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Archive for March 2003

shoot

Monday 31 March 2003

On the way back to Dr Bitful's flat after Nag Nag Nag (or possibly after the Shadow Lounge, I can't remember), we saw a purple triple decker bus. And then another one not far away, surrounded by cameras and a film crew. We did not think much of them, considering the state we were in.

I [...]

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1000

Monday 31 March 2003

Another landmark.

One thousand fags (not smoked, in my case) in under five weeks?

Scary.

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gutter

Monday 31 March 2003

Saturday night: joined a birthday party at the Friendly Society, then all moved to the Shadow Lounge - guestlisted if you please, stormed in with Yvette (soon to join the unemployed, after the "last ever" Love Muscle at the Fridge on April 5th?) and were escorted to the VIP area.

Sunday night: spent a few hours [...]

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massive

Sunday 30 March 2003

There was this documentary the other night called Fat Girls and Feeders. I missed most of it until I got a text from Dr Bitful telling me to switch it on. To put it briefly, it was about a man who enjoyed his wife being big. I mean huge. I'm talking 60 stone (or 840 [...]

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zap

Saturday 29 March 2003

I was not surprised to hear that 65-year old Manfred Lubitz electrocuted himself with electrodes attached to his genitals, or that he'd called his home-made sex toy Orgasmatron. But watching a film called Hot Vixen Nuns? It sounds like one of those absurd search requests.

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vaduz

Saturday 29 March 2003

The English football team are playing against Liechtenstein later today. I am normally not into footbal (unless it rains and the players' kit is white), but I'm curious to see what happens when the same national anthem is played twice (the UK and the Liechtenstein anthems share the very same tune - click on thumbnail [...]

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hammer

Friday 28 March 2003

I've said it before, and now I am absolutely convinced that Madonna's records contain a subliminal message that, if played backwards, hypnotizes you into believing that what you are listening to is rather good and not the crap you thought it was at first.

Only this can explain why I've downloaded American Life (the single) on [...]

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squander

Thursday 27 March 2003

Maths fail me. Last night I thought I was being very considerate with money and did very well. I went to Nag Nag Nag with Dr Bitful and David, we skipped the queue thanks to David's knowing the security person at the door, then we only paid one pound each because I'd kept some six-month-old [...]

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200

Thursday 27 March 2003

Yay me!

Elated.

Always alert.

Never complacent.

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share

Tuesday 25 March 2003

From: Dr Bitful
To: Riverside Restaurant / Bed & Breakfast
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 12:46 PM
Subject: Bread & Butter Pudding

Dear Anne and Anthony,

Just a quick note to say thanks for the recipe.

I cooked it for my (Italian) partner who, despite an almost addictive obsession with bread, hasnever tried bread and butter pudding. This is the
first [...]

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oscar

Monday 24 March 2003

I'm jet-lagged - and I haven't even left the country. It's just that after a drunken mini-nap after the RVT (taking Steve by the hand and dragging him to the dance floor as soon as MiniMinogue started playing can be so tiring) I woke up to the beginning of the Academy Awards ceremony, and I [...]

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exhale

Sunday 23 March 2003

More on halitosis: National Fresh Breath Week starts tomorrow.

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learn

Sunday 23 March 2003

Things I learnt or discovered during the weekend:

how to spell my name in British Sign Language

the reason why last Christmas Eve at ten to six pm there was not a pint of milk, a single egg or a pack of bread at my local supermarket is because in the past they used to close until [...]

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heaven

Friday 21 March 2003

The other night I had homemade bread and butter pudding for the very first time. And then I had some more for breakfast yesterday. Life finally makes sense. It was worth waiting all these years.

As with my tiramisù recipe, Dr Bitful's bread and butter pudding recipe serves 12 (or 2). I have a feeling that [...]

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doily

Friday 21 March 2003

'Centrino is a mix, one part is the center, being in the center of all the things we do, and the other is the thin and light form factor'
(Mathias Raeck, a spokesman for Intel)
centrino (m) : [noun] doily, small decorative napkin

(Italian - English dictionary)

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kinship

Thursday 20 March 2003

Breakfast conversations in London E2
(*puts on mock Swedish accent* "If I tell a yoke, you've probably heard it befooore…")

Me: Have you heard about Osama Bin Laden's niece who is currently in London trying to launch her pop career?

Dr Bitful: I'll hit you if this is bad.

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thespis

Wednesday 19 March 2003

I am pretty intrigued by What Happened Last Night, a play that opens today (and runs until April 19) at the Pleasance Theatre in London after a run at The Courtyard last year.

"Sexy, edgy and controversial… This is definitely worth checking out" ATTITUDE
"A groundbreaking new play. A heart-stopping mix of clubbing, drugs and sex" AXM

Are [...]

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spin

Tuesday 18 March 2003

Found it at last! It's Dannii vs Dead Or Alive (via Popjustice: search 'Begin To Spin Me Round' on Kazaa).

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skint

Sunday 16 March 2003

Oops.

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reality

Sunday 16 March 2003

This should be forbidden. Very sad to watch has-beens tear their hair out for a glimpse of their vanished fame. I normally do not cringe before crap TV, but last night I just had to switch Reborn in the USA off.

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unconvincing

Saturday 15 March 2003

Click here to pre-order Madonna's new single as an mp3 file - a "Digital Single" for $1.49 - it will be emailed on March 24th along with a special message from Her Madgesty herself.

I heard American Life in a café in Soho yesterday afternoon, and I still think the lady could have made a bit [...]

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vintage

Saturday 15 March 2003

Via Troubled Diva: Weight Watchers recipe cards from 1974. A Frankfurter Spectacular, anyone?

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ding

Saturday 15 March 2003

Via plasticbag.org: this is fun fun fun! A stats service / hit counter with a traffic monitor that plays a sound every time your website gets a hit. Free for the time being. Ooh this is cool!

(Two minutes later) - Alright, this is fun for the first few minutes, and if you don't get much [...]

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spice

Saturday 15 March 2003

I was having a stroll with Anne (my friend visiting from Paris) after seeing Chicago (the movie) with her and Guy (well worth it), when I got a naughty text message from Dr Bitful, asking me to meet him at Expectations for a spot of "adult shopping", and then back to his to try out [...]

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give

Friday 14 March 2003

RND03 (Red Nose Day 2003)

So this is why Mike has been silent for a while now. Click here or scroll to comment #38 to find out what it is all about. It's for a good cause, and every comment counts.
Via Diamond Geezer, as Mike is not allowed to blog about it himself.

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bias

Thursday 13 March 2003

Via Popbitch: Geri Halliwell not just as a judge, but as a coach on All American Girl she

puts [...] her team through their paces in a vast array of disciplines that include athletic ability, mental agility, performance in the popular arts and beauty.

Geri Halliwell. Mental agility. That's a foxymoron.

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modesty

Thursday 13 March 2003

GayDatingBlog has been taken offline. All I hope is that the guy behind it (Tom?) found happiness and love with his recent date, and therefore decided to stop making his sex life public.

I'll miss that.

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wean

Wednesday 12 March 2003

It is now exactly two weeks since I smoked my last cigarette, and I've decided to allow myself to post something about it.

It has not been easy, nor was it the most bitful task to go through, but it seems to be working so far. The strong feeling of pride balances out the panic of [...]

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whiff

Tuesday 11 March 2003

That's it. After much complaining from Dr Bitful, I've finally chucked my smelly clubbing trainers. Well, my feet do not (normally) smell, as I'm terrified by BO and I spray them with deodorant and then always fill my shoes with deo powder. These trainers though (or, to be precise, the right one only) had [...]

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advance

Monday 10 March 2003

Ooh I'm bad.

I'm having a friend from Paris visiting me for a week, and I can't skip going to the Royal Vauxhall Tavern even once. I must be addicted to testosteron. Or something.

I'd told everyone I was not going because I could not really see this friend of mine in that place (female, straight and [...]

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