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If you are interested, please drop me a note and we'll talk about the prices of different artworks and the subject matter.

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Would anybody be interested?

]]> ~Patchworkdove http://Patchworkdove.deviantart.com/journal/13648283/ http://Patchworkdove.deviantart.com/journal/13648283/ Sat, 07 Jul 2007 15:31:25 PDT

But anyway. We made it to Nottingham! We met one of my gf's university friends (he lives there) and he showed us the best bars and cafes of Nottingham (priorities people ). The Alley Cafe is a totally vegetarian caff tucked away down a side alley and up a set of stairs, which was pretty cool anyway, but then you get to the menu! I mean, wtf is a 'fellafel' anyway? I had oriental style tofu balls. I say Toe-Fue, my gf says Toff-Ooo. Bless her, she's so common ! I also tried a shot of wheatgrass. Despite the fact that it smells like the inside of a recently used lawnmower, it is actually fairly tasty. We also went to a coffee house/bar in what looked like an old victorian music hall. Glass ceilings and open galleries and comfy ancient leather chairs. I approved

Then my gf's friend tried to give us directions to Sherwood Forest. At least I've seen most of Nottingham now we got there in the end. Bought a kiddie's toy bow & arrow set, but the arrows were too short to let you pull back on the string enough to fire the arrow hard, fast or far. A range of 5m is hardly enough in anyone's books! So I whipped out my trusty penknife, found a straightish twig, notched it and whittled a deadlysharp point on it, fashioning a 2.5ft long arrow! That was more fun

We saw the Major Oak, the one Robin Hood supposedly lived in. If Robin Hood lived in that tree, 1) he was a bit of a hobo, 2) where did he keep his merry men?

It was kind of depressing. In the pictures from the 80's, the tree's gigantic gnarled branches were propped up by weathered wooden beams and it stood in a grassy clearing. Today the poor bugger is fenced off, stands alone in a crappy looking expanse of wee-smothering wood chippings and the boughs are all bound up in a web of steel cable and metal scaffold suppourts. It was like seeing the world's last tiger, half-dead and ventilator dependant.

Not to be one for fences, I hopped over and yoinked myself one of the tiny, sickly, struggling oaklings from last autumn's acorns flailing pathetically in the wood chip mulch. He is a very cute tree on my bedrom windowsill now


I've also bought another snake. Called Pirelli, she's an albino black ratsnake, hopefully Dunlop's future ladyfriend.

Then this morning, on the 07/07/07, I had another little baby african fat tailed gecko hatch out. She's so tiny!

Now I'm back at work, but oh well

]]> ~Patchworkdove http://Patchworkdove.deviantart.com/journal/13566962/ http://Patchworkdove.deviantart.com/journal/13566962/ Sun, 01 Jul 2007 17:14:19 PDT
Hard as nails XD

I do feel pretty tired after all that though. ]]> ~Patchworkdove http://Patchworkdove.deviantart.com/journal/13449730/ http://Patchworkdove.deviantart.com/journal/13449730/ Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:00:47 PDT Terry Pratchett, A Discworld Novel: Wyrd Sisters.
‘With a final jerking movement he thrust the bundle into Granny’s arms and toppled forward, the feathers of a crossbow bolt sticking out of his back.’

2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can.
Yes… what do I do now? I can reach everything on my girlfriend’s side’s bedside table. Half a packet of bisodol antacid tablets. Athletes foot powder. Wyrd Sisters book. Cigarette filter tips. Two zippo lighters, one of which was one of last year’s valentines presents from me. One cheapo lighter. Several spent matches. About £2 in loose change, coppers and silvers. A used tissue. Chiltern Railways pass. Case for Nintendo DS Final Fantasy III game. A pencil. A broken Motorola razor mobile phone. A Palm electronic organizer. A wooden and silver rosary (bless her Catholic cotton socks!).

3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?
A Jonathan Ross interview with Russell Brandt. Brandt is a funny man.

4. Without looking, guess what time it is:
11:30

5. Now look at the clock. What is the actual time?
11:40

6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?
My girlfriend playing on Link, Twilight Princess on the Wii. I can hear city traffic and drunk/angry/scary people shouting outside.

7. When did you last step outside? What were you doing?
Around 9:40 I went out to pick my girlfriend up from work, and then we got some shopping at ASDA and then went to put more petrol in the car. 94 pence a flippin liter and you yanks complain about a dollar a gallon!!

8. Before you started this survey, what did you look at?
Looked for updates on Sylvanesti and Deviantart.

9. What are you wearing?
Sandy coloured cargo trousers (I like a lot of pockets), scandalously clingy lilac strappy top under my sandy/greeny/bluey shirt. Lucky black pants with red trim, pink bra (I know, not matching…. One brown sock and one terracotta/orange sock (always wear odd socks). Green belt. Slippers. Cheap plastic watch that I’ve had for years. Funnily enough, I haven’t got my glasses on.

10. Did you dream last night?
Yes, but I can’t remember much about it now.

11. When did you last laugh?
Earlier, at the interview I was watching on tv.

12. What are on the walls you are in?
Tester patches of different shades of brown wall paint. A school clock that me and my girlfriend stole from school on our last day. A poster of British garden birds that came free in the Daily Mail newspaper a few weeks ago. A text-tree handout from the rugby club with everyone’s phone numbers on it. Three postcards, two from me to my girlfriend from two places in Wales, one from my girlfriend’s mum to her from the Isles of Scilly.

13. Seen anything weird lately
Lol, when do I not? Today while in Homebase Leicester I saw a woman in such a full Hijab getup that at first I thought she was the killer off the scream movies, then thought she was facing away from me when she was actually looking towards me. Then I scurried off to look at the barbeques. Hijabs like those, with the black-mesh-covered eyeholes, are really fucking scary!!!

14. What do you think of this quiz?
It's passing the time.

15. What is the last film you saw?
Hot Fuzz.

16. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy?
New vivariums and equipment for all of my reptiles.

17. Tell me something about you that I don't know.
I had my left ear pierced at the top last October but it still hasn’t healed and is icky and gross. I clean it with hydrogen peroxide and everything but it won’t stop weeping and being crusty!

18. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?
Stop people from being psychotically obsessed with mammals. Theres SHITLOADS of reserves for Tigers and not a single one for the King Cobra. King Cobras are the only snakes in the world to make nests for their eggs, they eat other venomous snakes, are the largest venomous snakes in the world, and are generally fantastic. But everyone loves a big stripey kitty and either hate or couldn’t give a tuppence about a spectacular snake. Pisses me off no end.

19. Do you like to dance?
Very much

20. George Bush:
Is a laughing stock.

21. Imagine your first child is a girl, what will you call her?
I’d call her Alex or Ashley or something else that can be... ]]> ~Patchworkdove http://Patchworkdove.deviantart.com/journal/13369136/ http://Patchworkdove.deviantart.com/journal/13369136/ Sat, 16 Jun 2007 13:14:04 PDT
I was given an award at work for delivering great customer services a couple of weeks ago. I was told to keep ahold of my mini certificate, so I did.

The other day the store manager came round to find the lucky few people who had recieved these awards, and gave us all prizes. I was given a £10 gift voucher for TESCO's!

Hot Fuzz was due to be released on dvd the next day, so I thought I'd put the £10 towards that. I went in. I came out. For £10, I got Hot Fuzz double-disk *AND* a massive bar of yorkie chocolate.

See? Work hard. Play hard. Eat much chocolate. Watch much senseless overblown gunfighting, stuntwork, explosion-y goodness with your father-in-law to be.

Plus, I hear I'm up for another award at work, and from what I've heard on ye olde vine, this is going to be a bit bigger (calling the £10 stingy bigger). I've only been there since easter! I am a jammy git though.

---Other Breaking News---

My girlfriend and I have just bought a Wii. It is insane-fun. I've already got a Platinum medal in the shooting range, I'm addicted to the fishing (best score of 1900 odd) and THE BOXING ROCKS!

Boxing on the Wii has given me stiff biceps.

My biceps have gotten bigger. The armholes/sleeves of my work shirt are getting uncomfortably tight. My biceps don't look like they belong on my body!

My car is due for an MOT and re-taxing. I just bought half a Wii. I am thus poor now, and I hope my bank balance covers the maintenance on my little car.

I now have 3 hatchling geckos!

]]> ~Patchworkdove http://Patchworkdove.deviantart.com/journal/12327857/ http://Patchworkdove.deviantart.com/journal/12327857/ Sun, 25 Mar 2007 19:26:39 PDT , as I'm bored and insomnia-infested.

RULES:
1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer to the question even if it doesn’t make sense. NO CHEATING!
4. Tag 5 people.
5. Bold the questions and with the answers, give your own comments on how it relates to the questions.

1.How are you feeling today?
“She has no time” – Keane.
“But I can’t stop now, I’ve got troubles of my own,
‘cause I’m short on time, I’m lonely and I’m too tired to talk”.
Well I have stayed up till 2am drinking cider and eating blueberries out of anxiety. Keane do the most hauntingly beautiful songs!

2.Will you get far in life?
“A Rush of Blood to the Head” – Coldplay.
“I said I’m gonna buy this place and burn it down,
I’m gonna put it 6 feet underground”.
Hmm, what can I read into that, apart from becoming a destructive mad scientist!? Though insane and evil, it would be an accomplishment…

3.How do your friends see you?
“Black Math” – The White Stripes.
“Don't you think that I'm bound to react now?
Well, my fingers are definitely turning to black now”.
Well, I do have a mean streak, but doesn’t everyone?

4.Will you get married?
“Misery” – Pink & Stephen Tyler.
“I carry the weight like an ol' ball and chain,
Guess it's all meant to be... for love to cause me misery”.
FUCKING FANTASTIC. Yeah, apparently I’ll get married but I’ll be miserable. That’s worse than becoming an old spinster!!

5.What is your best friend's theme song?
“South Side” – Moby.
“Here we are now, going to the east side,
I pick up my friends and we start to ride”.
That’s my Benjamin! He just keeps on truckin’! Last year it was me, him, and four other lesbians off on an expedition to The Forest of Dean. Funtimes!!

6.What is the story of your life?
Random, title-less dance track from God-knows-where.
“Get down, Happy People!” Those are the only lyrics. Other than that it is just random, slightly line-dance-ish music. Nothing about me or my life has ever made sense. This is so fitting.

7.What was high school like?
“Might as Well Be Strangers” – Keane.
“We might as well be strangers in another town,
We might as well be living in a different world”.
I didn’t come out about being a lesbian until the very, very end of High School (6th Form), so I suppose me and my old friends really might as well have been strangers.

8.How can you get ahead in life?
Another random, title-less dance track from God-knows-where.
“Its so hard to be alone, now that’s all gone,
I feel the beat of the music, take me away”.
WTF? On the one hand; don’t depend on the material things to feel forfilled in life. Or, find someone to shag and put a good CD on… either will make you feel better!

9.What is the best thing about your friends?
“Find My Baby” – Moby (why so much Moby popping up!?)
“I'm gone find my baby, Whouh,
Before that sun goes down”.
I find it hard to find them when I need them? I spose I’m pretty self reliant, I don’t use my friends as a crutch, and I’m not up their backsides 24/7. Good thing.

10.What is in store for this weekend?
“Little Acorns” – The White Stripes
“Take all your problems and rip 'em apart,
Carry them off in a shopping cart”.
Perhaps it’s a good weekend for bumping off enemies? Or get a load of shopping done? Or drown my problems with alcohol and get carted home in a trolley?. Who knows, I’m looking forwards to it now. It’ll probably depend on whether I pass my driving test on Friday.

11.To describe your grandparents?
“Warlocks” – The Red Hot Chili Peppers
”Warlocks in wonderland
I've gotta...Rockapotamus in my hand”.
Only got the one haggard old bird left, and she makes as much sense.

12.How is your life going?
“Blow Your Mind” – Jamiroquai
“Pleasure, passion, Tonite's the night I'm looking for your action
I want to hold you, Don't you know now you blow my mind”.
I DAMN WELL HOPE MY LIFE IS GOING THAT WAY! WOO!

13.What song will they play at your funeral?
“Clocks” – Coldplay
“Singing… come out upon my seas, Cursed missed opportunities,
Am I part of the cure, Or am I part of the disease?”
I hope they do, this has to be one of my absolute fave songs ever. Completely puts my mind at peace for reasons that are my own. Beautiful, I always listen to it all the way through.

14.How does the world... ]]> ~Patchworkdove http://Patchworkdove.deviantart.com/journal/12215394/ http://Patchworkdove.deviantart.com/journal/12215394/ Sat, 17 Mar 2007 05:51:20 PDT
UNTIL NOW!

Oh My God. I planted out 12 bean and 14 pea plants last week. I went down the next day expecting so see at least some of the plants reduced to wilting, leafless stalks. But no! NOTHING had been touched! Now, 1 week later, I have lost about 5cm square area of leaf to slugs, and one pea plant had its main stem nibbled and it died, but everything is flourishing! I have LIVE veg plants GROWING in my garden!!

Now I just have to keep up the nematode treatments and protect the plants against frosts! All of which is manageable. I don't think we shall have another serious frost. That's Global Warming for you. The last frost shouldnt come untill MAY! I hope there isn't a sudden, serious frost. The birds have started nesting, the bees and butterflies are about and everything is budding and beginning to flower

]]> ~Patchworkdove http://Patchworkdove.deviantart.com/journal/11770008/ http://Patchworkdove.deviantart.com/journal/11770008/ Sun, 11 Feb 2007 08:06:49 PST
What's going on here then? I've...

Joined an online roleplay for the first time ever. I got back from the pub a little less than vertical but not yet horizontal, with a bagful of chinese takeout and a new episode of Supernatural (geez that show freaks me out, I wish people would just die and freakin stay dead like they are supposed to!!). I had a note on deviantART inviting me to an online roleplay. When full of alcohol, greasy food and the associated warm and fuzzy sensation, you just cant say no. So I signed up and came up with something impressively original (for a pisshead)! Rufaria; lesbian, fireproof, lavaproof, warm blooded, red skinned, black freckled, gem collecting, crystal shop owning, venomous, bipedal salamander with stout limbs and a torso a bellydancer could work wonders with.

Concocted another vegetable growing plan. Every year I'm defeated by my refusal to fend off the Slug Hoards with chemical pesticides, and every year I have a 'platoon' moment and pledge to defeat them next year, with ever-increasingly devious plans. So far the best we've got out of it is miniature corn cobs with holes in it like swiss cheese, a few pods of beans and some swiss chard that looked like something out of the jungle book. This year there will be copper pipe, coffee and nematodes for the slugs to battle (and we have a new log pile by the plot so maybe even hedgehogs and frogs to join our ranks!). I'm also doing 'companion planting'; planting certain plants next to each other to help both grow. Chives keep Carrot flies away, ect. I've started off some Chives, Salad Onions, Cooking Onions and Radishes so far. :: rubs hands gleefully ::

Got 100% in a Microsoft Word exam. I can mail merge like a pro!

]]> ~Patchworkdove http://Patchworkdove.deviantart.com/journal/5577645/ http://Patchworkdove.deviantart.com/journal/5577645/ Tue, 07 Jun 2005 07:58:18 PDT
I read that in a newspaper. I thought it would involve electrocution or something, as if I were to attempt to make a lightsaber, that's how I'd go about it.

But no, apparently they instead filled a tube light with gasoline/petrol and lit it.

Unsurprisingly it did explode...

Moral of the story: Don't play with fire. Play with electricity instead! :: mwuhahar :: ]]> ~Patchworkdove