Yesterday we handed out chocolate on Gloucester Road. On each bar was a sticker which read: “This is our simple way of saying that God loves you.”
My favourite quote came from Emma:
“They may not believe in God, but everyone believes in free chocolate.”
I’ve been running around like a bit of a headless chicken today. Nic is ill, so I’m looking after Rowland and the Formettes for the next two weeks, which should be a lot of fun.
Garageband has become my new favourite piece of software. I love the fact that you can take a basic demo and turn it into something resembling a professional recording.
BTW Ben has an interesting blog on the go, which is guaranteed to satisfy fans of the frequently updated website.
Saturday was all about chilling. As the weather wasn’t great we visited the mummies in Bristol Museum, drank coffee, and ascended the Cabot Tower.
Speaking of coffee, when we arrived at The Boston Teaparty, one of the best coffee houses in Bristol, it was completely rammed. We went for a stroll, came back and it was still standing room only, so, consumed by thirst, we decided to visit the monstrosity that is Starbucks. Stood in the queue I decided that I would have a fairtrade latte. At the counter I was quickly informed that, unfortunately the only fairtrade coffee available was filter coffee. I succumbed.
How can it be that an independent coffee company like ‘Boston’ can offer all varieties of coffee made with their ‘Revolution’ (fairtrade) beans and yet the superpower that is Starbucks only offer fairly traded filter coffee?
It seems that Megan is getting more and more animated the closer she gets to her 2nd birthday. Steve taught her that when you place your clenched fist in front of her and say “respect” she clenches her fist and taps it against yours.
Yesterday I was trying to teach her to say “dude.” The exchange went something like this:
“Megan, can you say dude?”
She points at me, a big smile on her face.
“Megan, can you say dude?”
She points at me again…
Yesterday I stumbled across one of the many mysteries of the blogging world. I was reading Eddie’s blog for the first time in months and noticed this post, in which he announces that he’s bo be married in a matter of months. The last time I read Eddie’s blog he was talking about the struggles of being single, so you can imagine how surprised I was to learn not only is he going out with someone, but he is to be wed. Judging from comments he received I wasn’t the only one.
Anyhow this got me thinking about the public nature of blogging and the fact that, particularly if you are embarking on a relationship, you will be reluctant to divulge details until you are sure of where you stand with the other person – after all you don’t want the world knowing your feelings and assumptions when they do not, and you don’t want to find yourself communicating with them via the medium of blog.
As a result we find these shocking marriage announcements from people who, as far as we knew, were grappling with what it means to be content and single!