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July 31, 2007
If it's not rain it's germs. The weekend before last I missed the Hoxton Whores [for the second time in as many months] due some nasty gastric flu nonsense. I tried to put a brave face on it for a BBQ at the Happy Valley Country Club the next day, but had to bail out after 2 beers and a sausage.All seemed back to normal on Sunday and we managed to get expensively pissed in the Rosendale. Normality lasted until Thursday for the Scissor Sisters at the O2. The gig was so much better than I had expected. And I had high expectations. I thought the band would be pretty tight but I didn't expect them to rock so much! There were the expected levels of disco glam as well of course and the stage show was awesome [see the laser frenzy of "Comfortably Numb" above]. Apart from a couple of lacklustre ballads it was non-stop party music all the way. We missed the support act as we were still wandering around taking in the gaudiness of the Dome's "Mall" effect and trying to find somewhere, with enough bar staff to ward off the queues, for a drink. I think we settled on Iguana's or something in the end.
We managed to spot a bar still open afterwards as well... and sunk a couple more while the majority of folk fought over the tubes. Unfortunately we left it a bit too late and missed the last Westbound Jubilee line train. But all was not lost as we caught the 1.00am Thames Clipper and whizzed down the Thames with mini bottles of wine admiring the lights of Canary Wharf. We had intended to get the Clipper to the gig but all attempts were thwarted by trying to book online. Sort it out!
Had a bit of a relapse Friday night at Jnr's Jamm. I assumed I had a hangover from the gig the previous night but maybe not... Nice to see Junior again though and there was a great vibe in the club but I was visiting the toilet so often I suspected I'd get followed by suspicious staff after a while! So we went back to Kev and Karol's and managed to butch it out until 8.00am, walked home for a quick nap and met up again in the Railway at 3.00pm for Bloody Mary's.
At 7.00pm we were back in Docklands to meet Carol and Mike at Gaucho. Five hours later we staggered out into the rain. It was a great night out but Gaucho didn't quite live up to my expectations. My rump steak was very good but nobody else's was quite what they had ordered. The sides were good though and the wine was excellent. All Argentinian, as was the meat of course. I suspect we may have drunk far more than we ate. We got the Jubilee line OK this time but had to cab it back from London Bridge. Oddly enough we didn't even leave the house on Sunday!
So here I am, a couple of days later with a hacking cough, sore throat, sneezing and constantly blowing my nose and I've finally succumbed to FaceBook. Lord help me!
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hope you're feeling better! But Facebook? Has nobody mentioned that the 2D internet is soooo over... ;-)
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