6 Days...

... 'til Viki arrives (by which time I will hopefully be better, but more about that in a bit).

Woo-hoo!

Time for another thing I'm going to inflict on the poor girl... my somewhat "eclectic" musical taste, and the fact that if I'm sat here at the computer at home, then I'll have iTunes on "shuffle", and will probably be singing along (somewhat badly) to whatever's on at that given moment.

And if it's something that is just perfect for whatever mood I'm in, or I haven't heard it for a while, or it's the soundtrack to "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", then I might even have it on repeat a few times (tonight's repeated track was "Tongue-Tied" from "Red Dwarf")... *Ahem*

I've given up trying to convince anyone (or even myself) that my mp3 player is in any way, shape, or form, credible. There was a bit in a magazine I was reading last night that was going on about various members of the editorial staff and what cheese they had on their iPods... and the more I read, the more I realised that my musical taste is dodgy to say the least. They had:

"Atmosphere" by Russ Abbot (yes, it's there, but someone sent it to me as a joke, and I've just never taken it off)
"Snooker Loopy" by Chas 'n' Dave (thankfully, no)
"Saturday Night" by Whigfield (yes, but don't know why... I hate it)
"I Breathe Again" by Adam Rickitt (ditto Chas 'n' Dave)
Assorted showtunes and music from "Fame", "Flashdance", etc (guilty as charged)
Three Enrique Iglesias tracks (fuck)
"The Ballroom Of Romance" by Chris De Burgh (no, but I do have "Don't Pay The Ferryman")
"The Final Countdown" by Europe (ditto Enrique)
All the Eurovision entries since 2003 (some) and everything recorded by Dana International (no, but I do have "Diva")
"We've Only Just Begun" by The Carpenters (no... whew, maybe there's hope for me yet?)
"Rhinestone Cowboy" by Glen Campbell (er... yes)
"Never Ending Story" by Limahl (er... I plead the 5th - I don't care if I'm not American!)
"We Don't Have To..." by Jermaine Stewart (ditto Enrique again)
Selection of old TV themes (er... zip) and "Agadoo" (thankfully, no)

But I think it's fair to say the Music Police would have me banged up for life with no hope of parole.

So, I'm filling up on cheesy songs and obscure tracks in this week before Viki comes... and, if I can shake off this cold, I'll get the bad singing along out of my system too.

Blub!

Tonight I was listening to iTunes on shuffle, and a particular song came on that I hadn't heard in a while. My first thought was "Cool! I can warble along to this!", so I started singing...

It had got to about the fourth line of the song, and my voice started to crack... and I almost started to blub...

And that's when I remembered... this song always does that to me. I don't really know why, but it does.

What? Why haven't I told you what song it is?

Because it's old and cheesy and I do try so hard to keep this blog about credible music (okay, okay... I fail more often than not, I know!).

What is it?

*looks around to check no one's looking*

*whispers* "Starmaker" by Kids From Fame (early 80's film and then tv series... ask your parents)...

Right... I've humiliated myself - now it's your turn! There's a comment facility here... 'fess up! What songs make you greet like a big jessie?

No Fool Like An April Fool!

Yes, I've been had... the victim of an International Sneak!

I got an email thru from Viki, my pal in Hungary, telling me that when she comes over in August, she's bringing my birthday present with her... and this photo was attached of the present...

My first thoughts were "Oh, my god... she's so cute!"

Emails followed telling me that she was very cute, but squeaked all night and pooped a lot, and poor Viki had bitten fingers because she was a vicious wee beast...

I then started to panic about how was Viki going to get her into the country... and would she be arrested trying to get her through customs... and I even had a look on Google to see if I could find out the rules and procedures...

And then I got an email thru asking if I wanted a photo so I could see what my new pet was doing right at that moment.... to which I replied "Yes!"... and this was the photo I got...

D'oh!

Totally and utterly taken in, I was... Flunky thought it was great when I told him!

I have one thing to say to you, Viki... Fenekels will follow!