I have a new toy. I have two in fact. 1.8Ghz dual processors Macintosh G5’s with 1gb of RAM. Nice. Real nice. Just waiting on a switch box to be sorted out. Right now due to the joys of technology, I can only use my XP box with a USB iMac keyboard and my nice shiny G5 with a standard Compaq keyboard. I’m hoping IC will be back soon to sort this out.
I’m back in work today and not feeling so bad. Walking to the tube this morning wasn’t fun but I had taken some painkillers just before I left the house so I guess it could have been worse.
Last night, against my better judgement I went to see Dove’s in Hammersmith Palais. I didn’t leave till late so as to minimise standing around. The gig itself was allright, only real highlights (much like the Dove’s career) were Pounding and ending on the excellent Here Comes The Fear. Home to bed and didn’t feel the best I must admit. Hopefully back by Monday for The Pogues which should be awesome.
Reading stuff, lets see I’m actually reading 4 books at the moment which is unusual for me. Still labouring slowly with Alan Moore’s Voice Of The Fire, also speed-reading John Grisham’s The Last Juror, an Irish taxi driver collection; Tales From the Rearview Mirror and Short Fellow, a biography of Charles J. Haughey. So a little varied there I’m sure.
Comics wise, Ultimate Spider-man continues to entertain and I even broke and bought volume 11 in softback because I wanted more. Superman: Birthright, overrated. It’s nothing special at all.
CoH got deactivated today, it’s all Eve for the near future. Lets me watch stuff at the same time too. Moving towards the second half of season 5 of The West Wing and loving it. It’s nowhere near as good as the first two but it’s still good solid enjoyment. Started watching The Wire after numerous V and AllTV types shouted about it. It’s not half bad at all and I’m enjoying it but 6 episodes in, I’m not sure what it’s getting all the hype over.
Other stuff. I read the first two Ross O’Carroll-Kelly books recently. They weren’t bad, I would have enjoyed them a lot more a few years ago. Made me smile, really made me smile (and go off the rails a little) in one place.