Just returned from the Tate Modern museum.
There was an interesting exhibit this weekend. It was called “The
Long Weekend” and was a variety of different performers in various
mediums.
They even played a John Cage piece in the Great Hall.
I always like going to that museum, I always leave feeling inspired,
but it fades pretty quickly.
I am afraid that I am now one of those people, one of the ones that
talks about tv shows.
But I would be lying if I said I wasn’t excited about LOST tomorrow
night.
I’m drumming my fingers.
I borrowed this hat. I am going to buy one.
I haven’t been writing on my blog lately, or have I been returning
emails. I have a few to catch up with, and I will, I swear.
I started a new job. I like it a lot more than the last gig and I
think it has a future.
I saw my first pikeys yesterday, or as Susi said, my first pikeys that
were misbehaving. (I’m not sure of the plural of pikey.) They were
gross. Fat, scabby and loud. Almost another species. They were
starting trouble in front of Sainsbury’s in Islington. The whole
borough was looking at them like they were in a cage at the zoo.
Disgusting.
Finally, there are all these ads in the tube for this anti-iPod
website. It got me thinking, it must be expensive to run a campaign
of non-conformity for no good reason. Sure enough, the company trying
to capitalize on the idea of “be different just like us” is SanDisk,
but the only way you would know that is to run a WhoIs query.
Oops.
England is full of pit bulls. Not my favorite animal. However, it
got me thinking. Since they are basically furry chainsaws, what would
happen if there was a fight between a shark and pit bull. The shark,
no doubt would be of higher intelligence, though that isn’t much of a
leap. Andrew, a co-worker, said, “You can’t fight a water animal with
a land animal.” Although that is moot. He also said “The pit bull
would be a fool to go in the water.” Agreed, but pit bulls are fools.
He suggested something like shark vs. piranhas. It could be an
interesting fight, but it would be hard to watch because of all the
fish swarming around gnashing their teeth.
What makes someone want to buy one? It isn’t like they are cuddly. A
pit bull is a killing machine. I have given this way too much
thought.
My ears hurt. I have been going to jiu-jitsu regularly and my ears
are taking some punishment.
I might take tomorrow off to let them heal.
Work is… work.
We went and hear Chuck Palahniuk give a reading last night and be
interviewed. It was really good, he gave everyone bar-b-que scented
airfreshners and read a story from Haunted, his new book (I reviewed it here.).
Afterwards, about 300 people lined up to have him sign their book. I
didn’t really feel like it. I mean, I would have hung around if we
were going for lunch or something. But just to have him sign his
name in a book and exchange pleasantries seemed stupid.
He mentioned how he had autographed some people’s arms and they had
his signature tatooed onto them.
Creepy.