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And while we're at it, here is some more fluff, which I nicked from [livejournal.com profile] heartofdavid.


This kitten is, like, toadally, me, I don't know how they did it.
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I was subtitling an American reality show called Switched today, when I was pleasantly surprised to see what appears to be a manatee-shaped mailbox outside one of the participant's houses.
First class! )

Also, one of my colleagues sent me an e-mail just to tell me that it had dawned on him the other day that I look like Andy Warhol. 'What a cool person to look like,' he wrote. I think it is quite cool, especially since Andy Warhol was good mates with Nick Rhodes and had a thin face (I'm often concerned about having a fat face). He attached this picture:

Andy Warhol looks a scream...
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I had a nice Easter. I had a lovely Italian egg from an Italian cafe on Regent Street. I tried to buy eggs at Leonidas in Victoria but there weren't many left as I had left it so late. So Sarah and I headed for central London, as you can buy most things there. Unfortunately, the chocolate shop Sarah thought was on Carnaby Street was no longer there. Next we went to Godiva, but were shocked to see that they wanted £65 for a medium-to-large one! I felt that this was too much, even for high quality chocolate - a similar-sized one at Leonidas would be about £20.

We were contemplating going to Harrods, when Sarah spotted a cafe serving Italian ice cream. I noticed that it also sold a good range of Easter eggs, so we bought a couple. They looked very pretty and taste lovely.
Big eggs! )
On Sunday, we went to Sarah's friend Chris' birthday curry at Salique's in Hoxton. It was brilliant - we were the only people there! The food was delicious - I had a balti honey chicken, made with honey from king bees, according to the menu - and there were lots of lovely side dishes. The surroundings were very pleasant and we dined to the sound of Asian electro-pop.

On the way to the pub afterwards, we saw this amazing mural.
Well owly! )
Sarah and I have arranged a trip to Devon in May, to see the Romophile electro DJ John B doing his thing at the Candy Store in Plymouth, and enjoy Mrs Lyle's excellent hospitality. Sarah is very keen to meet the family cat, Savage Gordon. John B said he would put us on his guest list! What a nice chap.
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Yesterday [livejournal.com profile] spam_robot77, her friend Chris and I went to Deviant at Metro. We went there to see a couple of friends’ bands, but it turned out Lene Lovich was performing too! She looked and sounded pretty much the same as she did in her 80’s heyday. Her voice is still good, in an alarming, German Kate Bush sort of way.

We also met Paul Reynolds from A Flock Of Seagulls! He was the one who played guitar and had big glasses. A mate of mine knows him was showing him the sights of nocturnal London. He turned out to be a very nice chap. I told him I thought the verse to The Modern’s Industry (which the DJ actually played later that night) sounded just like the chorus to The More You Live… by the Flock. He agreed!

Unfortunately, Sarah’s evening was rounded off by someone mistakenly walking off with her coat, which she had left in a corner! But overall, we had a good time.

Today I subtitled the Nottingham local news. One of the stories was about a former mayor complaining about how too many rubber bands are being dropped by postmen onto the city’s streets. The final story was nice though, about attempts to breed a rare fish called a burbot and reintroduce it into the nation’s rivers. They have brought some in specially from Denmark! I love the way fish look, and I found Herbert the burbot very sweet. Burbots are large, elongated, grey and spiky. They look quite scowly, too. I always find scowling animals endearing.

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