Can ya believe it's Sunday already? It seems like only yesterday it was Saturday! Anyway, what a week it's been, what a week indeed. At the start of this weekend we had what's being described as another Black Friday, apparently, The Global Credit Crunch has really started to bite, the world markets are in freefall, global stocks fell in the worst day of trading for 30 years. Pretty much all the major markets closed well down parking fears that the world is about to tipping in to recession.
The pound fell to a 5 year low against the dollar, which could be bad news for me and the proposed move to the States. Iceland’s prime minister has had to go on telly to say that his country is not bankrupt, which isn’t convincing, every hour there seems to be a news story breaking about various different British companies, councils, authorities with loads of funds invested with banks in Iceland. By my last count, some £294 million quid from 11 different councils could be in danger, which seems a lot if you ask me, well it seems a lot even if you don’t ask me.
I have no idea really about all this doom and gloom regarding all the global credit crisis and the downturn in the worlds economy, it hasn’t really affected me yet and I’m not sure it will at all in the short term. OK, so bread is a little bit more expensive than it was some months ago and cooking oil’s gone up, but other than that, everything seems pretty much the same. I guess that could all change, I could be plunged into a fit of dispair in the not too distant future, my money and my savings could be wiped out, but then again, I could get struck on the head by a bolt of lightening walking along the prom with my pod playing tunes from the Weather Girls and wearing a pair of blue slingbacks! Mind you, one of my friends went out the other day for a bag of tomatoes and came back with a sofa, credit crunch hasn't hit Brighton yet then!
So it may all be gloom and doom in the financial world, but in other worlds it’s more happier, indeed one could say it heelarious! I know that’s spelt wrongly, but stick with me for a moment here, Two mums in the States have created high-heeled shoes, nothing strange in that I hear you cry, but it is bloody strange when you learn that these high-heeled shoes are for newly born babies. They're called Heelarious (not you get it!) and come in six different styles - including hot pink, black and white stripes and leopard print. Do babies really need high heel shoes? Is there really any point to it?
I had a message the other day on FaceBook from DB, a friend I haven't seen for a while, times were that we'd spend hours on the phone to each other, usually slating the current pop trends, evil camp queens of talking boys and sex. Now, as we both have boyfriends, out communication has evolved in to messages on social interaction site Facebook! He was telling me that his boyfriend, knows a bloke who did the hair of the bloke that the former Mr Gay UK ate! Did you see that story, a chef and former Mr Gay UK, because confused about his sexuality, had a row with a mate and killed him, then cut up bits of him and fried them up with some fresh herbs! Nice, wonder what wine he had with it, perhaps a nice Chianti?
Talking of F
acebook, the social interaction site is pissing me off big time, ok the new layout takes a bit of getting used to, but the thing that really pisses me off about it is the fact that it was created and run by a geeky 24 year old, Mark Zuckerberg, who dropped out of Harvard to work on the site and is worth nearly a billion dollars! Oh and girls he's single, OK, so he might not be the best looking guy in the world, but it's not like he's an ugly munter, plus he's got a billion other reasons to like him!!
Is it all done for the bulldog in lipstick? She abused her power a report has found, so could this be the end of Palin? The Republican vice-presidential candidate was accused of sacking a senior state official, Walter Monegan, in connection with a family feud. Yep it's true, Mrs Palin was accused of dismissing Mr Monegan for refusing to sack a state trooper who was in a bitter custody battle with her sister. The report concluded a family grudge was not the sole reason for the dismissal, but was a likely key contributing factor. However, the rep
ort said that the actual sacking of Mr Monegan was not beyond Mrs Palin's legal powers. So basically we know that she'll abuse her power in favour of her own family, she'll then lie about and get those around her to lie about it, she'll promise to testify and then break that promise, sounds like she'll fit in perfectly in The White House!
I don't usually go political on this blog, but sometimes it's just a little hard not too. Seriously, she sounds great for the top job, well come on McCain ain't no spring chicken, so I don't expect him to be king of The White House for very long, which would mean, Palin would be in charge. Palin is a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association, she believes in the right to bear arms, including handguns, including youths. She supports capital punishment, In a 2006 debate, she said she would support teaching creationism in public schools. Oh an not only does Palin opposes same sex marriage, while she was the Governor of Alaska, she wanted to deny state health benefits to same-sex couples, so in other words she isn't keen on gay or gay rights. Palin has stated that abortion should be banned in nearly all cases, including rape and incest. Palin has promoted oil and natural gas resource exploration in Alaska, including in wildlife parks and refuges.
Even with Palin/McCain in the top job, well I can't seem to get my head round Americans voting a black into the White House, I'm still so positive about my possible move stateside in a few months, at least I was until I realised that I'll probably miss the opening of a new fantastic musical that's due to open in London in March next year. I'm even toying with the idea of flying back over to London town to see a show that has over 200 hats, 100 wigs, 150 shoes and around 500 costumes in each performance!
I am of course referring to Priscilla Quee
n Of The Desert, the Musical which comes to the west end on March 10th 2009 and is set to rock London's theatre land just like it did back in 2006 when it first opened in Sydney. So far down under it's grossed over $90 million and been enjoyed by over a million Australians and is the most successful aussie musical of all time! Jason Donovan leads the cast treading the boards at The Palace Theatre, playing Tick, the role made famous by the talented Hugo Weaving in the 1994 film. It's looking like a darn fine night out if you ask me, but then again, I'm gay so what would you expect?I loved the film, which remains in my most
watched pile, it's just a lovely, camp feel good movie which is great to put on whenever you feel down or the world turns a dark grey colour. A bit of bright and sparkle and champion Witt from the three drag queens heading to the red, or do I mean dead centre of Australia really lift the spirits and brighten the mood, so I'm looking forward to seeing the musical show, my only hope is that it lives up to it's predecessors reputation! "Just what this country needs, another in a frock on a rock"
Is it just me or is anyone else fed right up to the back teeth of the tears from the X factor final 12? They all seem to have a sob story of some sort or another, some more valid than others and they all seem to let rip with the waterworks as soon as a camera has been turned on! I'm sick of it, really I am, I'm sure they all are only doing it to get the sympathy of us the voting public, but it's not working, at least not with me, I'm cheesed off with the whole 'tears before bedtime' routine - enough already!
And that's enough from me too!
I was talking with Jason the other day about how American things seem so distant and unrelated to myself since my stay in the UK, and I decided that I would write now how the differences are, and where I see myself today. I think that this whole idea thats been caught up in my mind for the past few days started when we were watching Sex and the City and Jason was making me tell him what they were eating and what brands certain things were and the quality of them. Brand names and memories flooded from the underworld dreams of my mind, and things that I haven't seen in a long, long time started to become oh so familiar again.
It's funny how when you can have anything in the world you can never decide what you want, and if you really even want anything at all, but the second that it all becomes disconnected you want everything you could have every had, and long for the strawberry taste of it. I'm talking about twizzlers, a strawberry licorice type of candy that you can really only get in America. Carrie and the gang were on her bed enjoying a nice big bag of them, and Jason asked what they were and I told him. From that point on I longed for the artifical flavour of them, thier almost plastic texture, and the smell of the air when you first open the bag.
Other things soon emerged that I noticed as well. Act Two popcorn, Bubble Yum, Root Beer, Mountain Dew Baha Blast, and Shaved Ice. Is this all I miss though? Just food items and some random drinks? Do I even really miss them at all? I don't think so. I think it's just the familiarity of them always being there and the habit of just having them. I can honestly say that I can live without them all, although it's nice to have a few of those things every now and then. So what else has changed, and what else do I miss? Nothing really. I am still that American Boy that I was when I first came here, although I have developed a small accent and picked up a few british words (My Favorite being Bollocks hehe).
Sometimes I wish I had certain things with me, but mainly when Jason is at work. I wish I had some of my CD's that I left behind, or rather wish that I would have loaded it all up on my computer when I left. I also miss my books that I have from my collection, as I had recently developed a hunger that only a good book can fill. I'm open to suggestions at this point, as I have read House of Leaves over three times now, great book, but not great enough to read again.
In other news, It seems Sarah Palin has screwed up big time. I guess this is what happens when you abuse your power though, and if she abused her power as a govenor, then what the hell is she going to do as the big VP? I told Jason that she looked like a badass kindergarten teacher in the picture as shown above, and we had a good giggle about that.
Nothing else is new really. It's the same ol great Brighton, with great views. All I can really say is that I am home now with Jason, and I am loving it.