With Mrs P getting her way with the T.V. I've decided to do a long overdue posting (I wanted to watch old people sing Radiohead songs, she's watching fat people walk - I think we know who wears the cultural trousers in this house). If truth be told inspiration has been low - the E&E has become obsessed with the sale of the airport and hunting and although I've got a couple of things on adverts, I've decided to start this week with a summing up of the last two months in all things Gary.
(Update on the fat people walking 500 miles television programme: some of them are "having trouble pitching tents". Yep - I've heard obesity'll do that.)
Well this blog has got a lot sharper. For me anyway, cos I got me some new spectacles. My old ones, after significant general abuse, finally exploded when I got punched in the face at work by an unprovoked, disgruntled employee. Well, when I say "disgruntled employee", I mean "spring loaded monitor stand". And when I say unprovoked, I might have pressed the release mechanism when it was less than 30cm (that's quarter of a large pace to our imperial measuring American friends) away from the old visage.
Don't worry, I wasn't hurt, just stunned and damn glad I was alone. The result was a new pair of glasses that, while letting me see things properly, do give me a 2-lunchtime-pint feeling all through the day. I'm sure I'll get used to them.
(Update on fat walking: Helen has already turned over and is now watching a dog programme. Well it's either that, or one of the fat people has been forced to wear a muzzle.)
Other than that I've been mostly drawing naked people, visiting friends with babies and doing DIY. I visited my parents where I came up with what I thought a reasonably amusing joke on a topical, er, topic (it involved an acrimonious marriage split, submitted complaints and my comment that "she won't have a leg to stand on"), which actually got booed by Mrs P and Mrs P the Elder. Now I know how Chris Morris felt after Brasseye. Maybe one day my comedy will be seen not just for its controversy but also for its insight, cutting wit and subtleness.
Not a lot else has happened. I have done a lot of shopping, buying contenders for my album of the year (I think I might have got enough eligible CDs for a top 10 now), plus loads of CDs that aren't (Fleetwood Mac are this year's ELO). Sadly the most interesting thing that happened I don't feel would be appropriate to write about on here, but if you want to know, when you see me ask me about God, Bono and Crediton Wetherspoons.
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Fuckgoblins! A post! You're alive. The fact that I check this barren wasteland every day has finally paid off. Good to hear all is well in the world of the Parsdonsisis. I hope to see you both in Wales in a couple of weeks. I have enough for a top 50 for album of the year, so working down to a top 20 is going to be hard as hell. Expect the list to be up around Dec 15th…
I am more intrigued than I think I ever have been about anything. Bono, God (same guy, right?) and CredWeath.
Hmm, I hope I haven't over-egged the quiche - although it is the most interesting thing to have happened to me recently, it is all relative. However, you can be the judge when I see you next weekend.
Oh, and you don't know how close you are with your Bono/God comment...
ah, the mac. despite our student opposition to all things fleetwood, i too have come aroung to accepting them in the past year. they are rather marvellous. and are one of the best big man / little man combos there is. i reckon i could find a top 10 of albums ive bought this year, but im not sure i can guarantee they all came out in the last twelve months. largely as i have mostly been listening to the walker brothers. and the everly brothers. and the out here brothers.
Hey, I'm not going to be in S Wales next weekend, so how am I ever going to find out what happened with Bono, God and the 'Spoons? It will haunt me until I know, I won't be able to get anything done.
Also, have you been watching Lead Balloon? If so, do you think it measures up to the mighty Curb?
Catherine
An interesting question, Catherine.
My immediate response is no. It's hard to watch LB without drawing comparisons between the two - the wisecracking agent/co-writer, the knowing wife, the recurring characters who seem to often be on the end of whatevver mishap befalls Larry/Rick.
However I think that the show is not totally derivative - there is a different feel to it. Plus I have been able to watch all of the episodes without cringing myself into a small ball. I feel that in a tv world that seems intent on trying to get its schedules down to three different basic programmes, there has to be room for two Curb-a-likes.
Don't worry, I shall be relaying my God-Bono-W'Spoon anecdote for many a moon yet...
Yes, I would largely agree. I am enjoying Lead Balloon so far, more than I expected I would. I think the writing/delivery is pretty good. However, I don't think it has the depth of Curb, largely because the Jack Dee character is less complex - whereas many of Larry's mishaps result from his misplaced desire to do good, Jack is more purely motivated by hatred and spite. I can't see it going to five series a la Curb. But it's certainly no Two Pints of Lager.
We just finished watching Series 3 of Curb: it may be the best one. The finale in the restaurant is awesome, for sure.
Catherine
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