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More...d is so many different kinds of awesome and then some
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receiving an exquisite miniature gift package in the post from someone you've never met before is one of those rare and unique pleasures which make a life feel just that little bit more fulfilled. from now on the quality of all future rare and unique pleasures will be measured against this new yardstick.
d, you're so many different kinds of awesome... and then some.
d, you're so many different kinds of awesome... and then some.
24th Dec 2008, 12:18
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bye bye woolies
dropped into my local store the other day to search for cut price wrapping paper and sellotape.
not an awful lot left in there, just some cheap crappy plasticy things, aisles of moody looking people and no obvious security. oh no hang on a mo, that's what woolworths usually looks like!
(badda - bam - *tish*, I thank you...)
can't say I'm particularly sorry to see it go, though obviously I'm sorry about the small matter of 30,000 people losing their jobs. just one lingering question remains: what happens to all the left over pic'n'mix?
not an awful lot left in there, just some cheap crappy plasticy things, aisles of moody looking people and no obvious security. oh no hang on a mo, that's what woolworths usually looks like!
(badda - bam - *tish*, I thank you...)
can't say I'm particularly sorry to see it go, though obviously I'm sorry about the small matter of 30,000 people losing their jobs. just one lingering question remains: what happens to all the left over pic'n'mix?
23rd Dec 2008, 12:03
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high times in the night garden
now look. there may not be any hard evidence to suggest that lewis carroll (alice in wonderland), edward lear (the owl and the pussycat) or even pierre culliford (the smurfs) were influenced by the occasional mind-bending substance when they wrote brilliant children's fiction, but given the nature of their work it's not a huge stretch to imagine that they actually were.
what's harder to imagine is that the creators of bbc's in the night garden were not on something particularly funky when they put this series together. I mean, arranging stones in little circles? uff-uff on the og-pog? I think the third picture says it all really. well there's absolutely no question that this filth must be banned. I'm planning on writing to the daily mail to initiate a boycott quick-sharpish.
nah, just kidding. from what I've seen, in the night garden looks particularly beautiful, much better than those awful teletubbies...
what's harder to imagine is that the creators of bbc's in the night garden were not on something particularly funky when they put this series together. I mean, arranging stones in little circles? uff-uff on the og-pog? I think the third picture says it all really. well there's absolutely no question that this filth must be banned. I'm planning on writing to the daily mail to initiate a boycott quick-sharpish.
nah, just kidding. from what I've seen, in the night garden looks particularly beautiful, much better than those awful teletubbies...
22nd Dec 2008, 11:32
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intro to british sign language
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Hello. My name is billion. I am happy because I've finished [SQA] Introduction to British Sign Language.
Butterfly... Whale... Butterfly...
Butterfly... Whale... Butterfly...
21st Dec 2008, 15:16
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boys' toys
16th Dec 2008, 19:25
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no lego
forget roe v wade, bush v gore and the oj simpson murder trial...
when it comes to controversial court decisions, this really rocks the boat.
when it comes to controversial court decisions, this really rocks the boat.
15th Dec 2008, 20:51
| tags:lego trademark casecomments (5)
bring it back. sing it back.
oh lordy. it's been a long time since I was last on stage - about a year and a half to be exact. one of the problems of having hearing damage is that you tend to avoid environments that you believe might cause further damage, and your confidence suffers. so when my friend called me on saturday night to say his band were to pull out of a gig due to the singer being sick, my tentative offer to step into the breach came as a surprise even to me. we played to a sizeable crowd of excitable young students, which, while hardly wembley stadium, felt great and served as a good stepping stone to get back into performing.
thanks to karolina for the photos and mr o for being the rock to my paper and scissors.
thanks to karolina for the photos and mr o for being the rock to my paper and scissors.
3rd Dec 2008, 12:27
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andrzejki
a polish tradition, in celebration of the feast day of st andrew.
step 1 - fill a large pan with cold water and place on the centre of a table.
step 2 - melt wax in a saucepan. any old candle will do.
step 3 - pour the hot wax slowly through the hole of an old key into the pan of water.
step 4 - hold up the resulting blob of hard wax in front of a light, making a shadow on the wall.
the shape of the shadow should symbolise something that will happen in the future, although according to wikipedia it was originally meant to show the profession of a young woman's future husband. the ritual is steeped in ancient superstition, the key being symbolic of a doorway into the unknown future.
what a lion, a dancing couple, a crocodile and a scary horse says about our respective futures is open to interpretation...
step 1 - fill a large pan with cold water and place on the centre of a table.
step 2 - melt wax in a saucepan. any old candle will do.
step 3 - pour the hot wax slowly through the hole of an old key into the pan of water.
step 4 - hold up the resulting blob of hard wax in front of a light, making a shadow on the wall.
the shape of the shadow should symbolise something that will happen in the future, although according to wikipedia it was originally meant to show the profession of a young woman's future husband. the ritual is steeped in ancient superstition, the key being symbolic of a doorway into the unknown future.
what a lion, a dancing couple, a crocodile and a scary horse says about our respective futures is open to interpretation...
1st Dec 2008, 15:37
| tags:andrzejki,saint andrew's daycomments (6)