OVT - Flashback

It's saturday night I'm messing about, typing and having worrying flashbacks. I'm listening to "the HITS" from freeview, the current program is:

"Neil [Dr] Fox's 100 forgotten gems of the 90's"

So far there's not been a track I don't recognise, at least 50% have reminded me of that wonder(?) that was upstairs at the OVT, the memory's of watered down beer, blast-aways, dirty seat, naff music, cheesy fun (inc sneaking up the fire escape), & the knowledge that most everyone you knew that could be there would be there.

That and I miss being able to dance all night, walk home (possibly via Eric's) then stay up talking eating toast and then suddenly noticing it was 4 am ... then spending 2 hours the next morning talking about it all! Sunday morning gossip network anyone? were those the days?

Big Damn Showing

dizzykj and I went to see Serenity on the big screen ... and when I say big, it appears the cinema made a mistake so the showing had to move from a smaller screen to a huge screen, which more than made up for it starting at 10am! 10am for goodness sake! There was a raffle which was not random and not a raffle but we won, so that's ok!


we won the juggling goslings, the Buddha and the dinosaur key ring and the browncoat bracelet, how cool is that! The rest of the photo on the right is made of stuff we already had including the wonderful hats made by my wonderful and much beloved mother! Of course having taken this photo I realised I'd forgotten to add the grenades! (given to us for having Jayne hats). Which made me laugh, a lot, and then take another photo, because grenades are handy, as our heroes tell us, maybe not in the real world, but then that's not the point.

day of unexpected activity

The chickens have been a little strange of late, it seems that after a while without a male influence they get a bit grumpy, and violence ensues (which is bad).

as such they needed to be separated to prevent untimely death of one or more. which is why, this morning was spent by emb and I building the new chicken house (but don't believe it takes 5 mins to set up, closer 2 hours), it's quite cool really, I'll take pics when it's not raining. Next we went for egg and chips, stopping on the way back for grit and a new water holder.

Then I ordered many new things from ascot, all of which should come soon.

how much fun is my life!

raising the bowl

had to raise Lady's bowl up last night, she can't bend her neck enough to eat anymore, makes me a bit sad.

I did the chickens this morning,

freezing + chickens = frozen chicken poo

that's what you want on your Sunday morning! on the plus side the guinea pig hutch chicken seems like she's doing fine. The new ark came, it's cool but doesn't have a perch or a dark area, need to look to that.

I have new plan, with the new ark we'd be able to get some fertilised eggs and hatch them, assuming one of the chickens had gone broody, we'd have chicks, and then more chickens! cute or what!

Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau

0ff to Cardiff today, to go see the relatives, nanny a grampy, plus an aunt or two.

m & DuLa are picking me up in 2 hours, I've still got to pack, shower, feed the dogs and do all those other dull things, so of course I'm typing this instead. maybe I should get up?

Friend of Thor

I just woke up.

Took my extra dose today, at 15:00, I feel like I've been hit by a hammer.

Back to Reality

Did something today, went to ASDA, that's all. They're changing their uniforms.

We got, aside from food, some electronics, a new alarm clock, for under £4 and a freeview box, for under £25. I know it's sad but I was really looking forward to setting it all up, plugging in tuning that sort of thing. It took less than 10 minutes, there was a definite sense of anticlimax.

Why is it I can't think, I can't stay awake but give me a spreadsheet or some setting up of electronic I can do it, it's just this interaction stuff I have trouble with.

which is unlike me ...

I Witnessed

Went with m&d to London, no streets paved with gold, and no visits to the queen, we went to see a play, which was incredible “IWitness” very moving, and scary, insight into martyrdom, interesting perspective. I wish I knew more about such things to appreciate it better. I feel a fraud, sitting there, watching. As if I don’t understand it well enough to do it justice, best I can say is: if you can see it, you should.

Happy New Year

That’s about it really, I’m thinking of having resolutions, all of which involve diet, exercise and stretching or garden. But not sure if that’s the right way to do it, maybe I should just do these things with out a resolution. Or should I set quarterly objectives with a reassessment point every 3 months. Maybe clear and specific goals are better?

Less like a resolution though …

And Breathe

Ok it’s the night before the night before Christmas and all through the house lady’s having a bark so there are no mice, stirring or otherwise.

I’m maybe 2/3 through the bottle of wine opened yesterday, a nice pinot noir. I’m very relaxed, very very relaxed. One of my favourite films, coming to America, is on paramount comedy 2 which I am enjoying. James Earl Jones wearing Mufasa

I went to “guys and dolls” at the Alex today, with DuLa and others, they were obviously late; I think it may well be part of her genetic code. Bless.

The show was damn fine, it’s a fantastic ensemble piece, “Nicely Nicely Johnson” was of course the best but the assortment of soap stars weren’t bad.

Very relaxed, the holiday starts here

Who You Gonna Call ... The RAB

The truck is broken, this is bad.

The truck is the EMB’s range rover classic, with a few modifications. Modifications being a Mazda bus engine – which means it can pull a house if need be (Note from EMB – it’s 3.5 litre turbo diesel. Note from me – it’s still a bus engine). Police shocks, which mean it would be drivable if pulling a house. But my personal favourite is the stereo that plays MP3’s.

Anyway the (size of a breeze block) battery is flat and “the starter motor is sticking (?)” I have no idea of the meaning of this on any more than a surface level. I have no idea of the implications of this, but I know an uncle who does.

Sweet Dreams

Spoke to the GNL earlier on, see how she was doing. Told her of the EMB + sat nav combo & his antipodean concept of distance. Road trip may be in order.

Am in bed now, EMB is under strict instructions not to call before noon

On the Way to the Holiday

The alarm went of this morning & I thought I’d forgotten to turn it off.

It took about 10 minutes for me to realise it was Friday and there was one more day left that was a struggle, getting up I mean. EMB dropped me off at work then want off to bang his drum to welcome the dawn from the longest night.

Work is now over for many days, that’s all I have to say about that (in the words of forest) I had a trauma today, I started some new drug about 3 months ago, falling down has stopped, (good thing), but twitchy brain falling out of ears has increased, a lot, people in my team think it’s funny in a used to it don’t notice any more kind of way. The rest of work (& the world) thinks I’m a little weird as in “see the crazy lady”. It’s probably not as bad as that, but it’s noticeable (not so good thing)

So last week I saw the Lord High Dr King of the special people. he said that the old drug (all praise GSK) and the new drug can do that. Quick note – new drug doesn’t stop falling down but helps old drug work more effectively - better living through chemistry. Where was I? So proscribed drug three hopefully stops the “crazy lady” and makes falling down les likely, which is nice.

One concern is drug three has some potential, but hopefully transient, unpleasant side affects. Going to wait till after Christmas before I start taking it. Think that I’ll try to stick with base level grumpy avoiding any chemical enhancements. Should avoid alcohol for a while after as well, so I am enjoying a glass of pinot noir, watching the TV, fun and games.

Oh, I could be the only person in the world on this combination of medication, proof I’m special.

Let sleeping dogs lie

Dogs woke me up with barking at 07.15; think there was a vicious squirrel or something. Anyway, it took me a few seconds to remember the emb was away, so I got up, checked we weren’t being invaded by anything obvious. (they were barking at the roof of Camelot) then having checked the safety of the house I fed them both, & the chickens (cold!), I’m back in bed now, before 08.00 & the bed’s still warm, bonus!

Adwyth epa bachgen i mewn Borth

EMB’s gone away for a bit, for some space & sleep, he just called, in a gone midnight “I love you” kind of way.

He arrived at 22.00; it’s now 00:30.

So far he’s had to much to drink, gone to a lock in, had fun with a harlequin(!) great dane bitch & arranged a play date for Ulrick. Now those would be puppies worth seeing.

Anyway, now going home to a bacon and egg sandwich, which was prepared earlier.

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Ulrick watching me at the computer

sorry mammy - so what does it say?

Public Service Announcement

I had a bit of a shock of late, people are actually reading this, which I find unexpected. Which is a bit silly as that is the whole point, my sibs and some friends. I got my very first comment ….

** Dance scene from knight’s tail, such a good film **

… ok, back with you now, it’s on to adverts. So to the public service bit, if you want to post a comment you can, (Click where it says comments, not the envelope) if you choose other you can put your own identifier in! However there are a few “Safety features” in place after the whole “MySpace – porn cam” debacle
One – you have to type in the letters for the screen to prove you’re not a bot. quite cool is the fact that if you cant read the letters you can get then read out and you just have to type the sounds

Two – I get to read it first, just so I can check you’re not some one about to catch their death from cold!

Check Up

I seem to be a little fixated on my dogs, so here is another post on them, well him to be precise.

He had his first annual check up with the vet today, which was nice. He’s in near perfect health. His lungs, hips and teeth are good and he’s in the middle of the recommended weight range, but now to the purpose of the post, his weight

Which is: 45 kg = 99 lb = 7 st 1 lb = 1 heavy dog!

First Day at School

Not quite school, more training, dog training in fact. EMB and I took Ulrick to a training class. He was so excited! To be technically correct it’s the second class he’s been to, but the first one they were mean to Ulrick, not letting him join in. It was a GSD class and they called him a devil dog (which to be fair is a name sometime applied to Akitas), after which he was home schooled for a while, EMB was quite upset by the whole thing to be honest.

Anyway they let him join in; although they did spray him with water when he started to bark (normal for training) he did enjoy it, licking the hand of the lady who sprayed him. There was also the most barking I’ve ever heard from him, which was a lot. He only went seriously off track once, when he was let off the lead, he ran towards EMB, and then veered towards everyone else, & their dogs. Sniffed some bottoms and then EMB got him back.

Made me anxious but we ended up ok. Going back in the New Year, paid up front. It’s something to make a Sunday afternoon.

Scarlet woman & the farmers market

Another long day at work, so tired, went to m&d's for hair cut from Keith, who is the best hair dresser in the whole wide world, full stop, ever! Really!


Anyway went to co-op first to buy beer, Hogaarden 4 for £4, which can only be good. Then walked back, had hair done, colour 666 - scarlet woman, strangely I have no problem remembering that. after which the conversation through "deep and meaningful" past "childhood experiences" brushing "sibling interaction" finishing with "comparative religion".
Now don't get me wrong, I've been known to dabble in religious discussion & spiritual awareness but I firmly believe that no one should have a conversation more complicated than "DVD", "more beer?" or "pizza?" probably finishing up with "Taxi?" after midnight as down that path madness lies. I find it have to focus after any alcohol & prefer not to say blatantly inflammatory comments when dazed and confused. Unfortunately never really works that way, such is life.

So up at 08.30 (not good after sleep at 01.30)to go to KN farmers market, which is good, but very bright thank goodness for sunglasses. Got many good things, like green top, un pasteurised, non homogenized, soon to be illegal milk, for the making of ice-cream & English strawberries for the same. Also meat for barbecue, it must be summer

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(Milk label - dont you just love the EU?)