ELK ROKK ([info]freakytigger) wrote,
@ 2005-08-01 10:23:00
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En Vacances
Today is the day before the day I go on HOLIDAY. I am going to The France, to my parents' new place which they bought after Dad retired. So it'll also be my first family holiday for years: fine by me, Isabel is a bit worried that the week is going to degenerate into squabbles with my Mum over my wicked and unhealthy life. Hopefully I can spike those particular guns early on by brandishing some vitamins and talking about how much I like WALKING. If I talk about it enough and brandish my walking boots they might not notice that I'm not doing any walking, I am in fact sitting in their armchair scoffing camembert.

What I intend to do in France:

- read some books
- eat (like) a horse
- doss about
- go through the stuff from my parents' house which has been in storage for aeons and mark some for retrieval

Doesn't sound that exciting on paper but it's a HOLIDAY. Dammit.

I will be back on the 11th and assuming we haven't contracted Foreign Plague I will try and see some of you at [info]alexmacpherson's club night on the 12th.

Went and saw The Fantastic Four at the weekend, I thought it was pretty good. Comics lovers can 'check the meaning' at the Wedge. Afterwards we had a few beers and rolled along to a FAP (small but well formed) and then I couldn't sleep again and Sunday was dreary and they put bloody Kinga in the Big Brother house and it drizzled and frankly Britain can get stuffed for a couple of weeks. BRING ON THE BRIE.

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[info]atommickbrane
2005-08-01 09:44 am UTC (link)
I am k-jealous of holiday, I could really do with getting away as well. Send us a postcard!

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[info]freakytigger
2005-08-01 09:50 am UTC (link)
I don't have anyone's address any more! The interweb is to blame.

I will try and bring back souvenirs and goodies.

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[info]atommickbrane
2005-08-01 09:58 am UTC (link)
Excellent. Man the last day before holidays always goes slowly. I am not even going on holidays but in sympathy for you I am so bored I am googling phlogiston theory - oh those crazy Victorians (if it was them if not oh those crazy Edwardians/Georgians whoever).

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[info]alexmacpherson
2005-08-01 10:16 am UTC (link)
I don't think there's going to be anyone left in the country for the next week and a bit!

Mmm brie.

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THE LAW NEVER SLEEPS
[info]dubdobdee
2005-08-01 10:41 am UTC (link)
i shall be remaining in the country >:(

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[info]cis
2005-08-01 11:21 am UTC (link)
We shall have to have MORE FUN THAN THEM so that when they come back they are made jealous.

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[info]alexmacpherson
2005-08-01 11:31 am UTC (link)
We shall indeed. I am working evenings until Sugar so if you are around in daylight hours, or late at night after 10pm, that is when we shall have our fun.

(Actually this Wednesday I might be going to a night called Pop Luxe, I don't know where it is yet but are you free?)

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[info]cis
2005-08-01 12:27 pm UTC (link)
Aceness. I am pretty much At My Own Devices until Friday, so we should definitely do um stuff.

I am free wednesday! What does this night entail? The name has allure...

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[info]alexmacpherson
2005-08-01 12:41 pm UTC (link)
It entails "basically a big of mix of whatever we like...charlotte is more into justin timberlake and le tigre,i'm more french new wave and bangers" according to [info]lazydisco who is one of the DJs and who is thinking of asking me to DJ based on my recent setlists. It's from 10-3 but she still hasn't told me exactly, um, where it is. I'm working in Canary Wharf til 10 and will be heading over afterwards.

Stuff should definitely be Done but I have no ideas beyond random mooching. Anything you want to do?

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[info]cis
2005-08-01 02:10 pm UTC (link)
Dim sum! (mind you I always want to do dim sum) Erm... visiting random areas of london? I always feel bad about how little I know of some parts. And then there are some dead cool exhibitions etc on...

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[info]alexmacpherson
2005-08-01 03:12 pm UTC (link)
Dim sum! Yes! I have contacted one of my friends who is a bit of a dim sum expert and she says we should go to the Royal China in Bayswater. Which is a pretty random area of London, I've never spent much time there so far. We should do that this week: tomorrow? Wednesday?

I am definitely up for exhibitions, will try and find out what's on where at some point.

Pop Luxe is at Tatty Bogle's in Kingly Court nr Oxford Circus apparently.

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[info]barims
2005-08-01 03:16 pm UTC (link)
Probably see you there, then ;-).

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[info]alexmacpherson
2005-08-01 03:27 pm UTC (link)
You totally will. If you're free during the day this week we should also hang.

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[info]barims
2005-08-01 03:55 pm UTC (link)
I haven't quit the job yet! Spain still in the mix tho'.

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[info]cis
2005-08-01 03:37 pm UTC (link)
oh Royal China is gooood, I've been to that one (well, have been to a Royal China near Queensway, which I guess is same?) but a very long time ago. China City in Colindale is also newly-discovered to be excellent, I think they're linked somehow.

Let's say tomorrow, then I can be good and attempt some tidying on Weds and reward myself with dancin. Maybe meet at twelve? if it's the one I'm thinking of, it's oversubscribed enough that queuing is very very likely if you turn up at one or so (tho no real clue about weekdays).

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