my sunday research - the mini is back in fashion

There's a breeze coming off the ocean and it's most welcome, I have been baking in the confines of my living room for most of the afternoon - I am "coming down" with something.

The cool air is a wonderful, evening, potion and is certainly helping my spirit which is on the wrong side of grumpy. I am very grumpy when I am sick, so this afternoon spent trying to keep it at bay has been extremely frustrating because it's such a lovely day, a day to be out there and not to be cornered in the sauna of my lounge, listening to the new Koop album and watching Fashion Tv on mute.

The fashion industry and it's associated 'value' chain know how to do renewal and the rest of industry can learn a thing or two about how to be eternally glamorous. Here is an industry which unashameably changes colours, cuts, weights and 'the look' every season and we the en vogue populous rush out and ensure that we are 'in.' Our (big-bad-et-al's) best and most pathetic take on renewal is reorganising the deck chairs on the Titanic every 18 months as we embark on a 'new' strategy - nothing glamorous or attractive about that pursuit of 'happiness.'

The mini is back 'in,' again, I never knew it was out of fashion but if that isn't a reason enough to get "better" then I don't know what will spur me on to find my health again.

Being sick is so limiting - I don't want sympathy, I don't want empathy, I just that right concoction of "stuff" that will get rid of it, here's hoping a good night's rest and a hot totty will free me from the realms of Fashion TV.