well done to karl power

well done to karl power is all I can say – joining the manu team in munich for the official team photo was pure genius!
also read in this mornings metro [on the letters page] about the ongoing complaints about americans and their culture. Rob Holman summed it up nicely ‘… a few non-American inventions that are rather important in our modern world: motor car, television, telephone, ball-point pen, the first functional computer, electricity, radar, radio, steam engine, and the diesel engine. Still, the revolver was invented by an American (Samuel Colt). Says it all really.’ – I couldn’t agree more.

I just caught myself asking

I just caught myself asking ‘does q install on isotope?‘ over IM to a colleague – I must stop with the tla’s and code names.

remember the wierd american fetish

remember the wierd american fetish with cherry blossoms? Well I decided to go back for more punishment and see how it was progressing [now I am out of the country] and imagine my shock/horror/suprise/ect when i came accross the amazing panoramic views – they really go gung ho eh? I think I’ll be doing the marathon in dublin not washington…

girl finds slug in rice

girl finds slug in rice krispie square shocker! courtesy of catherine. Imagine what you might find in the chocolate version….

went out for some drinks

went out for some drinks as it was spencer’s birthday – the usual suspects – kazbar and the 2 sewers…

catherine has just posted about

catherine has just posted about bands she grew up with and it got me thinking. I definitely grew up with DM but more because this guy I fancied at school [Ed I think I have been here before] was really into DM. I mean not that I would say I am influenced easily [well not normally] but hey this guy got away with wearing a silver suit to school with the arms rolled up YES it was the eighties.
most of the music I remember [and sadly sing along to] was from 1984. seems to have been the defining year for me I was 14 and had enough money to go buy my own music [still vinyl back in those days].
By the time I was at university I had well and truly come out and was listening to madonna and kylie – yeah but I can’t help it I love my handbag music even now. My all time favourite album though has to have been D:ream On Vol 1 – It was one of the few albums I have bought that I play all the way through without skipping a track In fact I loved this CD so much I have 2 [just in case one breaks] no seriously because I worked in pubs I was concerned it might get half inched or broken – my staff were never that thoughtful about the CD collection having not paid for them.
Recently I have bought the ATB album and this is another one I have hardly removed from the CD/MP3 player!
looks like catherine is not the only one to be reminiscing over music – david is too. what are your email(‘favourites’)?

forgot to mention earlier that

forgot to mention earlier that I met zerocrop tonight. thought he looked familiar and it was only when spence said he has zerocrop.co.uk I figured it out. Almost as bad as blogmeets where meg introduces me as 8letters.

woke up late this morning

woke up late this morning and have been in a melanchony mood so far – bored of having to think for other people at the moment and thinking about just telling them to shove it 🙁
called the nike hotline for the 10k run on July 22nd in London – they seemed a little unorganised – but at least it gives me a short term goal before the marathon to be training for.
It’s spence‘s birthday today so go on over and send him a card or something – anything to cheer him up after an exciting night of light bulb changing!
Davo has been racking his brains for some ickle content so get on over and peruse the archives and mail him something ickle today.

I’ve installed Mac OS X

I’ve installed Mac OS X today and been playing with lots of new software :o) I like it lots – almost as much as when I played with Windows XP – but the whole MP3 thing has got me thinking that MS are a bunch of money grabbing….