Musicals and Mayhem

[andrewducker]

Woke up this morning to a text from old friend Hal, asking me to call him.

He's moving house soon, and is redecorating in an attempt to make his place more saleable.  Well, he _was_ redecorating until he failed to put his ladder up correctly, it fell down, he went the 14 feet with it, and broke his arm in several places.

So I'm going over on Wednesday evening to help paint (with a properly fixed ladder, of course) and pack boxes.

Today was spent in work until 6:40, making wholesale changes to code, in an attempt to remove large amounts of duplication and make it easier to maintain.  Then I met up with eduard_green and went to see the musical of Jekyll and Hyde.  We lasted until the interval before both confessing that we'd remembered that we didn't like musicals much unless they were also 'spectacles' (Chicago, for instance) or otherwise rather special (I loved Mamma Mia).  So we escaped before the second half, got the bus home and watched the latest episode of My Name is Earl, which is still quirkily good fun.

Oh, and was preceded by a trailer for The IT Crowd - which is best described as Father Ted, only with IT support staff instead of priests.  Looks like my kind of thing, and the Tivo is well and truly programmed.

Now to go to bed early, in the hope of a decent night's sleep. I'll leave you with this picture of a tornado and a rainbow at once. It's the kind of thing Dorothy might sing about :->

Comments

[octopoid-horror.livejournal.com]

Wish a speedy recovery to Hal.

[andrewducker]

Will do. He says that he mostly feels embarassed :->

[tisme.livejournal.com]

I should be free on Wednesday evening, if more help is needed. Can carry and lift heavy things, or help paint etc? Or even watch the kids, take them to the cinema to keep them out of the way? Mention it to him, see what he thinks.

[hawkida.livejournal.com]

The first episode of The IT Crowd is available to watch from the Ch4 website.

It leaves a lot to be desired, in my opinion. I found it slow and not especially funny.

[andrewducker]

Darnit. Oh well, I'll try watching it with a couple of other people when it hits TV - see if it works better in a crowd.

[laserboy.livejournal.com]

The e-mails promo/ad was fun.

Sorry to hear about Hal. Wish him a speedy recovery please.

[surliminal.livejournal.com]

aaah! Poor Hal!
Um I thought you were dropping by mine Wed? remember I'm going to Florida at 6.30am next day :(

[azalemeth.livejournal.com]

Also wishing a speedy recovery to Hal, and saying that its' a pity nobody had a camera, else you'd be about £200 better off....sorta.

I'll have to download The IT Crowd. If it's funny, I'll laugh. Else, I shan't. And that picture is freaked....

[guyinahat.livejournal.com]

I'm supposed to be helping someone move a TV on Wednesday evening, but that will only take a small element of the evening. Let me know if you'd like some help with the painting (I should have some rollers and stuff kicking about). I'd give Hal a call direct, but I'm on a borrowed mobile that lacks all my contacts.

[andrewducker]

Have offered on your behalf. He says thanks, but he's ok with just me helping.

[channelpenguin.livejournal.com]

Poor Hal. Tell the silly sod to get well soon! And learn to fall!!! (or better still, learn to put up ladders?)

nah, really, I have sympathy, honest :-)

Oh yeah, and tell him to do the physio afterwards...

Oh and tell him "hi" from me!

[moosedevil.livejournal.com]

That's a pretty picture :)

Wish Hal a speedy recovery! Sounds sore...