Tuesday, 28 April 2009

Felix





One of my favourite hamsters ever, belonging to my sister, now deceased - the hamster, not my sister. Hobbies included sleeping, shoe fetishism, drinking, stealing chocolate out of the wrappers in the bin and looking cute. Pretty much the same as my own activities! I think he was 1/4 rat, 1/4 hamster and 1/2 woman. He also had a talent for extreme acrobatics and breakout attempts:




Rest in peace, my furry friend.

Saturday, 18 April 2009

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Having paid off all my debts on Wednesday (when I say all I mean all - including my student loan and money from my parents and those outrageous gambling & whoring debts) I thought I would celebrate by going on a little eBay shopping spree. Most of my everyday things took a battering on my round-the-world trip so need replacing, and apart from that I need a wardrobe update because I've been pretty restrained thanks to my lack of funds. After a while of being impoverished my Scottish meanness really kicked in and it now takes some effort to make myself spend money at all. Unless it's a plane ticket, that's not a problem... I can usually persuade myself that I really don't need the item and it's overpriced - especially after seeing Asian prices for similar things which were always undoubtedly fake and sometimes of lesser quailty but ohhh so "cheap cheap". So the only thing I bought on eBay was a new aerial for my phone (since the old one looks like it's been chewed by a wolf) for £2.45. After that I looked at ladies' boots but I felt I'd reached my spending limit for the week and my browse through the available items was really just for fun. I found some very interesting items. Basically, if I ever feel the urge to dress up as a dominatrix, a gladiator, a five-year old girl, a robot, a yeti, or just a massive slut I'll know where to look. Check these out:

After that, just to contradict what I said earlier about not being able to spend money, I almost bought a couple of rolls of Laura Ashely wallpaper, despite the fact that I don't own a house or even rent one, but live with my parents who don't need new wallpaper. Maybe it's a nest-building instinct that has kicked in thanks to the glorious spring weather we're having at the moment (think fog and 7°C), or I'm just extremely stupid. Take your pick.