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Yes I'm That Self Obsessed That I Think You Want To Know What I Had For Dinner.

I'm on a never-ending avocado bender it seems...

Salad:
mixed baby leaves
1/2 avocado (diced)
1 red onion

Dressing (all chopped and hacked together):
handful of fresh basil
1 spring onion
1/2 avocado
1-2 garlic cloves
olive oil
salt'n'pepper

Of course I made way too much (as usual when I make anything other than a mess in the kitchen) but the house red is quite nice with my big bowl of salad none the less.

New Flatmate.

So now we have a new flatmate for a week or so, he's French and doesn't speak much English. I don't speak much French so I'm guessing I'll be working on my miming skills over the next few days.

Jesús Almáttugur.

"Ég hef séð framtíðina, sagði gamli maðurinn. Hún er í Breiðholtinu." - Fréttir frá mínu landi

Ég ætti nú ekki annað eftir...

Bathroom Window

This is the window in the shower of my flat where we keep our shampoos, soaps etc. Three guys and one girl, it's pretty obvious who owns what!

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Touch Me I'm Going to Scream

I'm so loving this song at the moment:

Touch me, I'm going to scream if you don't
inside i know you got the feeling that you won't, oh
i know it sounds confusing, but it makes a lot of sense
throw a bone across the ocean, dig a hole under the fence

touch me, i'm going to scream if you don't
inside i know we get the feeling that you won't
i can tell by the way you smile, i'm smiling, too
i see myself in you
i can tell by the sounds you make when you are pleased
you see yourself in me

touch me, i'm going to scream if you don't
inside i know we got the feeling that you won't
how many nights can a soul so full of life remain untouched?
how can a soul make the most of what is cold and what is near?

i need a human right by my side, untied, untied

My baby nephew has a name!

Let me introduce my baby nephew, who got a name today, Tómas Tumi:

More My Morning Jacket

Here's THE CAPE!

Little Indie Girl's Wet Dream: My Morning Jacket at The Forum

Tonight I went to see Stillwater..well no it was My Morning Jacket...play The Forum in Kentish Town, it was pretty cheap (15 pounds for a seat!) and  it's pretty close, so off I went! And it could have been Stillwater for all I know :)

I must admit that apart from Z and a couple of songs from their Chapter albumbs, I haven't listened to MMJ all that much so unfortunately the set list isn't coming from me, but they played a lot of songs from Z and several from the new album Evil Urges, an album I must admit I like more than Z!

Jim James, the front man, was clearly hell bent on giving us the full 15 pounds worth last night, he was working his ass off all night but it would have been nice if he'd talked a little more to the audience, all is forgiven though because he wore a cape!  A CAPE!

So that's all I can say, had a great time and I will be catching them again live for sure. Here's a crappy picture I snatched from my seat on the balcony (I did take a couple of short video clips but they all turned out to be crappy):

 

Of Halloumi and Oddly Sized Books.

Out of sheer laziness I didn't make it to Morrisons before they closed today (5 pm) so if I wanted dinner it would have to be supplied by my local Turkish supermarket, something I don't lament because their stuff is always fresh and they are always happy and smiling. So newly baked pitta bread, halloumi cheese, couscous and hummus it was, oh so yummie!

I'm getting quite anal in my 'old age' and today this presented itself in pure hatred of a cookbook that I bought several months ago and it's only been in my way ever since! Not only have I never ever used any of its recipes but  that's not my biggest problem, it's the fact that it's so ridiculously sized that it does not fit in any normal shelf! I have limited space here in N7 and if a book is not of the A4 or standard pocket book variety, it simply has to go! I have no patience for a book that will not conform and ruin my organisation in the process! So off to the library it goes, or maybe it'll just join the other cookbooks down in the kitchen.

I'm loving: My neighbourhood
I'm not so much loving: That bloody book

I'm listening to: Various Mark Kozelek projects (not really uplifting!)
I'm reading: Sherlock Holmes (on the bus/tube)

Finally, here's a sign for a used record shop in my area, one that I've yet to visit though...

I Want...

...a red umbrella (Chinatown was no help)
...shoes shoes glorious shoes!
...an iPhone

and the key to all of the above? A job. I want a job.