all your diction dripping with disdain....
Ah, back from a pleasant few days staying with some friends in Oxford. Ostensibly, the reason for my visit was that I was going to be working in our store there on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. It was also, of course, an excellent opportunity to catch up with my friends down there, culminating with the 11th annual Juxom Street Christmas Party on Saturday. Work in the store was as good as ever, even if it did make me realise that life at the sharp end of a retail business is very, very hard on the feet (and they're not as busy as they should be at this time of year, either). I had a lovely 20 minute stroll from my digs with Rich and Laura, over Magdalen Bridge and past their lovely illuminated chapel and into the town centre itself, which made a most welcome change from my usual commute by car to a large industrial estate.
The evenings were busy though: Tuesday night spent in a nice Italian with my hosts; Wednesday spent intially with The Ultimate Olympian for a few pints and then a meal with my colleagues from Nottingham also working in the store; Thursday spent in a chinese restaurant with the Pollstar, taking the chance to be introduced to his lovely, charming (and far too good for the likes of him) girlfriend and then on to a pub to watch Leon perform at an open mic night; Friday catching up with friends and helping with last minute party preparations and watching "Ivor the Engine", and Saturday itself spent at the party, starting with the traditional drink (champagne this year) at noon. It's the 11th time we've had this Christmas party now, and I think it's fair to say that things have changed - not least because there are now several children in attendance, so things are naturally a little more restrained (actually, we all ended up in the kitchen listening to Dire Straits at one point, so we are officially turning into our parents).
It's all good though... an excellent way to spend the week. I may even be feeling a touch festive.... something I'm sure work will choke out of my before the end of working week.
Anyway.
Music maestro?
Shuffleathon 2008 Update
Reviews are starting to come in now, with new ones by Cody Bones, Russ L, Ben, Ian all now in. Several more CDs have also reached their destinations, with asta discovering that she drew the shortest of short straws in this game and received a mixtape from me.....
There are still a few to be sent out. I realise that this is a busy time of the year, but it would be great if everyone could try to get their CD done and out into the post before the end of the year (or at least drop me a line to let me know that they're still alive and on the case....). As always, if you could drop me a line when you have sent / received / reviewed your CD, then I'll keep this slightly unwieldy table up to date with links and suchlike.
Right? OK then.
Oh, and can you email me your 5 votes for Earworms of the Year please? Ta.
The evenings were busy though: Tuesday night spent in a nice Italian with my hosts; Wednesday spent intially with The Ultimate Olympian for a few pints and then a meal with my colleagues from Nottingham also working in the store; Thursday spent in a chinese restaurant with the Pollstar, taking the chance to be introduced to his lovely, charming (and far too good for the likes of him) girlfriend and then on to a pub to watch Leon perform at an open mic night; Friday catching up with friends and helping with last minute party preparations and watching "Ivor the Engine", and Saturday itself spent at the party, starting with the traditional drink (champagne this year) at noon. It's the 11th time we've had this Christmas party now, and I think it's fair to say that things have changed - not least because there are now several children in attendance, so things are naturally a little more restrained (actually, we all ended up in the kitchen listening to Dire Straits at one point, so we are officially turning into our parents).
It's all good though... an excellent way to spend the week. I may even be feeling a touch festive.... something I'm sure work will choke out of my before the end of working week.
Anyway.
Music maestro?
Shuffleathon 2008 Update
Reviews are starting to come in now, with new ones by Cody Bones, Russ L, Ben, Ian all now in. Several more CDs have also reached their destinations, with asta discovering that she drew the shortest of short straws in this game and received a mixtape from me.....
There are still a few to be sent out. I realise that this is a busy time of the year, but it would be great if everyone could try to get their CD done and out into the post before the end of the year (or at least drop me a line to let me know that they're still alive and on the case....). As always, if you could drop me a line when you have sent / received / reviewed your CD, then I'll keep this slightly unwieldy table up to date with links and suchlike.
Right? OK then.
| Shuffler | Posted out | Received? |
| 1. Me | yes | |
| 2. Mandy | yes | |
| 3. Charlie | yes | |
| 4. Planet Me | yes | yes |
| 5. Ian | review | |
| 6. Mike | ||
| 7. Jerry | yes | review |
| 8. monogodo | ||
| 9. Erika | yes | yes |
| 10. Michael | yes | review |
| 11. Lisa | yes | review |
| 12. Cody Bones | yes | review |
| 13. Del | yes! | |
| 14. RussL | yes | review |
| 15. Tina | yes | review |
| 16. Wombat | yes | |
| 17. Joe the Troll | yes | yes |
| 18. JamieS | yes | |
| 19. Cat | yes | yes |
| 20. Rol | yes | review |
| 21. Beth | yes | yes |
| 22. asta | yes | yes |
| 23. bedshaped | ||
| 24. Paul | yes | |
| 25. Alan | yes | |
| 26. Astronaut | yes | yes |
| 27. Threelight | yes | |
| 28. The Great Grape Ape | yes | |
| 29. Paul W | yes | |
| 30. Ben | yes | review |
Oh, and can you email me your 5 votes for Earworms of the Year please? Ta.
Labels: friendship, shuffleathon 2008, work
posted by swisslet @ 19:40
2 Comments:
At 9:40 pm,
Cat said…
I've got my CD, which arrived along with Morrissey tickets on Thursday - exciting! (But no indication who it's from again this year. Have I missed the rule that says it's meant to be a secret Santa type swap?)
At 12:48 am,
Ben said…
Sorry Cat - it's from me. Wasn't meant to be a secret, but owing to logistical difficulties I had to ask my girlfriend to burn it and post it out for me and I obviously forgot to add that divulging the identity of the sender would be fine.
Anyway, hope there are at least a few things on there that you like.
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