Tuesday, April 26, 2005
This little piggy went to market
New to ebay. Oh yes. I put a verrry cautious bid on that ipod I wanted. Seemed infallible. Turns out, despite on surface appearances being 50,50€, by my bid, it is in fact 50,50€ + 35€... what with coming over from China. That wasn't in the handbook! Now, of course, I am ringing my palms hoping that...
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Sunday, April 24, 2005
Mission: Improbable
We have coupons for the dentist's, I think from the government or something equally sinister. Trouble is, once they've attacked your face with a spade or whatever it is they gauge most necessary to the situation at hand, you are inevitably stuck with the consequence of their decision, good or bad....
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I believe I can fly... I believe I can touch the sky...
Dear, dear figments of my imagination and possibly sporadic matricide fans equally, Things are becoming real. {{Very attentive readers will have noticed I have a bit of a fetish for reality here. I intend to cut down a bit on the endless pontificating on that, but fact is, I love reality. I want it....
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Friday, April 22, 2005
PS - A riddle
When a drawing really screws up, I extend the lines into something surrealistic and sort of make it into a runic style pattern to cover the evidence. Somewhere in there, buried under many false lines and mystical runes in strange and forbidden languages, is the actual scrap of unfinished drawing....
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It doesn't really matter, no it doesn't really matter at all...
I'm not really writing this blog. I am listening to music. And lying on my bed comfortably. And vaguely flirting with my dear MSN amigas {I like to cut my language with spanish when english gets fiddly. Here, we have the word friend with the distinction of being a girl friend, no not girlfriend you...
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Thursday, April 21, 2005
No, brits don't like irony, and yanks aren't petty or arrogant.
Coming up is dia national de trabajo, translated as national work day or national labour day. So we get a holiday. There will be fiesta on the streets, tio. The Spaniards had no idea why I burst out sniggering at that. They just thought I was being confused again.
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Gubby's Linguistic Diary #1
My brain cells are commiting mass suicide. Need. Tea. Tea good. Ahh..... Right. Been doing French -- though, it's the same tutor guy I get for S panish as well. Gets confused. Heya, comment ça va, fine thanks ¿Y tu? Rules. That's what I hate about languages. Loin long largo loingong great white...
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Wednesday, April 20, 2005
I'm just wondering...
Is anyone reading this crap?
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Blogiteine patch
I'm just going to make this a quick entry to satisfy my blogging urges before I do stuff, which I have today to do. Actually, I'm kinda happy about that. If I have something to do, I don't lapse into long and apathetic internet sittings and end up feeling mindnumb. Well, it's never that bad, but I...
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Tuesday, April 19, 2005
THE GUBBY MILK-BOTTLE TOP AWARD FOR LAME ADVERTISING GOES TO:
PS: This and the blog below... I think... Humour today.
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