My head is a little bit all over the shop this evening, and to be perfectly honest I really want to sit down, watch the snooker, and have a nice fat cup of sugary tea, so this post is gonna be a short one.
Suffice to say the weekend has been okay. We haven't gone anywhere, but I did manage to imbibe two cans of Guinness (poured into a proper Guinness pint glass for full effect) and seem to have suffered no apparent side-effects or general bad stuff as a result. This is good.
I've also started to try and rearrange the bedroom, for something to do, and plan to start painting stuff. I've had five years of magnolia wallpaper and am ready for a change. The first thing that happened though was that I discovered an entire wall of black mould behind some thankfully plastic-wrapped paintings. I dispatched the mould back to whence it came using a mixture of highly toxic chemicals and Fairy liquid, but it was still bloody disgusting. The landlord also found the key to our front security grill (which we lost, the idiots that we are) so I have to clean behind that too. He's also apparently going to get somebody in to finally finish our patio doors off, a full TWO YEARS after they were initially put in. This in anyone's book is pretty shit going, but I suppose I should just be thankful that it will actually get done. I'm not holding my breath though. If I did I would surely die. AND he will be supplying us with paint with which to whitewash the patio walls, again, two years after it should have been done. Because of the delay the newly concreted walls are now green with algae and covered in random shit. That's what happens when you leave something for two years. So in conclusion, he's a good landlord, but he's also a bit shit. Anyway, more news on this as and when anything actually happens.
Now, this is really good, obviously. Whatever it fucking is:
(From this website)
And I've been trawling through some old stuff and happened across something rather wonderful. I seriously advise you to read it if you didn't do so at the time. It's from the old Big Blogger 2005 website (run by yours truly and Watski - if you missed it where the hell were you?) and I had set housemates the task of getting as many people as possible to comment on the site saying how great they were. What followed was tons of people saying how wonderful The Girl and Zoe and Lucy and Mike were, etc, but in amongst it, and finally totally destroying all those pretty boring comments was Alan being funny as fuck. I'll let you read it for yourself. Here is the original task, and here is the comments box. It's absolutely hilarious and had me and Charlotte doubled up in laughter-induced pain the other evening, so be careful. And it's long, so give yourself half an hour to read it all.
Enjoy!
oh, i remember those comments... even dickie davies. what a guy alan is. :)
you warming up then? ;)
Posted by: lucy BLOGZIRA | April 30, 2007 at 09:19
Please excuse us for missing Big blogger 2005 as we didn't even know what a blog was back then.
Did enjoy reading it, even if we're supposed to be working.
Ooops...
Glad to hear you're feling better, though.
Posted by: Mr.X | April 30, 2007 at 12:01
P.S.
Sugar?
in TEA?
You heathen!
Posted by: Mr.X | April 30, 2007 at 12:04
How could we forget??!
Posted by: furtive | April 30, 2007 at 13:13
Before my time too. Although if it wasn't clearly people would have been saying how ace I am. Probably. And I wish I had a landlord. I am SICK of having to fix broken stuff myself. A friend who is useful would do, I need to meet boys who are plumbers and electricians instead of tortured artists.
Posted by: Cat | April 30, 2007 at 17:21
I had forgotten how bloody funny Alan was in that comment box, thanks for the reminder; now I can relive quality like:
I am pleased that I have been absolutely vindicated by this public enquiry which shows conclusively that I never misled the public about Alan being wonderful. Or about the fact that we could launch him in 45 minutes.
Tony Blair
Brilliant stuff - and a quality blog that Big Blogger thingumybob.
Posted by: The Girl | April 30, 2007 at 20:12
Lucy - Might be.
Mr.X - It's just sugar and tea. What's the problem?
Furtive - I don't know, but I had. Terrible eh?
Cat - Aren't there any handyman conventions round your way? That would be an ideal starting place I think.
Girl - Yes, it was rather good wasn't it?
Posted by: Timbo | May 01, 2007 at 01:41
Spring cleaning... Been putting most of my stuff in black rubbish bags and throwing it out. Then comes the thankless task of cleaning the oik pit prior to his return on Thursday. And I bet he won't even notice.
Posted by: Ariel | May 01, 2007 at 02:26
yeah, had no idea what a blog was when that was live - but caught up and now have to check out alan ...
Posted by: Peach | May 01, 2007 at 11:29