Month: March 2003

LemonJelly
The joys of a fast connection (modem users: you have been warned)

Enjoy the sumptuousness that is the new LemonJelly website.

Lockets Advert
Someone should tell them I think. I would, but I’ve not seen the offending advert, but it has certainly raised the hackles of Alex and Vodkabird.

Update @ 14:14: Meg doesn’t like it either (pointed out by Lyle)

Speechless

Moroccan heavy metal fans jailed.

Fame spotting
Weedavid spotted Robbie Coltrane in his local Halfords and reminded me of my frequent glimpses of (semi) famous people. I am lucky that I can always remember a face, if not a name, so I can tell when I spot “that Scottish guy who was in Taggart once, and I think he was in Braveheart, and some other Hollywood movie.. er.. Titanic… yeah he was on the deck when they hit the iceberg… ohhh wotsisname…“.

And every time I am in London I see someone, Colin Jackson, Jennifer Saunders, Lynda Bellingham (in our previous hometown of Aylesbury no less), various other people ‘off the telly’.

One thing I’ve never done is ask for their autograph. Then again I’m not a huge fan of any of them (unlike when my best mate stood next to Michael Jordan and didn’t really realise who he was – aagh!)

So, have you had any brushes with the famous? Did you badger them (in a non-Ron Davies way) for an autograph?

Monkeybombing
The scanner I purchased last weekend has necessitated a bit of re-work of the ‘office’ at home. Namely shifting the 400 odd videos, and the bookshelf they call home, into the attic. Well originally I was just had to move the bookshelf to get access to the powerpoints behind it, but as ever, the simple plan mushroomed into a complete re-work of the room.

Does anyone else suffer from this self-exploding planning syndrome? The simplest ideas turn themselves into jobs that take 3 or 4 nights to complete.

For example, since moving in we have not done a thing with the bedroom other than slap a bit of cheap Magnolia paint on the walls (to cover a hideous white and royal blue swirly paint effect). So we decided to paint it and put a couple of pictures up. Simple enough.

Now we are painting, adding coving, building a floor to ceiling headboard, installing new bedside lights, and shuffling the furniture around to fit in a wardrobe.

There must be a cure!

GRRRRRR
Galactic Toss Monkeys.

Revenge WILL be mine! Watch out Lyle, I’m comin’ ta getch ya! Pop a cap in yo ass!!

Ohh OK, probably not…