A Song for the Lovers

Train Travel part II

Why do I only ever blog when I’m on a train?!
It seems to be a new hobby or something. This time I’m on a train heading to London so I have free Wi-Fi AND crap coffee...EPIC WIN!!

I have some news in a fashion. I’m going to be in Company magazine. Nothing major, they were looking for a group of women who have met on a health forum and become close friends because of it. My lovely mate Sades nominated us and the other dirty sewer kittens for the article. She’s done most of the work on it but the article is going to have a couple of lines from Lara, Cat and myself along with pictures which is pretty cool! The issue is out on 15th August so check it out ;)

I’m going to be doing another music post shortly; I’m in love with A Song for the Lovers by Richard Ashcroft. Hearing it takes me back to 2001 when life was simpler. I was still in high school which is kinda scary! In fact I’m listening to it now and resisting the urge to sing along.

I’m currently looking for a new job. I really don’t like where I’m working. I have issues with their working practices and yet when I make a suggestion, I get ignored because what would I know?! I’ve never worked in payroll before (please insert OBVIOUS sarcasm here)

At the end of the day I’m a firm believer of the saying I work to live, I don’t live to work and while I’m looking for something new I’m getting paid which means I’m able to gallivanting off all over the country . In fact, since I started there I’ve been away at least once every month.

I suppose I should sign off here and chat to Kay who’s just popped up on my msn. Will shortly blog A Song for the Lovers.

xx

Train Travel

I’m on a train, somewhere just on the border of Yorkshire I think. At this point in the journey I was hoping to be marvelling at being able to connect to the internet on a train...so far I’ve managed to connect for 5 minutes, if that and I was on the phone to my friend when it had finally connected.

In spite of this, I love train travel. I love the cheap and nasty tasting coffee which is hideously overpriced. I love the occasional nausea when you look out of the window at the wrong moment and can see nothing but a blur of green as you go past trees. (Note to self...Don’t drink the cheap, nasty, overpriced coffee before looking out of the window....ugh!) I love the faulty doors that open and try to close incessantly. I love the delays, never knowing if you’ll be on time for your connecting train. I may have listed quite a few negative things here but they all add to the charm of train travel.

I seem to have spent a lot of time and money on trains recently. It’s hard to believe that just over a week ago I was on a train to London, enjoying the free Wi-Fi and not shivering because the air con was going at full blast.

And now the reason why I’m on a train heading to Plymouth...well that’s the final destination, I’ll be getting off at Birmingham New Street. It’s my adopted little sister’s birthday today so unbeknownst to her, I’ve organised a few people to come down and surprise her for her birthday.

I can’t believe I’ve left this blog abandoned for so long. I can honestly say I haven’t had the time to post but then I sit here and start to wonder what exactly it is I’ve been doing in all these months... I seem to have got caught up in the viscious circle of work, eat, sleep on an evening and then trying to cram as much of my social life as possible into the weekends. The thing I can’t quite grasp is I’ve been online most evenings before I head to bed as it’s the only way of keeping in touch with some people so why haven’t I updated my blog? Things have happened, it’s not like I’ve done nothing.

We’re somewhere in Derbyshire now.

I love people watching on a train, you all know what I mean, don’t deny you don’t do it. You see a guy with a wedding ring on and his blonde companion...makes you wonder what’s going on.

I think I’ll get back to my people watching now and will update on the wedding ring guy and blondie’s situation if I find out anything ;)
xx

Gah!

Too busy to blog with new job and too pissed off right now to make any sense!!

Seriously, is 'please leave me alone' too fucking difficult to grasp?!

Hmph!
xx

Defying Gravity

KERRY ELLIS DEFYING GRAVITY LYRICS

Something has changed within me
Something is not the same
I'm through with playing by
The rules of someone else's game
Too late for second guessing
Too late to go back to sleep
It's time to trust my instincts
Close my eyes and leap

It's time to try defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye, I'm defying gravity
And you can't bring me down
Mmm-mmm

I'm through accepting limits
Cos someone says they're so
Some things I cannot change
But til I try I'll never know
Too long I've been afraid of
Losing love I guess I've lost
Well if that's love it comes at
Much too high a cost

I'd sooner buy defying gravity
I'm way up high, I'm defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye, I'm defying gravity
And you won't bring me down

Unlimited
My future is unlimited
And I just had a vision
Almost like a prophecy
I know
It sounds truly crazy
And, true, the vision's hazy
But I can see it
I can feel it
I swear I'll be so high
yeah yeah

So if you care to find me
Look to the western sky
As someone told me lately
Everyone deserves a chance to fly
And if I'm flying solo
At least I'm flying free
To those who ground me
Take a message back from me
ah yeah

It's time to try defying gravity
I'm way up high, I'm defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye, I'm defying gravity
And you won't bring me
You won't bring me down
aaah
ah-ah-ah-ahhh



Produced by possibly THE best guitairst - Brian May

Some good news :D

My dad had his scan today, from what they could see it's pretty certain there aren't any tumours which is a massive relief!! There was some free fluid found and there looks to be a problem with some of the veins in there so we'll have to wait and see what the consultant says on 21st April (my poor daddy having to go to hospital on his burpday!). In the mean time he looks pretty certain to be given the all clear in April and then have to have treatment for whatever the problem is...I think it's an infection but I'm not medically trained so it's just speculation.

In other news, I had the second interview and I should know tomorrow (in fact, later today) if I've got an offer of a job! From what they said to me it seems pretty likely. Please keep everything crossed though (for anyone who's out there and can cope with my ramblings, hehe)

xxx

?

Will you raise me up, will you help me down?
Will you get me right out of this godforsaken town?
Will you make it all a little less cold?
Will you hold me sacred? Will you hold me tight?
Can you colorize my life, I'm so sick of black and white?
Can you make it all a little less old?
Will you make me some magic, with your own two hands?
Can you build an emerald city with these grains of sand?
Can you give me something I can take home?
Will you cater to every fantasy I got?
Will you hose me down with holy water, if I get too hot?
Will you take me places I've never known?
After a while you'll forget everything
It was a brief interlude and a midsummer night's fling
And you'll see that it's time to move on
I know the territory, I've been around
It'll all turn to dust and we'll all fall down
And sooner or later, you'll be screwing around

(these obviously belong to Meatloaf, not my words - they just seem appropriate at the moment)
xx