h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Hi Jon, Tracey here (if you hadn't already guessed!) - just wanted to say hello and how nice it was to meet you at the weekend. So how did you enjoy your first hootoo meet?

It was grand thanks. You got home okay then?
It's odd, as I was hoping to put some faces to some names, but I'd never met any of you even on Hootoo before, so it was a whole new experience to enjoy and savour. Oh and I went on Nemesis on the Sunday and it was great. Have you had a good week, I caught a cold off Coral. Oh, I'd met her on hootoo. Didn't expect to get her cold though.

I just went to your space, is it your birthday tomorrow? Well if it is, happy birthday and have some and .

Thank you very much!

I'm going out with friends tonight and the family tomorrow - so much for having a quiet one!

I got home around 10 to 9 on the Sunday night. I was soooooo happy when I remembered I'd booked Monday off work, as it gave me a chance to get a good sleep - and a long lie!

Glad you enjoyed yourself though, you think you'll be along to more meets now? And congrats on going on Nemesis how'd you find it?

I found it where it normally is, opposite Ripsaw.
I know, not original or funny. It was fast. I could feel my cheeks being pulled back, hardly attractive but that's how it felt. How was your birthday?

Your 'joke' did get a reaction - a , unfortunately!

My birthday could have been better. Went out on Friday night with friends, was supposed to go out on the Saturday (my birthday) with the family but my sisters sodded off with their friends, which was nice of them, and my mum couldn't be bothered. All in all, a very productive day! However, I got some nice cards and a couple of presents, so it wasn't all that bad.

I'm glad it wasn't 'all' bad. If I knew you better, I would have got you something, but instead I thought about it, and you know what they say. I've got another joke for you:

What's black and white and black and white and black and white...?

A penguin rolling down a hill. bom schshhhh

Not funny either. Count it ans an un-birthday present then.

I'm glad it wasn't 'all' bad. If I knew you better, I would have got you something, but instead I thought about it, and you know what they say. I've got another joke for you:

What's black and white and black and white and black and white...?

A penguin rolling down a hill. bom schshhhh

Not funny either. Count it as an un-birthday present then.

I've got one for you too:

Q: What do you get hanging from apple trees?

A: Sore arms!

*Tracey has now left the building*

Ah, I'm not bothered about presents, but it was a kind thought I only got 3 anyway, but I know one was really expensive, which is fine by me!

That was an awful joke, but I'm glad that you got a nice present. On my twenty first my parents gave me an extra present that was for my eighteenth only they didn't realise they hadn't actually given it to me. Which was sad and nice at the same time. Have you gat anything planned for this weekend? I was thinking about spending a day at Beaulieu, I haven't been for years, so I'm looking quite forward to it. Although it might turn out that I'm going to do something else. I'll have to see.

Ummm, what's Beaulieu?

This weekend, I think I'll take it nice and easy. Planning to do some OU study and potter around in my jogging bottoms, although I'm going to the cinema with my sister tomorrow

It's the biggest motor car museum in England.
What are you going to see at the Cinema?

Ahhh, I see.

We didn't go in the end, she lives in Morningside but I'm still at my parents (though not for long!). I really, really want to go see Kill Bill though

I'm not really a fan of Tarantino as a person, and I think Resevoir Dogs was way over-rated but I do like his films and I'd quite like to see it too. I haven't seen Uma Thurman in anything for a while.

At last! Someone else who thinks Reservoir Dogs was over-rated! I thought I was the only one as I was hounded out of the bar...

But enough of the melodrama - it's about time we saw Uma Thurman in something new, yes. She's a terrific actress, but so vastly underrated

I also get scorn and abuse when I say that RD is over-rated. I'm going to see LXG on Thursday, but my hopes are not held high.

The graphic novel is excellent, but I with you on this one. I don't think even Shir Shhhhean can save this one, which is a real shame

So do you like graphic novels? On Corinne's recommendation I started reading the Sandman ones and I was totally blown away by Neil Gaiman's writing. I was expecting something along the lines of Good Omens, what a fool I am!

Yeah, it was quite bad, and not helped by this guy who seemed to have a version of Turette's(?). Not a good script and some plot oversights, I feel.
I've not managed to get into graphic novels, I've got a couple of Discworld ones and I've read some Star Wars although they are a bit more cartoony, but I'm not against them. I'd definately read them if I had time on my schedule and I'd buy them if they weren't so pricey. That sounds quite miserish of me but I'm a supporter of the charity shop book buying unless it's something really good and new, I find it's the only way of getting the old out of print books I like to read.

Absolutely - the charity shop is where I buy most of my books nowadays. There's an Oxfam Books shop in Stockbridge which I love to visit, and the Oxfam Music shop is just across the road too

However, you should have a look down the library - my local one is excellent and full of surprises. *They won't have that...oh my god, they've got the whole series!*

Now that's service!

Yeah and they're ex-loanal books are so cheap, although they are abused and have the front page removed.
I saw Kill Bill Vol1 on Sunday, much spurting blood. I was funnier than his other work I thought.
Back to the subject of him being over-rated, you know who I despise for being over-rated? Kevin Spacey. I can't stand that man.
I went to Beaulieu, it was great, they had a James Bond Exhibition that I got very excited about. I had a great day out.