Following Julie's departure from the cheese battle (obviously she knows when she's beaten), I just have to fit in one more morsel of milky goodness - this time a crumb of Käse (German for cheese if, like me, you did French at school) which has been loitering at the back of the fridge since Eurovision 1979...
Dschinghis Khan and "Dschinghis Khan" (and I've decided I no longer want Rasputin... if Genghis (reverting to the spelling I know best) Khan can make 7 children in one night, as Viki assures me the song boasts, then I want him!)
(Er... I can't help but wonder if I'm being brave or foolish typing this while Viki is standing behind me with a pair of hot hair straighteners, straightening my hair!)
It's brrn so boeing hrer at woek this aftrenoon that I'vr ersoetrd to clraning my drsk - rvrn taking all thr krys off my kryboaed and clraning thrm individually.
Hang on... somrthing's not eight hrer... Oh, buggre... I know what I'vr donr...
*Swaps the "E" and "R" keys the right way round*
Hello? There... That's better!
Yes, as I was saying (or trying to) - I finally had enough of the boss complaining that my desk was needing cleaned (you should see his! Except you can't - not for all the piles of paper that's on it!), that I washed it, everything on it - even taking all the keys off my keyboard and polishing them with some evil-smelling foam stuff for cleaning office equipment... and now it feels really strange to type on it!
Well, you've not had a general waffle post from me for quite some time, have you? That's mainly because I've not really had anything worth generally waffling about. Work's been generally boring... except we've got a new part-time member of "staff" at the moment... a furry one... The boss has just got a new dog - not a puppy, she's about 7 months old... and she's gorgeous! She's a samoyed, and is just like a huge teddy, or a sheepskin rug on legs. As distractions go, she's pretty cute. At the moment, they can't really leave her at home alone, so when the boss' wife is at work too, the dog comes to us. My cats aren't that impressed though when I go home smelling of dog!
Weather's still bonny here - very rare for May. That's a good couple of weeks we've had now without rain. Hope we don't pay for this in July & August... especially August when Viki's here... Really don't want rain then, thank you very much!
Still loving the new house. Still not got very much further unpacking and things, but most of the boxes down behind my couch are to go up in the attic, and I need a big, strong man to help with that.
And that's really it.
Well, it's half past 4 now, and we've been shut for half an hour (we close at 4pm on a Saturday now), so I'm going to bugger off and get a coffee, have a wander round the shops, and then home.
I'll probably end up watching The Eurovision Song Contest tonight - yes, I am that sad! Come on... United Kingdom, Nul Points... PLEASE!
Okay... See ya laters!
ps. I hadn't REALLY put the "E" & "R" keys on the wrong way around... that was just for comic effect!
Born May 13th, 1954, so blowing out 54 candles (stuck in a big block of cheese), is Seán Patrick Michael Sherrard, aka Johnny Logan, aka "Mr Eurovision" - since he's helped Ireland to victory in the contest 3 times... once as singer, once as composer and singer, and once as composer...
It's the middle one of those occasions that we celebrate today... "Hold Me Now"...
LOL... although, maybe his first winning song would be more appropriate for singing on a birthday - "What's Another Year?"!?
I had a toss-up between 2 artists born today, and this one just won for 2 reasons:
1. For some reason I was singing it just yesterday, with no idea the artist's birthday was today - spooky! 2. It gave me a chance to use that dreadful pun in the post title.
So, Feb. 2nd, 1972 - Israeli Eurovision Song Contest Winner, transexual Dana International is born...
"Diva"...
Who was my other birthday choice? Shakira, born 1977.
Some of my favourites from the annual cheese-fest...
Hungary - Magdi Risza, "Unsubstantial Blues"... Lovely bluesy number, this got my vote...
Ukraine - Verka Serduchka - "Dancing Lasha Tumbai"... How can you not love this?
Sweden - The Ark and "The Worrying Kind"... Very T:Rex...
Russia - Serebro, "Song #1"... The first use of the word "Bitches" in a Eurovision song?
Host country Finland - Hanna Pakarinen, "Leave Me Alone"... Wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of her!
Romania - Todomondo, "Liubi, Liubi, I Love You" - I thought this had a very Gogol Bordello / gypsy feel about it (and that's no bad thing)...
And the rest...
Bosnia & Herzegovina - Maria Sestic, "Rijeka Bez Imena" - Missed this, didn't miss much... Spain - D'Nash, "I Love You Mi Vida" - Boyband... very unspectacular... Belarus - Koldun, "Work Your Magic" - Work your magic, and disappear, please... Ireland - Dervish, "They Can't Stop The Spring" - Come back, Johnny Logan, all is forgiven... FYR Macedonia - Karolina, "Mojot Svet" - Okay, I guess... Slovenia - Alenka Gotar, "Cvet Z Juga" - Operatic hogwash... Lithuania - 4Fun, "Love Or Leave" - Okay... Greece - Sarbel, "Yassou Maria" - Ricky Martin wants his song back! Georgia - Sopho, "Visionary Dream" - Didn't think that much of this on the night, but it's growing on me... France - Les Fatals Picards, "L'amour A La Francais" - Frenglish? Gimme a break! Camp as a row of pink tents! Latvia - Bonaparti.lv, "Questa Notte" - Il Divo on a budget... Germany - Roger Cicero, "Frauen Regier'n Die Welt" - If this fraulien really did rule the world, she'd start by banning this song! Serbia - Marija Serifovic, "Molitva" - The winner. Was this REALLY the best that Europe has to offer? United Kingdom - Scooch, "Flying The Flag (For You)" - I wanted "nul points"! And I have to ask... Did any Maltese people actually LISTEN to the song? Come on... 12 points? A political vote too far, methinks! Bulgaria - Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankoulov, "Water" - Very strange and warbly... Not sure about this one... Turkey - Kenan Dogulu, "Shake It Up, Shekerim" - Loved Terry's comment... "Sung by Chris Moyles' better looking and younger brother"... It was an okay song... Armenia - Hayko, "Anytime You Need" - Hmmmm... Moldova - Natalia Barbu, "Fight" - Again, okay...
Something Old - a soppy love song... Brenda Russell and "Piano In The Dark"...
Something New - Not that impressed by the song really, but I quite like the video... Rhianna and "Umbrella" (or umbarellllla as she pronounces it)...
I really hope something good comes among the "Something New" stuff very, very soon, or I'll be forced to post Scooch's Eurovision entry (come on, UK... what were you thinking? There's no way that pish is going to win!).
