what a week end

what a week end – the irish have a reputation for being friendly but I must say that they go far beyond this. I spent the weekend staying with a friend from work at his parents in Malahide [about 10 miles north of Dublin] and they not only put me up [even moving around so I had a room of my own] but also on a weekend they were having a family party and gran coming to stay as she was not well – hospitality was fantastic and lovely people. The flowers I got by way of a thank you seemed small and insignificant.
If anyone is over in Dublin by the way you can do far worse than taking a trip up that way – the beach is lovely and reminded me a lot of home [my parents basically live the opposite side of the Irish Sea].
On Friday night we went to HQ with work colleagues which was nice and then on Saturday went shopping with the girls and were due to visit the Guinness Brewery [davo has a cool perspex thingy with a blob of guinness in it] but we never managed it šŸ™ so that is now on my hit list for next time. Allegedly there is a really cool bar too with views over the city but you need to go on the tour [or have a corporate function] to get in there.
Saturday evening we started off in Pravda and then moved to Q bar [a straight version] and then onto Fireworks which was fantastic. I never normally do straight pubs and clubs but had a really good time. Fireworks used to be the fire station and is now a huge 3 floor pub/club venue which would go down well in London – so I highly recommend it.
I also learnt that scally has broken his arm [poor lamb] on Saturday. Go send him a card or something šŸ™‚

dorothy may not return luke’s

dorothy may not return luke‘s calls but that shirt was all the proof I needed, and he is calling her…
Disclaimer
the above smear attempt is not founded in any truth whatsoever and that fact that luke wears dodgy shirts does in no way make him a homosexual.

I was paid to take

I was paid to take my clothes off in a london nightclub
This one is actually true When I moved to London I worked in Heaven nightclub. It was actually a great laugh. We used to have theme nights and so depending on the theme we would have shows and people wandering around to freak out the acid heads. The white party for instance I was painted from head to toe in white grease paint and wore a tiny [and I do mean tiny] white g-string. On other occasions I was simulating sex on a bed at the entrance and having sex [although we were supposed to be simulating] in a foam pit by the downstairs bar just off the dance floor. Taking my clothes off on stage [and off stage] was just one of my many erm talents at the time.
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congratulations to jonathon on his

congratulations to jonathon on his new home. And in answer to his question… Whatever happened to the word ‘gay’?…
If they mentioned it was a gay event you wouldn’t have all the kids coming to see steps or the north london possee coming to the fair. A few years ago when the event formerly known as pride was at clapham common, capital radio mentioned kylie [or someone similar] being on stage with no mention it was a gay and lesbian [and transgender etc etc] event. And they wondered why people got beaten up on the perimiters.

pah! as only people who

pah! as only people who work in my office will know SHARK makes your head hurt. So I’m calling it a day and going out with the dublin crew to start off my weekend in Ireland.

okay well I have set

okay well I have set up a new comments system [thanks to .comments] and stopped using blogvoices since it is down. So those of you that emailed me about the ‘call my bluff‘ can now discuss it instead.
The only problem being that now the includes don’t work so I’ll have to figure that one out later.

go on then I know

go on then I know I said I wouldn’t but I just couldn’t help myself. I thought what the hell I’m going to join in. everyone else has done it. why not me?
Here are ten things about me. Nine of them are true, and one isn’t. They are taken from all 4 of my lives so even those who know me well may not know. Jacs is probably the exception to that.

  • I was paid to take my clothes off in a london nightclub
  • I worked on harley street selling cosmetic surgery
  • I was interviewed on Watchdog
  • I worked for Danny la Rue
  • I have an invisible bardcode tattoo visible only under UV light
  • I met Madonna at an after show party
  • I grew up in a house with 10 bedrooms
  • I was interviewed on The Cook Report
  • I have 32 aunts and uncles
  • I was born the exact weight of a bag of sugar [2.2lb]

Have a guess and I’ll let you know if you’re right.

blogvoices has been down for

blogvoices has been down for a while and making the site load very very slowly. sorry about that.

ooh I’m off to Dublin

ooh I’m off to Dublin tomorrow with work and have decided to stay out for the week end – never actually been there as a tourist although been plenty of times with work. So figured make the most of the long week end and see what all the fuss is about. So don’t expect many updates šŸ˜‰