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07 Jan 2007
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Christmas and new year Its been a while since my last blog so here’s how our xmas and new year went - A couple of days at Simons parents which included giving prezzies to his nephews, and playing with them. When we left the kids were getting used to the tongue twister “Kevin Mickey jimmy Hickey” - A party at Simons friends, Dawn and Carl involving clothes pegs and candle wax (don’t ask) - Christmas eve at the NRI - Christmas eve opening of prezzies, I got loads of stuff including a fred perry t-shirt and camping books. - Christmas day at Lynzi and Kates house, including a late night vistit from a stray kitten we christened Boney (as in Boney M) - 3 days over new year in a cottage in the lake district. Short walks and long nights. Would have been great if it wasn’t for sleeping in 2 single beds pushed together.
That’s basicly been it. It has all led to several pounds being transferred from my bank account to my waisteline.
So now is the time to get back to work (I start in 50 mins) and get fit. Watch this space 8:12 – 0 Comments – 0 Kudos - Add Comment - Edit - Remove |
fullPizzamania
Last week we went out on Simons works do. Before we went we got in the mood by listening to a load of old tunes, everything from the best of Mel and Kim to Pizzaman (which is what Norman cook called himself before he became fatboy slim). The night out went as works Christmas nights out should, food, drink, tears, illicit snogs. Just for a change I was the only one who was sober enough to remember.
Last night we went out to the famous New Road Inn as it was the 30th birthday of the landlady’s daughter, Zoë. They had the most entertaining stripper I have ever seen. He came on with comedy goofy teeth, NHS glasses kept together with a bandage, and a dirty Mac. After several mins of gyrating as a nerd in front of the highly embarrassed birthday girl. All nerdy outerwear was removed, to reveal a decent looking guy. He got down to his pants, Dee, the landlady, told us later that he would have gone all the way but she was worried some of the older clientele might have been offended. I got the impression most of the clientele would have been far from offended.
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Currently listening : Pizzamania By Pizzaman Release date: 22 June, 2000  |
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night out
I feel rough as a rough things rough bits. damn hangovers. Simon had a bad time recovering from having his tonsils out. but is on the mend now so we went out last night and made the most of it.
Its been a while since i had a big night out, and last night I rememberd how good a night out in bp can be, compared to “rip off” newcastle. In newcastle going to the club means spending £10 to get in and listening to music to please the masses in a clostofobic room.
Last night it was £6 to get in, and for that we got a dance CD, live entertainment in the form of Peter Andre and Jordan dueting, followed by fire breathers, stilt walkers and dancers with good quality dance music.
Right not really got much more to say so ill shut up now.
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Tonsills, Dusty,Lakes and another leap
Current mood: 
chipper
Well its been a few weeks since i last blogged properly so heres an update.
Simon has had his tonsells out which so i’m busy nursing him back to health, well i was, now i’m board with that so i have reverted to the ‘tough love’ approch. I’ll make him suffer.
I am in the process of moving in with him officially, not that it makes a great deal of diference as i haven’t stayed at my place in months.
I have discovered that the most emotionaly draining experiance anyone can go though is listening to Dusty Springfield greatest hits. She could have sung the birdy song and it would have brought tears to my eyes.
I’m looking forward to New Year in a cottage in the Lake district. No clubs, no pub crawl, no naff DJ. sounds great.
another thing im looking forward to is a new album/dvd fro the guys who made 1 giant leap. If you havent heard the frst cd or watched the dvd, you really must, they are amazing. apparenty the second will feature “Noam Chomsky, Tim Robbins, KD Lang, Zap Mama, Susan Sarandon, Courtney Love, Daniel Lanois, Alanis Morrisette, Oumou Sangare, Rokia Traore, Lila Downs, Deepak Chopra, Stephen Fry, Douglas Coupland, John Cusack, and brain surgeons, drug smugglers, belly-dancers and preachers filmed and recorded in 50 new global locations”
Heres the trailer
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Currently listening : Ultimate Collection By Dusty Springfield Release date: 04 December, 2001  |
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holiday pics
The photos from Italy are here:
http://kevhickey.fotoblog.co.uk/c1132378.html
and before anyone says it, yes i know ive put weight on
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Return to Rome, Liverpool and Blackpool
On The train ride back to Rome we had a cabin to ourselves so we reclined the seats, took our boots off and let some air get to our blisters. For our last evening in Rome we went back to the hippie hour bar for the gay choir chanting. They were really pleased to see us back and we were introduced to each member of the choir one by one. The woman behind the bar spoke pigeon English, but we got by ordering several beers, blonde, like Madonna, sometimes. After paying our bill she offered us a free couple of shots, she poured a couple of yellow drinks which we knocked back. It was advocat, but far stronger that the stuff my mom used to have at Christmas. “I made these with my own eggs” she proudly told us, to which we had no reply.
Back at the hostel we might have called it a night if it wasn’t for the accordion and trumpet players outside our window who have us many chorus’s of “those were the days, my friend”. So we found another bar for a nightcap before catching a few hours kip. Another early start as we headed to the airport where we passed the time by playing spot the nun and watching the freaks at the airport, who included an MC hammer look alike who was covered from head to toe in studded leather. No idea how he got through the metal detector. Ryan air managed to get us back to winter in Liverpool, this time with out the fanfair and more surprisingly i managed to get us back to blackpool, despite my lack of sleep, for a nice hot bath an early night and relief in the knowledge that i didn’t have to do any more walking.
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Pompaii
It was another early start today with great coffee and a Neapolitan Panini (sausage egg and other things) at the train station then another train ride this time to Pompeii. Pompeii was more impressive than I’d imagined. I was expecting a few walls and holes in the ground but what we found was a genuine town full of homes, shops , theatres, a forum, public baths, and lots more besides. The blisters wouldn’t allow us to walk round the lot so we focused on a few special areas. Brothel ally for example. There was one brothel really well preserved that we went in. Above the doors were paintings showing what each woman’s speciality was. It was a bit like looking up at the photos to choose what you wanted at MacDonald’s. Having the woman on top, below, or up the bum seemed to be the main items on the menu. We then walked through the towns bumpy streets till we got to the two Theatres, one large one small. As we walked through the town it was the small personal everyday touches that made me think about life in the those days and the tragedy that struck. Then there were the bodies in the glass cases, encased in ash but you could still see the pain and fear on their faces and the bits of skull and skeleton where the ash has fallen away
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Naples
We were half asleep and hungover in the train carriage, but we noticed the further south we headed use warmer it got. It was hard work trying to get from the station to the hostel in the heat with all our bags, trying to avoid street sellers and speeding vespers. The roads seem permanently gridlocked and most cars have a few dents in the side. The city feels like a cross between rio and cannes, not that i’ve been to either. Although we were knacked we decided food was more important than sleep. I had a beautiful pizza, swimming in olive oil. The waiter tried chatting about his time working on cruise ships, this should have been a nice change after the rude customer service we had experienced in Rome, but we were too knackered for small talk. The food perked us up a bit so we went for a wander along the sea front. I decided that a tour bus might be better than walking as we both had developed blisters by now. The plan was to find something touristy and a bus would turn up. So we continued until we got to a fort on the sea front, and sure enough there was stop for a guide bus. So we had a sit and watched the world in by, including various joggers. We concluded Naples has better looking men than Rome apart from the ones in uniform. As we waited for a bus to turn up 5 random wild dogs strolled over one by one and collapsed next to me. I found this quite disturbing especially as they had arranged themselves in the formation of a pentangle. The hounds of hell on holiday? An hour passed with no bus so we hobbled down the bay of Naples before heading back. We were still recovering from the night before so we had a power nap, then spent an hour trying to find a restaurant. Walking the streets we noticed that everything was grouped into areas, we walked through the shopping area, metalwork area, bookselling area desperate to find the restaurant area. We eventually found a square with a rather naff restaurant but it was good enough for us. Naples seemed to be a vibrant city full of life and energy, unlike us who were back in the hostel asleep by 9.
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Vatican City
Sunday was Vatican day, we got to go into st peters but unfortunately the sisteen chapel was closed. We saw all the tombs of the dead popes, including jp2, unfortunately i wasn’t aloud to dance on it. On the way out of Vatican city we popped into one of the many tacky gift shops which was full of overpriced religious tat, popes on a plate and the like. Simon spotted a 2007 calendar of sexy priests, a concept so wrong he just had to get it. While crossing the Tiber I was lucky enough to buy a ‘genuine’ Rolex for €3O from some guy who disappeared when a policeman started to cross the bridge. We walked across the city, past a street that used to be used for chariot racing. Then up a hill to a relaxing orange garden with amazing views across the city, then past a doorway with a Maltese plaque. The staff at the hippy bar had told up about the keyhole of this door, which we looked through to see St Peters perfectly framed by a row hedges. So down the other side of the hill and we discovered a green market which we zoomed round getting through as many free samples of wine as we could. By evening we were still waking, this time around the exclusive shops. I was tired and fed up until we got to a bar and downed half a litre of lager. This helped no end and I even enjoyed another hour of shopping.
Sunday night we headed towards the Coliseum where we eventually found a couple of gay bars that served very strong cocktails, which is why i can’t recall much and why i felt crap when we were up at the crack of dawn to get the train to Naples.
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