sunday 23rd - end november
tignes, france.

monday 10th november
what's the something?

sunday 9th november
i have a strange history of almost-once removedness with it. my sister went to oxford as soon as she could, my parents let me leave home at the same age, despite having to pay for my art foundation course. i lived there, away from home for the first time and a year. al grew up there, so he had first dibs, stu and lou tried and now my sister is buying. as far as i can tell nobody chooses it more than you usually never really are where you dream of being; it's a permanently good offer that opens it's doors to you probably only once in your life. deep down in the back of my mind i'd like to live there again but know i never will. you see, st albans is there for a stage in your life and as such you can only borrow it.

a reminiscent day for house viewings. and the house has a wood burning cooker, a gorgeous kitchen and an attic room with sloping roof and skylights. that's one lucky kid right there.

and finally and at last and lastly i have sorted chumpy's latest literary creations. author of undoubtedly the consistently funniest area of this site i usually have the last laugh by choosing their titles from the body. for a time, being way too busy with work, i fended off his 'your site is crap' mails by involving him in the title making:

'...not bad work on that, geez. but i thnk you may have missed the proverbial money shot on a few. or all. ok, my choices, despite agreeing with yours mostly (or in part) are: (8 are chosen)

'two of curried sanwa noodles (12p per pack)'
a show called 'let's all give ourselves sclerosis days'
'your time to pounce. like a lion with a wounded foul'
'and i don't mean that i've shit myself'
'the entire EU stock of worms-in-cans' (still in the running.)
stuck on this one - need input. i reckon 12p is best...?

'i can feel a moan coming on if i persist' *

'the piss of the devil' (abbreviated to retain concentration)
'oh, sweet irony!'
'shot in the as by a tranquilizer gun' (prob gonna go with that)

'the kiwi version of a shower'
'tantamount doesn't work in that sentence' *
'surprisingly little control of my thoughts'
'a source for a new-found sense of wisdom'
'able to break computers and squash racquets with the best of them'

'wings and soundahoots'
'whim. quim. swim. din. fin.' *
'sequins - what ever happened to those?''

reply:

'i reckon the EU worms-in-cans wins number 1. good call on 2, cos i couldn't get anything amusing from that one. was more of a happy birthday note really, but it did lead on to another couple of good'uns from each of us. on 3, i would go for the last one but certain straying eyes could come across it so probably best to go for shot in the ass by a tranquilizer gun. 4 has to be surprisingly little control of my thoughts. and will steve not take offence at us mocking him in our emails?! 5 has to be wings and soundahoots. just for its sheer randomness!

still on for saturday then. i'll give you a call around lunchtime to arrange so try not to get up too late. it'll take me a little while to get there so i'll want to do my travelling before it gets dark which is probably not much before you get out of bed given half a chance. so i'll call you incessantly from around midday. that is seriously late enough by half.'

you either laugh or you don't though...

saturday 8th november
i tried really hard to think of jen's birthday present but couldn't. i may need help on this one. okay, she's about my age, a little shorter than me, has just become a mum and goes out with a very good friend of mine. she's keen on books, quiet things and being happy and needs a treat. all suggestions will be taken into consideration, but dodgy ones may get exposed here. but that doesn't go for you, pj.

friday 7th november
the not-dark dan came over to view reloaded in full on lounge-o-rama and i was barely able to speak i was so tired.

|thursday 6th november
cycle in, cycle out. nothing going on. nothing to see. just brittle little me looking for something that isn't there.

wednesday 5th november
'right that's enough. any more and my brain will explode.'
'off you go, then.' funky came over and saw saturation. you remember the best of pitch? turns out they liked it so much they bought it anyway. so now i have to make it and try not to worry about how i shouldn't have uploaded it here as it's now going to be on tv and i've kind of ruined it and if mtv find out i'm probably quite fucked. (inner monologue: if you ignore it it'll goes away.)

tuesday 4th november
onedotzero_select day2. discs, insert, sleeve. makin' stuff is goo-hoo-hood.

monday 3rd november
egg paid, i'm paid. i got home and spent an hour writing cheques.

sunday 2nd november
chumpy, tricky coffee, london bridge in lbc, then 'go!' to deluxe. with cold wet grey weather outside, a cup of tea and a friend on the sofa my flat's a lot more me in winter and i feel a lot more home.

saturday 1st november
chumpy arrived! yay for chumpy! monkeys! syrup chat! ssx3! surround sound! confectionary! fizzy pop! and jackass the movie. no exclamation marks for that one, then.

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