Come the end of the week, all we had left in the fridge was a bag of mushrooms. We needed dinner... what to do ( Read more... )

I'm currently sitting on the couch recovering from two days of drumming, dancing, and general awesomeness.
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Ridiculously hardcore session at the Samba School tonight - two hours, thirteen songs at maximum tempo, no breaks. Ow. I don't think I've ever sweated quite so much before ( Read more... )

What is it with Arnold Clark salespeople? The last time I bought a car, it developed problems after a few months and completely failed its first MOT, requiring £600 of repairs just to bring it up to scratch. I called up to have a word with the salesman, only to be told he'd retired ( Read more... )

My car, a 2002 Renault Clio, is a fun car to drive, but it's not exactly been a pain-free experience to own. Due to it being my first car and me not knowing any better, I bought it with an almost-shot clutch and a timing belt that should have been replaced before the car went off the dealer's lot. My first MOT cost £600 to get various items of ( Read more... )

I'm on holiday at the moment - I carried over some spare holiday allowance from last year, and it had to be used up by the end of March, so I'm taking a long weekend. So my mum suggested we go to Rothesay and stay in their little flat for a night or two ( Read more... )

Last samba beginner's course lesson yesterday - gig on Saturday at the Mound in Edinburgh at 1pm :)

Decided that after ten weeks, I could drive there without using my satnav. I almost succeeded, too - got into Edinburgh okay, but two streets away I missed a turn and ended up driving in little circles round the town center for ten minutes before I ( Read more... )

Cool day today - not in a particularly special way, just ... cool ( Read more... )

Ingredients ( Read more... )

Having lots of fun at the moment - I joined the Edinburgh Samba School's beginners course, and I'm still drumming at Puff Uproar in Falkirk.

Puff Uproar tonight was great: we're covering a modified version of Nantes by Beirut. Normally we've got three surdo (bass) drummers, but this week we only had two, so I was covering two parts by using a ( Read more... )