It's the little things:
What an excellent weekend. Seriously, despite the rain that flooded the garden and leaked through the conservatory roof, the wind that could take your head off and feeling like I should check myself into a hospital ward, it was damn fine
Took a trip over to Whitstable on Saturday morning - first port of call. Breakfast - or lunch as it was by the time we got there, which if you're a retard makes it 'brunch' I guess. We dropped into a cafe called Olivia's where I was most impressed with the two Ralph Steadman prints of Hunter S Thompson framed on the wall. But not nearly as impressed as I was with the sandwich I had put under my nose. "Sure... a sandwich is a sandwich". I hear what you're thinking, alas - this was no ordinary sandwich.
Bacon, brie and spicy pear chutney or toasted granary. Sounds good right? Let me tell you... I'm big on sandwiches. I know a good sandwich when I taste one and this one is right up there flaunting the number one slot on the "Top Ten Best Sandwiches Ever" list. Go. Check them out. You won't be disappointed.
Saturday also featured two new additions to the pet menagerie in the shape of two fish. They don't have names at the moment but in so far as fish have characters, they're funny. The naming of fish cannot be rushed otherwise you end up with things like Ben & Jerry (thanks Rhiannon) or Bill and Sylvia (Ellie's contribution) - both of which are highly unacceptable.
Then there was The Waters of Mars - the latest Doctor Who special. They're really playing with us over the fact that we know he is going and I love it. Roll on the remaining episodes. Oddly, I can't wait for him to go now..
Meanwhile, all of us writers and artists who didn't win the Jonathan Cape Graphic Short Competition decided to get together and release an anthology of our entries. It's early days yet but I think we're going to be looking at a nice 100 plus pages of full colour. Whether we keep it as a one off project or use it as a double barrel to make publishers sit up and beg, I don't know. I'm not sure it matters at the moment. The important thing is getting it done properly. More on this as the days go by.
Yesterday, I also got back on the music hoss by doing some pre-tour promo for the forthcoming Alice Cooper Theatre of Death tour. Nice. Coming up later today is a review of the new Bon Jovi album (if it's any good - I'm not reviewing the same album yet again) and I think I should probably do some work with Breed 77.
Finally, I started mocking up some panels for Mr Downes to do some work on Men Without Hats. Not fast enough for my liking and if I hadn't been spouting off about that damn sandwich all weekend, I might have gotten a bit further!
Currently reading: Nine Dragons | Michael Connolly
Currently listening to: Japan | Obscure Alternatives
Currently watching: Supernatural and Californication - Spooks is looking good too. Most looking forward to seeing if Paradox will be worth the paper it's written on.
