Took yesterday afternoon off to cut the grass. I would say mow the lawn but for a start I can't really claim it is a lawn and secondly it wasn't so much a mowing, more a flattening.
Stephen Fretwell at the Y last night, very good although it did turn into a bit of a long evening due to the misinterpretation of timings.
Tomorrow is scheduled to be warm, and after shopping I plan to sit in my garden and contemplate my 'lawn'.
WD - 69
Friday, 29 May 2009
Monday, 25 May 2009
Bank Holiday Monday - rain
That means putting off cutting the grass when it was 'too warm' yesterday may not have been such a great idea!
The last post - cue lone bugler - showed I was half way through my countdown so I thought I'd better review progress. But first a couple of explanations.
As i said at the beginning, no video diary but this now seems to have taken on a momentum of it's own. I may even miss it when it;s gone. Team Best Man were all assigned code names; Jason was Shepherd, Jon was Moses and I was Preacher - presumably because I have to say something at the wedding. Steve, who came is as the fourth member of TBM I don't recall being assigned a name, how about D'Artagnan!
So, wedding things.
I received the invite a month or so ago and that has to be returned by the end of this month. Done. This morning actually!
Reading was sent through by Laura last week. Wasn't sure what to expect as the wedding is not really religious, unless there is something I haven't been told. The reading isn't religious! Had a practice muttering to myself over the laptop and it'll be fine.
Speech. Apparently this has to be vetted. Not sure how that's gonna work unless it is videoed or they put me on some sort of delay. I can say what I like. Bwaaah hah hah. Etc.
Apparel. Laura has bought TBM ties. I need a shirt and suit. Apparently we can get a discount somewhere if we all buy suits together. Best to leave it as late as possible given the recent state of my waistline. The shot in the film of me coming out of the ten looked like a baby elephant breaking cover!
The next two filming sessions are booked so Stag is coming on well. Steve and Chris get to do their bits this time and there's a lot of dialogue and bloodshed to be filmed. Sounds great.
Out for a meal at Jones' on Saturday night which got hi-jacked and turned into a champagne celebration - more of which later. I had mussels with Stilton to start. Sea bass - two pieces - about four times what you would get in Watson's and then Creme Brulee to finish. All good and fairly cheap. The mint with the bill finished me off - why do they do that? Spent some time in the Black Horse, under new management, feeling like a beached whale and needing a crane to get up. Best not buy the suit too soon....
WD - 73
The last post - cue lone bugler - showed I was half way through my countdown so I thought I'd better review progress. But first a couple of explanations.
As i said at the beginning, no video diary but this now seems to have taken on a momentum of it's own. I may even miss it when it;s gone. Team Best Man were all assigned code names; Jason was Shepherd, Jon was Moses and I was Preacher - presumably because I have to say something at the wedding. Steve, who came is as the fourth member of TBM I don't recall being assigned a name, how about D'Artagnan!
So, wedding things.
I received the invite a month or so ago and that has to be returned by the end of this month. Done. This morning actually!
Reading was sent through by Laura last week. Wasn't sure what to expect as the wedding is not really religious, unless there is something I haven't been told. The reading isn't religious! Had a practice muttering to myself over the laptop and it'll be fine.
Speech. Apparently this has to be vetted. Not sure how that's gonna work unless it is videoed or they put me on some sort of delay. I can say what I like. Bwaaah hah hah. Etc.
Apparel. Laura has bought TBM ties. I need a shirt and suit. Apparently we can get a discount somewhere if we all buy suits together. Best to leave it as late as possible given the recent state of my waistline. The shot in the film of me coming out of the ten looked like a baby elephant breaking cover!
The next two filming sessions are booked so Stag is coming on well. Steve and Chris get to do their bits this time and there's a lot of dialogue and bloodshed to be filmed. Sounds great.
Out for a meal at Jones' on Saturday night which got hi-jacked and turned into a champagne celebration - more of which later. I had mussels with Stilton to start. Sea bass - two pieces - about four times what you would get in Watson's and then Creme Brulee to finish. All good and fairly cheap. The mint with the bill finished me off - why do they do that? Spent some time in the Black Horse, under new management, feeling like a beached whale and needing a crane to get up. Best not buy the suit too soon....
WD - 73
Saturday, 23 May 2009
Gigs
Couple of gigs this week and a couple more next week - must be the countdown to the festival season.
Wednesday I saw the Hours supported by Glasslights at Stealth in Nottingham. It was dark, it was £3.50 for a small can of Red Stripe and it was cranked up way too high. Last time I used earplugs was at a Motorhead gig, for which I make no apologies, but I could have done with them on Wednesday. The support band I would happily see again and actually paid out some cash for a limited track CD, not a usual occurrence. The Hours were very good but the piano was humming - some low level reverb feedback type thing - which was extremely annoying and at times it was a bit uncomfortable.
On Thursday the Musician showed how it should be done with the Screaming Lights and Nine Black Alps. Two bands that you would categorise as loud but no feedback, you could hear all the instruments and vocals and I didn't come out thinking I was living in an underwater kingdom, possibly inhabited by one Homer J Simpson. The beer I had was a bit naff though and I quickly reverted to the default Guinness option. It's one thing they have trouble getting right.
Overall though,..
Musician = good - Stealth = not so good.
WD -75 (half way there and counting!)
Wednesday I saw the Hours supported by Glasslights at Stealth in Nottingham. It was dark, it was £3.50 for a small can of Red Stripe and it was cranked up way too high. Last time I used earplugs was at a Motorhead gig, for which I make no apologies, but I could have done with them on Wednesday. The support band I would happily see again and actually paid out some cash for a limited track CD, not a usual occurrence. The Hours were very good but the piano was humming - some low level reverb feedback type thing - which was extremely annoying and at times it was a bit uncomfortable.
On Thursday the Musician showed how it should be done with the Screaming Lights and Nine Black Alps. Two bands that you would categorise as loud but no feedback, you could hear all the instruments and vocals and I didn't come out thinking I was living in an underwater kingdom, possibly inhabited by one Homer J Simpson. The beer I had was a bit naff though and I quickly reverted to the default Guinness option. It's one thing they have trouble getting right.
Overall though,..
Musician = good - Stealth = not so good.
WD -75 (half way there and counting!)
Sunday, 17 May 2009
Ties, Rushes and a Norwegian wimper
Yesterday I got up, breakfast, read the paper, mucked about on the PC for an hour did some washing and then before ringing Jones' to book a table decided to replace the batteries in the kitchen clock.
Just gone nine.
It was just gone nine, I'd left the alarm on work day time. Still that's three hours to compensate for what I lost on Friday after several pints of Bishop's Farewell....
Spent Saturday night watching the Eurovision Song Contest at Rich and Laura's. We had some wonderful food but I thought the contest wouldn't be the same without Terry. The game was pick your three favourites and see who did best. It would have been two easy to pick Norway, the bookies favourite, and after seeing it I wasn't impressed anyway. So Azerbaijan, Denmark 'cos it's near Norway and Germany because they had Dita von Teese. Since when has Azerbaijan been in Europe by the way....
Didn't win.
Earlier in the day went shopping to Tesco's, which always makes me feel a bit guilty as they are trying to take over the world. Steve K was explaining his 'costume' for the film, which sounds like it could be a cross between Marilyn Manson and Gene Simmons.
Laura showed us the ties that Team Best Man will be wearing. Very nice, purply effect things. All I need now is a shirt and a suit!
Rich demonstrated the rushes of what we had done in Rutland. They were pretty damn awesome. My garden may be spared as Rutland II may be an option. Just wondering how Steve's 'explosion in a Goth Factory ' look is going to work with continuity.
WD - 79
Just gone nine.
It was just gone nine, I'd left the alarm on work day time. Still that's three hours to compensate for what I lost on Friday after several pints of Bishop's Farewell....
Spent Saturday night watching the Eurovision Song Contest at Rich and Laura's. We had some wonderful food but I thought the contest wouldn't be the same without Terry. The game was pick your three favourites and see who did best. It would have been two easy to pick Norway, the bookies favourite, and after seeing it I wasn't impressed anyway. So Azerbaijan, Denmark 'cos it's near Norway and Germany because they had Dita von Teese. Since when has Azerbaijan been in Europe by the way....
Didn't win.
Earlier in the day went shopping to Tesco's, which always makes me feel a bit guilty as they are trying to take over the world. Steve K was explaining his 'costume' for the film, which sounds like it could be a cross between Marilyn Manson and Gene Simmons.
Laura showed us the ties that Team Best Man will be wearing. Very nice, purply effect things. All I need now is a shirt and a suit!
Rich demonstrated the rushes of what we had done in Rutland. They were pretty damn awesome. My garden may be spared as Rutland II may be an option. Just wondering how Steve's 'explosion in a Goth Factory ' look is going to work with continuity.
WD - 79
Thursday, 14 May 2009
Unit B
Rich has confirmed that he has got some great footage from the Bank Holiday weekend. The only problem is he now wants to set fire to my shed and plough up my garden.
Not fair - I like my garden!
WD - 84
Tuesday, 5 May 2009
Lunch
Retrieved some barbecue burgers from the weekend's camping expedition. I thought 'Those will do nicely for a couple of lunchtime snacks.'
At least I know that the smoke alarm still works!
At least I know that the smoke alarm still works!
Monday, 4 May 2009
Back in Civilisation
The weekend in Greetham was wonderful.
Original Team Best Man (above - in costume), Unit A, Unit One, Unit Alpha or just me, Rich, Jon and Jason - whichever way you look at it we had a great time.
The last time I went camping I was able to walk out of the tent but his time I shared with Jon in what was billed as a four man tent. That would be four men who all knew each other very well and were all under five foot tall. Add to this the amazing deflating mattress and it was like spending a night on a bouncy castle. Not only that but putting your pants and socks on in such a situation is not easy and then you emerge backwards from the tent in the morning in a most undignified way.
The first night was cooking, barbecue stuff - this time it was the pig population of Rutland that were taking a caning. A couple of beers and then a night of figuring out how sleeping bags work and thinking 'I'm too old for this.'
Saturday was good weatherwise - we all caught the sun - and we got a lot of filming done, despite being two cast members down. Rich gives the air of a man who knows what he's doing and as none of us knew any better it all worked really well. Some creative methods of using cameras were applied and the whole thing went a lot better than I expected - not sure what I did expect, when I think about it! We managed a couple of beers at lunchtime and witnessed the arrival of a coach party full of wedding guests at the pub. Apparently Belvoir Castle had been booked for the wedding which had then been called off but they were going anyway. That may have been a more interesting subject to film than what we were doing!
Dinner in the evening and a couple of decent pints at the Plough and then on to the Wheatsheaf for a couple more and some of the worst pool playing ability the locals have probably witnessed for some time.
The bouncy castle seemed not to make so much difference on the Saturday night!
May the fourth be with you!
WD - 94
Friday, 1 May 2009
Act One, Scene One
So off to the wild woods to get this in he can, whatever that means.
It;s currently raining which really bodes well for a couple of nights in a soggy field.
However, I do have beer.
It;s currently raining which really bodes well for a couple of nights in a soggy field.
However, I do have beer.
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