Walk for Life – 23 June

Walk for Life is now in its 13th year and has become the largest HIV and AIDS fundraising event in Europe. It is a great day out for everyone, taking in some of the sights of London on an easy 10km stroll along the Thames. Details of last years walk can be read here and in seen here, where the AOL UK team raised over ?1500.
If you want to go along register at: http://walkforlife.co.uk [team name AOL UK – you don’t need to work for AOL] or phone 0870 011 0022. Then just email me to let me know you’ve registered or pop a post in the comments. I’ll email people who’ve contacted me closer to the time to arrange meeting up and other details.

So that’s where I was

All this time I thought I was lost when in fact I was simply in the “interesting territory that lies somewhere between being lovers and being friends“.

Googletastic St. George’s Day

You have to love Google for their whacky logo changes. Today is indeed St. George’s Day, it’s also my brother’s birthday!.

EXCERPTS FROM A DOG’S DIARY

EXCERPTS FROM A DOG’S DIARY

Day number 180
8:00 am – OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVOURITE!
9:30 am – OH BOY! A CAR RIDE! MY FAVOURITE!
9:40 am – OH BOY! A WALK! MY FAVOURITE!
10:30 am – OH BOY! A CAR RIDE! MY FAVOURITE!
11:30 am – OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVOURITE!
12:00 noon – OH BOY! THE KIDS! MY FAVOURITE!
1:00 pm OH BOY! THE YARD! MY FAVOURITE!
4:00 pm – OH BOY! THE KIDS! MY FAVOURITE!
5:00 PM – OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVOURITE!
5:30 PM – OH BOY! MUM! MY FAVOURITE!

Day number 181
8:00 am – OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVOURITE!
9:30 am – OH BOY! A CAR RIDE! MY FAVOURITE!
9:40 am – OH BOY! A WALK! MY FAVOURITE!
10:30 am – OH BOY! A CAR RIDE! MY FAVOURITE!
11:30 am – OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVOURITE!
12:00 noon – OH BOY! THE KIDS! MY FAVOURITE!
1:00 pm OH BOY! THE YARD! MY FAVOURITE!
4:00 pm – OH BOY! THE KIDS! MY FAVOURITE!
5:00 PM – OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVOURITE!
5:30 PM – OH BOY! MUM! MY FAVOURITE!

Day number 182
8:00 am – OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVOURITE!
9:30 am – OH BOY! A CAR RIDE! MY FAVOURITE!
9:40 am – OH BOY! A WALK! MY FAVOURITE!
0:30 am – OH BOY! A CAR RIDE! MY FAVOURITE!
11:30 am – OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVOURITE!
12:00 noon – OH BOY! THE KIDS! MY FAVOURITE!
1:00 pm OH BOY! THE YARD! MY FAVOURITE!
1:30 pm – OOOOOO. BATH. BUMMER.
4:00 pm – OH BOY! THE KIDS! MY FAVOURITE!
5:00 PM – OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVOURITE!
5:30 PM – OH BOY! MUM! MY FAVOURITE!

EXCERPTS FROM A CAT’S DIARY

DAY 752 – My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling
objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while I am forced to eat dry
cereal. The only thing that keeps me going is the hope of escape, and
the mild satisfaction I get from ruining the occasional piece of furniture.

Tomorrow I may eat another houseplant.

DAY 761 – Today my attempt to kill my captors by weaving around their feet
while they were walking almost succeeded, must try this at the top of the
stairs. In an attempt to disgust and repulse these vile oppressors, I once
again induced myself to vomit on their favourite chair… must try this on
their bed.

DAY 765 – Decapitated a mouse and brought them the headless body, in
attempt
to make them aware of what I am capable of, and to try to strike fear into
their hearts. They only cooed and condescended about what a good little cat

I was…Hmmm. Not working according to plan.

DAY 768 – I am finally aware of how sadistic they are. For no good reason I

was chosen for the water torture. This time however it included a burning
foamy chemical called “shampoo.” What sick minds could invent such a
liquid.
My only consolation is the piece of thumb still stuck between my teeth.

DAY 771 – There was some sort of gathering of their accomplices. I was
placed in solitary throughout the event. However, I could hear the noise
and smell the foul odour of the glass tubes they call “beer..”
More importantly I overheard that my confinement was due to MY power of
“allergies.” Must learn what this is and how to use it to my advantage.

DAY 774 – I am convinced the other captives are flunkies and maybe
snitches.
The dog is routinely released and seems more than happy to return. He is
obviously a half-wit. The bird on the other hand has got
to be an informant, and speaks with them regularly. I am certain he reports

my every move. Due to his current placement in the metal room his safety is assured. But I can wait; it is only a matter of time…

thanks to Rob for this 🙂

humour

okay so watching Urban Legend and One of the characters is played by Joshua Jackson off Dawson’s Creek. So he turns on the radio and the theme to Dawson;s comes on and he turns it off and looks sheepish. I laugh. I laugh a lot actually. In fact I am still smiling despite Mr Jackson having met his end already.Oh but I did just figure out one of the blokes is Michael Rosenbaum from smallville. He looks better with no hair I reckon.

i hate being sick

Yesterday I struggled with a sore throat – not very good when your job involves talking all day.
By mid afternoon I was feeling lousy and just wanted to get home to bed.
Unfortunately the train line had been struck by lightning during the freak April showers earlier in the afternoon. So I had to get the tube into town and then the train from Balham. So It took me until 8pm to get home.
Thankfully though after taking Jack out for a quick walk I was snuggled up in bed by 8:30.
Today I ventured out of bed twice – both occasions to walk Jack.
I am now of course wide awake at 1:30 in the morning 🙁 but I’m sure it won’t last and I’ll be back in bed soon.
Just wish I had someone here to nurse me.

Still being awake at this time has meant I could read up on a few goings on in the blog world. Talking of that Mr Pannett has an update from Edinburgh.
I think I forgot to mention earlier that Simon has had a bit of a spring make over and Darryl has too – green seems to be the new black.
Oh and what are google doing with answers?
While we are at it what are abercrombie doing with stereotypes?

in other news

Did anyone else manage to miss the fact that the entire dutch government has resigned?

Mr Pannett

Has now gone almost for good – with the exception of a possible brief meet up in London mid June and a week of fun and frolicking in San Fransisco the end of June.
Stupid I know but I miss him already.
Lucky him though he is ‘doing’ Europe and then the east and west coast of the US before heading back to noozleland.

Friday Night Dave’s leaving party

Friday Night

Dave‘s leaving party at Retro Bar turned into more of a blogmeet than anything else. Wendy and Leslie had done wonders with the bar and lovely food, even going as far as to include kiwi fruit on the platters 😉 After a few tears, a few tantrums, and discussions about sweet tobacco and iced gems, I was convinced to go to Popstarz to continue the celebrations.
The club was packed but fun and Oliver [flirty straight boy] and Cathy [his girlfriend] kept us amused with their antics. Later after Tom had fallen asleep for what seemed like the tenth time we joined the queue to get our jackets. It seemed to snake around the entire club before eventually arriving at the coat check. Still it gave us time to cruise and be cruised. All this excitement was followed by a cab journey back to south London for pizza and pringles.

Saturday

After getting up late and missing Simon in the process I had a very lazy but enjoyable Saturday. I also managed to get rid of the futon and fridge that have been in my hall for a year. So I now have space for my bike, and Fabio’s bike, and Elric’s bike…
Although we had intentions of going out or going to see a film we ended up staying in and vegging. I’m not complaining though it was nice quality time.

Sunday

Got up relatively early as Nige was bringing Jack back to mine. Also we had plans to go and have Sunday lunch with Meg & Paul, Tom and Scally. A change of venue from the Ship in Hammersmith to the Curtains Up in West Ken was probably not good. The food and service left a lot to be desired so it was just as well we were gathered for the company and not the cuisine.
We then ventured into Leicester Square for Ice Cream and a jaunt in HMV. All of which was a pleasant and undemanding way to finish off the weekend.

I think the main thing I’ll miss about the pesky antipodean is the relaxed attitude to everything.