• Sexism
  • Discrimination against Deaf and disabled people
  • Racism
  • The ecosystem
  • Cruelty to animals
  • Global warming
  • Ignorance
  • Hate crime and prejudice
  • Having a Conservative government
  • People losing support and benefits through no fault of their own
  • Lack of support for people who have dreams they want to achieve
  • Disaffected youth
  • Focus on profit not positive progress
mar 24 2012 ∞
mar 24 2012 +
  • I get to spend time with people who make me happy and who I can make happy
  • I get to read and write
  • Watching films
  • Listening to music
  • Appreciating the small things
  • Learning something new nearly every day
  • Travel
  • Art, Photography and Creativity
  • Trying new food, art forms and exploring the world
  • Relaxing at the end of a long, happy day
  • Eating healthily and feeling the benefits
  • Watching my favourite tv programmes
  • Meeting new people and sharing interests
  • Learning how to be positive even in the dark moments
  • Looking forward to the future
  • Remembering and writing about the past
  • Feeling proud when I achieve something
jul 11 2011 ∞
jul 11 2011 +
  • Favourite Word: Lovely
  • Least Favourite Word: Retard (this word is the lowest of the low to me)
  • What turns me on Creatively, Spiritually or Emotionally: Love, laughter and writing, as well as constant artistic inspiration from other people's work.
  • What turns me off: Prejudice and ignorance
  • Favourite Curse Word: Bloody Hell
  • What sound or noise I love: Cats purring
  • What sound or noise I hate: the radio (it sounds like crackling and buzzing, droning)
  • What profession, other than my own, would I like to attempt: being a bookseller
  • What profession would I not like to do?: website coder
  • If Heaven exists, what would I like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? That I've loved, lived and laughed...
jul 10 2011 ∞
jul 10 2011 +
  • Got up at 11.30am
  • Had seeded brown bread toast, marmite and flora, with a mug of tea for breakfast
  • Read a chapter of The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
  • Texted my friends - Fiona, Ramona and Katie
  • Was captivated by Swallows circling around the garden
  • Browsed Tumblr, looked at Polyvore, checked e-buzzing etc
  • Had lunch at 4.30 - penne with tuna, black olives, cherry tomatoes, red onion, garlic, capers and olive oil
  • Came back upstairs and printed some things off to start off my ideas file
  • Cut out and stuck these printouts into the ideas file notebook
  • Had a shower, got dressed
  • Did a couple of lists on listography
  • Had dinner - steak, mushrooms, onion, ove...
jul 5 2011 ∞
jul 5 2011 +
  • Nude pink/beige pink
  • Florals
  • Neon Bright florals
  • Glam Gothic
  • 1950's Mad Men trend
  • Leather and Lace
  • Lace
  • Grey and Nude
  • Nautical
  • Bird Print
  • Butterfly Print
  • Polka Dots
  • Nail Polish Trends: Essie's Mint Candy Apple, OPI's Hong Kong collection, Model's Own Nude Beige.
  • Mint Green and Pastels
  • Ditsy Florals
  • 'Vintage' style
  • Cobalt Blue
jul 5 2011 ∞
jul 5 2011 +
  • Chicken and Sweetcorn soup
  • A good film, chocolate and friends
  • Going the the Cinema
  • Going to listen to music
  • Clothes shopping (online)
  • Sweet and Sour Chicken with Egg Fried Rice
  • Going out for dinner
  • Parcels in the post
  • Having a laugh with friends or family
  • Coffee and laughter
  • Hot chocolate and cupcakes at Carnaby Street
  • Covent Garden
  • A comment on one of my blog posts
  • Fruit and Nut Chocolate
  • Hugs and a cup of tea
jul 3 2011 ∞
jul 3 2011 +
  • Nylon
  • Love Magazine
  • National Geographic
  • Lula Magazine
  • Bitch Magazine
  • Bust Magazine
  • Rock On With Your Frock On
  • Ms Magazine
jul 2 2011 ∞
mar 24 2012 +
  • Chocolate
  • Online retailers
  • Puddings
  • Pasta
  • Book shops
  • Stationery shops
  • Clothes shops
  • Chinese restaurants
  • Cinnamon danish pastries
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter
  • Listography...
jul 2 2011 ∞
jul 3 2011 +
  • Blade Runner
  • ET
  • Jurassic Park
  • AI: Artificial Intelligence
  • The Matrix Trilogy
  • I, Robot
  • Edward Scissorhands
  • Kronos
  • All the StarWars films
  • The War of the Worlds
  • Alien
  • The Fifth Element
  • Flash Gordon
  • The Faculty
  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind
  • The X Files
  • The War of the Worlds
  • The Green Mile
  • Carrie
  • X-Men films
  • Independence Day
jul 2 2011 ∞
jul 2 2011 +
  • Signing I am in love with the world at Chickenshed
  • Dancing A Drop in the Ocean in a Cabaret
  • Playing Lucia in Alice and the Night Before Christmas at Chickenshed
  • Putting on a play in the garden for family with my sister
  • Signing for Romeo and Juliet at Chickenshed
  • Signing We Need Each Other at the Shed
  • When I fell on my butt in front of people in Newcastle train station
  • When I had to keep pulling up my cut off tights during PE bleep test
  • When I danced The Thorn Dance in Sleeping Beauty
  • Signing a story in BSL class
  • Playing Snow White in The Night Before Christmas and hitting the panto horse on the bum with a lollypop lady sign
  • Signing for Peter Pan
jul 2 2011 ∞
jul 2 2011 +
  • Her Naked Skin by Rebecca Lenkiewickz
  • Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
  • A Dolls House by Henrik Ibsen
  • Translations by Brian Friel
  • Wicked
  • Speed the Plow by David Mamet
jul 2 2011 ∞
jul 2 2011 +
  • To be with my family, partner and friends
  • To inspire others
  • To write and have others read and enjoy my work
  • Experiencing the world and making a difference
  • Learning about as much as possible
  • Spreading positivity
  • Trying to show other what being inclusive means
mar 24 2012 ∞
mar 24 2012 +
  • Breakfast at Tiffany's
  • My Fair Lady
  • Singin' In The Rain
  • The Sound of Music
  • Casablanca
  • Some Like It Hot
  • West Side Story
  • Sabrina
  • Roman Holiday
  • The Big Sleep
  • How to Marry a Millionaire
  • Gone With The Wind
  • An Affair to Remember
  • The Misfits
  • Rebel Without a Cause
  • It's a Wonderful Life
  • Brief Encounter
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
  • Bambi
  • Sleeping Beauty
  • Fantasia
jul 19 2011 ∞
jul 19 2011 +
  • Facebook
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter
  • Listography
  • 750words.com
  • Wordpress
  • Blogspot
  • Wordpress.org
  • Polyvore
  • British Style Bloggers
  • Goodreads
  • Library Thing
  • Figment
  • Linked In
  • Etsy
  • Amazon
  • Independent Fashion Bloggers
  • Flickr
  • Hotmail
  • Google
jul 10 2011 ∞
jul 10 2011 +
  • Make a business plan
  • Put business plan into action
  • Read the following:

- The Night Watch by Sarah Waters - Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews - Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl - CandyFreak by Steve Almond - How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran - Heartless by Gail Carriger - City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare - Spellbound by Kelley Armstrong - The Love Children by Marilyn French - Beauty by Robin McKinley

  • Go to the Edinburgh Festival
  • Get my novel up and running again
  • Write articles and pitch them
  • Write more blog posts
  • Pass my BSL Stage 2
  • Buy TrueBlood Season 3
  • Lose a stone by October
  • Save some money
jul 5 2011 ∞
jul 5 2011 +
  • Emmanuelle Laborit (French Deaf Actress)
  • Natalie Goldberg (writer of Writing Down the Bones)
  • My Sister
  • My Daniel
  • Beth Ditto
  • Frida Kahlo
  • Marilyn Monroe
  • Audrey Hepburn
  • My parents
  • My friends - Lucy, Katie, Amy, Jenny, Ramona, Fiona, Chris, et al
  • Gloria Pullen
  • Neil Gaiman
  • Jane Austen
  • Nawal El Saadawi
  • J.K. Rowling
  • Mary Ward (founder of Chickenshed with Jo Collins)
jul 5 2011 ∞
jul 5 2011 +
  • Be an artist
  • Learn French and live in Paris for a few years
  • Be a Photographer
  • Live in Scotland
  • Live in Cornwall
  • Build my own house
  • Work as a counsellor
  • Be a BSL teacher
  • Teach Creative Writing workshops
  • Be a Sociologist
  • Be a Women's Studies Professor
  • Do a PhD in Women's Studies
  • Do a PhD in Women and Film
  • Travel all over the world, twice
  • Watch all the films I can
  • Read all the books I can
  • See as many plays as I can
  • Go to as many Festivals as possible
jul 3 2011 ∞
jul 3 2011 +
  • Howl's Moving Castle (Japan)
  • Spirited Away (Japan)
  • Kiki's Delivery Service (Japan)
  • Battle Royale (Japan)
  • Battle Royale 2 (Japan)
  • Pan's Labyrinth (Spain)
  • Cronos (Spain)
  • The Devil's Backbone (Spain)
  • The Orphanage (Spain)
  • Coco Before Chanel (France)
  • Amelie (France)
  • A Very Long Engagement (France)
  • The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Sweden)
  • The Girl Who Played With Fire (Sweden)
  • The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest (Sweden)
  • Let the Right One In (Sweden)
  • Lady Vengeance (Korea)
  • Sympathy for Mr Vengeance (Korea)
  • Oldboy (Korea)
  • The City of Lost Children (France)
jul 3 2011 ∞
jul 4 2011 +
  • Books
  • Clothes
  • Food packaging
  • Make up
  • Toiletries
  • Computers and Technology
  • Pens and Ink
  • DVDs
  • CDs
  • Paper
  • Notebooks
  • Candles
  • Coffee
  • Tea
jul 2 2011 ∞
jul 2 2011 +
  • San Francisco
  • Chicago
  • Boston
  • Washington, DC
  • New York (my second time)
  • Philadelphia
  • Los Angeles
  • Dallas
  • Baltimore
  • Oklahoma City
  • Seattle
  • New Orleans
  • Orlando
  • Maui
  • Santa Monica
  • Memphis
  • Salt Lake City
jul 2 2011 ∞
jul 2 2011 +
  • 9/11 attacks
  • Terrorism
  • Haiti
  • Tsunami
  • Global Recession
  • Global Warming
  • Capturing of Bin Laden
  • Iraq
  • Afghanistan
  • Barack Obama President
  • Death of Michael Jackson
  • Japan Earthquake/Tsunami
  • London 2005 Bombing
  • Madrid Bombing
  • Bali Bombing
  • South Ossetia War (Georgia-Russia)
  • Swine Flu
  • Somali Pirates
jul 2 2011 ∞
jul 2 2011 +
  • Sweet Potato and Corn Chowder
  • Plum Tomato and Basil
  • Chicken and Sweetcorn
  • Cream of Chicken
  • Chunky Vegetable Soup
  • Thai Chicken Soup
  • Chicken, Lemon and Tarragon
  • Wild Mushroom
  • Asparagus
  • Pea and Mint
  • Plum Tomato and Mascarpone
  • Spicy Butternut Squash and Sweet Potato
  • Leek and Potato
jul 2 2011 ∞
jul 2 2011 +
  • Stephanie Cartenian
  • Hannah Moor
  • Serene
  • Girl from Colombia who I was friends with at Primary school for a few months before she left (I'm worried her family were deported)
  • Jasminder
  • Aya
  • Sebastien (of Paris, France)
mar 24 2012 ∞
mar 24 2012 +
  • Writing
  • Reading
  • Art
  • Photography
  • Style
  • France
  • Cinema
  • Deaf awareness
  • Tea and Coffee
  • Access to the Arts
  • Theatre
  • Inclusivity
  • Love, peace and freedom
  • Connecting with other people
  • Learning new things
mar 24 2012 ∞
mar 24 2012 +
  • Park Guell
  • Sagrada Familia
  • La Pedrera
  • Cremeria Toscana
  • Caelum
  • Casa Batllo
  • Museu Frederic Mares
  • Ongoing list...
jul 10 2011 ∞
jul 10 2011 +
  • Paris
  • New York
  • San Francisco
  • York
  • Padstow
  • St Ives
  • Edinburgh
  • Barcelona
  • Granada
  • Boston (US)
  • Manchester
  • Birmingham
  • Liverpool
  • Nice
  • Rome
  • Bruges
  • Amsterdam
jul 5 2011 ∞
jul 5 2011 +
  • Been to Japan or China
  • Done a Bungee Jump
  • Danced in the rain
  • Spoken on the phone
  • Learnt Salsa
  • Made Paella
  • Run a marathon
  • Been to space
  • Made my own perfume
  • Been to Croatia
  • Stolen anything
  • Punched anyone
  • Seen The Rolling Stones live
  • Been to Glastonbury
  • Read Oliver Twist
  • Been interailing around Europe
jul 5 2011 ∞
jul 5 2011 +
  • A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
  • The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  • The Fry Chronicles by Stephen Fry
  • How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
  • CandyFreak by Steve Almond
  • More to Love by Elizabeth Patch
  • My Life in France by Julia Child
  • Music, Food and Love: A Memoir by Guo Yue
  • A Tiger in the Kitchen: A Memoir of Food and Family by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan
  • Long Quiet Highway: Waking Up in America by Natalie Goldberg
  • The Love Children by Marilyn French
  • Beauty by Robin McKinley
  • Ghostwritten by David Mitchell
  • City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
jul 3 2011 ∞
jul 3 2011 +
  • Go on holiday - a couple of months interailing around Europe, a trip to America, Japan, China.
  • Pay off all my debts and those of my parents
  • Buy a flat or house
  • Put some money in bonds
  • Buy myself a beautiful new wardrobe
  • Buy a holiday flat in France
  • Put money towards a book/cupcake/internet cafe
  • Buy a Mac computer, Ipod touch, Ipad and Mac laptop
  • Live in relative comfort whilst I finish two books...
jul 3 2011 ∞
jul 3 2011 +
  • Paris
  • Nice
  • Carcasonne
  • Arles
  • Aix-en-Provence
  • Paris
  • Giverny
  • Reims
  • Calais
  • Bologne
  • Cote d'Azur
  • Avignon
  • Nimes
  • Mont St Michel
  • Brittany
  • Rennes
  • St Malo
  • Neims
  • Cherbourg
  • Toulouse
  • Eze
jul 2 2011 ∞
jul 2 2011 +
  • A house or flat
  • Paying off debt
  • Going on holiday
  • A pension
  • As a safety blanket
  • To buy a new computer
  • To rent a shop
  • To self publish if I need to
jul 2 2011 ∞
jul 2 2011 +
  • Jewellery making
  • Journalism
  • Advanced Creative Writing
  • Freelance writing
  • Clothes making
  • History of Art
  • Modern Literature
  • Film making
  • Psychology
  • Photography
  • BSL Stage 3
  • Make up
  • French cookery
  • Italian cookery
  • Chocolate making
jul 2 2011 ∞
jul 2 2011 +
  • Sunny but cool
  • A picnic in the park with my boyfriend and family
  • Reading for two hours
  • Watching a good film with my boyfriend
  • Ben and Jerry's Ice-cream
  • Lots of photos
  • Going into London to Covent Garden and browsing Neal Street shops, then eating at the Italian Cafe at Neals Yard
  • Relaxing but fun
jul 2 2011 ∞
jul 2 2011 +