After finally securing the delivery of the correct toner cartridge, I was able to pop into Luton to pay in some hard earned money. Whilst there I was able to pop into the discount book shop and found a Monty Python book. This is added to the biography that I picked up last week in the local charity shop. I am in the planning stages of a Python based script (This was the one that was requested by the pro writers) so these came in very handy. It is also interesting that the Tony Roche (He off of The Thick of It) has written a comedy about the Life of Brian furore which screens on Wednesday. I am not sure whether I just get lucky with things like this or not. I was studying Emile Zola for my degree last year, and there was one book on the reading list that was very difficult to come by and very expensive when you did. The cheapest I could find it was £60 second hand...which I was never going to spend on a single book. That weekend we were at the In-Laws, and we happened to do a little trawl of the local charity shops, and there it was, on the shelf...a first edition. I imagine it is worth well over £100, and I got it for £1.50. I don't really believe in fate and all of that old guff, so I think it is just that my brain is geared to keep an eye out for such things, but it is always a pleasant surprise when it works that way. The book I found today told the story of their live outings, and it seems to be quite interesting. Whether any of this translates into a worthwhile, and lets face it, sell-able script, I do not know. After seeing Mr and Mrs Pops yesterday, I have been looking forward to eating out with them this evening, and we got the added bonus of a brief but lovely visit from the new parents and their new born little girl. She really is a beauty, though considering the parents, that is no surprise. I am so excited for them all. It was a real privilege to witness a tiny part of the joy they are experiencing. It brought back so many memories of when our two were born. We had a really good evening, and as always, I felt a little sad when we had to say goodbye, but I just get the feeling we might be seeing a little more of eachother over the coming years.
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