The Bit in Between

Archive for the ‘People’ Category

Proust Questionnaire

Posted by: Drake on: October 7, 2008

What is your idea of perfect happiness? Debt free, a modest but comfortable home, health, happiness and the love of my husband, good friends and family
What is your greatest fear? A long and painful death
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? Impatience.
What is the trait you most deplore in others? Envy.
What is your [...]

The Power of One

Posted by: Drake on: July 3, 2008

Usually the statement “The Power of One” is a positive, but lately I’ve been experiencing the rather negative side of that rally cry. The power of one has kept great creative ideas from leaving the agency where I work due to clients’ lack of courage combined with a frightening amount of ignorance. They ask for [...]

Too old for some things

Posted by: Drake on: April 11, 2008

Sharing your living space with anyone other than your hubby, boyfriend or kids when you’re almost 40 is just a bad idea. There’s a certain level of tolerance that just isn’t there for the dirty floors, un-emptied garbage bins and week old take out boxes left by people who do not share your last name [...]

A bit of how’s ya father…

Posted by: Drake on: March 19, 2008

I’ve just finished reading this article in the New York Times about Eliot Spitzer’s fall from grace

 
It made me think of certain people and laugh. While I’m a great believer in monogamy and fidelity, it always amuses me when we humans forget we are, too, animals. We intellectualise and romanticise our entire raison d’etre, in [...]

Hold up! Rewind…

Posted by: Drake on: January 23, 2008

Let’s revisit this whole Tom Cruise mess. And his peeps can holla’ back all they want cuz freedom of this press is alive and well, yes?
Ok. I’m a firm believer in freedom. Freedom of speech, expression, the right to practice your religion of choice, the right to peacefully demonstrate, privacy, etc. For all these things [...]

Cruise vs O’Connell

Posted by: Drake on: January 22, 2008

Yup it’s official… Tom Cruise is insane. I’m grateful for his lil’ video that helps prove this. I’m even more grateful for Jerry O’Connell who has gone from “the fat kid” in Stand By Me to this brilliant send up of the insane Cruise.

Sam’s the Man

Posted by: Drake on: January 16, 2008

I have a crush on Sam Elliott. I used to have a crush on John Malkovich but I’ve dumped him for Sam. I’m not much for long hair, especially on old men but Sam pulls it off. Go ahead. Disagree with me. I dare you.

Of Art and Ignorance

Posted by: Drake on: January 12, 2008

I managed to avoid Oxford and Regent Streets today but did end up braving throngs of annoying tourists on Piccadilly. The experience was just about bearable and the Tall Man and I ducked into the Royal Academy of Arts to have a quick browse.
So… I’m grateful for free entry to museums in the UK but [...]

Give thanks

Posted by: Drake on: January 11, 2008

I woke up this morning and the sun was out in all it’s glory, well as glorious as it could be in London. I lay there in bed looking through the window at this perfect blue sky and it occurred to me how lucky I am. For the most part my dreams have come true [...]