Saturday, Jul. 25, 2009 - 19:28

Where did I put my washcloth? I think it got left in Ashby-de-la-Zouche by Cassius Clay. I'd told him to make sure he brought it back, but the little fucker went and forgot. If I see him again, I'm going to fill his pockets with apricot jam, and that's no word of a lion!

1. Supposedly, "The four most over-rated things in life are champagne, lobster, anal sex and picnics". I've not had the second and third of these as far as I can remember (though my dirty European fiancee did like to stick her fingers in my bum.. very un-British!) so can't comment with full authority, but I've enjoyed the first and last of this four. Champagne may be over-rated though, I admit.

2. I had a need earlier on to try and recall the actress(es) in 1980s/90s kids ITV drama 'Children's Ward' that I had a crush on. IMDb was kinda helpful, but the search was made difficult by the fact it's been almost twenty years since I saw the show, and 'cause there were more than a hundred actors/actresses listed. I'm thinking Rebecca Callard fits the bill, as I remember writing her name in my diary back then, and she was in the show..

3. I had the worlds stongest cup of coffee. I must have left the top off the jar for a bit, and the remaining few spoonfuls of coffee had absorbed water from the air and gone a bit clumpy. So I rinsed the jar out into a coffee mug using hot water and added three spoons of sugar to try and hide the taste. It still made my whole face screw up when I had a mouthful!

4. Work this week was busy at the start, and ended up petering out somewhat towards the end of the week. I was kinda resting on my laurels having had a fairly productive first three and a half days, so today and yesterday took it slightly easier than usual.

5. Finished reading that Frank Skinner autobiog, and very good it was too. I've started on a crime thriller novel now, called something like 'The Night Ferry'. It's pretty good so far.

6. One of my favourite anagrams of 'Joistmonkey - please mind the gap' is 'Megadeath moistens joky nipple'. I liked one with the word 'Apothegmatised' in it too, but had to look up what the word means. 'Penis Adage Milkmen Jetty Hoops' was also amusing.

7. Don't let me erupt on your skidoo. Mainly because in 1998 Thiokol branded polymer products purchased by PolySpec L.P., a Houston based manufacturer of Industrial Coatings, Marine Decking, and Subsea Insulation products.

8. I don't need to say much, but.. Sven Goran Eriksson joining Notts County? Haha! What a wonderful and wierd world we inhabit :-)

9. Oddishly assertive (but probably rude) moment earlier in the week 'cause I asked someone at work (a nice girl but I barely know her) if she could give me a lift home. She said 'yes', but it wasn't till we got out of work that I realised her Dad was picking her up. It was fine actually, just looked awkward 'on paper'. The Dad was a decent bloke - we had a chat about veterinary medicine and research.

10. I think my arms are too skinny compared with the rest of my body. I've probably got nowt to worry about though - perhaps there is an element of rose-tinted (or the usual childs viewpoint of things being larger than they are) vision in this 'cause I think I'm comparing myself to my father.

11. Had a chat with the wee bespectacled (but sorta cute, though admittedly she's the girlfriend of one of the blokes I get on well with at work) girl at work earlier in the week, which progressed pretty quickly to a discussion about Metallica and porn star Ginger Lynn starring in their video to 'Turn The Page'. That vidoe had a big effect on me when I first saw it a few years back - thought provoking and sad. Anyhow, it just shows that appearances 9the wee girl at work) can be deceptive - I'd never have had her down as a metaller.

12. During the week, I was discussing whether Jesus Christ had a rattle when he was younger. I'm not sure why conversation turned to this point, but the consensus was that he probably did. After all, Pa was a carpenter, so would probably have been able to rustle something up, even if it was a bit like one of those revolving ratchet football rattles.

13. Speaking of religion (etc.) I wonder what the church's stance on swine flu could be? Are viruses made by God to test (or cull) us? What possible explanation could there be.. is it to punish us for spending too much and not being green? Or is it a method of getting us all together against Satan :-) Anyway, load of bollocks. Plus, the media is overhyping swine flu something rotten, when you compare it to the amount of coverage things ten times more lethal/dangerous get.

14. What I said a week or so back regarding flirting with my colleagues has continued. I don't know if it's the weather, or a combination of feeling settled in the job but bored of the routine, but I've been a little silly of mood. Perhaps I just need to get laid? :-)

15. I miss live baseball on TV. Part of me thinks I shouldn't be bothered 'cause I always used to fall asleep halfway through, and now I'm at work I surely wouldn't have watched all that much, but.. I used to like it. Now it's not on the TV I've made little effort to follow it though, oddly. Well done to Mark Buehrle for a 'Perfect Game' though. Not bad for something that's only been done sixteen times since 1904 (esp. if you consider each season of baseball contains over 2400 games).

16. Does anyone else know much about The Distillers? I have Coral Fang, and really like quite a lot of it, but everything else I've downloaded off other Distillers albums has been a bit too punky shouty for me. I think I prefer them when they're being more Hole than Clash.

17. It's interesting how the British legal system takes into account how good a footballer (and perhaps how English you are!) in deciding whether to let you off punching the fuck out of some guy in a pub just because he doesn't give you the remote control purely 'cause you're famous. As one of my workmates said, "I doubt Titus Bramble would have got away with it!". I'd probably say the same for Alonso, Essien, Ballack, Fabregas etc. and other similarly gifted foreigners :-)

18. In several ways, I can draw comparisons with two women who were very important in my life at the time, both of whom taped seminal important Industrial/Goth albums of the mid nineties for me. The woman I lost my virginity to copied Marilyn Manson 'Antichrist Superstar' for me, and the woman I had my longest ever relationship with copied Nine Inch Nails 'Downward Spiral' for me. Both of these tapings happened within a ten-week period in late '96.

19. "If one commits the act of sodomy with a cow, an ewe, or a camel, their urine and their excrements become impure, and even their milk may no longer be consumed. The animal must then be killed and as quickly as possible and burned." - So said Ayatollah Khomeini, at least.

20. Watched 'Empire of Cricket' this weekend, which was about India. It was quite interesting, but I lost interest halfway through. That said, it was nice to see Inzamam losing it and going into the Indian crowd trying to hit peeps with a bat. I think someone compared him to a fat potato :-)

LISTENING TO:- I stuck on a couple of CDs Friday evening, that I'd not played for a long long time - two 'Attitude' compilations, containing such excellent shit as Life of Agony 'Weeds', Sepultura 'Roots Bloody Roots', Junkie XL 'Billy Club' and a lot of Type O Negative too. Reminded me of when I lived down south and got involved with my 'Christian Woman' housemate. I can understand why her and I have lost touch, considering I included the Type O Negative tune of that name on a compilation tape to try to change her mind about our lack of a future together :-)