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Making Conversation

Work: “Hi! How are you? Hope you’re feeling better. Just to let you know, we’re implementing some new anti-fraud measurements. So, HR needs to know where you were working between October 2006 and February 2007?”
Me: “Er, I was working for you guys..”
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A few completely unrelated and random links:
+ Is this cake scary or awesome? I […]

Posted 16 July 2008 † Karie § Art § Personal § Popular Culture ‡ Comments (2)

Dedicated Follower of Fashion

Kamicha of Yarned makes me feel that I should
a) go through my entire wardrobe
b) reconsider my aversion to blandness neutrals
c) reconsider my decision to avoid bulky knitwear
d) reconsider my decision to avoid shapeless dresses
e) forget about my hypermobility and dig out my high-heeled shoes
f) re-invent myself as a sophisticated fashionista
but I think I’ll continue […]

Posted 14 July 2008 † Karie § Craft § Popular Culture ‡ Comments (0)

Can I Have Another Piece..?

I have a guilty pleasure blog that I read ever so often whenever I either want to cheer myself up or want to depress myself (and sometimes I want both - I’m a complex woman). The blog in question is Tartelette and it is a food blog. No, let me rephrase that: it’s a food […]

Posted 04 July 2008 † Karie § Blogging § Personal § Scotland ‡ Comments (2)

Five Things I Have Learned Recently

Don’t you just love lists? I do.
+ Mattel has made The Birds Barbie. It’s brilliant. (thank you Darth Ken)
+ Wordle is the greatest thing since sliced bread. It even makes Spandau Ballet seem cool.
+ I have finally found a food item that I simply cannot abide.

The falooda we bought at today’s Glasgow Mela […]

Posted 22 June 2008 † Karie § Personal § Popular Culture § Scotland ‡ Comments (0)

Not Geeky, Not Geeky

Somehow I don’t think they’re talking about me.. but in related news I was invited to join GUGS today.

Posted 05 June 2008 † Karie § Personal § Popular Culture ‡ Comments (0)

Spoils

Stephen Moffat does write the best Doctor Who episodes. A planet which is one giant library? Yes, please! And that is all I will say as I do not want to give away any spoilers..
Now, as some longterm readers/friends may know, I’m absolutely obsessed by paratexts and paratextuality: tables of content, indices, illustrations, prefaces, typefaces, […]

Posted 31 May 2008 † Karie § Alasdair Gray § Fandom § Literature § Print Culture ‡ Comments (0)

The Big Issues

Worryingly I watch the chatterbox a great deal more than I would like - but there is something about the format which suits my scattered brain. I get interested in something and just as I’m beginning to lose the thread, it’s commercial time or time for the weather forecast (both strike me as similar in […]

Posted 20 May 2008 † Karie § News ‡ Comments (0)

They Used Wine Presses, You Know

Me mam’s apparently doing a bit better. It’s slightly strange to be in another country and not being able to rush to the hospital.
Somebody at BBC is my new friend. Stephen Fry & the Gutenberg Press is showing on BBC4 tonight so whoever greenlighted that show gets to be my friend. Yes I’ll sit there […]

Posted 14 April 2008 † Karie § Art § Bibliophilia § Personal § Print Culture ‡ Comments (3)

The Hills are Alive

If Rufus Wainwright were a soft toy..

Posted 07 March 2008 † Karie § Music § Popular Culture ‡ Comments (0)

Underneath the Trees

Ladies and gentlemen, we had snow the other day. You might think that my Viking Blood might’ve caused me to embrace the weather and frolic through the snow like some demented Norse god, but no. I hate snow. Blame it on too many schoolyard snowball fights which I always lost. No, I stayed indoors and […]

Posted 06 March 2008 † Karie § Art § Literature ‡ Comments (1)