Neil Hopcroft

A digital misfit

Todays dark castle will mostly be…

…full of Santas. Fluffy easter bunny santas, black clad top hat santas, kinky valentines day santas, pizza delivery santas (admittedly he was outside, on a pizza delivery sleigh^Wmoped). The vast majority of these santas will be female.

The shortest day

How I wish that were so, six months in and the project is hotting up. I’ve been moved onto the critical path component now and the pressure is on – there seems to have been a little bit of a misunderstanding which is only now being examined in more detail. Obviously I can’t go into […]

On the road again

Some more of the Meiji-dori today, this time the stretch from here to Ikebukuro again, but this time with my camera… I popped in to 01010 on the way, I’d not noticed before but that one has a bunch of alternative clothing stores, and a CD shop right at the top. After browsing through their […]

Top five desired properties in ideal partner * female * able to put up with me * not scary * mostly sane * dynamic

Top 5 days ever… and, of course, why… * The Horatii, Manuskript & Emma Conquest gig in London – a stunning gig at the Borderline, full to capacity, loads of great music. Nearly spoiled by having a girlfriend dying of asthma but I wasn’t going to let that distract me from enjoying it. * The […]

A question from evilmattikinz after the movies post – top five movies of all time: 1. Pi 2. Brazil 3. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 4. Natural Born Killers 5. High Fidelity …which reminds me I was going to do some more ‘top five’s, anyone got any ideas?

There is something surreal about sitting in an Indian Restaurant in Japan listening to Christmas carols.