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'Midas is king and he holds me so tight'
Aug. 4th, 2009 03:04 pmWell after having a good week last week I'm back to not feeling so great. While I didn't have an 'attack' last night I certainly had the familiar feeling I've been having. And today the top of my back is killing me which not only convinces me that it's something to do with my nervous system/neck but also makes me wonder whether it's something like bad posture. I do use a computer a lot and I've read that tension in the muscles in your neck can reduce the flow of blood to your head. I guess that would make sense as the moment I start walking around after feeling unwell I'm fine again. So tonight I'm going to have a bath and a massage and see if that helps at all. I rarely have either (I'm not a bath fan and I'm hate massages!) and if a doctor won't help then I'll have to hlep myself won't I?!
Anyway, better news is that I've ordered myself an I-Pod! I'm very excited. I've always been quite anti-I-Pods, I don't think they're that reliable but I always look after my gadget-y stuff and I decided that I'd rather buy one than have a MP3 player which is literally useless. Anything's better than that! The current ones are 120GB and I don't need one that big so I've found a new one on eBay which is 30GB, so an upgrade, for £95 which is a bargain as far as I'm concerned. Hopefully I'll get it tomorrow. Fun stuff.
The weekend was fairly relaxed. Julia came over on Saturday and we didn't do much apart from play Trivia Pursuit (which I won) and then watch Zoolander. Now I was prepared to give it the benefit of the doubt but, well, it was shit. I'm not adverse to 'that kind of thing', I liked Dodgeball, but I really think I missed the joke completely. By a country mile. Blue steel or not.
Sunday was Gay Pride so we headed to Millenium Square to watch the stage. I've always had conflicting feeling about Pride events but I think it makes sense if you look at it as more of a celebration of the weird and the wonderful, rather than 'we're here and queer' kind of thing. There certainly were some weird and wonderful sights though. Not always in a good way! Me and James look very very normal when you look at some couples! I'm very thankful for this. Some ace drag queens. Drag queens make me happy in the same way that seeing a dog with its head out of the window of a car makes me happy. And you know what's better than a drag queen? Well, two things actually. Firstly, a crap drag queen (no Amy Winehouse ones with beer bellies this time sadly), and secondly a drag queen with a fag in her mouth and a pint in her hand!
Pride seemed better this year. I always feel that Leeds has a meagre gay scene but they did a good job with it and had some actual proper acts this time round. There seemed to be more people as well. So on stage were Preston, Jade Ewan (Tiny lady! Big voice.) and The Yeah Yous plus others including the amazing Bears Aloud. Good stuff. The whole event was signed as well which I thought was really good. The presenters had a lot of fun making the poor signers say 'cock'! Haha. I managed to burn the tops of my arms too! I mean really! In this climate! We saw some people we knew too, mostly through James' group. Saw Ellen and Chris. So yeah, good stuff. I got roped into marching as well but we deviated at the end and nipped home to send Julia on her way. We came back to Lower Briggate after though and there wasn't much about. Not unless you wanted to drink and it was 4 o'clock so we went home! Got a nice sandwich on the way though. Watched a lot of West Wing series 4 which is brilliant as always. I only know about American politics through that show.
This week's not been exciting so far. I'm in real need of a holiday! Over two weeks until I break up, roll on Austria. Y'know, I've been writing this on and off while I work and I feel fine now. Stupid body. Could be the paracetamol I had at lunch though. Gah!
Anyway, better news is that I've ordered myself an I-Pod! I'm very excited. I've always been quite anti-I-Pods, I don't think they're that reliable but I always look after my gadget-y stuff and I decided that I'd rather buy one than have a MP3 player which is literally useless. Anything's better than that! The current ones are 120GB and I don't need one that big so I've found a new one on eBay which is 30GB, so an upgrade, for £95 which is a bargain as far as I'm concerned. Hopefully I'll get it tomorrow. Fun stuff.
The weekend was fairly relaxed. Julia came over on Saturday and we didn't do much apart from play Trivia Pursuit (which I won) and then watch Zoolander. Now I was prepared to give it the benefit of the doubt but, well, it was shit. I'm not adverse to 'that kind of thing', I liked Dodgeball, but I really think I missed the joke completely. By a country mile. Blue steel or not.
Sunday was Gay Pride so we headed to Millenium Square to watch the stage. I've always had conflicting feeling about Pride events but I think it makes sense if you look at it as more of a celebration of the weird and the wonderful, rather than 'we're here and queer' kind of thing. There certainly were some weird and wonderful sights though. Not always in a good way! Me and James look very very normal when you look at some couples! I'm very thankful for this. Some ace drag queens. Drag queens make me happy in the same way that seeing a dog with its head out of the window of a car makes me happy. And you know what's better than a drag queen? Well, two things actually. Firstly, a crap drag queen (no Amy Winehouse ones with beer bellies this time sadly), and secondly a drag queen with a fag in her mouth and a pint in her hand!
Pride seemed better this year. I always feel that Leeds has a meagre gay scene but they did a good job with it and had some actual proper acts this time round. There seemed to be more people as well. So on stage were Preston, Jade Ewan (Tiny lady! Big voice.) and The Yeah Yous plus others including the amazing Bears Aloud. Good stuff. The whole event was signed as well which I thought was really good. The presenters had a lot of fun making the poor signers say 'cock'! Haha. I managed to burn the tops of my arms too! I mean really! In this climate! We saw some people we knew too, mostly through James' group. Saw Ellen and Chris. So yeah, good stuff. I got roped into marching as well but we deviated at the end and nipped home to send Julia on her way. We came back to Lower Briggate after though and there wasn't much about. Not unless you wanted to drink and it was 4 o'clock so we went home! Got a nice sandwich on the way though. Watched a lot of West Wing series 4 which is brilliant as always. I only know about American politics through that show.
This week's not been exciting so far. I'm in real need of a holiday! Over two weeks until I break up, roll on Austria. Y'know, I've been writing this on and off while I work and I feel fine now. Stupid body. Could be the paracetamol I had at lunch though. Gah!
