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I think it's time for a meme, because I'm bored. Everyone in the office has gone to a secret meeting, possibly with cake, while I sit here with nothing to do. There seems to be a cycle here - no-one does any work on Friday afternoons therefore no work is generated on Friday afternoons therefore I do no work on Friday afternoons.
I accidentally spent £45 in primark on my lunch hour (and a half. Friday!), but like I say - accident! Plus I need those clothes for my holiday, what am I supposed to do, walk around Hollywood in old clothes which I've worn before?? Who do I look like?
Oh yes, meme, I forgot. I'm off to find a good one, hang fire.
Ha! Just found out that the word meme is from the book The Selfish Gene by my good friend Richard Dawkins. The explanation of what a meme is contains this baffling sentence : The lack of a consistent, rigorous definition of what precisely a meme is remains one of the principal criticisms leveled at memetics, the study of memes.
Stop saying memes! Anyway, hang on, i haven't even got one yet, I got sidetracked.
Here's a little tip, don't try googling memes because it will frustrate you beyond measure and you won't even find any memes.
Okay, I've found one, and here it is. (PS Apparently it's very uncool to be the last one meming a meme, though how any blogger can start to make judgements on the coolness of others is beyond me).
Doubleshiny's Fabulous Meme That She Found On The Internet
Name a book you own that no one else on your friends list does.
Well, I only have three people on my friends list but I'm pretty sure none of them will own We Have Always Lived In The Castle by Shirley Jackson, and I have a spooky story about that book to boot.
One of my favourite non-fiction books is Danse Macabre by Stephen King, which is about the history of horror. It has a list of recommended books and one of them was WHALITC, which I wanted to read. Now, I couldn't find it on the internet for less than about £30. My local library didn't have it either and the local bookshop couldn't order it for me. I spent about two years searching for this book, and then one day I went to a bookshop in Warrington which is up a windy flight of narrow stairs. I spent about an hour searching the books (they were all second hand and seemed to be in no particular order, possible in order of paper thickness or distance from the sun) but I couldn't find anywhere. Just as I was leaving I noticed a box outside the door labelled 'Free Books', and guess what was sitting right there on the top? That's right, Halliwell's Film Guide 1976. No, it was We Have Always Lived In The Castle, and it was free.
Then I lent it to my boyfriend after about 6 months, and he never gave it back. Easy come, easy go. I do have hardback copy now though. Anyway, back to the all-important meme.
Name a movie you own on DVD/VHS/whatever that none of your friends does.
I doubt any of them will have The Plague Dogs, which is a cartoon based on the book by Richard Adams (also actually recommended in Danse Macabre) and is the most depressing film I have ever watched. It's like a cartoon snuff film for dog lovers.
Name a place that you have visited that none of your friends has
Every time I think of somewhere I realise that I have actually visited that place with said friends. I doubt any of them have been to the place where the canal bends round near Castlefields. I saw a kingfisher there once.
Name a piece of technology or any sort of tool you own that you think no one else on your friends list has.
Tool? Is this a meme for workmen? I never own anything until a million other people have got them. My dad on the other hand used to be infamous for owning the latest gadget, he'd buy things when they were at their newest and most expensive and then the world would declare them useless within about three months. He had a carphone, a toploading Betamax video player, a photo CD player which was a pre-decessor of the DVD player but could only be used to look at still photographs on a CD (much like the lesser known 'computer' which was it's main rival in the image viewing world) and a mobile phone which needed someone to hold it while you pressed the buttons as it wouldn't fit in the average human hand.
So there we go - memes.
Elsewhere in DS Life
I have missed a day's watering of the flowers in Animal Crossing, so a lot of work to do tonight.
I saw Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra last night at Warrington Parr Hall. My favourite one in the orchestra was a saxophone player who looked like John Flansburgh. I had a bit of a crush on him. (The sax player, not Flansburgh). Marc Almond was there and I got to see him perform one of my favourite ever songs 'Say Hello, Wave Goodbye'. Awesome.
I now own a tshirt which says 'Welcome to Puppet Show'.
Yesterday I ordered a game called Jam Session which apparently turns your DS into a guitar. I will write some Animal Crossing inspired songs and let you know when the first gig is.
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