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redcountess discovered a pile of Melbourne goth pics from 2000.
We went to Camden today to see faerierhona, who was lovely to catch up with. It was somewhat frightening to hear redcountess in call centre shop talk with Rhona.
Everything was shut: the Victoria Line (two buses to Camden), Bar Uno (we met at Starbucks), Cold Steel (no short labret bar for Liz), the Pembury (where we thought we'd find warmth), the train line home (after we'd bought tickets — they didn't shut the station or anything) ... then we couldn't get on the 30 bus because there were two prams already. Minicab home! Then two Chinese takeaways open every bank holiday except this one. Now awaiting the Chinese of last resort. CROSS FINGERS. I am chilled to the bone.
For Tuesday, Freda got a Kalbarri shirt, pinafore and toy dolphin from one grandmother, a baby's first book of bible stories and prayer book from another, new clothes from a third, a musical plastic computerised lamb thing for her to thump (the one present she was more interested in than the wrapping or the boxes ... it's the future: my daughter got a robot companion for Christmas. IT SAYS "I LOVE YOU") and interactive blocks (cheers to Fisher-Price's keen understanding of baby psychology!), a teddy bear and Kenya lion and tiger soft toys (and I can see where Weebl makes his bucks).
arkady got a (doll) head in a box, the special double DVD of Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds live concert, some anointing oil and marzipan fruits. redcountess got dollie rings, T-shirts and shoes, the DVD of Thin Lizzy Live and Dangerous, smelly girly stuff from one of my mothers and books Fire And Steam by Christian Wolmar and Liquor by Poppy Z. Brite. The lot of us got two Ikea toy rats from hairyears and an A4 photo printout of the gates of Crossbones Cemetery in Southwark from spikeylady.
And I got a book on starting my own cult and this year's best present evar, a cheap Chinese MP3 player! deathboy linked to a similar one which was sold out, so I got one which looks like a photocopy of a first-model iPod nano.
The player claims to do "MP4", but only does MP3, WMA and insanely crappy AMV format video. I rewrote that entry yesterday and searched the net for info — if you got one of these things, this is the easy pointy-clicky video converter, this is the command-line converter and this is how to convert changing the aspect ratio. Liz bought it because it claimed MP4; I would like the MPEG Licensing Authority to swing its massive Intellectual Property dick as an avenging hammer of trademark. Gah!
But I spent all day yesterday and today playing music over and over and over. Headphones (which are surprisingly good but not marked "L" and "R") in, Scientists first album playing. My MP3 is my new favourite toy. WIN.
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Date: 2007-12-27 03:25 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-12-27 05:57 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-12-27 06:27 am (UTC)The remaining Triffids are doing a thing in January.