Despite having lived in Brighton all my life, I have not learned to love that other perennial inhabitant, the seagull. And the reasons why are brilliantly explained in Anna's latest post.

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For wags:


But srsly, I will post a real picture of the little one after our next scan, when hopefully it will have begun to acquire slightly human features. (The first scan picture looks like a cashew nut while the second one looks like an out of focus alien due to a careless sonographer.)

Tags: pregnancy

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TEN EMOTIONS.
1. are you missing someone right now: yes
2. are you happy: yes
3. are you talking to anyone right now: no but a colleague is talking about me to students
4. are you bored: I'm doing this survey aren't I?
5. are you German: no
6. are you Irish: no
7. are you French: no but I have some family there
8. are you Italian: no
9. are your parents still married: nope, not since er 1991
10. do you like someone right now: lots of people but especially my lovely husband

TEN FAVOURITES
1. televison show: no television but The West Wing via DVD
2. flower: white roses
3. Color: haven't got one
4. sport: tennis to watch, badminton to play
5. mall: does not compute
6. music: lots
8. season: Summer/Autumn
9. animal: cat

TEN FACTS.
1. your town: Brighton
2. hair color: brown
4. hair style: style is pushing it
5. eye color: hazel
6. shoe size: UK 6
7. mood: bored, tired and hot
9. available: for poetry commissions only
10. lefty/righty: righty, though was an efficient lefty for a while after breaking my right arm twice

TEN THINGS ABOUT YOUR LOVE LIFE.
1. have you ever been in love: yes
2. do you believe in love: yes
3. why did your last relationship fail: my feelings weren't strong enough
4. have you ever been heartbroken: yes but not for a while luckily
5. have you ever broken someone's heart: I'm not sure, probably
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7. Have you ever liked someone but never told them: many times
8. are you afraid of commitment: not with the right person
9. have you ever kissed someone you liked: fortunately, yes
10. have you ever had a secret admirer: it would be nice to think so

TEN THINGS: THIS OR THAT.
1. love or lust: love lasts longer
2. hard liquor or beer: beer lasts longer
3. night or day: day - night is scary
4. one night stands or relationships: relationships but one night stands are ok
5. television or internet: internet (easier to ignore the adverts)
6. pepsi or coke: hate both
7. wild night out or romantic night in: night in
8. coloured pictures or black and white: black and white is more forgiving
9. phone or in person: in person
10. aim or myspace: myspace because I can never think of anything to IM people about

TEN HAVE Y0U EVER.
1. ever been caught sneaking out: sneaking IN, maybe
2. ever skinny dipped: yes, in the sea and in a friend's pool
3. ever done something you regret: things I regretted at the time but nothing I still regret today
4. ever bungee jumped? no and it's highly unlikely I ever will
5. ever been on a house boat: I wish I had
6. ever finished an entire jaw breaker: can't remember
8. ever been caught by your parents with a hickey: yes, they picked me up from a party in the morning and I hadn't even realised I had it
9. ever danced in the rain: yes, but it may be overrated
10. ever had a hang over: yes but not since getting pregnant

Tags: memes

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