original bean
Blog URL http://www.originalbean.blogspot.com/
Located London, London United Kingdom
Tags everyday life, london, maida vale, debt
I was born in NZ, but brought up in the US. Since 1999 I've called London home.
Despite everything you may have heard, I am nice.
Latest Blog Posts
- Enter the Grimness on Apr 13, 2009 in london
Last Saturday night, I got indecently assaulted. I was walking down the street (a street in my neighbourhood) with a friend of mine, and passed this chap; I was about 2-3 feet away from this guy, he leaned towards me and said "Hellooo" and I just l...
- Book List for 2009 on Mar 7, 2009 in idiosyncrasies and anomalies
SO, a work colleague mentioned she was keeping a list of all the books she read this year, which I thought was a neat idea.Here is my list so far:March;- Room Full of Mirrors, a Biography of Jimi Hendrix / Charles R Cross- A Ship of the Line / CS For...
- We Are Not Sacks of Beans (Italicization Nigh) on Feb 17, 2009 in kitten stomping
You know what's annoying?When people throw themselves down onto the tube seat next to me. I'm 5'3", I weigh 65kgs. If a 6ft man throws himself down onto the seat next to me - or a really fat woman, last night I saw this woman who was my height, but...
- September to February, Photographically on Feb 9, 2009 in london idiosyncrasies and anomalies
Okay, so my posting for, let's say, the last six months to a year has been sporadic. I thought an easy way to fill you in on the last six months would be photographically...September & October:My younger sister Gabrielle gave birth to a little ba...
- Growth on Sep 22, 2008 in idiosyncrasies and anomalies
The thing about ‘growth’ is that while you grow, most people’s perception of you doesn’t. Some, including friends, family and acquaintances, will always have a static fixed image of you at a fixed point in time, in their head. An image that n...
- Insert Your Own Title Here on Sep 22, 2008 in idiosyncrasies and anomalies
The thing about ‘growth’ is that while you grow, most people’s perception of you doesn’t. Some, including friends, family and acquaintances, will always have a static fixed image of you at a fixed point in time, in their head. An image that n...
- Currently Obsessed with Poirot & Dairy Ads on Sep 3, 2008 in idiosyncrasies and anomalies cheese dreams
Forgive my absence from blogging, but lately I have been watching an awful lot of tv - more than I usually do anyway - and have mostly just been lazy. I thought I'd pop my head up from my current turret of obsession.A friend of mine would probably po...
