hiatus (too much going on for Grace to handle)

(pic found at Circadian Shift)

Hello readers!

This is Katie, Grace's alter-ego - she would like me to let you know that she is taking a short (couple of weeks or so) hiatus from blogging because I am under a lot of stress from work at the moment, what with the 'whacked' schedule, and assignment deadlines, and suddenly needing to know more than is possible at this point about who to refer to what, and she is feeling a bit bogged down, and rather saddened by the constant normalisation of shit that she can't stand in the media (lots of "what am I going to do...? it will never go away...I am never going to get over this" from Grace's corner). The third person thing, the separating of me from Grace is necessary at this present time in order to keep on top of the above, but it will pass and Grace will be back with the following:

• How women MADE the pen industry and made Birmingham the pen capital of the world
• Ugly Betty - the phenomenon that is
• Recently acquired music, mostly by women
• T3 and Stuff...grrr
  

*grace comes back for a sec* Just ran in quickly to tell you that Sainsbury's in Oldbury, West Midlands is also covering their lads mags with blue things so we don't have to look at the covers! Grand! Although I was perplexed to see a 'sealed' insert with Company magazine all about breasts, do you want them smaller, bigger, perkier? And some real women who bravely show us theirs...in a sealed section in a magazine meant for people who have such body parts...but for people who have opposing parts - free for all the gaze and dribble at whether you want to or not! Bye!

*door slams shut*

bbs everyone! *waves*

Tribute to Tula

Tula, Dee's mom's dog, had to be put to sleep on Christmas morning so I wanted to make a little post in tribute.

Sometime last week she had to go to the vets because blood had pooled round her heart and she was really ill but they managed to drain the blood and she was okay. I saw her a bit on Saturday night and Sunday but we all thought she was going to be okay, but she took a turn for the worst on Monday morning while I was still in bed so Dee's dad called him out and told him they were taking her and she never came back. I never got to say goodbye.

She wasn't my dog but I lived there for 10 months and I really liked her, and she was always coming up to me for attention - which she got from everyone anyway!

So I just wanted to say here in the internet cosmos - goodbye Tula, blessing on your soul, you are in a better place where you can no longer suffer.