£20,000,000 autograph
I took my son to Sunshine yesterday. I introduced him to Alex Garland and reminded him of when we were at Stonehenge and he said he was like ‘that Alex guy’. They talked about computer games for a bit. My son was amazed that an adult knew about Mario… He went around getting various people’s [...]
Go/No Go For Launch
Retro. Go! Fido. Go! Econ. Go! Right now I’m waiting for the final ‘go’ for the relaunch of Sunshine… Please, check it out. I’ve given the last seven months of my life to it – it’s the reason I have no life, the reason why many of you haven’t seen the real me for ever, [...]
Freaked Out In China
You know when you have one of those days?… You know, the ones when you’re having brunch with James Cox at Patisserie Valerie and then you hear, ‘Is that Gia?… Gia?!’ and it turns out to be Kate Norrish who gave you your first web producing job at Channel 4… And then you get a [...]
I’m Rather Busy
I’ve been rather busy this week and it’s looking like next week will probably be just as busy. I’ve got the Sunshine redesign and all of the last-minute faffy things that involves, the launch of the LHC which I was just going to be attending, but now will be working at it, four meetings (including [...]
You’ve Found Me
Good. I’m glad you’ve found me. Now… Let’s get a few things straight. I started this blog because I wanted to force myself to do video. I thought that a lonely, empty blog would get me into action… Nope. I’ve been doing a stellar job of avoiding the whole video thing – I even went [...]
Don’t Be Light
This was written for the Sunshine blog. Shed some light on (a problem) See the light Light at the end of the tunnel Bright idea To be bright I see what you mean To see eye to eye The answer flashed before her eyes. Mind’s eye All of those little phrases have to do with [...]
Mexican Food?
My son and I were just talking about our ‘private parts’, prompted by a discussion about how our kitten’s testicles have to be snipped soon. He asked if it would hurt and I said, ‘a little’, then he asked if it would hurt my ‘willy’ if I needed it done. I said, ‘I don’t have [...]
Is Private Education A Waste?
This morning on the bus on the way to school, my son was talking about the jobs he’d like to do when he grew up. “I’d really like to do pizza delivery because then I’d get to drive a scooter around.” (me, looking at him in his private school uniform and thinking that the money [...]
I Didn’t Find God, But I Found An Excellent Holiday Destination
First off, before I say ANYTHING about my trip to Jerusalem I have to pass on a message. *ahem* ‘American Christians, you are doing it all wrong. Please educate yourself and stop behaving like idiots in public. Thanks.’ That was from Jesus. I was asked to pass that on yesterday when, for the second time [...]
Light, Love and the Lord of Darkness?
(Before I start this I just want to say that this and the Easter post are fairly good examples of my apophenia. It’s harnessed somewhat. I try very, very hard not to let it go ‘wacky’. I have [secretly] always been rather obsessed with finding ‘connections’ between things… everything. This post is just something that’s [...]
The Real Easter
You know how Jesus said that the way people could tell he was the Messiah was that he would stay three days and three nights in the heart of the earth? Remember? They just kept going on about how he was going to be raised on the third day So he was crucified and died [...]
Feeling A Bit Yoko Ono
I love Yoko Ono. She’s one of my favourite artists. I own two ‘original’ Yoko Ono art works. I think she’s one of the most misaligned and misunderstood women… ever. I don’t really understand why this pure hate is still felt about her. I’m convinced it’s based in racism… tinged with misogyny…. that isn’t what [...]
The Tooth Fairy Is Dead
Well, that’s it. The end of my son’s childhood has officially started. Today, while he was having a post-end-of-year-show ice cream in the park cafe, one of his teeth fell out, his eighth one. He gave it to me for safe keeping so he could leave it under his pillow for the tooth fairy tonight. [...]
C.U.Next Tuesday
Offensive. Taboo. Vulgar. Obscene. Those are the words most often used to describe the word cunt. To most people it really is vulgarly offensive, taboo, a gynaecological obscenity, the worst of the four letter words. Hmmmm… If anyone thinks the word for the thing is offensive, what could they think of the thing itself? Sure, [...]
My St. Nicholas
I’ve told this to a few people over the past month and thought I’d share it with you… On Christmas Eve when I was 3 or 4 years old, Santa Claus came to visit me at my grandparents’ house. Yea, I *know* that’s when he’s supposed to come, but that time he came while I [...]
