Month: July 2002

A couple of good things sorted out today for the trip. But absolutely no move at all on when we are suppose to go. I know people have been on holidays and that causes problems but for fuck sake they could take into account the fact that we are suppose to be going and indeed have a provisional date of Thursday next fucking week. I suspect that is gone by the wayside, but you know a bit of consideration for us would be nice.

You know this was important enough that I was asked to take some time out of my holiday to join a call about it but now when I ask when I’m going I’m told to “calm down we’ll find out tomorrow or the day after or the day after etc.” Nice eh?

Freeserve is to rebrand as Wanadoo in the UK. Very interesting.
El Reg

So having been thinking about some stuff over the weekend, well not so much thinking about it really just it struck me while I was thinking about ordering some stuff online. The thought occurred there was no real point for the time being as I won’t be around to get them, or I’ll need an address in the US for them to be shipped to. I realised at that stage that I will actually be disappointed more than I had thought if this trip does not take place. I am of two minds about it at the moment, and very different minds too.

I’m not sure this is all going to happen. I know the entire thing is not as well looked upon as I had been led to believe and given the fact there are no details being firmed up and no real sign of details being firmed up (although tomorrow might change that…), so I’m left wondering if this will all go ahead.

On the other hand, somethings are going ahead and some of the minor logistics are being sorted. I’m not sure on them yet. I don’t know if any money has actually been spent on this. Once that actually occurs I’ll be a little more confident it will go ahead.

It is setting in a lot more now and I’m getting kinda excited by the prospect, like I said I’ll be disappointed if it does not happen. I’ll be fairly pissed off too in all honesty. I’ve been doing a fair whack of stuff at home to get set up for this. But yeah I’m excited.

I had mentioned I picked up Rock Steady by No Doubt. I’m not sure of my opinion on it yet. I like the two songs that have been singles so far Hey Baby and Hella Good, the rest of the album is the usual No Doubt stuff with one other track that I suspect will be the next single. I’ll let you know which it is when I get to it this time round.

I picked up the last broadcast by doves yesterday aswell. I had heard a track before that I like and they were playing one I really liked Pounded in Virgin so I picked it up for a £10. Not bad actually, but fairly generic soft rock.

Anyways Saturday evening was Austin Powers in Goldmember. It was ok, a couple of pretty moments but nothing at all stands out as being excellent apart from the surprise start which was in fact excellent. The first one made me laugh, it was a good idea. The second one was ok…a typical sequel. I’m hoping the third was the last but given that it just set some records I doubt it

I’m going to tell you a story and then I need you to tell me whether or not I’ve engaged 16 people in a massive criminal conspiracy to defraud the public in order to win a Presidential election.
That line and the followup nearly had me in tears.

A few days ago I said this:
I need something to read. I’m reading A Star Called Henry at the moment and its just not doing it for me. I’m in the mood for something sexy is the word I’m looking for I guess. I can’t think of anything else. I want to read the next American Psycho or Fight Club or God is a Bullet. Something raw and powerful with one hell of a fucking story behind it.

Yesterday I was wandering around town and I realised exactly what it was I was looking for. I saw an ad in the front window of a book shop for a book called “Lost in a book” and it struck me right then. That was what I was looking for. I wanted something powerful that would just grip me and I could go and loose myself in it. Books like that are pretty rare for me and I’ve not found anything yet. I did pick up a couple of books a new Clive Cussler (great popcorn reading) the new Peter David paperback (comedy popcorn) and a couple of crime thrillers that were on sale and looked mildly entertaining. Confession time though. I have at least 100 books lying around in front of me that I haven’t read. I bought them all because I wanted to read them and I still do. Just none of them are what I want now. Silly statement I know, they might just turn out to be, but nothing is grabbing me yet. There is a new book by Boston Terran in hardback that I might just pick up but we shall see.

In other news, it does look like I’ll get one of those ABC books I wanted. I’m in the lead on eBay for Top Ten Volume One hardcover. Paying a little over what I would have had I gotten it in the shops but not by all that much so I’m happy enough. The other one I wanted The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is at $66 dollars with a couple of hours to go and I am considering it. I suspect it is a little much and I might see if anyone at the WEF or V can hook my up with one. Having just checked what that is in sterling, it is too much. I suspect I will soon again hate eBay as my favourites from my comic collection become hardcover’s.

I have at last got a MetaFilter logon. Matt is allowing 20 new people a day at a specific time and I was one of the lucky few today. It’s one of the few sites a visit several times a day and its always worth a look.

It is good to see that I’m not the only person sharing the joy of the West Wing in their blog. I lent Dave the discs as soon as I finished watching them and I appear to have disturbed his sleeping patterns as a result. I’ll have to remember the third disc for tomorrow. The final episode of the first season is just amazing.

I meant to talk about this during the week. Rob Lowe is to leave the West Wing, he will appear in 16 of the 22 episodes of the next season (4) and that is that. Now in itself that is fine for a season, but overall the best description of his exit was something on one of the WEF Satellite forums. It was something like this.
Lowe leaves West Wing, Schiff, Bradley, Spencer and Janney stay. World turns.
Thinking about it, the show can go on without Sam Seaborn, of all the main characters his loss is the smallest hole. In my opinion the only departures that would kill the show would be Bradley Whitford’s Josh or Allison Janney’s C.J. The show could go on without John Spencer, it would be a lot poorer for it but they could bump Josh up to Chief of Staff and that *could* work really well for the show. C.J. is C.J., she is just not replaceable. Sure the Press Secretary is but I no-one could replace C.J. I think the show would feel a great loss of Richard Schiff’s Toby and indeed Martin Sheen’s Jed, but it could weather them with some effort.

Anyways as much as I will miss the character of Sam, at the moment it is over a year away before it shows here and it won’t make all that much of a difference until then. As long as Josh is still written aswell as he has been all along I’m sticking with the show.

It is worth noting that Josh is my favourite character but that I also have a soft spot for Janel Moloney’s’Donna.

Now I know that Alex will correct me in the morning when she sees this if I am wrong but…grammar? When referring to an actors character, should it be Rob Lowes’ Sam Seaborn or Rob Lowe’s Sam Seaborn?

UPDATE The lovely Alex has corrected me and it is Rob Lowe‘s Sam Seaborn

1. How long have you had a weblog?
Since May 2001 but I started over in September 2001. That is why the archives only go back that far.

2. What was your first post about?
Something about starting the blog.

3. How many changes (name, location, etc.) of your weblog have there been, if more than one?
One; moving from the old blog to this.

4. What CMS (content management system) do you use? Do you like it or do you want to try something else?
BloggerPro, I’m lazy, it does everything I want it to do and I just have not bothered to get around to installing anything else sucessfully and keep on using it. One day I will move to Moveable Type.

5. Do you read people who have both a journal and a weblog? Or do you prefer to read people who have all of their writing in one central place?
No, I don’t see the point in looking in two places. Pick one and use that.

The Friday Five

I was going to have and early night and just read for a while before bed. Then I got a phonecall from a friend in the US and that put pay to that. I don’t really have much to talk about at the moment. Couple of posts to come on stuff I’m thinking about but nothing major.

Today.
Some comics
Some books
shoes
Austin Powers : Goldmember

Not really anything to say I guess.