New shop opened in the Palisades in birmingham, above new st station. At least i think its new... first time i spotted it anyway (maybe its magic and wont be there next time, with no trace of ever existing?). Hawkins Bazaar. Full of trinkets and fun little things that usually make cool stocking fillers - i.e. ALL of my xmas giveaways will come from there!
Even though just went in to browse, some things calls could not be resisted.
I got "touchable bubbles" which are cool til you have to clear them up. Usual tube of bubble mix, but ... they're a bit more fragile than usual for the first few seconds.. after that they go from rainbox colours to plain reflective, and are more tough and rubbery! Experiment has shown they last for days if you dont touch them, but too much touching or stretching kills them, leaving an icky residue. Great stuff.
They also float literally for hours in the kitchen, which is just a little unnerving. Where's the power coming from? They're certainly not helium filled, more like CO2.
Also, this great gadget, which i reccomend for anyone working under the car or in the upcoming crap outdoors conditions:
Guy on the right looks strangely familiar for some reason...
It has six settings: Nuclear (100%), comfortable ("50%".. probably 75?), dim but usable ("25%".. 50?), useless slow flash, disco quick flash, and off.
It doesnt include a setting that can make you look hard or suave whilst wearing it, rather than a dick, however:
Makes up for it by simply being very bright, and super convenient. And gadget-tastic. LED light... very lightweight (runs on 2x thin button cells, for aaaaages)... attaches to your bonce securely and unobtrusively so the light follows your gaze, cant fall over or get (very) greasy, and leaves your hands free!
How bright?
That's how bright. Off, on (dim mode), and "on, dim, pointing sideways, with digicam manually stopped down - with room lights lit". Full power pointing at the ceiling it lights the whole room about the same as a 10w pastel blue soft-tone would.
Also, this is my new mod......
never said it was on the car, now, did i.......
(F2 keys been missing for more than a year now, dunno where it is ... gotta find somewhere to stick the "panic!" and "all clear" ones too!)
Besides all that, got a whiteboard in staples. To help organise life, assignments, etc, you know? £5.98 including hanging hooks and pen, bargain.
Thing is, THIS happened whilst sat vegging post-dinner in front of TV. Wonder what a psycho analyst would make of it. Kind of worrying to look back on.... at least it isnt full of devils and my mum wearing bondage gear etc. Nothing truly disturbed. Just............ odd. It's like my entire head fell onto the board in a far more detailed and freaky way even than when typing!
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Horribly, its now cleared off and been put to proper use, and the list of stuff to do is just as awful and depressing as the "artwork"
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PS remember the JCB song? Get nizlopi's album. It's bloody right on, in a kind of soulful acoustic ska way.