Live life with joie de vivre

there were a number of amusing notices warning the unwary promenader not to “climb on the groynes” leading me and my ace sister-in-law to make smutty comments about slippery groynes ahem ;)

_{what the hell is a groyne anyway?}

But then I came across this rather ace “do not drink 10 pints at the Sole Bay Inn and then fall off a cliff” sign which I feel is worthy of commemoration.

We’re going to see Franz Ferdinand tonight, and it’s an outdoor concert. I’ve always enjoyed outdoor concerts, but it is cold, windy and rainy today. And it has been intermittently rainy all weekend, so the ground will be muddy. Sigh.

I hope they serve medicinal brandy at the concert!

_{Oh what am I saying? I don’t have a job, so it doesn’t matter if I get sick for a few days after the concert – Woo hoo! Bring on the music :-D}

I can continue to wallow in crap and languish in the Gloomy Trap beating myself up about all the stupid things I’ve done and the things that have happened as a result and wishing it could all be different.

Or I can say “Enough already, leopard” and take some positive action.

I am now going to put some music on, clean up my flat, remember that life is short and needs to be enjoyed as much as possible, and cheer the fuck up!

where’s the joie?

thought-provoking and well-balanced article on the subject of happiness in today’s Grauniad. Lots of food for thought. Am posting it here so I can come back to it in times of crisis!

I may have found a new favourite drink for the summer! I had it at the Ritz where it was called the Dark and Stormy. However my version is simpler and I’m tempted to call it the Pale and Lazy ;)

• rum – Sainsburys had Morgan Spiced Rum on special offer so I went for that which seems to be doing the job very adequately
• juice of half a lime
• ginger ale
• ice

Bung in a tall glass, swish around a bit… can’t be bothered to faff about with sugar syrup. You don’t even need a cocktail shaker! It’s refreshing and zingy. Mmmm!

... and since I wasn’t puting any entries under that one, I’m hoping that I’ll be more successful with this goal too!

So for starters I went to a party tonight, which was for a girl I know but am not really friends with (it was a family party of hers and I have no idea why I was invited) – but I am friends with her friends. So I went anyway, thinking, what the heck!? And it was fun, or at least more fun than I expected.

So I’m glad that I took the chance to do something “not entirely comfortable” because it was an interesting experience (the family is VERY Italian, so it was a bit of an immersion experience, ha ha).

and Promises and things that we believe in!

I have to say it now it’s been a good life all in all! :)

Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming “WOO HOO what a ride!”

None of us get out alive!

WOO HOO! Why are we taking all of this so seriously??

Finally, a decent photo _{if you want a job doing properly etc. etc…}

Spitting image, I say!