On Friday night i really wished i'd taken shots of just dan webster doing his solo thing at milans too, but i kinda got distracted with the performance, brilliant. an hour or so later he was playing in the iron duke with his/the band tigerbomb
i'm not about to start reviewing bands and such, its quite common knowledge that my musical tastes are a little naff, but for what its worth, dan webster is brilliant. tiger bomb too(..i thought it was 'balm'...) enjoyable.By that time the beer (&) was taking hold of my head and i stepped outside and started talking good humoured history, irony and politics with some beefy looking american lads, who may (or may not) have been soldiers stationed up at the base which may (or may not) exist. i think (maybe) i overstepped a boundary at some point...
All the various elements to the weekend which started on thursday night really, all very very good. i may elaborate on that at some point [edit] , as the observations occur, but for now i tired... and need some sleep. new things-a-happening tomorrow, new views from buses and trains to shoot on my way from here to then.
or something.
pip pip.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Sunday, March 30, 2008
a silly wee poem thati did write. 0400hrs saturday.
Let me try to explain,
It is NOT about being vain.
It is for the sake of lost loves,
That I wear my black leather gloves.
And, as a result, my touch can seem
Distant, remote, naïve and green.
It is NOT about being vain.
It is for the sake of lost loves,
That I wear my black leather gloves.
And, as a result, my touch can seem
Distant, remote, naïve and green.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
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Friday:
So... last night, having moved the old telly that was taking up space in the hall into my nest and connected it to the xbox, I set about snugging myself down to watch and fall asleep to star wars II.
At 2345hrs, my clever pda phone cam thingymajig beeped to remind me it was quarter to spring o'clock. Brilliant! Winter is done with, good riddance to it. Happy easterspring o'clock, I guess... it's nearly the return of BST too, only a week or so until some of the clocks and watches in Chambers are right again. The oversized clock that hangs on my nest wall claims it is two and a half minutes past 2, it is apparently right twice a day, but I have never observed it to be correct so I can't be sure.
So... last night, having moved the old telly that was taking up space in the hall into my nest and connected it to the xbox, I set about snugging myself down to watch and fall asleep to star wars II.
At 2345hrs, my clever pda phone cam thingymajig beeped to remind me it was quarter to spring o'clock. Brilliant! Winter is done with, good riddance to it. Happy easterspring o'clock, I guess... it's nearly the return of BST too, only a week or so until some of the clocks and watches in Chambers are right again. The oversized clock that hangs on my nest wall claims it is two and a half minutes past 2, it is apparently right twice a day, but I have never observed it to be correct so I can't be sure.
Have a banana.
Saturday
Moo and I walked to the shopping park just out of town to buy swimming cozzies. She got a sweet three piece bikini thing. I got the standard long boxer shorts type. My belly blubber is a little too max'd to get away with the midi speedos now.
Then on to swimming. Then the eating of chips with salt n vinegar. Then home.
In the evening Eddie and Jimmytofu came over for chatting and tellybox. Eddie now has the coolest StormTrooper Helmet. He kept stating that he was polishing his helmet. It was funny. We kept jimmytofu up beyond his bed time.
Sunday
First thing, I drew the curtains back to see that it had snowed. Moo and I shared chocolate in my nest and she again told me how sad she thought it was that her mum had told her that the Easter Bunny isn't real, whilst we gave tofu a chance to surface in the living room. I told moo the easter bunny is as real as you want it to be. Merrily merrily, life is but a dream, afterall. I think she kinda understood. She wasn't happy though, its cold when the bubble bursts and the light is too grey to see the fun.
Did well to get up and dressed in time for dragondrop's arrival first thing. It was Easter Sunday. And that meant Anima Mundi's Newby Hall Funday. Tofu, Moo and I followed in convoy and as we turned left at the llama we were all quite excited to be there in the arts marquee. It was then, as Moo dissapeared for the day with Owen (...) and I was left looking at the unused display stand in the corner, that I realised i'd actually left my paintings and fortpolio back at Chambers. 'Idiot' is what I was (quite rightly) called.
The Minister (voice of the robot pirate) & I did a Rapid Response Team in his his Jeep and all was well. Good man.
For further news from newby hall, check out www.dragonDrop.org, the teleprojer MK1 was brilliant and a good time was had by all...
Monday
Moo was in a funny and stubborn place. She made it quite clear she wasn't in the mood for a return visit to Newby. Every question was answered with a shrug and a look of eternal disappointment on her face. No idea what i'd done wrong. And no amount of calm questions was gonna get her to tell me. Eventually Moo agreed to return to Newby Hall for day2 as B & Tü were going to come along for a bit with us. She didn't say it, but I actually got the feeling that it was because Owen wasn't going to be there (..!..).
I took my leather pocket utility belt out for a field test. It worked even with the English Country Gentleman/Public School OldBoy Look I was going for... I just need to sort out exactly what mission profile the belt is suited for...
Moo went for tea with B & Tü whilst we packed things away. Newby Hall is a brilliant place. To have it to ourselves makes it all the better, even if it was for only an hour or two.
Tuesday
Back to the mind numbing job. The w/e has taught me a couple of things. Firstly, I really should get more involved with Anima Mundi and Shed (The), secondly, I should have a ready, stat, standby box of printed and framed stuff for art markets. If I wasn't such a financial cripple, i'd happily do the art market thing full time. Thirdly, seeing my paintings out in the wild, I realised I actually quite like them. As a rule I generally hate everything i've done, it's possibly why I don't bother trying to display/flog them (that and I am terminally lazy) and get so uncomfortable trying to explain the what's and why's of them. But that is changing I think and with the paintings now in storage at Newby and not filling wall space in Chambers, i'm itching to do some more. New stuff. May even get around to the painting I still owe DragonDrop (not today though).
Wednesday.
Got dressed with a frown and headed for the bus via the hole-in-the-wall bank. Denied money. Crap, no bus fair. Mulled my options for a few minutes. Returned to chambers, rang temp agency and left Standard Migrane Message on their answer phone. They rang back an hour later, hoping I was feeling better and offering me another job, this one local and with more money. Starts monday.
I've won one. Yay!
This temp thing could work out to my advantage really. As long as I don't care what the job i'm doing is... Hmm.
I notice that the oversized clock that hangs on my nest wall claims it is two and a half minutes past 2, it is apparently right twice a day, but I have still never observed it to be correct so I can't be sure.
Well done everybody.
Mind the gap.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
matt the inventer of the teleprojer warming up for some synchronised lunging_lo
matt the inventer of the teleprojer warming up for some synchronised lunging_lo
Originally uploaded by paintMonkey
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
moo's monkey n monkey's moo.
so, the events of the last couple of days;
was served a 2 month eviction notice by landlords.
was informed that the mind numbing job's contract will end earlier than expected (apparently i've caught up with the backlog of work quicker than they expected). two weeks notice.
unpleasant letters arrive from people wanting some money for stuff i bought that is now obsolete and broken.
so in brief; no money, no job, no house, still single.
But i have moo. that is all that matters.
i'm surprising chipper too.
mind the gap.
was served a 2 month eviction notice by landlords.
was informed that the mind numbing job's contract will end earlier than expected (apparently i've caught up with the backlog of work quicker than they expected). two weeks notice.
unpleasant letters arrive from people wanting some money for stuff i bought that is now obsolete and broken.
so in brief; no money, no job, no house, still single.
But i have moo. that is all that matters.
i'm surprising chipper too.
mind the gap.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Thursday report.
I was going to list all the jobs i've ever done as this week's Thursday Report. Matt and I thought, in principle that it would be an interesting posting, but no. Having listed the jobs I now realise that my actual working career is far from glittering.
In fact its really quite depressing. Depressing in the same way as realising you fancy someone who just started at work, thinking about them all night, conjuring up the balls to ask them out for a drink, only to see their third finger on heir left hand sparkle with an engagement ring the following morning. Bugger.
Actually the job list is nothing like that at all. Its just they both happened today and I wanted to put them in the same box. When I remove any and all 'personal art projects' from the job list I find myself wondering what have I been doing with my time all these years?
In fact its really quite depressing. Depressing in the same way as realising you fancy someone who just started at work, thinking about them all night, conjuring up the balls to ask them out for a drink, only to see their third finger on heir left hand sparkle with an engagement ring the following morning. Bugger.
Actually the job list is nothing like that at all. Its just they both happened today and I wanted to put them in the same box. When I remove any and all 'personal art projects' from the job list I find myself wondering what have I been doing with my time all these years?
Hmm. Anyhoo.
I'm gonna do a quick rundown of various films i've watched over the last few days, with scores.
Click. Adam Sandler with a remote control that pauses rewinds and fast forwards his life. Mostly rubbish but Christopher Walken is in it too so that gives it a whole extra point. 3/5 maybe. It has a couple of LOL moments.
Talladega Nights. Will Ferrell. Compared to Anchor Man (one of the funniest film I have ever seen) this is trite/rubbish. Sacha baron cohen is in it too and even he struggles with the obvious and methodical script. Should've been much much funnier than it was. 1/5
Stranger Than Fiction. Will ferrell (again, i'm having a season of will ferrell films), emma thompson and dustin Hoffman.
I don't know what to say other than crikey. Brilliant film. Beautifully shot, spotlessly written and totally life affirming. There's no car chases or cowboys and the laughs aren't out loud necessarily but absolutely one of my favourite films. 5/5.
Dodge Ball. Ben stiller and that other fella whose name is Vince something-or-other. Silly sports underdog movie that provides the laughs with standard, tickd boxes format. LOL funny in the right places. 3/5
Die Hard 4.0. Bruce Willis saves america from a baddie who is far too stupid to be clever enough to pull the stunt he's pulled. Better than die hard3 (as far as I can remember) but seems to be too self aware to match up to the original or even the second installment. Impressive stunts and explosions make it eye candy for a rowdy boys night in with beer. Casino Royale is much better. Nice to see kevin smith playing a part though... 3/5
Its film night at dragondrop centraal tonight. I believe we'll be watching the oscar winning "there will be blood". I'm sure it will be reviewed on www.dragondrop.org soon.
That is all for now...
Papa oscar oscar tango x2
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
The Resonance of dispassionate resent.
Had a proper frown on for most, if not all of today. Brought on mostly by the dissatisfaction and downright misery of my uninspired office drone existence. I can feel whatever is left of my soul slowly curling up and going into a deep deep coma. That and the fact that my ex had decided to get shirty with me this morning by text. We hadn't fallen out for over a year til this morning, I got the strong impression she was just looking for an opportunity to have a go at me...pah! Women are mental. (men really are bastards)
Sometimes I think the best situation for our daughter would be for her to come live with me, that way her mother could focus on her career, I could be at home in Chambers focusing on mine and moo would feel more secure all round. But that'll never happen. P would see it as defeat and she's way too stubborn to admit defeat...she will, no doubt just do what, in my experience pisceans always do, brush it all under the carpet and ignore the issues, hoping that everything will be forgotten (even though they tend to never forget anything)...pah! Pisceans. Had more than my fair share of pisceans in my life, a sister, a couple of girfriends and a few mates. It may just be that thing of looking for and seeing patterns where none exist, but they are all so similar, in so many ways. Emotionally slippery for example, impossible to pin down. Its all nonsense. Pay it no mind.
I'm a taurus btw. Easily the best star sign to be if you're gonna choose. :p
Weekend was a non event, moo was ill and we bearly left Chambers other than to replenish supplies. We spent the w/e watching Casino Royale a number of times, which is easily the best Bond film, well, we think so anyway.
Right. Might contunue this later. Things a-doing!
Friday, March 07, 2008
Thursday, March 06, 2008
Something Wonderful is coming...
..apparently. Or so a disembodied voice informed me as I was phlumping the pillows of my nest the night before our oh so English earthquake.
I'm hearing voices now. Aural hallucinations...or worse.
Anyhoo thought i'd mention it, just in case something wonderful does come this way. Probably nothing, or maybe the earthquake was a wonderful thing...
Hmm.
I'm hearing voices now. Aural hallucinations...or worse.
Anyhoo thought i'd mention it, just in case something wonderful does come this way. Probably nothing, or maybe the earthquake was a wonderful thing...
Hmm.
So tomorrow, the first friday of the month, the company i'm currently being a paper shuffling drone for allows us to come to work in jeans, they're calling it, imaginatively, Dress Down Friday. Woo & big hoo. This passes as an exciting thing so it seems. Boosts morale amongst the staff, or something. They also buy us a sandwich for lunch. I simply just can not wait.
As a not so interesting aside; of the two women that I sit with at work, one is off to Crufts with her german shepard dog tomorrow (she'll be wearing pink) and the other is the mother of the woman who is the voice of BBC3. So there you go.
There's a couple of issues i'm not discussing in this here blog at the moment, you may or may not have noticed. A couple of bits n pieces that make me feel uncomfortable. I'm gonna mull on them before I let them out the bag, prolly need to sound out a chum or two.
In the mean time, and in response to the plethora of various, independently spoken comments i've had recently on the question of my one way or the other sexuality...i'll use a Hockney quote that I was told last night...
"...that's like asking a man crawling though the desert whether he'd prefer Perrier or Evian...". I like that, its not entirely relevant but I like it nonetheless.
At the end of the day, I don't push my choices in anyone's face because I don't care, so why should anyone else?
Why people insist on defining other people by sexual preference is beyond me.
Once upon a time I was quite worried about what people thought. A someone I used to know said (characteristically) the best thing he could, " its just sex. Its just sex.". That made me feel better. Still does.
That is all.
Papa oscar oscar tango. Papa oscar oscar tango.
Mind the gap.
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
other stories from somewhere far far away 1_lo
a selection of shots from the last weekend... as the cameraphone thingymajig is still not playing properly.
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Sit down visit blog
Taken a moment, locked in the cubicle, to blog.
Weekend was a good one. A friday visit to the First Life couple, a good slobbing and a chinese.
Saturday, spent day as sofa tramp playing Paradise Burnout on PS3, lovely game. Followed in evening by visit to dragonDrop centraal with said FL Couple for film night, 28 weeks later...not as good as 28 days later... Partied til silly o'clock and attempted to finish contents of the drinks cabinate.
Sunday...The Shed and chats about upcoming Children's event at Newby Hall on easter sunday.
Monday, took day off work for variety of reasons, officially because child minder was ill, but honestly I just needed to catch up on some sleep. Naughty I know.
That is all.
Saturday, March 01, 2008
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