FLICKR!

Just when I thought I couldn’t get on any more social networks I create a FLICKR account

Be my friend or just stalk me from afar I don’t mind but check out the pictures I’ll be posting.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/annalisa_s/

I bought an Olympus Trip 35 and my Flickr account will be dedicated to the pictures I take with it.

Love you lots like I love double salted licorice xxx

OUCH!

Had my one wisdom tooth taken out Saturday and it was a pretty horrifying experience.

The dentist said I had the worst impacted tooth he’d ever seen, it’s such a sign of how my life has been going lately that I’m alittle proud of that . Sigh!

So here’s a picture of me 2 days after the surgery.

Check me out trying to rock that swollen look.

I’m gonna try use the photo as a motivator against anymore weight gain. My cheeks are chubby already I don’t need to look like I’m storing food for the winter

Death by Umbrella…

Am I the only person who thinks they’ll experience death by umbrella?

This irrational fear is a new one brought about by one to many near death experiences while climbing the stairs of Highbury and Islington station. Not a day goes by without some idiot waving about their umbrella (pointy side aimed at my eye). I’ve gotten to a point where I’m skittish like a young wounded wildebeest.

Just today I nearly caused a human traffic jam avoiding being poked in the eye by an older gentleman’s umbrella. That’s not to say ‘oblivious umbrellious’ as I like to call it is a older person disease, no this disease can strike anyone down in the peak of their life, suddenly they feel the need to carry an extremely large umbrella and then swing their arms like a continental soldier, forgetting that people behind them like both their eyes just where they are.

I’ve taken to making weird sounds in response to nearly losing an eye , gentle MEWS of fear and the occasional Arghhhhh. I figure these people with their large umbrellas and no respect for human life, live in a world devoid of logic but perhaps in this world they react to sounds of fear.

I just don’t want to die by umbrella. How humiliating!

Here lies Anna-Lisa struck down in her peak by an umbrella to the eye.

Oh the shame!

People would wear umbrella broaches and a whole sensible umbrella walking campaign would be started. Though at least something good would come from my demise.

Enough of my random musings I’ll leave you with this thought…

It’s all fun and games til someone loses an eye… then it’s fun and games noone can see

Things I regret…

I’m entering the land of the quarter life crisis and while trying not to cry about how old I suddenly appear to be, I’m also trying not to cry over the mistakes I made in the 90’s . I thank my lucky stars there are few photographs to document my fashion disasters but alas all in the name of honesty I will this very night reveal the details of the biggest fashion mistake/ all around disaster night of my life.

The night in question: My matric dance… what North Americans would refer to as Prom and British people ‘I’ve never had one of those ‘.

I was so nerdy and obsessed with films I didn’t know any boys so a friend of a friend set me up with my date. He seemed okay and I met him at the Milky Lane (American equivalent Dairy Queen, British equivalent  Ben and Jerry’s) for our first meeting pre dance …we shook hands and tried to find something in common, I was all Nirvana and had just discovered Nick Drake and he was all Black Eyed Peas (pre Fergie) but he agreed to be my date so I didn’t care.

My mother drove us to the dance and all seemed okay until he refused to dance with me – fair enough for once you see this picture I’m about to reveal you’ll understand him wanting to avoid me – but later I couldn’t find him only to stumble across him tongue deep in another girls mouth. Slightly depressing but I rallied above the situation and ended up slow dancing with my friend Beverly confirming the school years suspicions I was lesbian while letting me take to the dance floor like a scene from Angus, like I’d always imagined my final school dance would be.

The night was horrible but taught me a valuable lesson, never trust your date with a slutty friend and don’t think you’re dancing to the beat of your own drum when you’re clearly drowning in a sea of individuality.

Case in point the reason why it all went tits up:

Yes I’m wearing braids and yes I’m blushing (it’s all I seemed to do in high school) and yes I was not under the influence of narcotics or alcohol …so I have no excuse but I was a bullied teen and took a page out of Madonna’s book and decided to express myself not repress myself  only I was channeling the ethnic version of myself, which alarmed not only my parents but my ethnic friends. It’s embarassing to admit this but from 16 to 18 I had braids and wore corn rows because I thought I was cool.  No amount of pleading from my friends could convince me to abandon my braids.

I’m still mortified when I think back but luckily age has brought with it a sense of humour and perhaps photographic proof for any mini-Anna-Lisa I might create in the way distant future why they should not  express themselves and definitely repress themselves.

Damn these photos will come back to haunt me but I must admit they make me laugh because I really didn’t care what other people thought.

I wonder when I started to care and how sad that I’m 20 something and still do

Shallow…not really but maybe in my fantasies

So I’m on the 149  listening to alittle Bronski Beat minding my own business when I catch eyes with an adorable man, all hot and lumberjack like.

I’m thinking YAH if we date we’d live near each other. I’m noticing he has pretty eyes and he made the effort to smile at me even though I’ve transitioned from curvy to chubby over the holiday season. I’m fantasizing we’d walk through Clissold Park holding hands on summer days. I’m  day dreaming of us laying in bed arguing over whether we should watch Arrested Development or Modern Family.

I’ve basically laid out our lives together for the next 6 months when I notice his hands.

His tiny little hands.

It’s like my mind won’t let me be happy even in my fantasies. I’m obviously not going to interact with this man as that would require moving my fat ass so why couldn’t I just continue to throw flirty smiles and ignore his smaller than average hands.

I tried to rationalize the whole situation with some good old fashioned logic, I’m not perfect so why should he be but really he should be!  I spent 2o minutes on the bus home imagining our lives together, if I wanted imperfection I’d actually talk to him and ruin the fantasy immediately.

I feel bad for being shallow but I’d like to defend myself. I’m only shallow in my fantasies.

In real life I’m picky about personalities and mostly I date quirky looking guys. I’m all for personality and cute smiles. I hate muscular bodies as they’re hard and I bruise like a peach. I must admit I have a thing for good hair and big noses but they have to come with an amazing personality and a love of Mushroom Dr Oetker Ristorante pizza.

If I knew a guy and liked him I’d find his small hands endearing and kiss them constantly but on the bus home I like to relax so if a guy goes out of his way to catch my eye he’d better have average sized hands or be wearing gloves because I don’t need to stress of self hating because of my shallow fantasies.

Merry Christmas!

Happy holidays!

Christmas Parties…

So as a newly employed staff member I went to my office’s Xmas party with some tribulation and a hint of curiosity.

I work in a two person office so I was intrigued by what the head office staff would be like.

There were 3 women at the party including myself … one was in her 40’s , the other an Essex girl with a tan that made me grateful I faint in heat…so basically I was the best of a bad bunch and the men knew it.

I was hunted like a gazelle, I took it as a compliment as it’s not often in London you get to feel  like the prettiest girl in the room.

Out of the 40 odd men at the party I immediately spotted the only guy with hair with personality and sure enough within seconds of catching eyes, we gave each other the nod.

My nod was about acknowledging we were both surrounded by people who liked Black Eyed Peas, I’m not sure what his nod was about but I felt a kinship

The night flew by with me mostly stuck between people talking about projects they’d done before I started at the company but I seem to have perfected sleeping with my eyes open.

The guy with the hair approached the bar while I was nearby and proceeded to try have eye sex with me. I felt slightly violated   even though he had great hair as A: My boss was next to me and B: His gaze was deep penetrating and I’m not an exhibitionist.

I would have liked to talk to him and see if his hair was right about him and he hated Counting Crows but the thought of making out with a guy from head office on week 2 of my new employment was alittle frightening.

I hope this isn’t a sign of a new sensible Anna…Gasp!

What will become of SlightlySingle if I keep making sensible decisions and avoiding men with good hair

Fear not New Years eve is fast approaching and since I’m surrounding myself with like minded folk music lovers at The HMV Forum I’m sure there will be plenty of opportunity to misbehave

Currently listening to Dead Man’s Bones – Lose Your Soul and hoping it’s not a prophecy for NYE

deadman’s bones

It’s Not Your Folk – Spotify Playlist

Dear Blog

Hey …how are you?

I know I’ve been as neglectful as Jedward’s hair stylist but I’m gonna make some effort to show you some love again.

Please forgive me and accept this gift of music…

It’s Not Your FOLK

Warning: I’m a bit folk obsessed although there’s some genre less music on here ie. Tom Waits

xxx

Slightly Single The Webseries…

So I’ve been all talk no action for awhile now but only because I’ve been fighting some serious writers block but today I had a break through 1 page of my Slightly Single screenplay written and it mostly includes the lead character drunk and disorderly – nothing like myself

I’m using my blog entries as a guide for my writing so when I finally get funding the series will be like a window into my life with an amazing soundtrack and better looking boys.

Keep a look out for my teaser campaign coming soon

xxx

What’s In A Name?

If I walk into a room and meet a man named Chris I’m leaving either with his number or a bruised ego.

It’s a strange thing but the last 5 men i’ve been interested in have been called Chris. The question is …am I attracted to them because of their name or is it a weird coincidence in the universe that has made me lust after only Chris’s for the last year.

More importantly do men have this same problem: am I an Anna in a long line of Anna’s?

I have no idea, all i know is when a man says his name is Chris I know there’s trouble.