yeah bears* is died and I witnessed it. That sign up there was my souvenir of their last gig, and now I can no longer say my friends are in bands, because they broke this one. Also I seriously thought my days of jumping on top of a stacks on were totally over, but I guess never say never.

Notable quotes:

me: "I got hit by the mosh and I went flying"
ben: looks horrified and claps hands over mouth. "Are you okay? Sorry! I'm so sorry."
me: "It's okay, I came to your gig expecting to get hit by something."
ben: "But you're not used to getting hit by things!"

Also everyone should go look at ben's art, it's great and I'm jealous of it.


*note - they're kind of thrashcore and so you will only like them if you like a lot of high-pitched screaming and guitars. Like, a lot. Not really my scene, but I love my friends and their band was pretty epic fun.

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Current Music: ringing of ears

When I was visiting someone in hospital, I found this poster in the elevator.

Just thought y'all should know. Since it affects you.




It just kind of cracked me up - creepiest public announcement flier I've ever seen, honestly, someone went to town on this.

For those wondering, yes, it's an actual issue to do with the Government subsidising blood donations to private hospitals. But still...for a minute I was like, "Wait, the True Blood viral campaign made it in here too?!"

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Gun... Eyes... Guneyes.



What on earth is wrong with all of us? Also just a note in passing, apparently this hurts a lot.

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Current Mood: tired

I went past this on the way home.



Culture jamming feels a little old-ish to me somehow (isn't that weird? I guess when advertising brands started trying to make their own stuff look culture-jammed on purpose it all got a little sad), but I still like that people are doing it occasionally.


In other news, apparently last week was cursed, because every single shoot we had was rained out. We got rained out in places that supposedly hadn't seen rain for years. We had journalists and photographers who were rained out and flooded out in a desert. Our photo editor (who organises the shoots) nearly had a nervous breakdown. I only escaped because my shoot was indoors, and I was still terrified a pipe would burst and flood the whole building.

Apart from that... um... maybe I need to post more. I'm sure I had more to say, but right now I really need to play Fallout 3.

ps: does anyone else remember 'Dakota' by The Stereophonics? I can't believe this song isn't from the 80s somehow. It's tachikoma's favourite karaoke song. [/apropos of nothing]

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Current Music: 'Dakota', The Stereophonics

tachikoma and I went to see Iron Man last night, which was excellent and quite a lot of fun in my opinion. But on the way back, we had coffee, and this is what happened when Tachi ate his muffin. This is completely as is, I just looked down and pointed, then whipped out the camera - there has been no muffin-gardening, I assure you.





I think it's crying. Although I know we probably could have ebayed it, he was hungry.

We're at the end of another deadline cycle, and a really busy one. Strangely, rather than feeling elated, I'm just really tired, and I feel slightly empty. Maybe the elation will hit on the way home when I realise I get to come in on Monday and not be on deadline... although we do have to sign off the proofs, a long and also tiring process. Maybe after that?

Randomly, I'm going to a sleepover on Saturday, which is a welcome return to teenage fun past-times that I think should be encouraged for nostalgia's sake. But I have to buy new pyjamas to turn up in, as generally I wear a pair of stripey stockings and an old Bauhaus t-shirt to bed, and I don't really feel it's appropriate attire for any occasion at all where someone might actually, you know, see me...

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Current Mood: tired
Current Music: 'Summer Rain', Belinda Carlisle