Victoria Park with the Gimp Dance Quintet

Not much to say really (or maybe there is and I'm lazy), but £50 got me in to see Radiohead and it was pretty good times.

If they actually make it over to the arse end of the world where you down-underites are; go see em. Perhaps you had no doubt on that score, but I'm just saying.

Didn't memorise set listings or anything, but why do that when you can steal one.

/google
/yoink off some other guy's blog

So, here's the (stolen) unofficial setlisting:

Radiohead Setlist 6/25/08 - Victoria Park, London, England:

Set 1: Reckoner, 15 Step, There There, All I Need, Lucky, Nude, Weird Fishes/Arpeggi, Myxomatosis, National Anthem, Faust Arp, No Surprises, Jigsaw Falling Into Place, Optimistic, Videotape, Everything In Its Right Place, Idioteque, Bodysnatchers

Encore 1: House of Cards, The Bends, Bangers + Mash, My Iron Lung, Karma Police

Encore 2: Go Slowly, 2+2=5, Paranoid Android

So yeah, some interesting choices in there. Was pretty sweet to hear a bit of the old stuff that I obviously didn't get the opportunity to hear when it was new.

Also, as you may have guessed from the title, there was a good portion of everyone's favourite: Thom York dancing. How awesome.

One more thing: Paula Z is a champ for hooking me up with a (fairly) last minute ticket. Wooo!

Someone sucks arse (Public transport ranting again)

I'm not sure who it is, but for some reason it took me far too long to get home, because the tubes were almost ALL out of service due to strikes.

From what the grand and mighty BBC had to say about it (remember, I'm allowed to by cynical if I work there), it was something to do with some contracts changing and drivers not being guaranteed some pension plan for 10 years service. Or something.

Whatever it was, I'm sure it was highly necessary to fuck around literally MILLIONS of people.

FUCKING FUCK!!

and now I have to get up way early because they're going on all week, apparently.

Sometimes.... this bloody city (and maybe this country, but I might be stretching it with that generalisation)...

..WELL.

Triumph over public transport

Going home on saturday night is usually a bitch; But not when you...

Catch the last overland to waterloo
Catch the last train to Piccidilly Circus
Catch the last Picadilly line train home.

Skarnz: 1
The demons of public transport: 0

New Flat

So. I have finally made it out of old stinky flat and into a new one (which has substantially less stinkyness).

Natalie and I are likely to have some boozing-up soonish, so those of you who are around these parts can prolly expect some late-minute bullshit party hit-up.

Be prepared!

Also: The summer is sucking balls over here. There's a bunch of flooding and crap like that.

All dressed up...

With no interview to go to.

Cool, huh. We love the last minute cancel. I had arranged for an hour and ahalf off work, gotten dolled up and was just about to order tea in a cafe just down the road from the place when I get the phone call from the agency.

At least, they did say they have another position to put forward, paying about the same.

But anyway, slight irritation.


Still; I was sitting on the tube going home, and was thinking of how much fun it would be to get a real serious pink bunny suit and wear it to a metal night at the electric ballroom sometime. Then I remembered that Jon's kinda done a similar thing, but with only the ears (what a pussy :P). I seemed to recall it went down a bit of a treat, actually. But yeah, that kinda cheered me up.

God. Work again tomorrow AND sunday, at 9am.

Crap

Irritating things

Mostly...Hotmail.

I'm supposed to be firing off a bunch (how optimistic) of apps for jobs, but because my hotmail has completely died, I can't get at a copy of my CV right now. Also, all the jobs that I've singled out to apply for are in there too. Also annoyed at myself, 'cause I'm quietly relieved that I've got an excuse. /sigh

Getting wet

Its raining more, and I dont have an umbrella, nor waterproof shoes. Its my own fault for both of these things, of course, but that doesn't sto it from being irritating. Besides, I (foolishly) spent lots of money on a flash waterproof jacket, and I want to get use out of it (even if that means getting the rest of me quite wet). Also, I am the worst shopper, and when it comes to shoes/clothes shopping; NOTHING is quite right. Thus, no waterproof shoes. (actually, I managed to get some dress shoes recently, but I'm hardly wearing them around the place).

Crap flatmates.

If you do any of the following things, you're likely to be a crap flatmate and piss me off:

Be incredibly unsocial (to the point of openly avoiding conversation)
Leave pots of half eaten food on the stove for days on end
Piss around for an incredible amount of time getting the internet sorted (and I'm STILL having to use web cafes, you useless bastard!)
Leave hair everywhere
Use my stuff
and, my favourite: leave the toilet incredibly grossly soiled and not bother to clean it

Hmmm, what else.

Jeez, I dunno. The way this city makes sometimes me feel like some small town honkey is pretty cool too.

Feeling obliged to finish off a good rant with something 'upbeat' just so things dont look bad.

In other news, I made a cake. Its a mofo chocolate beast!