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School reunions are wierd things.
On Saturday evening I spruced myself up, braced myself and went to mine.
At the risk of giving my age away to the more mathmatically gifted amongst you, this reunion was to celebrate the 30th year of freedom from formal education.
Of course, my last mental picture of my fellow class-mates was as fresh-faced, if slightly spotty, sixteen year olds.
But the room in the local rugby club was full of over-weight, balding, middle-aged guys and middle-aged mums in sensible shoes and cardies.
I didn't go to school with all these old guys surely ???
But on closer inspection you would occasionally catch a glimpse of that sixteen year old kid you remembered.
Memories were shared and good times were relived and recalled with gusto.
It was great to see them all again after so long.
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Troubled times...
I'm STILL not able to use 20six properly. I can log in now, this took me two weeks of occasional effort. But my main gripe is the message "You need a password to view this blog" WHY do I need to enter a password just to VIEW my blog when I've logged in already ??
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Where in the World is b_p ????
Guess where your ol' Blog chum was yesterday afternoon....
This is the BIG BLUE BOX in Croydon.
I can't believe that they've just made it even bigger than it was originally !!!!
As if it was big enough already it's now MASSIVE !!!
I'm not knocking the place, I love it.
As usual, came away with more than we went for.
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Yet another pointless questionnaire...
Shamelessly 'borrowed' from MarkPat....
1) Song that always makes you sad?
Willie Nelson's It Always Will Be, I
can feel myself welling up just think about it.
2) Last thing you bought?
A Bluetooth dongle for my new laptop.
3) Last person you argued with?
My daughter, more like a bawling out
than an argument.
4) Do you put butter before putting
the peanut butter on?
Yup. Two types of butter works for me...
5) One of your stuffed animals names
as a kid?
I only had the one, a small white bear.
Fluffy.
6) Did you ever own at one time a
Barenaked Ladies CD?
No, never did.
7) Favourite day of the week?
Hmm, tricky this... Friday I think.
8) Favourite Sundae topping?
Hundreds and thousands, M&M's and
butterscotch sauce.
9) Did you take piano lessons?
No, but I wish I had. Got a piano for
the kids to learn, but never ever got around to playing it myself.
10) Most frequently played song on
your iTunes?
The Arctic Monkeys for some reason.
11) TV you secretly enjoy?
OK, Queer Eye For The Straight Guy.
US version not the lame UK one. Gotta love those Fab Five !!!
12) Would you rather play basketball
or hockey?
Ice hockey ??? Yes !!!!!
13) Date someone older or younger?
I was always open to offers from any
age !!! Still am I guess.
14) One place you wish you could
travel right now?
My villa in the North Georgia Mountains,
in time for a brunch in my local cafe.
15) Do you use umbrellas?
No.
16) Do you know the words to the
Canadian National Anthem?
No, why would I, I'm BRITISH !!!!
What happened to 17?
18) The Smiths or The Cure?
No if's or but's, the Cure.
19) Do you prefer blondes or brunettes?
Brunettes without a doubt.
20) Best job you ever had?
Test Development Engineer at WK. Enabled
me to travel to the US for free and get paid for doing it.
21) Who did you go to your school
disco with?
My mates mostly.
22) Perfect time to wake up at?
8:00 am on a Saturday morning and then
realising that you can turn over for at least another hour.
23) Perfect time to go to bed?
When your tired or when there's sex
on offer !!!
24) Do you use your Queen right away
in chess?
No! I wait....
25) Have you been in a car accident?
Yes, but nothing major.
26) Closer to Mam or Dad or neither?
Neither... it's a long story.... maybe
another day I'll tell you.
27) What age is this exciting life
over for you?
When him upstairs pulls the plug and
all the lights go out..
28) What decade during the 20th Century
would you have chosen to be a teenager in?
I would love to have grown up a teenager
in 50's America, great music and amazing cars.
29) Favourite shoes that you have
ever owned?
A pair of Converse. The original black
ones with white rubberwork...
30) Do you have an article of clothing
you have had since you were a kid? If so, what is it?
No.
31) Were you in Track and Field?
No, I could run for toffees !!! Not
bad at triple jump though...
32) Were you ever in a school talent
show?
NEVER !!!!
33) Have you ever written in a library
book?
Yes, accidentally.
34) What are you allergic to?
Aspirin and an intolerance of sugar
and yeast.
35) Favourite fruit?
Peaches.
36) Have you watched Sex in the City?
No.
37) Baseball Cap or Beanie?
An Atlanta Braces baseball cap every
time.
38) Have you ever gambled at a casino?
Yes, and I lost it all.
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The letter K.
This blog has been brought to you by the
letter K.
The letter K
is featuring very heavily in my life at the moment as I've just noticed
that most of the bands I'm currently listening to all start with the letter
K.
KUBB, KOOKS, KT
Tunstall, Kaiser Chiefs, Killers, Keith Urban, Kasabian,
Kula Shaker....
WEIRD !!!
Just plain weird...
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This Saturday I...
...went to Brighton.
It was a lovely day, well, a lovely by English standards that is !!
Here we are leaving home at 10:00.
Saturdays journey was primarily to get all of us a hair cut.
That's me, K and H my youngest daughter. Strange as it may seem, it's perfectly normal in our household to do a 100 mile round trip to get ya' hair cut.
K, my partner, has never been happy with her hair cut. No matter where she tried or how much she paid, it never ever seemed to hit the mark. Girls, I guess you'll be able to sympathise here.
She's now found a salon and a stylist that gets it right everytime. Terry at Trevor Sorbie, your a genius.
So, it's worth every penny of the trip, the price of the car park, the petrol, the time and the effort getting there.
Traffic was heavy and slow getting into Brighton, a hotel on the sea front at Hove that was in the middle of being renovated had collapsed, so traffic was being diverted all over the show, it didn't unduly delay us, just frazzled my nerves a little sitting in a pointless queue.
Finally parked up in our regular carpark...
we headed for the salon.
Not being up for paying out £65 for a haircut, I tootle up the road to the North Laines and get a reasonable cut in Clippers for £8.50. BARGAIN.
After 20 minutes of snipping and trimming and a dollop or two of B&W, I'm sporting a new hair cut and am heading back to Trevor Sorbie to pick up the ladies.
With 35 minutes to kill, I decide to stop in the park at the Pavilion Gardens Cafe next to the Brighton Pavilion
and take a seat at a table on the patio, ordering myself a large coffee and a home-made slice of shortbread.
The sun was shining, the birds were singing... heavenly.
After 25 minutes sitting and watching the world trundle by, I pop through to the salon and collect my ladies beofre unleashing the car from the carpark and heading back home.
We're currently redecorating the living room at Chez Pixel and we take a little detour in to Homebase for supplies.
After loading a trolley with three tins of Dulux paint and a new paintbrush or two, it's back home to get cracking with the decorating.
I spent the rest of the weekend doing...
and...
I'm now back at my desk enjoying the rest !!!!
Bank Holiday weekend, what, you mean there was a Bank Holiday ????
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One of life's little pleasures...
Not being a football fan, or soccer
fan for any US blog readers, I successfully managed to exorcise myself
of that particular obsession years ago after spending much of my formative
years following Portsmouth FC fruitlessly around the country, I know enjoy
a game or two of baseball.
Having dismissed the game as being nothing
more than "just grown up rounders" I now love sitting in the
cheap seats at Turner Field on a balmy sunny evening watching a good game
of baseball with a beer and a bag of ball nuts.
Getting hooked on baseball kind of crept
up on me whilst travelling around the USA with a previous job.
Sitting in a hotel room of an evening
or more usually over a long, homesick weekend, I would inevitably end up
watching some game or other on the TV with a beer and a box of Dunkin Donuts.
After skitting all over the US on business
and pleasure my family and I fell in love with Georgia, and in particular
the North Georgia Mountains, and we've ended up following the 'home' team,
the Atlanta Braves.
When we're in the US taking our annual
holiday, we always try to catch as many games as we can, last year managing
to catch three home games at Turner Field too !!!
Slowly getting used to the flow of the
game and the terminology etc has been a long job, but after following the
Braves for about five years now, I adore it.
It's always tough coming home after
the holidays and having to suffer long and painful withdrawal symptoms
of not being able to see ANY baseball whatsoever in the UK is tough.
But Channel 5 have started to push baseball
here in the UK and they screen a Sunday night game at 1:05 am. A bit late
I know, but better that than nothing at all.
Obviously they can't show any bias towards
a particular team, but it's so, so nice when they show a Braves game.
Last night... yup, it was the Braves
vs Washington.
So, out with the ol' blank VHS tape,
set up the timer and fingers crossed I'll have taped the whole game, normally
around 3 hours, for digesting over the next few nights.
I've avoided checking score too, so
I can enjoy the game.
"Take me out to the ball park....."
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