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July 2nd, 2007
08:47 am - June - Off the Voigt-Kampf scale
2nd
Guy turned up with the shed and we man-handled it into the garden, now all I have to do is build it!
Mowed the front lawn and did this and that in the rear.
3rd
Another nice sunny day. I creosoted parts of the shed and then we went out for a nice long walk round Itchen Country Park - unfortunately after an hour or so my hayfever started and I became all sniffy. Time seemed slow today which was nice and I actually enjoyed the day apart from the morning when I managed to knock orange juice all over the bed…no lie-in for me then!
5th
After work I prepared and laid 6 paving slab as foundation for the shed. Time for a quick shower and a spot of food before heading off to the Manic Street Preacher concert in Southampton. The concert was excellent and completely packed! The guys ripped through a solid 90 minutes of classic tracks including Motorcycle Emptiness, From despair to where, La Tristesse Durera, Faster, Everything must go, A design for life, If you tolerate…, You stole the sun from my heart and a few from the latest album. I enjoyed myself immensely although the couple in front of me where intent on talking to each other constantly and the two next to me were looking at baby pictures on their mobile - strange way to spend a concert. When I first arrived my back was put up by the nazi like security bouncers who wouldn't let me in with my UNOPENED bottle of water, they refused point blank to listen to any arguement so I throw my bottle down near an overflowing bin of plastic water bottles (others clearly had the same problem), as I went in I turned around to see one of the security hitlers retrieve my water and put it in a box they had to one side - the bastards were only keeping it for themselves! Fucking bastards - as you can tell I'm utterly annoyed by this pettiness, it's all done to make sure the venue bleeds us of our money. I'm on a very tight budget this month and I utterly resent paying £1.60 for a bottle of water when mine cost me 59p. Of course, in hindsight I should have opened the bottle and poured it onto the ground in front of them to make a point, but I didn't...wish I'd spiked it with salt or white spirits. Nevertheless I had a good time.
7th
At last, I build my shed. Single-handedly mind you - not an easy thing to do, but I managed it. I have to felt the roof but other than that it's done.
9th
Felted the roof of the shed and then set about emptying out the garage and filled the shed with various amounts of stuff. Now I have space in the garage to put the cavalier in, which I fully intend to start pulling apart in a bid to sort some of the minor niggles and maintance that needs doing before CzechWrecks in August.
10th
Local youth group, Urban Regen, organised a graffiti meet and I was given space on the prime wall. I went down early and got on really well. Lots of older writers showed up later and we had a good chat, meet some of the newer writers and generally had a good time in the blazing sun. I did a repeat of the character I did in Birmingham with the letters B and N either side. Despite starting at 8 I left near one o'clock! Nipped down the following day to get pictures of everyone's work.
15th
Went to London after work to go and see 'Hound of the Baskervilles' at the Duchess theatre. It was a comic take on the Sherlock Holmes story played out by only three guys. There were plenty of visual gags, running about, costume changes and plenty of funny moments. It was really nice to go out for an evening and it enabled me to see the mysterious metal men that have popped up all around the Festival Hall area.
These belong to the Southbank's Hayward exhibition exhibition's project called Event Horizon. 31 life-size, iron casts of Antony Gromley ( Angel of the North sculptor) body stand upright on rooftops and walkways, dotting the city's skyline and staring out at the inhabitants.
"like melancholy aliens surveying a failed invasion. The presence of these metal men is made even more chilling when seen from the gallery's elevated viewing terraces. All the figures gaze in at these platforms, once again turning the exhibition's viewers into a key part of the artistic process."
16th/17th
Whiled away the weekend working on the cavalier, driving about and going for a nice walk along by the River Itchen to St Denys.
18th
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Partially reassembled the Cavalier, have to do the fluid change next, then put it back on the ground, run to temperature and tackle the other list of niggling jobs! Have got the paint for the paintjob, this will be a tribal design with a character on the bonnet.
20
Went for an evening ride at the Mid-Hants railway, I had one of the 'lucky' tickets so I got to ride on the footplate of the steam loco between stations!
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Went to Guernsey for the weekend. Saw the dentist today, luckily no work required! Spent the day trolling about the island visiting people, ect. In the evening met a couple of old mates at a pub and had an evening filled with beer and laughter. Good stuff.
30
The rain continued and I headed for the west coast to watch the time trials at Vazon. Andy Priaulx was going to do a quarter of a mile in a minibus at 15,00 but it such a horribly wet day I didn't wait, I'd spent most of the time in the car avoiding the heavy rain. Managed to get a few shots of the cars but called it a day after 5 minutes.
Stuff
Japanese pimp their rides - xbox style!
http://www.duggmirror.com/xbox_360/FORZA_2_Amazing_User_Custom_Paint_Jobs/
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What happened on the 18th and 20th? I really do not understand this "my life as a number" thing!
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