Recent Posts Tagged With 'feedback'

• Feedback Wednesday :: A Curse On My Unblasted Dams

  Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 05:57 in feedback, selling out, toasties

  bulk :: 13st 11alcohol intake :: averagetobacco :: ah, well, yes, therein lies a taleexercise :: nonesex :: noneviolence :: nonedrama :: lotsThings are extremely odd at the moment. This is why I’m posting pointless little nothings about Fonzie and ...

• Fresh Start #173 :: Overmatter

  Posted on Friday October 30th, 2009 at 21:09 in feedback

  bulk :: 13st 9exercise :: nonecigarettes :: lotssteps taken to stop :: I'm going to see the NHS people next Friday. They have patches and all kinds of wisdom, and they're cheaper than a hypnotist.alcohol :: most dayssteps taken to cut down :: bought ...

• Feedback Friday :: Nothing To See Here

  Posted on Thursday October 22nd, 2009 at 19:10 in work, feedback, nick griffin, barbara ellen

  Right then. Here we are. This will be sloppy. Not half-hearted, but probably at most third-brained. I’ve been working. Two full days immersed in a world of SMEs and CEOs, audits, buy-outs and chubby men smiling money smiles in shiny ties and proper...

• Feedback Friday :: Up

  Posted on Friday October 16th, 2009 at 09:58 in work, feedback

  bulk :: 13st 5cigarettes :: meh, a few, but none on Sundaybooze :: lots; some every dayexercise :: nilinterviews :: 2jobs :: 3I’ve been very busy this week, fending off economic meltdown. I’m writing this from the boardroom of a giant Japanese fi...

• Feedback Friday :: Sometimes There’s No Poison Like A Dream

  Posted on Friday July 24th, 2009 at 06:38 in Cancer, feedback, dylan thomas, under milk wood, swine flu

  bicycle rides :: 4punctures :: 1bicycles ruined in effort to fix puncture :: 1days remaining till return to London :: 39Yesterday I went to London and spent an hour and a half in the belly of the behemoth. It’s still not sure whether they’ll let ...

• Feedback Friday :: Busy Doing Nothing

  Posted on Friday July 17th, 2009 at 08:39 in health, writing, feedback, the book

  Life is odd about now. It has no form. Here then, is a list…- I set up a Flickr account, where I put pictures of thistles and suchlike. Like this one... I wish the rain would stop so I could go out and find more things to photograph, but according ...

• Feedback Friday :: Countdown

  Posted on Friday July 3rd, 2009 at 06:55 in exercise, feedback, black dogs

  bulk :: 15st 1days without alcohol :: 0Wii Fit sessions :: 4substantial bike rides (90mins+) :: 4nagging stomach pain alert level :: elevatedI’ve probably got about eight weeks left up here. In Grimstone. And although I’m having a thoroughly plea...

• Feedback Friday :: Blarney Rubble

  Posted on Friday June 19th, 2009 at 07:44 in Dating, interview, feedback

  bulk :: 15st 6 (hush now)cigarettes :: 0bonsai doobies :: 12 or soWii Fit sessions :: 3gyms visited :: 3gyms joined :: 0bikes bought :: 0interviews given :: 3interviews enjoyed :: 2interviews aired :: 1interviews in the pipeline :: 3books started :: ...

• Feedback Friday :: Hecticity

  Posted on Thursday May 28th, 2009 at 19:33 in holiday, sicily, rome, feedback, the book, the wire

  bulk :: I reckon I've put on a stone since I arrived in Italycigarettes :: some, and I'm really pissed off about it - it really stinks up the breathpostcards bought :: 10postcards sent :: 0Italian women I have fallen in love with :: all of themSo I h...

• Feedback Friday :: Northern Exposure

  Posted on Friday May 15th, 2009 at 08:46 in feedback, the north, bookscan

  bulk :: I’ve no idea – I gave my scales to Oxfam in London! I’m free! Free, I tell ya!exercise :: I bought a Wii Fit! Couldn’t get one in London. Got one here immediately. Have done a couple of sessions on that and am aching admirably. Intend...

• Feedback Friday :: Bouncing Back

  Posted on Friday April 17th, 2009 at 08:27 in health, Cancer, feedback, best laid plans.

  bulk :: 14st 12gym sessions :: 3therapy sessions :: 1lows :: 1highs :: 1steaks :: 1 pendingOn Wednesday afternoon I spent 70 minutes flogging myself tender in the gym. All cardio. The sweat was jumping off of me like cartoon fleas and by the time I g...

• Feedback Friday :: Zest

  Posted on Thursday April 2nd, 2009 at 21:38 in books, diet, Gym, exercise, feedback, spring

  bulk :: 15st 0walnuts :: 0.5kgchocolate bars :: 0.5kgOn Wednesday afternoon I went to the gym. It was a beautiful day. On the way home from the gym – on a whim – I popped into a health food store and purchased one jar of Malt Extract, one jar of ...

• Feedback Wednesday :: March

  Posted on Wednesday March 4th, 2009 at 17:31 in feedback, spring, March

  bulk :: 15st 2booze :: not much at all, consideringpainkillers :: just a handfuljoints :: zerohealthy meals :: zerofilms :: 5visits to the dentist :: 1days till deadline :: -5panic level :: 2whinge level :: 1spring fever fervour :: 6Before this month...

• Random Memorandum :: Unintelligible Sailing

  Posted on Monday January 26th, 2009 at 01:02 in Cinema, blogs, feedback, twitter

  I’m not complaining. Life is good and there is more now than there ever has been for which to feel thankful. And I am thankful. But people are complex, often inexplicable creatures. And it isn’t easy being one. That’s all I’m saying. Right. F...

• Feedback Friday :: Oops! Where Did the Weekend Go?

  Posted on Sunday January 18th, 2009 at 22:57 in writing, feedback, opticians, feeling good, morag

  bulk :: 15st 8 (oh God. Reserves of discipline being dredged as we speak, I swear. Or actually, I’m currently thinking of starting up again on January 31st. That’s my favourite date. Classic date for fresh starts. I won’t be going to Fitness Fi...

• Feedback Friday :: Working From Home

  Posted on Friday January 9th, 2009 at 08:35 in dentist, stephen fry, feedback, twitter, opticians, jonathan ross

  bulk :: 15st 8 (damn you, Christmas chocolate!)exercise :: 0 (joining new gym next week though, I swear)glasses of wine :: 6cases of wine :: 0cohabitation disputes :: 3kittens :: 0 senses working overtime :: one, two, three, four…. Four.Twitter upd...

• One Year On :: Happy Anniversary

  Posted on Monday December 15th, 2008 at 13:00 in books, blogging, feedback, anniversary, milestone

  On December 15, 2007 – a year ago today – I started this here humble blog. The idea behind it was to use my words to spur me on to change my life for the better. Specifically, and most importantly, I wanted to lose weight, get fit, make some frie...

• Feedback Friday :: Goodbye Peckham and All This Cock and Bullshit, Hello Hysteria and Cock A Happy Hoop!

  Posted on Friday December 12th, 2008 at 15:43 in feedback, peckham

  bulk :: 15st 6days without blogging :: 6 (Aaaaaaaaaarrrrgggghhh! If it reaches a whole week without a decent excuse, it dies, like a Tamagotchi.) Peckham hours remaining :: 12boxes surrounding me :: 15 (all filled with books)imminent arrivals :: 1pip...

• Friday Feedback :: Looking Forward

  Posted on Friday December 5th, 2008 at 10:09 in moving, feedback, brixton, peckham

  bulk :: 15st 7gym visits :: 2cigarettes :: 2 (eek!)medical moments :: 2I’m stealing moments of unprotected neighbourhood wireless here and there where I can, skulking in internet pissoirs when I can’t. A pound an hour, a tenner a day. Getting on ...

• Feedback Friday :: Ichbaaaaaa

  Posted on Friday November 28th, 2008 at 08:03 in feedback, virgin media, morag

  bulk :: 15st 9gym visits :: 3I am too fat to blog. Sorry. Also, I’m working too hard. For the government. I’m a government man. Also, I’m trying to sort out things for the move well in advance and yet still I’m being provoked to impotent fury...

• Feedback Friday :: Glad To Be Glad

  Posted on Friday November 14th, 2008 at 07:28 in happiness, hope, feedback

  I don’t know if this is some kind of manic episode – I know I’ve teetered on the meniscus of manic in the past – but I just can’t help feeling incredibly glad at the moment. Change is a remarkable thing. And the future is bright. With all o...

• Feedback Friday :: Turning Point

  Posted on Friday October 31st, 2008 at 10:30 in family, blogging, feedback, stalker, courgette, morag

  bulk :: 15st 9gym visits :: 2haircuts :: 1accusations of misogyny :: 4misogynistic episodes :: 0misanthropic episodes :: 12turning points :: 1It strikes me as kind of funny how I’m always so keen to seize on certain moments in my life and declare ...

• Feedback Friday, On A Monday :: Has The World Gone Mad?

  Posted on Monday October 27th, 2008 at 07:35 in feedback, keith, james bond, jaffa cakes, rupert murdoch, daniel craig, credit crunch, olga kurylenko

  bulk :: 15st 10cigarettes :: 0mammoth sweats:: 3 fibre freakouts :: 4 (bowls of bran with banana, sultanas and piping hot milk and honey)James Bond-related rages :: 3government communiqués :: 1Hob Nobs :: 0Halloween-themed Jaffa Cakes :: 5 The good...

• Feedback Friday :: Low

  Posted on Friday October 17th, 2008 at 02:15 in feedback, sad, hungerford

  Dead blog, dead blog. I’m not sure I can keep this up. I’m having a bad time. I’m pissed off. Since I got back from Burnley on Wednesday, I’ve been in and out of London on public transport for reasons of work. And I know I’m not well mental...

• Feedback Friday :: Perspective

  Posted on Friday October 10th, 2008 at 11:43 in feedback, keith, gordon, burnley

  bulk :: 15st 12cigarettes :: 0gym visits :: loadsbananas :: boatloadsapples :: a veritable orchard’s worthHob Nobs :: 0kilos of spinach :: 1.5comment nutters tamed :: 0humiliations :: 1more important things :: 1This morning Keith knocked on my bedr...

• Feedback Friday :: Things Change

  Posted on Friday September 26th, 2008 at 07:00 in feedback, keith, spinach, morag

  Being for the period 12th - 25th September…bulk :: 16st 1cigarettes smoked :: 0alcohol taken :: 6 bottles of winegym visits :: 7apples eaten :: 23bananas eaten :: 12kilos of spinach eaten :: 2biscuits eaten :: 2 packets of chocolate Hob Nobs (oops)...

• Feedback Friday :: Chocolate Onions

  Posted on Friday September 12th, 2008 at 09:58 in feedback, keith, tilly, morag, dr payne

  bulk :: 16st 4cigarettes smoked :: 0alcohol units taken :: 18apples eaten :: 6bananas eaten :: 5chocolate bars infected with onion :: 0.5chocolate bars thrown in the bin :: 0.5workouts worked out :: 3swims swum :: 0fuck-buddies diddled :: 1fuck-buddi...

• Fresh Start No. 12,876 :: The Big Push

  Posted on Sunday August 31st, 2008 at 20:24 in blogs, feedback

  bulk :: 17st 1cigarettes smoked :: 0joints smoked :: 0alcohol units taken :: 50osteopathic beatings :: 1chiropractic diddlings :: 0runs run :: 0swims swum :: 0stretch sessions stretched :: 6gyms joined :: 1training programmes drawn up :: 1gym session...

• Feedback Friday :: Swelling A Progress

  Posted on Friday August 8th, 2008 at 04:40 in Paris Hilton, meme, feedback, Halle Berry, keira knightley, donnie darko, youporn, ts eliot, bj arnau, j alfred prufrock

  bulk :: 16st 0 cigarettes :: 0joints:: 0 alcohol units:: 9 swims :: 1chiropractic visits :: 1doctor visits :: 1 registration check-up (weigh-in) and 1 proper visit in about an hourbooty calls :: 1 soups made :: 2fancies tickled :: 1 novels started ::...

• Feedback Friday :: Mamma Mia, Pappa Mia

  Posted on Friday August 1st, 2008 at 09:09 in feedback, keith, together, tilly, mamma mia, tillsammans, lucas moodysson

  bulk :: 16st 1cigarettes smoked :: 0joints smoked:: 0swims swum:: 2 (hurrah for me!)units of alcohol imbibed:: 15ish chiropractic visits :: 0sexy adventures :: 1 (hurrah for me!)So Keith and I went to see Mamma Mia last night. Don’t ask. I’ll tel...