Broadband
Last Monday was The Big Day for broadband to finally reach us... but it didn't. I spent most of Monday swearing at dodgy phone lines, cheap modems, Microsoft, drivers which don't work, upgrades which break everything, and talking dogs in adverts.
A BT engineer was called out Thursday, who remarked at what a great line I have, and how broken the modem is. Oh well, at least I hadn't paid for it yet. Sitting above me now is a brand-new all-singing all-dancing wifi ADSL router, which should allow surfing whilst on the toilet. Oh this will be fun...
Yaaawn
It's early and for the first time since last Friday I'm sitting on the train going to work, as again I've been ill. But first, All About Heather Nova.
The Heather Nova gig last Friday was excellent. The Union Chapel is a lovely building, everyone sits on the pews, there is a stained glass window behind the artist, and a nice bar to the side (which I presume wasn't part of the original design). We turned up too late to meet Edd in the pub, so once I'd met Vicky we sat down, only for Edd to sit down in his seat directly in front of me a minute later... The support band, Grand Drive, were very good, three men, each with an acoustic guitar. They were plugging the CDs they were selling at the back, which we totally forgot to buy but is on order from Amazon. Then Heather Nova came onto the stage, which had been decorated with fairy lights and was wonderfully lit. Her, the lighting, and the stained glass window behind looked stunning. No wonder there was a large video camera at the back, this is an excellent venue to record the Storm DVD at.
The band for this tour is quite cut-down, Heather on vocals, a drummer, a bassist (either double bass or a normal bass guitar), and the most amusing band member on keyboards and backing vocals. He was really enjoying playing, started by swaying to the music but as the songs get going he shuts his eyes, grins madly and leans right over the keys. This 4 piece band is best suited for Storm, but were good enough to perform most songs very well. The acoustics were also perfect, everything was audible, the bass was strong but not drowning out anything, and we could hear every single instrument. It was very easy to listen too, after being aurally attacked by sound engineers at the Brixton Academy.
The next day, Saturday, Vicky went off shopping for a wedding dress. She tried many on, didn't like all of any of them, so has gained lots of knowledge for next time. That evening, we met with her mum and planned some of the wedding, went through our ideas, etc. I sneezed now and again, felt a little cold, and we went home. Sunday was far more interesting, that evening I started shivering whilst burning up and had developed an all-over rash.
Because of this I didn't feel up to the office commute until Thursday, but a BT engineer was going to turn up Thursday to fix my ADSL, so I worked from home then... I'm becoming quite a rare site in the office recently! Maybe I can do an entire week next week.
