The Sex Appeal of Correct Spelling/Grammar

Spelling. It remains one of my fetishisms I have to say. I can’t tell you how much a well-written sentence with no grammar and spelling mistakes turns me on (I’m not kidding!). How superficial am I! The way to lenina’s heart is through language: the written word.
I have a wee rant here about an agency [...]

Developing a Personal Brand

I’ve been thinking about my ‘personal brand’ and whether/how I should develop it. I’m plagued forever by the private/public dichotomy, in that I’m very guarded about my online identity and don’t really want to push my real name out into the ‘web 2.0 sphere’.
However, I realise that I have to do something for my horizontal [...]

The Council Are So Useless

I had to leave work at 12noon as the council had sent me a letter, asking me to be in on the 11th, PM, so they could carry out their ‘routine service to heating appliances’.
So I went home at 12 and sat waiting all fucking afternoon, only they never turned up. They also provided a [...]

I’m too busy so…

I’m really behind with my blogging. Soon it’s the week-end, so I can catch up!

Wrk = Zuckerbrot und Peitsche

My work is just turning into a right old Zuckerbrot und Peitsche - experience. Not that someone in authority would give me Z+P - it’s more my experience of work right now. I still really enjoy it, but as usual am taking far too much on and am given loads of things I shouldn’t be [...]

lenina on the Radio tomorrow

I will be radio interviewed tomorrow. w00t. It’s quite cool. I can’t tell you more about it I’m afraid. What I’m going to do though is stream it live and record it to my harddrive via mp3mymp3 (daft name). If I make a fool of myself (it’s live radio), I’m just gonna delete the file [...]

My German Friends have left; Car is Gone

My German friends who had visited me from last Tuesday left today. We had a great time - luckily they were qutie independent, hiring mountain bikes and exploring Edinburgh by themselves.
Today was also the day that I took my rubbish car to the breaker’s yard, where it fetched over £80!! I thought I had to [...]

Glasgow is Surprisingly Good

I’ve always been firmly on the Edinburgh side, and am known to mock my Glesga colleagues occasionally by slagging off their city (harmless fun to me – potentially seriously offensive to them :P  ).
However I’m pleasantly surprised how the city has come on since I’ve last been there (I’ve only been once, and it was [...]

Going to Glasgow Today

Today I will be going to Glasgow. It’s to do with work. There’s a social/dinner tonight with some important people, and tomorrow morning there’s a meeting though I don’t know at what time.
It’s a wee bit daunting - I’m going on my own as my line manager is away, though ideally she should be there [...]

First Day Back at Work

Today was my first day back at work, and it was really quite pleasant! Mainly because I still felt quite relaxed and cheerful, with the holiday feeling fresh in my mind.
I’ve decided to try to keep it up, as it does me much better. OK, I’ve still got 100 emails in my inbox that I [...]