My Life and Loves in Letters (A)

Member Name: jacquelina

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Date:	18/07/03 (227 review reads)
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Advantages: ALL GOOD!

Disadvantages: NONE REALLY

A – Aqua

Water, water everywhere, oh how I love it! Nothing beats the sensation of immersing yourself in a cold swimming pool after a heavy bout of sunbathing, or splashing about in the surf with the sand between your toes, or watching giant rollers crashing majestically off the rocks, and getting lightly drenched with foamy mist. I also love being curled up on a sofa and listening to rain beating on the windows and roof.

Aqua (turquoise) is also my favourite colour, and looks fantastic in the summer with a bit of a tan.

And then of course there’s the small fact that without it we’d all be dead!

B – Beaches

Linking nicely to aqua, next up is the beach, one of my favourite places to be. Everything from packing a big beach bag, to choosing a nice secluded spot, to dipping a hesitant toe in the water, spending a day at the beach is definitely one of my favourite ways to spend a day! Some of the more notable beaches I have visited included Kynance Cove (Cornwall), Mobor (Goa), Lovina (Bali), Cresswell (Northumberland) and Formentor (Majorca).

C – Chums

Where would we be without friends? A very sad place that’s where. A shared history, a shoulder to cry on, a shopping partner, chums are just great. I think is that a truly great friend is one you can not talk to for ages, or lose contact with, but when you meet again its like you only say each other yesterday! Well that’s my excuse for being the world’s worst correspondent!

D- Dancing

Dancing is a great way to keep fit and loads of fun besides. Personall
y I am enjoy dancing around the living room with the stereo on full blast type, but I have also dabbled in Modern Jazz classes when I was going through my Chicago-obsessed stage. If considering taking a class you are spoilt for choice… salsa, hip hop, jive, breakdance, belly dancing, tango… the list is endless. Also a good mating
ritual in da club.. (and no we’re not talking the funky chicken – this is only if you can move without looking like a malfunctioning robot)

E- Eating

Mmm. These are a few of my favourite foods…… Indian (any!), pain au chocolate, poached eggs in a bun, fish chips n peas, spag bol, fajitas, Thai (any), steak sandwiches, olives, avocado and prawn, mussels, pomegranates, Indian, carpaccio, jaffa cakes, pilchards, salt n vinegar walkers, Indian!!!! Yum, yum and thrice yum……

F- Fox Terrier

I love dogs, despite annoyingly being allergic to dog hair, and my favourite breed has to be the wire-haired fox terrier, oh my god they are soooooo cute! Medium build, with curly white hair and black / brown patches, and what is technically called a ‘brick shaped head’, these little chaps are the best!! They even have beards (even the lady dogs!). If anyone has ever seen Poirot ‘Dumb Witness’, you cannot have failed to have been charmed by the fox terrier of the title, who was called Bob. Even Poirot was tempted to keep him!




G- Goa

One of my most magical holidays was spent in Goa. My partner and I got some cheap flights last October, and took a taxi down to the South of the state, away from all the crowds in Baga and Vagator. We hired bikes most days, and rode to various beaches, through small villages in forests where we were greeted with curious stares and wide smiles. It was just before the tourist season started and we had the beautiful white sandy beaches literally to ourselves, bar the occasional sarong seller. Goa
really whetted my appetite to see more of India, and I hope this will happen in the near future.

H- Hair

Since a very young age I have struggled with unruly hair with a mind of its own and a tendency to turn into damp cotton wool at the slightest sign of humidity. Only now aged 24 have I started to get the hang of it (
I still wouldn’t call it ‘manageable’), but I’ll never forget the childhood taunts of ‘birdnest’, ‘moffet’ (the only girl in school who had worse hair than me!), ‘frizzbomb’ and ‘mushroom head’ (and that was my brother!)

Thankfully I have now discovered the miracle that is GHD straightening irons, which give you poker straight hair in seconds! Now I am the envy of my friends in that I can have lovely curls or sleek shiny locks….. just keep me away from the sauna!!!

I – Ideal

My ideal life is pretty much as follows; be a successful writer by 30 and retire to South of France with partner and wire-haired fox terrier called Boris. Maybe some sprogs.

J – Juxtapose – I just think it’s a great word, no idea what it means

K- The Kinks – a great band (better than the Beatles) and wrote one of my favourite songs, Shangri-La

L- Love and Peace – VERY IMPORTANT! Under this heading it goes without saying that I include all of my closest family and friends and more.

With a bit more love maybe this world would be a bit more peaceful. Yeah man.

M- Musicals

In particular, Chicago and Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat. One is pure cheese, one is poor class! Both are utterly fantastic!

N- Newcastle

A special fondness for this city, as I’ve lived outside of it most of my life. Yes, the Geordies do regularly say ‘Why aye man’, where negligible amounts of clothes in the middle of winter and love their football more than thei
r grans, but Newcastle is also a beautiful city overflowing with history and culture. If you haven’t been, I’d strongly recommend a visit.
0- Oxford Street
P- Politeness

It costs nothing, so why are some people so damn rude??! Worst offenders are Saturday shop assistants and immigration at New York JFK
airport! Hard as it is, in the face of rudeness I always try to remain polite and smile… why lower myself to the level of the perpetrator?

Q- Quiet

I go mad if I don’t have peace and quiet. One of my darkest times was when I lived practically on a busy road in Angel, North London, and would wake without fail at 5 every morning when the buses started


R- Ralph Fiennes – a wonderful actor. (oh, and HOW sexy???)

S- Squash + shopping

I have recently discovered the game of squash, and am becoming rather addicted, probably due to it being the only sport I can actually play. Its such a fast, frenetic and skilled game, and I really do think it deserves a higher profile than it has. (Maybe its cos most of the courts are actually walled brick boxes with a tiny spectator gallery!). I’d love to play in one of those all-glass courts one day… when I’m a bit better.


T- Tan – I feel so much more attractive with a tan, and yes it is possible to achieve a natural look from a bottle - believe me I’d know!

U- Unique – to steal a quote from Ahoy (though I’m sure it wasn’t his originally) – Remember, we are all unique…. every single one of us!

V- Vodka…… nuff said!

W- Writing

I am passionate about writing – since I was small I had short stories coming out of my ears (with a very bad habit of getting bored after a few paragraphs and starting a new one). One of my best ones was called weekend away, which was about all of my classmates, who they fancied and what bitches t
hey were. I didn’t bother to change any names and my English teacher read it out in class much to their (any my) mortification! Still, I did get an A+++

Now old and boring I am a published freelance science journalist, and hope to continue writing for many years to come!

X- x-chromosome
Thank god fo
r the x-chromosome, without it there’d be no make-up, no Sex and the City, and nothing for straight men to ogle at!

Y- Youth
Now nearly quarter of a century old, (and at the risk of a backlash from people over 30), I am painfully aware that my youth is slipping away from me, and fast!!! My friends are getting married, I read snippets in magazines saying ‘no woman over 25 should be seen dead in a miniskirt’, and I find myself enjoying a discussion on the merits of various washer-dryers…. What the hell happened!
I don’t know, but I’m gonna wear a mini-skirt everyday from now on until I’m 25 while I still can!

Z- Zzzzzz
One of my favourite pastimes.. and if you made it this far without Zzzzzzzzz, many congrats!!! Right, better get back to work (conspicuously absent from the above list). Thanks for reading!

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