What Did You Do Today?

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Well, there was a question on ILM about what are you listening to, so this is the modified version...I think related to most other posts here...so hmmm what did you do today?...My day was pretty dynamic, I got up around 10:15, got dressed had breakfast, watched Richard and Judy's farewll show on This Morning, had lunch, worked on my dissertation for a bit listening to the Sixth Great Lake, fell asleep, took the dog out, had some tea, watched TV, logged onto the internet answered some questions here, then posted this stupidly inane post!...Tomorrow will be better, even if it is Friday the 13th!

james e l, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Woke up, went through morning routine, came to work, answered some e-mail, killed time here waiting for coworkers to arrive for usual morning munch and chat. And that's it, so far.

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Its only noon!

Mike Hanle y, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Have been tearing my hair out trying to finish the design of a 4x4 lorry's rear differential. Its that exiting. Complicated by having to do the write up in Italian.

Ed, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

woke up , read a bit of Prarie Poetry, Made David Breakfast, Said Rosary, Wrote and Edited for 40 minutes, packed Davids lunch, Told him i loved him, sent him on his way, put pork loin in fridge to defrost.

anthony, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I woke up with my girlfriend at her place at 7 a.m., she went to work and I then slept with her cat till 11 a.m.

Got up, went home, had a shower and a bite to eat. Started reinstalling win2k on my music PC, checked email and started MP3ing loads of CDs I intend to sell second-hand. Cooked and ate dinner at about 4 o'clock and went to work at 5 p.m.

Now I'm at work with nothing to do, so I'm just reading the forums etc.

Pretty nothing day to be honest, but I'm going with my girlfriend to Alton Towers tommorow setting off a 7 in the morning (it is 4 hours away) and then spending the night in Nottingham. I don't finsih work till 1 a.m.

Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

If I'd known that This Morning was having a farewell show, I might have tried to watch it.

the pinefox, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Got my driver's license today. This signals the end of relentless jeering by my already-mobile peer group.

Mitch Lastnamewithheld, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Uh.. ate breakfast. Killed time on the internet.

Sterling Clover, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

To Mitch -- fuck 'em. I don't have my license.

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Haven't done much. Ran around bits at work, still at work. Bought a book at B&N and new headphones at Tower (what is it about headphones that makes my cat want to eat them?). Talked on the phones, trying to finalize weekend plans. Got the game ball from the game last night - I am the queen of mean. Later I will go home, do either Pilates or maybe I'll go to cardio boot camp, then I will grab my laundry and do it. While the laundry is going, I'm going to go to Rite Aid and ATTEMPT to pick up my pictures, which is becoming a fucking chore (don't get your pics developed at Rite Aid, this is the third time they've done this to me and I've learnt my lesson, I will pay more in the future for good service), then I will probably run to the clothes store and buy a new black skirt since Steph spilt wax all over my favorite one and I can't get it out so I need a new one cos I've been wearing the same skirt over and over nonstop because now I only have one plain black skirt that I can wear to work. Grr. Then I will read, possibly, at the laundromat. Then I will fold my clothes, try to carry all that shit home, then I will go to bed because I am bloody tired.

Ally, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

So far today I have eaten two bowls of cereal, played Redneck Rampage, and killed time on the internet. I also brushed my teeth and put in my contacts. I plan on eating more cereal, playing more Redneck Rampage, and then reading Tolstoy while watching the Red Sox game. If the Sox win and I am in a good mood, I will go out and get drunk and go swimming in the middle of the night.

Otis Wheeler, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I also did two fucking riddles today. The answers were "The German" and "In my pocket".

Ally, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Woke up. Said to self, self, why did you wake up at 10 AM? Reset alarm clock to 11:15. Fell asleep, woke up again when alarm went off. Shaved, showered, dressed, reheated leftover pizza, ate pizza and fucked around on the internet until I was five minutes late for my tutoring session, chose CDs to put in backpack, went to tutoring session, went to another tutoring session, came to office to fuck around on internet. Later will eat lunch, go home to fuck around on the internet (sensing pattern), and wait for a friend to show up in town tonight so we can do whatever it is we're going to do (mmm... Guinness...).

Josh, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Woke up at 11:00. had coffee and cereal, wasted time here and read another 50 pages of war and peace during the day. played indy 500 (i've had this damn game for about 8 years and still keep crashing. grrr) - old-school pc gaming=fun for those of us who can't be bothered with new fangled stuff. listened to some cds. watched the tour de france on eurosport (all day! better than c4 used to be). am about to watch big brother. tomorrow picks up a bit as I have to actually get up early and get to choir practise by 9:15 - choir trip to paris soon. (yes, I am rather sad.)

Bill

Bill, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Woke up @ 9:15 for a tentative 9:30 appointment in the middle of Hartford. Left condo @ 9:35. Arrived in Hartford just past 10. Parked car in a garage near the construction site I was visiting. Went to site, talked to the head of the project, ignored him looking at his watch as I introduced myself (oh, like EVERYONE'S supposed to be punctual). Made photocopies of the payroll records I needed to get (along with other ancillary payrolls, because I'm like that). Shook hands, left site, got lost within the damn parking garage, cursed Hartford.

Got back to the office, farted around, went to a "business lunch" with the Boss, the Other Guy, and a member of the Connecticut Dept. of Labor. Bemoaned the fact that the organization I'm a part of (the Foundation for Fair Contracting) is going to shit the bed in a couple of months (most likely). Didn't say much. Left that, went back to work, then drove off to Manchester to lend some money to my mom for some crap she's looking to buy (which is totally unnecessary, by the way). Hung out with my sister & one of my nephews. Goofed around with him, making faces, playing silly games - mock pillow fights, playing catch with his juice container & stuff. Skipped out of my sister's house before my mom arrived there from work. Got home, put on my biking shorts. Now, typing this ultra-long missive, wondering if I really want to go biking. Later - who the hell cares?

David Raposa, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Got up at 11am, had breakfast (frosties and an orange), sat around reading paper/watching tv/listening to music for a while, had a shower, checked my email and ILE, talked to a couple of people on hotmail messenger whilst playing guitar, had lunch (scrambled egg on toast and a mars bar), went to the bank to renue my overdraft, got my hair cut, went to Tescos, came home, had tea (super noodles), went to work, came home from work, had another bowl of frosties whilst watching tv, typed this. Not very interesting, I'll grant you.

Ally C, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

What does your new hair look like ?

anthony, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Got up, normal morning routine. Went to work, had pointless meeting with boss about what happens next at company, loated around on the interweb until lunch. Lunch = full fry up at the Azerbaijani. Afternoon spent unethusiastically interwebbing, eating cake and talking to redundant folks. Left at five to get haircut. Barber styled hair into amusing 1930's style after I said I was going to restyle it when I got home. At home had bath then went to meet (ex) workmates for company wake at Bar Freedom. Stayed for an hour, then went to Truck records gig at Bull and Gate. Saw end of Finlay and ran into Pauls B+H. Had rather involved conversation with ex before, during and after excellent Rock Of Travolta set, and was unecessarily abrupt with Masonic Boom afterwards as a result(sorry Kate). Sat in pub part of B+G talking to ex some more and then got the bus and tube back to mine. Where I've been reading about Spearmint's rider request whilst listening to The Rock of Travolta's mini album.

Richard Tunnicliffe, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Oh dear...got up at two, had breakfast, went on internet until 3 when the divine LC appeared at my door. Watched kids TV (interesting programme on at 5 where comprehensive kids + boarding school kids swapped places) and Neighbours, then tea time - Mum cooked a delicious stir-fry. Then at 7:30 the divine LC and myself attempt to go and see Tomb Raider, but find that both Newham Showcase and the new Romford cinema are too expensive, so head back to my house to get vids and then to LC's place for video watching. Vids watched: Lord Of The Flies (1963 film), Willo The Wisp (volume 1) and This Is Spinal Tap. Walk home and here I am at 2:20AM.

DG, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

woke up with a hardon, thought about sucking my own cock but decided coffee and a cigarette would suffice, took my medications, checked my answering machine - fucking editor called at 9 fucking am wanting me to do an interview with travis - what the fuck - preparred myself for the onslaught of the stormtroopers led by my real estate agent which never came,opened up the flat windows only to realise this flat is slowly sinking, or maybe that's my mind, put on the strokes album, got a package with 3 new books from alyson.com to review, smoked some more cigarettes, read my eamil and discovered I now have supervisor for my thesis about identity production online in blogs; thought - cool; watched an infomercial, downloaded shockwave and watched some flashamation and made myself another coffee - that's my two hours so far, and today is supposed to be a rest day.

Geoff, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

What DIDN'T I do today! Hah Ha!

JM, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

woke 20 minutes late for work. worked 8:30am-4pm. sat around and watched tv. burned a cd. ate some frosted flakes. read the paper. went out with family for dinner at some fest. came home and worked on website. went out at 11pm to go swimming in lake. waited for 30min for the police to leave. went swimming for an hour. police come back. mildly pissed (they saw us parked and waiting earlier). came home. im typing.

kevin enas, Friday, 13 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Yesterday (which is what you all were talking about) or today?

Today hasn't started yet so it must be yesterday.

Got up around 9.30 and ate some Wheatabix. Got online. Posted like a fool and bombarded everyone I knew with email (occasionally snacking on raw veggies and hummus) until I got to about quarter to five, and realised that I was hideously late for rehearsal. Ran to catch the Northern Line and just made it.

Got to the studio to find that no one was there except our drummer and me, so we talked about his trip to Tunisia and gossipped with the Channel 6. Who informed me that they are breaking up, which broke my heart. Then the rest of the band showed up, and we went in to rehearse. After giving the C6 boys much grief for setting our room up all wrong. As usual. Ran through our set, groaning about how we'd forgotten how to play, and oh my god, we've got to play a gig next week and tour in a month, and what are we going to do? And then we stopped complaining about our aching out of practise muscles and actually started to sound good again.

Drank sodapop and ate chocolate and talked about Buffy with the C6. Asked them if we had any popstars in that evening, but there was no one else but us and these strange men in suits who played terrible Emma Bunton and Texas covers. And I mean, like, Lawyer type suits, not like, The Strokes type suits. Though they might as well have been The Strokes for how bad they were. Then Matt Hew gave us all Tunisian Mind Control Crystals. I let Dan play with mine and it sucks his brain out. Poor boy, he had to little to spare.

Finished rehearsal- oops, look at the time- and me and Matt Hew dashed off for the Northern Line again, leaving Jane and Rachel to pay and gossip with the C6, I mean, sort out equipment for our gig. So if they forget Jason Spaceamp this time, it's their fault not mine.

Got to the Bull and Gate just as Black Neilson were finishing. Ran into Ros from the ROCK and she let me stick my guitar and stuff backstage. Went to McDonalds for fries and McFlurries cause, well, Kentish Town Kebab places look like an even worse food option. Got back just as the ROCK went on. They were GRATE. Freaking amazing! My new favourite band, now that they C6 have broken up.

But then the evening was marred by going outside to leave, and running into the Lig Crew. Who, we discovered, bullied Paul from Truck Records into putting them on the guest list for the show, and then stood outside drinking beer for the entire night. You can't afford a £4 entry to the Bull and fucking Gate, but you can afford 12 pints of beer? Yeah, right. They tell us they've blagged our Pram show. We go home and make mental notes to go home and cross them off the guest list, unless the band themselves put them on. Spent the tube ride home gnashing my teeth about how much I hate the Lig Crew.

Got home and listened to Paul get in a huge strop at Spearmint's manager over the massive and ridiculous rider that Spearmint have demanded. Go to bed in a bad mood.

masonic boom, Friday, 13 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Hmmm... my day yesterday. Well, I woke up at 5am, as usual then went back to sleep, then got up at 7.30 and got ready for work before running out of the flat without time for breakfast and getting on the tube. Hellish journey, followed by a hellish day at work where I didn't have time for lunch and drank too much caffeine.

Then I went to Finsbury Park to look at tourbuses with Irene from SF for the upcoming Ladyfest tour, before going to the Bull & Gate. Saw Black Nielson, who were ace, offered Finlay another gig, postered, flyered, and bought Paul B a drink. Paul B complained about the liggers who had got onto his guest list but were refusing to come in and see any of the bands.

Kate arrives, so we get food, which was really unsavoury, and then it's back to the B&G for the Rock. They're great, and I convince Paul B to go and get the liggers and bring them in. Which he does. Gig ends, and I meet someone who once gave me lots of hassle when trying to book a band (can't name names...). Head home, and I advise lig crew that they should arrive at SF early because it will be busy. They respond that they've blagged it so they'll turn up whenever and get in anyway for free. I'm furious!

On way home, discover C6 may have split up. Make mental note to call their manager. Go home, start working on club, discover Spearmint have sent me a crazy rider including 8 freshly cooked meals and 20 litres of mineral water. Fret about this, talk to Matt Fruit, and then write to the SF Collective. Consider cancelling Spearmint and losing another £400. Write to Pram about Saturday, and tell them to ensure their guest list is in order. Then finally roll into bed and can't sleep because worried about upcoming Strange Fruits. By the way - the rider was a misunderstanding in the end...

Paul Strange, Friday, 13 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Cookie - WHILST PLAYING GUITAR? Cor.

the pinefox, Friday, 13 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Got up at 6.30, was at work at 8.00. Worked solidly, did not even stop for lunch. Did not click on the blue e until 4.15pm, which I consider a victory of will and proof that I am not (quite) addicted to ILE.

Madchen, Friday, 13 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

On Friday afternoon, we're all addicted. ;-)

masonic boom, Friday, 13 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Today, I did nothing, took the dog out twice, slept alot. This is officially my last day of sitting around, well...

james e l, Friday, 13 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Today I recieved in the Mail Dots and Loops on vinyl and had ALLOT of rich java, fresh brewed, with an enticing aroma.

Mike Hanle y, Friday, 13 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

As usual: I watched time tick away...

Kodanshi, Friday, 13 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Kodanshi, Friday, 13 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Cor. Is that a piece of 'conceptual art'?

the pinefox, Saturday, 14 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

stop yelling at me, you people!

duane, Saturday, 14 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

whuh?

duane, Saturday, 14 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

OK.
there ya go, that's about the only thing i've done today.

duane, Saturday, 14 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Richard Tunnicliffe, Saturday, 14 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Wow! get a load of THAT!

the pinefox, Saturday, 14 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

i read the news today oh boy...

Geoff, Saturday, 14 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Talked on the telephone. Had a strange dream involving an underwater netherkingdom and ppl. getting eaten by angry dogs. And love was somewhere in there too.

Sterling Clover, Saturday, 14 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Today I was given a home baked cookie! Yay!

Mike Hanle y, Monday, 16 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I just got off the phone with my boyfriend. I sat around at work. I should've done the AMEX but didn't. My stomach hurts. That's my day. I wish I was still in bed. My hair looks like shit.

Ally, Monday, 16 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Today and today and today creeps along its petty pace...

Got rent money. Got groceries. "Worked". Thought of ideas for fun articles to write. Thought of potentially portentous song lyrics. Did a lot of thinking, actually - nothing substantial, of course. Now, about 15 minutes away from trying to (yet again) establish a consistent biking/exercise regiment. Day 1, Take 6.

David Raposa, Monday, 16 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Today, I tried to explain who Josef K were to a 50 year old woman and implemented the first stage of my plan to steal an album by the Tindersticks from work.

The joys of being a library counter assistant

jamesmichaelward, Monday, 16 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I got turned out of bed at some ungodly hour by builders demolishing the house next door, and now I can't get back to sleep. You shall all feel the wrath of my crankiness!

masonic boom, Tuesday, 17 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Me too as I stuck the mascara wand in my eye whilst getting ready this morning and didn't have enough sleep last nite thanks to Big Brother and Late Night Loonies (AKA Late Night London).

Emma, Tuesday, 17 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Today, I travelled to North London, to work on my dissertation, I am currently copying and pasting stuuf into word.

james e l, Tuesday, 17 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Today i got up before 14:00

anthony, Tuesday, 17 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Okay, this weekend was way too long, I feel like ass right now. On Friday I got home from work and passed out because I had been out til 5:30am the night prior, I woke up around 10 and took a shower so we could go out. We went to Citrus but the hostess there is a raging bitch so we left (what is that about, the staff is all wicked nice EXCEPT for her), I don't remember where we went but it had margaritas. So we go to leave and we're all, hey, you know what's a good idea? Let's go to Kinkos! It's open 24/7! So we're all, yeah, let's scan some photographs! It was so random and inexplicable. We were at Kinko's til 5am. So on Saturday we went to a bar with a girlfriend of ours and hooked up with the bartender and this girl and him got into this fight, "You're a total player" blah blah blah because he was hitting on me and apparently slept with her stripper friend too. We were all out til like 8am then we passed out. I got woken up at like 2pm on Sunday because another friend showed up and everyone's like, yeah, we're going to the zoo! So I went to the zoo and took a picture of a little kid playing in a tree so I can tell people that the Bronx Zoo has pygmies, and I ended up falling and it was pretty funny. And there are like no ATM machines in the bronx, wtf is that? So we left and decided to go drinking again and my friend made me drink Long Islands minus ice and coke and we just got really wasted. I don't even remember getting home, I apparently passed out immediately while he went to go puke, and he told the cat that it was all his fault. Then he left to go back to Queens but couldn't figure out how to do it so he came back and slept on the floor after apparently screaming my name over and over and throwing things at me, and he watched a Bug's Life with Steph. The bartender friend also apparently called for some reason. We were being really obnoxious at the bar.

Ally, Monday, 23 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

two months pass...
Today I spent about 2 hours editing my dissertation in order to make it net worthy. Then I found an old CV I wrote last year, decided it was good enough to send out, and shall do so tomorrow. Watched Card Captors, there's something odd about that show.

jel, Wednesday, 26 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

addendum to point 3.: took shower at gym after exercising.

Bryan B Sure (Bryan), Monday, 29 March 2004 04:55 (twenty-one years ago)

so it wasn't you, it was the eggs.

A Nairn (moretap), Monday, 29 March 2004 04:58 (twenty-one years ago)

That's right, Captain Tenneal.

Bryan B Sure (Bryan), Monday, 29 March 2004 05:00 (twenty-one years ago)

so that's how you spell "Tenneal"

A Nairn (moretap), Monday, 29 March 2004 05:02 (twenty-one years ago)

for that character anyway

Bryan B Sure (Bryan), Monday, 29 March 2004 05:03 (twenty-one years ago)

I went to bed at an extremely late time, so I ended up waking up at 10 a.m. Never mind. Woke up, washed up, fixed breakfast (chorizo with eggs), took a shower, went online mostly to check out a few houses for sale in the neighborhood, did a little cleaning, read the Sunday paper, got dressed, swung by the post office to mail something, went to Sunday evening Mass, picked up something for dinner, came home, ate (two carne guisada tacos that are now talking back to me), caught some of Ever After, watched various things on TV, came upstairs, am starting to listen to some MP3s whilst posting here. I lead an interesting life, yes indeedy. ;)

Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Monday, 29 March 2004 06:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Saturday : off to the Cotswolds for the day with The Bloke. I'd bought him a day's falconry training as a Christmas present, so while he stood in the middle of a field being swooped at by Peregrine Falcons, Harris Hawks, a buzzard and an eagle of some kind, I spent the day shopping in Gloucester and Cheltenham. On the way home we stopped for a late afternoon tea in Bourton on the Water which was quaint but full of tourists. Went to pub in the evening and drank much wine.

Sunday : lazed about, read papers, listened to music, did a bit of cooking and sewing, generally just chilled out. Forgot to change clocks before bed on Saturday night, so was an hour out all day (but it didn't really matter).

C J (C J), Monday, 29 March 2004 06:29 (twenty-one years ago)

>off to the Cotswolds for the day with The Bloke

is this newant falconry centre? they have an african fish eagle with an 8 foot wingspan and having that swoop towards you is quite something. bourton's nice too, yes, 'quaint' is the word for it, all the fords across the river and all.

saturday i walked to notting hill to see the exhibition of aitchison's and berry's illustrations for ladybird books.

sunday i went to the early showing of zatoichi at shepherd's bush warner village. blood and gore at 11am.

andy

koogs (koogs), Monday, 29 March 2004 07:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Sat : Swimming with kids early doors. Haircut before lunch. Afternoon - watch Wales v Italy, 2nd half of Oirland v Scotland. Drank beer. Evening - cooked family dinner, watched England v France. Earlyish night.

Sun : All day rehearsal with band at some impossible-to-find place in the Sussex countryside. PM - mooched about at home listening to records + reading.

Dr. C (Dr. C), Monday, 29 March 2004 07:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Friday. Taught hipsters how to knit at the V&A. Felt very very sick. Left to go to karaoke in the Frozen North. Became very confused. Threw lots of GIN down throat. Resisted KFC. Drank white booze. Spent a long time on two nightbuses. Did a wee in a public place. Maaan. Gained an appreciative audience on the nightbus for our witty banter, which was basically shouting "gay" and "goth" and "peon" a lot.

Saturday. Slept very late. Monged out. Watched Cozzers. Drank white booze. Drank whisky. Shouted "gay" and "goth" and "peon" a lot.

Sunday. Slept very late again. Monged out again. Watched Stenders. Ate scrambled eyeren. Shouted "gay" and "goth" and "peon" a lot.

It has actually been one of the grebtest weekends ever, but I admit I am missing out a vital piece of the picture there. Also through the weekend I must have been getting a cold somewhere for today I feel like utter sheeeyete and am snodding everywhere. Marv.

Sarah (starry), Monday, 29 March 2004 07:50 (twenty-one years ago)

three weeks pass...
breakfast, park, lunch.

Can't decide whether to watch Blackboards or No Man's Land, think I'll go for Blackboards.

jel -- (jel), Sunday, 25 April 2004 11:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Watched the Premiership I taped last night, then the Powerpuff Girls Movie, then went down the pub to watch Leeds-Portsmouth. When it finished the police wouldn't let me leave for a moment - I live near the Tottenham ground, and it's a huge police presence in the circumstances - but eventually convinced them that I was heading home. I think despite my appearance, the fact that I was carrying a briefcase seemed to influence them!

Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 April 2004 11:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Right now nothing, having just woken up, but after a shower I'm going down to the beach nice and early to enjoy it and its calm before what will almost certainly be a very hot and crowded day there. It's been too long since I saw the ocean properly. Then a good brunch, some food shopping, hopefully some writing inspiration and revision, and after that probably a pretty relaxed day until I go out to a fave bar tonight and see if any friends are around.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 25 April 2004 11:56 (twenty-one years ago)

I wrote about a hundred spanish verbs out on little pieces of paper, with colour coding and notes about any irregularities in how they're conjugated, and what they mean in English on the back. I'm about to go and sit in the sun and play with them, in the hope that I might learn something.

Cathy (Cathy), Sunday, 25 April 2004 14:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Wow.

cozen (Cozen), Sunday, 25 April 2004 14:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, I thought so.

Cathy (Cathy), Sunday, 25 April 2004 14:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Cathy is the language-learning roxor.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 25 April 2004 14:56 (twenty-one years ago)

:)

Cathy (Cathy), Sunday, 25 April 2004 14:57 (twenty-one years ago)

I should do some work.

cozen (Cozen), Sunday, 25 April 2004 14:58 (twenty-one years ago)

El sol no brillara nunca mas

(song title, dunno what it means, something about the sun probably)

jel -- (jel), Sunday, 25 April 2004 14:59 (twenty-one years ago)

The sun ain't gonna shine any more...

My Spanish is still rubbish. I'll probably have doubled my vocabulary by this afternoon.

Cathy (Cathy), Sunday, 25 April 2004 15:02 (twenty-one years ago)

got up. made fried eggs. put them in a sandwich. went to see girl. watched celtic. ate a whole tube of hob-nobs. listened to streets. wrote inane posts to ilx. switched between lower and upper cases, undecided. read some spufford; read some steve erickson; hunted out some poems, a good one by simon armitage, about how hard it is to lose dogs. got a bit pissed off with myself. felt happy. felt down. thought what a nice day to waste. wasted it well. I should go out. I should do some work.

cozen (Cozen), Sunday, 25 April 2004 15:02 (twenty-one years ago)

I watched Blackboards in the end, it's Iranian, it was quite good. Then I went to the shop and bought some Lemonade. Had some tea and ginger cake. Listened to Spurs-Arsenal on the radio, quickly decided it wasn't worth the pain.

jel -- (jel), Sunday, 25 April 2004 15:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Around 5pm on Sunday's I often reach this empass of not knowing what to do...internet, read, go for a walk, TV, video games.

jel -- (jel), Sunday, 25 April 2004 15:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Got up. Ate some toast. Read the papers. Read some stuff on ILE. Ate some more toast, this time with beans and grated cheese on top. Cooked roast beef for tonight's dinner and made some cauliflower cheese and watched Celtic match on telly. Now listening to Arsenal game on the radio. Singularly failed to do anything constructive (except make a cup of tea at half time for my husband who has cut the grass and weeded the garden and tidied up our little shed).

ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 25 April 2004 15:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Vvvvv . . . I've got 4 different live sets to rehearse at the moment, and with them being all electro based it means a lot of tinkering in between rehersals. Full band set for me (our keys/laptop man can't make it for the next gig so I've got to prep everything to play without him), ditto for Shirokuma (same lad can't make it), there's my solo-ish laptopy electro set - which I'm doing with Matt Coastal, and finally The Hi-Fi Renaissance, this 10 man art project thing who are playing a bleedin' fashion show in a couple of weeks.

Sick of the sight of .wavs basically.

Lynskey (Lynskey), Sunday, 25 April 2004 15:12 (twenty-one years ago)

'... a good one by simon armitage, about how hard it is to lose dogs.'

cozen (Cozen), Sunday, 25 April 2004 15:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Got back home after a week-plus stay in Tallinn where work, fun & leasure were in rather fine balance, heheh.

t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Sunday, 25 April 2004 15:46 (twenty-one years ago)

well it is 12pm.
i got up, made myself an iced mocha and some eggs.
i contemplated my very large to-do list.
i may yet do those things.

Orbit (Orbit), Sunday, 25 April 2004 18:34 (twenty-one years ago)

After escorting the two French girls back to their hotel, I went to bed at about 6, woke up at about 12, listened to the football for a bit, fell asleep again.

Woke up again at about 2, listened to the football for a bit, fell asleep again.

Woke up again at about 4, listened to the football a bit, got up, opened the shutters to see the beautiful sunny day, showered and went for a walk in the park with my iPod.

The day was still stunning. It shook me up a bit, as did walking around seeing all the friends playing and couples coupling. I kept thinking I was going to see a particular person with her arm round a particular other someone. That increased the edginess of my emotional state.

I got home to discover I had locked myself out. My flatmate's mother was in upstairs, but had no spare key. My flatmate would be back at ten.

I walked back into town, thinking I'd go and see a film, but they all started too late, so I came to work instead. That's where I am now. I rang my mum and she's having a hard time, and then one of my sisters, but she wasn't in.

N. (nickdastoor), Sunday, 25 April 2004 19:15 (twenty-one years ago)

woke up at noon, fucked around on interweb, cleaned a slight bit, showered, fucked around on net, fixed my brother's guestbook, now am eating some popcorn, having a shiner and watching the viva la bam rerun.

hopefully shortly i'm going to go over to my guys and do some laundry. i'm hoping he'll mix some groceries together and feed me as all I have to eat is popcorn and that even gets old for me.

Later, season premiers of Six Feet Under and Viva La Bam

the fact that I was carrying a briefcase seemed to influence them!

Martin this would've gotten you arrested over here. ;)

Ask For Samantha (thatgirl), Sunday, 25 April 2004 19:22 (twenty-one years ago)

It made me not fit the football hooligan mold over here. After the big game (Tottenham, at home to their hated local rivals Arsenal - and the result made Arsenal champions!) I did hear some fighting on the street outside my flat. By the time I got to the window to look down I could only see a lot of police in fluorescent jackets chasing down the street. Lots of helicopter noise overhead too. It's all quietened down by now.

Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 April 2004 19:36 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm more concerned that N. was watching couples coupling. Surely that could get you arrested too?

ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 25 April 2004 22:21 (twenty-one years ago)

They were doing it in the park!

N. (nickdastoor), Sunday, 25 April 2004 22:24 (twenty-one years ago)

I love how N's post begins with "After escorting the two French girls back to their hotel, I went to bed at about 6". It is beyond parody.

My day was sickeningly lovely, so much so that I won't share it here.

Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Sunday, 25 April 2004 22:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Ah, go on.

N. (nickdastoor), Sunday, 25 April 2004 22:29 (twenty-one years ago)

In fact, I think N should turn his last post into a conceptual answer record to The Streets new lp.

Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Sunday, 25 April 2004 22:33 (twenty-one years ago)

I was thinking that. It would be proper bourgeois. A day in the life of a thwarted ponce.

N. (nickdastoor), Sunday, 25 April 2004 22:36 (twenty-one years ago)

But look at this from upthread:


Hmmm... my day yesterday. Well, I woke up at 5am, as usual then went back to sleep, then got up at 7.30 and got ready for work before running out of the flat without time for breakfast and getting on the tube. Hellish journey, followed by a hellish day at work where I didn't have time for lunch and drank too much caffeine.

Then I went to Finsbury Park to look at tourbuses with Irene from SF for the upcoming Ladyfest tour, before going to the Bull & Gate. Saw Black Nielson, who were ace, offered Finlay another gig, postered, flyered, and bought Paul B a drink. Paul B complained about the liggers who had got onto his guest list but were refusing to come in and see any of the bands.

Kate arrives, so we get food, which was really unsavoury, and then it's back to the B&G for the Rock. They're great, and I convince Paul B to go and get the liggers and bring them in. Which he does. Gig ends, and I meet someone who once gave me lots of hassle when trying to book a band (can't name names...). Head home, and I advise lig crew that they should arrive at SF early because it will be busy. They respond that they've blagged it so they'll turn up whenever and get in anyway for free. I'm furious!

On way home, discover C6 may have split up. Make mental note to call their manager. Go home, start working on club, discover Spearmint have sent me a crazy rider including 8 freshly cooked meals and 20 litres of mineral water. Fret about this, talk to Matt Fruit, and then write to the SF Collective. Consider cancelling Spearmint and losing another £400. Write to Pram about Saturday, and tell them to ensure their guest list is in order. Then finally roll into bed and can't sleep because worried about upcoming Strange Fruits. By the way - the rider was a misunderstanding in the end...

-- Paul Strange (pau...), July 13th, 2001

An Indie Grand Don't Come For Free or what?

N. (nickdastoor), Sunday, 25 April 2004 22:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Woke up around 11. Stayed in bed until 12 or so. Watched boyfriend make breakfast. Ate breakfast (breaded, fried ground beef patties and potatoes). Watched Kill Bill. Walked to book shop. Browsed. Walked a few blocks. Ate turkey, ham, and bacon melt. Caught bus back to boyfriend's house. Sat on porch, drinking whiskey and coffee, smoking, listening to boyfriend playing banjo. Watched King of the Hill. Walked two miles home. Had a couple beers and some cheesy pretzels. Going to bed soon.

kirsten (kirsten), Monday, 26 April 2004 01:58 (twenty-one years ago)

drank until 4:30 AM, paid for it the rest of the day

Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Monday, 26 April 2004 03:24 (twenty-one years ago)

one year passes...
I was so much more productive in 2004.

Cathy (Cathy), Friday, 31 March 2006 22:32 (nineteen years ago)

What the feck is this all about? I actually do wanna talk about my day. It's not interesting to anyone else but in all its mundanity it was a fabulous day. I am easily pleased. I know this is what blogs are for but fuck that.

I rose earliest, cspent time unproductively on here, went and sat outside on the lawn and pretended to study. Then went to the gym, running three miles in 22 minutes (alternatingly running .3 of a mile at 8mph and then .2 at 12mph). Next went to pick up some new music from the paper then met up with the new "special someone" in my life to take photos of girls playing lacrosse.

Am now going to eat Tibetan food with friends in town from Colorado. Life is good.

uptoeleven (uptoeleven), Friday, 31 March 2006 23:02 (nineteen years ago)

Ask me later. No time. Not done yet.

Aimless (Aimless), Saturday, 1 April 2006 00:09 (nineteen years ago)

had an awesome job interview. laid some slate tiles. put contact paper in my cabinets. cursed home depot when they didn't show up with our new fridge. oh, also sold old dryer for $150. so much domesicity.

Miss Misery xox (MissMiseryTX), Saturday, 1 April 2006 03:17 (nineteen years ago)

It is no one's business bu t my own!

I slept from 9am to 3pm and then lifted weights and ate waffle dinner and watched SImpsons with wife

Mr Jones (Mr Jones), Saturday, 1 April 2006 03:18 (nineteen years ago)

Made a few minor corrections on some ads, did a bunch of maintenance and file backup on my wife's computer, sold and shipped a CD, took a nap, drove to Tupelo for pizzas, ate a lot, played some literati, pretended to watch the end of the Grizzlies game, posted to ILX, went to bed.

pixel farmer (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 1 April 2006 03:24 (nineteen years ago)

1. Got up, finished watching "Valley Of Gwangi" after shower and during breakfast
2. Went to work. Spring fever all around, not much work was done, chatted with co-workers much of the time.
3. Had lunch by the river since it was a beautiful afternoon in NYC
4. decided to spend Friday at home as opposed to walking around/into a bar/spending lots of $$
5. Bought some groceries for dinner and arrived home
6. Cooked up crabcakes & couscous & salad while listening to new Nikki Sudden album.
7. Ate dinner while listening to end of said album and then listening to a Lindstrom/Prince Thomas mix
8. Made a VCD of assorted cool MPEGS I found online this week (John Foxx,Joseph Beuys,Soft Cell, etc.)
9. Decided to listen to song-in-progress. Sounded good but wasn't in mood to work on it anymore tonight.
10. Called Mom. Answered emails.
11. Watched "Lady Snowblood's Revenge". Burned some CD's while movie was playing.
12. Am now on ILX. Good night!

Jay Vee's Return (Manon_69), Saturday, 1 April 2006 04:29 (nineteen years ago)

seven years pass...

tell

Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Wednesday, 3 April 2013 12:45 (twelve years ago)

This morning was difficult . In a haze and turpor of a night of little sleep

Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Wednesday, 3 April 2013 12:47 (twelve years ago)


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