On Spontonaity

I wonder if my male friends have the same issues as me.. or is it just me....

Behind closed doors... ie in front of lulu.... and in response to a Starwars Revenge of the Sith radio ad I break out in quotes from the movie:

Denzil Obiwan: But you were the chosen one [makes lightsabre sound and corresponding hand movements to indicate sabre slashing]

Princess Leia-Lu (unfortunately without the hair bun curls): Wot is wrong with you?!?! Are you right there?? You've lost it!!! See what computers do to you? The inner geek is coming out! [all the while looking over her eyebrows at me]

So do other males get the same sort of reactions from their partners when they break out in spontaneous bursts of random movie quoting/song/dance? Please leave comments and make me feel like I'm normal!!

Yes Gordan I'm Another Year Older.

Another year, another year older. Time certainly does travel faster when you get older!! This year certainly has gone in the blink of an eye. I'm now alittle older at 33, and perhaps abit wiser.

For my birthday Lulu was able to secure a reservation at Gordon Ramsay's restaurant at Claridge's. Gordon Ramsay is a celebrity chief in much the same way Jamie Oliver is. (side note is Gordon Ramsay known back home in Australia?)

We had a brilliant 3 course meal with classy silver service. This is the kind of restaurant that celebrities and the social elite dine... commoners like myself generally have to book 6 months in advance! How on earth Lulu managed the reservation is beyond me! Gotta love that woman!

I can't get by the quality of service at this place. A waiter comes by with our orders while 2 other waiters present the food to our table. Considering that a glass of orange juice costs 5.00 pounds I don't know if this would be a regular occurance - despite that the quality and size of the servings being exceptional.

And the best part of the experience was that we saw the man himself - Gordon Ramsay! But unlike his cooking shows we didn't hear him swear.. hahahaha. Seeing Gordon at the restaurant added a special element to the lunch because we thought he would be like Jamie Oliver and not actually work in his restaurants anymore. Unfortunately he left before we could pin him down to get a photo with him! It's nice to know that Gordon himself could have made my lunch :D

FAME!!!

"FAME!!! I wanna live forever.... I wanna learn how to fly.. FLY!!! "

We saw Fame, the musical tonite. But I guess you figured that out already!! Cindy and Rossie joined us also. They too loved it. I think they loved it for the music, the dancing.. and most of all the hot guy dancers!!! I'm sure they were more than a bit flushed!!!

To be fair, I enjoyed it for most of the same reasons - except for the hot guy dancers.. the female dancers where drop dead geogous too! Definite something for him and her to look at!!

What really amazed all of us was how talented all the people in the cast are. Not only were they brilliant dancers but boy could they sing. The songs perhaps weren't as catchy as say Phantom of the Opera or Les Miserable, but the energy on stage and the story was great.

She doesn't know it yet...

Lulu is fanatical about Australian Idol. I think it's worse that we're in London because its hard to see episodes and two, she watches to mock / cringe at the Ozzie accent. Without a doubt her favourite and hopeful to win is Emily, and she doesn't really like any of the blokes.

She'd be very upset if one of the blokes won. They just don't seem as strong as the sheilas.

She'll be happy to know that the final will be an all-girl shootout between Emily and Kate.

Lulu's faith in the Australian public's taste has finally been restored...

Daily Horoscopes

This a real horoscope that was shown on public transport in London.

Sagitarious (Denzil): The universe comes together to bring you closer to your loved one.
Capricorn (Lulu): Your relationship is definitely over.

Weird. Contradictory horoscopes. Horror-scopes. With predictions like these its no wonder people don't really believe in this stuff. Still it amuses me reading them (but then the daily comic strips also amuse me).

I worry about my friends back home.

I worry about some of my friends.

Obsessive compulsive disorder. Net addicts. Physchological dependancy.

A mate of mine seems to log onto the net just so he can say goodnight to people. Ofcourse I could just be taking an extreme explaination of a perfectly ok situation - he (yes it's a he) could have been logged in for hours already. He probably had been. But I wonder if that really makes the situation any better.

Always wanting to be helpful...

A day in the life of Denzil:

Denzil: Let me do the washing...
Denzil: You thirsty? I'll get you a drink....
Denzil: I can see your cold... I'll get you a blanket...

I always like to be helpful and considerate of Lulu.

Rewind.. 5 minutes earlier....

Lulu: Do you remember what I got you for our first christmas ?
Denzil: ummm......

[DING]

Lulu: Remember what I got you for your 30th birthday?
Denzil: ummm....

[DING]

Lulu: Do you remember when we went to New Zealand?
Denzil: ummm...

[DING]

For those of us who are hearing impaired, the [DING] is the sound of Denzil rapidly loosing brownie points.

You Gotta Worry...

You gotta worry when a conversation with a mate goes something like this:

Chicken Hawk: im so depressed i want to go shopping
Chicken Hawk: and if i could eat
Chicken Hawk: id want some chocolate or ice cream
dwagn: hahahaa. spoken like a true woman!

perhaps.. hmmm.. i really don't know what else to say on that point.

How to make rubber.

Forget the rubber tree. I've discovered a new way to make rubber... but wait it gets better... it's eatable too!!

6:00am... its dark.. its cold.. and my alarm goes off.
6:15am... I muster the energy to get up.
6:17am... Rolled oats + protein suppliment + milk + microwave = breakfast
6:22am... Ding... 5mins in the microwave. I pull out my breakfast. There's a big white blob in it.
6:22,50am... Realisation. Enlightenment. Call it what you will. I realise the protein has solidified into a rubber white mass...
6:23am... that tastes like shit. But then again most protein supplements do.

The cravings..

Weird....

Maybe its because I'm sick with the flu, but today I've had weird cravings... for red meat just after I got into the office for work, and just now for hot popcorn with butter... That was even after the 4 (yes FOUR) bread rolls and yoghurt that Lu made for lunch. Thank god I still have a banana, and rice cakes to snack on!

If I was a girl, I would be wondering if I was having some weird hormonal shifts... perhaps I'm pregnant.

Stranger things have happened.