The amazing adventures of Sweetie Petie & friends

It's been too long...

2010-11-30T16:57:00.008Z

So maybe I have a few things to share.

Earlier this month I went to the Stevenage Christmas Lights Switch-on event. I went last year pretty much by accident but enjoyed it so much that this year I got there early so I could be right at the front. It was headlined by F.Y.D. from The X Factor and also featured Daniel Boys who is starring in the pantomime in Stevenage this year, and is known for Any Dream Will Do. I took lots of pictures and videos. Pictures are on my Flickr, videos aren't on YouTube yet but I will put them there, I promise! At the end, F.Y.D. came down and shook everyone's hand. It was lovely to meet them. They're gorgeous in the flesh!

I've posted about how much I hate clothes shopping. Often, I see things I quite like, try them on and hate them, then get all depressed and give up. But usually I can't find anything nice at all. Yesterday I went to the new Blue Inc shop in Stevenage. It's moved into a bigger shop, and I was really impressed. I got a new pair of jeans which I really love. Then in Tesco I saw a pair of trainers I really liked, so I bought them today. I always feel like I have absolutely no style, so I'm really pleased. And with the top I bought in Topman a few weeks ago, I'm looking quite good. Plus I'm really pleased with the style of my hair lately. When I can get it do it! I also bought a part of red aussieBum Wonderjok Pro briefs! They're very comfortable and they work wonders! But I have no reason to wear them just yet. And I look nothing like the model.

I think I've given up going on walks for the rest of the year now. It's just too dark, so I've been cycling a lot. Which is what I was mostly doing in the summer too. Just the start of the autumn was about going for walks. I've missed a lot of things. I do miss visiting the woods and the countryside. Next year I'll have to make sure I get a mix of both. My main aim is to lose weight, but I also want to discover new places and find species of flower and fungi that I haven't seen before. But cycling is good. I got a new cyclocomputer, which tells me how far I've been, my average speed and my maximum speed. The fastest part of Stevenage is on Six Hills Way, near to Fairlands Valley Park! There was snow on the ground today but that won't stop me!

Pretty fed up of being single. Just realised I've been single for nearly seven years. Joined a dating site recently. It's actually a free one so I can read messages. And I've had quite a lot. It's weird though. I can't see me meeting anyone. When the opening message says "hi gorgeous" it really puts me off as well. But I'm just letting people come to me at the moment. I don't know what the best opening message is, but I'm repling to most messages I receive.

Can't think what else I wanted to share, so that'll do for now.

Grafham Water

2010-07-21T14:38:00.000Z

Grafham Water
Originally uploaded by anemoneprojectors

Finally, Sweetie Petie had an amazing adventure with a friend!

Last Sunday, the lovely Lance drove up from Woking to meet me. We planned to drive up to Grafham Water, cycle around it, then come back to Stevenage to get something to eat and catch a movie.

I met Lance at 10.31 (I was a little late) in a local park's car park. A huge hug made me feel relaxed. Then he revealed he lost the back wheel to his bike somewhere on the motorway. It just fell off. I thought this was going to ruin our day. We took a trip to Halfords but they couldn't help. But we remembered that there is cycle hire at Grafham Water, so off we went, with both our bikes on the back of the car.

I'm not sure what time we arrived at Grafham Water. Lance hired a bicycle, which was quite reasonably priced for a whole day's usage (until 6.30pm). We made our way around the lake, travelling in an anti-clockwise direction. The route was reasonably flat, which was nice. Only a few ups and downs, but that's ok. Lots of lovely scenery and wildlife. We had a look at some of the flowers, and I was amazed by the number of dragonflies. One particular flower had three pairs of mating beetles on it, and just seemed like a very popular flower in general.

As we approached Perry on the southern side of the reservoir, we stopped for a quick drink, and then headed off again. We were going to have a little look around the village but there wasn't really anything to see. We took a diversion to have a look at the nearby prison, HMP Littlehey. It was nothing special. We then headed onwards around the circular route. Just before reaching the dam, there was a little ramp that I cycled over. That was a bit fun. Then at the dam, the path goes down away from the road, but lots of people make their way up the hill. We did this to have a look, and then went back down the hill. I noticed my front tyre was a bit soft, so pumped some air into it. But air was coming out, and I noticed that the innertube had cracked just by the valve, meaning I'd have to throw it away as it can't be repaired (it happened once before). Thankfully I had a spare. After changing that, we reached the point where we had started.

Back at the start, Lance treated me to an ice cream and we had a sit down on the grass. We looked at our options for what to do next, but I felt that I hadn't cycled enough, so we decided to go around again. This time we went faster, and made no diversions. About a third of the way around, I decided I'd had enough, but when we got to Perry again it felt rather good. It was more sunny the second time around, and I started to catch the sun on my arms and face. I had my factor 30 with me and I regret not using it.

When we reached the little ramp, I went over it fast and it felt like I had taken off. That was cool! Then at the dam we went along the road instead of on the stony path, as it was nicer and smoother. I'm sure that's what most people do. The second time around took us about an hour (I don't know how long the first time took). Back at the start again, we decided to return the hired cycle and head back to Stevenage.

We arrived at the Leisure Park in Stevenage where we planned to eat and watch a film. We had already decided on Shrek Forever After 3D, and discovered there was one starting at 7pm, which gave us an hour to eat. We chose to eat at Pizza Hut where I had a barbecue deluxe with a garlic bread starter. It was delicious! The film was very good too. It was the first time I had seen a film in 3D, and I was amazed. Actually, it was the adverts before the film started that amazed me the most, as they were actual real people and things rather than animation. A football flew into my face and I shouted! It was that scary. Also, during the film, someone's face was right in my face. So I vowed never to watch a horror film in 3D.

After the film, Lance dropped me back at the car park where we first met, and after another huge hug, we went our separate ways. But we are going to meet again and do more cycling, so I am looking forward to that!

Flickr part 2

2010-06-16T19:27:00.001Z

Moments after posting the last blog, I received a reply!

Hello,

Female breasts, bare/thong bottom, see through topless nudity, pasties, etc.. images/videos need to be marked as "moderate".

Genitalia/pubic hair images need to be marked as "restricted".

Regardless of the artistic intent, "restricted" video content is not allowed on Flickr.

Regards,
-Terrence

Aside from not knowing what "pasties" means, I think it's clear they won't allow my video to be uploaded again. It seems, however, that most of what he said applies to females only. For example, pubic hair on a woman can cover her genitals, but on a man I could crop a photo so his pubic hair was visible but not his penis. Oh well.

WNBR, and Flickr rant

2010-06-16T18:26:00.006Z

Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 June 2010 were two of the best days ever. Saturday was the World Naked Bike Ride in London and Sunday was the same in Brighton. My fourth London ride and my first Brighton one. I took plenty of photos and a few videos. But I came across problems when uploading them.

Flickr has three safety filter settings. "Safe" is the lowest rating, which is for general photos that wouldn't offend anybody or as they say "Content suitable for a global, public audience." "Moderate" is next, about which they say "If you're not sure whether your content is suitable for a global, public audience but you think that it doesn't need to be restricted per se, this category is for you." Finally, "Restricted" means "content you probably wouldn't show to your mum, and definitely shouldn't be seen by kids." There's no specific guideline as to what that means.

I was aware of the safety filters when I uploaded my photos from the 2009 event. I was totally unsure which setting to use for any of the pictures. After all, there were children at the event, and any unsuspecting member of the public could see all the naked bodies on display. I eventually settled for "Safe" as there was nothing inappropriate about any of the pictures. Then someone must have reported me to Flickr, who set every single photo I had uploaded, reglardless of its content, as "Restricted". I didn't want this, and although they told me how to request a review and have my "Safe" and "Moderate" content visible to those who want to see content at those levels, there was still nothing to say what pictures should be marked with what filter. I eventually managed to find out that "Moderate" includes bare breasts and buttocks, and "Restricted" means anything more than that, i.e. full frontal nudity. And of course sexual content.

Fair enough. No problems with that. Until 2010. I took videos of the event. The difference being that Flickr doesn't allow videos to contain "Restricted" content. I assume this is to stop people uploading pornography. But my video was simply an 8-second clip of a man who chose to run instead of cycle at the World Naked Bike Ride, and as I cycled past him, my camera got sight of his penis flapping around a bit. I uploaded it at "Moderate" as it was clearly harmless, and sure, why wouldn't I show it to my mother? I received an email after a few hours from Flickr HQ:

As per our Community Guidelines, “restricted” video content is not allowed on Flickr . We’ve removed your video.

If you continue to upload videos that contain “restricted” content, we may take further action on your account.

Regards,

Flickr Staff

I wrote them a reply, basically saying that I understood why they deleted it, and that I would follow their rules, but explaining that it was a legitimate protest that was supported by the police, and that treating sexual content and non-sexual nudity as if they were exactly the same was highly unfair, and I accused them of having a Victorian attitude to nudity. This was yesterday morning and I am yet to receive a reply.

I then uploaded the video to YouTube. They soon sent me an automated email.

The following video(s) from your account have been disabled for violating the YouTube Community Guidelines:

World Naked Bike Ride London 2010 - runner - (sweetiepetie)

Your account has received one Community Guidelines warning sanction, which will expire in six months. Additional violations may result in the temporary disabling of your ability to post content to YouTube and/or the termination of your account.

Sincerely,

The YouTube Team

I haven't written back to them. There are, however, other WNBR videos on YouTube, and I could appeal, but I can't be bothered (plus don't know how). I would also like to upload some of my longer videos to YouTube, such as the singer/cellist on Brighton nudist beach, but that contains lots of nudity and I'm not sure YouTube would even allow it if I appealed. I'm rather annoyed and I would like to see some sort of change on both sites. Flickr needs to make a distinction between sexual content and non-sexual nudity. Perhaps make a fourth setting, or allow non-sexual nudity to be "Moderate". YouTube would benefit from similar filters, though I don't think they should allow sexual stuff, there are plently of PornTube-type sites out there.

Anyway, I have since uploaded three further videos to Flickr, none of which contain a single penis. Have a look at my London and Brighton photos. Or have a look at a few of my favourites below!

Shoes

2010-04-07T14:23:00.004Z

I hate shoes.

And I hate shopping for shoes.

I have a lovely pair of shoes that I have owned for maybe 10 years. They weren't my main pair at first. I had a lovely pair of blue trainers when I bought these brown ones from River Island. The blue ones eventually died and I swapped them for the brown, which became pretty much my only pair. I wasn't a huge fan of the long white laces that came with them, but over time I just started to tuck them into the inside of the shoe. They have served me very well. However, last year they were attacked by a dog who loves to destroy shoes. They were still wearable, and I didn't mind that the laces were broken because it just meant they were shorter. However, they developed holes in the soles that started letting in water. I would come home from a walk with soaking wet socks and black feet. In fact, the hole on the left got so bad that it would tear holes into my brand new socks.

So for the last 4 months I've been on the look out for new shoes to replace them. I want shoes that I can wear down town with jeans, and for (possibly muddy) countryside and woodland walks, but I also want the option of wearing them with shorts in the summer. Last year I bought a pair of those shoes you find in all the men's clothes shops like Burton's and River Island, that I can wear with shorts in general, but they're no good for getting muddy. And for these 4 months, I've put up with sore, wet feet. The final straw came a few days ago when I was in pain because the part of the shoe that tears holes in the socks was trying to tear a hole into my foot. So I stopped in the middle of the woods, took off my shoes, and put the sock from my right foot over the sock on my left foot. This was better, but I had no sock on one foot. I couldn't carry on with socks being destoyed or having to wear two pairs.

So off into town I went to buy some new shoes. I've been looking for 4 months and not really found anything I like. This is why I hate shoes. I did actually manage to find a pair of trainers I really liked. Black ones, 9.99 in Shoe Zone, who claim to be the best value in Stevenage, and I believe them! So I tried them on, and they were totally uncomfortable! The inside was totally the wrong shape for my foot! Should I have bought them anyway in the hope I would have got used to them? I spent a bit of time looking at people's shoes and what they wore with them. White or black trainers were the most popular choices. I didn't see anyone else wearing brown, but in the end I bought the best pair I could find that were affordable and comfortable. Brown. Wore them home; they fit well and are fine to wear, but I don't know if they look right. From my own eyes they don't.

But I can't go back to shoes with holes in!

Oh, I was right

2010-03-06T22:15:00.004Z

I forgot to mention it. Yeah, I guessed correctly that Stacey killed Archie. I wish I'd bet on it because her odds were like 16/1 and I was so sure I would have bet £100 on it! I was right about the Christmas Day clue, which was that she was looking towards the Vic. Apparently she acted strangely when Roxy handed her the baby Amy but I'm not sure how that's relevant. She was angry, but apparently it wasn't on Christmas day, it was at Archie's funeral when she spat on his grave. That wasn't a clue in the show but a clue from Diederick Santer. The other clue was that she was the first character to appear in the Christmas trailers. There were actually lots of little clues on screen, like Stacey telling her friend Becca that no murders would get in the house, or telling Bradley "it's what you wanted".

Oh and wasn't the live episode good? A few glitches but I think they did great. Scott Maslen (Jack) stumbled over his words, but people do that in real life when they're trying to get something out in a hurry. The other things were barely noticeable. I'm now looking forward to Max and Stacey's two-hander.

Now we have been given a few more teasers - the major one is that something spooky happens in the forest. Lots of people think Lucas is going to re-bury Owen in the forest and come across the coffin Tanya and Sean left there when they buried Max alive. That would be cool. I'm looking forward to it.

Who killed Archie Mitchell?

2010-02-18T13:31:00.002Z

The storyline that has the nation gripped. EastEnders' Archie Mitchell was murdered on Christmas Day 2009 when the bust of Queen Victoria was pushed off the bar of The Queen Vic and landed on his head. But whodunnit?

In my mind there have only been two suspects: Jack and Stacey. The show's executive producer has given a number of hints. He said there have been three big clues, initially he said "one in the Christmas Day episode, one more recently than Christmas and there's another one that, if I were to tell you where it was, would perhaps give it away too easily" but in a chat with Sharon Marshall, shown on today's This Morning, he said there was one in the Christmas Day episode, one about halfway through the investigation and one "on screen but not in the programme". He also has said that the outcome would be "surprising", "satisfying" and "in retrospect, inevitible", adding that "it makes sense". I also believe he said the killer was angry on Christmas Day. We know that the cast received their scripts for the Live Episode, featuring the reveal, about 10 days ago, that rehearsals for the 10 or so possible endings started about 2 or 3 days ago, and that the person playing the killer will only find out during the live broadcast.

Apparently Sean Slater is the bookies' favourite to be the killer. He might have come to the Vic on Christmas Day to see Amy and overheard Bradley and Archie talking about his sister Stacey and decided to kill Archie for raping Stacey. How does Sean fit in with what we know? Well, that would have made him angry on Christmas Day, but he wasn't mentioned so there's no real clue there. Also, he knows Amy isn't his daughter so why would he try to visit her? Maybe he wanted to see his wife Roxy? He didn't know the Mitchells had been kicked out of the Vic. I don't remember him being mentioned since, so I'm not sure how that fits with the second clue. However, when Diederick Santer was interviewed on This Morning a while ago, he said he was disappointed with Sean's exit. Could that be the third clue? Maybe we could be satisfied with his new exit?

Unfortunately for everyone, it doesn't make sense for it to be Sean, since if Rob Kazinsky had turned up for rehearsals, then everyone in the cast would know it was Sean. If Rob Kazinsky doesn't return and it's just mentioned that it's Sean, that won't be very satisfying, and also the killer won't be there to be told it's them. It has to be someone appearing in the episode, and if Sean was appearing, surely at least one other cast member would know about it? Unless he's going to shock everyone by having a solo scene! But I can't see Rob being sneaked into the set and hidden from everyone until the final scene. Would Santer have lied about the killer finding out during the broadcast?

Anyway, I don't think it's Sean, and I hope it's not Sean. From episode spoilers we know that Bradley Branning is leaving during the live episode, and we've all guessed that he dies in it. He's credited in the following episode on the BBC website, meaning he'll probably appear as a corpse. Larry Lamb, who plays Archie, appeared as a corpse for two episodes after his death and was still credited for those two episodes. Bradley is about to become the prime suspect for the murder because of Stacey's friend Becca Swanson, who it seems is becoming paranoid and knows all about Archie and Stacey, and what Bradley did at Christmas. Bradley may try to escape from Walford to avoid being sent down for the murder, and somehow die in the process. As he is dying, Stacey might tell him that she killed Archie, but then after Bradley dies, the case might close because the murder has been pinned on a dead person. DCI Marsden is also in the following episode, but it seems that's her last appearance.

Let's see how the clues fit in with Stacey. On Christmas Day, Stacey was seen looking towards the Vic before Archie was killed. Didn't she vanish after that? She would have been angry. It would make sense for it to be her, and it would be surprising and satisfying. I don't know what the other clues were. It's almost impossible to guess. If it was Jack then the major clue for me is in the Boxing Day episode where he went off to do something while Roxy and Ronnie stayed with Archie. So that doesn't work. We know Janine, Ian, Peggy and Phil were all heading for the Vic that day. Ian went to steal Archie's laptop, Peggy went for her divorce papers, Janine planned to kill Archie with a letter opener. I don't think it was any of them. Other clues were the blood on Phil's shirt and his lost cufflink. Phil claimed that he found Archie dead before Ronnie did and that's how he got the blood on his shirt. Do we believe him? There's also Ben. He had a perfect motive as Archie manipulated the entire Mitchell family. Could be. Then there's Ryan, who might have done it for Janine, and if it was him he's very clever at covering it up. I don't think so. Maybe it was Shirley. She covered up for Phil and tried to pin it on Janine by lying that she saw her on Christmas Day. I don't think it'll be anyone who is too obvious (i.e. the main suspects: Janine, Ronnie, Peggy, Phil, Ian, Bradley). Then there's the matter of the missing ring. Stolen from the Vic on Christmas Day, Janine was arrested after it was planted in her teapot. Shirley may have tried to pin it on Janine a second time. But I don't think so. Was the killer the person who stole the ring? Janine said that it probably was, and only Roxy, Peggy and Phil were there when she said it. Someone wearing black gloves too it, and lots of characters were seen with black gloves.

Also, Rob Kazinsky is currently filming in America! (Thanks, Kieran, for reminding me!)

This storyline has been so cleverly done that it could be almost anybody. But my first choice is Stacey, second is Jack and third is Ben. If it's Sean, I'll be very disappointed.

Watch the live episode of EastEnders tomorrow night on BBC One at 8pm to find out who it was. What do you think?

How Charles Darwin changed me

2010-02-12T12:25:00.004Z

Charles Darwin sort of changed my life. Maybe sounds strange, especially as he was alive long before I was, and his theories have existed all my life. But David Attenborough helped. This day last year was the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth and a whole bunch of special documentaries about him were shown on TV, including one presented by Attenborough. I think it came at the exact right time in my life. A year earlier and I might not have even watched it. That programme made me realise that all species on the planet are equal, and humans are not superior to anything. I stopped trying to kill little insects that annoyed me. They didn't annoy me anymore.

This lead to me reading several books about various forms of wildlife and I became very interested in the classification of species. I was actually already interested in that when I was about 15, but I realised classification has changed a lot since then. It lead to me taking lots of walks in the woods near where I lived. I would hope to see some insects hiding under things but never really found anything. But those walks got me interested in photography. I bought my first camera about three or four years ago, but I never really used it. But I started taking it with me on my walks. On one walk, I spotted a large birch polypore fungus growing on the side of a silver birch tree. I became fascinated with fungi, photographing what I found. I became a lot more observant and aware of the different species around me, as my interest grew to include all types of plants and animals. I bought my own books about mushrooms, flowers, trees and insects, and I followed the life cycles of various plants throughout the year, seeing them go from flowering to fruiting to dying or losing their leaves in winter. I identified the species I photographed and made a list, which is ever-growing. I stopped my walks over winter but have been on a few this month, but I can't want for spring and summer because it's so cold, and it's not very green yet! Very much looking forward to that.

So basically, a documentary about Charles Darwin gave me a new hobby. And without that I wouldn't have joined Flickr, which lead to me joining Twitter and contributing more to this blog. So, if you're not already, you should all be thankful to Darwin as well.

Happy 201st birthday, Darwin!

If I don't get naked I'll die.

2009-12-01T19:15:00.003Z

Those were the words I thought to myself this evening as I cycled home from the town centre. I'd bought some lights for my bike and a rather nice high-visibility jacket for cycling home in the dark, and they're all pretty cool for being seen. I've cycled in the dark and worried about people not seeing me, especially as I couldn't see them, and I've been fined for cycling with no lights too. As I cycled through Fairlands Valley in Stevenage at around 4.15pm, I had to take everything off.

You probably know from my previous blog entries or from Twitter that I'm a naturist. Not being able to be naked often is quite frustrating for me. Nudism is always better outdoors than in, I think, so the urge to be naked as I cycled home was not an unusual one.

I had the same feeling about a week or two earlier. The day before, I'd been in Hampson Park after dark hoping that I could cycle a bit through the playing fields with my trousers down and not be seen, but it was scary. I know there's nothing wrong, illegal or indecent about being naked in public, so technically I should be able to just go for it with no worries, but I do worry. I worry that if someone sees me they will think I'm something I'm not. I did get my trousers down for a little while but I had to give up due to worry. So the next day I came home making a major detour (though one that I often make anyway) through the southern part of Fairlands Valley. It was about 6pm, and one of the warmest nights recently. I didn't know what to do though! I couldn't go into the woods because it was far too dark. I once walked woods at night and it was very scary (just fortunate that I knew the path well). So I didn't want to do that again.

For anyone that doesn't know, Fairlands Valley is a large recreational area in the centre of Stevenage, in two parts. The northern half has some lakes for boating and fishing and is home to ducks and geese. There's a park there too which, in the summer, has an aqua park for the kids to enjoy. There's a few wooded areas too. The southern half is pretty much all fields surrounded by woodlands. I knew it would be empty at that time of night as a few nights before I had cycled through there. But I still knew there was a possibility of people passing through, even after dark on a cold night. So I cycled down a path towards some woods where I thought nobody would go. I made my way onto the field, cycling around the outside of the woods. I stopped when I felt safe (about here), and carefully took off certain items of clothing. I cycled a short way with nothing on my bottom half. It was amazing, but it wasn't enough! I've done the World Naked Bike Ride in London three times, and that's fully nude! Yes it's in the summer, and yes it's during the day, but ever since doing it last June I was desperate to do it again! So I got up the courage to take off my jacket and my top, and I cycled for about three minutes wearing nothing but my shoes and socks. When I felt I was getting too close to the road, I stopped and dressed. I was mildly satisfied.

But tonight I was coming home earlier. The woods weren't completely dark yet, so I knew I'd be able to see well enough. So I went into Monks Wood but I only got my trousers down. That was no good! Why did I do that? I made my way to the northern part of the valley, and cycled around as it got darker. I remembered about the woods to the east. These are the woods I used to walk through on the way home from school and the first place I ever attempted naturism at 12 years old. A few weeks ago I'd cycled through them in the day time so I sort of knew the paths. I made my way, on bike, through the woods. The birds went wild and it took them quite a while to settle. I reached a corner where there's an exit to the valley, and knew that nobody would be coming through, and if they did they'd probably have a torch so I'd see them from a distance. I stood around wondering what to do, and eventually decided if I didn't go for it, I'd never be happy. I moved my bike out of the way so if anyone did come through, they wouldn't see it, and then I'd be able to leave it there with my clothes. I stripped from the waist down, leaving my shoes on, and stood looking over the park. Nobody was around. I took a walk through the woods, almost to the other side, until I reached a large oak tree. The street lights let me know how far I was from the footpath, and I considered going further but the woodland path was less straightforward so I figured in the dark I might not find it on the way back. I turned around, and took off my jumper and t-shirt so that I was completely nude.

From there I walked back to my bike, very confident that nobody would see me. The birds were quiet so I would hear anyone walking. I stopped at another exit just to have a look, and then made it to my bike. I stood at the exit and considered walking a certain distance on the grass, but I didn't know how well I'd be able to be seen in the dark, so I put my jumper back on and took a little walk to some chin-up bars that weren't very far away, and held on to the bar for a second, and then walked back. I felt satisfied and very happy with what I'd done, so I got dressed and cycled home.

You might be thinking that I was cold being naked outdoors in November and December. But I wasn't. I don't know if it's due to cycling, or some sort of defence within the genes (maybe how we survived before the invention of clothes), or something to do with adrenalin. Generally on my bike I tend to warm up after a while anyway, though somehow it only seems to happen in the evening and not during the day. During the day in winter I'm just cold. The two nude nights were probably warmer nights than others recently, but even so, you'd expect to be colder in the nude than not. Last Thursday was the Stevenage Christmas Lights Switch-on event, which I attended. I felt colder then, wrapped up in clothes, than I did tonight. In fact I was shivering. Cycling in the field really only felt cold on my chest when I was cycling into the wind, but even then it was just fresh and not really cold. Being naked in the cold so far for me just doesn't feel cold. Tonight I wasn't cold until I started to get dressed again. That's when I felt the need to really wrap up. But walking through the woods naked wasn't cold at all.

So, if you ever see a naked or semi-naked man walking or cycling in Stevenage, don't worry, it's probably me getting a fix, and not some dirty pervert lurking. In fact, why don't you join me? You don't have to be naked, but it might be fun to have some company!

And if you're interested, I videoed some performances from the switch-on event, which are on Flickr and Youtube. The main attraction was Scott Robinson from boy band Five.

Virgin Media sucks

2009-11-24T17:42:00.001Z

Sucky sucky suck suck sucks!

SUCKS!!!

Hehehe. Well, anyway. As you probably know, I recently moved house into shared accommodation. I brought my Freeview TV with me. When I lived with my mum and her husband, I had the same in my room, using an indoor aerial. I had to perch it on the window and was unable to move it or I'd lose my picture. Even then, I could only watch a handful of the Freeview channels, and sometimes it didn't like any of them. I had to watch ITV and Channel 4 through analogue, and I had to watch some other channels online.

So when I moved I thought I'd have the same, but maybe I'd get a better reception.

I thought wrong.

Every channel is fuzzy, and as for Freeview — I can't get a single channel. So, fed up of missing The Xtra Factor, Family Guy, Misfits and repeats of QI on Dave, I decided to get in touch with Virgin Media and get their TV and broadband installed. Went online and got their best deal for that, and had a nice chat with a woman called Emma, who turned out to be a robot. That was fun. Ordered it for delivery on Thursday 26 November to install it myself. Got a nice email confirming it. I even passed their credit check.

So the next day I got another email, this time saying that there was already a VM customer registered at this address and they can only supply one service per household. THAT SUCKS!

They said they'd look into it, in case the other person had moved out or whatever. I thought 'that's ok, they'll contact him before they do anything'. And the next day, today, I got an email saying all was done and I'd receive the stuff from them on Wednesday 9 December between 7am and 9am. THAT SUCKS!

It was a lot longer than I wanted to wait, and way too early for me. So I decided to phone them up and change the time. It was then that they told me they had almost cut the other customer off and I wouldn't be able to set up an account. I cancelled the order and dispaired at the thought of having five channels and no internet for the rest of the time at this address. THAT SuCKS BIG TIME!!!

I figured I would contact my landlord to see if he'd come across it before. But when I got home, my housemate, Michael, asked if I'd been in touch with Virgin. Turns out they HAD cut him off, WITHOUT WARNING. THAT REALLY SUCKS!

So he phoned them up, fuming! Fortunately, he got it sorted out pretty quickly, and they gave him a discount off his next bill for the mix-up. And we made a deal that he would contact them the next day to see what they could do in terms of getting a second box for me and WIFI so we can share it and we'll just cut the bills in half. So I shall hopefully have internet access at home soon!

That definitely does not suck.

Threes

2009-11-19T19:13:00.001Z

I had a thought last night. First I saw Leona Lewis get hit in the face at a book signing. Then I saw a dog get hit by a car. How long until I witness a third hit, and what kind of hit will it be?

Since I've been using the library for internet access, I've not been coming home until after dark. I've been coming through Fairlands Valley, even though it's very dark, as most of the paths aren't lit. Tonight it seemed even darker than before. I only just managed to see a couple of people on the path. I really need to get some lights.

Especially since, when I reached the final part of my journey, which is the only road where there's no cycle path, I was worried that I had no lights and decided to cycle on the footpath where there just happened to be a police car dealing with something else, and I was told off by an officer and issued with a £30 fixed penalty.

Tomorrow, I'll walk the last part.

Tragedy

2009-11-17T21:10:00.001Z

On Sunday I moved to a new home. My mum and her husband moved to an over-50s "caravan park" in Befordshire and I couldn't go with her, so I had to find somewhere. I almost found a bedsit but in the end I had to accept a room in a shared house. It's not ideal and I'm still adjusting. I share a bathroom and kitchen, all I have is my own room with a bed. I brought my own furniture but it's very small so I can't fit a lot in. I can't get decent reception on my TV, so every time I change the channel I have to move my aerial, as well as every time the wind blows! I can't get any Freeview channels so I'm going to see if I can get Virgin Media to install cable TV and broadbad. There's already a box on the wall for the TV, at least. The guy in the room next to me has it installed so I know I can get it.

So with no internet access, I've had to use Stevenage library. They have free wifi which is handy, and if I use my own laptop, there's no time limit. I think I sat there for less than two hours before I felt bored and had to go. I can't get as involved in things when I'm at the library.

Tonight when I cycled home from town, I was just around the corner from my house; I pulled into a side-road so I could easily cross the road, when I heard a thud and a yelp. A man driving his car hit a dog — I think it was a jack russell — that ran out from nowhere. I saw the dog in the road from a distance, not sure if it was an animal or a piece of rubbish. Its legs were waving and then I realised it was a dog. The man stopped the car but another car came behind and someone shouted "NO". The dog yelped again! It must have been in so much pain. Luckily the second car didn't touch the dog, just went over it, stopping with the dog just under the rear bumber. I got to the scene and a woman there was very distraught with her hand over her face. A few people gathered but nobody knew what to do. What are you supposed to do in a situation like that? After about 20 seconds, the dog died. In a way it made it easier.

Fortunately, a St John's Ambulance man was a few cars behind, and he pulled over, and then called the police. Then the woman who was driving the second car took the dog's collar off to see if it had an address on its collar. I don't think she should have done that though. It didn't take long for a police car to arrive. The police officer asked both cars to move and then I could see the whole of the dog. I was going to cry but stopped myself. The police officer scooped up the poor little dog in a spade and put it at the side of the road. A big pool of blood was left. I can only assume the woman with the collar handed it over. The collar had a phone number on it and also said it was chipped. The policeman took the woman's details (and I assume also the details of the driver of the car that hit the dog) and a few of us said what we'd seen but he didn't take any other details. The woman thought she'd hit the dog, but she hadn't even seen it in the road. The policeman thanked us and took the dog in his car inside a plastic bag.

Some people might say it's just a dog but I wish the poor thing had been given some dignity in death. I guess it's better that it died from its injuries but I wish it had died instantly rather than in obvious pain. But maybe if I'd been 30 seconds earlier I might have seen the dog and been able to stop it running out. I wish I had given it some comfort in its last seconds. Just a little stroke on the face or something. I can't get it out of my head now. I just hope the dog was taken to a vet, scanned and the owner contacted. I'd be annoyed if I found that when my dog died, someone took its collar off and then the police scooped it up and put it in a plastic bag.

I've written this offline in notepad and I'll blog it as soon as I'm next online. Watching TV, playing computer card games and reading Heat to try to take my mind off it but it's not working.

How I didn't meet Leona Lewis

2009-10-15T19:26:00.004Z

I've been a huge fan of Leona Lewis since her time on The X Factor, but I never had the opportunity to see her in the flesh before, let alone actually meet her. So when I heard she was doing a book signing for her autobiography, Dreams, at Waterstone's in Piccadilly on Wednesday, I jumped at the chance.

I guessed I would be ok to leave at 1pm, as it started at 3, but I started to have doubts, thinking there would be thousands of people there already and I wouldn't get to see her at all. But after people on Twitter told me I should go, I thought I'd have no chance if I stayed at home, but if I didn't go I'd never know what chance I'd have! So I left at 1.15 to go to the train station and spent £20 on a train ticket to London. I arrived in Piccadilly, paid £12.99 for a copy of the book and joined the queue at around 2.15pm. Surprisingly, I was only number 205, and they were guaranteeing the first 250 people. So I waited in the queue, and got chatting to a few people including a guy from Southend called Robert, whose brother was already queuing inside the shop.

Eventually we got inside the shop, up on the fourth floor. My heart was pounding, knowing that Leona was only on the other side of the room! I tried to catch a glimpse from a distance. As we moved closer, I saw her face! I couldn't believe it! She looked so beautiful. Then I was right near to the barrier and when people moved out from in front of her I could see her perfectly! Then...

I was talking to Robert when I heard a thump. I looked up and the security guards had pounced on someone. We knew straight away that Leona had been hit. He was wrestled to the ground while Leona was rushed off, holding her face. The man shouted "Leona I love you". We didn't know if he punched her or slapped her, but we were all in total shock! The man was dragged past the queue where Robert shouted at him.

Staff said they would find out if Leona would come back down to finish the signing, but about 15 minutes later they came back and said she wouldn't, but if we left our books with our contact details, they would have them signed at a later date so we can go and collect them.

After leaving the shop, a group of us went around the back where a small crowd had formed near a car where a group of bodyguards were waiting. I think we waited about half an hour or so, and the guards asked us not to move forward or to try to speak to Leona. I think she might have come to meet the fans if the incident never occured. We saw her boyfriend Lou get into the passenger side of the car, and a minute later, Leona was rushed out of the building and straight into the car. I hardly got to see her because the Waterstone's staff were lined up in front of us. Some people cheered her to show their support.

Then I came home, and found I'd got a tweet from the 3am Girls wanting to know what I'd seen. I sent them a brief message. On Facebook, I had a message from someone from the Evening Standard who asked if he could speak to me on the phone, so we had a quick chat about what I'd seen. I was also asked if I'd call Richard Bacon's Radio 5 Live show, but I didn't.

Then today I found I was quoted in the Evening Standard, here. I later found out the man had been sectioned under the Mental Health Act, which didn't surprise me as we knew he must have had problems, because nobody in their right mind would hurt Leona! She's the sweetest, softest person I can think of, who wouldn't harm a fly! She's a vegetarian for goodness sake! But Leona, I hope you're well and I really hope this incident doesn't put you off doing similar events in the future, because I know I'll be there when you do.

Naturist walking

2009-08-23T15:49:00.002Z

Sheepscape
Originally uploaded by anemoneprojectors

Yesterday (22 August), I met up with a friend (who shall remain nameless per his request) at Stevenage railway station. We planned to walk from St Nicholas church in the north of Stevenage, to Baldock, being naked as much as possible.

We made our way from the station to the church, stopping off at a shop on the High Street on the way. Walking along The Avenue (or Conker Avenue as we called it when I was a child), my friend said it might be a good place for a brave naked walk during the evening, but I thought that would be very difficult!

At the church, we found the monument to the novelist E. M. Forster and entered Forster Country, which is the only farmland remaining within the borough of Stevenage. We got around a corner out of view from houses and stripped off, not getting far before a woman walking her dog appeared. We quickly put our shorts back on but she saw everything. Nothing was said and we moved on.

Further along, we came across some horse riders and farmers ploughing their fields, so still no chance to undress. We approached Manor Farm where someone was practicing show jumping on their horse. There were horses in a field and some chickens.

As we moved away from the farm, we were able to undress again, but could see the first horse riders in the distance, so made sure we could see them in the distance and that they weren't coming back towards us. I photographed my friend in a field. We dressed again as we approached a road, and then by another farm building we followed the public footpath signs into a field that appeared to normally contain cattle, though it was empty when we were there.

We rested under a tree and made a decision about which route to take next. We carried on and came across a stile that was totally redundant as there wasn't a fence. More farmland and then we took a slightly wrong turn as we were looking at a couple, thinking they had taken the path we needed, but decided we could overtake them as they appeared to be picking blackberries. They weren't though, and told us we had come the wrong way. We weren't far off though and ended up walking around their house, through a field of cows (who kept staring at us) and then into another field before reaching the village of Weston, still with no opportunity to undress.

After Weston we were able to undress again and stay undressed until we reached the bridge over the A505. I considered crossing naked there but when I got closer I thought I'd better not! We undressed again after the bridge and weren't far off the point where we would have had to dress for the final time when we saw people in the distance, so had to dress slightly early.

We headed into Baldock and stopped for tea and a small bite to eat, and then went to the train station to make our ways home.

It was a rather enjoyable day for me and I took several photos which you can see here, but you'll need a Flickr account to see the few nude photos of my friend.

This part of the Hertordshire countryside is rather beautiful and I'd love to explore it more on my own.

Brighton Pride 2009

2009-08-06T20:23:00.002Z

Brighton Pride 2009
Originally uploaded by anemoneprojectors

Went to Brighton Pride last Saturday. Had to get up at 6am! Didn't sleep very well the night before and kept waking up in the night. But made it up in time and left the house at 7.35. Cycled to Stevenage station and met my friend Chris at Finsbury Park. Get a bus from Kings Cross to London Bridge and then the train to Brighton.

Walked to near the pier to watch the parade. It seemed to be over way too quickly. I was really disappointed, and even more disappointed with my photos from the event. I wasn't in a very good position to get photos and after a while my camera started being dodgy! Ah well.

After the parade we walked to Preston Park and joined the line dancing tent. I love line dancing so joined in where I could. I haven't learnt any line dances for about two years but managed to remember some old ones and learn some new ones, so I enjoyed it!

Left the park at about 8pm and finally got home at 11.40! Overall, a good day!

My annoying dinner

2009-07-26T20:16:00.002Z

My annoying dinner
Originally uploaded by anemoneprojectors

This was my dinner last Friday. Sausage, egg, chips and beans. Lovely. But it was just served up completely wrong. It's a mirror image of how it should have been. The chips should be at the back and the beans and egg at the front. I had to reach over the chips to reach them. Turning the plate around wouldn't have worked because the chips and beans need to stay on the left side of the plate!

I was bothered about the beans being dumped on top of the chips. I can't put ketchup on my chips if there are beans on the chips! Beans and ketchup don't go together! I had to lick that sausage before I ate it - but I enjoyed dunking the sausages into the lovely runny yolk.

For some reason I've become slightly obsessed with wanting to photograph my food. But I don't cook any of it.

Other stuff

2009-07-16T16:59:00.002Z

My bike against a giant sequoia
Originally uploaded by anemoneprojectors

Well now that I can use flickr to access my blog, I'll probably do all my blogging through that! So lots of pictures will be attached. Anyway, other things I've done are this year's World Naked Bike Ride in London in June, and London gay pride in July. Been cycling a lot, walking too. Trying to lose weight you see. Last year, I weight 15 stone, and this March I was 12 stone 10. Today I weighed 12 stone 4! My target is 11 stone. Hope I reach it this year! :)

Flickr

2009-07-16T16:31:00.006Z

Purple flower
Originally uploaded by anemoneprojectors

I really should blog more often. In my last post I mentioned my Kodak C310 camera. I've since upgraded to a Kodak EasyShare C913, which is much better for close ups, such as this flower, and photos in general! I've taken bloody loads of photos, many of which you can see here.

There's a chance I might have to move to Lower Stondon in a few months, which I really don't want to do. Stevenage has so much to offer me and if I'm up there I'll be totally out of touch. But never mind. If I have to move, I'll try to come back as soon as I can.

Change

2009-05-03T16:53:00.005Z

I was arrested recently for attacking my brother. Of course, he was the one who attacked me, but I didn't call the police. He was drunk and ended up with a large cut on his hand that I never saw or knew about until after he'd left the house. I guess he fell over. I only suffered a small cut to my hand. But then I was arrested and spend the night in a police cell. I was released without charge the next day because my fingerprints weren't on the knife, assuming they tested it. Either that or they just believed my story over his.

Anyway, I've had to move out since then and am now living with my mum and her husband. It's different here but not bad. The mad husky is now replaced by a mad jack russell, but she's nowhere near as mad! I just miss my cat.

I've rediscovered my Kodak Easyshare C310 camera. Not that I ever used it before. But now I've got it going and it's not too bad. Well, it's good for distance stuff but not great for close-ups. Even uploaded some pics to flickr!

So much for life

2009-03-18T17:44:00.003Z

I've been away. But now I'm back.

My car is gone. I haven't been naked for a long time. I didn't get to go to Tenerife. I lost my job. I'm a jobless, carless, bum. But at least my floor is clean. And at least my cat still loves me.

There's a new dog too. Electra. Mad husky. Too puppified. I don't like her that much; she keeps jumping around and biting and stuff.

New Year, New Post

2008-01-10T15:06:00.003Z

I just wanted to say that I'm not looking forward to my holiday in Tenerife but I hope Rijkent will come with me and I hope I enjoy it.

My car actually passed its MOT in December (after having a few minor repairs), and now it runs pretty well, in fact I like it now. Shame it cost so much, plus the tax at the same time.

Wed

2007-10-17T22:40:00.001Z

My mum is getting married tomorrow, and I like Richard from Toppers. That's all I wanted to say.

Orlando News (Weekly)

2007-09-13T21:06:00.002Z

He replied. And he knows who I am. And he doesn't seem too bothered that I have diaries full of stuff about him and that I used to want to cuddle him at night. But he would definitely have rejected me. He remembers me from primary school! We were in the same class at one point and I have the photos to prove it. In fact, when I played one of the three kings in the Nativity, I'm pretty sure he was one of the others. He claims to now be hairier and balder, but I wouldn't care. Sounds really silly but I think I'm getting feelings for him again. I hope I'm not, it's too weird!

I fell asleep during writing this so I can't remember what else I wanted to say!

13 years ago, you were my first crush. Just thought you'd like to know.

2007-09-12T09:28:00.002Z

I have discovered Facebook. It's bizarre. I don't get it, I think it's utterly pointless, yet I'm totally addicted. Last night I was searching for people I used to know, and I came across my very first crush from over thirteen years ago. Turns out he's straight so it doesn't matter that I never told him how I felt! I wasn't missing out. I sent him a message but he never replied! I also found an old friend, but didn't send him a message because it's weird when you haven't seen someone for over ten years.

So it's been a long time since February! I've done another naked bike ride, but due to stress and lack of excercise, it was less enjoyable than the previous one. I've been naked clubbing about eight times at two venues. I've been punched in the head. I've met Rijkent from Amsterdam who is just lovely. I've been to see The Full Monty on stage at the Gordon Craig Theatre in Stevenage, starring Phil Lawton, who I met because he was staying in the accommodation we run where I work. I developed a bit of a crush on him when I met him and when he said they actually do do the full monty in the show, I had to go just so I could see him naked. I desperately needed to see him naked!!! And I did although they did this stupid thing with bright lights so you could only see for a nanosecond! But he's got a great body and a gorgeous face. I stupidly texted him asking for a free preview on my birthday but he just wanted to know who I was. After the show I texted him saying he had a "nice cock" but he just wanted to know who I was! I told him but he never replied. In a few weeks' time I'm going to London to see Billy Elliot on stage with work, should be good but I'd rather see something with full frontal male nudity! Incidentally, Phil Lawton appears to be the only person in The Full Monty who isn't on Facebook! Damn!!

Babysitting nightmare

2007-02-18T13:00:00.001Z

Last night was quite possibly the most stressful night of my life.

My brother's wife is divorcing him, and as he has nowhere of his own to live, he's here. And he has the kids every weekend. Two boys, aged 18 months and 3 years. The younger of the two just goes to sleep. The other one is a nightmare. My brother asked me to keep an eye on him for an hour as he had to do something - and when he got back he'd put the boy to bed.

That was at 9 p.m.

At 11 p.m. I was getting worried, and didn't know if I should put my nephew to bed or not. By midnight, I had made several attempts to put him to bed, but he had refused. Even when I got him upstairs, he found a reason to go back down. I called my brother's mobile but it was going straight through to voicemail.

At one point I got him upstairs and as he attempted to come back downstairs, I picked him up, and through my stress, frustration and tiredness (as I hadn't had much sleep the night before), I told him to "PLEASE JUST GO TO BED!"

He cried. But thankfully it only took about a minute for him to cheer up again.

At 12.30, I finally managed to get him to get in bed. I hadn't put a nappy on him or given him milk to drink, but I didn't care - he was in bed and he was staying there. I said he was a good boy. I had put Toy Story on for him (even though it had been on twice since my brother left at 9) and he was being quiet. I left the room and came downstairs. He didn't follow me. Success!

Fifteen minutes later, my brother came back. "Where the hell have you been?" I asked him. He was very sorry. He'd bumped into an old friend who he hadn't seen for years and this guy wouldn't let him go even though he was saying he'd have to go. He hadn't been drinking much because the pub was so busy that it was taking 45 minutes to get served. He also assumed I was OK because I hadn't called. Which of course I had, but the reception in that place is so bad. I should have kept trying. But apparently his texts and voicemails didn't arrive until he got back here anyway. So he was sorry, but he explained that if he had put the boy to bed at 9, he wouldn't have gone to sleep for hours anyway. Apparently you have to be quite harsh. Anyway, he was fast asleep by then, which I was sure he would be anyway because he was yawning, I knew he was tired.

When my brother went to check on him, I sat at my computer and cried.

I can only put that down to relief, and the fact that, although I've wanted a child of my own for quite a few years, my experiences that night had totally changed my mind.

My nephew can be incredibly sweet, and I love him a lot, but having him here every weekend is doing my head in. I liked it when I'd see him for a short amount of time once a week or once a fortnight... but I don't think things will ever be the same again.

In other, non-child-related news, I was recently made an administrator on Wikipedia! That means I can delete pages and block users. I decided that I don't like it, so I'll only use the tools when I need to, I won't go looking for admin things to do.

In November, my little green Fiesta Quartz went. I thought I could sell it (even for as little as £20 as it was practically dead anyway) but my brother asked if he could get it scrapped as a way to get rid of a load of scrap metal he had in the garage. So I did him a favour and said yes. But then someone came along and asked what he was doing, and my brother gave him the car. For free. Bastard. But I have a brand new (old) Escort! But I miss having a small car. When I get a third car, it'll be a small car.

And it'll work properly.

November ramblings

2006-11-17T10:23:00.001Z

Wow, I can't believe I haven't written since July!

Obviously, the Russian guy was a scammer of some kind, the same one who joins a million gay websites and messages everyone with the same story. Did I mention he asked me for money in the end? When I said I was poor, he never wrote back. I did know he would ask for money eventually. I didn't really want a Russian boyfriend anyway, I just wanted to see what would happen.

Not had much chance to be naked lately, even at home. Still going to Starkers! every month though. They're celebrating their third birthday tonight, so it should be fun. They're bringing back the party games! Last month I came third in the limbo contest. The prizes were crappy halloween children's things, I had a silly flashing star wand, which I ended up breaking. I don't deserve nice things!

Been chatting to this guy called Alex, he seems really nice. He's straight, though sometimes I do wonder! He wants to meet me. He's from Berkshire so that's quite far to travel. He's interested in Starkers though, so maybe he'll come tonight.

The MOT on my poor little green Fiesta Quartz has run out, but there's no chance in hell it'll pass one, so I'm going to declare the car off the road. Which means I need a new car. Anyone have a car you want to sell???

Have given up cycling for the winter, though I really miss it and I've put some of my weight back on. Thankfully I haven't put it all back on. I found myself eating more for about two weeks but after realising that, I kind of stopped again.

I can't wait for series three of Lost to start on Sunday night! The thing with Lost though is that each series sort of starts off slightly good, then it gets a bit boring and then it gets kind of exciting towards the end, but then all the good stuff happens and then the end bit is all boring. There's no cliff-hanger. Well, series one sort of had a cliff-hanger ending, but it could have been better. Series one should have ended halfway through the first episode of series two. Series two should have ended with Desmond turning the key and the screen just going white, as it did. Then the credits should have rolled. Or maybe not. What do I know?

Putting my clothes back on

2006-07-01T17:37:00.001Z

I've had a very good naked two weeks at home. My dad's been on holiday so I've been living a more natural existence in this time. It feels so normal. He got back this morning, so today I'm having to wear clothes and it's just horrible.

The only thing is, when I was naked, I didn't want to get dressed at all, so I hardly went out! Which meant I hadn't cycled much at all in the last two weeks. Hopefully now I'll be doing it more often again!

By the way, the naked protests went really well. The bears one was odd in that it was raining, few people saw us, and we had to lay on some wet steps in London and just stay there for about 15 minutes. There were a few people watching though, and getting to and from the steps naked was nice, but didn't last long. So it wasn't much of a nudist event!

The bike ride was much better! About 90 minutes of cycling nude, with about half an hour of nudity before hand and about 2 hours of nudity afterwards. They think as many as 900 people took part. It was an amazing day out and I met some very good people!

Also, Starkers is back with a new venue on four floors. At first I thought it wouldn't be the same as the atmosphere seemed very different, but in the end there were lots of people there, I met a few more new people and had a very nice time!

But I'm still lonelily (is that a word?) single. Even the cute Russian boy hasn't been in touch, and I never got to meet the other guy I mentioned! And now I'm feeling broody...

Naked Protest!

2006-05-17T17:27:00.001Z

I'm doing two naked protests this summer. In fact one is this weekend! About 100 people signed up for it at the moment, they're aiming for 140... is somewhere in central London. Gonna be going bare for bears!

Then the World Naked Bike Ride in June! I thought I should start training for that, so a few weeks ago I got back on my bike and started riding around Stevenage.

I decided on a shorter route for my first time back, but it was all uphill and very steep! But I've sorted out better routes since then, which keep getting longer and longer! At first it was taking me 45 minutes to do one route, and 20 minutes to do a shorter route... but I've added the two together with a bit extra and it only took 50 minutes the other day, without stopping. That was just over 6 miles! The WNBR in London will be just over 6 miles! So I think I can do it!

I was sweating but I felt so good!

I have a few worries... 1) getting to the ride from Kings Cross. 2) getting an erection on Sunday! Or being arrested! Will have a bear mask on though. I better not think about it when I'm in position I guess!!!

From Russia with love

2006-04-18T11:24:00.001Z

I'm on a lot of dating websites. Poor lonely me. One of note is www.loopylove.com.

I got a message on there yesterday from a nice young Russian chap, who is looking for friendship. And maybe love. He seems really genuine. And he's foreign! Bonus!!

His English is not so good though, so I have to spend half an hour working out his emails. They're very long!

But it'll be worth it.

I feel like Bryanboy talking to Russians!

OMGWTF!

2006-04-14T16:18:00.001Z

Yesterday, my brother showed me his penis.

Well, actually he showed me his brand new piercing, but in order to do that, he had to show me his penis. He said normally he wouldn't show another guy, but he showed me because we're brothers.

Well, the piercing was nothing unusual. His cock was a bit bigger than mine, I guess. Didn't get to see much of it as it was just hanging out of his jeans.

Nice though.

But then he told our dad about his piercing. Didn't show him, but went into graphic detail about swellings and purpleness.

I'm glad he only showed me it.

Forgiveness

2006-04-04T10:08:00.001Z

Last night after I went to bed, I had an argument with my cat.

Poor Buster knocked over my glass of milk with his tail. I think it scared him when I called him a cunt! He hid under my bed, and when I opened my bedroom door to go and get a cloth, he darted out past me. I like Buster to sleep in my room at night, and he likes it too (and he had a plate of food in there), so I went back downstairs and he was washing milk off himself in the hallway. He wasn't too angry with me as he let me carry him back up to bed. But as soon as I got him into my room, he stuck his claws in my side and left two huge scratch marks on me. He darted back under my bed as I threw a tantrum. And now I couldn't sleep.

And Buster was sulking.

I tried tempting him out with a shoelace but he wouldn't move. He seemed calm though.

I turned off my light to try and sleep, and then suddenly a purring ball of sticky fluff was all over me.

And I was forgiven.

Hmmmmmm

2006-04-03T18:16:00.002Z

I have a blog. That's pretty cool. I don't know what I'm going to do with it, really. Never been that good at writing. But perhaps I'll learn.

Anyway. My name is Petie. Welcome.

I don't think my adventures are even very amazing. In fact, I don't really have adventures. But maybe my friends will...

So, perhaps I should say something about my boring day.

Erm, I went to work. And that's about it! Nothing special happened...

The weekend was interesting though. Was due to meet someone off the net for the first time. Sounded promising, but he couldn't make it. Luckly I didn't wait long, though I did worry he had turned up after I went, so I went back a bit later just to make sure he wasn't waiting! And at least I was waiting in a nice place. I watched geese.

We'll meet soon though, and it'll be great. I cleaned my bedroom just for him. Well, I wanted to do it anyway, but the thought of bringing someone back motivated me.

That wasn't actually very interesting. I'm sorry.

Oops, dinner's ready! Must go.

Petie xxx