In no particular order (except the first...)
Geddy Lee
Roger Taylor
Joe Perry
Craig Olejnik
Vaguif Khamdoulaev
Goussein Khamdoulaev (father-son ooh!)
Tony Shalhoub
Rain
Brad Garrett (as long as he gets his back waxed first...)
Brian May
Soslan Suanov
Robert de Niro (circa Casino)
Pasha Kovalev
Hayato Tani
Glenn Tipton (unless the impotence rumours are true and then we'll go for Ripper Owens)
Susumu Terajima
Vyacheslav Tikhonov (circa Seventeen Moments of Spring or War And Peace)
Mike Bielecki
Bruce Turner
Cedric Pioline
Koji Yakusho
Charles Nagy (I wonder if those rumours are true...)
That-hot-guy-that-works-in-my-office-and-catches-the-same-train-as-me-and-lives-in-my-neighbourhood... wait... is he stalking me???
I am sure I will add to this...
I actually had a long-running affair with a professional musician I had had a major crush on. It was very disappointing. But then I guess all men have the potential to be disappointing. Being a rock star is no guarantee of prowess... or even having anything bigger than a cocktail sausage in his pants...
Sunday, 30 August 2009
Saturday, 29 August 2009
Friday, 28 August 2009
The ultimate no-no
I haven't mentioned this yet because I have been too grossed out.
When Kay was over for the craft party last week, we ended up in town at a Wetherspoons for dinner. I ordered their vegan chickpea curry and some vegetable samosas. Kay ordered chicken vindaloo and lamb samosas. My food arrived first and then the waitress came over and accused Kay of ordering her food with the wrong table number.
While they argued, I tore open one of my veg samosas and guess what...
Yup...
They were lamb samosas.
Nothing disgusts me more than the idea of being served meat (well, that and the ugly guy that used to stalk me in LA...). With all the waitress' bitching about Kay's order, she bought me the wrong fucking food! (And yes, Kay got my vegetable samosas so they must have known we were ordering together). I'll never set foot in there again. My nephew wanted to go yesterday but I persuaded him to buy a sandwich at Tesco instead.
It doesn't take a genius to not serve meat to vegans, you know.
When Kay was over for the craft party last week, we ended up in town at a Wetherspoons for dinner. I ordered their vegan chickpea curry and some vegetable samosas. Kay ordered chicken vindaloo and lamb samosas. My food arrived first and then the waitress came over and accused Kay of ordering her food with the wrong table number.
While they argued, I tore open one of my veg samosas and guess what...
Yup...
They were lamb samosas.
Nothing disgusts me more than the idea of being served meat (well, that and the ugly guy that used to stalk me in LA...). With all the waitress' bitching about Kay's order, she bought me the wrong fucking food! (And yes, Kay got my vegetable samosas so they must have known we were ordering together). I'll never set foot in there again. My nephew wanted to go yesterday but I persuaded him to buy a sandwich at Tesco instead.
It doesn't take a genius to not serve meat to vegans, you know.
Thursday, 27 August 2009
Ho hum
Not very happy right now. Not overly sure why. My back is getting me down a little. And I feel that no matter how much money I make, there's none left the day after payday. Sucks.
I went in for my eye test today. Got there 15 minutes early only to discover they had given me the wrong time and my appointment was much later in the day. I wasn't the only one. There was another woman who was also there for the wrong time. Specsavers have really steep stairs up to the eye test rooms which makes it very difficult to negotiate with my bad back. They have some rooms downstairs and I had booked for one of those. A staff member was trying to sort it all out but she made me feel like I was inconveniencing everyone by being there. They could fit me in upstairs but not downstairs unless I waited a long time. It was embarrassing more than anything. I told them to forget about it and went to Vision Express where they got me an appointment straight away. However, they were much more expensive and did not have any glasses I liked. So disappointed.
Then I wanted to buy a new mobile because my N95 is knackered and no longer rings. I went in 3 shops where they wouldn't even acknowledge me (I needed advise). Shop number 4 helped me but they did not have the phone in stock. Then I had to drive way out of town to shop number 5 where they helped me AND had the phone in stock. I now have a shiny new Nokia 5800. It'll do for what I need.
My car got smashed up by some lunatic the other day. He claimed it was my fault but he was driving on the wrong side of the road. Whatever. My insurance company are going to spank him.
My back is getting better but it's slow and I'm still not sleeping. Plus a mosquito bit me on the toe and my toe swelled really bad and then burst. It was ucky...
On a more positive note, I have picked up some nice little Betsey Johnson bargains recently.
Oh, and I finally submitted my application for postgrad study. Never suffered from such crippling self doubt before...
Off to watch The Listener.
I went in for my eye test today. Got there 15 minutes early only to discover they had given me the wrong time and my appointment was much later in the day. I wasn't the only one. There was another woman who was also there for the wrong time. Specsavers have really steep stairs up to the eye test rooms which makes it very difficult to negotiate with my bad back. They have some rooms downstairs and I had booked for one of those. A staff member was trying to sort it all out but she made me feel like I was inconveniencing everyone by being there. They could fit me in upstairs but not downstairs unless I waited a long time. It was embarrassing more than anything. I told them to forget about it and went to Vision Express where they got me an appointment straight away. However, they were much more expensive and did not have any glasses I liked. So disappointed.
Then I wanted to buy a new mobile because my N95 is knackered and no longer rings. I went in 3 shops where they wouldn't even acknowledge me (I needed advise). Shop number 4 helped me but they did not have the phone in stock. Then I had to drive way out of town to shop number 5 where they helped me AND had the phone in stock. I now have a shiny new Nokia 5800. It'll do for what I need.
My car got smashed up by some lunatic the other day. He claimed it was my fault but he was driving on the wrong side of the road. Whatever. My insurance company are going to spank him.
My back is getting better but it's slow and I'm still not sleeping. Plus a mosquito bit me on the toe and my toe swelled really bad and then burst. It was ucky...
On a more positive note, I have picked up some nice little Betsey Johnson bargains recently.
Oh, and I finally submitted my application for postgrad study. Never suffered from such crippling self doubt before...
Off to watch The Listener.
Thursday, 13 August 2009
My two stupid dogs
I didn't get home from work until 10pm last night. It was hot so I had the backdoor open while I watched a bit of TV. The dogs were in and out as usual. Suddenly I heard a lot of growling so went outside to see what the problem was. Gino was throwing what looked like a ball around while Boomer tried to get closer and then Gino would snap at him. I called the dogs in because I don't need them fighting that time of night and discovered they were actually playing catch with a hedgehog. I had to spend the next hour plucking quills out of Gino's mouth, face, and legs. Luckily the hedgehog was OK but it did leave a lot of quills on the yard. If a regular dog finds one, it sniffs at it, gets stabbed in the nose, learns a valuable lesson, and walks away. Mine see it as a challenge...
Wednesday, 12 August 2009
digizouk
www.digizo.co.uk
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I recently purchased a rechargeable battery pack for the Wii balance board from these people via Amazon Marketplace. It cost me less than a fiver and I thought it would be great as I wouldn't be burning through batteries as much. So I receive it and start to charge it. After 18 hours, it wont work. I charge it for another day and it still wont work.
OK.
So I email customer services and ask them if this is normal. They respond with a link to their returns page. I dutifully go to the post office and mail the item back to them. After a week, no response. I drop them an email and advise I have sent it back and am awaiting my refund. Still nothing.
So.
I leave factual negative feedback. I hear no more about it (I don't know if they left me retaliatory feedback as I don't check my Amazon profile but if they did, they are fucking wankers).
Weeks later (ie, yesterday), I receive an email saying "oh so you weren't happy with the transaction. You should have contacted customer services. Remove the feedback".
Whatever. They didn't give a monkey's when I was emailing them with my concerns and now everyone can see that they suck, suddenly they care. I told them there is no way I will remove it as people have the right to know they sell broken crap and then ignore complaints.
Great start to the day.
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I recently purchased a rechargeable battery pack for the Wii balance board from these people via Amazon Marketplace. It cost me less than a fiver and I thought it would be great as I wouldn't be burning through batteries as much. So I receive it and start to charge it. After 18 hours, it wont work. I charge it for another day and it still wont work.
OK.
So I email customer services and ask them if this is normal. They respond with a link to their returns page. I dutifully go to the post office and mail the item back to them. After a week, no response. I drop them an email and advise I have sent it back and am awaiting my refund. Still nothing.
So.
I leave factual negative feedback. I hear no more about it (I don't know if they left me retaliatory feedback as I don't check my Amazon profile but if they did, they are fucking wankers).
Weeks later (ie, yesterday), I receive an email saying "oh so you weren't happy with the transaction. You should have contacted customer services. Remove the feedback".
Whatever. They didn't give a monkey's when I was emailing them with my concerns and now everyone can see that they suck, suddenly they care. I told them there is no way I will remove it as people have the right to know they sell broken crap and then ignore complaints.
Great start to the day.
Monday, 10 August 2009
Vegan Skittles!
I was excitedly reading all the buzz last week about how Skittles are now vegan. I used to love them so picked up a bag while I was out shopping. I checked the label and, aside for a few E-numbers I didn't recognize, they looked good.
When I got home, I googled these particular suspect numbers to check if they really were vegan.
E120 - Carmine (made from smooshed up bugs).
E475 - Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids (source varies but if it isn't stated as vegetarian, more than likely it comes from pork).
Lovely.
What makes me laugh, though, is so many of the vegan bloggers shouting about how wonderful these new vegan Skittles are.
Ignorance is bliss, eh?
When I got home, I googled these particular suspect numbers to check if they really were vegan.
E120 - Carmine (made from smooshed up bugs).
E475 - Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids (source varies but if it isn't stated as vegetarian, more than likely it comes from pork).
Lovely.
What makes me laugh, though, is so many of the vegan bloggers shouting about how wonderful these new vegan Skittles are.
Ignorance is bliss, eh?
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