KC got grumpy face

Forgive my absence.

I've been decorating.

Green painty highlights in the hair is NOT a good look.

Disappointed

Those of us who use Blogger will no doubt be aware of Blogger Buzz that we can access from our dashboards. For those who are now wondering what I'm talking about, Blogger Buzz is this.

This morning I found that there had been an update:

Some of you must have wondered what the Next Blog link on the NavBar does, and clicked on the link once or twice. Next Blog used to take you to a random blog, written by a random blogger. Your fellow blogger could have been writing her blog in a language that you don't know how to read. Or you might be someone who likes to read about food and restaurants in Germany, but your randomly chosen next blog could have been focused on sports, and written in Tagalog.

We've made the Next Blog link more useful, by taking you to a blog that you might like. The new and improved Next Blog link will now take you to a blog with similar content, in a language that you understand. If you are reading a Spanish blog about food, the Next Blog link will likely take you to another blog about food. In Spanish!

You might discover a cool blogger who has hobbies similar to yours, has similar taste in electronic gadgets, likes sports that you're into, or has similar curiosities and interests. We will finish rolling out the new and improved Next Blog link over the next week and hope that you will enjoy discovering blogs that are likely to interest you.

I got all excited, like you do, and hurriedly clicked the Next Blog button.
 
Found this.
 
This.
 
And this.
 
I'm guessing they haven't rolled it out to me yet.

Am I...? Even at 7.30 in the morning...?

You Are Humour

You love to laugh at life, and if possible, get others to laugh along with you. You believe there's always a humorous side to everything. And your sense of humour ranges from upbeat to very dark. You are outrageous and very honest. You're often the only one willing to say what everyone else is thinking. You are witty and verbally talented. You like to play with words and say things in interesting ways.

What Kind of Book Are You?

Blogthings: Discover the Parts of Your Personality that Have Been Hiding

(Just) Five obsessions

I’ve had a wicked bloody migraine but thankfully it’s on the turn now and I’m getting back to my normal self...whatever that might be.

The slightly bonkers Jane has passed on an award that apparently stands for integrity, commitment to excellence and stubborn optimism. Is the woman mad...?

I am to regale you all with five obsessions of mine (oh, lucky you) and then choose five people to pass it on to. As a bit of creative do-dah I’ve given it a picture...just because it looks pretty.

My obsessions...

My hair. That sounds quite bad, doesn’t it? I love my hair. It’s long and naturally blonde although I did have a bit of a moment a couple of weeks ago and went a bit two-tone. Think: Cruella De Ville.

Names. I’ve written about this before. But it IS an obsession so I need to include it. There are some people I dislike purely because of their name. I’m not going to name any names as examples in case my lovely readers take offence, but there are characters in TV programmes who I will never like, just because they have a really horrible (in my opinion) name. The opposite is also true. There are people I like a lot, just because of their name. Sometimes it is about association: My father’s name is David...so I’ve never disliked a David. One of my dearest chums is named Laura – so I could never dislike a Laura. But some are just because I like the look and the sound of the name: Stephanie, Robert and Rebecca, for example. As a writer I think this is a blessing. I am very particular about the names I choose for my characters and I get to ‘understand’ them through their name before anything else.

Tea. I love the stuff. I drink a lot of it. It’s the drink of the Gods. Not much more to be said on that subject.

Numbers. Or more specifically, digits on a digital clock. I get positively excited when I see that the time reads: 22:22, 10:10, 13:13, 12:34 etc. And I have a BIG thing for 23:55. I’ve never told anyone this before, but when I was a child I somehow decided that if I didn’t look at the clock between 23:55 and midnight then the bad creatures under the bed wouldn’t eat me. I used to stay up reading until then (with a torch and an Enid Blyton under the bed covers) but just before 23:55 I would hurriedly put down my book, turn off the torch and hide under the covers, not daring to look at the clock for 5 long minutes. If I didn’t time it just right and peeped out before midnight I really was scared for my life. Oddly, I never got eaten by the creatures, but was convinced I had merely been very lucky. I still think of that every time I see the clock reads 23:55.

Blogging. I know why I am obsessed with blogging: I love it. I actually get a buzz when I’m in mid-post, looking for a picture to go with the chosen subject, and sometimes I find myself chuckling at something I’ve written. I know it’s very bad form to admit to finding oneself amusing at times, but I do. Not as often as I’d like, I might add, but sometimes I even inadvertently cheer myself up. The other side of blogging that I am even more obsessed with is the tinkering. Recently I had a BIG fiddle-around and went HTML mad, adding new things to click up ^^there^^ and altering colours and the width and... Oh, I won’t bore you again. I’ve used this picture before and I’m using it again because it fits well here... it also makes me smile.

The five people I’m passing this to are:

Jayne, Eliza, Johanna, Lianne and M(R)P – but only because I am nosy. If you don’t fancy doing it, then please don’t. I won’t become obsessed about it. Probably.

Migraines are a bugger...