December 31st, 2005 | by Simon | published in Friends
I had some great nights out at home - in both Dundee and Broughty Ferry.
Although I didn’t get to see all my mates from back home, seeing Nick, Keddie, Michael, Sarah, Kate, Martin, Louise and Nicky was great - the last night out at home I had - on Wednesday - was particularly good [...]
December 31st, 2005 | by Simon | published in Family, Travel
After my roadtrip, it was back to Dundee (or more specifically Monifieth), a small village in Scotland where I’m from, to spend Christmas with the family.
We had a nice relaxing time really - a little too relaxing in that I felt like I’ve done nothing but eat and drink for the last week! On Christmas [...]
December 24th, 2005 | by Simon | published in Belfast, Friends, Travel, Work
Well I spent the week before Christmas going ’round the country doing auditions for Dick & Dom. It’s basically where we meet groups of kids that have applied to be on the show, and then see whether or not we think they’d be good on TV.
Rob the researcher and I visited Wales, Northern Ireland and [...]
December 18th, 2005 | by Simon | published in Web/Tech, Weird
You really need to check this game out if you’re stuck with nothing to do at work. It’s beautifully animated and will keep your mind going for at least an hour. And it’s not difficult either - I finished it! You can buy a full version as well which only works out at about £5, [...]
December 18th, 2005 | by Simon | published in Belfast, Friends, Work
Well flew into Belfast on Thursday night to attend the BBC Production Christmas night out, which was in Reno’s, a restaurant just up the road from the BBC. It was a very well organised do, with a great raffle - prizes were going to the Marie Curie Cancer Care fund after a colleague of ours, [...]
December 18th, 2005 | by Simon | published in Music
I like to watch music television before I’m getting ready to go out - so the other night before I went to the Production Christmas party in Belfast, I had The Box on - where I saw, what is quite possibly, the biggest load of s*ite (please excuse my language there) ever to grace the [...]
December 18th, 2005 | by Simon | published in Work
Well I had a hectic week last week really. It was my show at the weekend (weekend before this one) and the Producer was off most of the week, and two researchers were off too - there was a bit of a virus going round the office! So it was a hectic week for me. [...]
December 7th, 2005 | by Simon | published in Food and Drink
I am pretty bad at feeling festive - I don’t usually get excited until a couple of days before Christmas (but by then boy am I excited). One thing each year usually gets me a little more festive feeling though - the Coca Cola “Holidays are comin’” TV ad - the one with the grandpa [...]
December 7th, 2005 | by Simon | published in Weird
Just kind of funny, and perhaps a bit of an over-reaction (although it is a bit disgusting) - check out the story here from BBC News Online.
