http://blogs.spokenword.ac.uk/rachaelsimpson Individual Blog MAMJ Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:58:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have moved! www.rachaelcarmensimpson.wordpress.com http://blogs.spokenword.ac.uk/rachaelsimpson/2010/02/20/blog-relocation/ I spend a lot of time on social networks. I'm on facebook A LOT. Its not all mindless quizzes, I've spent some time abroad and like to keep up with my friends in different times zones, also I have a lot of ambitious friends who have moved abroad for work ... http://blogs.spokenword.ac.uk/rachaelsimpson/2009/12/06/social-networks/ So my friend is on facebook and says, this is an email I sent myself last year. And I read it and woah! it really is an email she sent her self a year ago, extremely personal but a year on she's dealt with or been open about its contents ... http://blogs.spokenword.ac.uk/rachaelsimpson/2009/12/06/future-me/ I started this in January. These kinds of memes are a blogging phenomenon so I thought I'd put this up. Feel free to start your own1 The Mission: Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days. The Criteria: Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that ... http://blogs.spokenword.ac.uk/rachaelsimpson/2009/11/20/101-things-in-1001-days/ Ever wanted to be a spaceman? I have. In fact every time I watch a science fiction film or TV show I think, 'I'd totally get into that TARDIS.' I would most definitely, if given the chance, go into space and I'm still vaguely hopeful, one day it might happen.  ... http://blogs.spokenword.ac.uk/rachaelsimpson/2009/11/17/life-on-mars/ On Saturday 7th November I went to the Love Carlisle firework show in Bitts Park. The Love theme was chosen as part of Carlisle's bid to become city of culture which will be awarded in 2013, a UK version of the European Capital of Culture, which was awarded to ... http://blogs.spokenword.ac.uk/rachaelsimpson/2009/11/12/love-carlisle-firework-show-2009/ This weeks news story... DO you have a passion for fashion? Are you keen for green creations? Then come along to the Magpie Eco Fashion Show, happening this St. Andrews day in Govan. The event will be run by Glasgow charity, Starter Packs, who are dedicated to sourcing household goods for previously ... http://blogs.spokenword.ac.uk/rachaelsimpson/2009/11/09/magpie-eco-fashion-show-in-govan/ A short photostory of making my halloween costume just for fun - I uploaded the clip to youtube so I could post it here.  Unfortunately my computer doesn't recognise my music so I used a piece which came with photoshop. I was one of the Baobhan Sith... [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8Lf0AIFRFE[/youtube] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ... http://blogs.spokenword.ac.uk/rachaelsimpson/2009/11/09/halloween-costume-photostory/ Just caught the end of Stepford Wives and it got me thinking about how womens roles have changed in the last 40 years. Well I think about it quite often but specifically women and their careers. Stepford Wives came out in 1972, a time when feminism was beginning to explode ... http://blogs.spokenword.ac.uk/rachaelsimpson/2009/11/03/women-at-work/ Looking for a flat in central Govan, with a mysterious past and some character adding fire damage? Then perhaps the Scottish National Theatre’s Allotment is the place for you. A disused shopping unit was the unlikely scene for an interactive arts, music and theatre event last Friday. Govan’s community projects helped ... http://blogs.spokenword.ac.uk/rachaelsimpson/2009/10/30/theatre-at-home-in-govan/