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Currently #3

Here’s what I was reading, listening to, watching, eating and admiring in March.

Reading Last night I finished It Shouldn’t Happen to a Vet by James Herriot. It was an easy enjoyable read but not something I would necessarily recommend to anyone, and I won’t be rushing to read another Herriot. Then I closed my eyes and pointed at my bookshelf and came up with The Medici Secret by Michael White. I’ve also been spending too much of my time going square-eyed reading Wikipedia pages trying to teach myself about all the things in the world ever. I had a strange existential crisis and thought about all the things I knew nothing about and so my current mission is to teach myself everything. (This mission may fail.)

Listening to I’m not even ashamed to say that I have been blasting Euphoria by Loreen very often. Yes, that’s the Eurovision winning song. It’s amazing. I also adore Paloma Faith’s new tune.

Watching Against all odds, I have been watching – and enjoying – Cardinal Burns.

Eating Lots of salads. Yes, I’m feeling alright, and before you ask ‘Who are you and what did you do with the real Emily?’, hang in there for a moment. I’ve been buying the bagged salad that tastes really good but costs about a million pounds, and then putting fun things on it like halloumi and chorizo. Also, I made a pizza a while ago that was freaking delicious, and I threw together some red onion and cucumber pickle to go with it.

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Admiring Smart jackets on eBay that I could wear to my interview. I eventually settled on this bad boy in light grey, which should hopefully be smart and businessy enough to slightly mitigate the brazenness of wearing a bright yellow dress. (I don’t really shop in eBay stores very often so I hope it’s not terrible quality.) Now I’m looking for shoes. HELP ME OUT PLS.

Shameless self promotion I just wrote my first review at the wonderful website Judging Covers. I have read and admired this website for a long time and so I’m really pleased that I have the chance to write for them too. Take a look at my review of The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey here.


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Currently #2

Here’s what I was reading, listening to, watching, eating and admiring in November.

Reading Cool Hand Luke by Donn Pearce. It was a 99p Kindle book and as I vaguely remembered watching and enjoying the film, I just had to snatch it. I’m half of the way through and I’m really enjoying it – it’s very different to my usual books, but it’s very interesting. Blog-wise, I am loving Vagenda Mag and Like The Vodka. The next book I plan to read is The Snow Child as I bought the beautiful hardback edition with some book tokens I happened upon.

Listening to I would happily listen to Waterloo Sunset by The Kinks for the majority of my waking hours.

Watching I spend an inordinate amount of time watching Desperate Housewives and getting unnecessarily upset over it. I was on the verge of tears when Dave nearly killed MJ. (E4 is showing old episodes, I’m not just ridiculously behind.)

Eating My favourite combination lately is salsa and cream cheese. I don’t care what it’s on or in, I just want these things in my belly. Muffins and wraps have proved effective vessels, but I’m toying with the idea of making a pasta sauce. Yay or nay?

Admiring I wish I had a picture of the view while I drove over to Kendal on Saturday. My ability to concentrate was greatly hindered by the compulsion to gawp at the pinky-red sun, hanging low in the sky, surrounded by delicate mist and rolling hills. That poetic enough for you?

My camera is finally fixed but of course I have misplaced my charger in the meantime, so here goes: a pictureless post.


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Reading I’m about halfway through The Bone People by Keri Hulme. I’m really enjoying it but it’s a slow read so on the side I’m dipping into Are We Nearly There Yet? by Ben Hatch and, er, The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks. Why I chose that last one is quite beyond me. Romance and soppiness has its time and place, but this is enough to rot your teeth.

Listening To There is absolutely no rhyme or reason to the array of tunes I have been blasting lately as I search for jobs and lament my life.

Imogen Heap – Leave Me Here To Love / Kanye West – Hey Mama / Carrie Underwood – Before He Cheats / The Small Faces – I Can’t Make It / Rebecca Ferguson – Nothing’s Real But Love / Taylor Swift – Picture To Burn

I guess the only thing they have in common is that I find them all quite uplifting. Who knew I had such a penchant for angry lady country singers?

Watching Lately my eyeballs are almost constantly glued to some kind of visual entertainment. Misfits is so amazing I can barely formulate the words to talk about it, and end up just saying ‘IT’S SOOO AMAZING’ which I imagine is rather annoying. I’m also a staunch defender of both How I Met Your Mother and The Big Bang Theory, although I hear that common consensus is that nobody likes the new series. Then there’s Hollyoaks. Say what you will, it’s a guilty pleasure and I bleeding love it. Then on the dvd rotation are Green Wing, The IT Crowd, and Gavin & Stacey. I’m going to need a tv detox very soon, I can tell!

Eating & Drinking I’m on yet another ‘I’m gonna be sooo healthy!’ kick at the moment, so I’ve been eating a lot of proper healthy tingz. This includes a lot of pulses to stand in for the stodge I inevitably find myself craving at this time of year. Chickpeas, lentils, kidney beans, Israeli couscous. As for drinking, lately I can’t get enough of Blue Moon wheat beer. My love affair with wheat beer began on my sister’s birthday when, goaded by her boyfriend, I tried a local brew from the Thornbridge Brewery. A few weeks later I spotted Hoegaarden on offer in Tesco, and ended up buying a ridiculous amount. I have now settled on Blue Moon as my current favourite – so much so that it’s currently 5pm and I could drink one right now. I won’t, for the sake of being a citizen of normal polite society, but it would be lovely. (Also, yes, it would appear that my definition of a health kick involves drinking copious amounts of 5% beer. That’s what happens when you’re brought up in a pub.)

Admiring Pictures of skies.

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Looking Forward To Prague! Christmas markets, Czech lager, Franz Kafka. Boom!

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