This CD

I cannot work, for this CD is too beautiful.
I am at home. I am working from home. I should probably turn the CD off...
This CD is too beautiful to turn off.
I will probably just sit here and let it finish being beautiful by itself.
I am staring at the screen of my computer where I am 'working'
But I am not using my eyes
Because this CD is too beautiful.

Thankyou ( or On The Enjoyment Of 'Elf')

Thankyou John Favreau for directing the film 'Elf'.
Thankyou David Berenbaum for writing the film 'Elf'.
I would also like to thank Susie Farris for casting Will Ferrell as Buddy (the Elf) who I found very funny, and Zooey Deschanel who is an angel.
Zooey Deschanel is also a very good singer, as well as being an angel, and also a fine actress. She was in another film called 'All The Real Girls' that I enjoyed and watched twice.
I also liked the fact that Peter Dinklage was in it who I saw in the film 'The Station Agent' (which I also enjoyed).

Thankyou also to Beal for lending me the DVD.
Elf.

Plain Chocolate Hobnobs

The other day I wrote about Dark Chocolate Digestives. Emma commented about Plain Chocolate Hobnobs. They are but a memory in biscuit history, but a good one (number 7 in a Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down survey).

Emma asked me if I could find some. I looked in ebay and there were none. I looked in Google and there were only people talking about them. So I used my telephone to speak to McVities.

I spoke to a lovely lady. The conversation:

Me: Hello, I'd like to inquire about a particular kind of biscuit.
Lady at McVities: Right, what kind?
Me: The Plain Chocolate Hobnob, also known as The Dark Chocolate Hobnob. I would like to know if they are still available.
Lady: I'm afraid that they were discontinued.
Me: Oh.
Lady: Yes.
(silence, phone crackle)
Me: That is a shame.
Lady: Yes. But hang on. Bear with me a moment.
(a moment passes)
Lady: I thought so. They are actually working on a new product based on The Plain Chocolate Hobnob that is planned for release around Springtime. It is called The Dark Chocolate Hobnob.
Me: Wow!
Lady: Yes!
Me: That is good news!
Lady: Yes. Look out for it in the springtime.
Me: I will!
Lady: Wonderful.
Me: Wonderful.
Lady: Ok then...
Me: Splendid!
Lady: Yes...
Me: Thankyou for that wonderful news. I am pleased.
Lady: Good.
Me: Have a wonderful day. Bye bye.
Lady: Bye bye.
We both hang up. I think she is smiling. I am smiling.

So there we are. I put my phone on the table and it was so happy it switched itself off and on again. Here's to McVities for giving us the icing on the cake of longer days and warmer weather!

Thursday Facts

The wind is blowing.
Chili olives are nice.
There are ghosts in my house.
Nutella jars, once emptied, can be washed out and used as stylish glass tumblers in the same way that jam jars can for pickles, pencils, or buttons.
It is cold outside.
It is cold inside.
My knee hurts.

Dark Chocolate Digestives

They're proper nice. I don't like dark chocolate, but put it on the back of a digestive biscuit and I'm there.

Le Cine de la Petite Lune (two)

Running Order:

Chaos Theory (Gergely Szelei, Barna Buza, Zoltan Szabo)
Filmachine (Keiichiro Shibuya & Takashi Ikegami)
Sync (Marco Brambrilla)
Strasse Der Spezialisten (Saschka Unseld & Jakob Schuh)
Squarepusher - My Red Hot Car (Nendo Graphics)

Curated by Aaron S. Bradbury & Garrick M. Smith
Garrick's Room
January 7th 2008

The First Monday Of The Year

Derby today is concrete grey
It's work and worry
It's terraces and rain
It's cold toes and neck pain
It's bad driving and slow trains
It's Wiltshire Ham and French Mustard
It's Do Make Say Think by the fire
It's hot coffee and chocolate toffee
It's talking to oneself up the stairs and singing loudly down them
It's reading on the toilet
It's folding clothes
It's the feeling coming back to those toes.