so I have been a

so I have been a bit slack on the blog front the last few days – sue me. no really I do have a really good excuse – I have been busy at work and tired after my hectic weekend. I did receive the tickets from bmi for paris and another trip to amsterdam. I have also been looking for flights to sydney for mardi gras. Steve has decided to take the plunge and come with me 😉

weekend report in brief: Friday

weekend report in brief: Friday night saw Jacs for the first time in ages [well since her birthday] and then she stayed over and we drove down to Brighton the following morning for B&HP which was really nice – bumped into loads of people – in fact too many to mention. And then meandered back after a meal at food for friends.
Sunday was a quiet day in really pottering about and thinking about the impending weekend in Amsterdam.

I just spent a great

I just spent a great weekend with Steve who I met at Mardi Gras and have been waiting to see again since. Unortunately he lives in Amsterdam and I have been in the states for the last 3 weeks so this was the first opportunity we have had to meet up. Was really nice even though I got a cold last night and felt like shit with travel shock [jet lag to the rest of you]. I also think I’m allergic to his cat [a gorgeous little black and white bundle of fluff called stella] but other than that had a lovely meal saturday night followed by drinks and ice cream at his flat in Highgate and then a lovely relaxed pub lunch today and more ice cream, flu remedies and good company. scally took a pic with his lovely new camera but in fear of jinxing the entire thing I am not gonna post it.
soback to work tomorrow feeling like poo and hopefully not having to deal with it as well.
Oh and I think I have fixed the bug that was preventing people posting their comments – so erm try it out!

how is easyjet a low

how is easyjet a low price airline? I can travel with bmi from London Heathrow to Amsterdam for ?109.80 inclusive of all taxes etc etc but with the allegedly low cost airline for the same week end in August it will cost ?123.20 plus a ?3 fee for using a credit card online this is without a choice of flights whereas bmi give me a choice of flights for the same price. erm I smell a problem here. So the low cost airline will actually cost me ?16.40 more and I would have to fly from Gatwick Now get this if I fly from Luton [which is a fucking pain to get to from anywhere and will cost a fortune] I do get a choice of flights but it will cost me a staggering ?146.20 which is a full ?36.40 more than bmi. Oh and I also get points with bmi so erm I guess bmi it is then!

So Mardi Gras, I guess

So Mardi Gras, I guess I better write a bit about it then? Met up with the usual suspects and friends before wandering down the path in hyde park thereby cutting off the start. Mark and Ryan who were staying with me [and had helped start the day with champagne on the roof terrace] asked if this was it 😉 Little did they know. It was Ryan’s first Mardi Gras/Pride event so I guess he didn’t realise. We merged with the actual ‘parade’ at this point and I lost everyone a few times and spent a lot of time trying to get the works camera to function. Some good shots and some bad shots but more importantly some missed shots :o(. Cute boy in cap with boyf you know who you are 😉 We were bored by Picadilly Circus despite frantically looking for the closer to heaven float to try and catch a glimpse of Paul Keating – I am not alone in this however as Ian had already texted me about the man and the float!]. We then made our way to Finsbury Park.
Jacs and I went in the press entrance and then arranged to meet everyone else at the champagne bar. After wandering around for a bit, I went in search of the regular big events crowd. You know the people you only ever see at pride or Walk for Life and such. I went looking for Tony & Baloo at the line-dancing Area [which was as usual one of the busiest venues]. Bumped into some people at the bungee that I knew from somewhere but couldn’t place the name. Saw a few of the blogger boys – erm David, Jonathan and Ian, or was that 2 David’s? Not sure now – Oh cos I had met up with Scally too cos he is part of the gang so you know he’s always around.
Wandered back to the champagne bar and watched some of the main stage stuff and then saw two guys from holiday in Gran Canaria Rob and Steve [Mark who was staying, was another of that crowd] we made vague plans for a return trip and drank some more champers [?35 a bottle was a bit steep mind]. Now my usual gripe about Mardi Gras is the nasty pop acts you normally get at G.A.Y. all onstage together. This year though Steps joined the line up and the crowd went wild [well actually it may have just been Camilla]. Wandered backstage purely because I could and met up with Mark who I haven’t seen for ages [he is a promoter for DTPM and has been jet setting around the globe the last few months which is a step up from being a waiter in the London Ryan Hotel].
Supergirly did a couple of classics which reminded me of a. when I saw them recently in Croydon with Spence and b. when they came to our Christmas Party and the microphones didn’t work so they never did the act. I missed Ken Livingstone and Peter Tatchell who by all accounts were actually quite a laugh. The pre-recorded video message from Josh from Big Brother was no surprise as it had been widely rumoured he had taped one [not that he is doing BB purely for the publicity you understand or that of his company]. Now the problem with ego and pre-recorded footage is clear. He is full of himself but has not been popular. A chant from the crowd made it clear that they would have preferred a message from Brian – “Brian, Brian, Brian, Brian” they chanted clearly they have picked their favourite. Oh and the fact that the event rganisers had managed to obscure the company name Josh had plastered across the bottom of the screen only made things worse for him 😉
Wandered back to the champagne tent where I was looking around for the others when a nice young gentleman crossed my path and looked back [result I thought] but did absolutely nothing about it as usual. So met up with the others and then made to sit down and who should be nearby but the cute guy. So anyways after a bit of looking back and forth I finally wandered over [very unlike me – must have been the champagne] and uttered “um errr Hi erm um how’s your day been?” So Stevie if you are reading this [in the EasyEverything Internet Cafe in Amsterdam] I’m amazed you actually spoke to me but glad you did 😉 That’s all on that particular subject until August the 4th.
So how was email(‘your’) Mardi Gras?