Due to a cockup at the pharmacy I just have "Fortijuice" to live off at the moment, my milkshake stylee "Fortisip" should be waiting for me this evening.
I can already report that drinking Fortijuice makes your piss smell like that last flavour you had – "Fruits of the Forest" most recently.
My stomach is wondering what the hell has hit it – I was also awake early this morning craving food. And I have a bloody annoying headache.
Not so good so far then…
Very seriously, we’re looking at buying a houseboat.
Reasons for:
Reasons against:
So far, the best sites I’ve found are http://houseboats.apolloduck.co.uk/ & http://www.waterview.co.uk/ and these deal in houseboats for sale in London.
Books? Not a lot that I’ve found so far:
Navy bars Gay UK entrant
You can be gay, but not openly so. Or something…
Sadly, he’s not all that fabulous looking either.
Listening to John Barry’s best of album "Themeology" this morning reminds me just how influential his music has been on cinema. Having seen The Ipcress File on TV the other night, I just love his characteristic sound style. I guess it’s also because Derren Brown uses it as his theme tune to his TV series that I like it as well.
When we moved into our current house, I emailed the council and had our council tax account changed form the old house to the new. Great. They emailed back to confirm the address as it didn’t quite match what they had, but no matter, it was all sorted and I was assured the direct debit would just start up again in a month or so.
Foolish me for thinking they would do what they said they would.
Cut to me now 6 months on and my landlord emails saying he’s been asked to appear in court for non payment of council tax. He explained to them that we were the tenants, and why hadn’t they sent demands to us. Their answer: "we didn’t know where to send the bill". Now there is a large bill for council tax and (I can only imagine) a fast amount of sundry fees added by the council winging its way over.
Luckily for me, all this was conducted by email and letter, all of which I have copies of – I am going to have a calm little chat with them when they open on Tuesday…
Way to go Kensington & Chelsea Council.
Cunts.
This week, I shall be mostly reading Derren Brown’s "Pure Effect". Review to follow!
Having devoured this book during my weekend away, here are my thoughts.
As is normally the case with these specialist titles with small print runs, there are plenty of typos; but that doesn’t actually detract from the book.
It has a good mix of background on mentalism in general plus a few "routines" to get you started. It’s well referenced so there’s plenty of scope for further reading. In fact, I’ve just bought Derren Brown’s book "Pure Effect" off the back of it.
For someone like me who is totally new to the scene of psychological illusion, this is a great book to start with. I have really no intention of performing any of this in front of an audience, but it does give you a great insight into people watching and the awesome talent and showmanship of people like Derren Brown.
I have a new book, and it’s going to allow me to mess with people’s minds. Or not.
Detailed review to follow.
I went to cheer on my friends at the London Triathlon yesterday – the added bonus of (some) pretty boyz in wetsuits and lycra was a happy coincidence though!
There’s been a bit of pruning up in my gallery – all my original work is still there, just some of the rather crappy picture of celebs have gone.
