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I hate bid sniping software.

First I lost the gearbox I needed; since no interest had been shown at all (and the counter was broken), I figured £100 on a £69 start bid would be alright. It was what Ian had left me to pay for it and shipping. Bid in the last 7 seconds.

Then yesterday I was really excited - I found, in Edinburgh, a collect only auction for a Korg Concertmate C30 piano. Just a digital piano, it had suffered a plaster fall and some keys were jammed. £5. 10 minutes to go,,,

Except, it got a bid in the last 14 seconds. To someone whose last purchases were some purple neon car interior lights and Corsa C rear springs.

At least I got a bid in; there were no other bids, and it might have ended at a fiver! I pushed it to over £50.

More studio pictures, having had a tidy up and reorganise. I was a bit limited in where to fit my guitar hooks so they're close together, but the guitars don't actually touch.

http://web.mac.com/r.t.kilpatrick/iWeb/Site/Studio%20July%202006.html - iWeb still makes captions into graphics, though.

Wood and Lime were obtained accordingly yesterday, as was the brass card for my JD800 (which had been inspected by Customs!).

Spoilers

Doctor Who is sparking much debate due to the spoilerific nature of the BBC's PR machine... here's a bit of my response to DeathBoy about it:

"TV serials are inherently spoilered, in that you know that another season has been booked, so therefore, the main characters survive. Could Ecclestone's regeneration have been a surprise? Of course, but the media are a bunch of cunts these days and will treat anything as a story.

Kids are presumably still suitably under-exposed to a lot of the PR shit (and really, the covers of Radio Times are no spoiler for anyone who has seen part 1 on Saturday or Sunday repeats, when the bulk of viewers would catch them)... it must be nice to have that newness about a show.

God, imagine what it would be like if you could forget that there are 13 episodes in a season... each time, the Doctor could be in real peril... and even if you thought he wouldn't be, it could - each time he nearly dies - mean the end of your favourite TV show, and a character you like."

I mean... I half know what to expect from PotC 2, despite avoiding spoilery posts, because I saw an interview with JD where he talks about PotC 3. It's pretty easy to predict the outcome of a lot of things these days.

Whilst I criticise RTD a lot for his awful 'cheese quotient', Torchwood plugging and so forth, he has managed to maintain the Doctor Who tradition of "random key characters other than the Doctor may die suddenly, even if they're nice and you like them". He did fuck that up with the intro to the last episode of course, for which I would like to shove several copies of Grave Of The Fireflies, on Laserdisc, sideways, down his throat (except, that'd be a waste), but it's not like every tabloid rag and website hadn't already told us what our darling 'celeb' Billie was up to. Hey, media - I don't give a flying fuck about Billie, but I DO like Doctor Who, and liked Rose's character, and I'd have liked the surprise! I wonder if RTD added the intro afterwards, having had the storyline fucked; or perhaps they leaked it, to drum up ratings. Who knows.

If you want a surprise, I guess the solution is to read a book.

Free magazines!

Ready. Why doesn't iJournal offer screened comments...

I have copies of the magazine with my pictures of gothic types in Whitby; everyone featured needs to be given copies, plus I'll give away a few to people who ask nicely. Add your address, and you'll get a handful - arachne, I'm sending you a bunch so you can give a couple to Preacher since I don't have his details and I don't recall if he added me.

The only picture I had asked permission for, but didn't use (lack of response) was the one of mister_ed, because I can still remember his reaction ;)

malcygoff, you need some too, and ninjagirl, I want your address, but it's purely for stalking reasons, as with angryangeltoo.

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Wow.

I just got wood, and I tell you. Handling it in this weather is hot, sweaty work. Can I fight my desire for Dr. Pepper? YES.

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Well... this is lovely weather for a car with a glass roof.

No, really - it is. The A/C still works well on Atomic Monkey, so popping out to pay for my wood (with a detour to poke Currys and Comet for PSP pricing and so forth) was actually quite pleasant; I had the window open (which is more like the old car thing, not the problem I usually have with modern cars of insanely-high sills and stuff) and I have ear-sunburn. Ow.

I like the Sera's tiny size. I do not like the knackered front suspension and brakes, however. This is a PROBLEM.

I also laughed at some people in a Mercedes CLK. I nearly got one of them, you know, and I wasn't keen on anything beyond the very basic "it's a four seater Mercedes convertible". The arse-end on those things is so high, that from the back looking straight on you can just about see the top of the windscreen frame. Attractive. Not.

Not as silly as the Kadett C coupe I saw when looking at Chevettes though. I have never seen a car with such silly small wheels that is otherwise normal.

Story of my life.

Here's a pic of my wood.
( It doesn't look as impressive as the measurements suggest )

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Mmm.

I ate lots of strawberries.

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Raaar.

I just fixed the Juno 6's keyboard alignment. With the aid of MUSCLES. It's now straight, though the case still needs work, it's fully playable without keys hitting the case. I played a cheese 80s ditty on it and the working Polysix.

I am also SO grateful for my new studio location. The heating is off, windows and doors are open, and still the top flat is like a bloody sauna. No wonder my mixer used to flake out regularly.