The (other) Princess Diaries

looking for Girls who are boys, Who like boys to be girls, Who do boys like they're girls, ..

2009-10-20T18:04:09Z

... Who do girls like they're boys, Always should be someone you really love."

Gosh, I have been rather remiss in updating this!

That would suggest that nothing has been happening; but it would be quite a lie! Life has been terribly busy and overwhelmingly happy of late which in part has contributed to the lack of available on line time generally. But there is no time to reminisce here and now...

...its almost Whitby!!!

The Official State Timetable as approved by the Ministry of Justice:

I shall be heading up on Thursday (in a car yet to be determined) with my delightful chap. This should be, subject to his flustering and general faffing and a leisurely amble on the Mwhatever, be late afternoonish.

The evening entertainments shall (via a nifty half in the elysie to rally the troops) be provided by Mr Hamster and his Decks of Wow! At DV80’s vs Deviation over at the shambles! (free entry! All the cheese you can ~~eat~~ listen to).

Friday is as yet an undetermined quantity. There will be a little ambling about potentially even promenading followed by candy fluff and penny arcades but I am happily swayable to better and alternative offers. There are mutterings of some stuff in the evening which may form a slightly more coherent pla… as time draws closer.

Saturday daytime will be spent shopping for suitable treats and making paper chain bats and other orange and black paraphernalia! Whilst Richard runs about and collects yet another happy body to join our (growing nicely) commune! If anyone does want to exchange treats for tricks then by all means do come a knocking! *wink*. Only people in suitable attire will be suitably considered!! Its Hallowweeeeeeeen.. its silly costume day! It is in fact a Law. Statutory protected! I should know right…. And would I lie to you?

In the evening myself and my epically stupid and homemade Halloween costume and Richard and his (hopefully made by then) costume shall be watching the dear, great, dead and good at the Cabaret Macabre . I am not sure what time it kicks out but I understand there are DJ’s and its only £10 a ticket!!! Worth it in anyone’s money!

Sunday morning will be day of epic breakfast I suspect; either in flat or more likely in some suitable place (by which I mean not java who do nothing that tempts me) followed by a bellowing at the in the black! As Real Gothic once again take on the might of the Whitby Gazette at home (there never seems to be an away game). It is still missing the Bovril!

As if we couldn’t guess Sunday afternoon (cause lets face it 5 pm is not quite evening!) is dedicated to ~~Hamsters No2~~ Laughtons!! . I do hope you all have your singing vice for the queue! Yet more of the silly costumes should (hopefully) be on show…if I can get mine finished! If anyone wants to copy my theme by all mans do ask, but asking does create a binding non breakable or I will own your soul contract to join in! Suitable worship shall offered at the feet of Mr Hamster who is making his Whitby Laughtons Début (I expect great things!).

Monday is going to be chooo chooo day! as we while away the hours on the steam railway. Stopping off to look at pretty things and have a spot of packed lunch before ambling flatwards for a change into suitable attire to brave the bitter dark of the autumnal Whitby sea front. Whilst staying to see the dawn again is always temoting at these things, suddenly for some reason this year I rather think I shall be heading flatwards a little earlier than that….*cough*.

Tuesday is cleaning the flat and trying to work out where on earth I left my other shoe when I disrobed after a couple of vodkas too many on Sunday day. Followed by the reverse drive down the Mwhatever back to a warm house, a long hot bath and a probably (by that point) moody cat.

Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through

2009-09-07T21:02:03Z

Dear Universe

You're doing it wrong; the hard stuff is mean to be hard and the easy stuff is meant to be easy!

yours confusedly

Prudence
xXx

Oh, I'm not particular as to size, only one doesn't like changing so often, you know

2009-07-22T20:45:42Z

I see Burton has a new film out...

well.. when I say out I mean that he has begun the MASS HYPE TWO YEAR BUILD UP that seems to accompany these things!

I like Burton's stuff well enough. Its cute to look at and its not going to make me think too hard. However, I am getting VERY bored of the same damn story with the same damn people in slightly different costumes.

On a more specific note Mr B has clearly not read AiW... or maybe he did .. when he was drunk.. once.. a long time ago.. and has forgotten that the Tweedles, The Jabberwocky and the White Queen are NOT IN THE DAMN BOOK!

He's also missing most of what makes the book the work of nonsense art that it is.

I adore Alice, I really do; the book is complex clever piece of writing over laid with a wonderful whimsical story with lashes of gentle morality - everything a good Victorian children story should be.

I will I am sure go and see it and I will like it for what I like about Burton, but I do wonder when the one trick ceases to be magic.

The Zen of Pru #13072009

2009-07-13T21:02:21Z

No matter how big the island, its still a cage if you cant swim.

"At any given moment, I open my eyes and exist. And before that, during all eternity..

2009-05-30T13:04:08Z

...what was there?"

I saw a canopy of stars last night, lights already dead burning in a black sky over fields of yellow flowers and drove towards the dawn to see the sunrise over the fake orange glow of a vast concrete city that never quite sleeps.

Trust me...

2009-05-14T19:00:23Z

I am now a certified first aider!

I now hope I never have to use any of it. Although I also now fancy doing the advance pre hospital stuff as well. Its all so fascinating!

pointy eared green blooded goblin

2009-05-07T21:52:57Z

Dear Collective Sci Fi Gods

I would like to make an addition to my previous order (which still remains outstanding!), I would now also like a young Mr Spock.

I promise not to break him.

Yours, boldly going

Prudence
xXx

Dead camel, meet Mister Stick

2009-04-29T21:55:03Z

Dear Whitby,

I am bored now. I now care even less (if that is possible) about the spa and other events of that ilk. The dirty laundry is starting to smell.

Whitby is not about the over priced tickets that allow you to queue in the cold for hours to see shite bands you can see anywhere else for a fiver whilst getting mugged for a cheap weak vodka that is served to you in a way that makes you feel like you should be grateful.

I love wearing stupid big (and occasionally inappropriate) outfits but frankly I will wear them in the damn street if I have to. I love seeing all the people I love for which Len charges £3.10 (and a smile) for the price of a drinkie. I love being beside the damn sea side with a bloody big impromptu fire whilst I slowly talk more and more rubbish.

I plan to be going in Halloween.

Yours yawningly

Prudence.
xXx

A new body. Perhaps, one of those young Cylon models from the Resurrection Ship.

2009-04-29T19:13:42Z

Dear Cylon God,

Please can you make Mr Hamster buy the rest of the BSG series (4 and 5) so that I might steal them. I do not want to buy them until they come out in a single set as they will not match other wise and that is just wrong, I am sure you understand.

Oh and I am still waiting for a head space Dr G! I believe I ordered this some time ago.

Yours devotionally

Prudence
xXx

they tried to make me go to rehab.. i said no no no

2009-04-28T17:38:25Z

Whitby:

There was;

Too much drinking;
Not enough sleeping;
Great people;
Evil shambles food;
Small select gatherings;
Sunsets through the Whales bones;
Flyering all of Whitby (Come to dv80s! 8th May!) dressed in too many neon colours;
Hair that they fill airplane cavities with;
Being an honorary groupie;
Talking rubbish till way too late in the morning;
Getting carried to bed by a wee John;
Going 1 - nil up at half time;
Getting to hold the Chunky Monkey; and
Dancing till my feet hurt.

Gods I am getting too old for this!

I shall however watch the boards and rumour mills with interest and decide what I am doing about October.

now for a shower, some food and a good nights sleep in my own damn bed!

please leave your message after the beep

2009-04-21T22:00:24Z

Prudence is away from the internet until Tuesday 28 April, she will not have access to the internet in that time.

However, if you leave a message after the beep she might deal with it on her return.

If your message is urgent please press 0 and ask to speak to the interweb fairy.

***Beep***

Alternative Career Ideas #140409

2009-04-14T19:31:52Z

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2009-04-05T20:49:04Z

My lords, my ladies, and everybody else here not sitting on a cushion...

You are corderly invited to attend with the delightful Lard Fuzzy, Miss Borgia and Myself (et al) for a spot of Knight Baiting!

There shall be much frivolity, general frappery and the possibility of drunken heckling:

WHERE: Leeds Armory
[http://www.royalarmouries.org/events/calendar/2009-04-10/sword-of-honour-tournament]

WHEN: Sunday (I think!)

There is also plannage (of the loosest terms) for suitable outdoor banqueting (and merryment of the grape!)

T'would be wonderful to see people!

One of the nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing...

2009-03-30T21:07:18Z

...and devote our attention to eating"

Omelettes are the new Jacket Potatoes.

prosperine @ 2009-03-03T21:16:00

2009-03-03T21:24:00Z

Dear Heston,

I love you. I do. I almost adore you, but you are not James May so it's an almost.

Which is why when I say this I say it with Love.

There are no Turtles in Mock Turtles. It is called Mock Turtle Soup . As the divine Mrs Beeton herself scribes a MOCK Turtle Soup is made with a calf's head.

Turtle Soup (as I believe you meant - but might want to check your pretty screens) was indeed made with Turtles and was actually served at Vickies Wedding.

I don't mind you being cute and thinking its all shocking so long as you get it all right.

Yours cookingly

Prudence

xXx

PS can i please steal your kitchen, thanks!

If you're sitting at a computer wondering what a Googlewhack is .....

2009-01-30T16:28:14Z

...and you find out what one is and you don't try to find one you're not bloody human, surely! "

my life is complete!!!!

I found a Googlewhack!!!

(quite by accident)

silverdales solicitor

"It seems like once people grow up, they have no idea what's cool.”"

2009-01-05T19:28:50Z

~* Hear Yee! Hear Yee! *~

As you may be aware I am having a Birthday this year. Its a rather old one (grumble) but as ever the years are only in my mind (and my bones!)...as such Wendy House have been good enough to ensure there is a suitable celebratory Bendy Party JUST FOR ME!! (isnt that nice of them)...

Your attendance is required!!

WHERE: Wendy House (some where in Leeds, which is up North)

WHEN: 17th January 2009

WEARING: the theme is going to be "what did you want to be when you grew up!" (not the proper adult idea... the one you had when you were really young!!!)

so dig out your bob the builder play sets (I know you have one), dust off those fairy wings (Ive seen of you in those at Whitby!) and come and shake your tommahawks!

"It wouldn't be New Year's if I didn't have regrets."

2009-01-01T21:24:05Z

Did you all enjoy your leap second?

There was a Christmas, which was nice enough. There have been days that I have done nothing with, which has been a welcome respite. There has been company over new year, which has been pleasent.

There could be more but its a touch late on to really write yet another This Is What My Family Did post. It was very much the way 2008 has been; some of it was good, some of it was not good, a touch of it was too dark, and there were a couple of moments of brightness. 2008 was always going to be a year of waiting, a year of 'lets see', a year of other people's choices.

Welcome to 2009, its promises to be an interesting ride what ever way I sit!

What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store.

2008-12-24T20:15:27Z

...What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more."

I have heard Carols from Kings. It is officially Christmas Time!

prezzies are all wrapped (albeit a bit poorly this year), songs have been sung (most heartily), candles have been lit for those that have gone, I have also lit the rest in my room (I could do with a bit of the light right now) and I even have a (small) glass of port. I now am going to get my knitting and watch moulin rouge (and not wonder what happened.... )

Have a great day one and all!

Love Pru
xxx

“Make decisions from the heart and use your head to make it work out.”

2008-12-15T19:11:02Z

Dear LJ

Where in the world* should I go and work?

yours snail -like

Prudence
xXx

(* yeah, ok, I mean mostly England and Wales as the Degree is *almost* useless elsewhere.... although thats not strictly true...hmmmm)

Reasons I Love Woodhouse No#14122008

2008-12-14T19:02:59Z

"I don't wish to prejudge the girl, Jeeves, I am sure she has a heart of gold; its just she also has a tooth of one"

Pleasure is the flower that passes; remembrance, the lasting perfume.

2008-11-30T17:24:06Z

What If..?

O travellers from somewhere else to here
Rising from Sheffield Station and Sheaf Square
To wander through the labyrinths of air,

Pause now, and let the sight of this sheer cliff
Become a priming-place which lifts you off
To speculate
What if..?
What if..?
What if..?

Cloud shadows drag their hands across the white;
Rain prints the sudden darkness of its weight;
Sun falls and leaves the bleaching evidence of light.

Your thoughts are like this too: as fixed as words
Set down to decorate a blank facade
And yet, as words are too, all soon transferred

To greet and understand what lies ahead -
The city where your dreamling is re-paid,
The lives which wait unseen as yet, unread.

Andrew Motion

Our romance is having total power in that we've just got nothing to lose...

2008-11-24T20:26:48Z

...cos we're secure in the knowledge we already lost a long time ago

I feel like some of my childhood has died:

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/11/24/missing-manic-street-preacher-richey-edwards-declared-legally-dead-13-years-on-91466-22323627/

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2008-11-23T11:00:49Z

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[written by the wyfe of a friend - not read it yet but I have ordered it and am looking forward to reading it - looks a touch Gaiman (but given this writter's other stuff) but better! - and Im not at all jealous... ok I am a touch but I also think its great.. so buy it! If you buy it there will be more!]

Ceci n'est pas une Pru

2008-11-22T23:12:12Z

Days

What are days for?
Days are where we live.
They come, they wake us
Time and time over.
They are to be happy in:
Where can we live but days?

Ah, solving that question
Brings the priest and the doctor
In their long coats
Running over the fields.

Philip Larkin