Bargain!
I just got a bargain on some shelves to store my much loved books. Very happy indeed! what's made you happy or unhappy today?

Oh, and of course, does any one want a frothy coffee?
( lafleur likes cheese, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:28, archived)

11p

( The Fouricci Sequence Be nice, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:28, archived)

Threadjack!
Mac cinema screens - the 23" versions. How much should one pay for one of those, used, do you think?
( spangolin - till there was rock you only had god, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:32, archived)

2 vaginas

(mookay pick em up picklehead, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:33, archived)

I recently finished reading American Psycho.
It disturbed me very much. Had to stop reading at one point.
( Jobe http://www.flickr.com/photos/joefreeman, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:35, archived)

Yup
The nipples/nail trimmer incident messed me up.
(mookay pick em up picklehead, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:36, archived)

Is that the book in which someone fucks a decapitated skull?

( Todd the Groincrusher Eyes pop, skin explodes, everybody dead, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:38, archived)

He does it a lot.
The whole thing is pretty fucked up.
( Jobe http://www.flickr.com/photos/joefreeman, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:39, archived)

that
more than the rat/drainpipe/acid bit?
(loutre I've said too much, been too unkind, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:39, archived)

I think that's where I had to put the book down for a while.

( Jobe http://www.flickr.com/photos/joefreeman, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:40, archived)

no, not in terms of brutality
but it just got me, in the same way that stubbing your toe is the most painful thing in the world.

If you see what i mean. What?

*dies*
(mookay pick em up picklehead, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:40, archived)

This sounds dreadful
why? why? why?
( Fluzzy tonne of onvils, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:41, archived)

because
.. and this is the official review here - Easton Ellis is one sick motherfucker.

it also should have been rat/draipipe/acid/hooker's vagina if you really want to know just how wrong it is..
(loutre I've said too much, been too unkind, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:44, archived)

The hungry rat
and the 80s music references
(jmaxi all /talk and no action on, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:40, archived)

I couldn't read the whole Phil Collins/Genesis chapter.

(mookay pick em up picklehead, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:41, archived)

Less Than Zero is quite nasty too

( spangolin - till there was rock you only had god, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:36, archived)

I read Glamorama, that was good - it did have it's gruesome parts.

( Jobe http://www.flickr.com/photos/joefreeman, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:38, archived)

American Psycho is somehow much worse though
I don't know why. I remember thinking less than zero was a good book - worrying, but good. But AP is just every fucking country of the wrongworld.
(loutre I've said too much, been too unkind, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:38, archived)

oh really?
I do love a nasty book, I might pick it up.
( spangolin - till there was rock you only had god, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:39, archived)

may I suggest
only reading alternate pages? every other page is his description of his and others clothes, glasses, mannerisms etc. It's meant to convey a kind of blase normality as a counter to the ultra-violence, and emphasise just how meaningless other's life and pain is to him ... but it just gets fucking irritating ;)
(loutre I've said too much, been too unkind, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:42, archived)

Some of those bits are my favourite moments in it.
The contrast is what makes it more effective, in my opinion.
( FoldsFive is just havin a week somwer with his dad or sumink, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:43, archived)

see below
I'm really just taking the piss. It's a fucking wrong book in so many ways though.
(loutre I've said too much, been too unkind, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:46, archived)

I very much agree.

( Jobe http://www.flickr.com/photos/joefreeman, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:47, archived)

But that's the point.
You get him writing pages and pages of superfluous adjectives about meaningless things, and then half a page of crudely written torture and sexual violence.

You can't have one without the other, otherwise it's just porn for mentalists.
(mookay pick em up picklehead, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:43, archived)

I know
I wasn't really being serious. But fuck, I wished he'd shut up about oliver peoples fucking glasses for a bit.

anyway, arguably it is just porn for mentalists.
(loutre I've said too much, been too unkind, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:45, archived)

i actually started to feel guilty for looking forward to the sick bits

(mookay pick em up picklehead, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:47, archived)

haha
just finished Rant, the latest Chuck Palahniuk one - could have done with that advice towards the end. He does have a habit of repeating things a few too many times.
( spangolin - till there was rock you only had god, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:44, archived)

I found it irritating at first, but then it amused me, and was a nice break
from reading about eating intestines and burning eyes with lighters...
( Jobe http://www.flickr.com/photos/joefreeman, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:44, archived)

oh i forgot about the eyeballs exploding

(mookay pick em up picklehead, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:45, archived)

I've read a lot of bad things.
This is the baddest.
(mookay pick em up picklehead, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:42, archived)

I think American Psycho is
worse because you get quite involved with one person and the workings of his mind. Although I've not read Less than zero, I think this is why the violence in AP is worse than the violence in Glamorama.

/book club
( Jobe http://www.flickr.com/photos/joefreeman, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:42, archived)

I thought the film was weirder. I don't know.

( TonyUNDERSCORE from the Internet Michael Phelps Returns To His Tank At Sea World, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:38, archived)

I didn't think much of the film.
The book was great.
( Neptune In France, everyone is Swedish., Thu 15 May 2008, 14:46, archived)

I haven't bothered with the film
9/10 ths of the book is totally unfilmable, at least legally. why did they bother?
(loutre I've said too much, been too unkind, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:47, archived)

You are wise to not bother with the film.

( Neptune In France, everyone is Swedish., Thu 15 May 2008, 14:48, archived)

The rat/fanny bit :s

( Blue Star Jaffa Pants, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:39, archived)

An excellent book, albeit hard work.

( FoldsFive is just havin a week somwer with his dad or sumink, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:41, archived)

No more than £150.
Although, I have absolutely no idea how much they cost in real life. But this seems a good figure.

/not helpful
( Jobe http://www.flickr.com/photos/joefreeman, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:34, archived)

thanks

( spangolin - till there was rock you only had god, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:34, archived)

My new 24" 1080P monitor cost £320
So no more than that.

Why do you desire a Mac cinema screen over a generic brand like HP?

/edit: eBay completed auctions states between £270 and £350
( cr3 is purring, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:34, archived)

This.
Mac stuff is so overpriced.
( The Gentleman Bastard and his eleven patented herbs and spices. ©, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:35, archived)

thankies
I'm selling, not buying. :)
( spangolin - till there was rock you only had god, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:35, archived)

Oooh
Well my advice would be to sign in to eBay and do a completed listing search. Some well-written ones have gone for £400, so be sure to make it look good! :)
( cr3 is purring, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:36, archived)

I've looked
there's only one for sale, for about £350. We weren't expecting that much, to be honest :)
( spangolin - till there was rock you only had god, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:38, archived)

Be sure to make a fuss of the fact it has no dead/stuck pixels
If i'm looking to buy a monitor, that's what I worry the most over. But hooray, money!
( cr3 is purring, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:39, archived)

not my money, unfortch.
:)
( spangolin - till there was rock you only had god, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:43, archived)

the perceived benefit of a white plastic veneer and a grey logo is the reason I don't like Apple

( hubare wants to organise a bitterbash :(, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:36, archived)

Yeah, but other products don't radiate love as you use them
The iPhone for example cures all diseases in the user, while they call.
( cr3 is purring, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:37, archived)

Is that the one that goes with the Amiga?
www.myoldcomputers.com/museum/perif/1080mon.htm
(jmaxi all /talk and no action on, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:49, archived)

Mac! Kill it with fire! Argh!

( Todd the Groincrusher Eyes pop, skin explodes, everybody dead, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:36, archived)

Chill...

( TY&GN D'you know where I live? No. Well, fuck off then., Thu 15 May 2008, 14:36, archived)

:(
I couldn't work without my mac - or offer frothy coffee
( lafleur likes cheese, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:39, archived)

Put Linux on it.

( Todd the Groincrusher Eyes pop, skin explodes, everybody dead, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:40, archived)

oh
does that help when making coffee ?
( lafleur likes cheese, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:44, archived)

this:
www.b3ta.com/talk/4916773

hmmm, coffee, i'd prefer an americano though
( minimum fuss - relax, it's just a bunch of pixels, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:29, archived)

Good luck!!

( Kristine you eyein my piece, Fiddy?, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:45, archived)

fankoo
technically it's a second interview, following a short telephone one yesterday. They seemed like nice people. =)
( minimum fuss - relax, it's just a bunch of pixels, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:49, archived)

I might make myself a frothy coffee RIGHT NOW

( Gilgamesh - free the Expo 67, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:29, archived)

yay
with chocolate on the top?
( lafleur likes cheese, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:30, archived)

no, that's a bit gay to be honest

( Gilgamesh - free the Expo 67, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:32, archived)

MAKE ME ONE TOO.

( TonyUNDERSCORE from the Internet Michael Phelps Returns To His Tank At Sea World, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:30, archived)

RAM IT UP YOUR URETHRA WITH A CACTUS YOU PUPPY FISTER
hello
( Gilgamesh - free the Expo 67, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:31, archived)

WILL YOU BE NICE TO ME FRANK?
DON'T TREAT ME LIKE YOU TREAT TONY.
( rosalicious, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:32, archived)

I'M BEING VERY ALPHA MALE RECENTLY
I THINK I HAVE HORMONES OR SOMETHING
( Gilgamesh - free the Expo 67, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:32, archived)

HAVE YOU GOT YOUR RAG?

( rosalicious, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:34, archived)

I THINK I AM MANSTRUATING

( Gilgamesh - free the Expo 67, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:35, archived)

Alpha male on the internet:
Contradiction in terms.
(mookay pick em up picklehead, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:34, archived)

FRANK IS ALL MAN.

( rosalicious, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:36, archived)

I just wrote you a poem, JUST NOW
I knows a Rosa
Ginger pikey
She's a teaser
Me quite likey
( Gilgamesh - free the Expo 67, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:36, archived)

*clicks*

( Fluzzy tonne of onvils, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:39, archived)

I done you one too ALL MY OWN WORK I MADE THIS UP MYSELF I'M SO CLEVER
Hey Frankie
Do you remember me
You looked at me and then I blushed
‘Cause I remembered I loved you so much
( rosalicious, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:41, archived)

aaaagh not that song

( Gilgamesh - free the Expo 67, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:42, archived)

Gilgy, Gilgy, Gilgy
when I get a job and move to Manchester, can I visit you and we can have coffee?
( minimum fuss - relax, it's just a bunch of pixels, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:34, archived)

oh right, is your interview in God's Holy City itself?

( Gilgamesh - free the Expo 67, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:35, archived)

it is indeed
Close to the holy grail of Old Trafford too. It's in Trafford Park
( minimum fuss - relax, it's just a bunch of pixels, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:37, archived)

kettle's on
when's your interview then?
( Gilgamesh - free the Expo 67, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:38, archived)

Dates haven't been confirmed yet
probably end of the month. Hopefully they give me lots of notice so I can arrange flights and learn to do the things my cv claimed I could.
( minimum fuss - relax, it's just a bunch of pixels, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:40, archived)

Happy?
I couldn't possibly say...

Unhappy? Nothing. I'm A okay today.

Edit: I'll have a very strong cup of tea please with just a teeny splash of milk
( Blue Star Jaffa Pants, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:29, archived)

*passes*
strong tea and a biscuit too
( lafleur likes cheese, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:31, archived)

You could say! ;)

( TY&GN D'you know where I live? No. Well, fuck off then., Thu 15 May 2008, 14:32, archived)

I could say...
but it's more fun not to
( Blue Star Jaffa Pants, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:40, archived)

did you get slipped a length?

( hubare wants to organise a bitterbash :(, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:34, archived)

I read a book in a night last night
for the first time in aaaages. Kill Your Friends by John Niven. That cheered me.

I'm good for coffee thanks, I have a lovely cup of tea
( SugarSpunSister will characterise for cash, see profile, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:29, archived)

Ooh, I've love a coffee please,
frothy is good, just tell me if I get it on the end of my nose.
( Fluzzy tonne of onvils, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:30, archived)

*points*
just to the left
( lafleur likes cheese, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:31, archived)

*wipes*
Thank you :)
( Fluzzy tonne of onvils, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:35, archived)

aww that's so cute!

( rosalicious, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:31, archived)

*nestles into your shoulder*
Not so cute now! :D
( Fluzzy tonne of onvils, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:35, archived)

Wifeybabe is on her way back from her holiday with work ladies
After being a single Dad for a week, I don't know how some do it full-time!

EDIT: Happy. This is a happy.
( setimret Uses dial-up on a rotary phone, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:30, archived)

Nothing has made me very happy or unhappy.
I'm in a fairly good mood though.

Hot chocolate for me, thanks.
( Psycho Eyes is always singing. And usually too loudly., Thu 15 May 2008, 14:31, archived)

I offered coffee
but I could do a hot chocolate I guess
( lafleur likes cheese, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:34, archived)

That would be lovely of you.

( Psycho Eyes is always singing. And usually too loudly., Thu 15 May 2008, 14:35, archived)

tea for me
or hot chocolate
( TopUpTheTea it's true, this man has no dick, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:33, archived)

hot chocolate
since I'm making one for Psycho Eyes
( lafleur likes cheese, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:35, archived)

Ooh, is hot chocolate on offer?
Yes please.
I'm happy to share if there's only one!
( TY&GN D'you know where I live? No. Well, fuck off then., Thu 15 May 2008, 14:36, archived)

meh
I'm not that mean *passes* another hot chocolate
( lafleur likes cheese, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:41, archived)

Sweet.
Ta love
( TY&GN D'you know where I live? No. Well, fuck off then., Thu 15 May 2008, 14:43, archived)

Allocation day at the brewery
Freebies!
(misusscompiler FEEEESEEEKS!, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:36, archived)

lucky
can I have some?
( lafleur likes cheese, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:38, archived)

depends on what you want, and whether on not I choose it off the list

(misusscompiler FEEEESEEEKS!, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:40, archived)

lager?
or nice white wine?
( lafleur likes cheese, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:42, archived)

a frothy coffee would be awesome
I'm happy for lots of quiet little reasons, and I've stopped getting unhappy, it doesn't help me.
( icklepeach is due to give birth TO A BABY in 125 days, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:37, archived)

Quiet little reasons are often the best ones
:)
( TY&GN D'you know where I live? No. Well, fuck off then., Thu 15 May 2008, 14:41, archived)

*passes*
glad you're happy for your quiet little reasons. Happy is good :)
( lafleur likes cheese, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:44, archived)

I am in a great mood.
Life is good. It's not far from going home time and pub o'clock.
( FoldsFive is just havin a week somwer with his dad or sumink, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:39, archived)

yay
work is nearly over - oops! I've not done much work today :(
( lafleur likes cheese, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:46, archived)

I just picked a 10/1 winner at York.

( mike woz ere I want to fuck Azra3l in the ass, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:45, archived)

milky bars on you then eh mike?

( rosalicious, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:49, archived)

I'll get the boocs in!

( mike woz ere I want to fuck Azra3l in the ass, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:52, archived)

I'll have a coffee please :)

( umbongo I vote for Evil Lu as Mayor of /talk, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:47, archived)

I LOVE YOU
you can have a frothy coffee whenever you like :)
( lafleur likes cheese, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:48, archived)

Jolly good, those shelves were heavy.

( umbongo I vote for Evil Lu as Mayor of /talk, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:48, archived)

awwww
*massages back* better now ?
( lafleur likes cheese, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:49, archived)

yes, but I am still waiting for the coffee...

( umbongo I vote for Evil Lu as Mayor of /talk, Thu 15 May 2008, 14:53, archived)

*kisses*
here is your extra special coffee - just for you :)
( lafleur likes cheese, Thu 15 May 2008, 15:21, archived)

hurrah!
coffee FTW

*drinks*
( umbongo I vote for Evil Lu as Mayor of /talk, Thu 15 May 2008, 15:26, archived)