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*broken*

Edited to say: hahahaha Lordi won! Now I can die happy...

I know I've been long overdue for an update but to be honest the mundanity of my life has put me off. In fact it's probably not even that bad, but sometimes find it hard to believe that anyone might be interested... *shrugs*

Well if you're still with me you may have already noted...
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I guess I'm overdue for an update again. Quite a lot's been going on, not all of it that thrilling but still... *shrugs*

- Still working on kitchen, after two weeks (and several setbacks) I now have a sink and a cooker again, yay!

- My first SG meet since January, a great laugh as always, was particularly amused by the level of hormones in...
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In yet another example of of how I need to get out more, I am still reeling in bafflement and joy over the DVD sale of the year: the entire run of Farscape for 70 from Impulse.

What is it with bloody electricians? You ring and leave messages that are never returned. Or you get some girl straight out of school who doesn't have a clue what you're on about. Or you get snooty middle-aged woman who says you have to pay 40 an hour just to get someone to give you a quote. Or you finally speak to someone sensible and...
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This week I have been mostly reorganising my house, watching 24 and a bunch of films.

Syriana is an ensemble piece (superbly acted by all) which wove together the stories of several characters with the oil business as the overriding theme. It's the kind of film that has quite high expectations of th audience and takes quite a while for the larger narrative to reveal...
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To say things have been a little bit hectic is possibly something of an understatement. Since New Year I have been to Norwich, Wakfield and Derby. I have been a celtic witch, a New York gangster from the 1920s and a over-zealous Mega City Judge. I have helped the Fantastic Four rescue Reed Richards, guided some Victorians in building a railway, and overseen the conclusion...
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Looks like I'm overdue for an update again. I was going to hold off as I wanted to say something profound about the relation ideologically between SG and the general idolisation of the feminine principle. It keeps escaping me though.

Part of this tangent has been finally reading The Templar Revelation (on which some of the Da Vinci code is based). Although the authors are...
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Well I'm not fashionable enough to own a Ipod but I thought it would be an intriguing experiment to see what my 60Gb Zen would churn out if I set it on completely random mode.

1. Arienne from "Great Epectations" by Tasmin Archer
I remember Sleeping Satellite getting a huge amount of play back in 1992 (eek that's 14 years ago now) and picked this...
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The trip on Saturday to Norwich was mostly ok. Lovely to see some old university type faces again. Got majorly hammered by mixing between lager, wine and Guinness all night. Was puzzled by everyone's particular fascination with pants fizzy white wine (Cava anyone?). Was more puzzled about being refused entry to a nightclub for being 'too casual' when I was clearly the smartest one in...
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I really, really wanted to like Underworld: Evolution. I was one of the few that actually liked the first one (and bought the comic). Alas, although it starts well, it drags the ass out of what's left of the first film's plot until there's nothing left, and then devolves into a CG-laden slugfest. And although there's supposed to be a third film, f*** knows what...
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