13th April 2026 - Monday

 

Something I learnt today

I'm awful at starting new habits, but exceptionally good at breaking them almost immediately,.  

Well, that's a lie. Not in that I'm not awful, I absolutely am. In that I learnt that today; I learnt that years ago, I have merely been reminded once again that the best laid plans of mice and men "Gang aft agley" and that accounts for 99% of anything I plan to do that is fully under my own merit. Regardless of the positive outcomes. 

Of the thousands of important things that have completely and utterly left the realms of my memory over the years somehow 'gan aft a glae'  (how I typed it into google) remained in my head since year 10 GCSE English with Mrs Painter, with only somewhat minor amends to be made to my attempt at spelling Welsh words. Other than the line in question my Welsh amounts to knowing 'hedlu' for 'police', 'cunto' for 'zero' and being able to catch onto 'Happy Birthday' just in-time for the end. Quite impressive for someone who can't remember to take vitamins each day, where they left their weed vape and about 50% of their adult life.  

(Despite being impressed, I'd still rather find that weed vape). 

Something that made me laugh today

Why A.A Milne thought bottom naked was the best look for Pooh. 

Something stupid…

Several men not realising I was wearing an Amy Winehouse beehive wig when out at the weekend. 

Seriously, boys. Light a fag within 10ft of me and I'd have gone up quicker than Hiroshima. 

Anything else?

I have a weird name for a Caucasian Brit. I get that. It's very common for it to be mispronounced. I get that! So, if someone  keeps mispronouncing it past the point of comfortably being able to correct them without making them look stupid in front of other I instead opt for ensuring I relay stories from the alternate perspective to enable me to reference my own name that they (hopefully) subtly pick up on.  

What amazes me, is when I do this (several times; I have even introduced myself to someone in front of said people and phonetically describe my name, 'like a piece of cake-oh') and they STILL stick to their mispronunciation. They hear other people say my name differently, they still stick to their version. Now, if I heard someone pronounce a name different to how I did I would ask that person on the DL if I'm saying it wrong. Or, I don't know...maybe I'd listen to them refer to themselves with the right name and mimic them? I end up just accepting being called the wrong name. I should correct them first time but when a mispronunciation comes before "do you want a drink?" I tend to just say 'yes'. The need for a large Malbec clearly sits higher in my priorities than my own moniker.