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I have an endless list of things to do today and no 2012 diary.
I am also going to see Girl With The Dragon Tattoo tonight with my Orange Wednesdays 2-1. Everyone's making a major hype about Karen 0 and Trent Rezner's new/old song, can't say I'm fussed.
Need to go to more gigs this year.
Everyone I know has the post-Christmas blues. I'm sure it wasn't this bad last year?
Have a good day y'all.
been beaten to it
this day just gets better.
i am definitely going to go to more gigs this year
i'm also going to try and play more. in 2011 i only managed to motivate myself to play 2 gigs. the lowest numbers since i started playing music. must do better
Can I have your gig playing represented in a negative gradient graph of some sort please chuck?
it's actually most likely some sort of bell shaped curve (heh)
I prefer this thread, maz.
The other one has too much about tinychat in it.
I have a cold.
I'm meant to be going for a run at lunch but need to buy new expensive trainers instead.
Applying for more jobs tonight.
Hungry.
have you had your feat measured / gait recorded and stuff for your trainers?
i'm thinking of heading to the asics store this weekend to go through their foot mapping and gait analysis so i can get some proper trainers to correct the weird way I run.
Thats exactly what I need to do.
I was going to pop to Runners Needs in Holborn to see if they could measure it there? I run weird, definitely and the insides of my legs always hurt. I think I have a high arch. Or a low arch. Or no arch. I don't know.
yeah i've knackered my ankles from using some crappy cheap trainers i got in sixth form
pretty sure that i under-pronate i.e land my step on the outside of my heel then roll round the outside of the foot. not good
My ankles are very weak as well
I've sprained them a few times without realising.
Its just so hard because my fitness is there but my ankles/legs aren't due to my shitty trainers. I can't wait to buy some new proper good ones so I can run loads and loads. I love running.
Ij ust had low fat beans with low fat cheese with low fat toast.
Tasted nice in a low fat way.
A run at lunch is pure dedication. I need to start spinning again. Staight away I lost weight after about two classes. Hurts though.
Spinning is my favourite thing to do
I absolutely love it! I need to go tomorrow lunch as there is a brilliant instructor who plays a load of Pat Benetar and shouts at you that you're amazing and sexy. She also has amazing bright pink hair.
where is that? I wanna go!
Fitness First Paternoster Square
As far as I know she only does Thrusday lunch time which is a shame as she's really good and I would go to her two or three times a week.
I hated spinning at first and the seats are so hard
But then you get used to it. And it feels like you've accomplished something after an hour of pure calorie burning. Just need to find someone that shouts "You're beautiful, you're amazing". So far I've only had a male teacher.
First exam tomorrow
Status: bricking it.
Pastpaperspastpaperspastpaperspastpaperspastpapers.
Hallo
I slept really well, so feel pretty great today. However here are some facts
-someone at work has eaten my whole box of crunchy nut
- I am going to the gym for the first time in about a month at lunch
- I am doing something fun with a lady after work but not sure what. Suggestions?
- I ALSO need to go to more gigs this year, my crazy gig November was very good and I would like to repeat this most months.
Suggestion: sex.
That's a bit naughty
it's probably the best fun you can have with a lady though
better than go-kart paintball even.
Impossible
Is she the kind of gal who would take well to that suggestion?
Suggestion: Laser Quest
Suggestion: Laser Sex (watch the eyes though)
Suggestion: Brontide at the Lexington on Monday and That Fucking Tank at the Windmill next Thursday
(and our Ronin + Petrels show at the Vortex on the 23rd)
Ohh next thursday sounds good.
Shield Your Eyes in support too.
Yuuusssss. There
i have hangover
because i went out drinking with wishpig last night
Morning!
Today is ambitious! I'm starting running again for the first time in months after hurting my ankle. I'm gonna take it easy, but looking forward to getting out every day again. Also have quite a lot of typing to do later, hoping to get that all finished by five or six.
Has anybody used an APC40 before? I'm thinking about getting one for gigging this year.
you could probably use an apc20 and save yourself some cash.
takes up less space than the apc40 as well.
if your not using ableton fully expect to spend an absolute fucking age mapping the cunt to whatever daw you're using.
I'm hoping to make the switch to Ableton when I buy the APC
20 vs 40... The 40 just seemed to make more sense to me to be honest.
might be a good idea to look at some of the reviews comparing the two
the 40 includes some device specific controls, but the 20 has note mode. you can do pretty much the same things on both, both come bundled with ableton live and both are plug and play out of the box due to being mapped for ableton.
depends on how much weight you want to lug around when playing out (the 40 is pretty heavy), how much space you will have available (physically) and how much cash you've got to spend (the 20 is about 100 less than the 40).
Space and weight isn't really an issue to be honest.
I'll look into some reviews though. I think the price difference over here isn't that much considering the shop I'd be buying it from will be doing me a deal on the 40 as it is.
That's unless you'd suggest any other sort of gear instead? Basically I want tp be able to play my stuff proper live instead of just DJing. Kinda like Four Tet/Gold Panda etc. I was looking at the NI Maschine but it's pretty expensive.
best thing to do is look for the live setups used by four tet/flying lotus/gold panda
and the like use, see which bits are applicable to the music you want to make and how you'll make it, then see what you can get for your money.
laptop, midi controller, sampler is usually the standard. which ones you use will be down to your own preference/budget. And anything beyond that will depend on the complexity of your own music, what you want to do with it in a live situation.
also, http://www.macosxaudio.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=26027
Sounds like a hernia??
morning
going to see new Scorsese thing later
also might get a 2012 diary
thanks for the inadvertent reminder there!
I thoroughly enjoyed it, even though the script was quite weak.
Others found it overlong and unsure of what it wanted to be, which I can see.
Managing to get some way through my to-do list, which is good.
Work is just getting in the way. Really not enjoying it. But going out for a posh meal tomorrow then on Friday my gf comes back from the states, and I've already booked dates to give me two three-day weeks this month.
i booked a hair appointment, YES.
and it's only gonna cost me 23 euros, or 27 with "pflege", whatever that means in regards to a haircut. today will mainly be a day of sorting my life out, sending emails, studying grammar, planning lessons, and wrapping overdue christmas presents. uh huh.
if this were a sitcom
it would cut to you outside the hairdresser's with only a single strand of hair left, dyed bright blue and pointing upwards in a spike, with you screaming CURSE YOU PFLEGE!!!!
:D
(i really fucking hope nothing like this happens to me ever.)
'sup
Watched Mongol last night. Too much soppy romance for my tastes - some nicely done shots though. Decided last night that I'm going to move to London after next new year. Also is Richmond park in Richmond? (I probably sound like a div asking this...)
Richmond Park is MASSIVE
I used to go jogging from Roehampton (when at Uni) to Richmond Park everyday. On the other side is Richmond. The only thing that spoils Richmond Park is the road that runs straight through it. But then again this is London.
Zac ahem Goldsmith stopped the park from charging to park there. Ahem. Oh Zac.
Ok cool cheers
Im trying to think of a way to go on a 'nice pleasant jaunt' without resorting to drink, as they live in Richmond I think a walk around the park is a good way to do this.
Hire a bike.
Can you ride a bike?
Or play golf there!
There's a few nice cafes in the park too. And deer.
FENTON
This sounds good actually, thanks
Bloody love a good deer I do
Do you think I can ride a bike....
You're quite small so I'm going to say
no
6' 1" isnt small, is it?!
6'1"! Pah!
This has suddenly reminded me of
Um... you *can* ride one of the ponies, but you had better ride Bayleaf.
:D haha!
That little shit calling me fat!
Um, yeah?
You've got me worried now.
Well of course it seems obvious
but I dont want to ask my FUTURE WIFE is she fancies going to richmond park and her going BUT THATS FUCKING MILES AWAY YOU MOOK NOW PISS OFF
rebuild
Bloody hell.
North Korea may be closing off the country to tourists during April, putting the khibosh on my trip and potentially ruining my company. If this happens I'll be proper gutted like; no Korea, no job.
Dragon Tattoo was really good I thought. Liked it much more than the Swedish version. Craig is much better than that beef faced Nyqvist and Lisbeth is a babe. It looks more like a film too, as opposed to the TV Movie-ish aesthetic of the first version.
I have one gig so far this month - M83 - looking forward to it.
the main lady really suits the piercings/tattoos
I didn't recognise her pictured out of character.
Been on hold for 42 mins now.
trying to get through to our technical support people because my emails aren't working and I can't log into one of the systems. FUCK YOU WEDNESDAY.
its not wednesday's fault that your companies it support are gash.
poor wednesday, gets so much gype and bridges the shit beginning bit of the week with the much better later bit of the week.
Without Wednesday where would we be?
Thursday. Maybe.
They cut me off after 50 minutes!!
Now on hold again - 15 minutes so far.
back at work YES!!!!
Hello I'm trying to write an essay
I hate everything
I'm still at my mams house and it's her birthday and she keeps coming into the living room and shouting HANNAH IT'S MY BIRTHDAY
I wish she'd get over it, she's old it doesn't matter.
Whats it about?
IM INTERESTED IN YOUR SUBJECT
I BET YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HER SUBJECT!
Something about archaeology
Something about boning
Shame
I'D DEDRO YOUR CHRONOLOGY, LOVE
Doesnt work. Dont care.
"Should human remains be in museums blarghblarghblah'
That's pretty much the essay title. Especially the blarghblarghblah bit. It's not even an archaeology module though so, y'nar. Gonna do some GR8 FUN reading about Roman pottery when I'm done though!!!!!!
I've always found human remains on display a bit grim. Just seems...disrespectful
Fucking Roman pottery, bane of my fucking life
Yeah, I'm not too fond of it
But it seems a bit Neo-Pagan, 'Honouring the Ancient Dead' mental to demand that they're all remeoved from museums immediately. Plus bairns fucking love looking at mummies. (That's pretty much my essay there)
We had this man in who was practically drooling over some Roman pottery before we broke up. It made me sick. Pleasedon'tletmeeverbehimPLEASEPLEASEPLEASE.
Yeah its a delicate balance
I think anything over 2,000 years is fair game to put in a box so kids can look at it. I can definitely see it being a faux pas in the future and bodies rarely exhibited. Also, native americans are MENTAL about bodies, so can see some countries following suit which is fair enough. Embrace the shards of ineligible ceramic icwar, its better than smack.
What was th
What was that exhibition a few years ago, in which human body parts were put together in a higgledly piggedly jigsaw?
Anyway yes, I think human remains are fine if they're a), old or b), donated (by the deceased). I imagine the latter must have been the case with the exhibition I'm thinking of, if I didn't in fact dream it.
Theres one thats in Marylebone Museum by Krasnow thats caused a bit of fuss
but there was one by a French guy I think which was really dark - I might be getting confused with naked people lining a museum though
I'm looking at the jigsaw one now, I can use this
Cheers pals
Yeah, human remains are ok if they're donated for sciency reasons. Or this http://mobile.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/europe/110420/penis-iceland-museum-whale-phallus. I'm reading about loads of art that has been exhibted that's made out of bones donated to science though and that makes me feel a bit weird too.
This is relevant to the discussion at hand, bit short and doesnl;t say a lot though
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/8973135/Why-the-Irish-giants-skeleton-remains-a-bone-of-contention.html
I liked Roman Pottery when I did it. Wrote an awsome essay on Terra sigillata I did.
:D I've just wrote a bit about him
I think I'm going to dig on two roman sites this summer. I think I'll want to destroy ALL ROMAN POTTERY forever after that.
Where are you thinking of going?
Leptis Magna is apparently digging again this summer now that the recent... unpleasantness is over.
You ll get oads of anger out when you get to THROW AWAY pottery as you'll find so much that doesn;t help.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-13599441 here, cos I'm an EXPERT (I was supposed to go last year but I fucked off to Iceland) and there's a few others that I'm looking at.
Aye I was looking around there, but unfortunately I can't really afford to go abroad unless it's with the university and they only really go to Turkey.It's such a fuss sorting it out thoug and loads of the field schools cost about a million pound.
This shall be remembered for when you do a birthday thread sometime this year
When you(/one) get(s) old(er) a birthday becomes even more of a thing, when you're young it's not such a big deal that you've survived another year, it's just an excuse to fleece your parents for a bit more stuff and attention.
When you get past 30 it's a massive massive deal.
WHEY NO CORONARIES THIS YEAR! WHOOOOO! ALRIGHT! etc...
She is like 51
I might go and tell her that in the olden days she'd be dead twice over and give her some congratulations and that. Well done Jules, YOU MADE IT!
why do you hate your mother so much?
seems a bit harsh
Because she made a kennel for my cat out of a manky cardboard box and I'm really angry about it
if you didn't like the manky cardboard kennel for /your/ cat
maybe /you/ should have made one yourself rather than just be really nippy to your mum on /her/ birthday.
you sound a bit spoiled tbh.
That was a joke
I'm not actually angry at my mam and, right, I'm just assuming here, but I reckon that almost anyone would get fed up of someone shouting HANNAH IT'S MY BIRTHDAY in their face at approximately 4 minute intervals. But I might be being a bit tetchy.
But aye I'm a proper brat.
it wouldn't be so annoying
if you had, er, BOUGHT THEM AN EFFING PRESENT
Never said I hadn't bought her a present. Never mentioned presents. Bought her an ipod and promised to take her to the theatre. Made her a nice card with glitter and feathers and that. Ta, fuck off.
you should finish your essay
all you're doing on here is getting increasingly nipped.
there's better ways to prognosticate. try having a wank instead. it has the most amazing stress relief properties, or so I am led to believe.
procrasturbation
I'm not stressed
I'm just bored of essay and this had provided at least MINUTES of distraction. I might use wanking as a reward system though. 1000 WORDS, HAVE A WANK!
something carrot
something stick
Prognostication through wanking
I can just picture people reading the jism like tea leaves. Or going to see the gypsy, "Cross my palm with silver and have a fap. Try and get it on this sheet of paper, makes it easier to see what life's got in store for you."
Have you bothered to
a) wish here a happy birthday yet
b) bought and presented her with a birthday gift
if the answer to either of the above is no
then she is maybe dropping increasingly unsubtle hints
if the answer to /both/ is yes then she's probably just started getting smashed, which is nice. and once you've finished your essay (probably the source of the nippiness) you should take her out and get absolutely wrecked stupid with her.
I'm not actually getting angry with her in real life, she's a nice lady
WE'RE HAVING A LAUGH. She's probably not even pissed. She's just a madhead.
sorry
the whole 'we're having a laugh' angle wasn't conveyed
to any successful degree in any of your posts.
i wish you better success with your essay.
which you should be doing now.
Yeah I forget that some poeple post seriously on here
And it's probably better to read other peoples posts as being serious and that.
I will... I'm just going to have a check of my emails and make a cup of tea and watch all three LOTR films (extended editions)
Archaeology
Skyrim
LOTR
MARRY ME PLEASE <3
Do yu REALLY need someone to encourage you?
I guess not
</3
S_A_D!
That was an obvious come on.
I'd suggest a spring wedding, humanist ceremony, self-written in elven.
OMG
Scouts just text me and asked if she can be a bridesmaid at my wedding if this happens (I dont think she understands how bridesmaids are picked though)
i think that the bride and groom
should get to choose one bridesmaid and one groomsmate (i'm assuming that's the correct term) as that assumes that the bride and groom only have friends of their own gender.
IT'S NO LONGER THE 50'S AND THAT'S NOT HOW THE WORLD WORKS ANYMORE!
been up since 4.30am
so sleepy. SO sleepty.
I had pickled onion transform-a-snacks for breakfast. woman on the Stanted Express curled up her nose at me and tutted. I muttered STUPID BITCH not-quite under my breath. I have turned into one of those people. PEOPLE WHO eat stinky food on trains and try to start fights. I'm ok with this.
HAHA
WEEGIE!
:D
I love this.
Sometimes I find myself being one of those people on the train. Don't even care. COME AT ME, BRO.
steady.
it's that kind of attitude which explains why loads of weegies have scarred faces.
e.g.
MOAN AN CHIB ME THEN YA CUNT
AWRIGHT A WULL CHIB YE THEN YA CUNT
cunt #1 get's chibbed, as he was literally asking for it.
So be aware when you are asking 'bro's' to 'come at you' as it might be taken as an invitation.
she got on the train at Bishop's storford though, not glasgow. I reckon I was pretty safe (menacing) :)
I snarled and frother at the mouth a bit at her. STUPID FAT-ARSED BITCH.
I'm not sure if I said fatarsed. I really hope I did. Stupid fatarsed bitch.
I FROTHER AT THA MOUTH
is that why scout always gets a sore throat when she hangs out with you?
gigantarse
is a favourite term of mine to use.
slackarse also tends to upset people, which is nice.
Smelly food should be in the same category as "playing music without headphones".
Or perhaps I'm just jealous because you had transform-a-snacks.
they're not even that smelly
and what they actually smell of is glorious. (I have a packet of spicy in my bag for lunch. This means, after nearly 3 weeks, I'm almost back on solid food again, yay.)
On my way to work, got a massive headache
I never get headaches, it must be a tumor or aneurysm or something.
Work is painfully dull at the moment plus I'm working the late shift so i'm on my own for most of the day. Could really do with a quiz today
rebuild?
i went to the vivarium yesterday
They didn't get any animals out though. I did chat to a chap about moths and touched some stuffed things, which was creepy. Then I saw a good exhibit, had milkshake, tried that Elbow ale and.went for a curry. Successful Tuesday.
My shoulder is so painful, and I have a sore throat which I get every time I've seen chintzy
I do think I make people ill.
:(
honestly, every single time I've seen you
the day afterwards I've had the worst sore throat of my life, for a week or so.
I couldn't decide if it was you, fidel or unfamiliar but all signs point to you. It's ok though, love hurts.
we had a freezer feast last night
which meant eating everything in there so we could defrost it. i ate a lot of chips. there was also wine / man city vs liverpool. i wish we could do that every night.
First day back at work.
Sort of forgot what my job is. Threw the Christmas cards in the recylcing. It was very cinematic.
ben howard actually has some good songs
fascinating insights 2k12
still feeling rubbish.
need to go to be early i think.
Main plan for today is to ring the tax office.
Need to find out what the hell I'm supposed to do when my bastardcunt previous employer won't send me my P45. I'd never use the "c" word without an asterisk usually, so I'm on the cusp of some serious fury here.
Got a facebook message from a friend just now, saying that he doesn't think we can be friends anymore because his girlfriend is terrified of the idea of another carrier of breasts being within a 50 mile radius of him. The worst thing is I don't even feel that upset about it. I usually care far more about my friendships.
Get a P46.
depends what you need the p45 for
if its the dole, they'll give you a form to fill in and request the rest of the info from either your employer or the tax office
if it's an agency then they'll give you a form to fill in
if it's for another employer, then they should be able to give you a form to fill in.
from personal experience p45's aren't always needed, or there are workarounds if you don't have access to one.
I need to reclaim tax though.
The tax office have already written to my previous employer asking fro tax details, but apparently I still need to provide them with my P45. Why the details they'll be sent won't suffice, I'll never know.
won't your last pay slip have the info that they'll need confirmed.
ie rate code, total taxable earnings, ni contributions, etc. p60's for the years in question would probably provide them with everything else they'd need outwith the last tax year.
ask them if they'll accept this and explain that your employer has been "quite rubbish" in replying to your requests for a p45.
That's what I'm going to try. Thanks!
I got drenched at the football last night and I really feel like today I might die.
Yesturday I picked up a massive thick carrot for my rabbit from the supermarket.
Man at till asked me if I wanted the real thing.
I SHOULDA BUST 'IM UP.
Think you should have rammed that carrot up his ass
What a creep
Maybe this is what he was going for.
Nah you should have just said "yes"
the look of panic on his face would have been awesome.
wtf?
Did you complain?
When a man can't be a complete chauvenistic and completely charmless
bell end to a woman when they are frequenting their shop what have has the world come to. PC gone mad.
she should have just dropped trou and pissed on his shop floor.
at the time I was just a bit in shock and said thanks and walked out.
I always get angry at the wrong time. After the event.
DATE NIGHT!
Yes that's right folks I actually have a date tonight!! Have whitened my teeth in anticipation, although think I left the gunk stuff on a bit too long. Hope we don't go anywhere too dimly lit as they may just glow, whoops.
Does that stuff actually work?
I tried a tooth whitening kit a while ago, but it didn't make a lot of difference.
It's a kit from a dentist though rather than off the shelf
so is stronger I think. My teeth are so sensitive today though, really hope it calms down by tonight!
hope the date goes well
Thanks hal
i just use
that baking soda toothpaste, keeps coffee stains away reet good
Remembering my job is wading through a mountain of shite trying to get idiots not to do stupid shit
Whilst having to listen to said idiots pointless criticising everything my team does. They honestly don't deserve us
All jobs would be easier if all the stupid people would just stay at home.
The world*
ahhh nice to have a big morning thread again
even though i've actually been working all morning
went to a funeral yesterday, all the old dears there kept asking me if i was still in school.....i'm 25
take it as a compliment!
I do whenever I can...
Love it when that happens.
Had someone on the bus this summer asking me if I'd broken up from school yet. Part of me was flattered (I'm 27), part of me saddened that I'll never be breaking up for the summer ever, ever again in my next 40 years of long, hard working life.
I'm hungover
And I have to write an essay about the collective 'archive' and it's affect on visual culture.
Guess I'll play some Skyrim then.
need to work :-/
Just went for that run
Feel amazing. Saw a dog chase a swan too. Magic!
May have just signed up to run a marathon in April
That should be fun
I need to sign up for one
Just got new trainers which have cost a fortune. I reckon I could do 10k.
If you can only do 10k, don't sign up for a marathon
That's over 26 miles.
10k is still a marathon.
26miles is just The Flora London Marathon.
Not A marathon but its still like a run that you'd do for charity which is what Verbal means I reckon
nah, a marathon marathon
a charity one though :)
REALLY?
What one? Sod that though. I'd love to be able to do it one day but I won't be ready then. I'm gonna do this 10k and then a half marathon then a marathon....maybe.
Are you being serious?
A marathon is 26 miles 385 yards. Always.
^see above.
I didn't mean marathon for me, I meant like the newham 10k run in April.
London?
I want to do NY marathon in November.
nah, greater manchester.
this one: http://www.kidscanevents.org.uk/running-events/greater-manchester-marathon
Least it'll force me to get fit and healthy.
I woke up about half an hour ago
Was out sort of late last night with some friends, although because there were an odd number of us I kept getting 2 for 1 deals to myself. This I didn't mind.
Today I'm going to play Madden, watch some films and eat Pringles as a way of making the most of my last week off.
GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
A MUST-SEE. EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATIONS.
tinychat?
nah I don't really like tinychat
Up early/late.
Go out after the movie?
Oh, should really look up the page a bit
Obviously home by 11. Can't sleep?
No
Just got a new job working odd hours so I'm trying to get in to some sort of pattern but it's not working!
Good practice for if you ever have kids at least.
To make it even more realistic:
Go and take all the sheets of your bed, put them in the wash, remake your bed. Repeat until you run out of sheets, then go off to buy manchester first thing tomorrow.