Friday, September 22, 2006
How to talk like a spy.
It's Friday, and I'm bored at work. In fact, all of us are bored - I work in a Learning and Development team with two other people (one of them my boss) and together we have spent the day so far coming up with a secret code, Russian-spy style, to make talking about work a bit more fun. Our best efforts so far are:
"The red squirrel flies at night."
"The black dog walks in the noon-day sun."
"The blue lake freezes in winter."
Are you noticing a pattern? Very bascially, we're looking at:
[definite article][colour][noun][verb][temporal descriptor]
Can anyone come up with more spy-phrases? Let me know and we will incorporate them into our repertoire!
It's Friday, and I'm bored at work. In fact, all of us are bored - I work in a Learning and Development team with two other people (one of them my boss) and together we have spent the day so far coming up with a secret code, Russian-spy style, to make talking about work a bit more fun. Our best efforts so far are:
"The red squirrel flies at night."
"The black dog walks in the noon-day sun."
"The blue lake freezes in winter."
Are you noticing a pattern? Very bascially, we're looking at:
[definite article][colour][noun][verb][temporal descriptor]
Can anyone come up with more spy-phrases? Let me know and we will incorporate them into our repertoire!
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
New friend.
On the weekend I went out and bought myself a guitar. I have been meaning to do this for a while - I used to play classical guitar at school and I always had a couple of guitars at home. I never really made the transition over to acoustic guitar but since I have been with The Fly By Nights I have had some sings kicking around in my head which I want to do a proper job of writing. I have a midi controller keyboard which I occasionally plug into Garage Band but I feel like sometimes there needs to be a step before that stage. Also, it is hard to curl up on the sofa with a keyboard, ibook and a whole heap of cables...
Anyway, I have been home from work sick for the past couple of days and so have made it my mission to learn to play Jose Gonzales 'Heartbeats'. You'll be pleased to hear I have the intro and verse downpat, but my fingers are bleeding (damn those soft tender fingertips).
Monday, September 11, 2006
Ta da!
Well, here I am internet. Do with me as you will. I've never ventured out here on my own before...lets hope I don't forget my keys and lock myself out or anything.
Umm...so. Well. Let me introduce myself. I am April, an Australian girl living in south west London. I don't think I'm ever going back to live in Australia though, so forget your backpacker/Walkabout/17-people-in-a-studio-flat-in-Earl's-Court kind of jokes, I'm doing this properly dammit. I've got a proper job, a proper home and I have even started eating chips with mayonnaise and calling my pants 'trousers'. I'm practically British. (Actually, technically I am British, with a little red book to prove it and all).
I work in the city in a landmark building and am loving (at the moment, anyway) getting to wear suits and high heels and stuff to work every day, like a real grown-up (!). I'm also in a band, The Fly By Nights. We play together at least once a week and gig maybe once a month at the moment.
So that's me. For now.