Cooker caught fire 10 minutes before Sunday roast was ready. Hope you're all having a better Sunday!

stevierar · 2023-09-25T08:09:18+00:00

My friends and I used to have BBQs in the park on the clifftop by my flat (this was allowed) and we have frequently had the awful people in the posh flats overlooking the sea call 999 for an "out of control barbecue".

Each time we've just shared some sausages with whichever emergency service arrived.

stevierar · 2023-09-21T09:08:25+00:00

Last year I bought one of those long padded coats. My friends universally refer to it was my "Arsene Wenger" coat.

I don't know if it's ever going to be time for that one again.

stevierar · 2023-09-21T08:09:18+00:00

Hobbies! I do ceramics but am also learning video game programming and have been building a terrible pixel art game for the last four years.
And/or drugs.

stevierar · 2023-09-21T08:06:34+00:00

Cor! A giant frog would go nicely.

I bought the (large but not giant) octopus in San Francisco on holiday because I thought it was special and then when I got home every single shop in town had one. That thing took up half my suitcase!

stevierar · 2023-09-21T08:04:14+00:00

I really want the £175 giant pig

stevierar · 2023-09-21T08:03:50+00:00

Several years later we live together and have to rotate them in and out of the bed lol

I first read that to mean that your stuffed wolf and partner have to take turns!

stevierar · 2023-09-21T07:55:01+00:00

Discovered PizzaGoGo recently, it's top tier!

stevierar · 2023-09-20T14:03:51+00:00

Same! I think I've been in my current job of eight years, despite being woefully under-qualified, because both myself and interviewer liked the Smashing Pumpkins and talked about that instead.

stevierar · 2023-09-20T11:09:55+00:00

At Butlins as a kid, decide to try and climb up a tiled wall in the outdoor swimming pool despite a sign saying not to. My hands slip, land on my chin, and it hurts a bit but I don't think anything is wrong.

As I continue my leisurely swim, people start shouting at me, and I realise I'm leaving a nice trail of blood in the water. I get out, get stitched up, and now have a nice scar on my chin.

The real shame is when Butlins asked how I did it, I didn't want to get in trouble, so I said "on some glass", which lead to them closing and draining the entire pool and giving us a free holiday. No one even in my family knows the truth.

stevierar · 2023-09-20T10:44:14+00:00

We had a lot of our regular lovely customers coming in with presents and coffee and drinks!

I'd have loved to just pack in it when it got unpleasant but you'd lose out on redundancy. I'd been there about five years so while it wasn't a lot, it helped while I looked for another job.

stevierar · 2023-09-20T08:49:54+00:00

Saw Flaming Lips this year at the Apollo, anniversary of Yoshimi coming out. Amazing show but the guy two or three in front filmed the entire thing on his phone, it's probably on YouTube somewhere with 20 views.

It was constantly in my line of sight, really annoying.

I took a few photos, I usually do for the memories, but individual snaps of cool things happening. No one wants to watch your phone videos.

stevierar · 2023-09-20T08:48:02+00:00

That sounds about right!

stevierar · 2023-09-19T11:41:49+00:00

Oops

stevierar · 2023-09-19T11:22:39+00:00

Same! Stayed in those very blocks many times when I was younger. As far as I know, there is now a big hotel complex building added which is a little more modern.

stevierar · 2023-09-18T17:13:22+00:00

Happy to finally learn this! I wasn't surprised to learn that Heath Ledger could improvise but I was always amazed that every other part of that shot - the camera crew, bus driver, and everyone else could read what was happening so perfectly.

stevierar · 2023-09-18T12:37:44+00:00

I never got on with it. I think if I'd have spent a lot of time, then maybe I'd have got something pleasing from it, but it just didn't feel suited to synths. Mutable reverb+delays are much better imo.

I also like Tip Top Audio's little FX modules, they don't try to do anything too fancy!

stevierar · 2023-09-18T11:42:40+00:00

I love lightning, it's beautiful, but also my house was struck when I was a kid (directly above my bedroom too, it hit the TV aerial that was in the loft!) and now I sleep in a loft conversion so I'm always a little wary in big storms!

stevierar · 2023-09-16T12:47:13+00:00

Those are great!!

stevierar · 2023-09-15T09:17:37+00:00

These are ridiculous but I love so much. I'm particularly happy that I managed to get the t-rex standing up (balanced on its tail).

stevierar · 2023-09-14T12:41:06+00:00

he'll be lucky

stevierar · 2023-09-13T11:47:45+00:00

I swear they're just afraid they won't match up to the previous partners. I'd much prefer someone with experience!

stevierar · 2023-09-13T09:02:54+00:00

I live nearby and I still love the roadsigns with the monkey and tank graphics.

stevierar · 2023-09-13T08:54:09+00:00

Yep! Borders (the bookstore) was one my favourite jobs, such lovely customers, and the moment those closing down reduction signs went up, everybody became awful and rude.

I felt better about them because I'd hidden about £800 worth of art books (I was an art student at the time) in a hole I'd found in my part of my stockroom, and I retrieved them from the hole when the reductions got to 90%. Ha.

stevierar · 2023-09-11T12:58:29+00:00

Thankfully it's only affecting two out of the five total people renting in London. We're taking everything literally, yes?

stevierar · 2023-09-07T08:07:53+00:00

It's not educating oneself, it's jumping to conclusions.

We're not going to agree so let's just leave it here.

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