Google + is a confusing place on the internet.

Good evening splodgies!

I did have another post planned for today, but I suppose that will have to wait. I was trying to do something on youtube earlier and accidentally clicked onto my Google+ account. For those who don't know, you have to have a google account to have a youtube account. Which is pretty stinky.

Anyway, there I was on google+ wondering how on earth I got there, and I realised that it still said I was living in Aberystwyth. I am not. But it took me FOREVER to find how to change it. And then for shitz n gigs, I changed my cover photo.

I can't really see much point in google+ if I'm honest. I know that having a google account has lots of benefits, such as being able to have a gmail account, and a youtube account, and an account on which to make this blog. But as a social networking site, it doesn't do anything that Facebook doesn't do already and doesn't do anything that Facebook couldn't adapt to catch up in. And nearly everyone is already on facebook.

The only thing I prefer about Google+ is that it doesn't insist on everything being that boring shade of blue. Google+ is pretty much devoid of my friends, there's only one photo of me on there- and that's my user picture! 

I don't know... I remember a time when we all thought Myspace would last. And Bebo. Perhaps Google+ will catch up? But it's been around that long that I think if it was going to overtake Facebook it probably would've done it by now. 

Here's a song about how annoying Google+ was in the very beginning. 

Tell me your thoughts about this in the comment section! The song, and the concept of Google+! 

Today, this is me: 

See you tomorrow!

-Rosa

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Are super fruits made of LIES!?

Hello Splogies!! 

Guess what I ate today:

.....that's right. Blueberries.

...They are, supposedly, a super fruit. According to some magazine I read somewhere, anyway. But being the kind of person who never purchases magazines and only ever reads them in waiting rooms to avoid conversation and/or eye contact with fellow patients/customers/clients, I find it hard to believe that any magazine I have ever read is up to date. 

But this doesn't mean I am behind on the super fruits thing. I have long since been suspicious that the super fruits are rather a super-ridiculous-ploy-to-get-the-gullible-to-buy-more-expensive-fruit ploy. 

Here are a list of things that I have seen categorised as super fruits (or super veg):

• blueberries
• curly kale
• purple sprouting broccoli
• pomegranates
• coconuts
• goji berries
• lychees
• flax seeds
• spinach

....Most of these lay claim to being a super food by having a particularly high content of one nutrient or another. One of my favourite facts to tell people is that gram for gram, blackcurrants have a much higher density of vitamin C than lemons do. 

I think the whole system of classifying super foods should be put through the shredder. It makes them more expensive to buy!! But although I don't like pomegranates (too fiddly to eat, also one of the hardest stains to get out of upholstery- thanks for that insider info, Amber. Also, I just don't like the taste) and I'm not even sure I can eat flax seeds (I might be allergic. It's not that unlikely as I'm allergic to many many things).

There are some of these so called "super foods" that I do like; I eat spinach almost every day. But I'd be doing that even if it wasn't a super food. I bought the blueberries because they were on offer. When I got them out of the packet though, they were disappointingly squidgy and sad. Some were nice. Then I looked at the packet again and saw how far they had come across the world, and I felt ashamed. 

But I'll leave the decision to you: are super fruits a stupid idea? or are they a harmless fad? Perhaps they are a con? Are they genuine?? Let me know in the comments.

Today, this is me: 

See you tomorrow!

-Rosa

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p.s. I got an email from my grandma today, telling me that she had read my blog! So if you're reading this, Grandma...Hi there!

Midnight Snack

Hello Splodgies!

I'm debating on what to have as a snack this late at night. It is to be a slightly larger snack than usual as I've not had any dinner. Here are the options:

1) Marmite on toast.

2) Avocado on toast

3) a small amount of pasta and pesto

...I don't have much else in, but I suppose I could have some porridge...?

What do you think??

Cast your votes in the comments!!

Today, this is me:

See you tomorrow!

-Rosa

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Emerging from the Fog

Hello Splodgies!

Today has been a dramatically foggy day in Workington- or at least the morning was. I was inside most of the day at work. I had a super great time and we made lots of progress! But for the same reasons as yesterday, there shall be no details further than I am very very proud of the group :) 

By the time I got home, most of the fog had cleared. 

Walking to work in the morning though felt super dramatic- a little like this:

....Obviously I am not the moon. Nor am I as shiny as the moon. Nor am I full of craters. But I did walk out of the fog! Obviously the humidity made my hair a bit funny, but considering that I don't have curly hair, I was quite lucky. Anyway, you couldn't see very far infront at all. Normally when I turn a corner on my walk to work, I can see the traffic lights and beyond very clearly up the road. Today, I could hardly see the traffic lights at all- the only thing I could see was a small patch of the fog glowing in traffic light colours. It was very strange indeed. I can't remember having been in fog this thick for a very very long time. I was glad that I didn't have to drive...

Today, this is me:

See you tomorrow!

-Rosa

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Super Day

Hello Splodgies! 

Remember a little while ago when I wrote a blog post titled "golden finger" ? Well this is the follow up! 

Today, my good friend Sarah got married! I sent her and Alex (her now husband!) a box of paper cranes I'd made specially, as I wasn't able to go down to their wedding. Kudos to Nej for all the pictures she sent me:

Nej tells me there was a great big waft of washi papery air that came out of the box.  I'm told the words "COME AND SMELL THE BOX!" were... well, not uttered, more chanted? 

Here are some birds in full wedding action swing ^^ 

And ^here^ are some birds in post wedding wind down. 

I'm not sure at what point Sarah and Alex will realise that they say "Sarah & Alex, 7th February 2015" inside all the birds, but I hope it's not never. Congratulations! Much love to you :) 

I also had a really great day at work, but for various child protection reasons, I'm not going to name names or anything, so I can't really tell you anything about it. Just that I'm really proud of the group :) 

Today, this is me feeling utterly chuffed on my way home: 

See you tomorrow!

-Rosa

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Strange day

Hello splodgies

Its late and I'm tired, but as I have stated previously, that's how things are for me on a Friday. Sorry I don't have much more to say. If you're really disappointed you can look at yesterday's blog :P There's lots of cool pictures on there! 

Today, this is me: 

See you tomorrow!

-Rosa

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Technically Cheating

Hello Splodgies! 

Most of you who read my blog are my friends and get it via the facebook news feed. But if (for some bizarre reason) you're a stranger reading this, or perhaps you are a friend who doesn't have facebook (I'm looking at YOU, Ruthie-pie) Here are some really nice shots I took of Derwent Water this evening after work: 

I took a similar one to this exactly two weeks ago! ...well a little more than two weeks exactly, if you want to be counting the hours! 

Full disclosure, although none of these pictures have digitally added filters on them, I have altered the light exposure on one or two of them whilst taking the photos:

....this one is alright. I much prefer the next one though. If you're reading the blog on a mobile, now would be the time to switch from holding your phone up, to holding your phone sideways! 

In ^this^ one, I had walked to the end of the track to try and get a good picture up the lake but it was slightly later than I had anticipated, because I had stopped to chat to a couple of other people who were doing the same thing as me- trying to get a picture of the sunset on the dramatic scenery- and stopped to take some pictures for a couple who wanted the scenery in the background. I didn't know how to work their tablet as well as I can work my phone, and because there was an object in the foreground blah blah blah, basically the pictures weren't as good because I wasn't so familiar with the device. 

I do like this next one where I managed to get a partial view up the lake, but I also managed to get some of that awesome sky in. And the reflection makes it all the better! 

The reason this post is called "technically cheating" is because these pictures are already on facebook. But I thought, as I hadn't really provided much commentary beyond "right place, right time" I thought this could be a legit blogpost :)


Today, this is me, just before I stopped to take a picture for the aforementioned couple:

Sadly, I missed my bus. I thought I was going to be late to teach a ukulele lesson, but in the end it was all fine, thanks to me being able to catch the lesser-spotted X9 bus. Which apparently does not have a time table on any of the places that you would expect to find them. Not on the bus stop where I got on, nor at the bus stop where I got off. But everything was fine in the end :)

See you tomorrow!

-Rosa

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