Scribbles not Outlines 3 plus blogging about blogging

My cable package now includes the FX channel which is about to show the new seasons of Dexter and NCIS. Woo-hoo! Further on the trashy tv tip, We watched the first episode of Dirty, Sexy Money last night. It looks good and will probably fall into the category of “T.V I talk to my Mum [...]

Meme: Things better left unsaid.

Saw this on Ali’s blog and it resonated with a few things I’ve been thinking about lately. My list seems rather negative, but then I find positive things are easier to say. 1) I never realised until recently what it must have taken you to write that letter. I was the stupid one, not you, [...]

Outlines Review: White Girl 10/03/08 BBC2

White Girl begins with the desperate move of a mother and her three children to an Asian area of Bradford in order to escape her violent husband. Leah (an outstanding performance by Holly Kenny), 11 years old and the eldest child is the titular white girl. Her mum is an alcoholic and she bears much [...]

Scribbles not Outlines 2

It’s all about hair… Um Outlines came to visit and of course we went shopping. While wandering around a posh department store, we spotted a threading booth. I have never had any threading done but I’d heard it’s good. Plus, my eyebrows were so unruly, they were on the verge of being slapped with an [...]

Where the Muslimahs are

They’re shopping in Primark. I was in there on Saturday and there were dozens of us. Where I lived before, there was a small but diverse Muslim community. Walking about the city centre, you would see a few sisters in hijab, but no more then that. I’m now living in a city with a sizeable [...]

Scribbles not Outlines 1

A weekly (or whenever I feel like it) miscellany: Mouth ulcers are really, really sore. I had two last week. There is just no need to experience that much discomfort in your mouth. After hearing so much fuss, I’ve rented the first season of The Wire. I’ll let you know if it’s any good or [...]