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Monthly Archives: June 2003

III

Saturday, June 28, 2003

Here are three things I have realised today.
1) The band “The Flaming Lips” suck arse. Don’t give me any of that post-ironic rubbish either.
2) Mosquitos suck. No, really.
3) My good friend Rick has a fabulous way with words. Anyone who watches a film that only lasts 84 minutes and conveys this in his review using [...]

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Reload

Wednesday, June 25, 2003

Well, I finally got round to seeing Matrix Reloaded last night, and holy dribbling jesus, it was good. Slick and astounding throughout, and with [gasp!] a great plot, it gets my award for film of the year so far - an award that in 2002 would probably have gone to The Two Towers.
I recall thinking [...]

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The shape of thing to come

Friday, June 20, 2003

The very wonderful Doug at blackmachine is building me a guitar. It is going to be incredible.
Currently, it looks like this, and I am a very excited rabbit.

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Passport to the pub

Friday, June 13, 2003

Discovered while idly browsing Rick’s archive, Passport to the pub is a serious guide to British pubgoing for tourists, and serves as a quietly amusing dissection of our drinking and social habits.

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Return to the land of the living

Wednesday, June 11, 2003

I got a job! Yay!
It’s been a while since I had proper employment, so I’m heartily grateful that I have now landed gainful wossname with the excellent Dare Digital.
Marvellous!

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Retromatic

Thursday, June 5, 2003

Kneel and give praise for the wonder that is ebay.
I have managed to source and win that most righteous of retro 8-bit consoles, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, or SNES, and that most furrilous and underwired multiplayer game, Super Bomberman 2.
Ahhhhh… it’s all coming flooding back.

–c.

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