Year: 2002

So I went to see Spider-Man this evening with Cal and Jones. Thoughts: The upside-down kiss is incredibly sexy, I’ve got to get me a Tobey Maguire, it’s great that they’ve managed to be so faithful to the original plot, somehow it’s a bit flat, and Cal speaks too much during emotional bits in films…

E-mail survey:

I’m presenting a paper on weblogs in a couple of weeks at a conference and I need you guys to do me a favour. I need people to send me a few basic details about their weblogging experience or their experience of weblogs – really basic stuff – it shouldn’t take long. If you’re interested then e-mail me on tom@plasticbag.org and you should get an automatic reply including the questions I’d like you to answer…

I’ve no idea whether this is true or not – I guess people in the UK will see this evening:

Day 13, 12:50

If the housemates ever get a task based on their knowledge of geography, they would be advised to steer Jade well clear of answers.

As Jade woke Spencer this morning, her remarkable lack of geographic nous came to the fore. She may have already consumed a few small alcoholic beverages to toast her 21st birthday, but the following transcript is somewhat tough to comprehend. Starting by asking Spencer what he does for a living, this is bound to go down as a Jade chat that will live with her forever:

Spencer: “You know you see those people in Venice standing on the back of gondolas, pushing it around?”
Jade: “They don’t do that on the Thames though, do they?”
Spencer: “No. I don’t work on the Thames. I work in Cambridge.”
Jade: “Is there not the Thames there?”
Spencer: “No!”
Jade: “Is there a river called the Cambridge river?”
Spencer: “Yeah, it’s called the Cam.”
Jade: “Really? You swear? I only thought there was the Thames. I thought that was the main one in London.”
Spencer: “It is. I don’t live in London.”
Jade: “I’m confused. I thought Cambridge was in London. I knew Birmingham weren’t in London.”
Spencer: “Would you like to go and tell the group what you just said?”
Jade: “No…”
Spencer: “Cambridge is a city.”
Jade: “But we’ve got a city in London.”
Spencer: “Yes. This city is called London. And there’s different parts of it. Cambridge is a city.”
Jade: “Of where? Kent?”
Jade: “Well England’s a country, London’s a city, Bermondsey’s just a throw-off. Now where are you? What’s your country, and what’s your things?”
Spencer: “What country am I from? England. The city is called Cambridge, the county Cambridgeshire.”
Jade: “So not Kent then?”
Spencer: “Nooooo…. The region is called East Anglia.”
Jade: “East Angular? That’s abroad. Is there not a place called East Angular abroad?”
Spencer: “Jade, have you been taking the stupid pills again?”
Jade: “Every time people tell me they work in East Angular, I actually think they’re talking about near Tunisia and places like that. Am I thick?”
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Spencer: “Well, I hate to say it, but you are.”
Jade: “Cos Scottish and Irish and all that comes under England, doesn’t it?”
Spencer: “No… They come under Great Britain. Scotland and Wales have their own flags. Northern Ireland and Ireland are different.”
Jade: “So they’re not together? Where’s Berlin?”
Spencer: “Germany…”

I’m thuper thanks for asthking, all things conthidered I couldn’t be better I must thay. I’m a thouth park character as well. I made a little model of mythelf too. I look tho thweet.

There’s a new version of Metalinker available now that that solves some of the problems with IE on the Mac.

Cuter than Queens, more fluffy than jubilees, more endearing than a football match against Sweden – it’ll take the torch from hotornot.com and run with it: Rate My Kitten!

What a bloody bizarre evening’s television: The BBC | USA Today | CNN. I only wish I had pictures…

Ricky Martin’s going disco-crazy, Brian May’s gone guitar-axe-psycho, there are bemused royals all over the place and an S Club member who ate all the pies. There’s humour from Lenny Henry, an audience of 200 million people and later in the evening – Rod Stewart (*gasp*), Queen (*not that one*), Tony Bennett (*he’s still alive?!*), resident evil Annie Lennox and thirteen thousand teen sensations. It’s a right rockin’ royal TV jubilee sensation and no mistake. Gawd bless ya Ma’am and your incredibly privileged family too…