I decided to try the indian around the corner from me, and oh man, it's fucking good. I got
- Tandoori Mixed Grill (smaller than what I thought)
- 2x Mint Sauces (proper sized ones ! I only need 1)
- Ditto of Onion Salads
- 1 mango chutney (proper sized pot ! oh man !)
- 4x poppadoms
- 2x Pashwari naans (I thought the grill would be bigger so I got two, for breakfast tomo)
- Onion barggy (HUGE, 4 of them.

I'm going to be working all weekend now, but it's worth the brownie points. I'm pretty much the only one who can do it 'cus it's exactly where my skill-sets are.

I started to watch Game Of Throans, I thought I'd hate it but I'm actually liking it. Awake and Alchatraz and The Office are also really good.

Fancy a roll in the hay?
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 19:29, 98 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

still not watched game of thrones
and still not read the last book despite waiting 5 years or something for it. Man, I'm a book snob
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 19:33, Reply)

I am a total culture snob.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 19:36, Reply)

yeah - but I loved the books
yet found myself reticent to read them again once they were famous. It even irritates me that I do this.
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 19:37, Reply)

There is a midget getting a blowjob, I approve.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 19:48, Reply)

I have 'very little' interest in that.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 19:50, Reply)

that guy is cool
a proper bad guy that is somehow awesome. Also reminded me of the othodontist from when I was a kid
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 19:51, Reply)

I thought I couldn't get into it, 'cus I don't like LOTR or things where people are walking and talking a lot, like in a forrest or at sea.
But I watched it on the train home today, where there are no distractions, and its quite good. Now's a good time to watch it, 'cus the new one comes out soon.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 19:55, Reply)

I plan to reread the rest of the books first
but this means buying them since originally I borrowed all but Feast for Crows (which I got when I was working in a bookshop and skipped around the shop with it when it came in).

Anyway, I have to get over the 'why am I buying a book I've already read' thing
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 19:57, Reply)

I still need to read teh last three books of the Dark Tower series.
I really loved the first three. The fourth one was a bit 'meh' and I understand the last two are excellent. I really must get round to doing that soon.

The last Stephen King I really enjoyed was Cell. That was a pretty excellent zombie book.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 16 Mar 2012, 19:59, Reply)

Stephen King is on facebook?

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:00, Reply)

I am very much enjoying this new meme.

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:01, Reply)

The thing is
Stephen King is like Clive Barker, only with out the imagination and less weird sex
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:00, Reply)

The only one of his I even trioed to read
was Weaveworld.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:02, Reply)

Imajika was best
and I'm afraid for once I agree with the dozer, Galilee was a bit like a mash up of his old stuff. Although the other problem with that book was the WHOLE PAGE he devoted to one character laughing at another's name which happens to be my surname
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:04, Reply)

hahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahaahahahaahahahhaa
I once taught a boy called Peter Hiscock. Hs classmates tried to tell me his middle name was 'sucks'.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:06, Reply)

I'm going to gaz you the best student name ever
used to always make me laugh, but I'm not putting it on here
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:07, Reply)

Ah. I didn't see this post.
I wondered what that gaz was about.

I don't mind telling everyone my student's name. He was a cunt of a child. Called me a bitch and stormed out of my class.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:15, Reply)

good name, though, right?
It's a bit too individual to really post in a public forum
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:17, Reply)

It made me laugh, but I'm simple.

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:19, Reply)

Imajica was indeed his best longform novel.
Hellbound Heart is his best short fiction.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:08, Reply)

I used to quite like Clive Barker when I was sixteen or so.
Very imaginative stuff. Leagues ahead of Stephen King. But his stuff from around Galilee onward hasn't been very good.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:02, Reply)

My dad had every Steven King book going before he died, I tried a few times to get into his stuff, but couldn't, but my reading age was a lot lower back when I tried.
I do like a bit of Dean Koontz though, even though I haven't read him for 6 years.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:07, Reply)

I read a Dean Koontz once.
I found it to be that terrible it was funny. And I was 15 or so.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:09, Reply)

I love Dean Koontz
but he essentially writes the plot every time.

You can guarantee any book will contain a green-eyed woman, a survivor of abuse, a dog, an orphan, or any combination of the above.

Oh, or a psychic.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:10, Reply)

the man and woman will meet under stange and potentially dangerous circumstances
which seem to have a supernatural cause. They will fall in love. They will beat the bady
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:11, Reply)

Obviously.
I tell you what else I liked - Eon and Eternity. I'd love to see them made into a film or TV series.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:13, Reply)

Greg Bear? He did Eon, right?
I don't think I thought much of it
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:15, Reply)

I found it a bit confusing in places
but the scope of it was amazing. I reckon it would make an awesome tv series.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:17, Reply)

Have you read Arthur C Clarke's Rama books?
It reminds me of those. I liked those more (even though Clarke's characters are a bit on the wooden side)
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:19, Reply)

I think the dog thing is why I liked him so much.
I stopped reading him around the time of the second Odd book.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:29, Reply)

I quite liked the Odd books.
I've got the fourth one still to read. Actually, I have a really looooong list of books to read.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:34, Reply)

I don't think I'll dig the books, too many complicated names.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:06, Reply)

You can tell how wanky a fantasy / scifi book is going to be
by teh number of apostrophes in the characters' names.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:07, Reply)

Haha, totally.
I hate the whole "I am Arrigon, Son of Kolach, Keeper of the Realm, Lord of the Council of True Eldars and Keeper of the Dragonsword" introductions.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:08, Reply)

Or by the fact that it's described as fantasy

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:09, Reply)

untrue!
Iain M Banks does a bit of crazy naming, but he does it on purpose, wallowing inthe loveliness of sci fi tropes
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:09, Reply)

Ian Banks is nowhere near as good as he thinks he is.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:10, Reply)

nor are you

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:12, Reply)

I'm not being nasty here.
But he is an average author at best. He is great at plotting, granted, but there is a lot more to being a good author than plotting.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:14, Reply)

not nasty, but wrong
anyway, we;ve had this discussion before, and I am mostly talking about the sci fi
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:16, Reply)

His sci fi is probably worse than his proper fiction.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:19, Reply)

at least he can spell iain properly

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:12, Reply)

True.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:13, Reply)

I just bought mr b3th the box set of Game of Thrones
because he saw five minutes of it and liked it. We haven't watched any of it yet.

Is 'Awake' like that episode of Buffy where she thought she was in a mental hospital and her mum was still alive?
As for Alcatraz, I expect to like it because I'm a serious JJ Abrams fangirl (though I've never seen fringe) but after the first episode, I'm not hugely impressed.
I also taped the whole series of Grimm so far, but I haven't watched any of them either.

What kind of roll are we talking? I could go a turkey salad roll...
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 16 Mar 2012, 19:54, Reply)

but not with hay on it
hay is not tasty, despite what my guinea pigs might have you believe
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 19:55, Reply)

Have you signed up for PIERBASH II yet?

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 16 Mar 2012, 19:57, Reply)

is it up?
woo!
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 19:58, Reply)

yay
can't wait to meet Rory
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 19:59, Reply)

[!]

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:02, Reply)

I like Rory.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:03, Reply)

Me and Rory are besties.
I bet we'll have a really lovely time.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:04, Reply)

I'm gonna snog his face off
what about you?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:05, Reply)

I'm going to eat chips.

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:07, Reply)

that does require 5 months planning

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:08, Reply)

I like Rory, the sarcmark was for cavy

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:05, Reply)

I ordered my ticket for this year's I'll Be Your Mirror
Which is apparently just down the road from Rory, so we're totally going to meet for beers and I'll probably crash round his gaff and everything.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:09, Reply)

what's that then?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:10, Reply)

London based version of All Tomorrow's Parties

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:11, Reply)

www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post1562985
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:12, Reply)

What am I? Google?
ATP is a festival curated by bands. Previously held at Pontins in Camber Sands, now held at Butlins in Minehead.
Last year they introduced a non-residential version held at Alexandra Palace curated by Portishead. This year's is curated by Mogwai.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:18, Reply)

I heart Mogwai.
And the festival started as The Bowlie Weekender, put on by the bedwetter's favourite anorak-clad band, Bellend Sebastian.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:20, Reply)

I missed out on Bowlie
My first ATP was the Shellac curated one, which was just incredible. So many good bands.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:24, Reply)

I love Shellac.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:25, Reply)

What's not to love?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:27, Reply)

They aren't for everyone.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:28, Reply)

True, but I meant for you.
I would have expected you to love them.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:32, Reply)

Steve Albini is one of my heroes.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:32, Reply)

They set the bar pretty high for ATP
I expected them subsequent ones to be the same. It was only later I realised that the 3x free CDs featuring all the bands playing, plus the packed line up, etc. were features that Shellac had introduced for "their" festival.
All the others I've been to have been good, but that one was the best.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:39, Reply)

I've been to to Minehead, I was the only man not wearing 3/4 length tracksuit bottoms

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:21, Reply)

If you went whilst ATP was on you would be the only man without a beard.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:25, Reply)

who says I don't have a beard?
But seriously, it was the worst place on earth
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:27, Reply)

Then you might blend in.
The usual plebs are not in attendance during the festival, which takes place out of season.
Sleeping in a chalet is preferable to slumming it in a tent: beds, showers, cooking facilities.
Plus there are no corporate sponsors, so you don't have to drink Carling.
The quality of bands playing is usually very high.
This festival is full of win.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:30, Reply)

I donno, never got into Buffy, even though SMG is fit (although prefer Allison Hannigon).
Awake is about this guy who was in a car crash with his son and wife. He wakes up one day, and his son died in the accident, then the next day when he wakes up, his wife died instead. You're not quite sure if he's mental, he sees a phsyciatrist on both sides who are both trying to convince him that day is the 'real' day and the other day is the 'dream' day... but a lot of the details cross over, and you're like "Is it his subconcious telling him clues in his 'dream' day?".
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:11, Reply)

Alchatraz gets quite a bit better, but I'd say if you ain't into it after eppisode 5, then it's not gonna be worth it for you.
I got Grimm too, but ian't gotten around to watching it.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:12, Reply)

It sort of goes a bit
like this
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:25, Reply)

Alright ladies and quendermen?
I have a bottle of auchentoshan 12 year old.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 19:59, Reply)

Paedo.

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:05, Reply)

Last week I was drinking a whisky called 'laddie'.
I was asking the barkeep for a ten year old laddie.

lolz.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:10, Reply)

hullo...

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 19:59, Reply)

bad de dum bad de dum
dum der der der der dum der der der der
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:05, Reply)

I just ripped the flesh off a chicken with my bare hands
RAWR
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:06, Reply)

Just turned on "Withnail and I"
I've never seen it, I feel I will be disappointed
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:20, Reply)

You and Monty should quote it at each other.
He's really into film.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:21, Reply)

I'm bored already

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:22, Reply)

Hit Monty up.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:25, Reply)

up
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:26, Reply)

with pleasure
but I will need some rubber gloves
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:27, Reply)

it's more low key
than a big old romp. Nice to watch for self depreciating lols if you're an ex art student failing to make it in the world
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:27, Reply)

I'm an ex-student who has succeeded. Should I stop watching?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:28, Reply)

Yes.
Then you should DYAAKY.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:29, Reply)

was there a time you spent kicking about
expecting your genius to be somehow recognised and too proud to work in a shop?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:29, Reply)

Belgium has a 'Day of Morning' today
what the hell would one do on that day? It's hard to mourn properly for long for people you don't know, even if it's tragic
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:31, Reply)

A morning that lasts the whole day?

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:32, Reply)

yeah, means you can get a breakfast ALL DAY
something we developed as a concept in this country long ago

WORLD LEADERS RIGHT HERE
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:33, Reply)

If you're implying that Scotland is inferior to England I will have you stepped like a knave.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:34, Reply)

our breakfast is better

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:35, Reply)

Do you have square sausage?
I think not.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:37, Reply)

like I get to see sausage these days

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:40, Reply)