New blog post about Scents of Time perfumes, and a rant against animal testing: http://www.alex-bell.co.uk/scents-of-time/

New blog post - on Blithe Spirit and Sexy Rexy: http://www.alex-bell.co.uk/blithe-spirit/

New blog post on the Golly party and the Havant Literary Festival: http://www.alex-bell.co.uk/parties-and-panels/

New blog post about the trials and tribulations of professional writing: http://www.alex-bell.co.uk/humility-versus-arrogance/

Sure, sure, no one believes me. But here I present the evidence:

In the last two months I have inexplicably lost:

• 1. My stripy Jane Norman gloves
• 2. My Jack Skellington ring I got in California Disney
• 3. My dangly oriental earrings
• 4. My solid silver dragon earcuff that my parents gave me to celebrate my YA deal.
• 5. The magnet that sticks the remote onto the side of my ipod player.

These things have just vanished into thin air.

The following things have broken:

• 1. My clock
• 2. My watch
• 3. My car
• 4. My car's CD player

In addition, the guy at the hair salon frazzled my hair with this chemical permanent straightening thing.

And my bonsai tree is dead.

When will the evil invisible pixie stop pinching/breaking my stuff and tormenting me? When????

The talented Mr Devereux has set up an LJ Feed for me. I have a severely limited understanding of what this actually is but I think if you go to this link http://syndicated.livejournal.com/alex_bell_blog/ and add the feed as a friend then you will be able to see entries from my blog on your friends page - which would be wonderful for you because then you would get to read all of the Wisdom I impart on an almost daily basis (and look at the creepy & cool photos I've put up there).

In other news, I saw a headline on MSN this morning that, for an extremely exciting moment, I thought read - "Woman Gives Birth To Octopus".  But it actually read Octuplets. And the fantastically weird image faded away leaving me feeling quite disappointed.