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This is where you stick random tidbits of information about yourself.
Age 23, living in sin in Twickenham with Cheesy
Likes
Movies
Books
Writing
Theatre
Hugs
Kittens
Chess
Scrabble (mostly beating Cheesy's butt)
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Dislikes
Vegetables
Arguments
Cleaning
Trashy TV
Pretensions
Public Transport
Pets
Rabbits-Bambi, Fern, Sooty, Pippa-all deceased
Dog-Sammy-deceased :(
Fish-CatFlap-recently (and finally!) deceased
Cat-Tiggy-still scratching
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Technically Rachel
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Friday, December 19, 2003
It's wunderful, it's wunderful! Woooooo, tis wunderful film.
8:03 am
Thursday, December 18, 2003
In commemoration of my not seeing Return of the King yet - here's my hobbit character, what's yours?
Congratulations! You're Pippin!
Which Lord of the Rings character and personality problem are you?
brought to you by Quizilla
8:40 am
What can you do?
You leave work early, leaving your workmate working late at your benefit, drive like a maniac breaking all legal and personal driving rules in the process, wolf down a bunch of food, quickly tidy the flat, jump on a bus and head to the cinema in Richmond for the all-amazing final part of the Lord of the Rings. You're even fifteen minutes early dammit. Only the boys are not. The boys most importantly with the card for the tickets. Smelly boys cannot make it cause they left with not enough time to spare for public transport errors (surely a prerequisite in London?) and got stuck in West Hampstead. Smelly Cheesemonger, Mr Evil (being very evil indeed), and not-actually-a-very-good-elf Sianodel. What can you do? Scweam and scweam until you're sick - that's what.
8:32 am
Tuesday, December 16, 2003
Tis the dawn of a new era. Since the incompetants at Klink Family have screwed up the BlogOut system, and have lost all my past comments, I have moved. To be honest, Klink have been crappy all year, and the only thing that stopped me moving was all my lovely comments. Which are now gone - for good, it seems. Therefore, enter HaloScan, who as far as I can tell have been used by many without grumble. So hopefully no more disappearing comments. Happy posting!
10:20 am
Monday, December 15, 2003
How much does BlogOut suck right now? Time to move I think. Any suggestions?
8:15 am
Friday, December 12, 2003
Due to the imminent arrival of the third and final instalment of Lord of The Rings, I thought I would post this glorious link to Gollum's acceptance speech at last year's MTV Movie Awards. For those of you who've already had the glorious viewing pleasure, a reminder of what you enjoyed so much. And for those lovely innocents who haven't - a huge reminder of the absolute glory that is Gollum. And a chance to laugh. A lot.
3:17 pm
Been having some fun with the Christmas Name Generator.
It's rare that a name generator finds such appropriate names for the people I know:
Babol - Smiley Horny-Stockings (trust me, very apt)
Little Spice - Trumpy Horny-Toes (very funny)
Mr Goulden - Lucky Chilly-Pie (not sure why that's Xmassy - but pie!!!!)
Bron - Bouncy Berry Toes (she is very bouncy)
Benj ' Pie (just pie????!)
Sianodel - Podgy Holly-Gnome (can't... stop... giggling!)
Since I don't know everyone else's surnames, you shall have to find your own yourselves. But that had my giggling all morning. Easily pleased, me.
10:09 am
Wednesday, December 10, 2003
I love my festive kitty. She looks a lot like my cat Tiggy at home - she's the world's misery guts, and I love her to bits. How is it that people can love an animal that's so grumpy - maybe it's the challenge?
Xmas has snuck up on me this year. I find myself with two weeks to go before I have to drive my way back to Chorley, and I still haven't the faintest clue what to buy for anyone. I'm normally more organised than this. I also normally have more free cash at my disposal - not the case this year, since I get two weeks unpaid "holiday" over Xmas (ah, the glamour of the freelance world).
Still, am looking forward to it.
Me and Babol put up our first ever Xmas tree last night - the little bastard's a sharp SOB, I've got scratches all over my fingers. However, our little tree with its sparse bourbels and messy tinsel looks rather lovely. I feel ever so domesticated.
Next thing: damn Xmas card list. Means finding everyone's addresses... again. I gather them every year, and find i have lost them by March! I suck.
Can't wait for next week. Wednesday: Lord of The Rings. Saturday: Eddie Izzard. Giddy, giddy, giddy!
12:25 pm
Monday, December 08, 2003
Weekend frolics were indeed fun. Saturday was a visit to my old theatre in Chorley. Did some nostalgic workshops with the Youth Theatre, and me and Babol watched Bron and her lot do Comedy Sportz which was most funny. It's an improv show where two teams compete with eachother for laughs. Highlights were Darryl's ill-timed burp, Jools' kissing and Ste's first ever backflip - try and imagine someone who's never ever done a backflip before just having a go for the audience. This basically involved Ste hauling himself backwards and landing flat on his back. Looked painful, but oh so very funny.
Me and Bron did some more nattering and it looks like "Technically Speaking" may well be getting a second public airing. Just need to pick a time for it. Which gets me all giddy, cause i like it when Bron directs my plays. The last time she did Storyland Mumbles (yes, I am aware the title's shit), and though it's a hugely silly play designed for kids, it was enormous fun. So yeah, psyched.
The Challenge
Which leads me to another thing I'm working on with the YT - I have the challenge of writing an original play, tailored for the YT Players (a group of older YT members) - they've each given me a character bio, and from those am gonna write the thing! And believe it or not, it's actually getting somewhere, despite the following characters given:
Bisexual Psycho
A Hero who hates paperboys
Agent Smith meets Mr Big (thanks Tom!)
A 16 year old married with 2 kids
A super-bitch hooker
A totally stoned DJ
I don't know - kids these days! Tis fun so far though.
The Family
Despite protestations, Sunday with the family was very enjoyable. Fat Arse was grumpy in the morning due to toothache, but cheered up later. Grandma is still in denial. Bless her. She also bought me a very fetching pink nylon twin set. How hard is it to pretend you like something you like something so completely hideous? Very. But we do these things for our grannies. It is now hidden under Fat Arse's bed. Where it shall never surface again.
And of course Babol was the perfect gentleman, swiftly fooling all and sundry that he's a nice boy, when we all know the real truth.
I, of course, forgot my sister's Xmas present. Sigh. I suck.
Apologies
Sorry to Little Spice for revealing to fella that your mum used to call you "Topsy".
I should have also mentioned that your sister used to call you "The Beast".
And that I used to call you "Hoggy".
I think my life is in danger.
2:42 pm
Friday, December 05, 2003
Now that Kat's done it - I'll have to too.
Here are my three faves from www.mycathatesyou.com:
This kitty hates you with "unparalleled fervour"
This one just makes me laugh
I'd love a cat that did this
8:52 am
Thursday, December 04, 2003
I travel to Chorley this weekend for family fun - my sister is leaving to Australia for a month next week, so everyone's have a little Xmassy thing this weekend to see her off. Yes, my sister will be in Australia whilst I am home this Xmas - woooooooo. This means I get my bedroom, but on the downside it does mean i have no one to torment and bite over the Xmas period. Never mind.
The big news is, Babol is joining me. To see the whole family. For the first time. Now after three years, I can well imagine that my Granny is just itching to see him and give him a good talking to. No doubt. I have an extremely nosy family - they're gonna love this weekend.
Which remind me of another downside to Fat Arse's absence - normally she's the one dodging questions about marriage and boyfriends at Xmas, and I'm missed, but with her gone, there may well be attention. Still, at least I won't get my sister's atack of: "You best hurry up Sarra - you're nearly 30, you don't want to get left on the shelf" - completely serious comment by my Auntie a few years back to Fat Arse. 30 does not beckon me yet, so I think I'll be safe.
Should be good though - my outer family are nothing if not highly amusing. I've told my Granny numerous times that me and Dan live together (in sin, heavens!), and everytime she talks as if I live alone. Beautiful denial.
2:10 pm
Wednesday, December 03, 2003
Oh my God!!! I nearly peed myself at this!
5:14 pm
Sigh. Forgot the makeup again this morning. Not good.
A few messages:
Nick: Lovely chatting to you over messenger the other day - though very surreal cause you was so far away
Holly: Congrats on selling the extra tix. Wooo. Do I need to send them somewhere?
Tall Boy: Get your arse over to Rockenspiel's site and sure some support for Tori Amos on his poll - she's losing! And you still haven't told me about your birthday (there has been an extra delay on your super birthday present which I will explain once you know what it is. So alas I won't have it for the weekend - I shall lump it in with your Xmas present now, so you can go "Wow" twice on Xmas day!)
Bron: I sent the scripts to you - I have giddy impatience, I didn't have to pay for the postage, and I didn't want to heave them all the way up to Chorley on the train. Should be with you tomorrow.
Ben: Your site sucks!! Blog more. (And I agree with Bron - MP3s ARE evil. You just wait and see)
Greg: Get your arse also over to Rockenspiel and vote for Tori - Tori Hurrah.
In other news, Master & Commander was very good - not the action movie most will except, but rather a fascinating glimpse into that world. Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany are, of course, brilliant, but the shocker is that Weir has actually managed to put young boys in the film who aren't terminally annoying, and are actually damn good little actors. Makes a change (*cough* Harry Potter! *cough*).
I just sit with giddy impatience for Lord of the Rings - eeeeegggggghhhh. Saw the trailer before M&C, and bloody hell it looks fantastic. Is it just me though, or does Gollum look a but different?
1:54 pm
Tuesday, December 02, 2003
Well, thanks to yesterday being the busiest work day yet (I was here till sodding 8pm last night) I was unable to take part in this grid:blog thing (Cheesemonger has full details) on brand. Which sucks. I shall have to settle with a summary of my thoughts with one sentence:
Brands make you a non-entity. Make your own label.
Short, not totally sweet, but it'll do.
In other news I've had all my hair chopped off - and wooo, it looks great. It's good to know I can have chin-level hair and it not spring up into a super scary bramble bush.
8:43 am
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