love in the age of office superstores

Last night Lou and I attended the Coupland talk *in celebration of The Gum Thief* at the Bloomsbury Theatre.
I’ve seen Coupland talk at this venue twice previously, for the releases of Hey Nostradamus (the boy I was with at the time, fell asleep during this one) and J-Pod (at the time no-one had any inkling [...]

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alright, so there will always be a little goth in me..

I’m pretty excited about Sweeney Todd, Burton only sucks when he’s not making gothy fairytales.

Do you think this is the beginning of Johnny Depp only being able to play Jack Sparrow forever?

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perfect saturday

well, almost.
if the idiots who hadn’t double locked me and lou in the flat weren’t being all loud and foreign in the kitchen.
it’s ridiculous how much I love the interweb.

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you know those days when

The sense of realisation dawns on you, throughout the course of the day, the realisation of what you’ve actually done. A sudden sense of clarity, that brings with it some undefinable overwhelming emotion. All you can feel is sad. And final. And all you can see is futility? And then you cry. For no reason. [...]

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misery loves solitude

First day back at work sucked. Exactly the opposite of what I needed. Exactly. A day of crushing disappointment and so-so activity. The new coupland came out today, in paperback before hardback, which is all kinds of curious, who would buy a hardback when there is a paperback available? I can see if you’re buying [...]

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