Funnyest Film Name Ever

Genius pure genius... Whoever thought of the name for this film should get an award!

Halloween Ghost Tour

A few years ago we all went on a Halloween ghost tour of Fort Amherst, so when I saw signs for it again this year I decided to ring around and get a group of us together like old times.

Me Naomi, Paul, Lisa, Lou and Paul were the only ones that could make it, but it was cool... unfortunately we were traveling back from Oxford so we only just managed to get there on time.

For anyone that's never been on one of these I highly recommend going on one. With this particular tour you all start off by walking through a pitch black tunnel (The only way through is to walk with one hand against the wall). All the way through actors jump out and grab your ankles and arms and frighten the crap out of you... it's always great to have my sister along on these because she screams so loudly!

After we get through this we go on the tour proper, where we go through themed rooms, the first one I remember us going through was a mock up of a ritual sacrifice... the "priest" walked amongst the group of us and picked out Lou (Must've known she was a good screamer), and proceeded to place a (What we assume) was a cow liver in her hand. Then swapped her for an actress that was previously added to our group (It'd have been far more effective an illusion if we wasn't all friends), who he then sacrificed... she screamed almost as loudly as Lou :-)

We then walked down a corridor and one of the 2 extra guys that we didn't know was grabbed and stuffed into a coffin... to his mates amusement, apparently thy played a little girl laughing to him whilst he was trapped.

The next stage was a meal where everyone was presented severed hands to eat... Paul wanted some tomato sauce to go with his :-)

Naomi was not so impressed with the next theme tho, as it was a "Childsplay" theme, several Gothic dressed dead "girls" and some rather scary clowns then grabbed Lou and put her in a giant Jack in the box (All with a strobe going off)... I'm glad they didn't grab Naomi, as I'd probably have had to carry her out.

Video Converting Done

I've just finished (At long last) converting some old videos to a format that blogger can use (Thankfully my new phone is compatable without conversion). Please check out the following blog entries which have now been updated with videos:

http://roamingjay.blogspot.com/2007/09/fishermen-dance.html

http://roamingjay.blogspot.com/2007/09/cutey-honey-video.html

De-Rigging

I've never appreciated the work that goes into rigging up a production until today. It's tradition for the cast to help the crew the day after the last performance... So i thought it would be good to go along with Naomi and help. So me and Brawny helped with the heavy lifting and re-assembled the stage over the orchestra pit... Not an easy task... Especially as the black covering was like a jigsaw with no picture on it. Job was done relatively quickly tho. Now have a strange urge to be a roadie :-)

Local Ghost

Not that I'm trying to turn this blog into a news clipping site, but i've been finding some funny stories on-line lately, this one struck a chord as it's so close to home:

http://www.wayodd.com/librarian-wants-haunted-toilet-exorcised/v/8355/

Librarian Wants Haunted Toilet Exorcised
October 26, 2007

A Kent librarian who claims a ghost has been flushing his library's toilet is seeking the help of an exorcist in having the unwanted spirit evicted. A 14-year librarian at the Gravesend Library, Gordon Jenns, 61, says the ghost flushes the toilet when he thinks everyone's gone home.
"It's happened three times in the past 11 years, always around seven o'clock on a Friday," said Jenns. "It's very off-putting."
"The first time it happened I thought someone had broken in the back door so I went with something very heavy in my hand to give them a warm welcome," he added. "I'm absolutely certain the toilet flushed itself. The door was locked and the cistern was still filling up when I went in."
Jenns who says he is ex-marine, claims he is not prone to any hallucinations.
"I'm guessing the poor fellow only wants to relieve himself."

Pimpy

Went to see The Scarlet Pimpernel tonight. It was a fantastic show... Put on with the same eloquence as a west end musical. I'm not just saying the because Naomi was in it either... She was brilliant... And strangely given her cold she had one of the most audible voices in the chorus. I put that down to me knowing her voice, not only her having a fantastic singing voice.

Reminded me of the days when i went to see my sister at the Miskin.

Dave TV

Recently a new channel has popped up on digital TV called "Dave". Now the name say's it all really... Well it is if you know my friend Dave... As quite frankly it could have been tailor made for him, with shows like
Red Dwarf, Bottom, 2 Pints of Larger, Top Gear and Whose Line is it Anyway.

Alternate names could have included "The Jamie and Naomi Channel"... But i think Dave has a nice ring to it.

Almost like losing a member of the family

For the last 21 years (Since I was 7 and my sister 4) we've had the same next door neighbours, I remember the day they moved in. Steven was just slightly older than me and Comrie was just slightly younger than my sister, as such we immediately had new playmates. Given they'd just moved in there was an abundance of cardboard boxes lying around, so being boys we constructed possibly the largest make shift fort you've ever seen... spanning an entire garden in cardboard tunnels and spires. It was the greatest thing I'd ever seen (As a 7 year old).

We've constructed bottle rockets and fired them over the two adjoining gardens. Had water fights, involving us kids and dads alike. And countless generations of Guinea Pigs have graced the years of us as neighbours.

For the last 21 years I've grown complacent with the presence of the loveliest neighbours one could ask for, every time I go out in the garden a warm hello and how are you has always awaited me. Sadly they're now moving... 18 years overdue as they were only supposed to stay in Kent for 3 years! They're moving back North again, and invitations were a plenty to come visit them. I'll actually take them up on it as I always like to travel the UK whenever I can get the chance.

My only hope is that they'll meet some neighbours that fell in love with them as much as we did.

Beannachd leat

Crayfish

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2567100.html

Found this article on escaping crayfish... Perhaps they made it to oxford to start a new life?

Defection to Orange

As you may have guessed I've taken out a new contract with Orange as my mobile providers. Which of course means I'm leaving O2... in a sad way I feel remorse for leaving O2 as they've been my mobile providers since I first got a mobile phone (Which was before they were called O2, they were CellNet back then). But It's for the best, my mobile bills have been escalating to the point of ridiculousness (£400 for one month is just plain madness!).

Let's hope I've not jumped from the frying pan and into the fire.