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January 29th, 2007
08:10 am - January 2007
Went to look at a Volvo as a possible car for my banger drive from Calais to Prague in September. After 2.5 hours worth of driving I got to inspect the car, bodywork was sound but the engine had a head gasket failure so said no and walked away. Have decided not to look at any car more than 40 miles away!
Booked hotel room for Minami-con.
Started to rub down paintwork in bathroom and one of the bedrooms.
Offered a V6 Cavalier for £100. This one is in Suffolk, has Tax and MOT and an attentive owner. This means it won't throw all its valves through the bonnet or doors fall off as soon as I get 100 yards away from the previous owner.
Arranged to go spraying in Feb.
Some people say that the 22nd Jan is the worst day this year - what bollocks. Don't blame your inability to cope with day-to-day life on a random number dreamt up by some university slacker employed by the government.
I had my haircut. Nothing rash, just the usual tidying by a bored stick-like barely coherant teenage girl. Of course when I walked in there was no acknowledgement of my presence, no 'I'll be with you in a minute', they carried on their vacuous conversation so I sat down on an old faux leather sofa that was too low for anyone's good. Here ends the tale, boring and straight forwards with minor gripes - just like me as I hurl towards 38 with less PC and social subtly than I was taught by my long-suffering parents.
For my birthday Vicki had booked for us to go and see the Monty Python based musical,;'Spamalot'. But as the time grew closer she was called away to work that particular weekend in Buxton, so we offered the spare ticket to my friend. He and I went up to London and looked about in shops and then went to the matinee showing. Spamalot was very good, lots of dancing,singing and general humour which is what you'd expect from a show based on the film 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail'.
The play used key parts from the film to link it all together whilst leaving out some of the other parts like the witch/duck sketch, three headed knight, inspector Endofthefilm etc. But did feature all the bits most people remember like the French castle, the flying cow, the giant wooden rabbit, Tim the Enchanterer, the white rabbit (with sharp pointy teeth), the Knights that say Ni and the democratic peasants.
Of course, being a musical there was lots of singing, but the songs were funny and untaxing on the ears. To my joy (and probaby most of the male audience) the cast included several fit lady dancers all of whom featured in many of the scenes in wonderfully minimal outfits - all done in a tastefully of course... :¬)
Despite being 'in the Gods' we could see most of the action and hear everything including the lead actress who had an excellent voice. All the other characters put in great performances with plenty of energy and timing. I did go along expecting references to other Python sketches but alas they strictly kept their humour to the film and didn't stray away, so true Python fans maybe disappointed if they were expecting an in-joke fest - but this didn't detract from the live music and the throughly enjoyable show which romped along at a cracking pace - the interval came quicker than I expected.
In the end it was an excellent show and I am very grateful for Vicki for booking it - and was disappointed she couldn't attend - oh well, I'd only be too pleased to go and see it again!
Watched 'Top Gear' and saw Richard Hammond's crash - I'm amazed he's alive let alone presenting TV again, truely amazing. It also confirmed my opinions that Jeremy Clarkson is a cock. Once he was entertaining, but now he's just like a petulant child whining, whinging and deliberately trying to be edgy without any idea of what he's doing. Give it up Clarkson, hand the reins over to someone with balls - like Hammond. Besides if I wanted real car insights I'd just have to pick up a copy of EVO magazine where they have real opinons, drive real cars with real accessments and much better photography.
Given that my life throws up little of note, my posting will be monthly. Thank funk for that eh?!
Lord Vader: I'll have the Penne ala arrabiata.
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Comments:
"Arranged to go spraying in Feb."
You or the car?
"the cast included several fit lady dancers all of whom featured in many of the scenes in wonderfully minimal outfits"
Photos?
Spraying = graffiti: no me or car (yet), but wall in Swaythling near Southampton.
No pictures sadly - I was 'in the gods' and therefore too faraway, amongst the great unclean, and without the aid of a large lens. |
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