Meh...

after sending my 12 pages of script to Shari, i got a reply which pretty much said "its shit", and to be honest i agree. im going to do a lot of work on it tomorrow, then have a chat with the cast at Muscats in the evening to see if they have any ideas about what to do with it.

anyhoo.

i just remembered something i forgot to tell you about my holiday. i was eaten by a horse. well...nearly.
i had been forced to get up early and do some locks first thing. while we were doing the third one i turned around and found a horse staring at me. i was desperate to avoid doing locks and i noticed that there was a bridge over the small stream that seperated where we were and the field where the horse was, so i went over to stroke it on the nose.

as i crossed the bridge i realised that the horse was walking towards me. apparently it thought i had food and it was quit disappointed when i only wanted to stroke it on the nose. it sniffed at my hand as i put it out to stroke it, and then did that freakish thing that horses do with thier top lip. when it had confirmed that i didnt actually have food it tried to eat the arm of my waterproof coat instead, while my arm was in it. after it decided that wasnt edible either it got bored and wandered off.

this morning i got up at half 9 (this narrow boat holiday has returned me to normal human hours. its very scary), had a bath, then eventually left the house at 11 to go to Commercial Road.
i popped into the Sony Centre where i almost fainted at the sight of Mark actually SERVING CUSTOMERS! it was very shocking. normally he just stands around watching Friends on the many, many TVs.

after wandering around for a few minutes, looking at the new video cameras that replaced mine, the computers, simultaneously watching the news about the shuttle not landing and Russian submarines and some dodgy, overacted wrestling programme which seemed to be about a wrestler signing a contract while a man in a cowboy hat yelled at him and being called "sir" by Marks boss, he eventually got round to seeing me.

he handed me my microphone and DV tapes, got me loads of discount (i payed £50-something. he got me £47 off!), i gave him a tenner so that he can buy his first legal drink tomorrow (cos its his birthday). then we just stood around chatting for a bit. and his mobile phone went off.

Mark has been my best friend for ages, easily 5 years, maybe even more, and i do love him (in an Anakin/Obi-wan sort of way, you understand. i just hope i never have to cut his legs off), butwhen someone tried to call him, and i heard his ring tone...i almost crushed him under a KDL-W50A10 50 inch plasma tv (its HD ready and will only set you back £5799.99).
I HATE THAT FROG!

then he told me he was having a party for his birthday. on saterday. when i have a 5 - close at McDonalds. why do people not tell me about these things 2 weeks in advance so that i can book them off?!?!?!

after that i left. i went into HMV to find a CD wallet that will hold the 50 DVD-Rs i bought for about £3, but instead came out with Anchorman - the Ledgend of Ron Burgundy and Garden State on DVD instead.
Anchorman is great. its probably even funnier to me because i had low expectations of it cos all the clips i'd seen looked shite. i only got it because Empire kept raving about how good it was and HMV were doing Buy One Get One Free. the Gang War bit with all the different newsreaders wat the best bit. Ben Stiller is born to play Spanish people with dodgy moustaches... it took my ages to recognise Owen Wilson because he had black hair. i thould have spotted the weird nose and inability to close his mouth properly way sooner than i did. and that reminds me...i must remember to check IMDb to see if that was Kelsey Grammar with the ginger curly hair...

i've only seen the first half of Garden State and it is very good. Zach Braff is great and Natalie Portman is...well...Natalie Portman. its not what i was expecting, and isnt as funny as i thought it would be, but its still very good. its more of a subtle humour than Anchorman. the sort where theres long periouds of silence, then you giggle to yourself.

i had a 2 til 9 shift at work, but they let me go at half 6. which was nice. im not going to get to see Flirty New Girl until sunday which is quite depressing. and its only for three hours. never mind. im going to ask her out some time soon cos im fed up of being lonely. its not nice.

i wonder if i have time to watch the end of Garden State before The Mighty Boosh starts at 11? im gonna give it a go. speak to you later!

UPDATE: apparently it wasnt Kelsey Grammar, but im going to have to watch it again to look out for Neil Flynn in his uncredited roles as a cop. hes the Janitor in Scrubs if you were wondering. hes my favorite character...who regularly torments Zach Braff...