In which I manage not to throw up on anyone's shoes

November 8, 2005

I was going to open this post with a direct quote from a website that gathers salacious gossip about the stars, but which says about Neil Gaiman nothing more than, and here I paraphrase, “However lovely you think Neil Gaiman is, he's actually lovelier”. Sadly, I can't find the link, so you'll have to take […]

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The trouble with favourites

November 7, 2005

The thing about having favourite things is that you face a dilemma. Either you put your favourite thing somewhere safe so that nothing ever damages it and it can't get lost, or you use it all the time so that you can delight in whatever it is that makes it your favourite particular thing but […]

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I don't want to be a waiter!

November 6, 2005

Some films are easy to sum up in a sentence. I always describe my script as 'Buffy meets Highlander in Reading', which neatly encapsulates the fantasy sword-weilding twisted suburban nature of the story and generally results in people saying 'Aaaah. I seeeee' in that knowing way that means they've never watched Buffy, can't remember Highlander […]

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The only time you'll see me in pink

November 5, 2005

The Financial Times ran a piece today called Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Blog?. It was in their paper and everything. Those famous pink pages. And it quotes me. Wow. It's not every day you get to be in the Financial Times. I've even managed to impress myself on this one.

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Remix Commons

November 1, 2005

(I'm cross-posting this from the new Open Rights Group blog, which doesn't yet get the traffic CnV gets.) Remix Reading, the group dedicated to promoting free culture and Creative Commons locally in the Reading area is expanding into four cities across the UK and establishing a new project, Remix Commons, to bring Creative Commoners together. […]

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Oh, my god! We killed Kenny!

October 30, 2005

Me an' t'other created a tour de force jack o' lantern for Hallowe'en – my first effort, but surely t'will not be my last. Was an absolute scream though. There are some really impressive efforts at Extreme Pumpkins. I wanted to try the kerosene-soaked rag, for effect, but t'other wouldn't let me.

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Damn

October 28, 2005

There goes my early night. Ah the joys of Calea…

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You leave my lap out of this

October 28, 2005

No one proof read this ad, did they?

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Chihuly at Kew by night

October 28, 2005

So, last Sunday evening me an' t'other went to Kew to see the glass by Dale Chihuly. Due to a fuck-up with the underground, it took us a lot longer to get there than we'd anticipated, but it was well worth it. Chihuly's glass is amazing. Just amazing. I had a hard time knowing quite […]

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So much to blog… so little energy to blog with

October 28, 2005

Friday night. The rest of the world is probably out on the lash, but I'd rather curl up on a sofa somewhere and chill. No sofa there though. Dammit. Got away lightly with the jetlag, I think. It got lost in the general feelings of exhaustion. Not helped by to few early nights and too […]

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Tamizdat

October 26, 2005

More for my own benefit than anything, a link to Tamizdat, a website selling music from central and eastern Europe, including Poland. Hoping it will become a source of good Polish music, once I get the time to sit down and look through it.

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Conversation after recording a new Movie Show

October 24, 2005

Cameron: I'm listening to the show. you make me laugh Suw: glad i make someone laugh. although, weirdly, i listen back to the show and somehow make myself laugh, even though i know what i said. Cameron: I'm sure there a psychiatric condition for someone who laughs at themselves Suw: narhahassicism?

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Pre-flight checks

October 22, 2005

iPod – check Laptop – check Earphones – check With remote control – check Episodes of Lost for flight – check Last few American dollars – check Book: The Singularity Is Near – check A few quid to get me from LHR to Paddington – check Someone really cute to meet me at Paddington and […]

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Vilest-sounding cocktail ever

October 21, 2005

From the cocktail menu at a restaurant called 718, in Astoria, New York: Kevin Martini: Stoli vodka, olive juice, olives with blue cheese Frankly, that sounds quite disgusting.

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New toys!

October 21, 2005

I succumbed to the lure of New York today and ended up having a day buying stuff. Took a trip to the Apple store and got myself new earplugs (with remote), and an iTalk that turns my iPod into a dictaphone. Been wanting one of those for ages. As it happened, I was wearing my […]

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