My Life in Words

The Peacock & Gamble Podcast - [Day 5]

Posted by Carla Boyd on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 In : 100 Happy Days 
I'm tired to the point of my eyes tearing up but I'm determined to not miss a day of the #100HappyDays challenge! But today will be a short one...

I had a thought about what made me happy today and I realised there is one thing that has continuously brought a smile to my face for years now. First, the Ray Peacock podcast, and then the Peacock and Gamble podcast! While neither podcasts are still being made, I have been listening to them over and over again these past few years and they never fa...
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It's the little things... - [Day 4]

Posted by Carla Boyd on Tuesday, September 23, 2014 In : 100 Happy Days 
Tuesdays are genuinely my least favourite day of the week. Monday tends to go by rather quickly due to catching up with the weekend, Wednesday is hump day, Thursday is almost Friday, and, well, Friday is almost the weekend. Tuesday, however, is that awkward day in between. 

So today, it was a bit more difficult to think of a moment that made me happy. Of course there was one, and if I thought about it more thoroughly, there was probably multiple. However, I've picked one for the purpose of my ...
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Mama Mia: Yorkshire kid telling his Mother he's arrived - [Day 3]

Posted by Carla Boyd on Monday, September 22, 2014 In : 100 Happy Days 
So it was my first day at work during this #100HappyDays challenge and it's definitely a bit more difficult to be happy when you're stuck at work all day... 

Fortunately, what happens when you have to concentrate on what makes you happy is that you realise what you've really got. Every day, work is made much happier if you have great colleagues and while there are many people at my office that I like, there are two special weirdos that I've befriended recently. They have become outside-of-work...
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There's no one in the world like Emily - [Day 2]

Posted by Carla Boyd on Sunday, September 21, 2014 In : 100 Happy Days 
So it's day 2 of my #100HappyDays challenge and I've had a pretty good day. It's funny - when you know you have to write about something you were happy about, you start realising all the little things that make you happy. 

Still, there was one clear highlight today and that was when my little niece recognised me on webcam during a Skype talk with my brother and said "Hallo Carla". 

When Emily was first born, I was adamant that I wanted to be an important part of her life. Unfortunately time mov...
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Clap along if you know what happiness is to you - [Day 1]

Posted by Carla Boyd on Saturday, September 20, 2014 In : 100 Happy Days 
Recently, I've been doing a lot of thinking about my life and what I want for myself. My life isn't perfect. I'm not perfect. But the more time I spent thinking about things, the more I realised that I'm actually quite happy. I know what I want and I'm working towards my goals. I have a supportive family, amazing friends in different parts of the world, and my very own space in one of the most exciting cities in the world!

Still, while I know all this, sometimes I need a bit of reminding. That...
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It's a very difficult era in which to be a person

Posted by Carla Boyd on Tuesday, June 10, 2014 In : Movies 

I read a book recently called Gone Girl. Actually found out after I finished reading it that they're making it into a movie and I'm quite excited to watch it. It's a book about a man whose wife goes missing and he gets suspected of murdering her. The book comes in three parts, explaining different phases of before, during, and after. I won't go into more details because I feel that would ruin it and I'm pleased to see that the trailer avoids any spoilers as well. I find nothing worse than a m...


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We get along for the most part, me and reality

Posted by Carla Boyd on Sunday, June 1, 2014 In : Music-related blogs 
We get along for the most part
Me and reality, the light and the dark
We live alone, two different worlds
Me in a fantasy, you in your memories
But we get along

I can't believe it's been almost a year since I've last written on here. Last year, there was a time where I had nothing much to say. There was a lot of job hunting, interviews, call backs, and disappointment when things didn't work out.

Finally, in September last year, after the latest very promising second interview for a job I ultimately...

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I can't really explain it. I haven't got the words.

Posted by Carla Boyd on Wednesday, June 5, 2013 In : Musical Review 
It's a feeling that you can't control.
I suppose it's like forgetting, losing who you are,
And at the same time something makes you whole.
(...) 
It's like when you've been crying
And you're empty and you're full.
I don't know what it is, it's hard to tell.

With my mum being an opera singer and my dad part of my hometown's symphony orchestra, I pretty much grew up in the theatre. It fuelled my own desire to be on stage so when I was a teenager I took part in my school's performances of Les Miserable...

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Something's lost but something's gained in living every day.

Posted by Carla Boyd on Saturday, April 6, 2013 In : Music-related blogs 

I've looked at life from both sides now
From up and down and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall.
I really don't know life at all.


I’ve tried very hard recently. Very hard. But I can’t seem to figure it out. What’s the point? And I don’t mean this in a dismissive, rhetoric question kind of way, but genuinely. What is the point. Of life. Of existing. Of me. This may sound depressing. It’s not meant to be. Just currently I’m still at the ‘in between’ phase. I haven’...


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I really like Christmas. It's sentimental, I know...

Posted by Carla Boyd on Friday, December 28, 2012 In : Music-related blogs 

And yes, I have all of the usual objections to consumerism, the commercialisation of an ancient religion to the westernisation of a dead Palestinian press-ganged into selling Playstations and beer. But I still really like it.

So it's been a while since I last wrote a post as I've been working 7 days a week and not had the time to post on here. But now with the holidays over, I thought I'd take a moment to write about what has been going on.

After weeks of...


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