tales from an ordinary world

2000-01-28

"They came dancing across the water
with their galleons and guns..."
Neil Young

Having got a few more things out the way I'm feeling a lot less stressed this evening, and so I'm indulging in some heavy musical therapy while Lee plays Everquest.

I'm still a bit unsure as to why I'm enjoying playing Unreal Tournament so much - I'm never one for spending much time on games, but I've been quite enjoying the odd deathmatch or three as a form of stress relief. Doubtless, the time to repent is just around the corner, but in the meantime I'll just give in and play the damn game.

The bottle of Ribena that I'd bought the other week for Mavis has an exciting new "non-drip lid". I was so enthralled by it, trying to catch it out, that I'd filled half my glass with Ribena before I knew what I was doing. All that sticky Vitamin C goodness. More than oranges, they reckon. Nevertheless, there's still something rather sentimental about orange juice. The way you desperately fill yourself with it as if it's some sort of magic purgative-like agent, the Morning After. But after a Berocca, mind you. I wonder, though - does Evan Dando really like Ribena that much ?

Today's listening included :

• The Marshall Suite, by The Fall.

• Electr-o-pura, by Yo La Tengo.

• Iaora Tahiti, by Mouse on Mars.

• A box of birds, by The Church.

• Shaken and Stirred, by the David Arnold James Bond Project.