So I'm going to visit the Standing There Productions baby today.

When we shot our short film, I Could Be Anybody , we asked some friends to come and do the shagging scene.

They happily obliged and nine months later... well, let's just say this could quite possibly be Standing There Productions' greatest production yet.

His name is Jasper and I already like him even though I haven't been properly introduced. He is unlike any of the other Standing There Productions in that he:

* Is more than two hours long
* Is not verbose and inclined towards political debate
* Has a strong story arc
* Has government funding (actually this is possibly untrue, but it makes the point to all those government arts funding bodies reading this that their absence has been noticed)

And of course he is adorable and perfectly formed.

My internet is down again today because of the wind blowing over a whole lot of (internet towers? phone lines? ADSL trees?)... I dunno. As a result, nerds all over the country are crammed onto the dial-up system and several emails and posts on this here website have been snatched from the screen, only to be replaced by infuriating messages about SYSTEM FAILURE and so on.

So anyway my point is the internet had better start behaving itself. That is all.