Bucket List

I’m in one of those melancholic moods again.  I think I was born with this trait.  Along with no confidence and a painfully low self esteem.  I don’t want to bleat on about that all the time because actually in the past few months I have been getting better thanks to all manner of people who may or may not know, directly or in directly, how they have helped me.  But if you’re reading this then you have…

In my melancholic state yesterday I decided what was needed was a bucket list.  You know?  Like off the film, except I’m not quite as old as those guys in the film and don’t worry I’m not about to die or anything like that… well not that I know of!  So here it is: My Bucket List.  If you want to help me tick off the items on this list go ahead and pick and number and let me know.  Let’s enjoy it!

1. Walk along a remote beach in Scotland at sunset.
2. Sell some of my lovely crafty wares online to actual people.
3. Use my free meal for 2 voucher for the Landsdowne Bar.
4. Cinema at least once a month.
5. Go see the Tour de France LIVE!
6. Weekend in London.
7. Road tripping with friends - get in the car and drive, anywhere.
8. Another trip to Barcelona cos it’s my favourite city.
9. Find an excuse to wear my yellow dress.
10. Find an even bigger excuse to buy the lovely dress I saw in Oasis the other day!
11. Lots of Nic and Ange adventures (pick some of the above and below missy!)
12. Surf in Hawaii
13. Drive down the Pacific Coast Highway
14. Sell some of my pictures
15. Swing through the trees at Go Ape!
16. Own a Frank Gehry necklace from Tiffany
17. Write in my blog more
18. Go see this bridge (Glenfinnan Viaduct).
19. Scream like a child at Alton Towers
20. Finish reading one of the 4 books sitting on my bedside table.
21. Start my Uni evening classes – September 2010
22. Keep taking photos ( @iphonograffi )

UPDATED: 25th May 2010

23.  Walk up more hills
24.  Stop worrying so much
25.  People watch in Grand Central Station

Ok that’s enough for now.  This list is not complete and will be added to every now and again as soon as an idea pops in to my head. 

By the way, as a follow up to the first paragraph of this post, I’m not an outwardly grumpy person who mopes around all day.  There are just some days when it all just catches up with me and I get all down on myself and what I have (or have not) achieved in my life.  Which on reflection might be a little more than some people, so it’s not too bad at all really.

Ange x  

Vote! (don't worry this is NOT about the election!)

Dear readers, friends, listeners,

I have been silent for a little while but i'm edging my way back into bloggerland slowly.  Now since the trek I haven't asked for much from you but now i'm going to ask for a little favour.  Twitter friend Ross @ThirdSectorLab and @RelScot  need your help and a wee vote please.  Below are Ross' own words from his blog.  Please read.  Please vote.  It'll take you 5 minutes max.

Ange xx  

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Vote for Relationships Scotland

The charity I've recently started working for, Relationships Scotland, has been short-listed in an exciting competition to win a complete overhaul of our website. unXPOSEd (half digital agency/half social mission) will provide £4000 worth of development time to the winner.

We're the only Scottish charity in the final and you can vote for us by following the link below (it literally takes two seconds to vote):

http://unxposed.net/vote/

Why the heck should I give up 2 seconds of my time you're possibly asking yourself. Well here's a little bit about what Relationships Scotland do and why your vote is so important:

Our vision is to make counselling, mediation and family support for Scotland's people a right not a privilege.

Working in partnership with our network of local services across the country we help make sure Scotland's children have the best start in life by providing high quality family support which is accessible to all.

When couples ask for the help of a Relationships Scotland counsellor they're able to make more sense of their problems.  Where relationships do break down, our family mediation services help make sure children are spared unnecessary exposure to their parents’ conflict.  Our network of child contact centres enable both parents to continue to be truly involved in the lives of their children.

A new website would help us truly engage with children and parents, providing a valuable online family support resource and strengthening our role as the leading voice for families in Scotland.

Hopefully that gives you a better idea about why we'd like you to vote for us. There's a few ways you can support us in this competition:

1. Vote. Kind of obvious but unless you actually follow the link and vote we're never going to win. No pressure!
2. Tweet. Copy n paste this line and tweet away - Vote for @RelScot and help support Scottish families: http://unxposed.net/vote/
3. Facebook. Tell your Facebook friends about the competition, cut n paste the line below, or hit the Facebook Like button at the bottom of this post - Vote for Relaionship Scotland and help support Scottish families: http://unxposed.net/vote/
4. Email all your friends, colleagues and contacts. To make things easy you can copy n paste the info below - The charity Relationships Scotland have the chance to win a new website, your vote can help them support even more Scottish families:http://unxposed.net/vote/
5. Blog. If you have a blog please write a quick post about the vote. Heck, why not cut n paste this whole page to makes things easy.
6. Harass people in the street. OK this is possibly taking things a little far but the more people you tell the more chance we have of winning!

Wish us luck and if you have an idea about how we can encourage people to vote please leave a comment below or get in touch on twitter - @RelScot

Mute

It's been a while but there are no words...  I've run on half power for a while and now I'm empty.  Do not adjust your sets though, normal service will resume shortly.  For the moment there are scenes and music...

Ange xx

Laura Marling - Rambling Man

Paul Weller - There's no tears to cry