I am Pepper.....

I am Laura Pepper, and this is my Blog about living in San Francisco, and other stuff - daily stuff. I moved here in July 2012. Sometimes, screaming isnt enough. Joyful screaming or just damn out-right 'what the hell?' kind of screaming..

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Being chased

Every time I watch an episode of The Walking Dead, I have bad dreams.

Last night I was being chased. But not in a nice way like this lady here is experiencing...

More sinister chasing...





Yes. Its not nice.


Sunday, March 17, 2013

Best Neighbors?

I was chatting to my friend Brian the other day about the TV series 'Justified' which I am slightly obsessed with. It ended up with us agreeing that both his wife Jen and myself would love U.S Marshall Raylan Givens to live next door.

Good god, how amazing would this be I ask? VERY. is the answer.

Raylan, not only looks good with his shirt off, but he is good at shooting baddies. I quite like that.

Having said that, I am also a big fan of the shows main baddie, Boyd Crowder. He is really naughty but I quite like this too.

So, I am thinking I'd like Raylan to be one of my neighbors, and Boyd to be the other. Not much to ask, but having them around gathering their post, washing their cars, popping in to borrow sugar or fixing my plumbing - it would really cheer the place up. I can see it now. The three of us drinking  beer, with me wearing Raylans hat, oh how we laugh about it all.

Yes, Good times.

Raylan.....





Boyd.....






I'd best go sort out my laundry.


Sunday, March 10, 2013

I can see you

I had new lenses put into my glasses this week. Its been a revelation. I can see.

I realised that its been about 2 years since my last eye test, and its no wonder my eyes are so tired.....the eye doctor explained that I had totally the wrong prescription, and one of the lenses was even tinted green!!! Bloody pikey optometrist back in Bristol had totally f'd me over!

So I can now see, and its pretty cool.

 I thought I might try and get some new frames. Nothing hipster, but something a little bit fun maybe without going 'crazy cat lady', or too 'Sue Pollard' (I once saw her in a hotel bathroom, and she pee'd in the cubicle next to mine while her poor assistant waited outside listening to her pee trickle and her constant chattering about how she 'wasnt going to put up with it' - whatever 'it' was).




Anyway, I went into an opticians in my home town of Burlingame and asked for some help picking out some frames. The helpful lady picked me quite a few, and they were all nice, until I saw that the prices ranged from $550 to over $1000. I dont think so.

Its off to Costco for me I think!  Lets see what look I come out with!!











Now these pictures aren't blurred, they're even funnier ;)


Saturday, March 9, 2013

Lol, like, totally.

I hate the over use of 'Lol'.

In fact I hate its use at all. There is absolutely no need for it. Some poor souls even use it by accident meaning 'Lots of Love'. They maybe use it when consoling someone who's had bad news, and that person thinks they are 'Laughing Out Loud'.
Bad Times.

One of the main reasons I hate it is because its lazy. The person using it is lazy. They are not even laughing out loud. In fact its probably quite the opposite. Its reached the point where I actually find it rude. The person might as well say "I have nothing to say because I've paid no attention to what you've just said, so I am going to fill my reply with anything to make me seem interested"

Although, is the over use of the word 'Like' even worse? I cant decide.

Its a tough one because they are both unnecessary, annoying and make me want to SCREAM.

One thing I do know is that I do not use 'Lol' ever. But, the word 'Like' is creeping into my sentences having lived in California for 8 months. I hear people at work use it, and my friends too, and even out walking in downtown today I heard it A LOT.
I am making a conscious effort to not do it. I even stop my sentences mid way to correct myself. Its hard but I am going to irradiate it from my vocabulary.

To get over my anger at this, I googled some things ...they made me laugh......







Have a nice weekend everyone!
Peps.