total mess...ah well, i'm gonna probably play the sims all morning, and go to work at 2pm........ *siiighhhhhh* Current Mood: sick Current Music: ughh, trisha on TV (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, December 25th, 2003
2:03 pm	Merry xmas everyone! had a good sleep (if not as long as planned...) and got up, made tea/coffees, opened pressies, and had a shower ^_^ have had many texts of 'merry xmas' from people, and now 'muppets from space' is on!! it's looking like a great day, enjoy everyone!! gotta go make trifle for pudding now ^_^ bef Current Mood: happy Current Music: 'muppets from space' on TV (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2003
11:32 am	not long now! i think i got it all done, got my trifle bowl, whisk, even a nutcracker! the last presents are bought and wrapped, and i have to be at work in 20 minutes. i think (except for the food) i'm ready to chill and enjoy xmas day. *phew* it's my first xmas not at home, and i feel like i've managed to organise everything by myself, party poppers, crackers (must get napkins...) and i'm knackered. i know it doesnt really matter to anyone else, but these are the things we expect at xmas...i just want it to be nice. i think i've come through my 3 day xmas depression (i think i get it every year) when i stress about how much i've spent, and wether i shouldve done this or that, or got this or that...i just want to sleeeeep! after a 55 hour week, then a 60 hour week, and a mere 27 hours this week, i'm ready to sleep for a year. can't wait to come up north to see everyone, hope to figure something out for new year (is everyone going to moshulu???) better go to work soon... bibi Current Mood: accomplished Current Music: Lamb - trans fatty acid (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, December 12th, 2003
8:16 am	Lord of the Rings Premiere... Have been working a hideous amount this week, 55 hours or so...but last night after work, Aurelie and i legged it (well we got the tube...) to Leicester square to see if we could catch the L.O.T.R premiere...we arrived to find hundreds of screaming people pushed up against the barriers around the odeon cinema, we walked around to try to find a better place to stand, and ended up standing on a big plantpot with a tree in it, in the doorway of some hotel...we did see some people who may have been somebody...but we only really saw Viggo mortensen (sp ?) who went around signing and shaking hands etc. we waited around some more, but they had all gone inside by then : ( we would have had to wait till 11:30pm to see them come out, but we opted for home instead. we were too late! so disappointed, Aurelie wanted to see Peter Jackson, and possibly punch him in the belly to get his attention (while screaming 'hire me!!!') ah well, could've worked... got my only half day this week today, so am going shopping after work! aaaagh! bef. Current Mood: tired Current Music: to early for music, flatmate still asleep... (Comment on this)
Friday, December 5th, 2003
8:34 pm	Wonderful Days Okay, i'm fast becoming obsessed with this film (anime), it looks great, and the plot seems to be intriguing too...check out the trailer here... http://www.wonderfuldays.co.kr Don't know if it's been released here yet, but am gonna have a look in this shop in Chinatown that i know, they might just have it... (sooooo excited!!!!) also have just been told to get Pompoko (ghibli) as well...must go shopping!!! Current Mood: ecstatic Current Music: greenday - when i come around (Comment on this)
9:43 am	am baaaack hey, sorry i been away for a while, but mike broke the PC, so we all been offline for a while while he fixed it. we maxed out our hard-disk space, too many mp3's and movies ^_^ but we got 6 hard-drives now, and some ridiculous amount of space, so we should be okay for a while...feeling almost whole again, after the flu, just got an annoying random cough to shake off, then i'll be allll better ^_^ oh, just saw a random trailer for an anime, i havent heard anything about it, but it's called wonderful days. the trailer looks amazing, must find out more... well, i got 2 hours till work, so am gonna go make myself look pretty ^_^ oh and Ash, mike's friend from Manchester is coming to stay the weekend, so i think another 'lost weekend' is fast approaching...bring on the boooooooze! (happy i bought 24 cans of carling for £10 - love sainsbury's!) bibi ^_^ Current Mood: optimistic Current Music: just the TV again... (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 25th, 2003
3:07 pm	FLU Been feeling shitty for 5 days now. was hoping it was just a cold, but it's looking like flu now. am going to go wrap up and drink my lemsip. must sleeeep, but cant breathe, soo tired. Current Mood: sick Current Music: nuthin' (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 18th, 2003
8:24 am	Snaiiiils Yesterday i finished work at 2pm, after spending the morning training up a new member of staff...i went home and decided to totally rearrange our living room and 'mezzanine' area...it looks really nice now, and i have a big table cleared for my art stuff ^^ When Aurelie got home, we decided to open the bottle of bubbly she brought back from France, and she decided to cook us some snails! she did it properly apparently, boiling the and adding Cognac and garlic/butter, putting them in shells and cooking them on a bed of rock salt. I have a 'thing' about bugs and creepy crawlies, and i really didnt think i could eat one, but i ate about 15...(and mike 'hardcore' koss couldn't even eat one!! hahahahahahaah) they were really nice actually, i feel proud. gotta go to work soon, hope it's busy today : / Current Mood: awake Current Music: Rise on TV in the background... (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, November 15th, 2003
9:20 am	Angry Managing to go to bed angry, sleep angry, wake up throughout the night and be annoyed, and be hacked off when i wake up isn't very satisfying. Dont know what the hell is up with Mike right now, but he seems to want to piss me off just for the hell of it. oh well, i get to go to work later, and hopefully Aurelie and i are going out tonight, so i hope the day gets better... looking forward to tomorrow ^_^ day off!!! Current Mood: angry Current Music: the buzz of the PC (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 11th, 2003
1:53 pm	I hate hoovering *phew* Just finished washing all the dishes, hoovered the whole flat (well almost) and tidying up. i fuking hate hoovering, my carpet just does not want to be clean, and my hoover just wants to move stuff around, and not pick it up >_< Mike's trying to book flights for the 3 of us to come up to the 'deen after xmas. looks like it's gonna be bout £150 each, return, so it should be cool. hopefully will be up on the 27/28th and will be up for 7 days, yayy!!! i'm really looking forward to seeing you people again! well, i'm gonna go mess around with stuff, might actually get some painting done : / ooh, and i must watch the last of the 'secrets' DVD Grant gave me ages ago, it's soooo pretty, but i feel like i'm watching porn, so i'll only watch it when everyone else is out, hehe ^^; I love days off. Current Mood: relieved Current Music: Kill Bill soundtrack (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, November 10th, 2003
11:13 pm	GO GO YUBABAAAAAAAA Just watched KILL BILL, and i fukin' loved it. Can't wait for the second chapter. If ever i was blessed with the opportunity to kill somebody, i'd like to do it with the skill, style, weapon, and CLASS of Go Go Yubaba...(possibly with the outfit too ^^; ) damn. My great flatmate Aurelie has now returned from her weekend back home (France) and has brought us a pleasantly frightening mixture of gifts...cognac, sweeties, duty-free fags ^_^, a bug in a lollypop, more sweets, a heck of a lot of pate, wine, cheeses, and...escargot (snails) if i can work up the nerve to eat the snails, i'll let u know how it goes. My boyfriend was also away this weekend, (short trip to Glasgow) so i got the flat all to myself ^_^ . I was planning to paint and do poi all weekend, but ended up sitting on my ass in my PJ's, watching TV. I did go out on saturday night, to SoHo, with my friend Asal, to a bar for my friend Sonja's birthday, and we were joined later by Yasuko too, so it was a pretty good night! am gonna go curl up on the sofa, and maybe go to bed soon. weee Bef. Current Mood: hyper Current Music: just Mike and Oreli talking about Warhammer (8 Comments |Comment on this)