Its been raining heavily hear for 7 days straight now. This means we've been a bit quiter at work, which has given me the chance to view our extensive dvd collection. We have Anchorman, Dodgeball, Blades of Glory, Talladega Nights and Clerks. Needless to say I'm pretty much an expert on these films now, just joking. But seriously, I am.
Went down to Devon last weekend to visit all dad's cousins. Had a great time, ate some homegrown beef and lamb, played some skittles and had some delightful british ale.
A guy came in yesterday that looked like Bellick from Prisonbreak. Pretty sure it wasn't him though.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Friday, May 23, 2008
Oxford
Went into the college today where they filmed a bit of Harry Potter, was pretty interesting. Saw the great hall and some grounds. This lady told me that the roof looks like its arched but its really flat. I was having a chat with a man in a bowler hat and he told me one of the most important sayings I have ever heard. He said to me "would an idiot do that". Now whenever i'm about to do something, i will think to myself would an idiot do that, and if they would, i will not do that thing. But thats besides the point. Had my first curry today, it was terrible, and they charged 3.95 for a pint of Kingfisher.
Been going out a fair bit in Oxford. The nightlife system is quite interesting. All the pubs stop serving at eleven and you are booted out once your drink is finished. Then everyone moves onto the clubs which are only open til 2:30, so then you make your own fun by getting a kebab of some pakistanis and hanging around in the street. When your inside a club and you need to go to the toilet there are always two men waiting buy the basin offering you aftershave, so you can "freshen up for the punani",they then inform you "no spray no lay", and "no water no daughter". (if you want more sayings bookface me me) It really opened my eyes on the ways to woo women.
The people I am working with are very nice and all have interesting stories. The South Africans are working England because they cannot get jobs back home. They are all educated and all very hard workers, but the fact that they are white means no one will employ them.
One Enlglish boy who is working also teaches ballet and theatre. He is starring in the broadway version of 'Allo 'Allo and wills soon be touring all around the UK.
One Australian who I am living with is 25, has been married, had a child and then truned into an alcholic and lost everything. He has come to England to turn his life around. The other night he got pissed and tried to strangle a cabbie.
Orlando Bloom came in the other day, he is learning to ride a motorbike. I bet his next film has something to do with riding a motorbike.
Been going out a fair bit in Oxford. The nightlife system is quite interesting. All the pubs stop serving at eleven and you are booted out once your drink is finished. Then everyone moves onto the clubs which are only open til 2:30, so then you make your own fun by getting a kebab of some pakistanis and hanging around in the street. When your inside a club and you need to go to the toilet there are always two men waiting buy the basin offering you aftershave, so you can "freshen up for the punani",they then inform you "no spray no lay", and "no water no daughter". (if you want more sayings bookface me me) It really opened my eyes on the ways to woo women.
The people I am working with are very nice and all have interesting stories. The South Africans are working England because they cannot get jobs back home. They are all educated and all very hard workers, but the fact that they are white means no one will employ them.
One Enlglish boy who is working also teaches ballet and theatre. He is starring in the broadway version of 'Allo 'Allo and wills soon be touring all around the UK.
One Australian who I am living with is 25, has been married, had a child and then truned into an alcholic and lost everything. He has come to England to turn his life around. The other night he got pissed and tried to strangle a cabbie.
Orlando Bloom came in the other day, he is learning to ride a motorbike. I bet his next film has something to do with riding a motorbike.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Hobbits, Lions & Cheshire Cats
Apparently the Trout Inn is really famous. And I'm not just talking about it being the watering hole of Inspector Morse. It is actually responsible for some of modern literatures greatest stories.
Tolkien, C.S Lewis and Lewis Carrol all spent many a day lounging by the Thames, drawing inspiration from the Inn and it's surroundings.
After listening to a few locals, it turns out hobbits, orcs and gandalf aren't actually from New Zealand. Amd hobbiton isn't 25 miles west of Auckland. They were all thought up by this bloke called tolkien.
Across the bridge is a private island and garden, maintained by this 80 year old curator. No public are allowed to visit but staff are, either in the morning before customers come, or after work when you've had a few and the fence gate doesn't look that high to jump.
On this island is a life size lion made out of wood, and it is from this island that Clive Staples Lewis drew his inpsiration for his Narnia chronicles. I'm still looking for the Witch and the Wardrobe.
However there is this ghost called the White Lady which is said to haunt parts of the restuarant and the waterways of Oxfordshire. It is the ghost of Rosamund Clifford, the mistress of King Henry II. She is said to have been poisoned by Henry's wife at the time through jealously. And now she just floats around scaring people.
Beyond the nunnery is fields that the Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson used take a young girl called Alice to play. From this fields the Reverend created a Wonderland and penned a novel under the name Lewis Carroll. I saw a cat the other day but it wasn't big and purple.
Jeremy Clarkson came in the other day.
Tolkien, C.S Lewis and Lewis Carrol all spent many a day lounging by the Thames, drawing inspiration from the Inn and it's surroundings.
After listening to a few locals, it turns out hobbits, orcs and gandalf aren't actually from New Zealand. Amd hobbiton isn't 25 miles west of Auckland. They were all thought up by this bloke called tolkien.
Across the bridge is a private island and garden, maintained by this 80 year old curator. No public are allowed to visit but staff are, either in the morning before customers come, or after work when you've had a few and the fence gate doesn't look that high to jump.
On this island is a life size lion made out of wood, and it is from this island that Clive Staples Lewis drew his inpsiration for his Narnia chronicles. I'm still looking for the Witch and the Wardrobe.
However there is this ghost called the White Lady which is said to haunt parts of the restuarant and the waterways of Oxfordshire. It is the ghost of Rosamund Clifford, the mistress of King Henry II. She is said to have been poisoned by Henry's wife at the time through jealously. And now she just floats around scaring people.
Beyond the nunnery is fields that the Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson used take a young girl called Alice to play. From this fields the Reverend created a Wonderland and penned a novel under the name Lewis Carroll. I saw a cat the other day but it wasn't big and purple.
Jeremy Clarkson came in the other day.
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