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Stuff. Just stuff.
Done today:
1. Gym induction. Aside from being uncharacteristic of me to do anything that might risk exertion, it was actually pretty ok.
2. Watched From Russia With Love, Thunderball and most of On Her Majesty's Secret Service. As you might be able to gather, I'm on a big James Bond kick at the moment, helped by the fact that my local Blockbuster has them all at a fiver for three for a week. Saw Dr. No on Thursday and Goldfinger yesterday.
3. Also saw the Charlotte Church movie I'll Be There where she plays an ageing alcoholic rock star's secret daughter. It was as shite as you can imagine. Actually, imagine a bloke writing a film where the main dude is a Gary-Stu rock star and the daughter is Mary-Sue and you more or less have it. Was shite, but there was literally no other choice- I've seen all the movies I have any desire to see that they have at the moment.
The Where Were You When.... Meme. I could be rather dry about the Americentric point of view, but such things are not always a bad thing. I shall endeavour to add a uniquely British point of view to it.
1. When John F. Kennedy was shot (22/11/1963)
Was not yet born, and would not be for some years. My mum and dad were both at school. I did ask them where they were at the time but I've long since forgotten their answers. My mum does remember very vaguely almost their entire block of flats crowding into their sitting room for the Queen's coronation because they were one of the few families who had a telly at the time.
2. When Mt. St. Helens blew (18/5/1980)
Was not yet born. I seem to recall from a long-ago geography lesson that Mt St Helens is somewhere in Washington state or in that rough area of the world.
3. When the space shuttle Challenger exploded (28/1/1986)
I was alive by this point, but in 1986 my life was more concerned with Thomas the Tank Engine and trying to persuade my mummy to let me stay up and watch, of all things, Minder starring Dennis Waterman and George 'The world is your lobster' Cole.
4. When the 7.1 earthquake hit San Francisco (7/10/1989)
I think I remember this, but I definitely remember studying it in Geography.
5. When the Berlin Wall fell (7/11/1989)
I do remember this. I remember knowing it was hugely important. I remember understanding the joy on those faces, but not really getting what was going on.
6. When the Gulf War began (16/1/1991)
I remember most of that stuff. I remember sitting in the playground at school with Richard and we were worried that Saddam would bomb us, but being told that he didn't have planes that could get that far. When you're a little kid, the only concept you have of war is the WWII blitz kinda thing. It's hard to understand the different sorts of war. I also remember becoming bored easily with the endless coverage on the telly.
7. When OJ Simpson was chased in his White Bronco (17/6/1994)
Yeah. I knew he was famous cos I'd seen the Naked Gun movies. I knew vaguely he'd been an American Footballer and that he'd [allegedly] murdered his wife, but beyond that I wasn't too bothered by it all.
8. When the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City was bombed (19/4/1995)
I don't actually remember it. I don't know what else was going on that week in the news or in my life, but I really don't. I do remember many other bombings here in Britain. I remember the bus bomb in 96. I remember well the Bishopsgate bomb in 94 because it was so close to where my grandad lived he felt it. I remember the Warrington bomb 93, the Harrods bomb, the many other bombs in this country. I remember the 1987 Kings Cross fire that my dad narrowly avoided by staying at my grandad's that night. I remember wondering for many years why the Irish were killing people, having no real understanding about what the fuck was going on.
9. When Princess Di was killed (31/8/1997)
I was woken up by my dad that Sunday morning to be told she was dead. I went downstairs, where the Sunday Times still only said she'd been injured. I prayed that this was true, but the BBC confirmed the actual truth. We then went to church. We got on with life to an extent, and I hardly realised that we were about the enter the weirdest, frankly stupidest week in recent British history. Florists made a fucking mint. Yes, it was sad, it really was. But this country used her death as an excuse to go mad. And florists made huge amounts of money.
10. When Bush was first announced President (7/11/2000)
Politics 103: American Politics started the week of the election, and finished the week it was resolved. I stopped giving a fuck about three hours into the whole thing. Most people in this country are still surprised you 'voted' him in, btw.
11. When the 6.8 earthquake hit Nisqually, WA (28/2/2001)
I'm sorry? What earthquake? Not every bit of American news does actually make it here, you know. You shouldn't be surprised- no British/European/Anywhere but America news makes it onto your news shows either.
12.. When terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center (11/9/2001)
On Monday 10th September I was on a plane to LAX. On Tuesday morning my mum woke me up at the Banana Bungalow on Cahuenga Boulevard, LA to announce that 'America's at war'. I turned the TV on and found out what had happened. We went out a few hours later, got a flat tyre, got helped by a very kind young man who called AAA for us.
13. When Columbia disintegrated during re-entry over Texas. (1/2/2003)
Found out online when everyone posted about it.
1. Gym induction. Aside from being uncharacteristic of me to do anything that might risk exertion, it was actually pretty ok.
2. Watched From Russia With Love, Thunderball and most of On Her Majesty's Secret Service. As you might be able to gather, I'm on a big James Bond kick at the moment, helped by the fact that my local Blockbuster has them all at a fiver for three for a week. Saw Dr. No on Thursday and Goldfinger yesterday.
3. Also saw the Charlotte Church movie I'll Be There where she plays an ageing alcoholic rock star's secret daughter. It was as shite as you can imagine. Actually, imagine a bloke writing a film where the main dude is a Gary-Stu rock star and the daughter is Mary-Sue and you more or less have it. Was shite, but there was literally no other choice- I've seen all the movies I have any desire to see that they have at the moment.
The Where Were You When.... Meme. I could be rather dry about the Americentric point of view, but such things are not always a bad thing. I shall endeavour to add a uniquely British point of view to it.
1. When John F. Kennedy was shot (22/11/1963)
Was not yet born, and would not be for some years. My mum and dad were both at school. I did ask them where they were at the time but I've long since forgotten their answers. My mum does remember very vaguely almost their entire block of flats crowding into their sitting room for the Queen's coronation because they were one of the few families who had a telly at the time.
2. When Mt. St. Helens blew (18/5/1980)
Was not yet born. I seem to recall from a long-ago geography lesson that Mt St Helens is somewhere in Washington state or in that rough area of the world.
3. When the space shuttle Challenger exploded (28/1/1986)
I was alive by this point, but in 1986 my life was more concerned with Thomas the Tank Engine and trying to persuade my mummy to let me stay up and watch, of all things, Minder starring Dennis Waterman and George 'The world is your lobster' Cole.
4. When the 7.1 earthquake hit San Francisco (7/10/1989)
I think I remember this, but I definitely remember studying it in Geography.
5. When the Berlin Wall fell (7/11/1989)
I do remember this. I remember knowing it was hugely important. I remember understanding the joy on those faces, but not really getting what was going on.
6. When the Gulf War began (16/1/1991)
I remember most of that stuff. I remember sitting in the playground at school with Richard and we were worried that Saddam would bomb us, but being told that he didn't have planes that could get that far. When you're a little kid, the only concept you have of war is the WWII blitz kinda thing. It's hard to understand the different sorts of war. I also remember becoming bored easily with the endless coverage on the telly.
7. When OJ Simpson was chased in his White Bronco (17/6/1994)
Yeah. I knew he was famous cos I'd seen the Naked Gun movies. I knew vaguely he'd been an American Footballer and that he'd [allegedly] murdered his wife, but beyond that I wasn't too bothered by it all.
8. When the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City was bombed (19/4/1995)
I don't actually remember it. I don't know what else was going on that week in the news or in my life, but I really don't. I do remember many other bombings here in Britain. I remember the bus bomb in 96. I remember well the Bishopsgate bomb in 94 because it was so close to where my grandad lived he felt it. I remember the Warrington bomb 93, the Harrods bomb, the many other bombs in this country. I remember the 1987 Kings Cross fire that my dad narrowly avoided by staying at my grandad's that night. I remember wondering for many years why the Irish were killing people, having no real understanding about what the fuck was going on.
9. When Princess Di was killed (31/8/1997)
I was woken up by my dad that Sunday morning to be told she was dead. I went downstairs, where the Sunday Times still only said she'd been injured. I prayed that this was true, but the BBC confirmed the actual truth. We then went to church. We got on with life to an extent, and I hardly realised that we were about the enter the weirdest, frankly stupidest week in recent British history. Florists made a fucking mint. Yes, it was sad, it really was. But this country used her death as an excuse to go mad. And florists made huge amounts of money.
10. When Bush was first announced President (7/11/2000)
Politics 103: American Politics started the week of the election, and finished the week it was resolved. I stopped giving a fuck about three hours into the whole thing. Most people in this country are still surprised you 'voted' him in, btw.
11. When the 6.8 earthquake hit Nisqually, WA (28/2/2001)
I'm sorry? What earthquake? Not every bit of American news does actually make it here, you know. You shouldn't be surprised- no British/European/Anywhere but America news makes it onto your news shows either.
12.. When terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center (11/9/2001)
On Monday 10th September I was on a plane to LAX. On Tuesday morning my mum woke me up at the Banana Bungalow on Cahuenga Boulevard, LA to announce that 'America's at war'. I turned the TV on and found out what had happened. We went out a few hours later, got a flat tyre, got helped by a very kind young man who called AAA for us.
13. When Columbia disintegrated during re-entry over Texas. (1/2/2003)
Found out online when everyone posted about it.