MARCH IS FOR MUSIC

I have been inspired to write this month on the subject of music.

There are a number of reasons for this;
1) I've just got an MP3 player
2) I've just got tickets for the V festival
3) I've just found Paul's Blog.

But before I start I'd like to give my thoughts on the BAFTAs (see Pauls blog for this too).

I caught about half an hour's worth of the BAFTA last Sunday and quite frankly that was enough. I used to lap these things up like the celebrity loving queen that I was but nowadays they can quite happily pass me by. I just can't understand why some films (Walk the Line for example) print in big letters at the top of their posters "NOMINATED FOR 5 BAFTAS" as though we should give a damn when we don't. For an awards ceremony on TV the BAFTAs this year did unusually poorly. Why is this? Because we don't care.

And yet I found myself incensed by Paul's post on the subject. I just about disagree with everything he says. The peacemaker in me wants to say "oh well, people are different. Horses for courses etc." and the rest of me wants to shout and scream. So I've reached a compromise.

Why shouldn't the BAFTAs be about promoting what we British do well? Fine acting. Excellent, gritty, working class and classical drama. Wit (as represented by Stephen Fry himself). Leave pointless "movies" to the Americans. Special effects need not be dominant here in the home of Shakespeare, of Pinter, of Tolkein. And yet we can appreciate those films like Brokeback Mountain which, despite being so typically American, are fine examples of Films - more than that, of art.

So the month of cheese is over. And what have we learned?

Well, sadly I wasn't able to go to the extent that I wanted to due to difficult family circumstances (Dancin Fairy, thanks for your lovely comments) but I think we all get the message;

Cheese was great in January.

It will be great in March.

Get over it Mouldy - there are more improtant things in life.

Food on Friday

Appetizer
If you were a colour, which colour would you be, and why?

Pink. I don't need to go into that.


Soup
When was the last time you went to the doctor, and what was your reason for going?

I fell over at Christmas (not through alcohol which is miraculous and rather typical) and hurt my ankle. But it was ok.


Salad

What do you collect?
Postcards. Old ones. Especially iof Brighton and Hove and Doncaster.

Main Course
What were you like in high school? Name one thing you miss and one thing you don't miss about those days. (If you're still there, imagine how you'll remember it in the future.)

I really miss learning. Sounds swattish but a lot of it qas quite interesting wasn't it. I also miss the structure of the day. I was very camp at school

.Dessert
Pretend you're standing in front of your home, with your back towards your home. Describe the view - what can you see? Trees? Cars? A zoo? Wal-Mart?

A Prison at the top of a hill with lots of houses on it. Nice.

Friday mealtime

Appetizer
What was a class or course you took while in school that you realize now was a total waste of time?
BA Hons in History

Soup
Who is the tallest person you know?
Big Ed (6ft 5) or Wiggy (also 6ft 5) but Wiggy looks bigger.

Salad
What's your favourite midnight snack?
Bread and Cheese (there's a surprise).

Main Course
Have you ever found money somewhere? If so, where did you find it, and how much was it?
One pound. Bought communal milk for the house with it! I'm so virtuous!

Dessert
Where would you like to retire?
Brighton and Hove is notthe best place I have ever been to in my life and I will never leave here.

THE DAY IN HEADLINES

OFFICE WORKER INCAPABLE OF RATIONAL THOUGHT
Day of extremes leads to mental paralysys

"YOUR CALL QUALITY IS GREAT!" One manager, 57, tells Office worker, 25

"YOUR CALL QUALITY IS SH1T" Another manager, 41, tells same Office worker just two hours later.

MOULD HAS VAST RANGE OF CALL QUALITY, SURVERY REVEALS

NORWEGIAN WORKERS URGED TO WRITE THEIR OWN BLOGS
"The Blogging community is expanding by the second!" exclaims on recent convert, 25.

Goats

Today's cheese related issue is this; goat's cheese - yes or no?
Personally I am not a big fan. But then feta is made from goats (or Ewes) and I LOVE that so the jury is most certainly out.

I need to make my Blog more interesting. Dancing Fairy has pictures and everything!

There's a lot of it about

Thanks for all your cheese related comments. Today's recommendation was inspired by Monkey Typist and its Chilli Cheddar. Or for that matter any sort of cheese with bits of chilli flecked into it.

I first came across this cheese at a Sandwich shop called Toast near Brighton station. It’s a great shop and it was a great sandwich. So get hold of some and try it for me.

For those who can't have chilli, apologies.

On a sad note I'd like to pass my sympathies to all those people grieving at the moment. Specifically that's the dancin fairy and H. But also, I found out today that an old lady I spent a lot of time with in my youth died last week. She was always advocating fun and good times so I'm going to have a drink to her tonight. To Mrs C!

It's at times like this that you tend to realise how important good friends are. So lets all be nice to our friends.

Gosh, I'm feeling all warm inside.

Losing the will

I bought Parmesan. It cost about one million pounds and isn't that nice anyway. My visit to the Supermarket went very badly wrong in terms of finance. I got home with my celeriac, posh fruit and expensive wine and wondered what the hell I was doing.

So I'm going to limit the "New Adventures in Cheese" to one per week now. Partly because I've had my fingers burned financially and partly because there doesn't appear to be that much choice out there. And I refuse to eat anything blue.

How much should we hate public transport? Well after spending 6 hours traveling on Saturday I hate it quite a lot. Normally, the same journey would've taken about one hour each way but no, not when there's engineering works. I was so angry. What made it so much worse was that I was a little bit drunk coming home and was craving more alcohol. I had a bottle of wine in my bag but no bottle opener! How infuriating! I'd like to know other people's bad experiences. Its good to share after all.

Work is very dull without the Dancin Fairy who is in Italy!

Brown Shoes

It occurred to me yesterday that I forgot to publish my favourite cheese yesterday.

Well, its cheddar. That's unbelievably dull isn't it? But its so versatile.

Anyway, today's interesting fact (which is only interesting if you have any interest in me at all) is that I'm going to try a new type of cheese everytime I go to the supermarket. So tonight I'm off down W**trose and I'll let you know what cheese I decided on. Any recommendations?

In other news; what's wrong with wearing brown shoes? A colleague, who shall remain nameless, looked at me and said "Brown shoes? Mmmmm" and looked disapproving. I think it’s a shame that people don't appreciate loud expressions of fashion. My shoes are lovely.