Spent far too long making this drop down menu thing and there’s still a few which don’t work yet… Eeh well. I reckon we don’t need the moon phases thing neither now winter’s over and California skies stay clear for the next 9 months.
Twas the night antes de Christmas and all through the casa,
not a creature was stirring ?Caramba! ?Qu? pasa?
Los ni?os were tucked away in their camas,
some in long underwear, otros in pijamas.
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And after much research it seems that Atticus is definitely some kind of Schipperke. A belgian dog, no less. Fond of children but not ‘Vermin’. So he’s probably not going to get on famously with our little varmints, Klem and Lulu. Ah well…
Saw ‘The Incredibles’ last night. Blimey. 4 Lulus. and saw ‘Sideways’ last week, 4.5 Lulus. I aint got time to review them so I’ll be coming up with some box that blogs what I’ve seen + a few comments in the near future. UPDATE- 10:45pm Sunday night, there you go, on the right, in that IFrame. Just what I wanted… so if I get time to write reviews I’ll link to them from there. I’m going to go to bed all self-satisfied now. Sita’s wrapping pressies in the living room and I’m not allowed in. Any suggestions for presents for the girl who has everything?
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We’ve already bought our flights, so hopefully won’t need these: State-of-the-art shoes aid migrants
125 quid’s a bit steep for your average border crosser though… but great idea all the same… via boingboing.net
Depending on the timing of a meeting next Wednesday I might be doing a 1 minute TV announcement for PAPAS which will take an hour to film. If I’m not available then Miguel might do it instead, we’ll see. Whoever it is will find themselves on local community TV twice a day for the foreseeable future. And since I’m receiving 2 dollars a week (you were right about the higher living expenses, Jesse) to record to my viewing habits, I’ll be able to improve their ratings in return.
Went to see Bad Education last night with Sita. A very good film that (4 Lulus). Click here or in the media box on the right for my full review. I thought Gael Garcia looked like Prince in lots of scenes, and then this bloke turns up who’s the spitting image of Frasier. See below.
Chats with Mum and Nanny this morning. Mum and Dad are having a party with 9 guests or so which is more rock-and-roll than my anything going on my life these days. Their second one in a week, no less. Mum was checking on the parsnips as we talked. Even me Gran has a busier social life, though she’s having a lie in tomorrow because her usual lift to chapel is in Florida. Anyroad, I ran out of phone power but a call to me little sis and Ali is on the cards, i have to thank them for all me birthday pressies- I got the first season of Futurama from them too t’other day. There’s quite a lot on me to-watch list, but I’ve hardly had the chance… Marion & Geoff, Futurama, Director’s Commentary. cos I’m doing this TV rating thing I feel I ought to actually watch real TV for a week or so, but so far i’ve only seen The Antiques Roadshow , 10 minutes of The Apprentice and Jon Stewart. There’s no space to put Harry Hill’s TV Burp. I also have to check in with bert who is starting to get specific about plans for him and his dad coming for a visit in April. Which’d be grand. Also haven’t spokent to Stu and Anne since Jan 17th when they had me on speakerphone in some kind of hand held device which led to all kinds of confusion. They were round giving the 411, as they used to say over here, on their travels in the Orient in slideshow form in to impressed onlookers at me folks house last thursday…
Atticus hasn’t stopped barking since Sita left 2 hours ago to watch a basketball match (game?) in Stanford with Tanya (and to pass by Ikea). Atticus is not in my good books right now. He’s actually in the book entitled “Things that eat toenail clippings, drink from the toilet and puke in our living room”. (Which only gets 1 Lulu). So he’ll be wanting a walk then. Well he’ll have to wait till I’ve tidied the house a bit first and then he can drag me off to the sea.
Yesterday I went to Home Despot to pick up turf, but since it’s got a very limited shelf life they only have it in the mornings. So I had a wander round the area and took an a bunch of photos that I’m preliminarily calling “If life gives you girders, make irn-bru“. Here’s the link to the pix. And here’s my fav:
This morning I went to get the turf and practiced pronouncing the Americanese for it in the car, sod, pronounced sard. Here’s the b4 and after:
You may also see notice new bushy fern things which were advertised on craigslist.org for free, heather or lavender, the beginnings of a honeysuckle and solar lights which may stop working once the walnut tree gets its leaves on and casts the entire endeavour into shadow…
Ah, Tequila. Such a great place, I’ve always liked the town itself and had been wanting to go exploring around the outskirts. I had a fantastic time yesterday and I’ll blog about it properly once I recover from the experience. In the meantime, I’ve put the 260 photos I took up on Flickr but if you’d rather see a selection, well then here are my favourite 50. A million times better than the Tequila Express and no mistake.
I was highly chuffed to see my political propaganda hanging in the streets too…
Miserable weather here in SC, rain, wind, it’s just like Taunton… anyroad, at least I wasn’t getting neutered today which is more than I can say for the latest arrival to Bellevue St.. Sita was going to pick Atticus up from the shelter, but she had an exam to envigilate/proctor so I went meself. Atticus was carried out to me, cos he was still sleepy from his op, and handed over with all his medical records and suchlike. We had a painless journey to the house. I walked him round the garden for 20 mins or so, as per my instructions, in the dark. I then let him into the kitchen, let go of his lead and he darted off into the living room to crap slap bang in the middle of the carpet. I told him my feelings on this, said I was dissappointed rather than angry… I wasn’t sure whether to get dog shit clearing up equipment or my digital camera… I plumped for the former and we went on a 30 min walk round the block. We encountered 1 cat on the way which reared up and Atticus tried to hide, then I called round Tanya’s who provided me with vittals and good cheer and is coming round later to make veggie lasagna. Atticus is in the kitchen now. I am in me office. I’m about to download an mp3 of Talking Heads “Once in a lifetime”.
And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack
And you may find yourself in another part of the world
And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful Wife
And you may ask yourself-well…how did I get here?
And you may ask yourself, what’s that scratching sound on the kitchen door?
Sita seems happy. He’s a very dark dog, might have to wait for daylight for decent pix.