Category Archives: friends

10 ways to improve your life

23 Monday Jul 2007

Posted by in friends, health & happiness, life stuff, musings, philosophy

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I found the following Lifehack.org article on Lori’s blog the other day and thought it was worth reprinting here, if only as an easy-access reminder for myself. But I also thought most people would relate to it – there are at least a couple habits here that feel very true for me. I wasn’t sure whether to post this here or on nothing ventured …
in the end I posted it on both because, although it may get more response here initially, it’s more likely to stay at the top of the page at the other place (for easy reference).

Many of our problems come from within our own minds. They aren’t caused by events, bad luck, or other people. We cause them through our own poor mental habits. Here are 10 habits you should set aside right away to free yourself from the many problems each one will be causing you.

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más magica

19 Thursday Jul 2007

Posted by in art, culture, friends, photos, sevilla

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We saw Norberto again this evening.

Some of you may recall when our friend Craig (aka zoomer on h2g2) was here visiting us last July we stumbled upon a little workshop still open around midnight as we were on our way home from having tapas … you can read the full story over here on the ~serigraph serendipity~ post. Anyhoo, Craig bought a lovely serigraph there for his daughter and had asked us to go back and take some photos of the workshop as it had been such a magical moment for him, but somehow it just didn’t happen – until tonight.

In fact, this was quite a serendipitous kind of day. For some reason nice and pleasant things just kept happening to both Nog and me all day long and then this evening we decided to go for a walk and a tapa (which turned into a whole meal! photos to follow) and then while wandering home I thought of Norberto as we were near his workshop and said to Nog that we should go and see if he was there. And he was!

He’s made a few changes to the workshop, including a very nice showcase window outside and a fabulous metal engraved Giraldillo that is also on the wall outside the shop. I told him it was a shame about the meterbox next to it (kind of spoiling the effect) and he said he had a metal plate that he was planning to put over it, but in the meantime he posed next to his creation using his head to cover up the meter thingy (see the pic above). 🙂

And so – finally – here are the photos we promised you, Craig. Click on the thumbnails to enlarge them …

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You can see all the photos in my Norberto album.

speak directly into the microphone…

15 Sunday Jul 2007

Posted by in culture, friends, health & happiness, home, life stuff

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Testing … testing …

So there is this bloggers interviewing each other tag thing going around. The most recent one I read was Aphra Behn interviewing Teuchter, and I thought I’d give it a go by asking Teuchter to interview me. This is a volunteer ‘tag yourself’ thing, so if you would like to be interviewed then just follow the instructions at the bottom of the post.

Warning! Some very long and self-indulgent answers follow. Read on at your own risk…

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5 reasons why I blog

07 Saturday Jul 2007

Posted by in blogging, friends, life stuff, miscellany

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I have been tagged by Woodpigeon.

So here goes. Though I suspect this is going to be more difficult than it looks . . .

  1. Like Woodpigeon and a few others, I began my ‘online life’ on a forum started by Douglas Adams called h2g2. Also like Woodpigeon, I started my blog because h2g2 had been going through some changes that I didn’t feel comfortable about. So at first the blog became an extension of what I had been doing on h2g2, but with more personal freedom (being able to edit posts and comments, upload photos and also being able to say fuck whenever I felt like it 😉 ).
  2. It’s a creative outlet. I enjoy coming up with topics that I hope other people will also enjoy and find interesting, then finding a wee thumbnail piccy to go with it and sharing thoughts and ideas with those who stop by and comment. I suppose the response to my blog is also gratifying. Although I don’t think I do this to attract attention per se, I’m always quite chuffed when a particular post draws a lot of comments. So far I haven’t become addicted to checking out my blog stats, though of course I do look at them now and again.
  3. As well as keeping in touch with friends I’ve known for years (both online and in RL) I’ve met some wonderful new friends here and feel my life has been quite enriched by having met them. Compared to who one is able to meet in RL (which can be somewhat limited) I find that communication in the blogosphere really opens up the possibilities of finding individuals from all over the world who have a wide variety of interests and experiences. It’s also a wonderful way to not feel alone. I can come here any time of the day or night and find comments written, and then go off and read what others have written on their blogs and comment there. Quite often I just enjoy reading without commenting, which I’m sure many others also do.
  4. It’s sometimes a personal diary as I also write about things going on in my life and trips I’ve taken, as well as just some things I feel quite strongly about, like relationships & friendships and personal self awareness stuff.
  5. Finally, it’s just fun. I love talking and I love writing. So this is a great place to do both at once. 🙂

I shall now tag . . . Wandering Coyote, truce and Metro.

The untagged are welcome to share their reasons too.

 

fuck man it’s hot!

05 Thursday Jul 2007

Posted by in friends, holidays, home, life stuff, miscellany, sevilla, trips

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And it’s only the beginning of July!

The official temperature states that it’s 37ºC (99ºF) at the moment, but you can always add another 5º for being in the centre of town late afternoon (6pm).

Last night Nog and I went out for an ’emergency beer and air-conditioning session’ at Bar Flaherty and on the way home we were remembering that it was exactly a year ago since our friend Craig ( aka zoomer ) was here and we took him on the Magical Mystery Tour. And it sure as hell wasn’t this hot! Ah well, not complaining (much).

Especially as I just got an email from zoomer this morning saying he is likely to be here for another visit in October!

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