The Week In Review...

CHRISNOIR

SEEN – ‘Control’, loved it (although I knew the ending…)
HEARD - Rediscovered Boards Of Canada, bliss...
READ – ‘Re-make / Re-model’, not a standard Roxy Music Biography; by God it’s dense…
BOUGHT – Nothing, I’ve been a right tight ars* this week…
HIGH POINT – In a fit of excitement many months ago I bought some tickets to see the Police before realizing no-one I know likes the bloody Police. This week Sting cancels and I get the cash back. Thank you Sting…
LOW POINT – Monday’s hangover was a blinder.
HOPES FOR THE WEEKEND – Allez les Blanc! And good luck to Mr Hamilton.

Happy riding people...

Clever Pun

SEEN 28 weeks later, good zombie flick
HEARD Om - Pilgrimage... awesome
READ just finished Animal Farm
BOUGHT bib shorts and tights, waterproof shoes and 2 new tyres
HIGH POINT A friend took me and the missus out for dinner on monday
LOW POINTso tired I could barely cylce on thursday night
HOPES FOR THE WEEKEND – Come on England!!! and the Reds turn over the bluenoses

shazzz

NOT SEEN – ‘Control’, but added it to my Amazon wish list....
HEARD - Lots of Joy Division (almost cried to 'Atmosphere' this morning) and the new Radiohead, which is growing on me but nothing new...
READING – ‘Mr Pip’, engaging at the mo…
BOUGHT – a new PC and some curtains - thank god that's over....
HIGH POINT – being told I'm on the short list for a job in Brisbane…
LOW POINT – Strage furry feeling on my tongue I've had all week.
HOPES FOR THE WEEKEND – Allez les Blanc! And good luck to Mr Hamilton.

Happy riding people...

ChrisLS

SEEN Fly Boys...I'm a sucker for a good war film
HEARED John Prine Live...first class
READ The Book of Dave by Will Self...mind blowing...the new Dickens
BOUGHT Altura Night Vision jacket...don't I look sexy
HIGH POINT looking forward... I'm on holiday next week
]LOW POINT very tired from work and bike(but happy)
HOPES FOR THE WEEKEND going paintballing tomorrow...ouch that hurts!

scwxx77

SEEN – Blades of Glory and The Number 23
HEARD - Thurston Moore 'Trees Outside the Academy'
READ – Darkly Dreaming Dexter
BOUGHT – Carb-BOOM! Energy Gel (Banana & Peach yuck!)
HIGH POINT – Long weekend and cycling 3 days in a row.
LOW POINT – Psycho next door.
HOPES FOR THE WEEKEND – Wind at my back

oakins242

Seen I saw a woman fall over on a escalator, it wasn't funny but I did laugh (a lot).
Heard Download - Eyes of Stanley Pain, hadn't listened in a while, quality.
Read Just started 'Two Caravans' enjoyable so far.
Bought A Wispa, welcome return. They're good but it's just chocolate.
High Point It's Friday
Low Point It was Monday
Hopes Liverpool batter the Toffees

popette

SEEN - Ratatouille with the kids
HEARD - Zero 7
READ - Long Distance Cycling
Bought - it was last week really but I bought a new front light, winter tyres & some hi-vis stuff. This week I bought two long sleeve tops & a handbag.
High Point - being invited to a three day hen-do in Barcelona. I won't be able to go but it's nice to dream about it.
Low point - hunting for a lost poo. I know my 2 year old did one but it wasn't in his nappy and it's never been seen since. I just hope he didn't eat it. Oh and feeling a bit run down so resting a bit.
Hopes for the weekend: England win. Hamilton wins. Kids stay in bed until 8am (ridiculous to even suggest) and me and the husband have some nice food/wine and a long lie in

this is a good thread

shockedsoshocked

Seen: Erm, nothing.
Heard: Finally listened to Go2 by XTC properly, and found Battery Brides is incredible, aswell as listening to a massive amount of The Jam.
Read: Nearly all of The Death Of Marco Pantani on a train journey to Manchester
Bought: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, I Am Legend, Roadside Picnic, and On The Beach. Don't know why, but I had a sudden urge to read lots of Dystopian Sci-Fi :shock:
High Point: Going to a mates 21st in Manchester and having a great time
Low Point: Waking up after my mates 21st, and feeling the effects of a great time
Hopes: Boro winning.

SteveR_100Milers

Seen: An Elephant fly (Disney classic)
Heard: a hoarse fly (Cliff Williams old band)
Read: Lord of the flies (ok half the 1st chapter anyway)
Bought: The farm
High point: realising could afford said farm
Low Point: Son playing McFly
Hopes: Another pun based on fly for sundays club run aka hope I dont get dropped on the climbs again :roll:

Lbaguley

Seen: New series of Spooks (getting more ridiculous, but still great)
Heard: new Radiohead (think it still needs a few more listens)
Read: the Metro on Friday :oops:
Bought: pizza and wine on Friday
High Point: first date on Saturday that went soo well I missed the rugby
Low Point: Work in general
Hopes: I get that job I applied for on Friday

jimmythecuckoo

SEEN – Nothing been too busy
HEARD - Rumble Strips, my girlfriend keeps playing it
READ – "Mr Commitment"
BOUGHT – new shorts from probikekit.com
HIGH POINT – Getting a day off work and going to North Yorks
LOW POINT – Cueto not cutting his toe nailes.
REVIEW OF THE WEEKEND – So near and yet so far

CHRISNOIR

SEEN – 70s progsters Rush - took my old man to his first gig in years. He loved it and I must admit I found myself tapping a foot now and again...
HEARD – Two female students on Oxford Road; “She says she’s not really a lesbian – she just loves sleeping with women…”
READ – The Radio Times has been as challenging as reading matter got this week.
BOUGHT – 'Richard Pryor Live In Concert' DVD. Cried laughing. Genius.
HIGH POINT – Winning a tenner in a quiz machine down the pub on Monday
LOW POINT – Losing twenty-five quid in a quiz machine down the pub on all other days.
HOPES FOR THE WEEKEND – Decent weather, I need to work off those lunchtime pints… And the lunchtime Greggs pasties… And those afternoon Boost bars…

Happy riding people...

popette

SEEN - animals at chester zoo. Loved the giraffes.
HEARD - Now Dance 2008 - makes me want to go out dancing in Manchester
READ - Cycling weekly winter training guide.
BOUGHT - Chanel eyeliner
HIGH POINT - deciding to enter etape 2008
LOW POINT - realising husband has spent best part of £1000 in the pub and on beer. (serious, serious low point)
HOPES FOR THE WEEKEND - yeh, decent weather. I need to escape this mad house on me bike. Feel like just cycling and cycling and not coming back at the moment :roll:

Clever Pun

listening to: Karma to Burn Mountain Mama's... awesome
reading: Absolute Watchmen
weekend: nice weather for a wedding tomorrow, the reception is in a field outside; so many people are going to be very cold

shazzz

SEEN – not very much of the missus; too much time at work
HEARD – constant excuses from colleagues for why they haven't done their jobs :evil:
READ – very funny email about getting old. I can't seem to remember where I put it, though. :P
BOUGHT – Dinner at M&S at the train station most nights this week, as I get another late train home :?
HIGH POINT – birth of my pal's first child
LOW POINT – see points 1, 2, 4above
HOPES FOR THE WEEKEND – plenty of sleep, lots of fresh air

Happy riding people...

il_principe

SEEN – The Departed.
HEARD - 2 blokes in St James park, one syas to the other "but Jesus hates the gays..." :roll:
READ – Black Man by Richard Morgan.
BOUGHT – A new Castelli winter jersey.
HIGH POINT – Getting sized for a Pinarello Prince
LOW POINT – Waiting for the Prince to be built
HOPES FOR THE WEEKEND – Picking up the Prince on Sat, so PLEASE DON'T RAIN :shock:

carlstone

SEEN – The Hitcher new version
HEARD – Howard Jones
READ – Cycling Plus
BOUGHT – Sink and paint (see below)
HIGH POINT – Got out twice on bike on Tuesday
LOW POINT – Keep having dark premonitions about the weekend
HOPES FOR THE WEEKEND – That I can install kitchen sink and decorate kitchen without removing fingers / killing cat / rowing with missus. :?

SteveR_100Milers

popette wrote:

SEEN - animals at chester zoo. Loved the giraffes.
HEARD - Now Dance 2008 - makes me want to go out dancing in Manchester
READ - Cycling weekly winter training guide.
BOUGHT - Chanel eyeliner
HIGH POINT - deciding to enter etape 2008
LOW POINT - realising husband has spent best part of £1000 in the pub and on beer. (serious, serious low point)
HOPES FOR THE WEEKEND - yeh, decent weather. I need to escape this mad house on me bike. Feel like just cycling and cycling and not coming back at the moment :roll:

Impressive! Over what period was this?

popette

one month. It's not impressive steve.

Clever Pun

popette wrote:

one month. It's not impressive steve.

nice work... that's over £30 a night how do you actually manage that??

pneumatic

SEEN – (from row 4 of the stand with young son at my side) Arsenal win 7-0 - priceless.
HEARD – (24 hours a day) police sirens - isn't London "vibrant"!
READ – (on the train to and from Kings X) The Testament of Gideon Mack - fabulous Scottish novel
BOUGHT – (in Carnaby Street) pair of shoes, look cool, gave me blisters on the heels
HIGH POINT – cask strength Japanese whisky, surprisingly good
LOW POINT – realising how much our half-term in London had cost
HOPES FOR THE WEEKEND – get the new bar tape on the winter bike and go for a ride, Liverpool to lose heavily on Sunday.

SteveR_100Milers

popette wrote:

one month. It's not impressive steve.

That is going some, impressive from a blokey Loaded perspective, but I can understand the domestic strife that it might cause. I get into trouble if I spend more than £30 a every other week on pub fayre!

popette

Clever Pun wrote:

popette wrote:

one month. It's not impressive steve.

nice work... that's over £30 a night how do you actually manage that??

that was my question too. it's not just booze, there were a few big nights out involving meals etc and he does buy our weekly takeaway with it. Even so, it's a lot....

shazzz

SEEN – a bloke walking along the street watching a DVD on a portable player. :roll:
HEARD – a load of old ballax from a strange lady who thought I was up for a chat whilst having a puff outside the train station
READ – resurrected Mr Pip after it was forgotten about for a week or so.
BOUGHT – spent £100 on Amazon plugging some gaps in the CD cabinet - PJ Harvey, Lennon, Waits, Arcade Fire and others
HIGH POINT – it's Friday!
LOW POINT – didn't get the job in Brissie
HOPES FOR THE WEEKEND – get the new PC set up, relax, walk dog, relax.

Have a good 'un.

CHRISNOIR

SEEN - Bill Hicks 'Sane Man' DVD. Laughed until I cried.
HEARD - Nico 'The Marble Index'. The perfect sountrack when you feel you're going insane...
READ - 'The Beckoning Silence'. Joe Simpson's thoughts on mountaineering,death and the human spirit. Very uplifting.
BOUGHT - A new camera. Time to drag my backside into the digital age!
HIGH POINT - An easy week at work.
LOW POINT - Definitely got a receding hairline...
HOPES FOR THE WEEKEND - A good firework display at Lancaster Castle!

Happy riding...

pneumatic

SEEN – (from the saddle) a dead Badger looking very peaceful by the roadside.
HEARD – (whilst fettling madly in the garage) Liverpool scraping a lucky draw.
READ – (lent to me by a friend; it costs 9 quid!!) Rouleur, the upmarket Rapha cycling magazine - how the other half live, eh?
BOUGHT – (for the wife, honest) a winter-blues defying light box, as featured in Cplus
HIGH POINT – landing a contract (an hour ago)
LOW POINT – thinking the order book was looking a bit thin (two hours ago)
HOPES FOR THE WEEKEND – Man United to lose heavily.

popette

SEEN - Man city beating Sunderland
HEARD - my two year old saying "bloody nora"
READ - various blogs about completing the etape. Starting to sh!t myself now. I'm imagining the broom wagon to be like a huge combine harvester gobbling up slow cyclists.
BOUGHT - Gore Bikewear Phantom windproof jacket - love it. A dark red lipstick for christmas nights out as a thirties style glamour puss.
HIGH POINT - finally putting curtains up in my lounge, a year after decorating.
LOW POINT - going to pick up my bike after a repair only to find they hadn't even ordered the part, never mind started the repair
HOPES FOR THE WEEKEND - fun behind closed curtains!!

CHRISNOIR

SEEN - All new Mighty Boosh, still smiling.
HEARD - Remastered Joy Division albums.
READ - Nothing at all.
BOUGHT - 'Flight of the Conchords' DVD
HIGH POINT - Go to http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/article.html?in_article_id=75732&in_page_id=7. Look carefully at the picture of Lily Cole. Congratulations! You are now playing 'Pants or Flap', the fun new quiz game that's sweeping the offices of Britain.
LOW POINT - Boredom in the workplace (when not playing 'Pants or Flap'...)
HOPES FOR THE WEEKEND - Not to catch the cold that everyone else seems to be sneezing into my face.

popette

SEEN - Eastenders and little else
HEARD - Michel Thomas learn French course
READ - Cycling Weekly Etape Preview. What a disappointment that was.
BOUGHT - mudguards for what is now my winter bike. I love them.
HIGH POINT - my cousin had a baby after a long, long time of trying and a lifetime of bad luck.
LOW POINT - having a little shivering, streaming-eyed baby in the house. Poor wee soul, she's absolutely full of cold.
HOPES FOR THE WEEKEND - Israel win. Scotland win. 70 miles on the bike.

davelakers

SEEN; Endless re-runs of Top Gear on Dave
HEARD; My 11 week old daughter screaming her lungs out. And The Killers version of Romeo & Juliet (orig; Dire Straits) And loving it!!!
READ; Not much. Flicked through C+ and Cycling weekly
BOUGHT: Carpet, dining table & chairs, Mirror, Display cabinet
HIGH POINT: Being able to hear my 11 week old daughter screaming her little lungs out
LOW POINT: Knackering my back lifting my disabled father, therefore denying me work and riding my bike!!
HOPES FOR THE WEEKEND: My back becomes unknackered and I can go out for plenty of dry miles on Sunday morning!!

Matchstick Man

SEEN - Season finale of Scrubs on E4 (cr4p btw).
HEARD - Lily Allen's album - better than I thought it'd be.
READ - drivel on forums like these (passes the time of day).
BOUGHT - far too much cappucino
HIGH POINT - getting out on my bike, in the dark, in the cold for a ride
LOW POINT - only doing the above once
HOPES FOR THE WEEKEND - watch the National 'Cross Trophy at Mallory, spend time with Mrs Matchstick and the little splinter