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While I was out today I came across a copy of The Little Book of Calm for a dollar and had to buy it. Some of you may be familiar with it from the first episode of Black Books. Some of the advice is pretty funny so I thought I'd share some with you. 1. Invest in a Fruit Bowl: The more beautiful your fruit bowl, the better stocked it is, the less likely you are to turn to stress- enhancing snack foods. Eat more fruit and you'll feel more relaxed - it's as sweet as that. 2. Admit you feel Calm: If you want to trick your subconscious into helping you feel calm, simply repeat: 'Every moment I feel calmer and calmer.' 3. Pretend you're Huma

Greetings people of Earth and welcome to my first journal entry since the middle of the year. Rejoice! Nothing of great importance has happened but I figured the since it's coming to the end of the year and I have nothing better to do with my time I may as well write something. Christmas was all right. Nothing particularly exciting happened, though the mood was somewhat dampened by a visit to my grandfather in hospital who is currently dying from cancer. I also managed to reduce my grandmother to tears with my sheer beauty and grown up appearance. I think it was because I was wearing a dress for once in my life. She did mention her medicati

I finally got to go see the Avengers! Hooray!!!! Weeks of hints and a whole day of vehemently denying it when my mum asked if I had work to do finally paid off. Of course I do have school work to do and I'll probably regret going tomorrow, but the next day that I am completely work free is about six weeks away. Anyway, I loved it and I loved Loki and Thor, and just everything about it. We just slightly awkward when a certain unblinking music teacher decided to turn up with his son just after my sister and I sat down.