eeek - venue problems!

Am trying to organise a birthday piss-up for ME on Sat 21st but all my favourite venues are booked :( (I know - should have done it earlier). Have tried the Angelic, Babushka, Chapel bar and the Royal George.... does anyone know of any other good venues in the Angel/Kings X area? I'm just looking for a pub with a function room type thing or something similar...Thanx!

party venue?

Can anyone help?I'm considering having a bit of a party for my birthday at the end of Feb and I'm looking for a cool venue that won't break the bank. Just called 'The Clink' (medieval prison museum on south bank) for a quote and it was £3k!!!! That, by the way, is over my budget!I know some of you are very good at party stuff, some memorable events by Beric and others spring to mind! So any venue suggestions would be much appreciated :-)

much fun >-)

The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Second Level of Hell!Here is how you matched up against all the levels:LevelScorePurgatory (Repenting Believers)Very LowLevel 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)Very LowLevel 2 (Lustful)ExtremeLevel 3 (Gluttonous)HighLevel 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)Very HighLevel 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)ModerateLevel 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)Very HighLevel 7 (Violent)Very HighLevel 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)Very HighLevel 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous)ModerateTake the Dante's Inferno Hell Test

Super duper techy teeth!

Wow - just had a revolutionary visit to my dentist!Last week he announced I seemed to have gained not 1 but 3(!!) holes in my teeth since last year (must cut down on fizzy cola bottles!). But instead of getting the hideous, whiny drill out he merely got me back this week to zap my teeth with ozone and give me a weird toothpaste which will 'heal' the small cavities!!It was amazing! No pain, no injections, no Sarah stuck to the ceiling.... Apparently it is the shape of things to come and it wasn't even as expensive as white fillings. Woo Hoo!

Book of the bloody decade!

Well I'm still reeling from my garage quote but having a burning desire to inform everyone I possibly can to read this book!No Logo by Naomi Klein http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0006530400/qid=1073674401/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_10_1/202-0302838-0555040Amazing, thought provoking, riveting, intelligent..... I could go on. Without going into too much detail it's about globalisation, consumer culture, branding, bling etc etc. If you ever needed help forming a lucid argument about why paying £150 for a pair of Nike trainers is fucking criminal (apart from just knowing this by gut instinct), a decent intellectual criticism of 'bling', another reason to hate conspicuous consumption, logo wearing fashion nazi's or just the facts and figures behind all that stuff this is the book for you!Have just finished it and I am shocked, enraged, inspired, appalled, excited and just down right blown away....Show me the activists - I am there! Hmmmm.... must calm down.Anyway - think I noticed it in Fopp Records by Piccadilly Circus (opp Les Mis') for about £3 if you're interested...

anyone out there?????

It's Saturday night and everyone seems to be either too skint, hungover or have gone away and I can't find anyone to play with! Boo Hoo :((Or maybe you're just saying that but I will not indulge in paranoia!)If anyone feels like a few beers, possibly in the Angel area then give me a shout... Am not quite up to Slimes but a couple of pints would go down v nicely :)

1st day back

Urgh - haven't felt this revoltingly toxic for ages. I wonder if Xmas can kill you?Well it's my first day back at work and absolutely no-one else is here! Totally deserted, eerily quiet office but at least my boss isn't here either - woo hoo! Much potential for general LJ, internet time wasting stuff.Happy NY to anyone I didn't see in the last couple of days and deepest apologies to those of you I did see on NYE and who I probably fell on, grinned inainly at, spilt drink on, talked at for hours and was generally far too wankered in the presence of. Was much fun... Oh and a big raspberry to the person who got in a strop with me cause I couldn't remember their name or that I'd met them before... - I still can't remember and I don't care. Alcohol has a very bad effect on my memory and meeting new people at clubs carries this inherent information retention problem - so there!Roll on the next party! (shudder)

... and the time slips by

Oh look - here I am at home time but not allowed to leave again. Detention for me obviously! Maybe I did something really naughty in a past life....To those who are kindly feeding me dinner tonight I am trying my utmost to get the fuck out of this place but am at the will of managers who obviously don't have a life of their own. I will be with you with alcohol as soon as I am released!On a happier note - who's going to the Aphex Twin xmas party at Slimes on Friday???? ME!!!! :-)

hate this place!

Dammit - I have to work late tonight and I'm so sick of this bloody place! It must be the most boring, uncreative environment I've ever worked in and I've been here 3.5 years.... I can't take it anymore!The sub-editor has suddenly become a Nazi bitch and has insisted I stay till an indefinate time (probably bloody midnight) to send off a stupid food supplement I couldn't give a toss about. I need a new job!

hee hee

George Bush met The Queen, and he turns round and says: "As I'm the President, I'm thinking of changing how my country is referred to, and I'm thinking that it should be a Kingdom"The Queen replies "I'm sorry Mr Bush, but to be a Kingdom, you have to have a King in charge - and you're not a King."George Bush thought a while and then said: "How about a Principality then?",To which the Queen replied "Again, to be a Principality you have to be a Prince - and you're not a Prince ".Bush thought long and hard and came up with "How about an Empire then?"The Queen, getting a little annoyed by now, replies " Look Bush, to be an Empire you must have an Emperor in charge - and you are not an Emperor."Before George Bush could utter another word, The Queen said: "I think you're doing quite nicely as a Country".

Anti Bush - Thursday!

As I'm sure you are well aware there is an Anti-War demo this Thursday while good ole' Bush is taking over Central London with his state visit.I'll be making my way to join it after work and quite a few people I know are joining at the start (Malet St, 2pm). We've figured a good meet up point for those who can't escape work would be the steps of:* St Martin's In The Fields (Southern end), or if this is impossible due to crowds, * Charing Cross spire thing outside Charing Cross station on the Strand.HOPEFULLY BETWEEN 5 AND 5.30PM! As it should be in Trafalgar Sq by then.Any extra info you can find here:http://www.stopwar.org.uk/Hope to see you there! And don't forget "Aren't you lucky to be in a country that encourages people to speak their mind" said in a good Texan drawl , Bush, 17th Nov.

Aaaargh - bloody spam!

OK. I've really had it with my internet email provider (beeb.net). Everyday I am deluged with tons of spam (at least 30 emails a day). Beeb.net make no attempt to provide any useful filters and frankly are not in the slightest bit interested in doing so. I have whinged on email many times....And now - my emails are getting bounced from many of my friends because beeb.net has been black-listed for spam abuse and blocked by other providers who do try and filter the tide of bollox!!! Aaargh! I'm so frustrated. It's even been blocked by my Dad's work email server at Cardiff Uni and when he investigated this it turns out beeb.net has been blocked by all academic servers in the country (via the Janet server for anyone interested). I HAVE HAD ENOUGH!So anyone know a decent email provider? Kieran - didn't you run one at one time??? It has to support Mac and Broadband and let me have a cool email address!Thankyou!