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p.s. avoid South-East London at the moment:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6594419.stm
15 min journey took 75 mins.... not good.
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For those of you without Facebook (Event Here on Facebook) Here's the summary:
( Friday 25th May Evening -> Monday 28th May Morning )→ Mind:  excited |
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Argh!
Just when I didn't need something like this to happen I've managed to break my office key.
Now I'm stuck sat on a stairwell until Alex arrives, assuming he's even coming in today - otherwise I'll have to head home and work from there.
The coconut orchestra the other night was fantabulously nutty. Terry Gilliam and the other Terry (who I can never remember properly) did this wonderful instruction thing on stage about how to use the coconuts :D
Got to meet Mat Bowles, Naomi, Dan and Rosie, and some friends of friends I don't really know.
Was also nice to see some familiarish faces like DJ Psyche turn up - both of us queueing for the same coconut lot with rather neon combination of hair :D
If you're on facebook - you can see some pictures. Otherwise I guess you can't :P
The Key - click here to see what's left of it→ Mind:  crappy |
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Hi everyone,
I know I've been very quiet the last month or two but workloads have been pretty huge recently (Boss has a new baby, people on holiday, and my training up new minions).
Things are starting to cool down again now so hopefully I'll start to update again soon rather than just crashing out in the evening.
I'm well, if a little tired, and really just posted this to re-iterate something that Rosie posted in her journal:
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Monty Python’s Spamalot celebrates St George’s day with an attempt to smash the Guinness world record for World’s largest coconut orchestra
To coincide with St George’s Day on Monday 23 April, cast members from the hit musical Monty Python’s Spamalot along with the general public will be attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the World’s Largest Coconut Orchestra.
The SPAMALOT team will teach members of the public how to ‘clip-clop’ in time to the Python classic Always Look on the Bright Side of Life prior to the record breaking attempt which will take place in Trafalgar Square at 7pm. To be assured a pair of exclusive Monty Python’s SPAMALOT coconuts and possibly a place in the history books, you will need to have registered at one of a number of check points in Trafalgar Square by 6.30pm.
The Guinness World Record for the largest number of people gathered in one location playing coconuts at the same time currently stands at 1789. This record was set on 22 March 2006 outside the Shubert Theatre in New York, to celebrate the one year anniversary of the Broadway production of Monty Python’s SPAMALOT.
The record breaking attempt will be part of a weekend of free activities organised by the Mayor of London. It will be followed by a special screening of Monty Python and the Holy Grail in Trafalgar Square at 7.30pm.
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I'm going for definite... in fact, I think I'm going to make my own St George tunic for the event.
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That's pretty much all I wanted to say :3
Big thanks to Psyche for organising the whole thing - I was in stitches for most of the show and the rest I was happily singing along from my perch up near the rafters.
Good to see some friendly faces too (Al, Uncle Nemesis, Matt North, and Steve and Georgia turned up)
On a pseudo-related news: Anyone considering going along to see The Last Dance at the Betty Ford Clinic (April 20th)? I went along to the club few weeks ago for the opening night (when there were no bands on) and it was a bit quiet, but still a blast (More room to dance \m/) |
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Well Thorpe-Park was, as expected, awesome. Myself, Hugh, Alex, Becky, Mary and Phoebe all crammed into the back of Hugh's car for the short journey between Staines train station and the park itself.
Unfortunately, about half of the park (the good half) was shut so we didn't get to go on Nemesis, nor Detonator, etc.
There was enough to fill up the day though (Depth Charge, Colossus, Miss Hippo's Fungle Safari, Quantum, Mr Monkey's Banana Ride, Chief Ranger's Carousel, Vortex [never going on this again], Zodiac) - and more than enough spinning around upside down suspended above the ground to make me feel uneasy.
We didn't go on Stealth because it didn't open until the last minute and it looked like there was about 20 hours worth of queueing for it. Quite glad too tbh, I like my trousers black, not brown.
After the park we went back to Becky's place for some cardgames and drinking (well, not me drinking obviously), and from there back to my place for sleepingus maximus.
There are some pictures from Alex's camera which I'll try to sort out at some point.
Mar. 14th, 2007 @ 03:44 pm
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We haven't done a museum in a few weeks, but this saturday we'll either be going to the 'Tate Britain' or the 'Tate Modern' depending on the mood on the day / popular vote.
As per usual we'll be meeting at Angel Tube Station @ Noon and then meandering over. If anyone feels like coming along can you make sure I know so that I can ensure we don't poddle off without you.
Also - anyone is free to meet us there or come along later if more convenient - Just let me know and I'll find a way to let you know where we end up.
Mar. 14th, 2007 @ 03:39 pm
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| » Eclipse, Spring and Thorpe Park |
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Last saturday wasn't just a run-of-the-mill full moon, but we were also lucky enough (well, those of us that noticed it) to get a blood red circle, courtesy of the good old planet earth.
We wandered up to the stone circle at Hilly Fields to get a better look at it, and while it was a lovely clear sky with many stars visible etc, the ground was a tad too muddy to stay there for very long. As we were leaving though a couple turned up looking like they were about to get with the baby makings, although I haven't been able to find any reference to a blood moon being good for the sexings. I suppose it might have just been coincidence, but anyway. Did anyone else get to see the eclipse?
It's nice finally to be light in the mornings when I have to head over to Cirencester. I have to get up before 6am in order to catch the 6:30ish train into London, to get across London and back out the other side etc etc, and it's really nice to not be sat in the dark at the station wishing I was back in bed. Now I'm sat in the light wishing I was back in bed ;)
It's also getting lighter in the evenings... not quite "light" when I get home (especially last night - train delay meant I didn't get back until gone 10pm) but it will be soon enough.
Oh, finally - we're going to Thorpe Park this saturday. Anyone want to come with?
Park opens at 10am, so we'll be on the 8:28 train from Waterloo to Staines and then we'll get the shuttlebus from Staines. So far there are 7 of us going that I know of, in two groups (we'll meet up there)
I'd offer crash space, but it might already be taken up by a few bodies - will make another post if more space becomes available or if anyone drops out.
Weather is currently shaping up for sun so it should be an excellent day :3
Mar. 8th, 2007 @ 09:28 am
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| » awesomely leet credit! |
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Heh - I just noticed from one of my receipts for lunch, that my credit-card ends 1337
How awesomely nerdy :3
Mar. 1st, 2007 @ 02:41 pm
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| » Minion! and new toy! |
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Looks like all of this work I've been doing interviewing people hasn't been for nothing (this time). We decided to offer one of the two positions we had advertised to one of the recent batch of interviewees... and he has accepted the offer. \o/ Hooray!
It means that in one month he'll start work and I'll have someone to take some of the load off :3
In other news, work have purchased a swanky new laptop for me (to replace my aged desktop computer. This is a good thing (tm) because it means I'm now posting from bed, while I stream TV shows wirelessly from my media-drive across the network \o/
Feb. 26th, 2007 @ 10:40 pm
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