Blue Tuesday...

How does it feel indeed?

Maybe it's just the fact that winter has finally set in. Or maybe it's just my time of the month. But I'm a tad depressed today for some reason, been sat at work thinking how my life seems to be in a rut cash wise. I have no idea whether the job that I'm doing is what i want to do for the rest of my life - etc etc etc

I guess everyone gets a bit like this every now and again, luckily I know I have good friends to stand by me!

Had a good weekend (as per) - went out for a few after work on Friday. Finally rolled in at Midday Sunday (Via The City, Soho, G-A-Y, AM, Some dodgy bar in Vauxhall and some boys house). Then back into G-A-Y bar for cheap drinks with Sue, Glinda, Mags, Matt, Derv until midnight sunday - Whew time for a drink/drugs/caffeine detox the next week or two I think. while sprawled in front of the Sky+ box!

Mx

Crying at the Discotec...

Well I wasn't crying at all. But i did see the fabulous Alcazar on Saturday at G-A-Y. They were on for about 45 Minutes and were fab (some people mime two songs when they play the club - they SANG live and DANCED to them all!). Run and buy their new song quick!

Got home at 4am suitably sated (and I wasn;t even drunk in the club!)

Sunday I was supposed to go to a housewarming. However fate had other ideas...

Ok not fate, but meeting Sue Ellen for one drink beforehand is never going to get you to your flight on time really is it? So we ended up hammered on Kronenberg in G-A-Y bar with a couple of people, then hammered in Comptons, then Hammered in Bar-Code (the best bar in Soho on Sunday, My mate Mario Dj's and his sets rock! - he could easily play there on a Friday or Saturday). Various shenanigans ensued (involving offers of porn stardom and an idea for a murder mystery party amongst other things!) and I rolled home at 3am - oops.

Weeks been fairly quiet, Glinda-E had a date last night. (incidentally she is a love and we had a great day pretending to be arguing boyfriends in ASDA on saturday!)

So what does the weekend hold? Well on Friday am off out with Racheal and the girls from work for Nats Birthday. Then Saturday I'm probably having an east end night out!

Oh and my Mum and Sis are coming to visit me soon - Huzzah!

Mike x

My Camera Never Lies...

Neither does anyone elses.

Ok Ok apart from the blatant Bucks Fizz title, pictures (well some of them) from Manchester Mardi gras are here - the ones that are postable (and where I look vaguely not off my face) are highlighted below, as well as one of me and Phil at his london leaving do!


This pic is Me and Phil - *Sniff* one day I'll marry him (only for Australian Citizenship!)




Bridget and Me, she's been my surrogate mother throughout uni, and she's one of my best friends (long suffering of course)




Mark (Phils Aussie ex - we're the same person split in two apparently. But then he is damn sexy so I guess that parts right), Me, Phil and Natalie (I work with the poor dear)



More notable people here include Nik (2nd from left - who for some reason lives in Gibralter!) and Stevey Swinburn (Next to Natalie - he's one of my fave guys on the planet.)



From Vaguely Butch/Scary - Ok just looking pissed...



To camp in one fell swoop!

Not a lot else to report this week. The tales of me snogging fierce girl have travelled far and wide. Went to BarCode last night and the were playing excellent 80s electro and 12" Mixes of
A-HA the Euruthmics and stuff.

The weekend beckons with all the mystery of the gutter (as in which one will i end up in)

Poor Mark (my boss) has broken his kneecap in two - ouch. So the poor dear is isolated in Tunbridge Wells for a while. You can access his blog from my links and leave him a sympathy message - He'll appreciate it!

Mxxxx

Highlights and a Pit Bull?

You're looking fierce girl!

Well the song didn't chart bless 'em. But Me and Vicki managed to harass fierce girl last thursday in G-A-Y bar! Oh and how. Details have already been distributed to those in the know...

So how was your weekend? Friday night saw a free bar after work for some birthdays we were having. Cue much white wine and Sue Ellen sweeping through on a state visit to the delight of my Female colleagues ("Ooh isn't he friendly! Some people come to a party where they don't know anyone and stand in a corner quietly" It was commented - Not our Marky, rolled in, claimed the Nachos as his own, gossiped and swept out again like the royalty that he is!)

Saturday was spent (once I got my lazy arse out of bed) going round Stratford with Racheal helping her find paint and things for her room. We then had a lovely afternoon meal in the Edward VII. Then I wizzed off into town and ended up DRUNK AS A SKUNK in G-A-Y. Managed to have one of those amazing nights where I didn't spend a penny.

Met the delightful Lynette yesterday for a cheap day together. We went to the Brick Lane Festival, which to be honest was a better idea than practicality. So we abandoned it as a bad job and went wandering round Soho whilst trying to think of money raising schemes. I even put my collar up to look more like a rent boy - alas no offers. and on my 1 Year London anniversary as well!

Most Haunted live was on when I got in, and there were certainly evil spirits about (well it woke the witch sleeping upstairs at home and she came down and cast a wicked spell on me for playing my music too loud. Not my fault she was in bed at 8 (yes 8) cos she was too drunk is it?

Am knackered today, although looking at flights to Oz is keeping my spirits up...

Mx

Bonne Anniversaire

Just thought I had to post one of my fave webpages,

http://www.socialscrutiny.org/ - It's a highly hilarious piss take of the workings of UK government.

Yay had a nice relaxing night last night - It was mainly Donuts and sex (not at the same time), with a smattering of MTV thrown in for good measure. Oh and Glinda nosing up and down the street like Ena Sharples cos she heard a broken window - Honestly that girl!

Got an email from the lovely Mark who has returned safely to Oz, and big up to Phil who has a new job working for Oldham Town council (I'm the only guy who has the Australian Young Town Planner of the year 2002 as a best mate - pity his prize was to go to Wartorn East Timor and not the Bahamas. But it can't be all coke and champagne can it?)

It's also Leahs birthday this weekend, which means only one thing (well two including her Birthday) - It's exactly 1 YEAR since I came down for Leahs Birthday last year and Richards Return to the UK party and then never went home. I'll be one London year old this week. And Luckily I'm still full of my Northern Charm. None of this pushing and shoving and leaving old grannies to struggle with their shopping for me, Nosireee. (besides my mother would be most unimpressed!)

Mx

Just A Quickie...

Monday is here again. Went on a lovely date last night with a gorgeous French Guy (more on that if and when).

Also went to action on Saturday. Bit Muscle Mary Steriod Brigade, but generally an up for it crowd. Then on to Twist@Fire, god knows what I looked like stumbling onto the Jubilee line home at 9am in a completely twisted state - oops!

Found a great one of those 'Which...' Are you Quizes - a Clue one! Huzzah





I'm not pessimistic, but Mrs (not Miss) White is my fave character from the film!

More Later :)

Mx

Manchester Pride 2004 - Rock on!

Hey-ya!

Well It's now Thursday and I feel sufficiently recovered to tell the tales of Manchester. So read on for the highs and lows, the tears and tantrums, oh and of course the Alcohol...

Glinda and I arrived on Friday afternoon by High Speed (Hmm) electric train to Manchester Piccadilly, although it was that brimming with Queens it should have been called Piccawilly (ho ho ho). Ma and Chris then picked us up, we threw madam out at her hotel (The Midland - Very Porsh) and we proceeded back to base at Ma's new house (which is a tres lovely townhouse).

Back into town after we were ready where we descended on Phils new plush City Centre pad, then out for a 'few' pre big weekend drinks. Well It all went pearshaped poste Haste to say the least. After much Spirit/Essential/Cruz I arrived home at 6am Saturday and crashed out.

Saturday Manchester was graced by the arrival of HRH Sue Ellen, Empress of the kingdom of Trash. So we minced out into town all high heels and no knickers, with no plan apart from drinking and going for an all we could eat Chinese. Saw Stevey S (Officially my favorite ex), Sue and me missed FIERCE GIRL on the main stage, despite queueing for ages and being their number one fans so we were gutted (lying security guards!). And eventually settled on...

Poptastic.

For anyone that doesn't know, Pop is one of my fave places. One room cheese, one room indie, and always cheap drinks. Well for the night they had taken over a huge carpark underneath Piccadilly Station, there was a school disco theme, and also a bouncy castle. We all ended up muchos drunk, dancing away to our fave Skool Disko songs.

Later in the night, disaster struck! my FAVE EVER T-shirt fell out of my back pocket when I was dancing. Now I'm not materialistic, but if I was, it'd be over this top. If anyone has one the same that they don't want I'd do anything for one back (and I mean anything). The last known moments of it's existence (before I took it off and it fell out of my pocket or got nicked) are shown below:

Nice ears huh?


Now maybe the drink and drugs helped. But i was in Floods of tears after this and was unconsolable, this is where Phil comes in. My rock and tower - he walked topless in solidarity with me at 4am through Canal Street (where we got offered a 4sum - how rude). We then went back to his and sat on the window ledge drinking and trying to lure men in like Sirens. Unfortunately all we got was some Homophobic abuse from some twat, that'll teach us. Although we did shout back at the man.

Sunday - Well we spent most of the day recovering to be honest. Though we did feel well enough to go out for a sociable few in the afternoon to the lovely Prague V to meet up with Vicki (disgusted by her unglam yellow armband) and Glinda and Steve and co, which was wicked apart from the gay line dancing record going on outside.

In the evening we were boozing even more, (In between Sue and Ma laughing/consoling/laughing over my Tee Shirt story - gits!). I had a moment of epiphany in the Hollywood Showbar (strange place for it huh?) when i was surrounded by all those I loved and realised just how LUCKY I am to have the best people all around me. (I knew it anyway, but that one moment hammered it home - cue more tears). The moral of this story is don't get drunk and enter a strip contest - Pics to follow. I also finally met my friend Nik from who I've been chatting to for ages on T'Internet and walked into randomly (he lives on the rock nowadays)...

Bank Holiday Monday should have been a day of rest and going home - however the fact that we were still drunk from the night before and 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks' was on helped us to remain focused and made me end up asking my boss for an extra day off work. So more booze in Spirit, A random phone call to Malta and then on to Essential. With Pip (Phil, now I'm promoted to his best mate) and Mark, another Aussie of Phils who scarily looks, acts and tarts it about like me. Phil was terrified when we started uttering the same sayings. There were many tears that night between me and a nameless person. All i really remember is dancing to Rachel Stevens, telling some queen (who was bitching about me) that he must have pulled his brain out by accident last time he plucked his eyebrows and suddenly was in the New Union and I was dancing to 'Dead Ringer for love' at 3am while trying to avoid the attentions of one of the managers there - Oops.

Tuesday definitely was a day of rest, so tearfully I bid goodbye to Phil, Steve, Ma and Co. With an agreement to hook up with Mark on Wednesday for a night out in London. And it was back to London to domestic life with Glinda to share tales of random sex and drugs.

Big Hugs and Snogs to everyone that made my weekend perfect. You guys are all the best friends a fella could ever have.

Love Mx

(photos to follow when i get them e-mailed to me)