Adventures in beauty: July empties

Even though this isn’t a full-on beauty blog, it obviously now has quite regular beauty features on it and I’ve been thinking about which of the regular beauty features I see on other blogs I might want to use here. Many bloggers post their empties at the end of the month (of the start of the next). At first, I thought this was a little bit strange-why keep a load of old rubbish? However, once I’d read a few I began to see the usefulness of them as a way of providing a decent review of a product beyond initial first impressions. If you’ve managed to use it up, you must at least have got something out of it and whether or not you would repurchase is a helpful guide as to how good products have been. So Im going to try doing my own empties. I don’t know how long this will last, I guess it depends what I actually empty each month and whether or not I think it’s going to be different enough from the month(s) before.

Who loves you, and who do you love?

Lazy line painter Jane

I’ve not been blogging much because I haven’t had that much to say, lots of little tidbits, but nothing majorly exciting. It’s partly because any immediate thoughts get tweeted or Facebook and partly because I’m not musing on anything significant right now. Anyway, here are the edited highlights of the last week or two:

• Went to The Lakes last week to do some research. Didn’t see as much of it as I would have liked and it rained a lot. Bought lots of beers and chutneys, though 🙂
• Have hopefully finished at Lincoln, hopefully for good… but doing a little bit of work at Chesterfield College post-Easter until early June. Five weeks, only one of which clashes with SHU, and the remaining weeks are under my AHRC limit. Not too shabby, although somewhat intimidating as am not used to A-level expectations or curriculum.
• After years of resistance, I might be becoming a Radio 4 liker. Victoria Coren’s Heresy (Tuesdays 6.30) has converted me, and I may even listen to the programme about Blair and religion in a bit. Then it’s onto the politics, news and comedy I guess.
• Somerfield in Broomhill is becoming a Spar, as the Co-Op had to sell it. Annoying on so many levels: 1) they could have sold the crappy shop at Commonside instead 2) it just reminds me of how the competition laws apply to every chain except sodding Tesco, who, by the way, are planning on opening at Commonside, which would be a disaster as well as eveil (apparently FIVE BLOODY SHOPS in the space of just over a mile is fine for our evil overlords) but would no doubt force the Co-Op to close there anyway meaning we could have had one at Broohill anyway 3) The Co-Op is more ethical than Somerfield and cheaper and better stocked than Spar. 4) SPAR? Really? 5) This will no doubt mean the All-days convenience store closes, if the Spar goes 24-hour. Still, at least a Spar is better than a Tesco.
• Marking is going slowly. Some of the assignents are OK, but so many are such dross that it’s making it very painful work….

Go away, why don’t you just go away (just go away now)

Some of the smaller, more local business in Meadowhall have had not had their tenancies renewed and have closed, or will be closing. Whilst I love the place, I don’t approve. Places like Wicker Herbal and Pollard’s should have a place there, and losing them makes it worse in my opinion. I know money talks, but still.

And THEN I discovered who was coming and I can’t really express how sickened and saddened I am by this news.

Every little hurts.