tam's

Nephthys' first holiday

2007-05-17T03:09:00.000-07:00

Rain, swimming, pub lunches, park, rain, beach, wind, cider farm, barbeque, more rain...
an excellent week spent with family in Somerset.

Racine live at Camden Underworld

2007-05-17T03:06:00.000-07:00

Wendy James still rocks!!

Children's parade at Brighton festival

2007-05-05T08:45:00.000-07:00

Visit to Titnore woods

2007-05-02T07:16:00.000-07:00

Showing our support for the protest campers in this historic woodland that's threatened with urbanisation.
It was a lovely day, fantastic weather, friendly people.

In the garden with mummy and daddy....

2007-04-11T08:16:00.000-07:00

Life as a mum...

2007-03-07T05:20:00.000-08:00

Reading: Cell by Stephen King (hasn't put me off using a mobile phone yet though!).
Listening to: Grinderman (Nick Cave's new band: more raw and bluesy than the Bad Seeds).
Seen: Notes on a Scandal (***), The Science of Dreams (**), Black Book (****).

Haven't really written anything on here for a while, just put pics up, mainly, and that's not really the purpose of a blog.
What to say? Still enjoying being a mummy, watching Nephthys grow and develop is very exciting. We went to Lincoln for a few days last week. Quite pleasant but always end up being very busy visiting relatives and seeing friends: not at all relaxing! Neph loves all of the attention though...
Had her first newspaper appearance: there was a pic taken at the NHS Together demo outside the Royal Sussex County Hospital in The Argus (local Brighton paper) on monday.
Its only about two and a half months until I go back to work now. Not looking forward to it: can't imagine being apart from her all day 5 days a week! I guess it'll just make the evenings and weekends more precious.

Nephthys at 3 months old

2007-03-02T04:22:00.000-08:00

Still adorable!!!

Finally saw Babel...

2007-01-24T07:31:00.000-08:00

...after missing it at Cinecity last year, as it was on at the Big Scream this morning. Thoroughly enjoyed it, worthy of its six Oscar nominations, subtley anti-arms. Though like Inarritu's previous two, rather lengthy (think it was about 2h25m). Very annoyed at seeing a poster advertising a Eugene Hutz (the incredibly sexy frontman from gypsy-punk band Gogol Bordello) gig: initially got all excited, then realised it was last bloody night! And as my mum's visiting I could have had free babysitting services! Damn it!

Yet more pics...

2007-01-11T05:44:00.000-08:00

More photos sent from Kathryn: another one of me and Neph in hospital, one of me, Ben and tom on my birthday last year and one of me and Ben in summer 2005

Hospital pics

2007-01-11T05:35:00.000-08:00

Here's some photos Kathryn mailed me, taken in the hospital the day after Nephthys was born...

Nephthys' first christmas

2007-01-09T02:55:00.000-08:00

Happy new year to you, here's some pics of Nephthys' first christmas...

2006-12-04T03:03:00.000-08:00

Here's some better pics: less blurry and she has her eyes open...

The arrival of Nephthys

2006-11-30T06:31:00.000-08:00

Almost nine months of waiting were over on friday when Nephthys Ellen decided to make her appearance into the world. As you can see, she is the most adorable thing!
She arrived 5 days early (being born on her Daddy's birthday), following a natural, uncomplicated and short (though painful) labour. She is now 6 days old and has already experienced her first shopping trip, seen her first film at the cinema (Pan's Labyrinth: excellent film) and been to her first protest (Keep Our NHS Public protest outside Hilton Metropole yesterdeay), so she's already leaving an active life (although she actually slept through them!).

Lunacy

2006-11-22T14:32:00.000-08:00

Listening to: New York, New York by Moby feat. Deborah Harry
Reading: Dirty Blonde by Courtney Love (odd journal/ scrapbook type thing)

Went to see Lunacy tonight (Svankmajer's latest): was excellent, who's the maddest: those in the asylum or those who think shock therapy and brain surgery can help? Spliced with animations of meat: rather unwholesome, and chickens (what is it with surrealism and chickens?). Now I believe in those with mental health problems taking more responsibility and am against the Government's proposed changes to the Mental Health Act, which would take away people's liberties further, yet two recent documentaries I've seen have criticised mental health services for not doing enough to protect patients/ public ("Its disgraceful patients are left on their own/ able to abscond. etc"): what do these people want, the return of straight jackets and padded cells?

Consumerism

2006-11-16T13:35:00.000-08:00

Listening to: Best of Depeche Mode
Reading: A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian by Marina Lewycka (borrowed from Gabriel: thanks, G, am enjoying it)
Seen: Brown Bunny (self-indulgent excuse for Vincent Gallo to show his cock off), also tried to see Babel, but unfortunately had sold out when I got to the Duke of York's: how annoying...

The baby has turned me into a consumer junkie! Not only have I almost filled a whole room with baby things (how can such a small thing need so much stuff?), I've just brought a Frreview box (to watch when I'm up in the middle of the night with a crying wee un), a digital camera (record baby's life from the beginning, well, not the absolute beginning, that'd be the conception and I assure you there are no photos of that!) and ordered a tumble dryer (necessary for eco-friendly washable nappies).

Damn!

2006-11-14T03:23:00.000-08:00

I didn't want a blog: I just wanted to send a message to Ben, now look what I've got myself into....