“They’re the New Puritans. A generation of young, educated and opinionated people determined to sidestep the consumerist perils of modern life. So if you own a 4×4, spend all your time shopping, or are simply overweight – watch your back.”
Emma, 27, West Yorkshire
Dislikes: 4x4s, pregnant smokers and parents that feed their children rubbish (like turkey twizzlers), bloodsports, binge drinking
Likes: vegetarianism, staying in
A scary duo C and I photographed in a shop window in Rusholme Manchester. I’m still in shock as to how hideous they are and why anyone would think they make a good display to draw the customers in!
Today I had a hospital appointment in Otley to see a consultant about my ears. Since a child I have been deaf in my left ear which is something I’ve grown used to, but over the past few months I have developed tinnitus in my right ear. I had a hearing test with the audiologist, which consisted of me having to press a button every time I heard a noise through the headphones. I dislike these tests because they play such a wide range of pitches, I struggle to hear them and then I end up mistaking other sounds for the test. The telephone rang in the middle of the test which didn’t help. At one point I was in terrible pain because the audiologist was playing a noise which must have been very loud into my left ear, which I couldn’t hear, but it felt like there was a heart beating in there. I got sent off for blood tests and I’ve been referred for a scan and an x-ray.
Then I saw the consultant and we had a chat about my tinnitus which there’s not much they can do for it. The tinnitus really affects me at night time when I’m trying to get to sleep and all I can hear is a constant noise. The best description I can offer of it, is that it sounds like the noise a fridge makes when you go down into the kitchen late at night. The only thing to relive it is to play some quiet music to take my brain’s attention away from the tinnitus.
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Yes that’s right, couples can share the intimate experience of flushing colons together!
I’m really hating my job at the moment, working in retail sucks. Customers are rude, weird and they smell. My boss is annoying me immensely, I just can’t seem to do anything right. So to drown my sorrows I’m reading fuck this job blog where I can console myself in not being the only one.
I was very saddened to hear that the great Ronnie Barker died today. The Two Ronnies always have me creased up with laughter and the “Four candles” sketch will always be a classic. As a child I always wanted him to be my grandad as he seemed such a warm and genuine person. He was truly a great comedian, actor and writer. I shed a few tears today because I am so fond of him.
He is a comic genius who will be sorely missed.
I saw this monstrosity while flicking through a magazine looking for inspiration for a new style. This is not a look I shall be considering.
Three in a Bed:
The Benefits of Sleeping with Your Baby by Deborah Jackson
The Luxe by Anna Godbersen
In the Dark by Deborah Moggach
