2005

Last night Mr Wombat and I went to Camden's famous Jazz Cafe to see a gig by Medeski, Martin & Wood. Contrary to the sound of it, they are not a firm of solicitors who moonlight as jazz muso's. It was the first time I'd been to the Jazz Cafe, and I guess I was…

…seem to be “bugger all”. Or at least that's what my chances of getting a ticket to this are, it seems. Mind you I only just found out it was on, so I don't suppose that's cause for being *too* upset.

Feh. Anyone ever have one of those days where nothing major goes wrong, but there's just a string of little niggling inconveniences which add up into a relentless tide of irritation ? I call those “weekdays”. Today was more or less OK, except that when I was in a hurry to get to kickboxing the…

I could have sworn that when I left work on Friday I had a nice quiet, relaxing weekend planned. Friday was *supposed* to be popping out for a couple of beers with Ciaran to celebrate his birthday and his new job, however part way through the night I randomly ran into Andrea from my old…

I saw an asian woman (I'm guessing Chinese or Malaysian, but it's not really relevant) standing outside Mornington Crescent station this morning, gesticulating wildly to her interlocutor. Having seen this sort of thing go on before, I assumed that she must be speaking in sign language. A little closer, and my suspicions were confirmed, as…

First thing – credit where credit's due. I stayed at Richard & Clarissa's over the weekend, and I'm happy to announce that I've discovered The Best Shower in Britain. Oh my god, it was awesome ! Proper water pressure, nice hot water, no bizarre tap balancing ritual, and a solid screen which meant not having…

I appear to have soy sauce on my mouse ball. … (this sentence reminds me of a voice recorder note I made on my phone at some stage and only discovered recently – at the time I must have found it important to remind myself that “I appear to have mayonnaise in my nostrils”)

If ever there was a time to let out an almighty Star Wars Episode III style cry of “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!“, it's this article which has just come to my attention: http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1451960.htm. My lack of business knowledge prevents me from understanding quite how they can do this – I realise a hostile takeover usually means acquiring the…

Not sure if now is a good time to get around to mentioning, but I went to Sweden back at the end of June – the original rationale was that I missed out on getting a Glastonbury ticket, so I figured I'd do something fun anyhow. Then a whole swag more Glasto tickets became available,…

Hmm. I absolutely sprinted out from Tai Chi tonight in order to be home by 8:30 to meet the 3 potential new flatmates that were coming around tonight. It's now 10pm and there's been no sign of any of them, and my housemate hasn't appeared either. I'm starting to wonder if I'm in the right…