.....I wrote such gibberish last night!!!
Back on track. But so hot here today. And windy. And stuffy.
So today is get all the final little bits and pieces I want to add to the pile.
I know it looks like there's a lot of wet ones there but I'll be the one laughing when there's no toilet paper somewhere we go. They they'll all be calling for me.
Muesli bars because Emjay has convinced me I must never eat on a plane for fear of food poisoning. Because then there will only be 2 toilets between hundreds of people. And my wet ones would be in high demand then.
Diarrhoea tablets, because..... well because its starting to sound like I have some fixation with toilets and bowels.
Lots of antiseptic handwash, allergy tabs because I always get itchy and ear wax because my ears get sore in water. I think I only need to add panadol and mylanta.
I'm sure I can buy all this stuff over there for half the price. I should have been a girl guide. Apprently you can get all your prescription meds there with no prescription really cheap.
And I'm cashed up in baht now. I felt like I was carrying a brick around in my handbag. Just enough for us all to get through a few days.
And now I'm off to take up my temple pants. Bought a pair of light white longs in case we go anywhere where they like you to be fully covered.
Which means getting out the trusty old sewing kit. Look, it even has white cotton.
Then its off to my doctor to see what he thinks about what the hospital doctor told me and advised.
....unlimited , some diesal fragance. Ralph Lauren Polo advert makes me laguh its so old fashioned like you cant buy the frangranece unless you own a polo pony or a yaught.
Katerhine Jenkins is on now. I quite like her....however tonight she sounds darn awful....yikes!..omg that was bloody awful.... poor thing.
some comedian onnow neverheard of him and cant even pronounce his name....hes very funny , doing skit about being posh and beign married to a northern irish woman who can hold a grudge for a hundred years...rofl!
Michael Bubble is on later....now adverts again....oh btw my nose piercing had healed. doenst hurt anymore, going to buy a nicer piece of jewellry now...
Bubble is on now, singing cry me a river....zzzzzzzzzzz.......
Peter Kay is funny.
Darn ive drunk all my wine :-( got another bottle inbut its red and ive beendrinking red and everybody knows not ot mix red with white or youll die.
My cat is really in a mood with me....im tired and dreaming of Lindt chocolate.
Think ill go to bed
....now thats a tag line. Theres one on now and I hate them, I just dont see the point.
I need the loo.
back..
oh god the ventriloquist is still on...
Mika ison now, I dont much like his music its a bit squeaky, its not really my kinda music. Dont get me wrong his songs are different and catchy but If i have to listen to pop music Id rather Take That.
One thing I will look forward to seing is Diversity who won Britains got Talent, they beat Susan Boyle, even thought I think Susan is the real winner in all of this. Shes gone Triple platinum I think?
Theres another comedianon now cant remember hisname hes doing a guide to the north...haha, Im classed as North Midlands....lol hes saying the Nothern National Anthem is the theme tune to Coronation Street....chips, pudding, gravy anda can of pop for £1.92 welcome to the north...brilliant! except those weird chip shops in Scotland who when you ask for Chips and gravy look at you like youve beamed infrom Mars. I mean you havent lived unless youve had chips and gravy. Curry and Chips is another northern delicacy
OMG they are advetising this cd called "Words for you" its got boring celebs reading drab poetry to drab music....snore. If any ofmy family gotme this id disown them.
Now there a muddy dog messing upa white bedroom...now Gala bingo...now Jamie Oliver advertiswing Sainsburys..
If you are just tunng into this blog welcometo british tv and its advertising....
...... the circus group are men jumping thorugh metal hoops with the music to a guiness advert, yanno the one where its in black and white with the man that looks like hes blind but hes waiting on the beach for the perfect surf wave then the white horses in the waves run down the beach? that one... they have graffitti backdrop.
loo break over...
they are still jumping through hoops, dead boring.
Oh Whoopi goldberg is on soon. I LOVE Whoopi she is brilliant! have you noticed how Whoope goldberg never gets any older?
We havent had any snow where i live btw.....why do I start to itch when ive had wine?.....the cats just fallen off the sofa *snickers* dont tell her I laughed.....why do adverts go on so long?.....Oh a two part episode of "Cranford" is on over xmas. Cant wait!!!
Peter Kay is making jokes again and is presenting somebody called Mylee Cyrus, have no idea who she is. I think shes american. well shes singing about the USA.
Problemwith the Royal Variety Performance is that its all a bit sickly sweet because the queen is in the audience (her face would crack if she smiled, she looks so miserable) and nobody dare be too daring because maybe they think they will be locked in the Tower.
God this Mylee Cyrus sounds awful.......Whoopi is on!!!!!!! oh I love her!! shes invited to my fantasy dinner party, along with kermit the frog, and Judge Judy.
Shes building up to her Sister Act musical, im sure we will see this next act. yup.....cast of sister act the musical.....its not bad, I wouldnt mind going to see this. I get nervous around Nuns though.
Ill keep you up to date if anything more thrilling happens.
.....to watching "The Royal Variety Show" on ITV tv. Theres nothing else on.
Bear in mind I dont actually watch this show but tonight so far im watching it so I thought Id keep you up to date on the "Entertainment".
Peter Kay (comedian) is the presenter I think unless they are having a presnter relay, I must admit hes pretty funny, and his gran was in the audience.
The first actor is Chakakan (cant spell her name), Lulu, and Anastasia doing some "medley" from their show called "here come the girls" I think, I had a conversation with my cat Sophie asking her if she had ever heard of this show and she said "im a cat! how the hell should I know", I said "a cat that doenst do show tunes??, cats were born for show tunes" she doesnt look convinced. Shes in a mood with me btw because I wont put the heating on.
Oh btw im on my third glass of wine. my boss got it me and its really nice so I might get slightly squiffy. Well the trio have finished their medley, it was boring, it has to be because I typed all the way through it.
eh up some weird circus group thingy onnow.
DOMINO? YOU MEAN DOMI-YES
dominorecordco.com
You know, I honestly don't know how Ryan does it, keeping up with the various 'tweets'. I personally think twitter become absolutely useless if you have more than 50 friends. There's also so much spam on twitter!
So, I mostly just have it filtered to reading our own twitter to discover new freebies. So below was sent out a few days ago:
weheartmusicWe♥Music
Check out the @DominoRecordCo Xmas Sampler - http://bit.ly/53Thv0 - Final Fantasy, Wild Beasts, The Kills, Franz Ferdinand & King Creosote.
11:49 AM Dec 14th from web
I also really dig Joker's Daughter (for non-comic book nerds, yes the Joker had a daughter - I think she mostly fought the 70s Teen Titans). I love "classic" pop girl-group sound, and this band has the vocals and melodies. Although the subject of Gremlins and "Bouncing Liquorish Bears" may be on the weirder side.
OF DOVES AND FISH
harveysidfisher.com
Dovecote Records gathered three of their recording artists to do a mini-tribute to Harvey Sid Fisher. While I don't know much about Fisher, based on hearing the three covers by Mason Proper, Tim Williams, and Trevor Giuliani, I have concluded that Fisher was a bit of a strange songwriter and has a bit of an interesting "older" man's vocals... each of the modern artists do try and emulate the singing style.
My personal favorite is Tim Williams' rendition. Nice backup vocals and the repetitive "hit another wall" refrain.
If you want to hear these songs for yourself - head over to dovecoterecords.com and click on the "Download Now" link. There's no catch either, none of that "give us your email" thing. Just a nice little free EP.
OLD WAVE MIXTAPE
nouvellesvagues.com
Cover lover band of approval, Nouvelle Vague, made a 10-track free mixtape at whenyouawake.com.
Most of the tracks are by American artists, some classic from Roy Orbison ("You Got It"), Louis Armstrong ("We Have All The Time In The World"), Johnny Cash ("Ring Of Fire"), etc. There are a few weird ones (weird as in didn't fit in) like Sufjan Stevens and Rolling Stones... however, I will admit tapping my feet when I heard the intro to "Let's Spend The Night Together". There is the token French artist Serge Gainsbourg on the mixtape for good measure.
While I'm not entirely sure about the legality of this free download, I think it's good promotions for the bands mentioned on the tape. Plus, it's a nice boost of ego, you know?
daffodilpublicity.com confirms these are their forth-coming North American tour dates:
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Friday, Jan. 22, Philadelphia, PA, World Café Saturday, Jan. 23, New York, NY, Webster Hall Sunday, Jan. 24, Boston, MA, Somerset Tuesday, Jan. 25, Montreal, PQ, Metropolis Wednesday, Jan. 27, Toronto, ONT, Opera House Thursday, Jan. 28, Detroit, MI, Crofoot Ballroom Friday, Jan. 29, Chicago, IL, Logan Square Monday, Feb. 1, Denver, CO, Bluebird Tuesday, Feb. 2, Salt Lake City, UT, Urban Lounge Thursday, Feb. 4, Seattle, WA, King Cat |
Friday, Feb. 5, Vancouver, BC, Venue Sunday, Feb. 7, San Francisco, CA, Regency Monday, Feb. 8, Sant Cruz, CA, Rio Theater Tuesday, Feb. 9, Los Angeles, CA, Henry Fonda Friday, Feb. 12, Dallas, TX, Granada Saturday, Feb. 13, Austin, TX, Mohawk Sunday, Feb. 14, New Orleans, LA, Republic Tuesday, Feb. 16, Miami, FL, Revolution Wednesday, Feb. 17, Orlando, FL, Firestone Thursday, Feb. 18, Atlanta, GA, Loft Saturday, Feb. 20, Washington DC, 9:30 Club |
YOU HAVE TO SPEND MONEY TO SAVE MONEY
I don't work for Best Buy, but I wanted to pass along this deal, since it is almost a crime to not buy it. It is $140 for HANNspree 23" HD LCD 16:9 Widescreen Monitor. That's cheap, considering the same monitor would've cost at least $700 a few years ago.
I did buy it and setup was very plug-and-play easy. It came with a disc for a Windows Vista driver, but if you just have XP, it would just recognize the monitor. Hooking it up on the PS3 using the HDMI cable (not included) was also easy - however I did not like the long pauses as PS3 auto adjust when it plays bluray discs (I suspect this has to do with determining that it's a compliant display since HDMI is notorious for anti-piracy junk).
Compare to the old CRT monster monitors, this 23" is superlight - even Mr Burns can easily move the monitor around. The product page lists 9.9lbs, but it feels like it's only one or two pounds.
The monitor does have built-in speakers, but it sounds tinny. Not exactly awesome audio, but for $140, that's just a bonus. I recommend buying monitor headphones and plugging it in the monitor for clearer audio. And speaking of audio, since this is marketed as purely a monitor - there is also no remote control access. If you need to turn down the audio, you have to adjust it on the monitor itself.
Despite my complaint, this is one of best image display I've own. It's native 1920x1080 is pretty sweet when I'm playing Dragon Age (since now I can have more items in the "quick" slots at the bottom).
* practically free
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.....basically because .co.uk just doesnt stock a good selection of mandolin books. I think Mandolin is just more popular in the US becuase the .com version of the store had some really cool books like irish stuff and baroque and christmas carols for mandolin. So ive just ordered three books of tunes. Going to cost me a fortune because had it of been on the .co.uk it would have been free shipping :-(
.......to stay positive and be present, ive been reading the "power of now" and last week I was doing really well and felt ever so very relaxed but these past few days im really battling with my mind, it keeps pointing such negative scenarios in my head and much as I try and let them pass and observe them without getting embroiled in its antics its really hard.
Ive been snapping peoples heads off today, having tantrums the whole kaboodle. I feel really bad and Im cravign to go home curl up with my pjamas on and watch old black and white films on tcm channel.
People (management) are doing my head in at work, im sick and tired of management decidign that I am going to be doing jobs for them and emailing out to everybody to let them know that I will be doing these jobs but not actually asking me or telling me. So then im getting people coming to me saying such and such says your collecting these in and so and so says you will be doing this and im like, dude I havent got a clue what your talking about, because such and such and so and so havent thougth it necessary to tell me.
Sick of it!
What are you hoping to find under the tree this year?
Well the only thing Ive asked for or hinted at is a bit of money towards my tattoo in January and the Susan Boyle CD.
