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Travis Gig
Posted Mar 8, 2004
First gig of the year yesterday night, Travis, supported by Keane at the Manchester Apollo. As always, I took Kat. This time as a (late)Christmas present.
Keane were great, they look like the next big thing, even though the lead singer is a bit porky, and dances like he's on a stairmaster (as I pointed out to Kat). It's unusual for me to like them, seeing as they have no guitars involved anywhere, but I advise anyone to buy/download the debut single "Somewhere only we know"
Travis were as good as the last time I saw them, with Fran being animated to the point of looking like he had St Vitus' dance, Dougie dancing to a chorus of laughs, wolfwhistles and a miniature glockenspiel, and Andy swapping guitars every song, playing one behind his head on top of a speaker, and diving into the crowd. Neil Primrose (the drummer) was predictably subdued, with ony a bit of a dig at Fran and a V-sign to the crowd. Kat seemed to enjoy herself too, which isn't bad.
My Highlights of the Night:
Lead Singer of Keane's stairmaster dancing.
Fran's 'downloading music is good,' 'this is for anyone who wants a shag,' and 'I love you all' rants.
'Writing to Reach You'
The following exchange on the bus with Kat when I was clinging to her to hide from horny drunken housewives;
Me 'Did I ever tell you I loved you?'
Kat: 'Not often enough.'
Me: 'Typical woman's answer'
Kat: 'Typical man. Only telling me when you want something.'
Anyway, party on peoples.
Andy 
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Strange....
Posted Mar 4, 2004
I just had one of the wierdest conversations ever with Kat, sat in the canteen at college.
Kat: What'd you do if you won the lottery?
Andy (me): Buy a farm in Yorkshire away from my mother and farm sheep.
Kat: Why sheep?
Andy: Profitable, wool, meat and whatnot.
K: I'd make a good farmer's wife, making jam and soup.
A: Errr, whatever.
K: Can I have a pig?
A: What?
K: A pet pot-bellied pig.
A: Sure.
K: And ducks.
A: I don't like ducks.
K: For Sam's kids to play with.
A: I don't want Sam on my farm!
K: I'm having a pig though.
A: Fine, have a pig.
K: To keep me company, when you neglect me for your sheep.
A: Wha?
K: And I'm having an affair?
A: Wha???
K: We're getting divorced. And I'm taking my pig.
A: Fine! Take your bloody pig and get out!
Nadine: None of this exists you know?
A&K: WE KNOW!!!
So, apparently my estranged wife to be will leave me because I neglect her for my flock of sheep? Not transcribed here are the argument on the way home about my preference of an old English sheepdog over a collie, and Sam's whine about not being invited for Christmas. And the argument about the LUFC coloured tinsel.
Keep on trukkin'
Andy
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Happy Birthday Joe!
Posted Feb 28, 2004
Well, little Jiggins (papaclip) is now 18 years old! Huzzah!
Tonight, we'll be painting the town red (or preferably White, Blue and Gold, but more likely vomit coloured) on a trip starting in our traditional drinking hole The Eccles Cross Wetherspoons, and then off to out club of choice, 5th Avenue
(soon to be made famous by my Alternative Night Out in Manchester entry currently with a Sub-ed).
It's pretty much a miracle I'm out tonight, with me ending up in casualty on Saturday night with strained ankle ligaments, and bed-bound on Thursday with some sort of illness. But I said to myself, I said "Andy, if you're feeling more than 80%, you've gotta go, for Jiggins!"
Currently I'm at 79% after only sleeping 5 hours last night, and twisting my ankle again in the shower, but the prospect of beer and the Happy Mondays will give me the extra percent I need to satisfy my brain. If not, sod it! I'll just put up with the inner monologue lecture on the train to Leeds tomorrow for the Liverpool 
match tomorrow. Although the in-taxi lecture from Kat at 3am might not be as easy to ignore...
Keep on trukkin'
Psyc
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Funny pictures...
Posted Feb 7, 2004
http://groups.msn.com/EcclesCollegePeople2002-04/shoebox.msnw
If you've ever wondered what I, or Joe (papacip) or indeed any of the people regularly mentioned in my Journal look like, you can probably see them here!
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Check the badge!
Posted Feb 2, 2004
Yeah, I'm an official h2g2 sub-editor! Booyow! Hoo-yeah! Other such exclamations of excitement!
Erm, well, that's pretty much exhausted what I had to say!
So... Bush and Blair getting a Nobel Peace Prize for starting a war, what's that all about? Can we give one to Hitler post-humously??
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