A lover of sci-fi, circus arts, tea and Tim Minchin.
In my house we have a joke about ‘challenge Saturdays’
This Saturday, we could be coming to a mountain near you….
Look look look! Girl shorts! I even already own the brown kitten heels to match.
Almost a real girl. (If only the real reason for buying them wasn’t because they’ll also go with my docs…)
The trip to Way-els: cont
The reason behind the Wales trip was a circus festival (pLaY2011). The first circus festival I’ve been to that wasn’t juggler dominated. Eye opener in many ways, things worth noting;
- It is apparently possible to do a contact staff routine to Total eclipse of the heart. (And as a side note, a large proportion of the circus community are word perfect in said song)
- I’m not as good at poi as I think I am.
- There is a Bristol based circus guy who looks like David Bowie. I will find him, and I will marry him.
- Gyroscope on fire (including man with sparkly knickers) is not as exciting as it sounds.
The trip to Way-els
I have survived 4 days camping in Wales.
I had never been to Wales before, from the small bit I have now seen I have learnt;
1) The number of sheep rumoured to be in Wales is not an exaggeration.
2) The more expensive the tea, the more insipid the tea.
3) The hills are the exact same shape as the hills you draw when you’re 6, and in some cases include the lone tree you were compelled to include as a child.
4) Araf means slow.
5) The time shown on a welsh public transport timetable is the only time you can guarantee (with confidence) the transport will not turn up.
My phone however did not enjoy camping. The lights now come on but no-one’s home. So the nice lady in the shop gave me a HTC desire S for free. Super.
How many times can one use brilliantly in a sentence? Think I need sleep.
Please feel free to substitute for any other (positive) adjective in the post below. I promise I’ll try harder in future.
During my absence, I have developed a love for retro sci-fi, (not least because I can get a large quantity of them with matching spines, thanks to the genius of the SF masterworks collection, and they look good on my bookcase), you know the kind I mean, “Far in the future, let us say 1999.”
This has included many widely recommended Authors such as Arthur C.Clarke and Phillip K.Dick (who’s work I will no doubt bore you all with at a future date.) But by far and away my favourite has been ‘Dancers at the End of time’ by Micheal Moorcock. Such a brilliantly diverse story and so brilliantly told. Definitely give it a read if you’re into anything sci-fi or fantasy.
I have heard that they are turning it into a movie though, anyone else heard similar? It would be terrible. Possibly worse than the hitchhikers guide movie, and that was a travesty.
Absence- The common cure for Love.
Shamelessly stealing a Lord Byron (I think) quote there.
But it’s true, a lengthy absence from Tumblr and I have completely forgotten how everything works. But I am back for another, probably brief, fling. It took 5 minutes alone to work out how to post this. “And was it worth it?” you ask?! Well, probably not, no.
A combination of two of my favourite things. Tim Minchin and Beer.
That is, the portrait is constructed from beer cans.
It’s also on sale on ebay (for NAS-National Autistic Society, Bonza.)
You can all feel free to buy it for me. Ta.
Whatever works (or not).
Woody Allen has bought out a new film.
Its about an old, very intelligent guy (almost won a peace prize don’t you know).
He has a just-after mid-life crisis. Leaves his wife and kids. Then (brace yourselves) gets with a sweet girl about a hundred years younger than him.
Because this doesn’t sound like every other movie Woody Allen has made now, does it.
Hurrah!! Finally found a routine I can do (although not as smoothly in parts :P)
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