big matt

me and hannah were looking in estate agent windows on knightsbridge at the weekend and found this beauty.

she's for rent and comes furnished or unfurnished, but for the price (bottom right), i'd get as much included as possible.

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i watched the most infuriating tv programme on bbc2 last night - home.

basically, the cameras go into peoples homes across the country to prove that we are all individuals. the worst bit was watching upper class nonces furniture shopping. they spent thousands on...crap. the furniture was alright, but i suspect that if you put furniture for sale at your local tip in a stylish warehouse furniture store, you could make a packet selling it to these idiots.

they also follow interior designers with horrendously big budgets doing up a room. now, personally, i don't think you need any qualifications to be an interior designer; you just need good taste. this bloke last night did nothing outrageous, he chose nice furniture, nice tv, nice carpet - it was nice. i could have done it.

fortunately, the series ended last night. phew.

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in tesco yesterday, i was waiting at the customer service desk for the person in front to finish. when she'd done, a bloke in a mobility scooter drove between me and the desk on the way to the magazines.

now this mobility scooter was a biggun. it had headlights, baskets and horn. the protective polythene curtains protected the old fart inside from any sort of abuse (as well as the weather). he had unzipped the curtain on the drivers side to moan at anyone who was in the way to move. it must have been pushing six foot tall and was, basically, a nuisance.

the damn thing was too big to take in a supermarket. i marvelled at the way he caused complete chaos navigating around the magazines in his 'pop's pram'. he had a stick in the back with him; why didn't he park it outside and hobble to the magazines?!

better still, order his magazine online and get the tesco van to deliver it into his lounge (through his front garden fence, over the lawn and through the front door).

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i've moved the links to my photo galleries from the sidebar on the
right to a different site, just follow the link under 'photos.'

in other news, i've discovered facebook and exposed my uni and school
life to the world. i've never seen the appeal of trusting the internet
with your favourite movies, tv shows etc, but this is something
different. make me your friend!!

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the five year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks was summed up for me
perfectly by this headline in the independent.

'a cataclysmic day eclipsed by america's military reaction'

how incredible that all the events of the last five years can be
summarised in such a concise, accurate sentence.

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moved into my new student flat for the final year of uni last week.

spacious, light and equipped with full fire alarm system (includng
those break glass boxes) it'll do just fine. managed to manoeuvre my
bicycle down the flight of stairs to the front door and steamed out
the door to see the sea.

for all of portsmouths downfalls (yep, every single chav) i love it.
seeing the solent, the isle of wight and the pride of portsmouth
(ferry) just feels so good, so familiar. this year will be so
different from previous, due to the absence of those who've already
graduated, but i can't wait to call pompey my home again.

plus, bbc south today's mike powell and roger johnson will continue to
make my evenings, with their constant dicking about on live tv.

bring it on.

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a university of leicester study has discovered that 88% of happily
married couples have similarly sized lips.

and you wonder why we don't get grants anymore...

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