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February 04, 2009
Hey all you lovely OneLove folks! It’s been an age since I blogged because I’ve been so busy making the Farrah record. I thought I should at least let you know I’m alive. So what’s new?
Well, like every January I’ve given my liver a holiday by not drinking alcohol. I think I mentioned this in my very first blog so I won’t go on about it here, except to say I still haven’t had a drink and it’s now the 4th of February. It’s strange but I haven’t felt the need to get steaming drunk and actually feel as though my mind is in a better equilibrium than it’s usual hangover-to-excess-and-back rollercoaster. I imagine I will fall off the wagon spectacularly in the next week or so, waking up upside down behind the television, smeared with kebab.
At the moment there is snow in London which has brought the whole country to a standstill. We specialize in all kinds of rain, but snow of this magnitude (about an inch) is seldom seen here. It was a good thing I think. There was no public transport so people didn’t go to work. Instead, they made snowmen with their children (the schools closed too!) and had snowball fights. I’ve never seen so many people smiling and having fun. Is there a more simple pleasure than throwing a snowball? I wonder.
I hope you’re all having a great 2009 so far. I saw an interesting lecture on youtube (you may have seen it, there’s a book coming out I think) about fulfilling your childhood dreams. It was the last lecture by a professor who was dying of cancer. There was one line I really loved. ‘Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you want’
Jez x
Therese said:
sounds awesome. ;) 
Ben Romans said:
Blizzard away!!! More metal!!! 
Annabella Sophia said:
=(..i left before it snowed. Everyone said that it wouldn't snow in London..and i told them otherwise..=)..I got my wish, just not there to appreciate it..huhu 
Pei Ru said:
ahhh my friends who are studying in london won't stop bragging about how classes got cancelled because of the snow. Sheesh! Oh that video by Randy Pausch. Very inspirational. I thought the book "The Last Lecture" was released quite some time ago? 
YinMay Yap said:
The alcohol free January! Hahah I remember reading it on your blog roughly a year ago. And yes, The Last Lecture is one of the most inspiring book/series of lectures ever. Besides the quote, his theory on people vs. thing is something I really love too. Pair his "The Last Lecture", with Paulo Coelho's "The Alchemist", and perhaps Revolutionary Road - that's probably what one needs to get inspired, and stay inspired in achieving one's dream. 
Jez Ashurst said:
Thanks for all the comments, i'm so behind the times! I'm what would be called a 'late adopter'. I didn't realise the last lecture was already a book. I just read Revolutionary Road last week. It's a really dark book. Beautifully observed though. I had a pint of Guinness last night. I found that inspiring. mmmm, silky smooth Guinness (in Homer's voice)
x 
