But slack, I'm warming up for a big "what happened?" post and of course I have photos, but for now:

1. Italy was really nice, thanks Louisa and Alberto!
2. Being back is OK, could easily be much worse.
3. Louise was violently sick for hours on Monday, we had to go to A&E. She's OK now though. Weirdness.
4. I've just closed Gibson's Pattern Recognition. I liked it. Not as much as previous books maybe, but I'm reserving judgement until when I'm less tired. Certainly it was a page-turner and I'll always have time for his sense of cool. I want to go to Moscow!

We're all goin' on a summer holiday,
No more postin' for a week or two...

Found another quality Soho record shop today, again on Berwick Street, it's called Koobla. Berwick Street is vinyl mecca. I've never seen anything like it. So many electro sections, so little time!

Anyway, I picked up a new Shut Up and Dance single, Supernova, with characteristically rough bass action. Also a Radioactive Man single and an album. Haven't checked out the album yet, but the single, some remixes of Wrecked, also contains potentially dangerous basslines, particularly the 'ave That mix by Tim Wright.

I did another installation today. Last week I wore a suit and it didn't work. Today I didn't wear a suit and, despite a few minor teething problems, it worked and I got free ice cream. I got let out at four as well so I went and had a pint outside just off Tottenham Court Road and read my book. I'm trying to finish Hacking the Xbox before I go away on Saturday morning, but I'm not sure that's very likely. I'm into the appendices now, but they're things like soldering techniques and so pretty interesting for somebody like me who knows nothing about electronics.

Zoo!

We were really rushed because we're so slack, we only got there at about four and had about an hour and a half to get around 36 acres of beasts. We saw the major things we wanted to catch: lions, tigers, giraffes, gorillas, chimpanzees, gold-headed lion tamarins, sloth bears, anacondas and more. We missed the fish and the bugs unfortunately as well as quite a lot of other things. Still it was an adventure. Hopefully we'll go back again fairly soon and be a bit more organised next time.

It was good to spend the weekend taking advantage of one of the many cultural experiences London has to offer. We've done so few since we arrived, it's a real shame. Going to the zoo was pretty much a result of watching American Beauty on Friday and going "Life's great! Let's embrace it!"

Tom spent the weekend building a model scene to use to shoot a test of an effect the company he works for are considering using in one of their productions. He spent ages lovingly creating a house and garden scene, replete with archways, grass, benches, walls and everything else. He worked on it last night as I watched The Music Of Chance, a film in which a poker player and his new found friend get on the wrong side of some creepy millionaire model makers. It all got a little surreal to be honest. Still, the film was good, even if it lacked a real ending.

Plus our little tortoise friend, Madonna, has been returned to her actual owner, Louise's mum, leaving a gap in our front room. A nice gap actually, that I'm glad to see again.

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