tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61347662012-02-12T20:07:55.934Zamypolson.blogspot.comamy polsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13992543082480992869noreply@blogger.comBlogger1131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134766.post-77000096755768679862007-08-17T19:24:00.000+01:002007-08-17T19:27:18.204+01:00

Where Compassion is a yellow balloon hanging from the ceiling...Tips for our studies says the tips jar on the counter of the crepe stall. Two Polish girls work busily behind the counter, creating crepes. “I wonder why you need to study to make crepes?” muses a boy of about eleven. “Oh, but they make things other than crepes...” his friend muses back. Teenagers walk around wearing hoodies

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This is a whole post dedicated to the chewing gun artist. The first time I saw him he was wearing his bright yellow, paint smeared, reflective jacket and was being 'moved on' by the police. Despite his bright jacket, they were worried that the passing pedestrians on Muswell Hill might trip over him as he crouched down over the ground. I walked by, assuming he was one of the areas (small) handful

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Well I blinked, and almost a month flew by like a pretty little (fast) bird...I journeyed to Northern Ireland to pick up my car, and much fun it was too. I nearly (oh so nearly) missed my flight out, but didn't (challenge no. 1 successfully met). Stayed with lovely Esther and Catherine, and also met up with very old friend Rick (who I hadn't seen for yeearrrrs) and quite old friend Si. The

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I PASSED I PASSED I PASSED! Yes...all the best drivers pass on the sixth time, sixth time lucky, SIXTH'S a charm and all that. Oh the relief - me, my nerves and my bank account are very happy. THANK YOU for being so supportive - I do have very good friends and family. The 'test conditions' didn't seem to lend themselves to success....: - The examiner was one I'd had once before, back in March

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...sounds depressing, but it's true. WHERE has the sun gone? I just went out and had to wear my winter coat and boots to protect me from the elements. I'm hoping it will clear up quick sharp, most definitely before Abi's wedding on Saturday. Speaking of Abi's wedding: the rehearsal fairy cakes (see picture on Flickr) turned out well and went down a storm...only 150 to make tomorrow! Good job I

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Been a bit quiet - sorry! Failed my test again since the last post, but it's really ok. It was very funny - it could have been a comedy sketch, something along the lines of Laurel & Hardy but with a blonde, a driving examiner and an illegally parked (that makes it not my fault doesn't it?!) lorry. The poor little car came off badly. At least this fail was spectacular - I couldn't argue it, unlike

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I am sorry to say that I failed my driving test again today. I had NO markings on the whole test sheet apart from one on each manouver - probably the most frustrating fail of the three so far. My head wasn't in it, the examiner (who was really lovely, the nicest so far) actually asked me if I was feeling ok at the end of it, and said my driving was so good he couldn't understand what had made me

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...because I failed again! So, onwards and upwards to the third (time lucky?!) on Friday afternoon. I really need to pass now, because I have a lovely car that needs collecting and driving, so all positive thoughts, prayers and crossed fingers/toes/paws would be most welcome on Friday.What else, hmm, had a food sensitivity test. It seems to have turned out that I have a problem with yeast - not a

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I've been neglecting my blog a little bit, so here I am to update it just a smidgen. It's March now, and it finally feels (on some days at least) like spring. The cherry blossom trees are out, and everything looks a bit brighter.February was a good month this year. It was nice to spend valentines (even though I'm not a great believer in it) with someone lovely. Su was especially pleased, as she

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...is a campaign to end the discrimination against people with disabilities that is still happening in EU countries. One million signatures need to be collected over the next few months. For more about the campaign, and to sign the petition, visit www.1million4disability.eux

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Just after uni, I took a gap year with Oasis Trust and worked at Church.co.uk Waterloo - with some amazing people working towards amazing things. One of those people was Pete Brierley, probably one of the best youth workers ever ever. The youth work at Church.co.uk has gone from strength to strength, and now it has it's own building - the hubhouse - great from the outside, not so great from the

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A friend sent this poem to me, and it's very beautiful, in a sad way. Here it is, and it's by Maya Angelou:I Know Why the Caged Bird SingsThe free bird leapson the back of the windand floats downstreamtill the current endsand dips his wingsin the orange sun raysand dares to claim the sky.But a bird that stalksdown his narrow cagecan seldom see throughhis bars of ragehis wings are clipped andhis

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Hello, and happy new year. I know I'm a bit late - but better late than never.I'm a little out of sync timewise in general at the moment. Thanks to the dodgy postal service in Muswell Hill I am still receiving Christmas presents posted weeks ago! So, yesterday I received my secret santa present (thanks Est!) - the beautiful new Christmas album Snow Angels by Over The Rhine. Over The Rhine is a

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Hello, just to quickly wish you a Happy Christmas. Have a wonderful time and, as Tiny Tim would say, God Bless'em, ev'ry one (or something along those lines).If tomorrow you've collapsed on the sofa having eaten way too much, or even if you haven't, there's a Challenge Anneka tsunami anniversary special on TV (in conjunction with World Vision in Sri Lanka). Boxing Day evening, 8pm on ITV1 I think

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I've been tagged by Ryan (who's just got engaged by the way, congrats again Ryan!!). So, five things you may not know about me:1. When I was a baby I had a big reddish birthmark (called a strawberry mark) on the side of my chin. It's faded now but if you look closely you can still see it. 2. My hair used to be so long that I could sit on it.3. I once got marooned on a desert island in the

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I'm sorry, this is an unashamed plug for a new and temporary blog set up by World Vision's TAKE2 project around the issue of HIV and AIDS in developing countries. It's at http://take2diary.blogspot.com - please have a look and leave a comment if you feel so inclined (people are reading but being shy with the comments so far!).Thank you my lovelies...x

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Happy Advent: and it is happy, because I've just returned from a week in Devon (the beach chalet at Lee Abbey) and feel much more relaxed and ready for the last stretch towards Christmas. I love the place, and this year it was a time of dogs and goats, card games and poker chips, cream teas and lots of rainbows strewn across grey skies so beautiful they made you want to cry. There's some images

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No you haven't stumbled across the wrong blog...this is still Amy's blog! I decided I wanted a new loo...the pink was a little too pink for me I think, this grey thing is a whole lot more mellow. Also, a lot of my clothes are grey or include grey at the moment - so my blog and I now co-ordinate beautifully! ;o)However, the downside to all of this is that I lost everything from my old blog - as in

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Felt I should do a bit of an update...haven't been here for a while!So, what's been happening? Been muy busy. Went to part of the Steve Reich birthday celebrations, which was very cool. Saw the Kronos string quartet, DJ Spooky, some Brian Eno stuff, and Steve himself - very impressive. Felt very sorry for Coldcut..who's laptop crashed 3/4 way through their performance, in front of a very full

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I went to see An Inconvenient Truth last night. The film, following the efforts of Mr Al "I used to be the next president of the USA" Gore to challenge and inspire people on the (the inconvenient truth of) climate change, is actually really good. It's not exactly light entertainment, but neither is it dry and over heavy. It did quite well at the whole walking the line between challenging and

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Greenbelt is over, and it feels like my feet haven't really touched the floor since...Partly because of the chest infection from hell (well, from Andrea actually, never share a B&B room with a contagious person!), partly just because of business. It was really good though, I enjoyed it much more this year, but I'm not sure why. It was lovely to catch up with loads of old faces, and meet some new

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The last of my summer work trips is fast approaching...Greenbelt, this weekend. If you're going, come and say hello - I'll be on the World Vision/bug magazine stand for a lot of the time. Also, look out for the two talks (Mind the Gap 1 and Mind the Gap 2!) by Rudo Kwaramba, my head of department - she's a brilliant, inspirational and interesting public speaker so be there if you can.Quick note

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So...six days, six flights and three hotles later, I'm back from Mozambique. It was a good but challenging trip...we were given the full guest treatment, which meant being put up in hotels that were really quite plush. It's nice to be so welcomed and looked after, but it felt a bit wierd to me when we went from our hotel right out to some of the poorest areas. Met lots of wonderful people,

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Here I am in Johannesburg, on my way to Mozambique...in the Business precise (we somehow got bumped up a class) - with free food/drink/internet/comfy chairs, a very nice way to spend a long stop over! It would have been longer had our flight from London not been delayed for 2 hours. I did just spil hot (free) hot chocolate all over my jeans...not good, but it dried quickly in the heat! Shame we

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Esther..I've done something wierd to my blog template again and it's all shifted south...any ideas oh blog guru?!x

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You've all heard about it, and everyone's probably got a different opinion on it. But if you want to do a quick campaigning action to show that you think the fighting/killing should stop, visit http://www.worldvision.org.uk/getinvolved/campaigning/x

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I moved...and am settling in quite well! It's a bit different to where I was before (I miss my lovely Karen and Sarah), but good in different ways...and I'm loving living right in Muswell Hill. Lots of business now...wonderful girlies Esther and Lammie are coming to stay this week, then it's Berlin to help out at an event there, then to New Wine with work, then to Mozambique wih work, and then

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...in fact, definitely not. I decided not to move after all! Well...I should say I AM moving house, I'm just not moving city. So there we go! Just decided I really do like living in London and, although I do believe all you MK advocates, I don't really want to live in Milton Keynes. Where I end up remains to be seen...but it has to be cheaper than where I am now though. I have two viewings

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...the name of the Gnarls Barkley album I just obtained. It also refers to me. No, I haven't been fired...and I'm not moving country or anything, BUT I am going elsewhere (sent/st. Elsewhere..get it?) - to Milton Keynes (cue dramatic horror like screaming!). (No, it's not bad really.) I'm just a bit bored of being in a constant financial struggle in London...and need to start saving money for the

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My cello needs a name...he/she has been nameless too long. So Please review the options below and make full use of your vote by filling in a comment slip below. Options are:Chip the celloChips the celloHunk the celloLucia the celloButternut the celloBruce the cello (or cello the bruce?!)Charlie the celloChuck the celloCherry the celloCordelia the celloBonita the celloLucy the celloOther news, in

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I'm back..not really with a vengeance, but with a coffee (at this precise moment) and an exciting piece of news! (The coffee wasn't the exciting piece of news...I am 24 but not quite that sad, YET).The piece of news is...drum roll...I have a CELLO!!I've wanted acello for a very long time, since uni, but they're always very very expensive. But thanks to the joys of ebay, I found one I could

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I haven't been here for a long time..apologies to anyone who wants one!! I haven't really been in a blogging mood...one of those 'do I really want to carry this on' phases!! Anyway, I just wanted to post up a quick HAPPY CHRISTMAS here for everyone I won't see over the next week. I hope your Christmas Time is everything you need it to be.Lots of love Amyxx

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Back to the trade justice thing - please click here and email Peter Mandelson, it's really easy. There's some background info on this site too.xXx

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It was one of those great moments...my 2 credit cards and my store card were completely paid off, cause for celebration. I borrow a large (very large) pair of scissors and prepare for the ceremonial cutting up of the closed account cards. The moment I'd longed for. The first cut felt so good...then a sudden realisation.It's the wrong card.(lessons for today children...never give Amy scissors {

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Me and Karen came over all arty farty recently and took advantage of the Times offer of free tickets to the London Film Festival. We went to see a Romanian film called The Death of Mr Lazarescu by a director caller Piui (possibly spelt differently!) who was there to introduce the showing. It's an awfully good, and very moving, film about an old guy who gets ill, and the absolute failure of the

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I found this piece interesting - especially the part about bloggers in Africa airing their views about the Live8 concerts as they were happening. So many lives and stories and situations entwined in this big thing called the world wide web - how cut off and isolated would we all feel if the whole thing went down tomorrow?! Anyway, check out the article herexXx

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Just to say that if you're free and in London on the 2nd November - come to Westminster for the mass trade justice lobby. If you want, you can register to talk to your local MP about trade justice (www.tjm.org.uk), if you don't want to do that but want to show your support - head up to Westminster anyway to see what's going on and increase numbers! Should be tv crews around, especially around 1pm

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It is with regret that I write this small obituary. Nigel the rat is no more. He succumbed to his little coughs and sneezes in (we think) the early hours of this morning. It can't be said that he led a "happy" life as such, but he certainly left an impression (the scars at least will live on forever) on us all. His one regret must simply have been that he didn't quite make it to his retirement

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Well, the party came and went. Don't you just hate it when it's party time and you're not in a party mood??! I had a good time anyway, and I think everyone else did...and it was lovely to see the girlies again! I was VERY tired after the weekend...which I think explains it's demise on sunday night! Sunday night was the night I found myself inserted myself into a bad Wes Craven horror film. It was

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I say 'just'because I was starting to think I might not get home during my farsical journey home in which I spent 4.5 hours sat in a broken airplane on the runway of Atlanta airport...with the air conditioning not working and people starting to panic slightly! Made it eventually anyway...only about 5 hours later than planned!Last days in San Fransisco were spent doing more wandering, discovering

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Well, I have been quite the little tourist. Due to an acute lack of funds I've been doing as many free activities as possible...many of them involving walking. I walked from the area where my hostel is (slightly scary area but then I'm all for a genuine experience!), through the main shopping area (vast - starts with downtown type market places, goes right through Old Navy, Abercrombie and Macy's

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Well, Miss Janae is now no longer - she's a Mrs! Which is quite scary. The drive from Portland to Bend was lovely, both in terms of scenery and in that I was reunited with a good friend that I haven't seen in a long time! It was a great time of catching up, and quite emotional and surreal, but really it felt like we'd seen each other only last week as opposed to last year. The wedding was

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Yes - nearly! After over 35 hours travelling, I have just woken up in a very nice youth hostel in Portland, Oregon. Janae's coming to pick me up at 10, then it's on to Bend for the wedding happenings, all fun - especialy now I've had sleep (towards the end of last night it was not really fun anymore).Just a quick share - wass skimming through a book marked 'ead stories of travellers from the past

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...have been banned by the authorities that be! The click adverts etc. have been considered part of something that is too politically motivated/biassed. Think of that as you will...personally I think it's a bit rubbish.By the way, if you're in London between today and thursday 15th pop down to County Hall (The Atrium room, entrance at the back opposite Starbucks) on Southbank. World Vision is

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...just about the only word in Italian that I can pronounce correctly! Yes I have returned from Sardinia, where not many people speak English. I don't mind this atall, in fact I quite like it, but it is frustrating when you don't speak their language and they don't speak yours and it's very difficult to have a proper conversation! Disregarding communication problems we had a lovely holiday...

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...the tune from that annoying mobile phone network advert is going round in my head and it's very annoying! But seriously...it's kind of the way part of me is feeling at the moment.I just got back from Greenbelt, lots of good things about it including: good people, good fun, good weather, the Tiny Tea Tent, good music, Flying Pig happy bacon sandwiches, the Mochamania tent, God (who's always

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Just a quick post to keep my little blog alive and not feeling too neglected.I haven't really been especially inspired to blog recently...I am a little disillusioned with blogs, as am I a little disillusioned with church and, well with people in general really! (Not in a depressive bitter sort of way...I feel like it's just a phase I have to go through.)Anyway, I won't have time for much blogging

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Successful ebay purchases so far...1x 'shabby chic' wardrobe1x 'shabby chic shaker' bedroom mirror1x 'vintage brooch' in the shape of a small owl1x 'rare ikea print' of some cup-cakes1x 'amazing addition to any home' hologram picture of the last supper (that was SARAH'S FAULT and it's coming all the way from Israel after we bought it for 2p - yes two pence...how guilty do I feel? Very!)Somebody..

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Sad about what's going on in London at the moment, grossed out by the errupting ants nest in the garden of what is otherwise my perfect new house, frustrated at being outbid on an ebay wardrobe and worried about a friend I just chatted to on MSN who's decided that reiki is the answer to all of lifes problems...I sit in an internet cafe. It's the closest one (that I've found so far) to my new

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London today feels a little odd...a bus went past me as I was walking down Kennington Park Road (or is it Lane?I can never remember) - the bus would normally have been quite full, but today it was nearly empty, with just as many police men on board as passengers. There's a strange atmosphere. Yesterday I switched on the news just before I set off for my meeting near Liverpool Street, and

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Oh the frustration of having no computer of your own and so not being able to blog when you want to!! This is a snatched 2 minutes at the end of work...have to rush off.Was privilaged enough to be in Edinburgh at the weekend for the MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY G8 rally. It was madness...I was there with work so it was a long long drive up there, working friday night, up 5am to work on saturday(the World

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...something bad happend!! I managed to move the whole of my sidebar to the bottom of the page..and I dont know how to reverse whatever it was I did! Please please help me please please...?!xXx

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Yesterday I went to the World Development Movement's conference - Whose Rules Rule? - on Africa. It was a really good afternoon. I think that too few of the thinkings/suggestions/policies/insights into poverty that I've heard and read and have even been a part of are from people that have dealt with poverty on a day to day, face to face basis. I found it all fascinating, despite the fact that my

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I did another one of those worldview tests...here's what it came up with. Like last time, bits I like, bits I'm not sure about...You scored as Emergent/Postmodern. You are Emergent/Postmodern in your theology. You feel alienated from older forms of church, you don't think they connect to modern culture very well. No one knows the whole truth about God, and we have much to learn from each other,

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It's true...blogging is turning into quite the discussion. Newspaper journalists write articles on it. There are special blogging awards for it. Etcetera etcetera etcetera.But some of us (well, three of us) here in my place of work (by the way, things here do not neccessarily reflect or represent the views of the said organisation!) have been having our own little blog debate. It's been going on

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I just found out that I have passed my six month probation (yes it really has been six months!) - so I am now an official employee of World Vision UK!Secondly...I found this really good quote (slightly cut down for the sake of my word count!) on trade and consumerism from Ms Body Shop Anita Roddick. I used it for something I'm doing at work and thought I'd share it with you too...“What is missing

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As you may have noticed: my blog has been updated, revamped, spring-cleaned...and is now, predominantly, pink!! It also has alsorts of new features...all the mod cons, well some of them. This is great...but alas is not down to me. So can I just say a big THANK YOU and a raise your glasses to Esther, without whom none of this would have been possible! I hope to master this new technology soon...

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I did a quiz to see what it identified as my 'world view'. I liked some of what it came up with...:You scored as Cultural Creative. Cultural Creatives are probably the newest group to enter this realm. You are a modern thinker who tends to shy away from organized religion but still feels as if there is something greater than ourselves. You are very spiritual, even if you are not religious. Life

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St Theresa of Avila (1515-1582) had some really good things to say I think. I sumbled upon her (not literally obviously) at work today, I'd direct you to the site but really it is too cheesy for me to link! Here are a few little gems:"It is not a matter of thinking a great deal but of loving a great deal, so do whatever arouses you most to love.""Let nothing trouble you, let nothing frighten you

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Well, I just got back last night from a weekend of fun and frolics at that highly esteemed institute of education – Keele University. I wonder if you ever stop missing uni? Or is it just Keele? My respect for Keele as a place of learning was only further reinforced this weekend…to the illustrious list of things I have learnt at Keele can be added this: it was in fact Peter Kay and NOT Johnny

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I was at the Trade Justice Movements Global Week of Action All-night Vigil (yes they thought it was a catchy title too) the other week...which was really good actually (even better than the title!). Anyway...the opening event was very very good - with lots of very very nice people like that lovely man whose name I've forgotton...Soames from The Forsythe Saga. Beverley Knight and Jools Holland did

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I went, on a total whim, to see the latest Keanu Reeves film - Constantine. The verdict: mixed - a bit of odd theology, some really good bits, some cliches, some OTT special effects, but there was always Keanu Reeves to carry through the bad bits!Anyway - there was a really good sound-bite from it. Keanu plays Constantine - a kind of fallen, but good, guardian angel/exorcist type of guy. Had a

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Well...nearly four months on since my last post here in land of blog, I'm back. I can't quite believe it's been so long.Things have been problematic, there has been a bit of a vicious circle thing going on here. The pattern of too many of my weeks lately has been roughly as follows: I travel to work(3hours), I work(7-8hours), I travel home from work(3hours), I sleep (only lately though, for a

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Suma (full title: Princess Satsuma), my new 10 week old rabbit - of the orange mini lop variety. She is truly beautiful it has to be said..possibly the cutest rabbit in the world, equalled only by my childhood rabbit Cloudy (RIP). Me and my dad (who proves his devotion time and time again by supporting me in these crazy escapades) embarked upon the long journey across frosty yorkshire to

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"Anna Arkadyevna read and understood, but it was unpleasant for her to read, that is, to follow the reflection of other people's lives. She wanted too much to live herself. When she read about the heroine of the novel taking care of a sick man, she wanted to walk with inaudible steps around the sick man's room; when she read about a member of Parliament making a speech, she wanted to make that

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So I left Bocas, over a week ago now actually! Was hard, not aided by Elsa the dog, she´s used to students moving on and usually knows as soon as she sees the big back-packs - but she followed me all the way to the boat and then looked heart broken when she wasnt allowed to get in with me, I felt like such a deserter! I cried most of the way to Alimirante, but its ok os the locals all knew I was

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Round here its a place where people wear coconut jewellry, smoke marlboro lights and dont worry unneccessarily about body hair, mud splashes, sweatiness, rain drenched hair..or anything really! Round here umberellas are used mainly when its sunny, even though it rains all the time. Round here I have adopted the school dog, Alsa, dog who loves me enough to walk me home at night and bark at anyone

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What is it about being out here I wonder?!! This time last year I was a vegetarian, in Bocas, deep in contemplation over whether or not I should begin eating meat again...the principal had become a habit. Now - I´m a meat-eater, on Boas, thinking of becoming a vegetarian again! Why? A very short conversation, in fact more of a passing comment, with a guy who was out here on why his brother is a

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Hola, afew more days of spanish lessons...am getting better but its so slow and (now this will surprise you!) - I really should be studying more! Its good though, I can just about manage a conversation although I must sound absolutely ridiculous!! Today I am aching head to toe cos I had a surfing lesson yesterday..yay me!! It was so fun - I speant most of the time learning how to balance on the

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Saturday evening...I cant believe that after this weekend my first week on Bocas will be over! Its been great, crazy and sleepy all at once! I{ve learnt how to conjugate the verb in spanish (although ask me what the actual verbs mean and I{ll be blank...thats my homework for tomorrow!); sat and read on a tiny little island all by myself; had my room invaded by a giant crab (we think he{s still

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Oh this is so the life!! After my epic journey to get to Bocas Del Toro (that would be a total of roughly 22 hours in the sky, plus 2 overnight stops - rather more epic than it was meant to be on paper!), I am here!! Its so nice to be back. It was raining when I arrived, so had a soggy, muddy treck in the tropical heat and warm rain to get to the spanish school. And its raining again this morning

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I am so tired...like, so tired! Day 2 of the second week of soulinthecity, at the end of a long and intense year 'out' (more like year 'in' or year 'going under'...in a good way though!), 3 days before I fly out to Panama, and I am sooo tired! I havent been sleeping, even when I get the chance - I keep waking up at stupid o'clock to think about paint and gardening and, ooh, have I forgotton to

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So...yes I spoke too soon again! Out of ALL the millions of estate agents in London...yes I pick this one! Long story...its late, am covered in all beer and cleaning fluid and other wonderful All Bar One bits, so it is not the time for a long complicated story...ie the actual one! So an abbreviated one...our estate agent, as I found out this morinng when I turn up with the holding deposit, '

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Hello..I have returned after abit of an absence I know! Good news....whilst the search for an interesting, stimulating and experience giving, paid job continues..and continues...we've nearly found a house! YAY! Finalising monday I hope, so unless some disaster befalls us between now and then, it should all work out. Its so cute...a little 3 bedroomed flat in a terraced house in Kennington...with

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The penultimate frontline training session took place today...I cannot believe that this is nearly over, its the old scenario in which it feels like I have been here for forever or just for a week or so...and I cant quite make my mind up which! Steve (Chalke) took us for the evening session (after an excellent session on social justice by lovely Jenny and another guy called Glen, both from here )

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Sabbatical - what is it, and how on earth do you spell that word?! Whatever it is...I think that I'm almost taking one this summer. I say almost, because, although Im not quite sure about the definition, I think you have to be taking a break from some sort of full time work for a break to be a sabbatical. Does that refer to me? Not sure! But anyway..I need a break - from London; from church, at

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Well tomorrow will see the close of my last 'long weekend break' from Frontline before I finish...only a matter of weeks to go! And a strange and lovely weekend it has been! Staying with my sorely missed Lammie, and both of us staying with Jo and the toys too. Being tempted to sack off London in favour of following in the footsteps of Est and Bri by migrating to Rose Cottage! Drinking lattes and

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I had a traumatic experience yesterday on my way to work! I was walking underneath the waterloo/westminster bridge thing on my way to wor, when I noticed somehting out of the corner of my eye. A baby pigeon sat, a little ball of grey feathers and a beak more yellow than any grown up pigeon, looking at me from beside the wall - it had fallen from its nest up above. It was sooo sweet - it nearly

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Argh I am quite confused! In one day I had one person trying to pursuade me to go work in Peru for a year...and then another offer to go do some stuff in america...both options would take alot of fundraising and consideration etc etc, but theyre doable. And then I met up with my 2 prospective and probable flat mates for london next year...its all so hard! Why cant someone just tell me what to do!

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I'm meant to be at work...so cant post long. Just wanted to direct you to read a well-worth-reading speech made by Bono at an American college this week...read it and hear it, its good. Link on the left to Si's blog xXx

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So...me and Sarah have started (ish..as in, passed afew places!) to look at accommodation for me, her and Karen next year. We would love to stay in the Waterloo area cos I love it here, its a very cool place to live. However we're not going to get our hopes up...cos its tres tres expensive, we'd have to find the bargain of the century! Anyway...the guy who owns the funky jewellry shop on lower

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Just been to see a preview of the new epic blockbuster hollywood effort Troy. It was quite sad, very expensive (flippin london cinemas), and even more dramatic! I did enjoy it though I have to say...I even liked Achilles by the end - despite him being an ego-centric, angry young blonde with just one facial expression, "deep in anger-filled thought", for most of the film. Orlando Bloom...sweet but

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I havent done a post in what feels like ages...sorry! - not that its any great loss but hey! Got abit of a treat last night - 2 in fact! Where I work is just near the eye (london eye) and the river and westminster bridge, so I was right in the action for the amazing fire works last night!...they were soo beautiful, the whole bar moved outside or to the windows to watch. Also last night at work..

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What a roller coaster...the last 2 weeks have been truly bitter sweet, spending what I knew would be my last two weeks of living and working with my wonderful Janae. Gallons of coffee, tears and laughter and memories, worry and relief and all the extremes in between...and Bench and rain and crumble! And now it does feel like the end of an era...at least an era within an era. Today was the first

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Click here to see the latest issue of the church.co.uk virtual magazine thang Connect with an excellent issue of Christianity and homosexuality by the talented Mr Anthony Watkis. Click here to see the previous issue of Connect with an article by the not quite so talented me! If you want to receive Connect straight to your bery own inbox once a month, just leave a comment saying so and I shall

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Just blog browsing for a little while here, and made a comment to my line manager Pete that the land of blog is oh so quiet at the moment...less posts than usual, less comments than usual, at least to my eyes anyway. What is blogging all about anyway? It's wierd when you think about it! I was loathe to start a blog in the first place, can't really remember why exactly...probably just bacause

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There's so much I don't understand. I don't understand the ways in which you work, the why's, how's and who's by which you work. I dont understand the plan, the timing, the placing or the waiting. The pain, confusion, striving and losing...gaining and grasping and holding. There's so much I don't understand. Fighting and chasing, endless debating and crying and laughing and love. But there's

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Just started a new book I got, not exactly light entertainment but its interesting - 'Justice, Mercy and Humility', about poverty and issues surrounding it, and how Christianity relates, or at least should(!) to it. So yeah - read this and it just jumped out as good, maybe it wont for you..but then its my blog!!! ;o) 'We have been learning from our grass-roots involvement with poor communities.

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Gran canaria = derived from 'big dogs' in spanish, of which there used to be lots on the island so I was informed. I have to say..pleasantly surpirsed with our last minute package holiday!! Why do I not have more faith? We had a WONDERFUL time, we laughed loads and got in all sorts of adventures but were just completely chilled out for the whole week which was lovely. Some of you I'll talk to cos

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Ok..I've been away and now I am back. There's some congratulations in order...and they're all for people I love awfully much...so 3 cheers and a clink of the glass if you will, for... the beautiful Miss (sorry bout the chillie's mistake hun...u stick with that pink!) ESTHER POLLEY....happy 22nd birthday. possibly the BEST driver in the UK, and now she's official...Miss Sara Lammas. my ma and pa

amy polsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13992543082480992869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134766.post-1082332066625323722004-04-19T00:47:00.000+01:002004-04-19T00:51:48.653+01:00

Sorry about my lack of blogs of late...I was working at spring harvest in minehead for a week, with the very springy 'maxi springers' (under 5's). The work was much more enjoyable that I'd expected (oh me of little faith!), and the whole spring harvest experience thought provoking, confusing and unexpectedly challenging. It's nice to be back home and out of what felt like a Christian capsule...

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Yep..I had to ask didnt I...'how much can go wrong in 6 days...?' - will I ever learn?!!! (That was a rhetorical question because we all know that the answer is NO she will not..but at least things'll stay interesting!) SO...we came to booking tockets..and are there ANY tickets for trinas that would get us to Minehead, indeed anywhere close, for Spring Harvest..no there are not. So!...after 2

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I forgot to say!...I discovered a new place! It's called Paul (yes..just Paul!) and its a cake shop (yes JUST cake!..well actually no, cake and pastries and coffee and chocolate, the odd savoury and all things nice)..and its so cool! Me and Janae decided we needed to go out for dessert...so we discovered Paul! I kind of felt like I'd stepped into an Oscar Wilde play...the art and the red velvet

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Hmm...have had to count to ten and calm down tonight, in fact I've had to do that afew times lately! I keep finding myself getting quite wound up by people and by things...and I dont really like getting wound up, when in a bad way...its not fun. Maybe its chasing an ideal, what we should be like...what the people around me should be like, what the church should be like, what my bar should be like

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Finally got to see Mel Gibson's new film, The Passion of the Christ, yesterday evening. After afew weeks of debating the mere concept of the film..then the trailer..etcetc, I ifnqlly got to actually see the film! I don't want to say much about it here really, mainly because there'll be lots of people who still havent seen it and want to, and partly because Im not altogether sure what to write! So

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Random blog time...Sometimes when I read over my posts I realise that there's an abunfance of typo's! In fact...anyone who knows me pretty well will know that I am a crap typer!..I can spell no problem, but can I hit the write letters on a keyboard?..rarely! So sometimes I change my words so they are actually words...but I think Ive decided not to bother! It's characterful I reckon...you get to

amy polsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13992543082480992869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134766.post-108059140184903592004-03-29T21:16:00.000+01:002004-03-29T21:57:31.686+01:00

I got my essay finished..yay! It wasn't what it intended to be, but I don't suppose things often are?! It's theme/title changed agin, after again, it morphed into simply 'love'. Started after headspace, worked til 4am, went to bed and got up to finish at 8ish am. A funny thing happened last night though....at about half 3 as I was nearing the close of the first draft of the essay, I came to write

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Well...another sunday night, another piece or work to do! This time it's my research project...last piece for Frontline, I'v decided to go for something to do with the love of God...it's a nice narrow topic you see, not much to say on it really so it's well do-able in one night..yearrite! It'll all be ok! Over lunch today we got talking about stuff...not sure what really, but it led onto me

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Having one of those really frustrating days today! Woke up fine...but now Im stressed and narky and really frustrated! Don't you just hate days like that! Not enough computers for us all to work in the office, and I have a study project to write for monday...so I've been voluntarily exiled to the other office, gate crashing a department and using the noisiest computer in the world! Its not all

amy polsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13992543082480992869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134766.post-1080076689550532972004-03-23T21:18:00.000Z2004-03-23T21:21:36.186Z

Got my book review done...finished 10minutes before I had to leave yesterday, timed to perfection! Am actually so tired..dont seem to catch up on sleep much these days! Went to try and get some conversations in the local community going about soulinthecity today. Was quite good...Freddie who leases/runs the little market down lower marsh is lovely, at least he warmed after we'd chatted for abit,

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