All's quiet on the western front...
A quiet day here in Kinloch. A lorrie full of random hedges came of the boat today, and are being placed in neat little rows out front of the castle. The snow has decided to stick around, with the grand total amounting to 3". Had a snowball fight with Marcel, Leslie and a bunch of kids yesterday evening. Tried to make a snowman but was met with limited success. I spent an hour or two this afternoon sitting on a bench practicing my tin whistle skills, with the snowcapped peaks of Sleat and the mainland off in the distance. I can now hack my way through two songs, and managed to summon 2 of the local dogs for an audience (Danner and Zappa).
I'm not seeing this harsh weather that was predicted, so tomorrow looks like more of the same. I may see if I can be of some assistance around the village - maybe distribute more hedges. Kim returns on Saturday with promises of cheesecake and Johnny Depp movies (I'm a fan of the former, her and Annie... huge fans of both), so I'm killing time with music, Plato and showers twice a day.
Ok... here's the lowdown on my favourite BBC Radio One snipets:
Laura's Diary: the younger sister of a current intern (Laura) on the Scott Mills Show got hold of her diary and is reading passages out on air everyday at 5:15pm. The diary dates are from fall 1997, and absolutely halirious. It's now season 4 of Laura's Diary, dubbed the Uni-Years, as she is attending the University of Glasgow. She has a boyfriend (Ben) back home in York, but fancies her flatmate Allan, who she has gotten off with several times in the first months of Uni. She is also dating a mysterious famous person (who can't be named for legal reasons) and suffering from an acute case of alapesia. A real jem of a show. Unfortunately, Annie and I missed the episode last night... all the radios in the castle have broken antennae.
Flirt Divert: Radio One has set up a phone number to give out to anyone who tries to chat you up and you don't feel like leaving your real number. Once called, a generic answering machine plays and the unsuspecting victim leaves a message... which gets played on air throughout the show. You get drunk people slurring words, people calling about various items for sale, and someone has won a free carpet (which Radio One then gave away or sold on Ebay). It has generated about half a dozen key catch phrases Annie and I employ... 'fancy a bit of minky-minky?', 'shake my lap-a-tap-a-da, lappy-tappy-ta' to name a few.
Now you understand how little there is to do at Harris once the day's work has finished.
I'm not seeing this harsh weather that was predicted, so tomorrow looks like more of the same. I may see if I can be of some assistance around the village - maybe distribute more hedges. Kim returns on Saturday with promises of cheesecake and Johnny Depp movies (I'm a fan of the former, her and Annie... huge fans of both), so I'm killing time with music, Plato and showers twice a day.
Ok... here's the lowdown on my favourite BBC Radio One snipets:
Laura's Diary: the younger sister of a current intern (Laura) on the Scott Mills Show got hold of her diary and is reading passages out on air everyday at 5:15pm. The diary dates are from fall 1997, and absolutely halirious. It's now season 4 of Laura's Diary, dubbed the Uni-Years, as she is attending the University of Glasgow. She has a boyfriend (Ben) back home in York, but fancies her flatmate Allan, who she has gotten off with several times in the first months of Uni. She is also dating a mysterious famous person (who can't be named for legal reasons) and suffering from an acute case of alapesia. A real jem of a show. Unfortunately, Annie and I missed the episode last night... all the radios in the castle have broken antennae.
Flirt Divert: Radio One has set up a phone number to give out to anyone who tries to chat you up and you don't feel like leaving your real number. Once called, a generic answering machine plays and the unsuspecting victim leaves a message... which gets played on air throughout the show. You get drunk people slurring words, people calling about various items for sale, and someone has won a free carpet (which Radio One then gave away or sold on Ebay). It has generated about half a dozen key catch phrases Annie and I employ... 'fancy a bit of minky-minky?', 'shake my lap-a-tap-a-da, lappy-tappy-ta' to name a few.
Now you understand how little there is to do at Harris once the day's work has finished.
posted by Ian at 3:13 PM
1 Comments:
2-3 weeks... or less than a week if your name is Ainslie and you currently reside in Ghana. (inside joke)
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