saturday afternoon

its saturday afternoon, im munching oat cakes and listening to scott matthew's album which ive been after for ages and last night discovered it on itunes for £8. its wonderful. he sounds like he's about to burst into tears , or at least run out of breath every single second of the whole album. his voice sometimes sounds like bowie , and then others a little like antony hegarty. its such a rich voice. and ideal as a soundtrack for a sunny september saturday afternoon.

ive been getting to grips a bit more with my art rage software. i just did a quick "painting" of my orange plastic bunny that lives on my mantlepiece. its great fun to use., you can have the paint dry instantly or be a bit smudgy, and i do think it looks a bit like real paint. i was having problems exporting the images as you can see below. i was using jpeg which made everything all pixelly. i mentioned it to martyn and he made the simple suggestion of using png instead and it solved that pixelly problem instantly. i dont know why i hadnt tried it. i just thought that jpeg was the only thing i could use.

ive been invited to a party tonight. my next door neighbour who's name i dont even know is 60. i dont really fancy it , and i had a romantic vision of myself having a quite night in lounging in some comfy slippers, drinking redbush tea and reading a lovely book just like someone in a film having a quiet night in...but i figured i wont get any peace with the party going on next door so i may as well go. and realistically party or not, i probably wouldn't have sat in on my own on a saturday night.. because its bastard saturday !!

im ever so slightly hungover today. i went out last night with debbie, down to dazal for beer and olives, and then over to zest where we met up with my friends sally and louise. it was a fun night. we took lots of photos on the smoking veranda , trying to look somber and then trying to do suprised gary glitter expression's like he used to do on top of the pops.. it was one of those things that isnt even vaugely amusing in retrospect , but last night we were all pissing ourselves about it...

i guess thats lager for you...

OMG , scott is now singing "in the end" , its one of those songs that im not sure i can last to the end of. i find it too emotionally intense, its wonderful though. i have a few songs like that. "starla" by smashing punpkins, "midnight radio" from the hedwig show soundtrack, "coral room" by kate bush, and "cripple and the starfish" by antony and the johnsons.. ooh and "still life" by suede.. they're all songs that could catch me unaware and have me in a heap of unstoppable tears.. i should really save them for special occasions... im in too much of a perky mood to listen to this stuff today. i think i'll pop some interpol on ...

ooh "obstacle 1".. i forgot how fucking brilliant this song is. its now officially my favourite song of all time , im wiggling around in my cheap squeaky office chair, singing along at the top of my voice " YOU GO STABBING YOURSELF IN THE NECK!!!!!!"..