Just pondering on what a year of change it seems to be for everyone...Us, well we're moving to K-town (Hooray!) and I'm starting a new job. I now know FIVE couples that have got engaged this year, two of them being very good friends of ours, and three people who are having babies.

People, save some news for next year! Otherwise 2008 will be real dull!

I remember 1997 being kinda transitional too...maybe people realise that the decade is starting to draw to a close and they need t finish it in a different place to where they started. Hmmm

Ponderings...

Tags: changes
Current Mood: contemplative

I feel a bit guilty cause I haven't posted for so long...but facebook is sooo very addictive...

Today was cool despite a looot of wallpaper stripping and polyfilling. At least we went to the Doghouse and saw Llew being very drunk and affectionate.

Can't think about my life too much cause I'm still reeling from some huge news this week, which I'm not at liberty to divulge in public (no Claire, not that...)

*confused*

Gosh, three days off in a row! Terribly exciting, even if I seem to be spending this one mainly spring cleaning (and apparantly it's not a good idea to clean windows in your PJs...once you get the scum off, it means everyone can see you! No, really!)

So, yesterday we took a road trip down to Brighton for the day. It was Varnia's idea and we roped in Llew and Leanne to fill those empty spaces in the car. My New Year's Resolution was to visit the seaside very month, so this was April's slot.
  
We sat on the beach, had a little paddle and ate fish 'n' chips. Then we met some of Llew's friends, Chris and Smiley  and drank beer on the seafront (I didn't..). Then, even better, we hooked up with my crazy ex-boss Joanne and her friend Kurt and went on the rollercoaster on the pier! Hooray!

Got back to Kennington in time for a BBQ at Scouse + Windell's house, with Rich 'n' Rich, Ant 'n' Kay, Joel and Olly. 

All on top of finding out Sunday that one of our favourite couples in the WORLD! have got engaged!!! (our other favourite couple - Alex and Annabel - are also engaged! woo-hooo!!) and having some quality partying time on Sunday night with Ems and Redfunky and the BDD crew.

I'm tired but happy.

Tags: bank holiday, bbq, bdd, brighton, k-town, seaside
Current Mood: content

...was a nice day. didn't manage to catch up with Rachel but hey! I'm off thursday too! woo-hooo!!

DID manage to catch up with Lottie...we had 1/2 price pizza and pasta at Mozarella e Pomodoro then went to London Bridge for a swim. Lottie's joined a gym under the railway bridge, who very kindly have given me three days' free membership. So, we went for a swim in their beautiful, if small, pool and sat in the jacuzzi for a little while.

Then a coffee and off to meet Nathan from work. Followed by 2for1 pizza at brb with Ant and Llew.

All very nice and somewhat taking my mind off the crappy time I'm having at work. 

So many big decisions to make....

Tags: pizza, swim
Current Mood: confused

are in the offing..possibly.

I shall say no more

Current Mood: curious

OK, the party which I never thought I'd get round to doing has finally happened. As is typical of me, I made it competely overcomplikated but my military style orgainsation meant that the night itself went fairly smoothly. And I think people had fun. There were fajitas, shanties, grog and intrigue...who could ask for more?!

Gallery is online now but here are some of my favourites....

   
   

...if anyone wants a (once used) Pirate Murder Mystery Party, full of obscure cultural references, just tell me and I'll mail the whole thing to you! Shanties and all!

Tags: pirate murder mystery party
Current Mood: tired

Ooh, I like this quiz. Thanks to clairebandaidsand her friend mirandajoyfor supplying it.

1. Name a movie that you have seen more than 10 times.
Sound Of Music

2. Name a movie that you’ve seen multiple times in the theater.
Shrek - it ran for ages and I was working in the cinema at the time. So I just to go watch it in my breaks.

3. Name an actor that would make you more inclined to see a movie.
Ewan McGregor

4. Name an actor that would make you less likely to see a movie.
Used to be Adam Sandler until The Wedding Singer. Rob Schneider though, definitely.

5. Name a movie that you can and do quote from.
Trainspotting. All the time.

6. Name a movie musical that you know all of the lyrics to all of the songs.
oh good grief...I don't know any. Except maybe SoM, and Chicago
and
Oliver
West Side Story (with a few exceptions)
Most of Rocky Horror
Moulin Rouge
and a fair bit of The Producers, My Fair Lady and pretty much all of (but it's not a movie) Once More With Feeling

That's all.


7. Name a movie that you have been known to sing along with.
see all above.

8. Name a movie that you would recommend everyone see.
Can I say SoM again? I am notorious for forcing people to watch it.

9. Name a movie that you own.
Oh, way too many. The last movie we bought was Pan's Labyrinth.

10. Name an actor that launched his/her entertainment career in another medium but who has surprised you with his/her acting chops.
Errm..that's tough because they really rarely impress me. Elle McPherson in Friends was OK.

11. Have you ever seen a movie in a drive-in? If so, what?
No, sadly

12. Ever made out in a movie?
Who hasn't?!

13. Name a movie that you keep meaning to see but just haven’t yet gotten around to it.
Not sure. We tend to go to the cinema a fair bit and have DVD night with Ant every week...

14. Ever walked out of a movie?
No, I will sit through anything cause I'm an optimist. A lot of movies taht i didn't pay for I tended to go wandering about the foyer in the middle. 


15. Name a movie that made you cry in the theater.
Pay it Forward. Twice.

16. Popcorn?
urrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh no. Never since working for the cinema.

17. How often do you go to the movies (as opposed to renting them or watching them at home)?
about once a fortnight.

18. What’s the last movie you saw in the theater?
Hot Fuzz!

19. What’s your favorite/preferred genre of movie?
Dark comedy e.g. anything by Wes Anderson

20. What’s the first movie you remember seeing in the theater?
Transformers

21. What movie do you wish you had never seen?
I don't know. Battlefield Earth and Matchpoint are probably the worst films I've ever seen but we got so much entertainment from the retelling of them...
I might say Scarface  for the mental scarring (no pun intended) from the chainsaw scene. 


22. What is the weirdest movie you enjoyed?
Happiness of the Katakuris. Japanese Horror musical with animation!

23. What is the scariest movie you’ve seen?
The Others.

24. What is the funniest movie you’ve seen?
oh so many. Possibly Shaun of the Dead. The first film I remember finding hysterically funny was The Naked Gun when I was about eight., even though I didn't get all the jokes.

Tags: movies
Current Mood: calm

Top 3 Things You don't want to hear on Public Transport

3. "Did you know there are terrorists - like me - who want to kill white people?" 2. "I always carry two knives...that's why they call me Blader" 1. "I have a Rottweiler and I'm not afraid to use it" * Gosh, I love being back in London.   *Unneccesary information as said Rottweiler was slobbering over my feet at the time

Tags: being a bit freaked, crazy people on the bus and the train, rottweilers, sodding london
Current Mood: discontent

just a quick postscript to say "gosh, that was a weird experience"...I ended up rearranging the shower curtain so it was over the window too and chucking a towel over for good measure.

Now, I'm sure that no builder would intentionally want to look at my naked arse but from certain angles it would be hard to avoid it...and I have to walk out past these people in a minute, knowing they've probably seen it.

When I was cleaning my teeth, they started filing something, which made me feel like they were doing comedy sound effects to everything I was doing. Then I retreated to the living room where 1980s christian music was enjoying a huge revival (no pun intended).

Oh, and I moved the coffee table by myself (it's glassless now, thanks to Martin, so that makes it easier) so no need to invite the contractors in, bad porn film stylee

I'm scared that Live journal is going to become some kind of outlet for all my most pointless ramblngs. Especially cause I know that no-one but 

clairebandaids

 will read it.

Tags: bad porn films, being a bit freaked, cheesy 80s christian music
Current Location: camberwell
Current Mood: pensive
Current Music: Best Of Spring Harvest

OK, so it turns out I'm not meeting

clairebandaidsfor lunch till one so have more time to play around on this and recreate that first lost post.

what did it say? errmmm...something about missing Aus...

something about looking forward to my pirate murder mystery party on Saturday but being dead nervous cause I wrote it all and I'm not sure what made me think I could do that.

something about the FRIGGING STUPID HEAD OFFICE GOITS who have decided to start the sale on Sunday morning so technically meaning I should work Saturday night.

something about the yummy chocolate courgette cake that Jenni baked for us when she came to stay last weekend and which now apparantly constitutes "breakfast" (I have cold noodles in the fridge so I could always recreate that bizarre "chinese breakfast" they gave us on the plane outta Hong Kong)

  oh, and something about the man who is currently standing outside my bathroom window, unnerving me somewhat and making me play around on lj instead of taking a shower.

and lastly something about motoring if I'm gonna make that funeral. Which is no longer relevant but worth saying anyway.

I wonder if I could ask the builders outside to come in and help me move my coffee table? Or is that just the set-up for a really bad porn film? (If so, I probably shouldn't be wearing an old Warner Village t-shirt...)

 

Tags: bad porn films, boring aus photos, cake, frigging stupid head office goits, pirate murder mystery party
Current Location: camberwell
Current Mood: uncomfortable