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DRAW NUMBERS FOR FA CUP SEMI-FINALS:

1 Cardiff City
2 Portsmouth
3 West Brom
4 Barnsley

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Wilco Tango Foxtrot!

In other news the bathroom still isn't clean, both Mr and Mrs Tom are officially in love with Michael Cera, i found four Curly Wurlys behind my bed, band 0 played its official "last show evaaah", i discovered 'De Cecco' pasta.

budgie monitoring

1. Bands

a) News

i) 2 finished songs and ideas are coming thick and fast
ii) 1 upcoming gig, and lots of good intentions, but no songs as yet
iii) might be jeapordised by lack of a practice space
iv) have a video up on youtube
v) have a one-off gig and a slew of preporatory practices

These numerals may or may not correspond to the numbered bands from previous posts.

2. Weekend Activities

a) Friday

i) Chavved it up big style with Mrs Tom; that is to say we went to 'TK Maxx' to buy running shoes.
ii) Donned our jeans and new trainers and went to Wetherspoon's for 300 pints
iii) Not really
iv) Went to a swanky restaurant run by a MANIAC; they promised so so much but in the end only delivered chicken

b) Lincoln

i) Saturday
ii) That's wrong isn't it?
iii) Has a castle
iv) ...and a cathedral
v) ...and a steep hill called Steep Hill
vi) Had my second ever Ostrichburger; it was tastier than my first

c) Saturday eve

i) We tried unsuccessfully to get my housemate to come and see Juno with us
ii) Simon agreed to come and see Juno with us
iii) The three of us saw Juno

d) I recommend it if you liked Napolean Dynamite, Garden State, or any other film with an indie or antifolk soundtrack

4. I'm going to stop now

z) before this gets any more

mcmlxxxiii) out of hand

3. xx

you're both Ivan?

To my right, my housemate is taking his nightly shower; to my left, Vin Diesel is saving the world; directly in front of me is a growing number of really boring words.

I spent the weekend going through the bedroom in my parent's house - I'll post the funniest things here when they're scanned in.

I then came back to find the Breslau EP had arrived:



This is the work of no-fi nomad Heartbeeps and is a heartfelt ode to provinces, gulags, post-Communist Europe and the uncertainty of mid-20's life.

THEN, i discovered, quite by accident, that Foxface have released an album. Foxface is the current project of Michael and John from Peeps into Fairyland and if you enjoy(ed) Idlewild then you should definitely check out both bands.

Just to finish off, this (xXx) is one of the worst films I've ever seen; I think they'd have been better off going the whole hog and just making a real-life McBain movie.