I think I've written more words today in Facebook status updates than in actual OU coursework. This is despite me penning a brilliant description of an Irn Bru bottle, a sensitive disquisition on the colour blue, reflections on what it would be like to have a mustache, and explanation of why Girlfriend in a Coma (novel) is better than Berlin ( Read more... )

Ugh the campaign to get Jeff Buckley's version of Hallelujah to Xmas number one (and save the song from Alexandra Burke) is ridiculous. People are claiming that Alexandra Burke covering it is some kind of betrayal. But Buckley's version is actually guilty of all the crimes that people accuse Alexandra of ( Read more... )

I managed to order Emmy The Great tickets after about 30 minutes wrestling with the Ticketmaster website. Stupid stupid stupid Verified By Visa ( Read more... )

I want to write a Beckettian tragicomedy about the impossibility of communication based on contributions to the Daily Mail comment threads ( Read more... )

LOOK AT THE ROLL OF SHAME: DARIUS DANESH, MICHELLE MCMANUS, THE MACDONALD BROTHERS, WEE DAVID SNEDDON, LENA ZAVARONI, AND NOW FUCKING LEON WHO'S SUCH A FLASH IN THE PAN WANNABE BUBLE WANKER I CAN'T EVEN BE ARSED LEARNING HIS SURNAME. YOU LAME PREMATURELY MIDDLE-AGED DWEEB LEON. PEOPLE ONLY VOTED FOR YOU BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT YOU WERE LEONA LEWIS ( Read more... )

Every day's the same, I step out my back door and see the ground dark with rainwater. There's still the same pizza-delivery leaflet stuck to the doorstep as well. I guess I could pick it up, but then where would I get a symbol for the neverending drudgery of my life?

Ahem. Never mind. I really need to sleep and not watch X-Factor video clips ( Read more... )

Wow, ITV have been caught blatantly rigging TV show phone votes and could be fined up to £70 million. Police may be involved (they're waiting for the TV regulator Ofcom to call them in). Send Ant and Dec to jail!

The Guardian reports:Saturday Night Takeaway: Viewers who thought they were being entered for a competition called Jiggy Bank had no ( Read more... )

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