scribbles tagged ‘gloomy’

stab city

Saturday, September 29th, 2007 | tags: , , , ,  |

the bar staff,   2nd yr University of Limerick student, sold me Smithwicks beer  and told stories about how Limerick is known amongst the Irish as ‘Stab city’  illustrated with details of deaths amongst the people he’d met at a local the Boxing gym.    

The stone buildings are grey suggesting a  gloominess to match the mood of the weather

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enjoys occasional gloom

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 | tags: ,  |

sixtieth  in an occasionally dark Wednesday series of posts explaining  my singleness.

Reason #60: enjoys occasional gloom.  

I like being melancholic,   occasionally.   Overcast skies,   drizzle,   cold,   damp, and the like provides a familiar comforting feel.   I enjoy this occasionally.     Not all the time, just sometimes.

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Making lists is more fun than tidying

Friday, October 28th, 2005 | tags: , ,  |

Post relationship clutter has invaded my dining-room table.   A space that was previously under control has subversively developed a magnetic power for things that normally live elsewhere.  

What things?  

If you’re feeling extremely bored spend a few minutes trying to spot  the following things  in the photograph.  

  • birthday card & present for Swedish friend
  • housewarming present for recently moved friend
  • Package of summer from eastcoast friend
  • open book (Marilyn Monroe quotations,    sharp lady)
  • camera-case
  • UK adapter power  plug
  • mug of tea
  • beer bottle (Samuel Smith’s Nutbrown Ale)
  • pile of unopened mail from organisations
  • collection of documents providing guidance on how to review papers for a conference.
  • print-out of conference papers I’m reviewing.   This helps me  to make colourful doodles on them.   More satisfying than scrolling through a .pdf file.  
  • vase of roses.   Hooray,   how pretty they look.   How sweet they smell.   I have to keep an eye on the kitties though.   Kitties love to eat roses.   I’ll try and catch a picture of them browsing the blooms…

  • 2  closed books (Adam Nicolson,   really must start reading it again…) & Mervyn Peake’s ‘Letters from a lost uncle’.   Great bedtime story…
  • 2 sketchpads sat on their carrying-case
  • 2 plastic bags of legal documents (preparing a will)
  • 2 Laptops (Tinkerbell on your left  & Work supplied)
  • 2 bowls of ‘produce’ (green & orange – like the roses).   Produce is beginning to fascinate me….
  • 3  colour pens.

Wendy making-lists-rather-than-moving-clutter

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