July 2005
life sized pedestrian crossing sign
i like to get my perspective all wonky, but i tried to show you just how large this pedestrian crossing sign is. it’s quite high up and contains a life sized person !
it’s on little britain so it’s no wonder it’s a bit strange
draughts
esther played draughts for the first time this evening. we had to look up the instructions on the interweb as i couldn’t remember how to play either.
esther actually turned out to be a pretty strategic player and i think i’m going to have to make the most of winning the next few games as she’ll soon outwit me.
fighting terrorism
the emergency services and the (wo)man in the street were the real heroes of the recent tragedies in london, but we shouldn’t forget the humble bollard. these chaps have appeared all over the place keeping the rest of us from places we should go.
for most people visiting or working in london the only thing they’d see now would be a few closed tube lines/stations. even the crime scene road blocks are gradually being lifted.
which might make walking from east to west across town a lot easier. i managed to get very last lost monday morning walking from paddington to brick lane when i had to detour round these road closures
andy’s 40th birthday
here is andy. he’s 40 on friday which makes him quite old.
here is providing us with forty winks.
his party featured twin record players (probably not fair to call them ‘decks’, though we did sit on deck chairs). various people dj’d which involved putting records on the record deck.
at one point White Lines (grandmaster flash) was playing at the same time as Jive Talkin’ (BeeGees)because someone left both faders up and walked away, and surprisingly it worked nicely.
later andy decided to play us some old cine film from when he was a wee baby.
it took a bit of time to set up
but soon we were running
and projecting on to the house wall
and then even andy could sit down in the dark and enjoy the rythmic clicking of the projector whilst watching his life flash before his eyes
cousin sarah minds the giraffe
perspective is a funny old thing