I have been:
- finishing Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Cor.
- starting Zadie Smith's White Teeth. Even more cor-ier. This woman's writing is blinding. I'd avoided the book for ages after getting a bad impression whilst channel surfing over the TV adaptation. More fool me.
- watching the New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins. My first baseball game. I found it very amusing that the words to 'God Bless America' were put up on a huge dot matrix screen, but the rendition of 'Take Me Out To The Ballgame' didn't need them.
- playing, open-mouthed in wonder, with Google Earth.
- thinking about the economics, complexity and future of space flight after yesterday's slightly worrying shuttle launch. Not to mention the wisdom of expecting repairs to be easier in orbit just because it's nice and quiet.
- listening to The Rolling Stones.
- fiddling with writing bits again. Doing the play has really opened my eyes to just how much free time we have in the course of our everyday lives. With our/my free time roughly halved, all of a sudden I haven't wanted to play Grand Theft Auto all that much, and a strange new wave of Wanting To Do Something Constructive has befallen.
- cooking up birthday plans/presents/ideas/concoctions for the missus.
- looking forward to going home. England, England, I hath not forsaken thee.
...um...
...well....
...not completely, anyway. Krissa and I are going for a week from the 13th to the 21st. We're mostly spending time with my family, but we're also going to be dropping in on Shiv and Dom's wedding.
- thinking about t-shirt designs, to follow suit with Krissa's foray into fashion design. If anyone has anything they'd like to see on a t-shirt, be it past taglines or whatever, speak up. I'm struggling with the design for the 'History Will Be Kind To Me, For I Intend To Buy It Drinks' t-shirt. Ideas, anyone?
How about "Hi, I'm blah blah blah Stuart" :-)
I have a very strong weakness for "I could tell you but I'd be lying", obviously.
Oh, and when you finish "White teeth", you might want to start "The autograph man". Completely different writing, just as riveting story. I hate that woman.
Thanks Anne, noted. I'll see what I can rustle up.
There are also preliminary sketches for one with a flying fish. Krissa liked one of my doodles. Not sure what the slogan would be though.
It's "Blah blah Stuart blah," Adrian.
Sorry Jen, my memory fails me at this age.
If anyone puts "Blah blah Stuart blah" on a tee shirt, I will personally bludgeon all of you with a certain baseball bat which shall remain nameless.
Is that a challange? (What do you think Jen, we get one each?)
Hey hey hey.
Less of that.
This is MY capitalist venture.
If anyone's buying t-shirts, buy them from me.
is that on a tee shirt? the nameless pink baseball bat?
The pink baseball bat isn't NAMELESS, YO. It's GOT a name. It's just choosing to remain nameless at the moment, you know, lest it get altogether too violent up in these gentle parts.
i've been thinking of making myself a shirt that says "not from here" but i do like yours... especially the "i'd be lying" and the "blah blah boyfriend blah."
i've been thinking of making myself a shirt that says "not from here" but i do like yours... especially the "i'd be lying" and the "blah blah boyfriend blah."