Yearly Archives: 2003

A perfect weekend

Monday June 2nd 2003

myself and Fliss in our 80's gear With the weather and the mood coming together at just the right time, the weekend was a complete success and one of the best I’ve had in a long while.

Friday saw the arrival of Sue, Anne, Hazel and Ian, and a trip to the local for a good meal and plenty of drinks followed. Probably not the best of ideas, since we all had to repeat the process on Saturday, but it was top fun all the same.

Saturday Ian and I caught a fairly dull Scottish Cup Final, but at least Rangers clinched the treble with a goal from Ammo in what will probably be his farewell match.

Racing back along to the house after the match, I had time to hack the life out of a pair of jeans for that 80’s ripped look, grab a shower and don my costume before Kieran and Elle arrived in school uniform! Good effort for that – only Bunny in drag robbed you of the coveted Rubik‘s Cube for the best outfit.

Soon to be married David and Sarah took the Rubik‘s Cube for the most points in the 80’s music quiz. Not sure if that’s something to be proud of or not!?

The whole evening/night went very well – I think everybody had a great time and Fliss was really happy to celebrate her 21^st with such a great crowd. Watching the video footage from Fliss‘ new camcorder the next day, it seems that everyone was in high spirits – thanks to everyone who came for making it such a good night.

As the party wound down, a text message from sister Hazel told me that the Claymore’s had thrashed the Dragons 45-7 to set up a grandstand finish to the NFL Europe season. We’ll be at Hampden next Sunday to cheer on the Claymore’s – hopefully a win will see them into the World Bowl the following Saturday. We have tickets for that too!

The Final Countdown

Wednesday May 28th 2003

Couldn’t help but use the title of a cheesy eighties rock track to point out that there’s just a few days remaining before Fliss, Kieran and Claire’s joint birthday party.

The 80’s extravaganza will feature a soundtrack recorded by myself – four hours plus of the most happening 80’s tunes!

Things will probably get a little hectic over the next few days as the build up continues, so I cant imagine I’ll have much time for updates here.

Of course, an event of this magnetude means there’ll be plenty of material on offer after the event! :o)

Gay & Lesbian groups outraged in BB snub

Tuesday May 27th 2003

For the first time in its four year run, the UK version of the reality television show “Big Brother” has failed to include a house member of a non-hetrosexual persuasion.

Although production company Endemol refuted the claims as circumstantial, OffGay, the official watchdog set up to ensure adequate penetration of non-hetrosexual television personalities, issued the following statement:
“Endemol have been extremely short sighted this year – Big Brother needs at least a gay housemate – it’s part of the heritage of the show, even if they cant stretch to a lesbian.

Honestly, where do they think this years crop of Saturday morning telly presenters are going to come from? Brian Dowling will be moving into the evening slot any time soon and with Julian Clary getting a bit long in the tooth we really need a youth injection.

They’ll live to regret it, of course – come week five when there are fewer housemates and they’re down to the dull ugly birds, they’ll be crying out for someone to camp it up.”
With Graham Norton becoming more annoying by the evening, OffGay could have a point. However, it is a little rich of them to expect Big Brother to annually audition prospective non-straight personalities, before letting them practice on screen for a number of weeks.

By contrast, branding managers are said to “be over the moon” with the easy on the eye appearance of the majority of the contestants. With talking animals and computer generated advertising stars becoming a tired formula, you can bet that even mid-distance evictees will be selling us household products before the year is out.