Wednesday, February 28, 2007

 

Why I never blog

I do find it very difficult to come up with suitable subjects for my posts. As it's pretty public, I don't like to write anything at all personal, which cuts out the following topics: the ending of relationships (two break ups in six months and I haven't breathed a word till now!); friendships; the ins and outs of work; etc etc.

All I can really say at the moment is that living in Hampstead, as I am doing temporarily, has certain differences from living in Islington. In Hampstead,

- at the gym, you see guys reading the FT on the exercycles.
- drivers don't thank other drivers for letting them pass.
- hoodies are an endangered species as opposed to kings of the streets.
- the neighbours wear barbours and work in the city.
- there are no amazing restaurants but lots of pointless shops to buy things like executive aquariums.
- the Northern line is a living hell. 13 minutes can pass between trains! On a regular basis!

Comments:
Hey Olivia - you should come to the gym in Cannock, where we would think FT stands for fat tw**.

Sorry, couldn't resist.

You checked out my new blog yet Mrs? :)
 
I clearly need to get up to Cannock more!
 
Yeah your new blog is rad, lady!
 
I'll pop round soon!
 
For God's sake, juicy personal stuff is the only reason I ever read blogs - go for it, you might get a book deal out of it! If Liz Jones can put it out there so can you. Or at least make something up.

Failing that, write about Project Catwalk (without giving away who gets sacked as I'm a bit behind at the moment).
 
I really don't know if I'm ready to bare my life for my readers though Gray.
 
now, i liked 'exercycles' at first glance, as i'm all for linguistic economies but then i realised that it is the same number of syllables as 'exercise bike' so i've gone off it a bit

do people really say 'exercycles'?

if so, when did they start saying this? perhaps it was when i was on maternity leave...

hey ho

(i *really* need to get out more...)
 
Good point re syllables, urban chick. Not sure if 'exercycles' is the term dy jour, in fact it's really rather 80s, I just think it's funny. Annie Proulx uses it in a short story I was reading not too long ago to excellent comic effect, oh yes.
 
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