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2.5 minutes of fame and reasons to be cheerful, 1 - 3

Mar 27, 2008
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Sky News was great fun, all two and a half minutes of it; I had my name on the screen! They pronounced it right without asking! I looked that uniform shade of beige everyone on TV news looks because it turns out they spray the make up on! w00t!

I decided to spend the day looking for ways and reasons to be cheerful. JB and I have lurched from one emotional heart to heart to another; this was partly, I think, prompted by having a small spat over something. But mostly I suspect it was as a result of me spending a lot of time talking about guilt, CBT and depression and other cheerful things with a friend and colleague which just made me want to make sure there's no part of me, good or bad, that JB doesn't know about. It is relieving and important, but draining.

There has also been some negotiation with my parents over numbers for the wedding as they keep pulling relatives out of the closet. I want to keep it fair and offer JB's mum as many guests as my parents have, but it's really hard to pull off the balancing act. It's my friends I keep pulling out to accommodate everyone else! JB has an awful lot of friends whose weddings he's been to and feels obliged to invite even though they're barely in touch. It's frustrating, especially considering we're still not formally engaged, although he tells me he has some half-formed ideas for how to 'surprise' me. Daft romantic, beloved stoat.

Anyway, to paraphrase Ian Dury, here are three reasons to be cheerful.

1) Allison Janney and friends on what a feminist looks like (JB and I both tempted to make "this is what a weasel looks like" video:

This is What a Feminist Looks Like

2) Marcia Cross and Buddhist / Christian / Jewish / whatever religion / secular principles of selflessness and generosity.

3) Travel sweets. I found some in Marks & Spencer and gorged until I was sick. Those wondrous oh-so-English boxes of boiled sweets immersed in talcum powder-like icing sugar that scream long car journeys as a child.

Oh, and a colleague I'd been having on-off difficulties with has opened up a bit and I feel like we've been able to chat congenially for the first time since January. Phew!