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1) The
Brits were on last week. Quite pleased that the Kaiser Chiefs won a few things - pretty good band. More pleased that Green Day won a couple, though I find it a bit odd that they got best internation album when that record was out a fair while before last years awards. Obviously a bit of catching up to do. Not sure why Blunt beat Williams in the best man category, and even more baffled that he beat Madonna for best pop act. Still, there we go.
2) The
Baftas were on just the other day, Sunday if I recall. Not at all surprised that Brokeback Mountain won quite a few. Colour me cynical, but surely any reasonably arty film about gay cowboys is going to win shedloads of awards. I was very pleased that Crash won a few - best screenplay is pretty cool. Hope it does well at the
Oscars whenever we get round to that. Watching the awards gave us a few ideas for films we ought to see, so I might burble about Good Night And Good Luck, Syriana, The Constant Gardener and a couple of others some time soon.
3) We're buying a new car. Very exciting, very grown up. We're part ex'ing our slightly tired Corsa and getting a shiny black Ford Fiesta Flight. It's a few years old but in excellent condition with very low mileage. It's right nippy too. So, that's all good. We're picking that up on Friday.
4) Alison has gone away for the week to visit her sister. I am home alone with only the cat to keep me company. Still, I managed to cook a cauliflower cheese for myself yesterday without burning the house down or poisoning myself, so there's hope yet. The cat liked the cheese sauce too. Weirdo.
5) I'm a bit freaked out by all the free speech controversies going on at the moment. Between religious hatred, cartoons about Muhammad, holocaust denial and that stupid Jerry Springer opera; I'm gearing up for a good rant about double standards, hypocrisy, blasphemy and all the rest of it. I'll try to get round to that in a few days time.
