I am fairly fizzing with excitement today! Why? I hear you cry! Well I shall tell you...
I have a backstage pass to meet Jools Holland this evening at the Albert Hall!!! *cue much excitement*
All I can hope is that I have learnt from The Samuel West Debacle
Friday, November 25, 2005
Sunday, November 20, 2005
A Day Of Fun - Biddy-style
Today has been a fun day!! It started with walking the dog in a crisp and frosty St James Park, I even managed to catch part of 'Changing of the Guard' which is always fun. The marauding hordes of tourists that challenge the murder of crows that haunt the park for the most scary residents.
Lunch was had whilst re-watching 'Battlestar Galactica' (the remake), nothing like Jamie Bamber to aid digestion.
Kicked country radio ass at the hospital!! WOOOOOOO!! An hour on the history of the CMA awards and also this years winners, then an hour of the charts. I recorded it and have entered it into the Golden Mic awards. Fingers crossed I retain my 'Best Specialist Show' award.
Without a pause... off to the cinema for the latest Harry Potter. Interesting... it should have been darker than the last one, while some of the effects were, the tone of the film was more action/adventurey. Good though. Felt there was more chemistry between Hermione and Harry than Cho or Ron.
Out of cinema and a late noodle dinner and with increasing digestion... HOME!! I am now drinking wine and watching the extended highlights of the CMA Awards. Best time of the year! Already heard Kenny Chesney and Willie Nelson.
What a great day!
Lunch was had whilst re-watching 'Battlestar Galactica' (the remake), nothing like Jamie Bamber to aid digestion.
Kicked country radio ass at the hospital!! WOOOOOOO!! An hour on the history of the CMA awards and also this years winners, then an hour of the charts. I recorded it and have entered it into the Golden Mic awards. Fingers crossed I retain my 'Best Specialist Show' award.
Without a pause... off to the cinema for the latest Harry Potter. Interesting... it should have been darker than the last one, while some of the effects were, the tone of the film was more action/adventurey. Good though. Felt there was more chemistry between Hermione and Harry than Cho or Ron.
Out of cinema and a late noodle dinner and with increasing digestion... HOME!! I am now drinking wine and watching the extended highlights of the CMA Awards. Best time of the year! Already heard Kenny Chesney and Willie Nelson.
What a great day!
Friday, November 18, 2005
No complaints... well maybe the one
After three weeks on-air there has been only one complaint! Which according to the powers-that-be this is almost unheard of! As a result I have been asked back to do the links for Decembers books!
*happy wiggle dance*
There is also a whisper of a possibility of other things, I am looking at it out of the corner of my eye so I don't scare it off.
*happy wiggle dance*
There is also a whisper of a possibility of other things, I am looking at it out of the corner of my eye so I don't scare it off.
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
This Made Me Giggle!!!
From the Monty Python album, The Final Rip-Off...Novel Writing (Live From Wessex)
Anouncer:And now it's time for Novel Writing, which today come from the west country in Dorset.
Commentator:Hello, and welcome to Dorchester, where a very good crowd has turned out to watch local boy Thomas Hardy write his new novel "The Return Of The Native", on this very pleasant July morning. This will be his eleventh novel and the fifth of the very popular Wessex novels, and here he comes! Here comes Hardy, walking out towards his desk. He looks confident, he looks relaxed, very much the man in form, as he acknowledges this very good natured bank holiday crowd. And the crowd goes quiet now, as Hardy settles himself down at the desk, body straight, shoulders relaxed, pen held lightly but firmly in the right hand. He dips the pen...in the ink, and he's off! It's the first word, but it's not a word - oh, no! - it's a doodle. Way up on the top of the lefthand margin is a piece of meaningless scribble - and he's signed his name underneath it! Oh dear, what a disapointing start. But his off again - and here he goes - the first word of Thomas Hardy's new novel, at ten thirtyfive on this very lovely morning, it's three letters, it's the definite article, and it's "The". Dennis.
Dennis:Well, this is true to form, no surprises there. He started five of his eleven novels to date with the definite article. We had two of them with "It", there's been one "But", two "At"s, one "On" and a "Dolores", but that of course was never published.
Commentator:I'm sorry to interrupt you there, Dennis, but he's crossed it out. Thomas Hardy, here on the first day of his new novel, has crossed out the only word he has written so far, and he's gazing off into space. Oh, ohh, there he signed his name again.
Dennis:It looks like "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" all over again.
Commentator:But he's...no, he's down again and writting, Dennis, he's written "B" again, he's crossed it out again, and he has written "A" - and there is a second word coming up straight away, and it's "Sat" - "A Sat" - doesn't make sense - "A Satur" - "A Saturday" - it's "A Saturday", and the crowd are loving it, they are really enjoying this novel. And it's "afternoon", it's "Saturday afternoon", a comfortable beginning, and he's straight on to the next word - it's "in" - "A Saturday afternoon in" - "in" - "in" "in Nov" - "November" - November is spelled wrong, he's left out the second "E", but he's not going back, it looks like he's going for the sentence, and it's the first verb coming up - it's the first verb of the novel, and it's "was", and the crowd are going wild! "A Saturday afternoon in November was", and a long word here - "appro" - "appro" - is it a "approving"? - no, it's "approaching" - "approaching" - "A Saturday afternoon in November was approaching" - and he's done the definite article "but" again. And he's writing fluently, easily with flurring strokes of the pen, as he comes up to the middle of this first sentence. And with this eleventh novel well underway, and the prospects of a good days writing ahead, back to the studio.
Anouncer:And now it's time for Novel Writing, which today come from the west country in Dorset.
Commentator:Hello, and welcome to Dorchester, where a very good crowd has turned out to watch local boy Thomas Hardy write his new novel "The Return Of The Native", on this very pleasant July morning. This will be his eleventh novel and the fifth of the very popular Wessex novels, and here he comes! Here comes Hardy, walking out towards his desk. He looks confident, he looks relaxed, very much the man in form, as he acknowledges this very good natured bank holiday crowd. And the crowd goes quiet now, as Hardy settles himself down at the desk, body straight, shoulders relaxed, pen held lightly but firmly in the right hand. He dips the pen...in the ink, and he's off! It's the first word, but it's not a word - oh, no! - it's a doodle. Way up on the top of the lefthand margin is a piece of meaningless scribble - and he's signed his name underneath it! Oh dear, what a disapointing start. But his off again - and here he goes - the first word of Thomas Hardy's new novel, at ten thirtyfive on this very lovely morning, it's three letters, it's the definite article, and it's "The". Dennis.
Dennis:Well, this is true to form, no surprises there. He started five of his eleven novels to date with the definite article. We had two of them with "It", there's been one "But", two "At"s, one "On" and a "Dolores", but that of course was never published.
Commentator:I'm sorry to interrupt you there, Dennis, but he's crossed it out. Thomas Hardy, here on the first day of his new novel, has crossed out the only word he has written so far, and he's gazing off into space. Oh, ohh, there he signed his name again.
Dennis:It looks like "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" all over again.
Commentator:But he's...no, he's down again and writting, Dennis, he's written "B" again, he's crossed it out again, and he has written "A" - and there is a second word coming up straight away, and it's "Sat" - "A Sat" - doesn't make sense - "A Satur" - "A Saturday" - it's "A Saturday", and the crowd are loving it, they are really enjoying this novel. And it's "afternoon", it's "Saturday afternoon", a comfortable beginning, and he's straight on to the next word - it's "in" - "A Saturday afternoon in" - "in" - "in" "in Nov" - "November" - November is spelled wrong, he's left out the second "E", but he's not going back, it looks like he's going for the sentence, and it's the first verb coming up - it's the first verb of the novel, and it's "was", and the crowd are going wild! "A Saturday afternoon in November was", and a long word here - "appro" - "appro" - is it a "approving"? - no, it's "approaching" - "approaching" - "A Saturday afternoon in November was approaching" - and he's done the definite article "but" again. And he's writing fluently, easily with flurring strokes of the pen, as he comes up to the middle of this first sentence. And with this eleventh novel well underway, and the prospects of a good days writing ahead, back to the studio.
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Website Down
Looks like the Oneword website has been down all morning. Ho hum. I really need to re-record some of the links as the sound quality is very dodgy on some of them. Another thing to add to the list!
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