Goodbye, virtual world.

Hello.

This post is to say goodbye... I'm jumping ship, aborting mission, and moving my blog to WordPress.

I started a WordPress blog to log my eternal struggle to get fit... and I love it.

I dont want to merge my two blogs as the fitness one is quite personal to me and HAS A POINT. I really do like having one for my ramblings.... So, I made the decision to keep it going, but to host them both under the one roof.

If you would like to continue following me, the new address is:

www.randomencountersoftheinquisitivemind.wordpress.com

I have used a fancy export/import tool so the posts you see will be familiar, but the layout is cleaner.. and it's more organised.

Thank you for your support and encouragement on here - I hope to see you in the new place!

Love and Light,

LT xx

Heavy gaybo... me?

I love my friends. I love Facebook too.

I know that a lot of people don't like it, but when you combine your actual friends with Facebook - the result is not only a great portal for keeping in touch with friends who live further field... but also a great platform for laughs, banter, giggles and shenanigans. Whats not to love?

Here is an example of a conversation with my mate... truth be told I'm only posting it as he has said nice things about me. If I'm ever feeling dark and depressed I'll look on here, to make me smile. This one isn't so much funny banter... as proper bo gayness!

he he.

By  gayness, I don't mean homosexual. And just for the record I have no problem whatsoever with that either. I have loads of 'Actual Gay' friends.

Thats not my point though. Back to business.

I cant find the right words to describe how I use the word Gay these days... its a mixture of geeky, dorky, happy, outwardly affectionate, sometimes stupid....

In the weird and wonderful world that is my Brain, being called any variation of Gay isn't an insult.

In fact, I'd go as far as say its a COMPLIMENT.

You can definitely tell this when you see it in context, or actually hear it being used. When someone says or does something cute and stupid, I immediately pipe up with a large 'gayyyyy' directed at them.

But one thing for sure is: I would always have a smile on my face!

Leaving something behind....

I have just finished reading Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. It was a great read. Unfortunately I recently watched the 'Book of Eli' and they are both similar in that they have a character memorising the contents of a book to save humanity. I wish I hadn't watched the film until I finished this book so I didn't make this comparison mid story.

I'm digressing.

Near the end of the book I read a paragraph that touched me:

Everyone must leave something in the room or left behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that tree or that flower you planted, you're there. It doesn't matter what you do, he said, so long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something that's like you after you take your hands away. The difference between the man who just cuts lawns and a real gardener is in the touching, he said. The lawn-cutter might just as well not have been there at all; the gardener will be there a lifetime.

I like this. Its a message about living. About taking your time on Earth and doing something with it, no matter how small or trivial you may think it is. Do it. Create. Be. Live, Love, Explore.

I Google searched for the quote above as I don't have the book with me at the moment. The searching uncovered a great website: wikiquote. I can't believe I have never stumbled across this before! When I was looking down the page to get to my quote I glanced over other quotes from the same book, and some of them as stand alone statements are just as good as when in context, if not better!

Have a look:

·       The good writers touch life often. The mediocre ones run a quick hand over her. The bad ones rape her and leave her for the flies.

·       This is happening to me.
 

·       Let you alone! That's all very well, but how can I leave myself alone? We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real.

·       "Where do we begin?" He opened the book halfway and peered at it. "We begin by beginning, I guess."

I whole heartily take my hat off to Ray Bradbury, I think he created a wonderful story that illustrates our society today and where we could be headed if we don't take time to think for ourselves, and  if we let the modern world engulf us.

The saddest thing is  - I read the book on my Kindle.

Do any of the quotes above mean anything to you?

I'd love to hear your thoughts, it might spur me into actually articulating myself in a more coherent manner.

LT x

Lets dance

Schmercy was djing at a local club on Saturday, so a few of us went down for a wee shin dig and stomped it out until the wee hours in the morning.

One of my pals walked into my dance space, and I made a fist and jokingly chased him out of my dance space. He then said,' Lets not fight, lets dance'.

Awesome!

I wish the whole word had the same idea - how wonderful would that be?



My Mum's wedding...

Today....

I'm sharing a few photos of my Mum's wedding reception party with you. Its a sad occasion when one of your parents remarries, as your heart goes out to the other one (my Dad), but on the other hand, its been 18 odd years and its nice to see my mum with a nice guy, who makes her happy.

This is my mum and Mick

My oldest sister Sage, and her daughter Zoe

My two oldest nephews - David and Sean. Handsome buggers aren't they?

Sean dancing with Laura, his child hood sweetheart

My sister Debbie, her man Roy and her youngest daughter Kayleigh (unfortunately Jade couldn't be there as she's holidaying in Spain with her other gran - lucky girl!)

Wee Kayleigh bum enjoying a dance with Schmercypants

Laura and her soon to be husband Mark enjoying a wee dance

The Wilson, the only picture of me on my camera, and Schmerc. I'm glad its not my tongue thats sticking out for a change!

All in all it was a good wee night. The dance floor was chokka all night, mostly taken up by all of the people you just met in the photo's. Man! I love my family! I think the wee people in my family are absolutely gorgeous.

This makes me worry that I'll get the wee straw; when I have bairns they'll be ugly! eeek. I hope not!

Anyhoo, happy Monday Mo Fo's.

LT

xx

More pictures!

Howdy doody folks...

Thought I'd stop by and show you a couple more photos from the 'Photo a Day' Thing.

One (finger being held up)

Messy (my desk at work)

Somewhere I sit

The steps are at the porch entrance to my work. I used to sit here a lot when I smoked, although now that I am a non smoker I only tend to sit here when its sunny, with my trouser legs rolled up having a 'smoke break'.

I think non smokers should still take breaks. That saying, if I was to take a break as often as the smokers in my work I'd get NO work done. Seriously, they go out for a cigarette at ten past nine. We start at 9!!! And one even goes for a cigarette 5 minutes before his one lunch break. Crazy! I guess it all comes down to bad management, along with the really bad attempt to increase productivity through blocking face book. Seriously? How about a bit of feedback, direction, interest, interaction, honesty, morale.... I'm fairly confident these things will increase productivity more than blocking a website!

Strange, when I started this post I had no intention of ranting, but there you go! I must have needed to vent my frustrations. Thank you. And apologies!

Love n light,

LT x

Photo a Day Day 3... Coin, and Wall-E lookalikies :)

Here is my incredibly pap picture for COIN:

Its 4 £1 coins, all with a different 'Tails' picture on them.  Wow weee. Did I do a good job of feigning interest there?

I'm more excited about this second picture that was inspired by the lovely Miss Loops who pointed out that my speakers looked a wee bit like the gorgeous wee robot Wall-e. We rearranged them slightly, what do you think?

Waaaawwww! Too cute! Have you watched wall-e? I watched it on New Years day and broke my heart! The film is ultimately a sci -fi story about the fate of mankind, and the 'love' story involves two gorgeous wee characters. Wall-e's resilience and persistence pangs the fook right out of my heart strings! I'm not sure if I love it so much much because I watched it on New Years day and i was feeling a tad 'delicate'.

Here is the link: http://www.disney.co.uk/wall-e/  Check it out!

Have a nice weekend folks :)





LT x