Month: June 2005

Well I guess I should mention the plans for this evening.

Meeting up with my sister in Glasgow, where we’ll grab a drink (probably) before hooking up with Louise. The three of us will head to dinner – which reminds me I must check 5pm.co.uk for some pre-theatre deals – and then we’ll head to the Kings Theatre to catch Beauty and the Beast. It’s the same show we caught a few years ago (cripes… is it six years? longer??) and it’s her favourite. It’s a birthday present from my parents and whilst it’s no Faust or Miss Saigon it’s still an excellent production.

Weird thing is that I can’t find mention of our previous viewing of it on this site. Must’ve been pre-blog.

Ahh yes, feeling better already, and I didn’t even make it outside.. yet.. just heading out now.

But before that some news that has had me worrying for… ohh .. minutes at least.

Yes I’ll admit that my desire to whore my blog, and my need for validation made me nominate myself for this years Big Blogger. Well the voting is in and I’VE BEEN PICKED!!!!

Naturally I don’t expect to win, the calibre of the other contestants is quite high, almost two inches I think, and anyway it’s not the taking part that counts it’s the winning in style. I have absolutely NO idea what to expect over the coming week(s). But consider yourselves forewarned.

Now, where’s that nurses outfit…

UPDATE: Apparently it’s to run for 7 weeks, which takes me through my holiday, presuming of course I don’t get voted out early (as if!!). Any suggestions on tactics for staying in? Should I bare all (er… that’d probably earn me an instant eviction mind you… I said EVICTION you dirty minded perverts), try and be everybody’s friend, start some fights? Who knows.

One thing I do know is that I’ll be sharing the first few days with the following, a couple of sites new to me, but that’s partly why I joined!
Grocerjack – Grocerjack’s World
JonnyB – JonnyB’s Secret Diary
Mr Hair – Mr Hair of London’s exemplary gentleman’s periodical.
Miss Mish – Drama Queen, Fag-Hag, JAP
Mike – Trouble Diva
Girl – Girl with a one-track mind
Vitriolica – she has a webbs’ ite
Nick Barlow – What you can get away with
Zoe – My Boyfriend is a Twat
Dr Rob – Dr Rob’s Day
Peter – Naked Blog
NML – Tired of Men
Clair – Merialc.com
Vicus Scurra – Kaliyuga Kronicles

And me. Obviously. Quite a mixed bunch.

Try as I might I’m currently trapped in an endless cycle. The same one many of you are. Work, home, dinner, sleep, breakfast, work…

We holiday in at the beginning of next month, so the coming weekends will be spent saving money, so little respite there. My mood is, despite the sunny weather, on a downswing, but I’m going to remedy that with some gardening later – nothing like fresh air etc etc.

For the meantime I’ll leave you with this:

“Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event”

Smart bloke that Oscar Wilde.

Just a quick note to say Congratulations to my sister-in-law Claire. She’s been studying hard all year and passed all of her exams to earn a place at University studying dietetics.

To put it in a little perspective for the rest of you, she’s a single mum with four kids – she’ll hate me saying that, as she never EVER mentions it but them’s the facts.

I’m dead chuffed. We’re both so happy for you, you worked hard Claire, roll on the holiday when we can REALLY celebrate!!

Everywhere you go someone is complaining about something. It seems that a lot of people only EVER complain. Take any piece of nationally (internationally) reported good news and you’ll find twice as many people ready and willing to run it down.

Well I, for one (and probably only for today) am sick of it.

So, today’s challenge is to say something positive. Doesn’t have to be anything uplifting or spiritual, just positive.

I’ll start, shall I?

The government’s “pay as you go” driving scheme is a good thing. The positive impact it will have on the environment is a good thing.

The Live 8 concert is a good thing no matter who performs at it.

See, it’s easy. Now, your turn.