October 2003

I'm here!

October 7, 2003

It's true, I'm here, in New York (or should that be Noo Yawk?). Flight over was fine – hello Simon, Patrik and James! – and although I didn't get my back massage, I did manage to avail myself of the bar facility quite comprehensively. Checked into our small closet at the Milford Plaza, which has […]

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Self-fulfilling prophecy?

October 4, 2003

Keanu Reeves. He was a white van driver who parked his van on my snowy front lawn and, after some months absence (or so it would seem from the expository dialogue), had come back to plight his troth. Very sweet. Certainly I'm impressed at the calibre of celeb in my subconscious this morning. Definitely several […]

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Revolutions – the attack of the spoilers

October 4, 2003

Today I saw my first review with spoilers for Matrix: Revolutions on the screenwriters' message board at Zoetrope (registration required). Or rather, I saw that there was a thread about it, but I didn't enter. V also let me know recently that there are new trailers available from the official Matrix web site, but again […]

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Like the new look?

October 4, 2003

One day soon I'll sort out the banner for this blog so that it's something a bit more interesting. But til then I'm just experimenting with two gutters, which allows me to add more stuff in. I have to say, Blog-City's really very good – they just keep adding little bits of functionality here and […]

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Thunderbirds are go!

October 4, 2003

And, according to Wunderground, it looks like the weather’s going to be reasonable too. Bargain!

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Scraping the bottom of the barrel

October 3, 2003

Jeremey Spake. How much closer to the bottom of the barrel can my subconscious try to get before I get sectioned?

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Escaping

October 3, 2003

I haven't been abroad on holiday since 1990, when I came back from nine months in Australia. The number of holidays I've had since then which don't involve staying at my parents' house can be counted on the fingers of one hand, and most of them coincided with one disaster or another (or several). The […]

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I'm not selling my soul for that – it's worth so much more!

October 2, 2003

Dear Sinner, Suw has had his/her soul valued at ?8365 which means 84% of people have a purer soul than him/her. To find out the current monetary value of your soul go here: www.wewantyoursoul.com I am afraid I must protest! My soul's completely untarnished, apart from a few scratches and a little rust around the […]

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Referrer weirdness abounds

October 2, 2003

As it’s (roughly) the beginning of the month, I reset my blog referrer log today. Search phrases people have used to find CnV today include: Muse Absolution Sam Neill Australian film hummingbird hawk moth Concorde cause of death chocolate dewey decimal system free download full album of Once Upon A Time in Mexico* Welsh language […]

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Celebrity cameo of the night

October 2, 2003

Eddie Izzard, again. I think this might be because I'm going to one of his gigs next week. In New York. I think I may have mentioned this once or twice to one or two people, but to say I'm a little excited is a bit like saying the Pope's getting on a bit. This […]

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Shrub's IQ is contagious

October 1, 2003

An American friend of mine recently bought a new PC online. Towards the end of the buying process she was asked a number of serious questions so that the vendor could comply with US export regulations: 1. Who is the end user of the product you are ordering? 2. What is the intended use of […]

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This morning's celebrity cameo

October 1, 2003

Eddie Izzard. I dreamt I was attempting to break the record for distance travelled in a hot air balloon over land, except I hit a tree and the balloon came down outside some old public* school building. The balloon was owned by Eddie Izzard, who was none too chuffed that I'd holed it. I'll apologise […]

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