Antiques

OK, I have relaunched my budding antique business, as I have a reasonable amount of knowledge and need to raise a little cash. Never averse to being an entrepreneur!

So, it's the old turn £5 into £100 again... been done once when I was little and now about to be done more.

My eBay account is:
http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/thneedtrader/
go have a look, see if there is anything you fancy. Not many antiques up at the moment, but some nice little Alfred Meakin pieces and there will be more to come.

If you want to know the origin of the name "thneedtrader" you clearly haven't read Doctor Seuss - http://www.seussville.com/

4 pieces of my art

Go to this site

http://www.cremeegg.co.uk

Watch It!!

Vodafone Cartwheel advert



I saw this when I was at BBH, the day it was released. I loved it then and I loved it now.

Watch It!

Books and Words

The Christmas holidays are always a chance to catch up on some books I've been meaning to read, and to read some books I thought I'd hate. They are also a great time to play scrabble on facebook (and before you declare me sad, I got the word oedipean the other day, and in the world of scrabble that makes me cooooool) and with the family. In fact, boardgames of any description (Capitalist mother slaghtering me at monopoly because she always lost as a kid, and hysterical father trying to explain just "who's in the bag") dominate at christmas, and I'm brave enough to admit to LOVING them. Hehe. So I thought that perhaps I ought to do a little book review of some of my favourite books of all time - just for fun really! One a day for a week is my aim!

The books are in no particular order!

Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini

I'm young. I've seen lots of my world and I'd never go so far as to say I'm unexperienced. I put concious effort into making myself see more, do more and feel more than I have before. And this book did just that. It made me cry - nay, it made me sob. Its a heartwrenching book of redemption and regret, painting a picture of torn-apart Afganistan, bloody horror and all.

It broke my heart. For a few days after reading it I had an aching feeling deep inside me, and was on the brink of tears. Never, I repeat, never, has a book upset me so deeply and profoundly.

Only read it if you're mentally prepared!

A poem I found years ago...

Don't Stand at My Grave and Cry

Do not stand at my grave and weep

I am not there
I do not sleep

I am a thousand winds that blow
I am the diamond glints on snow

I am the sunlight on ripened grain
I am the gentle Autumn rain

When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush of quiet birds

In circled flight
I am the soft stars that shine at night

Do not stand at my grave and cry

I am not there
I did not die

A few things I've been collecting these few weeks

Hmm... well I've been a bit slow getting around to putting all the images I've collected up on here, but at least I got around to it in the end.

Here are a few adverts mainly that I have found and enjoyed, and why I think they're soo good. Ohh, and I brought a couple of books, one of which is all about guerrilla advertising and which I really enjoyed. Its soo funky! OK, here goes.

This one is for a car, as you can tell, and I didn't have time to note which type (prob not that successful an advert then, oops) because I was collecting my sister from a week spent on a boat. That said, it caught my eye because it was the sort of thing I'm always saying, and was good enough to make me stop and photo it - its just nice and funny, and shows a good knowledge of their target audience and where they have put the advert.

This is an old retro advert from my uni bar, and I only studied it closely recently! This led me to the conclusion that any advert using the phrases "Trans-Coronal Plosions" and "Flugent Strobo-luminescence" are brilliant brilliant brilliant. That said tho, I do love words.

I'm not sure if this can be seen all that well, but here is a nice creative dove advert, for anti-perspirant. You have to reach up to touch it and show of you beautiful underarms. Not sure anyone will actually do it, but the point is gotten across!