I'm from Barcelona

The aural equivalent of David Healy turning and volleying a dipping shot from the edge of the area over the head of the 6'7" Swedish keeper.




I saw them at Koko on Tuesday night and I can honestly say it was the best, happiest gig I have ever been to. I don't have the vocabulary to describe why you should go and see them. Just go.

David Healy

words fail me.

You don't get much for a coco in berlin

Guten Tag!

Ich bin just back from Berlin for my mate Peter's stag do.... Broke myself slightly, but had a great time... Managed to do pretty much 66%-33% split on piss up and culture, although the majority of the culture and sightseeing was done on my own yesterday after everyone else had gone home...

I found myself staring at this chap at checkpoint Charlie wondering who he was. An actor? An actual ...

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Photos from St Muzza's Day now online

The edited highlights (all 45 of them) from my photofest on Saturday are now on Flickr... a few of my favourites above, as ever, to whet your appetite.

Cameron William Thomas Townsend

Just a short post to say hello and welcome to the world to young Cameron Townsend, who as I write is nearing the end of his first day on the planet....

My sister popped him out just after 1am this morning in a home birth, with Nanny (i.e. my mum) present and sobbing her head off at the whole emotion of it.

Mother and son are doing well by all accounts, and Alex & Shannon slept through the whole thing, coming downstairs this morning to discover that the Stork is now doing out-of-office-hours deliveries and they had a new sibling to play with/torment in years to come.

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St Murray's Day

out at the weekend for Murray's birthday and St Paddy's day. I had a whale of a time and somehow took about 120 photos.... Ireland thrashed Italy at rugby, then we sat and watched as the dirty French snatched the 6 nations from under our noses. Got very very drunk and danced like a fanny, to the point where I got molested by the bar staff, who tried to pull my trousers off. I knew I was good, but I didn't realise the sheer sexual magnetism I obviously exude when strutting my stuff.

J certainly thought so, judging by the look of embarrassment/impending singledom that she had on her face.

Have been sorting through the photos, will post em tomorrow hopefully

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A grand

that is what the bastard tax man has deigned to take from my bonus. His mate National Insurance has shafted me for £500 as well.

All of which cuts my bonus in half. Almost makes me glad I don't earn this much every month.

Almost.

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Am I the only one who thinks this?

I happened to hear the new Avril Lavigne song on the radio this morning. It sounds awfully like a pop classic from a few years ago, but I'll leave it up to you to form your own conclusion. I won't tell you what the second video is, but listen to Avril (the top one) and try and guess what the second one is before playing it.....

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The gig was quite good on Sunday

Old Malenczuk is kind of a mix of blues and folk. Apparently most of his songs are political about the "Old Poland" but obviously I am taking that on the authority of those who were trying to translate for me.

The guy talks a lot and is apparently quite funny, at least judging by the raucous laughter from the 99% Polish audience. I think I may actually have been the only Brit in there. But that ...

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Disgruntled sponsor #2

Met my friend Lorna last night for a few drinks - hadn't seen her for about a year and a half. It was very good to see her but she did raise the point that I had not yet thanked her for sponsoring me in the 10K.

Calm yer jets love - this is not it. I will wait and give you the tribute you deserve soon. I think Im might lamp me one if I don;t get to her first though.

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I think I have malaria

My hand has swollen somewhat since this morning and is now rather large and red and stingy. Me being me, I spent this morning researching malaria on the internet, after my unthinking mate Simon suggested that - given the beastie landed on me in Borough market - it might have stowed away in some exotic african produce and be a deadly killer mozzie. It was about twice the size of normal London ones to be fair. Anyway, apparently I have a few days before the full effects take hold so will do my best to write thank yous to my sponsors before then.

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1st mozzie bite of the year

The 2nd is on my thigh

Another beautiful day in old London town

which I spent watching the Rangers-Celtic game and then the England-France rugby game. We only bloody beat Celtic at Celtic Park! With our defender scoring an overhead kick!!

Very odd.

Andy popped round, made him watch the rugby as punishment for not being arsed to go out and take photos on such a glorious day like he said he would. If I didn't know him better I'd almost say he didn't absolutely ...

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Continuing our series

of girls with good accents and witty lyrics.....

I feel a bit like a dirty old man liking this for some reason, but apparently Lady Sovereign is "big in America" now so I suppose that makes it ok... I'm guessing she's not a Mouseketeer on the Disney Club. This was the highlight of my training playlist when I was running.... She was on my "South London mix". Just found out she's from Edmonton - the north London home of sofa muggings. Never mind.

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Kate Nash

Helen got me onto her - she was supporting Tilly(?) and the Wall when she went to see them with Lucy the other week. I love singers with accents and the lyrics to this are so sweet. I think the video is some amateur effort, so just listen to the song... Guarantee it will brighten your day.

http://www.myspace.com/katenashmusic

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Maleńczuk

This is the gentleman I'm going to see with the Polish massive on Sunday at the Telegraph...

Should be interesting.

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Spring is still here!

Ate my sandwiches in the sunshine in Embankment Gardens today for the first time this year.

It was nice.

Whoop! Whoop!

This is an artists impression of the sight that's greeted me on the way home the last two days...

It would appear that Operation Trident has stepped up a gear - yesterday I wandered past a group of guys being busted on Tulse Hill, having been stopped in their car by about 5 police cars and vans, then this evening there was a massive tailback through the Brix due to another car - this time empty by then with all its lights still on - having been stopped by another full shift of plods in the middle of Brixton Road.

Sum'hin goin dahnn, y'all

Spring has finally arrived

I left work today to see the daylight desperately clinging on for its dear life, as opposed to that lightweight winter light that buggers off home to play on its Xbox as soon as it thinks the boss isn't looking.

There's something about spring dusk that just makes you feel good. It's almost like the light is attached to something and is being sucked away by the opposite side of the earth but is ...

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Imogen is rightly pissed off

that she has still not got her thank you post for sponsoring me in the 10K.

And rightly so. I'll check through my list of sponsors and ensure that anyone I think will give a damn will get their tuppence worth. You deserve it. My main problem is that I don't have a picture of Im to post next to her tribute. It's weird, despite being friends for 10 years I've never had that many photos of her. ...

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Hard luck to Celtic

Who managed to make it to extra time against the mighty AC Milan in the Champions League before crashing out....

Guess all eyes are now on The Gers in the UEFA Cup then....

Ummmm.

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Just made the mistake of clicking the 'next blog' button at the top of the screen

A leap into the unknown. And a revelation....

There is some utter, utter pish festering on the internet. I wonder what the carbon footprint is of the amount of extra energy needed to run servers to support the drivel churned out via Blogger on a daily basis.

Obviously I am exempt from criticism and my blog should be on the national curriculum, but really.... Does anyone actually care about a guy ...

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Bumchunks

I used that today in an msn message to Lizzi. I quite like it as a term of annoyance - i.e. "awww bumchunks!" when one perhaps realises they have lost their student loan documentation.

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If you're wondering what that weird picture of the pint of Guinness is all about

it was Szymek's way of being funny when my back was turned in the Albert on Saturday night. I drank it anyway - I thought it was quite a nice way to be picked on by the bar staff... Almost counteracts the fact that the local paranoid schizophrenic spent the evening making throat slitting signs and the like at me across the bar.

Apparently he's taken exception to me because I said I was from ...

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Remember Electrasy?

I love this song. Saw them live at Daft Friday in the GU back in 98 you know. The rest of their stuff was pish. Trust me, I bought the album whilst still pissed the next day.

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Tidied my room tonight in an attempt to get organised

and clear some room for J. Even though she might not be moving in after all.

I've managed to lose my student loan deferment forms and my invite to a school friend's wedding.

So, erm, Julie - just in case you've somehow stumbled across this blog, I'd love to come to your wedding reception - can you remind me when and where it is?

Same goes for Student Loans Co - trust me, if I earned more than £25K a year I would gladly pay you back my poxy loans. As it is, the 50 years old cut off all of a sudden doesn't seem quite as pathetic and laughable as it did when I graduated. Well, maybe still as pathetic.

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They came, they saw....

.....the got pretty steamin and a good time was had by all.

Yes, the weedgie posse hit south London last weekend, on a mission to get pished, And get pished we did, although for my liver's sake I'm glad I missed out on the "5 am in the dogstar" Friday night and i9nstead only made it to the "12 hours of boozing" on the Saturday.

We managed a bit of a mini pub crawl - they started in the Alex, had ...

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Guinness cocktail

Gotta love the Albert bar staff. More to come...

5pm on a saturday

He's actually snoring in the pub

I may still be smoking

But it's a nice way to start the morning