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its been a couple of days since i last wrote anything here - well ok a week.

Ive moved house. One of my ex's will hate me for this but its turned me into an incredibly tidy person. I am now house proud and can been seen (by stalkers and peeping toms at any rate,) running around the house stark bollock naked in a pinny and feather duster! My kitchen is a dream to cook in and i have just bought a new chopper and chopping board.

Today I went to howells to buy some cutlery - god its expensive - even in the sale - but I did see a nice mattress for my new bed that i am being given by a mate. its 300 quid tho so I will have to save and save. WIll someone please explain to me - how is it that before I had my own place with my own space, was i so completely hopeless at caring for it - i would leave dirty dishes for weeks - i would leave clothes on the floor - its the same in the hospital accommodation - but give me somewhere to live I can call my own and its turned into the Tandoori paradise!

Last night I saw Joe Black and was so moved had to write the following down on laptop, whilst waiting for broadband to be installed in house (now I need some other bureaucratic pin number to log on but there you go)

"Just been watching Joe Black – in previous times I’ve watched it I hadn’t considered it to be one of my fave films of all time, but I suppose like many things, ones views change, or can be affected by ones mood. There is a scene in the hospital where Joe (played by the boyish Brad Pitt) chats to a Jamaican woman who is dying – he speaks to her in creole, and all is better with the world….the music is a little corny and perhaps a pre-runner of Thomas Newman’s Six Feet Under or Finding Nemo (Copeland has a lot to answer to)…but it fits all perfectly….just seen the credits – it was Thomas newman after all.
(the girls might have brad pitt to like but the guys at least get Claire forlani!)
Another scene has the enviable phrase….”I like things like…having a food that you cant do without”. It reminds me that one always has needs….that is to me what life is about.

Or how about “Men who never talk about themselves are always married aren’t they”? Hey a film that gives men ammunition..how great is that?

I saw the Live 8 concert and saw pink Floyd – a group I haven’t listened to in years as band after band have influenced how I see the world. Perhaps when you are with a certain person your music and other tastes change. 6 months ago I liked only indie music, greek salads and red wine….now I am alone again I found myself listening to the St Matthew Passion in the car…a piece of music I performed 15 years ago….and tears well to my eyes. How could it be when I was with a composer did I not wish to hear classical music and now I am not it shines into my life again. My preference of drink is currently white wine, although that could be just the weather. The occasional luxury cigarette is also relished, although with passing time one should tone downs ones excesses.

Why such an odd ditty? Just the realisation that no matter what life throws at you, the world is an incredibly mutable place, full of wonder, and full of new things around the corner."

New bads being listened to include Sigur Ros, Royksopp, James Blunt, Nine Black Alps "unsatisfied" and "Doorbell" by the white stripes which is ironically quite appropriate having just moved.

ON the music front - how the hell did Coldplay get so much airtime from BBC radio Sycophant - they all sound the bloody same and are certainly not in the same league as U2 etc - this drivel leads me to...wait for it the radio1 playlist...try http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/playlist.shtml here for information - i was surprised at how few songs they actually have to play.....no wonder you can be catapulted to fame quicker than charlotte churches knockers on a telephone camera.

Anyway tatty bye - need to go see a film or something

Love Jamie xx