hunter or stalker

I found these photographs hidden in the depths of my computer, and thought I would show you. It's one of my favourite things I've ever unearthed in charity shops - better than my fire king tea set and not quite as good as some of my favourite jewellery... but it has a place in my heart. I think I got it for about £1.95, if I remember rightly, and I use it to keep my jewellery in. Well, at the moment, my jewels are currently overflowing, and I think I'll have to move on to something bigger soon.. It's a really beautiful turned box with this amazing woodcut on the top. As a print-maker, I think I really admire the work gone in!

snowy daze

I know everyone must be sick of snow-photos.. but this my blog and I loved them. Went for a little walk in the woods near my house, it was so quiet and peaceful (except for the occasional dog) and it started snowing whilst I was out.. I went and sheltered under a big tree where no-one was near and it was so calming. I have been writing my dissertation about the power of wandering, journeying and pilgrimages, amongst other things, and in writing it, I kind of forgot WHY I found it so interesting in the first place. So after finishing my first draft on Saturday (9971/10000!) I slammed my laptop lid shut, shoved on  my new boots and went for a tramp around in the snow. It was everything I needed, at the time, though my heels are a little sore from the new boots, haha..

Below the jump are a load of other photos, which I pray you look at, cause some I am quite proud of! 

the importance of being fat

As you may be aware if you follow my blog: I am a larger girl. Curvy, plus-size, chunky, thick, fat.. I have heard it all.

Recently I seem to be hearing it a lot. I am so fucking fed up of it - I am fed up of laughing it off, laughing to myself or thinking that I need to try and prove something to someone. Let me tell you: I don't. When I think about who I am: the fact I am fat does not even enter my brain. If it doesn't bother me, it sure as hell shouldn't bother you. Better yet, I don't give a shit if it bothers you: it is not an issue. A complete, stinking, non-issue.

I was going to sit and list the situations and why you shouldn't call people fat as an insult, but let's be honest here: if you are even reading this, you're probably not the kind of person that would be petty enough to use that as an insult. And if you are, I would like you to learn from this.

So let me just say this: If fat is the best insult you can come up with - you need to grow the fuck up. You need to get the fuck over yourself. You need to fucking educate yourself. Most importantly, you need to stop. Being FAT is not an insult. Being fat is nothing to be ashamed of, stop making us feel so damn shitty about it. Fat people are probably better people than anyone that uses it as an insult.

There are far more upsetting and insulting things you could think of to say about me: I would beg that you use these, because if that is the most intelligent thing you can think of to say about me then you are possibly the LEAST intelligent person that I know.

christmas '12

This is what Christmas looks like in our household - unfortunately it was a rather subdued affair this year, though we tried our best to keep our spirits up, it's hard sometimes when a loved one is quite ill. My grandma was taken into hospital a couple of days before Christmas and is still there, so none of us were really in the Christmas spirit. Anyway, I just wanted to say thank-you to anyone who sent me nice messages on Twitter, there were a few of you who cheered me up quite a lot, so thank you, you are very lovely. 

Maybe I'll post a few pictures later in the week and show you what I've been up to since and what I received in the way of gifts, but I have so much work to do and have managed to avoid it all spectacularly over Christmas - which just sucks haha. It's probably a good thing that I have zero New Years' Eve plans apart from working, so I crack on with it without a hangover! 

I hope you all had a good Christmas, and it was much more enjoyable than mine. Best wishes for 2013!

frosty (the snowman)

Wow, I haven't posted in months! The other day I was catching up on some blogs and I realised I really missed blogging - university has very much taken over, and I assume the hectic pace and stress will resume in the New Year.. Anyway, I'm sat here on Christmas Eve, painting my nails a sparkly Christmas red in preparation for tomorrow and I thought I would take a minute to catch up with you guys! As you probably know it's been raining like mad the last week, but these photos are from a few days ago when it was all beautiful and frosty outside - I went for a little walk around the local park and it was so beautiful - they seemed appropriately Christmassy! Anyway, I just wanted to wish you all a happy christmas and I hope you're all spending it with your family and friends. 

Happy Christmas!