This is a brilliant post by Girl on the Contrary… I totally agree that Miss Piggy’s life choices hasn’t been the best – about time someone told the little madam!!!
Imaginary Celebrity Intervention: Miss Piggy.
My Tram Experience Thoughts
Where do I begin…?
This woman is clearly unhinged, either high or drunk, but there is no excuse for her actions.
There are racists in all walks of life, but it is not what she was saying that shocked me – she is obviously an ignorant, hateful bigot – it is the fact she behaved like that in front of children. Her own child, no less!!
This child is of an age of innocence. He is not yet capable of deceit, hate and judgement. He is still learning how to behave. What is socially acceptable and what isn’t. He is no doubt used to his waste of space mother being a total bitch, but to witness her attitude, language and the reaction from the passengers is not acceptable. She is not a mother, she is someone who had a kid.
Apparently, she has been arrested now. Doubt they’ll keep her in for long. However, I’d like to know if Social Services will get involved. He is not safe in the hands of a complete nut like that. And for her to be totally drunk or high in care of a child is unacceptable. I don’t know what drove her to behave like that or take the choices she took, but there’s common sense in us all and we should know what’s right and wrong simply from instinct.
And she’s wrong.
Latest update on “John”
Right. It’s been a week since my date with John and guess what…? There’s not been a date #2!! What a surprise! Since when did anything work out for me when it comes to online dating??
So what’s the problem? Well, maybe I made the fatal mistake of asking him out before he asked me out…? This is how it went down:
Monday
I text John asking if he fancied going to the cinema one night this week. He responded “I’m really sorry, but I can’t do anything this week cos work is a bit hectic”. Hmmm… Really…? So I asked him if that was his way of saying he’s not interested. He responded “Not at all!! All going on here – call you tomorrow”
Tuesday
No call or text ALL DAY. At 9.30pm, I text him asking how his day had been. He replied “Not bad, at home in bed, not feeling well, stomach pains and headache”. Hmmm…. Really…? I replied “Aww, sorry for bothering you – I hope you get well soon!”. He replied saying that it’s ok and that he meant to call me, but had been in bed since he got in.
Wednesday
I text him, asking how he is. Still not good, going to the doctor. I said to let me know how it goes. He text me later, has an infection.
Thursday
Text each other on and off throughout the day as I was out at meetings all day. He asked me how my day was at 7.30pm, we chatted. I asked how he was and he said he’s still feeling ill, so I said “looks like tomorrow is off then” to which he replied “think so 
“.
I said “no worries” although I was secretly gutted. He replied “sorry x” to which I simply said “don’t be sorry, it’s fine honestly”, then he said “maybe Saturday if I feel better, just don’t think I’ll be good company tomorrow x”
We text a bit, nothing important and then he said “want you so bad” I replied “really?? Why??” to which he said it was because I’m hot. I said that I thought he was pretty hot too…
Friday
Hardly text at all… He was in bed hating feeling ill…
Saturday
He’s feeling a bit better, just tired… I asked if he thought he’d be well enough to do something tonight. He can’t. He’s got family round for dinner. No occasion, just not seen his nan for a while…. Hmmm…. Really….? He did end his text with “tomorrow night I’m free though!! X”
Sunday
So here we are. Sunday.
I text him this morning and he said he’d been called into work to do something no one else could. 5pm I text him, after taking advice from my female friend, saying “shall we meet at 7.30 tonight? Do you want to come over my way?”
So here we are. Sunday. 6.30pm. No response from John. He could be at work. His phone may be playing up. He could be ignoring me. Question is… What’s my next move??
HELP!!
Five Steps to Starting a Healthy Relationship
Dating someone you met online can be a minefield. You met so easily online, sometimes your feelings change within one minute and, hopefully, you’ve found that person who will change your life. However, having a deep mistrust of guys I’ve met online, I am willing to share these 5 simple steps we need to take in the early days of the relationship to ensure it’s a success…
1. Respond to his texts immediately. That way, he knows you really like him and are either a) not doing anything or b) willing to stop doing what you’re doing to respond. Conversely, when he doesn’t respond immediately, you can then start to doubt his feelings towards you and/or assume he’s busy with someone else to respond.
2. Search for him on the dating site you met. This way you will be able to see if he’s currently online or when he was online last. This will add proof to your theory that he doesn’t like you, otherwise why would he be online, right?
3. Search for him on facebook. Hopefully, he’ll have an unsecure profile and you can look on his wall and at his photos. If his profile is secure, then at least you can view his friends list, carefully scrutinising all the female friends, imagining which ones he met online and is talking to right now, instead of being with you.
4. Whenever he pays you a compliment or says how much he wants you, ensure you ask “why?” and disagree with him. Guys like nothing more than a unconfident, insecure woman who they have to constantly reassure and compliment.
5. Re-read and analyse every conversation you have ever had. Whether this be via text, email, on the dating site itself or just from memory if it took place verbally. Ensure that you translate every compliemnt as mini declaration of love and every hesitation or reasons why he can’t meet / didn’t call / felt ill as a confession of not liking you and seeing someone else.
By following these steps, you will not only make him fall deeply in love with you and will come running to you with open arms, but you will maintain a stable balance of the mind, feeling loved and confident you’re the only one for him.
Disclaimer: For some people who may have never experienced sarcasm before, this may not work. The author will not be held responsible for any failed relationships due to these steps being followed.
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I'm thankful your honesty showed me how crazy you are.
It’s Thanksgiving. A time to be appreciative. I’m going to give thanks for honesty. Karma is a bitch. She’s a crafty little devil. I believe that if you are good and honest, more likely than not, good things will happen.
If you happen to look like this;
or this;
A little something for the male audience. Plus, she's hot!
Better things will happen.
Please read this brilliant post by fellow online dating sufferer... :)
Calling Out to Facebook & Twitter
Penny All Alone...
Dear All
In order for me to get more followers and readers of my blog, I’ve decided to join Twitter and Facebook.
Please friend and follow me – I promise not to add too much noise to your current news feeds and streams 
Facebook: Penny Pinkimagination
Twitter: @Pinkimaginat
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How Siri will change the future…
Anyone with an iPhone 4S in the States will be amazed and excited about Siri, the common man’s Personal Assistant, who can respond to questions without having to phrase the question in a certain way (e.g. “What’s the weather looking like today?” will do the same as “Will I need an umbrella today?”). It also picks up where you are geographically and responds relatively. “Remind me to call the wife when I get home” will work based on the iPhone’s GPS locator functionality.
There are a lot of issues with Siri at the moment. It’s not understanding every accent. It’s not working well outside of the US with regards to the location services. It sometimes gets confused with the question. But don’t we all? I often struggle to understand my English, Sri Lanken and Indian colleagues, just as much as they often fail to understand my Welsh accent and dialect (did you know English people don’t use the word “chopsy” as a substitute for the word “talkative”??). It is not the current state of play, but what Siri represents and the impact this is going to have on social and consumer behaviour of the future. And remember – Siri is still in BETA mode… imagine what will be possible once lessons are learned and versions updated!
There has been voice recognition software about for a while now, but it has always been word or phrase based – i.e. speed/voice dialing is simply press a button (to activate the voice dialing) and speak “Adam” to call Adam. Or with Google Search, press the speech button and say “Red Dragon” to return search results for red dragons – everything from images to toys. But Siri is different…
Siri has a personality and can adapt yours. Siri can understand more complex questions like “What country has a red dragon on its flag?” and has the potential of answering “You should know this, being Welsh! It’s Wales!”
There is speculation of Siri being the death of Google due to the uniqueness of Siri regarding the personality aspect developed by the US Government. Will this happen? Who knows! All I know is, that instead of opening my browser or Google App and typing (or speaking) the question then viewing the results, I would much prefer to say “Siri, where’s the nearest Chinese restaurant?” and then Siri answers “Oriental Garden is 1 mile away” and up pops a list of Chinese restaurants in the area. I don’t think Google will die, it will just develop something similar or better, or maybe it will concentrate on businesses for supplying software and analytics, with Apple being the leader in front-end software for Consumers and Businesses. Or maybe the future of technology will be supercharged cross-platform technology where Android and Apple will not only talk to each other (it’s getting there with iCloud on PCs allowing information to become mobile without connection), but they will work together.
In-motion technology, such as the Xbox 360′s Kinect where “you are the controller” and takes simple voice commands, also opens up a whole world of possibilities… such as visiting a virtual doctor who can scan and diagnose you in the home, prescribe medicines and order all at once? No more waiting 3 weeks to see your GP… Shopping online through your TV with a virtual fitting room (there is already some movement on this technology based on photos and superimposing clothes on the photo).
Combine the in-motion technology with the Artificial Intelligence and unlimited access to a huge knowledge database via internet and cloud computing and you can see the future is limitless. Virtual holidays in the home a la Total Recall?
It is an exciting time to be alive, but it is also frightening – we’ve seen how technology ruins the world of our future selves and occasionally turning on humans, destroying the very things that make us human and removing the physicality of things such as reading an actual book or buying an actual CD as opposed to downloading everything (The Terminator, Demolition Man, Mad Max, Total Recall, 1984 etc.). Hopefully, the warnings of the art will impact on the inventions of science…
Some interesting articles:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=qa-intel-microprocessor-futurist-johnson
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=watson-the-computer-jeopa
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/nov/20/voice-recognition-apple-siri
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Don’t be so superficial…
Well… What an interesting weekend I’ve had… Ok, not that interesting, but I did have a date! Yey!
It wasn’t the elusive “Paul”, who I’ve been speaking to since early September, this is a new guy I started chatting to about 2 weeks ago… let’s call him “John”…
Against my ever-increasing superficial screening tests of replying to messages, I decided to reply to John’s message as he had an OK profile, with some things in common as myself, but in his only photo on his profile, he didn’t seem attractive and certainly not my type (he’s blonde for one!). Anyway, like I said, we started to chat. It was ok. Nothing Special.
Eventually (after 2 days of ‘radio silence’ from Paul) I decided to give John my mobile number as checking the site for messages was getting boring. He didn’t text me for about 4 days, so I thought he wasn’t interested… then, on Thursday, he text me! I wasn’t too excited as I had a pretty good feeling that I wasn’t going to fancy him anyway, but it was nice to get to know someone new and distract me from Paul.
Then, on Saturday, John invited me out to his local to see a live band! I wasn’t nervous going as, like I’ve said, I thought I wouldn’t fancy him. Oh my god – was I wrong!?!?! He wasn’t as geeky as I usually like them, but I found myself very attracted to him after about 5 or 10 minutes of talking to him – so much so, my hands were shaking when I was lighting my cigarette! He was funny, intelligent, witty and had a great view of the world – I haven’t laughed that much in ages!! But then, about 20 minutes in he says “Did you hear my phone ring?”…
Uh-oh, here we go again… I’ve found someone I find attractive and he’s gonna bail on me isn’t he…
He took the phonecall – it was from Work. He spoke to someone and explained how to fix the problem. “Hopefully they won’t phone back now” he said. ‘Yeah, right’ I thought, ‘Wait the obligitory 30 minutes or so and then take another “call” and have to dash off…’
30 minutes passed and, right enough, another call… he explained again and then hung up. Stomach was knotted and I was dreading those words I’ve never heard, but I am so petrified of hearing “Sorry, but I’ve got to go – see you another time…maybe…”. He turned to me and opened his mouth “Hopefully that’ll do the trick – do you want another drink?” RESULT!!
We spent the night chatting and laughing, listening to the band, laughing at the oldies bustin’ a move on the dancefloor – it was an excellent date
Towards the end of the night, he put his arm around my waist and kissed me. It was very good! He was an excellent kisser, very complimentary to me and he kept grabbing my ass, which is ALWAYS a good thing in my book 
We spent the rest of the date mainly kissing and hugging each other.
At the end of the date, he told me “I want you.” I replied “Yeah, if you say so”. “You don’t realise how much I want you, do you?” he said staring into my eyes, his hands either side of my face. I replied “Yeah, you just want to get laid”. He said “No: I. Want. You.” STOMACH-FLIP MOMENT!! How brilliant did I feel right then? Thank god he’s living with his parents and I’ve got the monthly curse, else I would’ve given in right there and then – and on a first date too!! He asked when he could see me again and I suggested Friday – he agreed.
So, the post-date update:
- He has text me, but it’s been a bit quiet – not as active as last week (maybe he’s busy?)…
- He’s not mentioned Friday yet (although, it is only Monday)…
- He did have quite a few beers (so maybe he feels a little different now he’s sober?)…
- I’ve text him, asking if he fancies going to the cinema one night this week… no response as yet… watch this space!
The Moral of the Story? Give people a chance, no matter if you fancy their profile picture or not – if a person is attractive on the inside, this will shine through. Also, some cute people just take crap photos lol
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Breaking Dawn – contains spoilers!!!
**DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THE FILM OR READ THE BOOKS**
Right. Just got back from the cinema – not been in AGES!! The last film I saw was Thor 3D, which I thought was pretty cool, but lacked substance.
Oh yeah, since when did it take an eternity to show adverts?? I thought Sky One was bad!! Don’t they make enough money on the tickets without the excessive advertising?? Although, I was extremely excited to see a preview of a new Muppets film… Until I realised it was one of those smug Orange adverts, albeit it was pretty entertaining
Anyway, I digress… Love it or loathe it, the Twilight story is a supernatural take on the love stories of old. I am particularly interested in the love triangle that is Edward, Bella and Jacob. Bella obviously loves them both very dearly, but her soulmate is Edward (who, ironically, is the least likely to have a soul if you believe in that soul bollocks – memory and character makes you who you are, not some idea of a soul living within you which floats away when you die, but that’s another rant). She constantly chooses Edward over Jacob every single time. Jacob, like a lovesick puppy (no pun intended) keeps coming back for more and more heartache. I have never met a man who keeps coming back to you after you’ve upset him unless he’s the stalker-type!! How can Jacob be so cool and strong whilst performing these pathetic actions?? If it was two girls in love with one boy and she acted like that, she would be portrayed as a whining, pathetic, psycho-stalker!!
The idea that even a miserable, characterless EMO like Bella can not only pull a fit bloke like Edward, but makes him fall madly, deeply, totally in love with her gives us all hope – although, he’s a vampire… There’s always a catch, eh? Not only does Edward fall for this miserable bugger, but uber-fit werewolf Jacob falls for her charm(less).
Anyway, enough of the Bella-bashing, we all know I’m just ultra jealous cos she has two gorgeous guys loving her and I have – at the last count – zero!!
My main confusion over Breaking Dawn is simple – vampires are essentially dead, right? No heart pumping blood through their veins. No living organism in their body? Not even their hair grows. Am I right? Right. SO… How the hell can Edward get a hard-on, yet alone have living sperm in order to impregnate Bella?? An erection occurs when the blood flows to the penis, making it erect. Sperm is living and produces in the testicles. How the fuck can this happen???
So, this is what my life has come to – confused over how a VAMPIRE can get a human pregnant… I am sitting here annoyed that there isn’t a scientific explanation for how a VAMPIRE got a human pregnant!?!?! I am more than happy to accept that vampires and werewolves exist and that they (excuse me whilst I cringe) *glitter* in the sunshine (the one thing that really disappoints me… Glitter is just too fluffy for vampires – they’re meant to be cool!), but I find it difficult to comprehend how Edward gets a hard on!! What’s wrong with me?? Am I that obsessed with sex? Actually, don’t answer that…
Although, thinking about it, maybe vampires have constant erections…?
Anyone know where I can get me a vampire?!?
Random Facebook Ad of the Day…
Ok – random facebook ad of the day…
“Rich Man Needs a Princess”
Want a man to provide for you? Richmen.com only allows men with 100k+ income.
Click here to join now.
Right. Let’s say, for arguement’s sake, that this site requires a bank statement as PROOF of his earnings meaning that the guys on there are actually rich, I have the following observations…
1. If a guy is earning 100k+, then he must be a total wanker, bore or ugly as sin not to have a girl.
2. If a guy is on a website which attracts women who want a rich man, then they are either a) lying about their income or b) want to meet girls for sex rather than visiting prostitutes.
Am I being a cynic here or are people really that dumb? Personally, I wouldn’t date either type of guy…
