I saw this over at Carla Sonheim's blog and it made me smile, so I tried it. The idea is to type "unfortunately" followed by your name into Google and see what comes up. I'm superstitious enough to exclude any doom-laden results, and fussy enough to exclude any where the next word is a surname.

Unfortunately Kelly was unable to reveal a secret she did not know, and the stock of the magical powder was nearly exhausted.

Unfortunately Kelly then suffered a knee injury which kept her out of major competition until 2000.

Unfortunately, Kelly's career ended soon after (s)he became famous.

Unfortunately, Kelly announced it was her last song

Unfortunately, Kelly says, she didn't get to do what she "sought" out to do: to show us the real Kelly.

Unfortunately, Kelly's strategies are inherently flawed

Unfortunately, Kelly's research is less than complete and (s)he contradicts (her)self constantly

Unfortunately, Kelly didn't err with caution

Um, I starting to feel there is truth in memes, so will wind this up. I want to rearrange them into a story!

Now, I know you're not telling me you're sick of journal backgrounds. Although it is time I shared some journalled pages too. These pages are in two of the three journals I posted a couple of days ago.

So what's on my mind, wanting to spill out onto the page?

• questions and questioning, after reading Gwen Bell's post on the topic (and seriously, do the Chuck Norris thing)
• popular culture - what do I love and seek out, and what am I not into?
• the changes I am making in my life, seeking to live better and record the journey
• my creative journey, looking back and checking out the map
• thoughts on the Mike Dooley talk last week
• and inevitably, after that talk, a little reflection on what I want from life 

I was going to share instax mini pics from Greenwich Park today, but I really couldn't be bothered to get out the scanner and find the cable blah blah blah. Sorry. Instead, I have all kinds of journal backgrounds to share. I was feeling really blocked creatively by the time I finished my course, so I knew I had to play/create. I haven't been in a journalling place, but I thought if I played around with a bunch of backgrounds it would get the mojo flowing again. These are from three different journals.

Edited to say: these are taking a really long time to upload tonight. I'm going to leave you with these for, all in my lug around Moleskine. Just a mixture of messy paint (acrylic and watercolour too I think) and magazine cutouts and quotes that grabbed me. It was very interesting the other day when I went to hear Mike Dooley speak (notes from the universe, infinite possibilities, etc.) and realised that this journal which I brought along to write notes in was actually full of very appropriate quotes already. Everything seems to flow together when you're on your true path.