'Disabled' guy. Um.

One of the things anyone who sees Cirque du Soleil's latest show is likely to mention to their friends later is the guy on crutches, who does an impressive solo routine at one point despite his left leg being almost entirely non-functional. When we were leaving I bought the DVD of this show, and was quite disappointed to find that the same guy isn't on it. They have an able-bodied guy on crutches doing the same part for the rest of the show, but this part of the performance is completely different. Thankfully, YouTube has the goods :)


Update: article with info about the original 'crutch solo' in the show, and how it changed once this guy (his name is Dergin) came along: http://derginflies.org/solo.html


PS: I realised after fanboying in the comments on that YouTube post that it's posted by Dergin. That would explain why he has non-DVD footage of a Cirque du Soleil show, I guess. D'oh.

Oh well, I've done more embarrassing things on the 'net ;)

Interview with a scientologist...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6812164614976718979

I've only watched the first few minutes so far, and it already seems worth linking to. Enjoy :)

Aircon Direct / Laptops Direct / Easy Computing - DO NOT WANT

I thoroughly recommend not buying anything from these people: http://www.aircondirect.co.uk/

Who are also these people: http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/

Who are both owned by these people: http://www.easycomputers.co.uk/

Their prices are slightly lower than most other places, but their customer service (as I have now found out) amounts to "Hey, that's great, we've got your money - you can fuck off now. What do you mean, 'where is my stuff?', just fuck off okay?". Seriously. I am now going through the 'disputed visa payments' procedure with my bank to try to get my money back, as the company in question seems to have no interest in providing me with either goods or refund. It has of course taken me several pounds worth of calls to their premium rate 'customer service' number to find out these facts.