Hello. My name is Sarah and I am a doodle addict. There, I’ve said it. Phew! There isn’t a support group for doodlers but there really should be. It is an addiction, a compulsion that is beyond my control (though it’s not as embarrassing as the mild OCD which compels me to repeatedly check I’ve locked the front door, much to the bemusement of my neighbours. “She’s checking the door again, Stuart. She only locked it ten seconds ago.” “She’s mental, poor thing.”) Be warned – if you leave a piece of paper near me, you may get it back covered in meaningless scrawls, scribbles and sketches. I’m sorry. If it’s any consolation, most of it will be in pencil (pens don’t last long around here as several other members of staff belong to kleptomaniacs anonymous) so if I’ve drawn penguins, octopi and whales all over your report, at least it’s
Posted on: 5th December 2011
Does anyone else remember Smash Hits magazine? As a pre-teen did you pounce on the Top 20 song lyrics therein, desperate to memorise them? I hope it wasn’t just me. I’m still fascinated by song lyrics today. There are those that tell a story, like Rod Stewart’s ‘Maggie May’ and those that are wonderfully absurd, like The Beatles’ ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’.