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Oh my god... I hurt!! My skin hurts and my tummy hurts - even my eyes hurt.
I am certainly too old for this!
I accidently killed my weekend on Friday night by getting streamingly drunk with Daniel Bedingfield on way too much heavy wine on an empty stomach. Got pissed off with him after a couple of hours and jumped in a taxi to find some of my friends who happened to be in a karioke pub somewhere near Farringdon Station.
I like to think that what happened next was that I sauntered into the bar, grabbed a microphone, sang a quality version of 'you're so vain' to the Justin Timberlake look-a-like at the bar. I then dazzled him with my witty conversation for several hours. Unlikely - but that's the way I remember it.
What I do know is that he was 32, a lawyer, very tall, slight cockney accent and loved his dad. I have amazing taste when I am too drunk to stand without aid (I'm fairly sure at one point he was holding me up). Love lovely grown-up real life Justin....
So far so good... but the next day I was sick... really death-would-be-welcomed sick and although I managed to crawl out of the house to meet 'the girls' at about 6.30 after doing my makeup under the bed-covers shaking violently I am afraid that I was home for the results of pop idol and fell into a heavy decline. This meant that I missed shopping in Richmond with my best friends (including isobel) yesterday and still feel rubbish today.
And he hasn't called me... I can't even remember if I gave him my number... 
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Dear me...
I woke up this morning at 8.29am.
I was in work at 9.06am.
It takes me 31 minutes to get to work - door to door.
I have a big dinner thing tonight straight from work.
I have just looked in the mirror...
Oh God.
D x x
Cry me a river....
I don't see this reply as good... *sigh* obviously not as attractive when drunk as I had hoped... Which explains a lot. Still, Colin will be pleased. From: jtimberlake@veryimportantlawfirm.co.uk Sent: 01 December 2003 14:14 To: DFlower@uk.Blahblah.com Subject: Re: By the way... I enjoyed it too.You were a breathe of fresh air. I suffered a delayed hangover later on after blindly finding my way home! I hope I was not too miserable when you met me, you cheered me up with your karioke song which came as a surprise. Anyway I must now dash off to a meeting. I hope you have a good week. Justin >>> <DFlower@uk.blahblah.com> 01 December 2003 10:55:19 >>> I think I forgot to say (through my alarming headache).... thank you for a lovely Friday night. Daisy...x
Excited!!
OK – while trying to find a way round my blogging (as in I couldn’t for the last day or so) crisis I have been researching my PGCE ready for next year.
I have to say I am so so excited about it – I can hardly breath!
Really… I think the last time I made a life changing decision was when I came to London over 8 years ago and something had to change because I’ve been reading all my old diaries and I can’t see that I haven’t really moved on at all…. In fact 3 years ago I had a finacee and a job in an investment bank so I’ve actually moved backwards recently.
I am going to get to play heroes and villians and princesses and white knights everyday forever for real if I wow the interview panel next week.
My fingers are so tightly crossed they hurt!
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Books etc
Last night in the interests of research for my PGCE I bought the Penguin History of the World in my attempts to brush up on everything that isn't Classics related before my interview on Wednesday.
Unsurprisingly - its absolutely huge!!
One hour in the bath later and I had reached the birth of mankind - go me!
But the best thing is actually using my brain again... I could almost hear it creaking into action.
The Virgin Queen conspiracy theory and other stories....
I have just enrolled on the most exciting sounding course for next year...
'The heart of a Man in the Body of a Woman: The Rule and Cult of Elizabeth I, 1558-1603'
It starts on the 7th Jan (The day I fly back from New York) at College and I am just popping over to Amazon to order my course books in preparation. Booking this course started as an attempt to sound like I was passionate about more than Greeks and Romans in my PGCE interview... but it turns out (luckily) that I really really am!
I've always been very fond of Elizabeth, but some how missed studying her in my A Level history because our very boring horse-like teacher type decided to focus on James I and VI whose only claims to fame that I can remember were
1) Working out the smoking gave you cancer (pretty impressive and should be used as evidence for those who claim ignorance from only 40 years ago) and also
2) Pissing off parliament so much that they killed his (Gareth Gates style stuttering) son Charles years later.
Anyway... I digress.
Elizabeth I is a top role model and also (I believe) - don't laugh... was a man. My friend who studied at Oxford unearthed loads of info hinting at this because there is evidence she died as a child and was replaced by her similar looking ginger male cousin for political reasons assuming that as (s)he had a brother - (s)he would never be queen.... and then there is the obvious signs in the 'drag-queen-esq stubble covering' makeup, the high 'Adams apple hiding' collars and of course the receding hair line AND don't forget the fact that all of her lovers were well known gay men... No wonder she never married hey?
15 minutes until drinking commences...
I'm going out for my friends birthday tonight... which is why I have been trying to hid my fishnet legs from my boss all day under my desk...
Somehow though - whenever I try to dress half for work and half for going out afterwards I fail totally on both and end up either looking like a slutty secretary or dull grey party girl (I'm hoping the former - but fear the worst!)...
I forgot my friends pressie this morning (and its a very good one - but shhh secret shhh) in my flurry of lateness - so its sitting all wrapped and exciting on my sofa and I will be in the city without it (I bet she secretly thinks I didn't remember and am making an excuse)...
Weirdly enough - I am meeting my months-old former office crush from my last job for a drink with a mutual friend before heading to the party... so Minks - let me know if you fancy a soothing cranberry juice and a gossip after work because I will be right outside your door...!
D x x
Finally - you - STOP READING... put your keyboard away and back away from the blog... do not waste another piece of energy on me or it... Shhhh... See? Wasn't that easy? X