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Mike has brought comments all the way up to his 5th floor (no elevator).

And happy birthday to baby Dave who is one year old today.

Oh, and I am trying to cut down my internet use due a to a shockingly exhorbitant phone bill - I figured it did not make sense to subscribe to a [...]

Last night I missed the first 20 minutes of Six Feet Under, but thanks to this fan site I could read the transcript of what I'd missed - and make some sense of most of Brenda's Australian friend's lines. Was it just me or his accent was pretty tough to figure out even for English [...]

I have just found out that Funny Face Girl was on at the Barbican yesterday at 2. I'm going to rent it soon, but I would have loved to watch it on a big screen. My reinsertion in the circles of homosexualists looks less and less likely now.

Yay! Ian has managed to get tickets for the one Prom concert I was most interested in and he's taking me tonight. In a box, if you please.
I wonder if this will improve my chances of filing for appeal.

I have just been sent this picture as a comment to my previous post.
I think I looked frighteningly like it yesterday on the hill.
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What went wrong?
It seemed like an ordinary Sunday (with exceptionally good weather for London), with the usual late afternoon fun at the excessively hot Royal Vauxhall Tavern.
Next thing I know, I'm waking up on the deserted green next to the RVT with the most atrocious headache, after snoozing off for an unidentified period of time. [...]

Just got back from a lovely picnic in Primrose Hill. Realized I got so accustomed to South London (most of my friends live here, we often go out in Clapham and Brixton and the Royal Vauxhall Tavern is, well, in Vauxhall) that North London felt quite eerie to me, especially prim and posh Primrose Hill.
Currently [...]

Tonight I'm going to an "End of BB3" BBQ. I'm wondering if the guys hosting it have managed to borrow the video wall from work as planned, so that all thirty of us will be able to watch it from the garden. Hopefully seeing a huge projection of Jade's face won't stop me from stuffing [...]

Message I found on my fridge as I merrily stumbled home today at - ahem - 1pm:

It's been good while it lasted. I am sorry but I do not intend to put up with your abusive behaviour any longer.
I am going back to Italy for good. Please do not try and get in touch with [...]

"This is the text message 70 employees of a dotcom were sent just before Christmas, telling them they had lost their jobs. [...]" (The Guardian)
Aah, the sweet dot.com memories: working round the clock in the Munich office with occasional naps on the round red velvet couch, the countless free cappuccinos, the thrill of going through [...]

J. had to cancel our date last night, due to a last-minute opportunity to go see a show for free. That's not too bad, since I have a horrible cold of the "let's dance for hours at the RVT and then pop out shirtless for a chat" variety.I'll probably see J. next week, which means [...]

I'm just back from Brixton tube station, where I went to hand in a mobile phone I found on the train last night.
And not just any mobile phone, but a shining brand new Sony CMD Z7, the object of my undying - but unaffordable - desire before I happily settled for an used Ericsson T28 [...]

Well, it's official now: I am going to have the my gay membership card taken away from me. This letter was in the mail today:

Dear Sir,
We are sorry to inform you that as of today, July 22nd, 2002, you will not be entitled to call yourself a homosexual any longer.
The Commission has taken the decision [...]

A while ago in an internet café I had a quick look at Bitful, saw that the main colour was some sort of shocking pink but did not think much of it. Last night David told me that he approved my choice of colour, as shocking pink is not used so much anymore. It was [...]

The City of Paris has just spent 1.5 million Euros on transforming a 3 km stretch of the right bank of the river Seine into a temporary beach, complete with sand, palm trees and sun lounges. I do not know exactly where they did it, but I have the feeling it includes cruisy "Tata Beach" [...]

Queer Nation @ Substation last night was great, then I had some Sleep LiteTM - a series of fifty-seven five minutes naps between 7 and noon. I knew I should have gone to Trade instead, but the first bus I saw was home-bound…

Was I hallucinating, or was Brixton covered in hair at 6am this morning? Some people with hair extensions must have got into a hell of a cat fight.

Ouch, my tongue hurts. And no, it's not what you think, I just bit it violently last night while furiously chewing gum.

Cruising at a supermarket today reminded me of the Marina Safeway (if my memory does not fail me) in Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City series, which I'd love to read again, but unfortunately I lost the books in the divorce. So, the obligatory Amazon wishlist has been set up (it seems that no weblog [...]

You: 6ft, piercing blue eyes and a pierced eyebrow, wearing combat shorts and a pale blue t-shirt. Me: 6ft, brown eyes, jeans and a striped sleeveless t-shirt. We both went for the same bottle of skimmed milk at Tescos in Brixton this morning - I kindly left it to you and could not utter a [...]

This morning I am wearing my dark grey graduation suit from Next (it still fits me after all these years, thank you very much), a blue shirt and Italian loafers. I really want the job. I really really need the job. Wish me luck.

I like tube (london underground) strikes. Because Ian was late for dinner and very kindly treated me to it to make up for the delay. Ok, it's 4:52am and I'm still burping jalapenos, but it was definitely worth it. He showed me an article (I believe it was in the Evening Standard) in which Germaine [...]

Happy birthday Tom Plastic (Old) Bag - yeah, I know, I have no right to call him that, considering I'm over five years older than he is. By the way, I've just discovered his true identity: he really is a single woman in Chicago.

Apologies if this has already been going round and round, but I just found the link to un lapin on b3ta and I just keep watching it over and over (Laetitia Casta lip-sinking to a classic Chantal Goya song, quirky animation). Even more delightful if you understand the lyrics

"An insider who has heard three demos from Madonna's new album describe (sic) them as sounding like Sigue Sigue Sputnik" (via Popbitch).
I am not surprised, for it sounds like a very logical artistic evolution, considering that to me the first few bars of Music have always sounded very much like The Rockets, a long-forgotten disco [...]

Yay! My new mobile phone is in the mail! I managed to buy a used one from eBay, using the "buy now" option (see my previous attempts at snatching one up through auctions). It's going to be my fifth cellphone in five years (they all stopped working at some time or another - I suppose [...]

I've been lusting over iPods for a while, but could not get one because I have a PC. Starting at the end of August, a new Windows version will be available in the USA. I'm starting to save, like, now.

I keep spotting cuties while watching TV these days: last night in Six Feet Under, a new hottie named Jeremy Sisto (top picture).
Come on, the guy played Jesus in a CBS miniseries, and I'm Italian, so I can't help it.

What worries me though is my growing enthusiasm for Joseph Millson (bottom picture) who plays Jason [...]

I'd read about it, but somehow the words "bluegrass" and "Stairway to Heaven" failed to conjure up the beauty of Dolly Parton's latest rendition. Thanks Mike!

I just had a QuornTM steak, stir-fried mange-touts, plain basmati rice and a green salad. Yes, it's one of those "I feel horrible and need to get fit" days. Were I to learn from the past, I should expect to be sinking my teeth into a banana - strawberry jam - peanut butter sandwich by [...]