Is it just me, or should Shoreditch tube stop be somewhere near ShoreditchApparently it's not just me because they're building one when they do the East London Line extension. But not before Saturday, which is when I have to get the cello to St Leonard's Church in Shoreditch for the ELLSO concert. There are two stations near there. It's Old Street ( Read more... )

I did things. I went to a gig! It was a Barenaked Ladies gig. They were very good. Really fun, bouncy happy fun, with singing and occasional gags and flashy lights wheee ( Read more... )

So, I didn't get the casting job. They rang me on Friday afternoon to tell me thanks but no thanks. They said my interview was fine but they'd had a large number of v high caliber applicants - which suggests that they went with someone who had some actual relevant experience. However, getting an interview without any relevant experience is an ( Read more... )

Reason number 10927 why I love the Lord of the Rings movies.

At the end of The Two Towers. Frodo asks what they've got to live for, and Sam does not say 'hope'.

I mean, of course, he does. He totally does say hope, but he doesn't say it, the word does not pass his lips at any point. I don't know quite why this makes me so happy. Maybe because I ( Read more... )

Oh the life of a slacker. I did not do any cello practice and I really really should've because there are bits of fingering I shall be ashamed of myself if I still can't do tomorrow morning ( Read more... )

So, Nano ( Read more... )

RIP, Pod the Second. His death was not exactly unexpected - he'd had a few attacks, but as so often happens, he looked like he was improving until he finally conked out on the tube between Mile End and Tottenham Court Road ( Read more... )