Taexalia

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My Cultural Life

I have been tagged by the highly cultured and very funny MisssyM over the The Misssives and ordered, under threat of *one of those looks* to tell you about my cultural life...1. What am I reading at the moment?2. What am I listening to at the moment?3. What am I watching at the moment?1. I am reading American Gods (Author's Cut) by Neil Gaiman, Britain BC by Francis Pryor, The Roman Conquest of Scotland by James E Fraser and a book of knitting patterns for socks.2. I am trying very hard not to ... read more

Skewed Focus

After a brilliant beginning to NaNoWriMo where I felt great about myself and my productivity, I fell back into the Not Writing Habit. I'm looking at how that happened and of course the main reason is that I popped off to Glasgow for a couple of days last week and when I came back I didn't get straight back to the story. Glasgow was excellent. We went to see a concert on the Tuesday night and were entertained by Iced Earth (OK), Lamb of God (I was not expecting to enjoy them and I liked them ... read more

Adventures In Rubber

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="311" caption="Taexalia back in the day"][/caption] This is a picture of me when I was around 16 years old and going through my Lost Boys gypsy phase. Those were the sexiest boots I had ever owned and I wore them until they could not be worn any more. I broke one of the heels and had it fixed three or four times - it was never the same after the first time but I wobbled on thinking I was *it*. This was before the days of actual It Girls. It was ... read more

Parental Advisory

I really don't want to be negative about Live Earth because I really do think that raising awareness about an issue means reaching people on their level... and so if a bunch of concerts around the world reaches a few more people with the idea that this planet we walk on, this air we breathe is sacred ~ then it's all good. BUT... does anyone else think it is just a little bit amusing that Al Gore, a driving force behind this project, was phoning people who swear a lot/sing sexually ... read more

A Sixx And Lee Sandwich Will Do Nicely, Thank You.

Mötley Crüe kindly organised a gig at the Manchester Apollo on the 12th. Perfect timing as a bonus detour on our way to Denmark, and a perfect gig too. We were warmed up by Papa Roach who pounded from start to finish and got my booty shooglin.. They left us wound up for more and after a (too long) interval I caught a movement offstage and spotted Mick making his way through a door - within seconds the edgy mood of the impatient audience erupted into a frenzy as the band finally blessed us ... read more