I made the best breakfast for myself. Cranberry tea with honey, carrot cake and a large amount of fruit. I went to the toilet and my mother devoured it all. I was so disappointed. Notice the crazy gold doiley that I found in the back of a cupboard. I had a scary belly day so I really have only been eating fruit and rice (not together obviously) but today I made a tasty lentil dish and had to have some. I also made two jars or strawberry jam and there's some marmalade on the hob! I've never made it before. Yummmmm.

I spent a rainy day in Birmingham on Friday. My friend had to collect her new house keys and I decided to tag along. Selfridges Birmingham is a completely different shopping experience than the London store! I bought a pass holder and a new lunchbox for September. I haven't worked for almost half a year! Other things include going to two recordings. One for the Charlotte Church Show. I have never seen it and I don't suppose I ever will. And a Mitchell & Webb thing which I did like. My only reference to them is the one episode of Peep Show that I turned off because it was much too rude for me!

Also I went to see Female Agents which I loved and Journey To The Center Of The Earth in 3D. It confused my eyes. And Claire kindly gave me tickets to Jamie Lidell for the iTunes Festival. I quite enjoyed Yelle because of the crazy rave endings of the songs. I didn't see the headline because someone whipped out a saxophone. I did not appreciate it at all.

Eating with a spoon makes fruit taste even nicer. I was half watching the quarter-finals of Wimbledon today and saw my old headmaster's son. I still insisted on being excited despite knowing that he was going to be a ball-boy.

I hardly ever watch television but I made up for it today. I have quite an addictive personality. I can go without for ages but when I take something on, I really commit! Like marmalade, olives and other non-food related things as well. So today was television. Mighty Boosh, the good episodes are GREAT, the bad ones are just terrible and about four different news broadcasts and some movies are to blame. There was one called Scream and Scream Again which featured a limbless man, a psychopath and a vat of acid. I'm not really sure how they are connected and I didn't much understand it. I am currently watching a bizarre Crow movie and I've just missed how the bad guy got impaled.

I did watch a really great film called The Muse that had me smiling throughout. It took until the middle for me to realise that Albert Brooks provides the voice of Marlin in Finding Nemo. I liked it alot. All I've done today is eat spooned fruit, watch tv and wash my hair. I was going to go to the Dr Seuss exhibition as it's walking distance from my house but I decided to be a couch potato instead.

Amy and I got lost in Trocadero on Wednesday. We were also locked in the cineworld, we had to go out the back fire exit way. Parts of the ceiling had fallen down and it was rather scary. We watched some of Smart People and Charlie Bartlett. I like that movie, especially for this part. After, we went to I Am Immune, Capital X and Scarlet Soho at Bar Rumba. I cannot remember so much because I was so exhausted. I don't think I constructed a single coherent sentence all night. SS are probably the hardest band to photograph live.The rest of my time has been taken up with shopping and thoughts of shopping. I do not like it at all. People. In my face. Grrr. However, when I go with my friend Heidi, it is always a wonderful experience. We have tea breaks and she takes me to charming places like Persephone Books. She is building up her collection of them. I've only read Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day (when is the movie out?) but I will eventually read them all. On Friday, she bought two more when we went furniture shopping in Liberty. I saw the nicest desk that I will have to buy. It had a pleasing suck to it when I opened the drawers. She has bought her first house and I'm going to get her some nice mugs and fabric that we saw there. I also started thinking about Christmas presents and I have written a draft list for a few people. We had lunch in Leon. I bought the nicest dress in Ceci Tokyo and saw the best Carvela shoes in Selfridges. I will buy them later. And this:I'm pretty sure everyone in their life has taken a picture of this, but I hadn't. We were quite convinced that we saw Dennis Norden with an eye patch and a limp. Today, Heidi taught me how to make the tastiest cheesecake in the world. And I loved it.The base has ameretti as well as digestive biscuits. It makes a delicious difference.I've started to nick my sister's little camera when I go to places that don't allow/require mine, so expect some silly pictures in the future.

My first ever apple pie was very tasty. I'll cut the apples smaller next time, but it was nice. After many, many years I like cooked fruit. Well, apples at least. I may make a blueberry pie next. Or a swiss roll, because they look too easy and I have never really had a nice one.I have a rather large noise headache.

Yesterday I went to Delays at Koko. They were very good. My first real gig. It was loud. Claire, Scarlet and Amanda (friend, girlfriend, manager - I am totally in) danced alot. I merely nodded my head. I asked Colin for me to buy the album and he said they didn't have any there, which is just madness. I shouted a bit, so he is going to give me one for free. I told him I wanted it to be signed to match my poster. It is the only poster in my room. I hope he feels honoured. We stayed for Club NME rubbish. I got home at 3am.

Watched What Happens In Vegas. The beginning made me feel I'd taken LSD. It was alright. Then Speedracer. We left, don't see it! And Doomsday which was very dramatic and made me laugh. A bit out of fear and, also, because it was quite ridiculous. The lead actress would give Angelina Jolie a run for her money. She had wicked skills. Finally, Shutter. I left after the girl was run over. About five minutes into the movie. Too scared. Oh, and Charlie Bartlett. I do watch a lot of movies, don't I? The ticket guy said that he didn't need to tell me where the screen was. I was momentarily offended before I realised he had a point.

On Monday, Amy and I walked her dogs to Tooting Park for a picnic. A big wolf wanted Treacle's ass and Tiger rolled about in cous cous. I didn't have my camera because we had tickets to the recording of the Album Chart Show and Koko security are buggers. We didn't actually get in, instead of queuing (this is not in my repertoire) we watched a drunk lady bother people. The Zutons were playing. I do not like The Zutons.

I had my first gastro appointment at the hospital on Tuesday. I was there for about five hours. I've been put on 6 tablets. I didn't want to but it's only for about six months. It was all very curious. There was a suited woman who I wasn't introduced to, my doctor talked for a while and then told me and the nurse to leave. It was twenty minutes before I went back in. After that I had to talk to a research doctor. I had another blood test because I keep losing energy really quickly. I'm jumping around one minute and then on the floor the next. It's probably my B levels. My next appointment is June 3rd.

I went to have lunch with two friends from the old school and inevitably bumped into some old colleagues. They all say I'm lucky to be having such free time. After about the fifth person, I was going to shout, "Well, you can have my insides if you want!" I was very good and didn't. I saw some of the evil bitches (sorry) and they weren't too happy with the interest I was generating. Keep that face up and you'll get wrinkles, you tarts. Heh.

These came through the post:



I must have requested them. I'll be at Claire's birthday and Prague, so if anyone wants them or knows someone?

My cat has shunned her rather expensive bed for an Ikea blanket and cardboard box.



I'm going to go to bed now.

They are learning about the sea at my mother's preschool, so I have been arting it up. I am a big burke. My hospital appointment wasn't yesterday. It was Tuesday. Whoopsies. It only takes a simple bank holiday to throw me into complete confusion. I defrosted the meat freezer instead. And baked some more. I shall stop for a while as everyone is getting large. I do plan to bake some sort of pie next week. My grandparents used to own a bakery and I loved eating the crust of the apple pies that they brought home. I never actually ate the apple because cooked fruit is generally quite strange to me. I've been craving one.My belly was hurting today. I woke up at 7am and then went back to bed feeling very sorry for myself. I got up again at 1pm (this is shocking) and decided to stop being so dramatic. Had paracetamol and cleaned my kitchen floor with a rag on my hands and knees. Had some toast and then danced to the new Young Knives song which I love alot. These have been going around in the baking realm of the internet for a while now, and I decided to make some. They are a bit mad. I made these for my mother's children and apparently they loved it. One boy finished his and went to my mother with his empty tissue and said that his cake was lost.

I do get quite obsessed with things sometimes. I totally did not cheat on these and made them myself. They are raspberry inbedded (I like this word, even though it shouldn't explain food) vanilla cupcakes with strawberry icing. Or chocolate because I ran out of icing sugar. They are nice.The chocolate hearts are a bit melted because it is so damn hot. I am wearing a vest. I didn't even think I owned a vest!Tomorrow I have to go to the hospital. The doctor may say that I have to stay at home and make cupcakes for the rest of my life. Whilst listening to Paramore.

Don King! He went to the football match as well. It was all a bit mad with a papparazzi guy and I think we're in a few of his pictures, which is just embarassing as we were only innocent bystanders. Loads of people kept asking him to pose for them and he was very gracious. I wasn't bold enough, so Amy took this picture. He was carrying an American flag and a cigar.

Then Pete from Xfm was there and walked straight past and didn't even see him.



It was the last game of the season, against Everton and it was pretty unspectacular. Afterwards they walked around the pitch to thank the fans. We saw a midgit in the crowd and I'm sure she was flirting with the mascot (who I hate and try to hide from) and she was on camera and everything.

Then we went shopping for baking goods. This morning I have made more cupcakes and some biscuits. I'm trying to get my hands ready because I am making mussels for our starter tonight and I'm scared I'll kill everyone.



My mother doesn't really like icing. I tried, not so successfully, some other ways.



Letter shapes which I will have alot of fun with.



Giant snake which is for our afters.

My collection of apple saplings. Today was so nice that my mother and I did the gardening. Well, I planted some more things while she dug her life away. Also, our lawnmower broke after she only cut half the grass. Our neighbours will surely mock us. I planted rocket, french beans, cauliflower, carrots, forget-me-nots, sunflowers and some herbs.



I made mini doughnuts. They were very fun to decorate. I forgot to oil the machine sometimes, so we had doughnut fondue with all the broken pieces. Chocolate, honey and sugar.



Amy won tickets to The Enemy's charity gig at Bloomsbury Ballroom on Wednesday. She had tickets to the Chelsea V Liverpool (was it Liverpool?) match so I was going to go with Claire. Before the gig, we went to a pub with someone from her work called Patrick. I had orange juice, apple juice, then cranberry juice. The other two had alcohol. Considering the amount of drink, they were pretty respectable. We also had something to eat and tried to find a Brian. At around nine, it became obvious that we were not going to the gig. We gave our tickets and my wicked map to a random couple who went instead. About half an hour later the barman presented us with shots of tequilla that the couple bought us. I didn't want mine and neither did Claire. So Patrick amused us with a Tequilla Suicide.

My knowledge of drinking games is shockingly bad, I was quite intrigued. He snorted salt, put lemon in his eye and drank the tequilla. I cracked up while he proceeded to spasm. I was then informed of a Tequilla Kamikaze. It involves salt in your ear, snorting lemon and putting the tequilla in your eye. Patrick was not so keen on doing that one. So with the second shot, he made his own version of the Suicide. I can't recall what he did with the third shot. We stayed until closing time and had quite a lot of fun. I slept on the bus all the way home.

I had a nice curry with two nice people on Thursday. Amy, my sister and I went to Nokia Green Room yesterday. Kelly Rowland looked like a puppet and she put her leather crotch in Amy's face. Ashlee Simpson sounded rubbish and we couldn't even hear the guitarist. His trousers kept falling down, so he wasn't even pleasant to look at. My sister said Ashlee looked like she shops in Primark. Which is sad because her clothes probably cost my life. Pete Wenzethyadhg was there because he has attachment issues. Late Of The Pier also played and I liked them a lot! And Guillemots, who caused me temporary paralysis from their monotony. After the show, Amy and I went to watch In Bruges (totally great!) and Iron Man where I stuffed my face with fruit and burped alot.

Tomorrow we are going to the Arsenal match and I am going to make a tuna sandwich to take with me.