Monday, 25 August 2003 - 11:14 AM BST

I love 'His Dark Materials' trilogy. Better than Harry Potter, better than anything! I wish these were around when I was younger.. My g'f bought the first one, and we just had to buy the other two straight away because we couldn't put them down. Amazing. Brilliant. First book does take a while to get into, but it's well worth it, as it all links up in the third book. (my favourite).

I also cut my hair once. Was having a 'mad' day at uni, so just put it in a pony tail and hacked it off! Friends went mad. Had to get my mate to straighten it up. I'd always had long hair, so everyone was shocked! lol. But, went straight out and met my current girlfriend after that, so I'm not sorry I did it..

thanks for your comments on my blog - always nice to get them :-) Don't remember reality tv tho - maybe big brother a year or two ago..
lemonpillows xxx

Monday, 25 August 2003 - 11:22 AM BST

If that's me being referred to under next week's choice then I'm very flattered by your description! If it's not it just shows what a hig head I've got. No way of being able to go to both?

Monday, 25 August 2003 - 4:16 PM BST

Ah, yes, 'tis you, and the choice is complicated through fear; if I turn up half-pissed to the other thing, I'm far more likely to make a @#%$! of myself. Of course, you never know, I might still have a gf sometime in mid-September, and the approval of networks of random dykes won't be so crucial. :D

Anyway, see you in Maida Vale on Wednesday!

Monday, 25 August 2003 - 4:24 PM BST

Yes, it was big brother!

I'm just 100 pages into The Amber Spyglass right now, and it's proving difficult to follow - but cripes, I know what you mean about wishing you'd been able to read it as a kid. When I was little, I was obsessed by Diana Wynne Jones' books about Chrestomanci, and the idea of different worlds that split from ours with every decision you make; plus the idea that our world is the evil one, and that the Church is a corrupt authority. All there in Pullman! (If you like reading kids' fantasy books, I really recommend her stuff: my favourite is 'Eight Days of Luke'). So far, The Subtle Knife is the best of the His Dark Materials books for me; read it non-stop over 24 hours. Fantastic.

Thanks for the encouragement about the hair; the 'cut' was pretty much the same sort of thing, except I only hacked half of it. Eeep! I keep trying to persuade myself it's kind of a Hoxton trendy seventies style mullet. And that scares me even more.

Totally weirdly bizarre to bump into you online again, anyway, Lemonpillows; thanks for returning the comments favour! I've added you to my blogroll, to remind me to go comment on your site regularly.