Friday, Apr. 10, 2009 - 23:40

No, please don't go expecting anything coherant! You know me better than that, surely :-)

1. Good Friday by name, overcast kinda wet weekend-ish Friday by nature. Didn't do much, which is my fault, and hence there's not much to say about it. I might've been tempted to make more of the day, but as I said, it was wet and I figured there would be too many peeps 'out' and there wouldn't be much open in town.

2. So hence, thus, I tidied my flat, listened to music, read my novel, played a bit on the ol' xbox, watched some TV and over-used commas in this here paragraph.

3. I wonder what Katsumi's favourite fudge is? Any ideas, drop me a line.

4. If I could change my body in some way, by surgery for instance, I'd lose some weight and sort my teeth out. There's a severe doubt I'll ever actually do this, however, hence I really should make some efforts to fix these issues by natural means.

5. I quite like the current crop of ladies in 'The Apprentice' this series. Not so much in a physical attractiveness manner (though a few of them are quite nice looking) but moreso in that at this stage only one of 'em has shown themself to be an unpleasant person. I'll look forward to seeing if any one of them sparks my attraction to quirkiness like Lucinda did last series :-)

6. I like the cut of Philip's jib, however (not just 'cause he's a Northerner!) and that Ben seems an intelligent sort of bloke too.

7. LISTENING TO:- A few of the CDs I got from the USA. Partic standout was a Gram Parsons one I purchased, though there was added enjoyment to be gained from Driveblind and Neil Young 'Mirrorball'.

8. When I was younger I used to get They Might Be Giants and REM confused. My brother had albums by each on vinyl, and there were some similarities in the cover art (of 'Flood' and 'Out of Time', I think) and in the sound.

9. A urial is a reddish brown large horned sheep found in asia. A urinal is a porcelain or steel trough used for pissing into. Please do not mistake the former for the latter, because you run the risk of being butted.

10. Absolute Radio (which we have on in the office at work) seems to play 'Luka' by Suzanne Vega quite frequently. I don't mind, it's a good song.

11. What is not a good song is the new Lily Allen single. Having had a couple of my office colleagues saying they liked it (but thought the country bit was funny/odd) I looked it up today. I don't like it, 'cause it's a fairly thin song - not partic strong vocal delivery of what's not a partic pleasant subject (how would women react if they were criticised in such a way?) which has had a gimmick tacked to it to try and hide the tastelessness and lack of depth.

12. The science fiction story "Delenda Est" by Poul Anderson depicts an alternate history world where Carthago defeated Rome, Christianity never arose, and in the 20th Century Svantevit is still a main deity of a major European power called Littorn (that is, Lithuania).

13. It appears that Wolves, after their de-stabilising loss to Birmingham last Monday night, are back on target for promotion by virtue of goals in the first twenty minutes from Vokes, Craddock and David Jones (eh? isn't David Jones the ex-manager?). Nice time to play moribund and semi-bankrupt Southampton, I guess. I'll be glad if they go up, as it lifted the city's mood last time they did it. The gloss will be taken off it a little though if/when Boro' ultimately swap places with them at the end of the year.

14. Five pop stars who could also be fruit include Fiona Apple, Jason Orange, Neneh (or Eagle-Eye) Cherry, electroclash star Peaches, and um.. Katie Perry. That's pear cider, you know!

15. Anybody else a football geek? I was wondering what the top scorer in the Premier League would be, based on name appearing on the score sheet (i.e. if we consider the fact the surname is all that's recorded)? I'm reckoning 'Cole' might be up there, if we consider all those scored by Andy Cole would be added to by a significant handful from Messirs Ashley C, Joe C and Carlton C. Any other ideas?

16. LISTENING TO:- more of my new CDs. Chainsuck was somewhat like trip hop mixed with industrial (reminded me of the soundtrack to films like 'Stigmata' and the band Curve), and now I've a folky compilation on which has the pleasantly indulgent eight and a half minute version of 'American Pie' on it.

That's your lot. Be glad I've not put a pickled onion in your pocket, and demanded you swim to Belgium.