No chalk? Fine. I'll draw with a pen. On a cup.

So, it always get to around this time of the year and suddenly I feel the urge to chalk again. I wanted to today, but the rain and a spying security guard prevented me.

I have plans to start chalking again properly on Thursday (wait and see), but until then, I'm leaving messages on other things instead...

Mary Anne, who presents a radio show I work on, is a serial tea waster. This is my way of telling her that she needs to start drinking down to the line before I go on tea strike...

See you on Thursday!

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I chalked my hair because I couldn't chalk at the BBC...

I can't believe it's been 4 months since I last felt the urge to chalk...

I blame working for nearly the whole summer for it, and for the fact that it is wholly unacceptable to chalk on a BBC building. Or at the reception party of someone else's wedding/in the new shop that I work in/on my car.

Do you know where it HAS been okay to chalk though?

In my hair.

Yep.

In my hair...

Look! It's blue and green!

And there's nobody stood waiting to tell me off each time I colour it in! Hoorah!

If only the strands were thick enough for me to leave actually messages on each one...

Today, I would write something about sleeping all day, eating my boyfriend's pizza without him knowing, and how I'm now going to be awake ALL night thinking about it.

(Not because I feel guilty, but because there's only so long you can spend in the land of nod, innit.)

Maybe I'll perk up enough to chalk on something/someone else. My housemate has no hair though (and his girlfriend is staying over tonight), so it kind of rules that one out...

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Tell your friends that you love them...

This blog post goes out to Charlie Mallard, the lady who inspired me to start this blog.

I hope you appreciate my puns...

I'm stickin' with you...

(It's not a stick, but my chalks are too chunky to write on twigs)

Hope it's not too log (sorry) before you feel better again x

 ...and that you begin to see things...

...in a better light...

xxx

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Sefton Park, Liverpool: Best Seat in the House!

So, summer has finally arrived!

And the park near my home is looking completely amazing...

x 100,000 (plus a million)

Best seat in the house!

I could sit in this park all day.

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(Sitting On) The Manchester Ship Canal (with some chalk)

It was sunny in Salford. I couldn't believe my eyes.

I made the most of it by using my lunch break to wander around the Manchester Ship Canal, aided with a piece of chalk...

There's something calming about water...

And when you've spent the last 20 minutes weeping with laughter after watching Kermit the frog singing 'Once in a Lifetime', you know it's time to go outside to calm yourself down...

Come on, though...

It is funny, innit...

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'Group Therapy' and a little bit of chalk...

Today, I visited a new exhibition in Fact, Liverpool, which looks into the relationship between technology, society and mental health...

It was brilliant. 

There was a desk covered in chalk, in an unlit room, inviting people to write out or draw, whatever is on their mind.

I haven't chalked in so long!

And I haven't been to such a cool exhibition in a while either...

If you're in the area, you should check it out.

For info that will explain it way better than I ever could (I've already typed out 3 different versions of what I think happened), head here: 

'Group Therapy: Mental Distress in a Digital Age'

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London, UK: I Love Tuesdays

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