Kates Journal

Real progress today, she’s starting to resemble something that might become a motorbike

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So, years and years ago I taped Planes, Trains and Automobiles when it was shown on my beloved BBC. tonight, for the first time I’m watching it on Sky, in Widescreen – and without it being the BBC’s re-edited and dubbed for early evening showing version.

I must ad mist I was quite suprised when Steve Martin is shouting at the Rental woman (“I want a fucking car fucking NOW!”) – I’d never even realised that it was that edited and that dubbed. Now despite the fact I should have gone to bed ages ago I’m forced to watch the rest of it to find out what else was edited…

So, I could have been hugely rich, it turns out. My dad invented the wallwart, to power his dansette. Or Frankensette as it should perhaps be called. For there is much that contradicts nature which occurs within the dansette of doom.

No, but seriously, if my dad had patented that idea… well, we’d be responsible for the hideousness that’s a wallwart – but rich at the same time ;-)

Clicky for pointless photos, and for progress on ‘t bikes.

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It appears razors are up to 5 blades. 5. When will the madness end?!

Today is not the 31st of August.

I realised this some of the way to university. I decided to check anyway, but no, it not being the 31st the results weren’t back.