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27 July 2006

In the News 

Lance Bass of *N-Sync "fame" turns out to be gay. Well, duh! I thought that was pretty obvious from the first time I laid eyes on him.

Floyd Landis may have been "spiked" when winning the Tour de France. I am looking for good old-fashioned, moral athletes out there who can actually do great things without using drugs, but there seems to be fewer of them by the minute.

A swedish idiot killed his own dog by locking it into a car during the recent heatwave over there. He may get a fine and have to serve some time in prison. My suggestion? Well, if you've read my blog before, you probably know already. At least ten years inside, a hefty fine and not being allowed anywhere near animals for the rest of his life. Also, snip-snip so there will be no procreation of the devil's spawn.

In personal news, I found a new game yesterday, with a lot of help from the guys at the PCGamer magazine: Kudos, a "life sim" with lots of possibilities of modding. Yay!

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25 July 2006

How Not to Make Any Friends 

Israel is still not making any friends. Bombing ambulances and hospitals? I wonder how low they must go before even the US will give up on them. Well, you go on making wars, and the rest of us will clean up after you. Despicable.

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24 July 2006

Filthy Rich, No Cat Flap 

People keep asking me why I left Norway, and I am having an increasingly hard time replying.

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23 July 2006

The Play's the Thing That's Been Cancelled 

Yep, unfortunately the West End's best investment through the last decade has been cancelled. Kate Betts, an amateur playwright, wrote a play which was backed by one of the most successful producers in town and I thought the idea was absolutely brilliant. Theatreland itself is too scared to take a chance on new talent. There are too many musicals and too few proper and interesting plays in London.

I cannot believe I just typed that.

But anyway, we went to see the aforementioned play, On the Third Day (previously known as Playing Jesus), yesterday, and I was pleasantly surprised. It was actually ruddy good! Interesting plot, great set design, wonderful actors and all-in-all an amazing effort. It made it even more annoying to find out that it had been cancelled, especially considering that most, if not all, seats were sold out when we were there for yesterday's matinee (matinees aren't exactly known for drawing a crowd). One more week to go, so if you have the opportunity, I would really recommend this great blend of drama and comedy. And it's only ten quid (or five, in some cases)!

Next week we're going to see Savages at the Royal Court and then, of course, I will return to the Adelphi for another (ridiculously expensive) performance of Evita. If only I would get back to my former self and dare wait by the stage door after the show. Oh, well.

I am currently reading Julian Clary's autobiography called A Young Man's Passage. I started reading Rik Mayall's autobiography, and believe me, I am a huge fan of his, but I have read about 40 pages and it is really crap.

I cannot believe I just typed that as well.

Clary's book, on the other hand, is very entertaining. Just so you know.

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14 July 2006

Arrrgh, Me Matey! 

...or something equivalent to that. Yep, we went to see the new Pirates of the Caribbean film yesterday. Swashbucklers, cutlasses, Letters of Marque, squids, dubloons, everything you expect from a great pirate film. Wait...squids?

Bill Nighy and Stellan Skarsgård did their best (which is a helluva lot, really) to make it a very enjoyable film indeed. And I was very happy to find the answer to One of the Great Mysteries (spoiler alert, so check the comments to see exactly what I mean when you have actually seen the film yourself). Looking forward to the third installment, that's for sure!

We also went to see Over the Hedge earlier this week. Great voices all around. Really liked Steve Carell as Hammy. Spot on!

Other than that, I have read a few books (well, one book and one play) and played The Sims 2: Open for Business during my days off, as well as watching a nearby paper warehouse burning down. It's on its third day today; still flames to be seen.

Current track: Nothing.

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10 July 2006

I just realised we have a lot of sprinkler valves in this room.

So I am obviously not that busy at work since I can spend my day staring at the ceiling.

It's Friday. Well, it's not, really, but it's the last day of my shift so I think it's Friday and will probably have to bite my tongue so as not to say 'have a nice weekend' to the receptionist downstairs as I leave. The "weekend" will start by going to see Over the Hedge (probably) and then I will do my very best to relax for three days. I have had my eyes on a few computer games since I started my shift six days ago, so we'll see.

And no, I have nothing more interesting to say.

Current track: Nothing, I'm at work. I can hear lots of different languages, though.

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08 July 2006

This Year's Bull Run 

A New Yorker has become paralysed after running in this year's bull run in Pamplona. Brilliant. If only more people would be brutally slaughtered during this "event", perhaps they would finally put a stop to it. Traditions are not necessarily a good thing (actually, they often seem to be quite the opposite).

Current track: Something with McFly off the telly in the background.

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04 July 2006

A Visit to the Local Chinese Take-away 

SCENE I: A Chinese Take-away

(Ingaroo enters shop, the bell rings. Ing checks out the menu.)

(No one cares)

(Ingaroo approaches the counter. There are sounds of cooking coming from the kitchen behind the counter. No one reacts.)

(After about three minutes, enter Chinese Man (CM), a near-sighted man with a crooked smile and extremely lousy English)

CM: Yes? You want? (Pulls out a notepad and a pen from behind the counter.)
Ing: Hi, I would like a number 42a, please.
CM: (Writes down 36)
Ing: No, 42a, please. (Points to the menu) The beef with satay sauce.
CM: Wha da?
Ing: Number 42a, it's down here, see, at the bottom. Beef with satay.
CM: Aah! (Crosses out 36 and writes down 32 instead)
Ing: No, the 42a, four and then two and an A.
CM: Yes (writes down an A at the end of the 32) da is Kung Pow, yes?
Ing: No...yeah, whatever. And fried rice, please.
CM: Egg fly lye?
Ing: Yes, please.
CM: Sank you. (Goes into the kitchen)
Ing: (Decides not to check the menu to see what 32A is and goes for the several days-old Daily Mirror by the door instead.)

(About three minutes later, enter Chinese Woman (CW), better English but much more into bowing.)

CW: Please, for you, please. (Holds out plastic bag with what presumably is food.)
Ing: Ah, thank you very much. (Grabs bag. Exit.)

SCENE II: Ingaroo's Kitchen

(Enter Ingaroo, clutching a plastic bag. She places the bag on the counter and slowly takes out the food she only half-way ordered.)

Ing: Let's see...what could it be...aah... (Opens a paper bag containing nothing remotely like neither beef in satay sauce nor 'kung pow', but much, much more like toasts with prawn and sesame seeds. She checks the menu.) OK, so...this is a vegetarian dish...and they did not bat an eyelid when I ordered rice with these toasts? They must have thought 'clazy English, no taste'.

CURTAIN.

Current track: Nothing, but some Italians down below are cheering for their well-deserved win against the Germans.

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