Excuse me for a moment. Watch out for those cables - you don't want to trip over them, or you'll bring the lights down. And try not to bump the tripod.
What's that? Oh, nothing. Ignore me. I'm just preparing the lesson plan for next weekend's GFZ.
Moist and Mrs FC, how about a nice smile for the camera?
No, we don't need a bigger sofa! Moist can sit on one of my knees, and you can sit on the other. That'll be OK, won't it?
Ooooooooooh! Just saw an ad on TV. BLACK BOOKS IS BACK!!! (or it will be in a couple of weeks) Woohoo!
I don't think correct exposure is going to be a problem, with the number of experts on the subject we have here. Just look at Heather's photos for an example. Perfectly exposed!
It's a special video that Moist found, BlueEyes. Hand-written label, wobbly camera-work. It looks like someone's home video. Where did you say you got it, Moist? From the bottom of your underwear drawer?
...before she gets on my lap, please! Those things look dangerously pointy.
Ah, camping... I have some very happy memories of a tent and a sleeping bag and a very special girl.
I don't think there's enough room for all of us. You'll have to sit on my lap, Moist. Don't worry! I'll hold on tight so you don't slip off.
Some day soon I'm going to have to introduce you to my CD collection, and you'll have to introduce me to yours. I think it'll be love at first sight on both sides.
Bring your textbooks over, and we'll make a good weekend of it.
While we're in Iceland... Sigur Ros, anyone?
Can we start now? I want to see this! My education is extremely lacking in this area, so I'm particularly eager to learn as much as I can.
Will we be tested on it later?
I've already got a nice bottle of red here, so we might as well just get started.
Do you have the remote? Can we skip the credits? They're always so dull.
You're going to the shops dressed like that? Is this normal behaviour down your way? I need to move!
Let's have a look at these videos... ooh, I haven't seen that one yet. Shall we sit down and watch it together? "Moist Does Manchester". Sounds good.
I think I need a longer zoom lens.
Did we go to school together?
The Cocteau Twins. The Wolfgang Press. This Mortal Coil. Dead Can Dance.
(clears throat)
(singing) I've got my 4AD 3D CD, my 4AD 3D CD... any Half Man Half Biscuit fans in the audience?
My list depends so much on my mood.
Abdoujaparov "Will She Come?"
Bonnie Prince Billy "A Minor Place"
Eels "Daisies of the Galaxy"
Godspeed You Black Emperor "Raise Your... CD 2, track 1"
Grant Lee Buffalo "Better for Us"
King Wasabi "Everything's Just Dandy"
Magnetic Fields "Nothing Matters When We're Dancing"
My Friend The Chocolate Cake "That Eye The Sky"
Sisters of Mercy "Marian"
The Wolfgang Press "Chains"
Yo La Tengo "I Heard You Looking"
That's a small random selection of favourites.
While you're all loitering at the bottom of the cliffs, I think I'll head up to the top. If she wants to jump, she'll have to get out of my grasp first!
I'm afraid the only two of the second list that I'm familiar with is the Sisters and Bauhaus. The string quartet version of Enter Sandman doesn't count. I do a bit better with the first lot.
I'd love to go to more gigs. I'd love to go to any gigs at all. The bands I want to hear tend to play in pubs, which isn't somewhere I feel comfortable in company. There's no chance on my own.
I have made a vow that when this spiffing new music centre is completed, I shall attend whatever is happening on as regular a basis as possible.
That was an extremely serious transgression. We'll have to wait for Mark (Mighty Leader and Judge)'s ruling, but in previous cases the punishment has been to be forced to read the forum as many times as day as you can face, interspersed with numerous postings. You have to be cruel to be kind.
Sorry to hijack, but I've been thinking about your signature, Heather. If you aim to bugger all of Bognor, have a word with Blue. She's got a strap-on you might be able to borrow.
To visit Bognor or to stay away... tough decision.
I can't say I've bothered with the ads myself (though I did have a peek at yours, Moist). A hit rate of one in twenty billion must be a bit disheartening, however nice the one might turn out to be.
But you don't need the ads. You've got us! Just imagine - right now, there's dozens of people all around the country thinking "that Moist is a nice girl, isn't she? Grammar isn't the nice old lady she visits on the weekends. She owns her own dictionary. And I bet she types with more than two fingers at once. I'll cancel my holiday and spend the next month hiding under a bridge in Wales, waiting for her to drive across."
I opened a rehabilitation clinic for Swinging Heaven addicts who want to return to the normal world.
I had to close it because I didn't get a single customer. Not even when I offered to pay them for treatment.
What's all this talk about Wales? It's a lovely place, I'm sure, but wasn't the point of this thread Moist's passport? (Which reminds me - is your passport photo as terrible as tradition demands, or did you get one that looks like you?)
For culture, just about any major city in Europe will do (I'd be inclined to avoid the excessively big ones like London and Paris, but that's because I don't like too many people). For history, just about any city in Europe. The Netherlands would be a good starting-point for the first-time traveller. Amsterdam has some decent museums, and most of the people speak English better than the English do. At this time of year the canals should be frozen. Cologne's cathedral will take your breath away. Make sure you climb to the top.
Get out and enjoy yourself. Once you're bitten, you'll never want to come back home.
Jags, I hope you're saving those pictures (the pictures in general, not just those particular ones, of course) for me. We're about due for a movie, don't you think?
Eww! Jags! Don't you know that lavender is a deadly poison?
6:32am is what I call a great night out!