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Sunday 28 February 2010

Glasgow Film festival

On Thursday, my very stylish friend Lynne and I went to a warehouse in deepest darkest Finnieston (SWG3) for a screening of the award winning documentary 'Comrade Couture' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8037215.stm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYSuQktGgCc

The film was good but they had a problem with the subtitles and even when they got sorted the big haired girls in front of us meant we couldn't see them, fortunately Lynne and I understand enough German to have an idea of what was going on, I'm going to try to rent the dvd to watch again though mit subtitlen.

The location was perfect for a film documenting an underground culture and was sponsored by red bull so there was free rum and red bull cola.

the film screening was followed by a fashion show from Edinburgh based 'noir' the fashion the clothes were nice but the too skinny models were a bit distracting - so many teeth and bones. I have no problem with skinny people it's unhealthy looking that I don't like.

there was also a warehouse party but it was nearly 11 when the fashion show ended and it was freezing and there weren't enough people about to film the huge space.

Sunday 7 February 2010

A new slate. well, plot.

I'm always so excited about getting going with my plot this time of year. I'm full of plans and enthusiasm.

Every year I vow to be more attentive to the needs of plants, spend more time gardening and have my best looking plot and highest crop yield ever. I only ever manage a small improvement.

Anyway I'm ever optimistic.

I've been on line shopping for seeds, plant minders, a raised bed and vegetable cages.

I bought a new set of cheap plastic shelves which I have constructed in the bathroom to put my seeds on.

I grow seeds in toilet roll inners. It works quite well, I plant three to four seeds in each, some don't germinate, I pull out the weak plants and the healthiest one I plant out in the ground or in the greenhouse. Keeping it in the toilet rolls mean the roots are not damaged when replanting.

I planted cherry tomatoes and cayenne peppers two weeks ago, first tomato sprouts have just appeared, I'm so excited.

Saturday morning I cleared out some stuff into the skip and today I planted sweet pointed pepper seeds

I'm looking forward to it all coming together.

In other news, We had a family lunch today for my Gran's birthday. It was nice, actually good fun but the humour highlight was when the waitress said "I'll take that away darling" to my Grampa, who is hard of hearing and who then turned to my Mum and me and asked "did she just call me Alan?"