"THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER - A STUPID ALIEN" Some stuff I wrote on the hoof that I meant to put up yesterday: �There's a poem I really like by Billy Collins that sums up my feelings right now at almost six thirty in the morning as I sit on one of the cold metal benches of Wandsworth Common station. I'll dig it out later and put it somewhere on the site in case anyone wants to read it. I like Billy Collins � nice guy and very funny when he�s drunk but that�s another story. Anyway as I strolled along to the station I was keeping pace with this guy in a suit. We both saw the next Victoria bound train approaching. He sprinted for it and I actually slowed down and �I Go Back to the House for a Book� popped into my head. It�s bad enough having to drag myself out of bed and leave Jess so I can get to work for 7am each Tuesday but there�s no fucking way I�m going to run for a train. I did groan a little when I found out that the next train was only in fifteen minutes time. This meant that I was going to cut it close again in getting to work on time. Fuck it. I guess the main difference between me and the train sprinting fool is that he got into work this morning with plenty of time to spare and maybe even picked up a coffee on his way. I on the other hand had to sit here, slightly cold but having fun being eye to eye with a fox that wandered right past me and then sat opposite until the next passing train sent it off back into the undergrowth. Now, about ten minutes later, things have changed again. The platform is beginning to fill with more men in suits who obviously have the timetable memorised so that they don't �waste� their time the way I have this morning. It's good being me. Imagine having to carry a suitcase full of spreadsheets to work each morning instead of a novel. Idiots." Then later around 11 am: �My new plan concerning my writing is to make the most out of all the free time I have which to be honest isn't all that much. I'm working five days a week at the bookstore and then one evening up at the cinema. As well as my own site I'm working on two others � �Limbo� is just waiting for hosting details from Duncan and I've just put together the first draft of 'Holden' for Mark. I'm trying to get more stuff written for Bookslut as well as finishing my 'American werewolf hunt' stuff off. Sheesh. Throw a full time relationship into the mix and you can see where my days go � I�m lucky that Jess is so understanding. Anyway, I've decided to stop 'wasting' my lunch hours at work simply reading or talking bollocks and so here I am sat in the cafe typing away. The idea is that by writing here I'll free up around five hours a week and get to drink a lot of orange juice. So what's with yet another change of design for the blog and website? Usually it's just boredom but this time I wanted to simplify the whole Sizemore experience. The blog is still the main focus but I'm hoping by the end of the week the navigation will be a lot simpler and make a little more sense. The last navigation menu was big and clunky and the whole site had too many dumb pics so I've fallen back onto simplicity itself with a bunch of good old-fashioned hyperlinks. There will probably be a few teething problems as I rewrite older parts of the site so that they conform to the new look. I do enjoy tweaking the site though � it�s like a virtual nipple. I've been way behind with the media lately so completely missed the winner of the Best British Blogs competition. Not surprisingly it was won by a blog I'd never read before. Check Scaryduck out here. From what I�ve seen of it it�s a pretty interesting site so I'll forgive the Guardian and it's judges for overlooking me. Before i enter next year I think I�ll try and rally support for a good cause too � Scaryduck bloke is raising money for a rescue helicopter or something. Maybe I can get a campaign going to get �Night of the Lepus� released on DVD. Glad to see that Doc is back amongst the land of the living. The movie that he missed the beginning of was Tin Men - haven't seen it in years but good stuff from what I remember. I've always had a lot of time for Richard Dreyfuss. Something that I recently enjoyed a lot was Guillermo del Toro�s The Devil's Backbone. Took me a while to get around to seeing it but it was well worth the wait. More of an old fashioned ghost story than I was expecting after the wonderful Cronos (I'm not going to linger on Mimic and Blade 2) and was beautifully done. I especially enjoyed the flies - nice touch. HMV has a sale on which is very fucking annoying. I keep vowing to buy no more videos, only DVDs from now on but then get drawn in there and end up coming away with a handful. I picked up a copy of Sam Raimi's The Gift which I thought looked terrible from what I saw of it but decided to check it out now that it's cheap as chips. I'm planning to re-watch all the Raimi back-catalogue next chance I get after reading the Bruce Campbell biography. After corresponding with yet another western fan about my piece on Unforgiven I decided it would be fun to compare Eastwood's movie with Raimi's The Quick and the Dead - two very different animals but both featuring Gene Hackman at the core. Should be fun to write - just need to get my copy of the flick back from Carol. I�m trying to think of another good Sharon Stone movie but the best I can come up with is Total Recall which was a bit of a mess huh? Any advances?� Since writing that I remembered Casino. Great stuff but doesn't quite excuse her for Sphere though. Mike is blogging to: Tomahawk