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!

Friday’s USA Today had an

Friday’s USA Today had an article about geo-caching and I was intrigued to see that although it is sweeping the US with it’s wide open spaces and preponderance of SUV’s but having looked at the site I was suprised to see that there are caches in the UK too. I was wondering if I could start a cache on my roof? That’d be a hard one to get! Having the NeverLost system inthe car though has made me consider going andbuying a handheld GPS I know I have absolutely no need for one yet somehow that doesn’t seem to be the point.

Davo has just pointed out

Davo has just pointed out that Jonathan is also an ANF slut – here is the evidence!

Jonathan just sent me a

Jonathan just sent me a link to nakednews.com now I saw this before and it was all women reading the news whilst taking their kit off slowly. Now it appears there is a male version of the site where you can watch blokes get into the buff whilst telling you about landslides and war. Isn’t the interwebnet fantastic?

last time I was over

last time I was over here in the US I bought a giftcard from target purely because it was cute – can you blame me though?

I finally made it to

I finally made it to planet of the apes tonight and must admit the ending was kinda wierd yet funny. The entire film though I kept thinking how much marky mark looked more like an ape than the apes did – although I still wouldn’t kick him out of bed should he happen to be in there when I got home. to think he was the one everyone said wouldn’t make it when he left/was kicked out of New Kids on the Block. I fancied Donnie his brother back then when I should have been old enough to know better. How I got away with those smash hits posters on my wall I’ll never know – my mum and dad must have just thought it was a phase…

blogger has finally given in

blogger has finally given in to paid sponsorship – and why not indeed NextDraft from what I read today is well worth a mention anyways whether they are paying or not.
on the subject of paying I was looking at an article on supermarkets here int he US and 10 things they don’t want you to know and I am so glad I do not need to purchase groceries whilst I am over here. What with rodents, overcharging and reforming out of date products…. eep.

not exactly a weekend in

not exactly a weekend in hyperlinks but how about a weekend in dc? I had a fabtastic weekend – didn’t make it to planet of the apes but had a great time anyways. Jonathan dropped me off at East Falls Church Metro and then the party started as soon as I arrived in Dupont and staggered hot and sticky into the brenton for another weekend.
The party quite literally started as soon as I arrived – 2 of the long term guests Jimmy and Patrick were celebrating Jimmy’s 20th birthday with lots of champagne and goodies. Kevin who I met last weekend has also been there over a month and had mentioned I was coming back this weekend so they extended an invite – which was both unexpected and welcome. They have some cool friends and I now have more phone numbers than I can shake a stick at for the next time [if there ever is a next time with budget slahing left right and centre] I am over this way.
So friday was basically a stay in and get wrecked night. Saturday naturally got up late wandered around a bit in the muggy heat and then gave up and headed back for a disco nap. had cocktails as usual at the brenton and then headed out for a bite to eat where I fell in lust with the waiter and Kevin fell in lust with the table of muscle mary’s to our left. We then headed to the fireplace which is a new bar for me 😉 and the barman insisted on giving us free drinks – nasty cactus juice – and so I was in no fit state to make it to velvet nation either 🙁
I had a giggle fit and sat down in the middle of Dupont Circle and then started wandering back again only to bump into Jimmy and Patrick. When we got back the Brenton was in full swing with lots of party goers just getting in – managed to make it to bed but slept with my contacts in as I had trouble getting them out.
Sunday slept very late but then staggered down for coffee in the lounge feeling very sorry for myself. Had brunch at Hamburger Mary’s where they were having beach party bingo with Kevin and Larry and then headed back to the brenton after a few too many mimosas and had a lie down and a shower and then planned on going to planet of the apes with Jimmy, Patrick, Kevin and Larry only none of us made it so then went for a bite to eat with Larry at Annies and then back for a little while before heading back to Dupont Circle and the Metro out to Stepford oops sorry I mean Reston.
So all in all a fabtastic time and if you are ever in DC then the brenton is definitely the place to stay, make friends etc etc. There is allegedly some bed hopping too but me being a shy boy I stayed in my own.

Planet of the Apes opens

Planet of the Apes opens this evening but I’ll be waiting until monday to see it as I’ll be partying in DC until then and besides you need to go the movies with people. I think it’s kind of amusing though that marky mark – oops I mean Mark Wahlberg – looks more like an ape without a mask than some of the actors with masks do.
Jonathan is gonna stay in Reston for the weekend – I think he was traumatised by his stay at The Brenton and then visits to JR‘s and Windows. Still he can have fun riding rollercoasters at 6 flags whilst I have fun riding…. erm you know what I mean.