Thursday, March 31, 2005

In about 3 days I will be 26. I am fine with this and will be celebrating by shooting people with lasers.

Tuesday, March 22, 2005

dead horse...

...sometimes just not worth flogging.

Monday, March 21, 2005

Recycle?

I can't believe that over half the people that bothered to answer the question had 'no opinion'. Why click the button to offer such a worthless answer?
I really think we are well placed to start doing something innovative to reduce our waste and reduce the amount of rubbish that is burned or buried. It's not profitable, but it is the right thing to do. Plus we could make a much better class of souvenir, imagine 'recycled in the Isle of Man' products.

Sunday, March 20, 2005

Technically ungifted

Been looking at some blogs. I have some catching up to do, how is it that I have been doing this for year and a half and I do not know how to get a picture of myself in next to the profile, and also have no idea what an RSS feed is? Gotta put some time in on the homework!

The new me.

So , the new Katie. This is working out OK except for occasional lapses in judgement. Sometimes it results in having to be nice to people you don't really want to be nice to....I am politer to people who try and chat me up now, I don't really want a reputation for meanness! Then, before you know it, you're apologising to them because they broke a little bit of your tooth. I vow, from this moment on, to never drink beer from the bottle again. Except, in a non crowded place. And even then, I think I will be very careful. Yes, I had to file my tooth with a nailfile when I got home. It's not noticeable, but I notice it.
All those NY resolutions I attempted to keep (only a few posts ago, due to my recent slackness on the blog front) are going very well! I quit some things, lost some weight, and tried to be more tolerant with people. This seems to have translated itself as being rather more brutally honest than is necessary. I'm working on that. The new me also loves my new red cowboy boots. Did I mention that?

Saturday, March 19, 2005

I have a March resolution to start writing things on here again. I read Caroline's blog about all the exciting stuff she does, surfing, getting trapped in a building near a hostage situation etc., and miss all the exciting things I used to be able to write about. Steve is off to the Taj Mahal tonight at sunset...damnit, if I hadn't spent all my money travelling around last year then I could have done it this year. Why didn't I think of that before?
So this morning, in an attempt to create an international vibe, I have been listening to my very cheap but brand new Spanish linguaphone tape from 1989....it has very 80s introductory music, and I actually know all of it so far. I can certainly order a vino tinto anyway. Have also been wearing my brand new red cowboy boots. Ordered via the internet from an authentic cowboy website......well, I am making this up but you get the picture. They are red and very very funky. I would definitely rescue them if my house was burning down.
The health kick from the new year continues. When Lent came around I had nothing left to give up, yes I am indeed that boring, so I decided to start something instead. However, I dithered for so long on what to start, that I failed to start anything. The resolution to learn to play my guitar has also failed miserably. The trouble is that I want to do everything, and I do not have time for this as going to work gets in the way. I therefore do nothing. Cyprus in 3 weeks, where I intend to go shopping and try a watersport that I have never tried. There are many possibilities then, as I have only tried under the water sports.
I am getting through a lot of books though, I have a list of Britain's favourites, so I've been working through that. It's full of the books that I always intended to read..the Catcher in the Rye, 1984, and I am now onto the Great Gatsby. Tomorrow if it's a nice day, Charlie and I are digging out some rollerblades, heading down to the prom which is nice and flat, and seeing just how much we can embarrass ourselves. Yay.