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04:34 / 25.05.06

Nice on Spyder - I love that play. I did it once as Rosencrantz, and had great fun.

10:42 / 25.05.06

There was me getting all anxious about a ticket that should've arrived in the post ages ago for a gig on Friday. I got home last night to find it on the doormat with a note on the back from someone at the other end of the street to whom it had been delivered by mistake. They had seen through the envelope that it was a ticket, opened it, called the box office to get the right address, brought it round, and hoped very much that I enjoyed the gig.

How nice is that?
Very nice, say I.

I need to get them some sort of little present now that will fit through a letterbox. Um....a Dime bar?

Disco is My Class War

12:20 / 25.05.06

One return ticket to Bangkok booked and paid for. One month's lone star adventuring and field workin' and partying at Rehab and snorkelling and swimming and learning Thai with flashcards on my laptop and eating chilli. Then, a little detour on the way home to Brisbane, Byron Bay and Sydney -- where I'll catch up with friends I hardly ever spend time with. And hopefully swim some more in the balmy northern Australian sea before i come home to icy, chilly, freezing Melbourne...

Leaving in 3 weeks!

19:00 / 25.05.06

Sitting in front of Bosun, making eeeelooooaaammmoooboo sounds and having him respond in kind.

I'm having a conversation with my eleven-week-old baby!

08:47 / 26.05.06

a conversation with my eleven-week-old baby
Wow, Boboss, that must be incredible!

I am having a cosily happy day in that it's warm and comfortable in here and it's wet and horrid out there, and crucially, I get to stay in here today (after a strangely demanding week). Also, there are fresias in a vase on the table and they smell fabulous.

00:03 / 27.05.06

Oh, just met Persephone, Barbelith Prime Mover, and her lovely husband. I thank you, I thank you, With all of my heart, please stand up and defend me, in the future when all's well. So, perfectly Barbelopidf respnser, four barbeite ytypeing sim ulatnaloursxl;y

CherryBomb's computer says NO. Fuck. You always think it's all going to work out really simply but it never does. Four people having a conversation and typing at the same time. XXXXXXXXXXX

Goodness Gracious Meme

01:16 / 27.05.06

Oh, the meeting-of-Persephone=Huge Happy.

Happy 2:the BDSM and Magic(k) thread and all who sail in her.

Happy 3: being on budget holiday in Manchester(!) and catsitting(!!) (aka, pretending that I have two cats. mmmmm... cats. I may have to kidnap them. I am totally in love)

15:33 / 29.05.06

I have just finished an exam. I am now watching "The Sound of Music". And later, I will be attending an RHA art exhibition where my bf's flatmate is showing. Yep, massive happy!

11:34 / 02.06.06

ABANDON MOPE, YE WHO ENTER HERE.

Got home late from work last night to find the baby already in bed and the wife already exhausted. Lil' monk's molars are coming in, and it's been pretty painful. He had only napped 20 minutes at the daycare and was just too wiped out for dinner and too grumpy to do much playing or have any quiet time. As Wifey and I sat and commiserated, lil' monk's cry came over the baby monitor. My turn! And into the nursery I went.

Lil' monk had a lot of crying to do. The pain reliever Wifey gave him apparently hadn't taken full effect yet, and he was pretty upset. So we rocked in the rocking chair and I hugged him and rubbed his back as he cried. Eventually, the cries lessened and before too long, lil' monk was contentedly drinking milk from the sippy cup Wifey brought in for him. Then a smile. Then a giggle. Ah, better.

I noticed lil' monk looking across the room at his closet's full-length mirrored door. He was watching me and smiling. He caught my gaze in the mirror, grinned a big grin, and started saying, "Ah raaaaah ooo."

"What's that, lil' monk?"

"Ah raaaaah ooo. Ah raaaaaaaaaah ooo."

Then it hit me. "Lil' monk, are you saying 'I love you?'"

A very excited giggle, then, "AAAH RAAAAAAAH ooooo."

I hugged him tight, told him I loved him too, and tried not to let him see the tears in my eyes for fear he'd think I was sad instead of deliriously happy. What a wonderful family I have. What a lucky daddy I am. What a happy I've got.

Our Lady Has Left the Building

12:42 / 02.06.06

Awww, what a sweet story. And I'm thirding the sentiments on meeting Persephone, especially as I'd been too drunk and hopped up on Eurovibes to speak to her the previous Saturday.

12:48 / 02.06.06

Today This
and this
have cheered me considerably in very different ways.
Edinbugh trips make me happy too.

13:00 / 02.06.06

Monk gives me the melty.

All Acting Regiment

23:16 / 04.06.06

I've just seen an octopus on the canal.

Made of balloons.

A big pink one for the head and then eight sausage balloons for the tentacles.

With a big smiley face. Just drifting along.

20:32 / 05.06.06

We just had one of the easiest no-brainer perfect-fit applications EVAR! I'm still grinning, as I'm sure are Nina and at least one other of the Lunnun posse.

07:27 / 06.06.06

Ooh! Is it Grant?

18:01 / 06.06.06

Monk, I want your story to be my story.

Give me your story!

Essential Dazzler

19:57 / 06.06.06

Rowby is a man who makes his own Children's TV show and puts it on the internet. Rowby makes everyone smile.

I just love the episode synosis', prime example:

Rowby is still embarrassed at having to fly though outer space in a giant sewing machine. He is specially worried that the evil Queen of Outerspace’s high tech space ship will outmatch his low tech ship. The Monkey from the Secret Service says that Rowby’s ship is loaded with the old version of Stupid Pudding, with the old Unpleasant Aftertaste — and the Unpleasant Aftertaste will in fact be used to help Rowby in a way that Rowby never expected! Rowby decides to think positive and looks forward to launching the sewing machine ship to the dangerous Red Fuzzy Planet!

I want this man writing Green Lantern RIGHT NOW.

20:24 / 06.06.06

Boboss - HELL no.

Goodness Gracious Meme

16:26 / 09.06.06

Happy a)Lovely holiday in Manchester. Soooooo relaxing.

Happy b)Returning to Brighton in the blazing sun, buying swimming cossie and going swimming/to the beach.

One side-effect of a) was to realise how many great people I know back here. Missed lots of them. So, Happy c) is starting to catch up with people/make arrangements to hook up.

I'm feeling very blessed atm.

17:18 / 09.06.06

Thing One: Turns out the harrassment Wifey's been suffering thru at work is in violation of one or two labor laws, so despite all their tough talk, they can't fire her. When she called a little bit ago, she sounded happier than she's been in a while.

Thing Two: The President and Senior Art Director are out of the office today. Our Senior Account Exec. just brought two 12-packs of Corona into the office and started handing them out. I'm having a beer at work!

Also, it's Bring Your Dog to Work day.

Happy happy Friday!

17:38 / 09.06.06

After several weeks of my life melting into total and utter chaos (we adopted a puppy who poops all over and chews shoes, my boss suddenly decided to move to Israel, our firm merged with another one and moved offices, and I had houseguests, all whilst trying to rearrange furniture and keep up with the lawn's growth spurts), I have found some time on a lunch break to check my usual online haunts.

And they all still exist!

Barbelith, I have missed you so. Huggle me.

17:43 / 09.06.06

We missed you too. Ultra-mega-huggles, Sekhmet!

(and check the Blue Book thread, BTW, if you haven't already.)

18:45 / 09.06.06

Free!

19:13 / 09.06.06

Piloting my fine, fine motorcycle Gawain on a foggy afternoon along the rocky New England coast. Ocean raging, emerald leaves blazing, and the sure feeling of impending grated self on the asphalt if my focus is not absolute. Rapture, I name thee 55mph on Route 103 on wet cold June afternoon.

Less searchable M0rd4nt

18:20 / 11.06.06

I swam 1-and-a-quarter kilometres today, a new personal best. Tomorrow I'm going to try for 1-and-a-half.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

20:47 / 11.06.06

After a swelteringly hot day, a cool-ish (though still T-shirtable) evening to walk the dog and listen to Sun Ra. Nice.

Phex: Dorset Doom

14:00 / 12.06.06

Kudos to Kyle Stublen, of Charlotte High School Florida, for delivering a scathing graduation speech attacking the jocks, cheaters, cliques and drug users at his school and the administration that turned a blind eye. He wins my 'Being like Stephen Colbert meets the guy in that movie Brick' award.

21:09 / 13.06.06

This morning, for reasons to complex to explain here, but having to do with a bizarre series of events involving heartbreak, teenage idealism, insomnia, and a dodgy scammy lifestyle, I have woken with an amazing sense of spiritual renewal and love for the universe. Everyone reading this: I love you!

21:31 / 13.06.06

a scathing graduation speech

A transcript of Stublen's speech can be found here, for those interested. It makes a nice change from the usual snooze-inducing speeches normally heard at these things.

Mon Oncle Ignatius

21:38 / 13.06.06

After a swelteringly hot day, a cool-ish (though still T-shirtable) evening to walk the dog and listen to Sun Ra. Nice.

Sun Ra is always a good idea when the sun shines,

RIP Giorgy Ligeti for sure and all over, but hell, when there's jazz.. there's Jazz.

Jake, Colossus of Clout

21:44 / 13.06.06

My new job, bartending for a restaurant that is all class, from bottom to top, without being the least bit exclusionary or pretentious.

I alway had a nebulous goal in mind that I would like to own a bar or restaurant, but had no idea how to run one the right way. After working here for only a week, I see how the good ones work, and after 5+ years of working and saving, I'd like to think I'll be able to live that badass dream.

Plus, y'know, I get to buy wine at surplus prices. All in the interest of learning, of course.

Goodness Gracious Meme

11:39 / 16.06.06

Spliffs+congenial company+football+excellent cheap curry= HAPPY

12:13 / 16.06.06

I got paid yesterday, and it's a lovely hot Friday afternoon.

So I'm not going to the gym, oh no.

I'm going to Richmond, to the comics shop. I'm going to buy my comics and maybe a graphic novel or two and then I'm going to sit by the Thames and read them whilst sipping a nice cold beer.

Happy!

Happy Dave Has Left

12:36 / 16.06.06

Ha!

Fixed it! Microsoft will NOT defeat me, oh no. Now my mobile speaks to my PC despite your best efforts to ship the crappiest, least intuitive piece of shit sync software.

I fart in your general direction Gates!

Soooo going Mac. Sooooon my pretties.

19:20 / 16.06.06

I am in the back garden, sitting on a rug with my laptop, and the builders doing up a house across from me are listening to late 80s/early 90s cheese on the radio. A-Ha, Kylie, the Fine Young Cannibals, that song from Dirty Dancing...

Utter, utter cheese, but it was the music that was playing when I was just coming into my teens, the music I used to hear on Top Of The Pops before doing my homework and listen to on the radio in the middle of the night when I was supposed to be asleep. Part of my brain must have got hardwired by it because it's giving me a happy of monstrous proportions.

OMG! I Am The One And Only by Chesney Hawkes!

I am happy. And also sad.

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