"i see you've made an effort tonight sam,

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is it because of what clint said to you last weekend?" is what phil said to me on saturday night. well actually yes i had 'made an effort' i guess although it wasn't a conscious thing, well not really. i just felt that way, after a few weeks licking my wounds from my past relationship.... ok ok there wasn't much wound licking..... well none at all, but you still have a period of not putting yourself out there dont you? so yeh i felt damn good on saturday night i even shaved my armpits FUCK YEH! anyway don't get too excited dear readers cos i'll be back in layers of clothes very soon hehehe.

had the morning off work this morning and instead of being sensible and dossing round the house for a few hours i decided that it would be a good time to do some xmas shopping URGH! now i don't like xmas, i celebrate the winter solstice and it's lovely to see family and friends around yule, eat some good food, drink some nice wine but i HATE all this buying stuff. it wouldn't be so bad if there was actually decent things in the shops to buy but it's all just CRAP! and as i have been really slack (again) and haven't got it together to make lots of groovy presents i have to buy some stuff. so i have 1 son, 2 brothers, 2 nephews, 2 nieces, 4 friends kids and about 7 adults that i usually buy for. today i managed a grand total of 1 present! everything in the shops is rubbish. any ideas folks?

xxx

Comments

Clint Iguana said…
http://www.activedistribution.org/ (anarcho punk books and CD distro)

http://akuk.com/ (AK Press, UKs leading anarchist bookshop and publisher)

http://www.housmans.com/ (radical bookshop)

http://www.bookmarks.uk.com/ (UKs best socialist bookshop)

http://www.getethical.com/ (all sorts of ethical stuff)

http://www.ethical-junction.org/index.html (loads of links to on line ethical shops)

http://www.vegetarian-shoes.co.uk/ (meat free feet treats)

http://www.veganvillage.co.uk/ (vegan stuff with loads of links to other vegan types)

http://www.newconsumershop.org/shop/ (ethical consumer magazine online shop)

http://shop.newint.org/uk/ (new internationalist shop)

http://www.cat.org.uk/shopping/searchx.tmpl (centre for alternative technology)

http://www.surefish.co.uk/ethical_living/shopping/index.htm (guide to ethical shopping)

http://www.nosweat.org.uk/product (anti sweat shop clothing)

http://www.fairdos.com/ (Cardiff fair-trade shop)

http://www.ptree.co.uk/ (fair trade clothing)

http://www.traidcraft.co.uk/ (fair trade stuff)

http://www.oneworldshop.co.uk/ (more fair trade stuff)

http://www.onevillage.org/ (fair trade household stuff)

http://www.philosophyfootball.com/ (t-shirts)

http://www.ethicalshopper.co.uk/ (fair-trade grub)

http://www.naturalcollection.com/ (huge range of ethical stuff)

http://www.ethicalonestopshop.com (mostly household stuff)

http://www.tumi.co.uk/ (Latin American jewellery)

http://www.plutobooks.com/ (independent progressive publisher)

http://zedbooks.co.uk/ (international independent progressive publisher)

http://www.redpepper.org.uk/books.html (books from red pepper magazine)

http://www.greenbooks.co.uk/ (books on.. erm… green issues)

http://www.versobooks.com/ (books with a critical edge)



and not strictly radical or ethical, but independent but possibly the best online CD site in the world https://www.freakemporium.com/



many of the above will have links for you to surf, so you can do all your shopping without leaving the house and burning up all that petrol.
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Sam Van Dweller said…
yeh yeh clever clogs i know of most of these sites. just because something is 'ethical' doesn't mean its not crap and show me one that does presents for under a fiver (i'm trying to save up for a van here you know!) and not anarchist books, my nan doesn't read them. oxfam unwrapped presents are good too BTW x
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