Seems like bumping into pretty girls in town while having a
gob full of food has become a recurring theme for me in 2013. Then comes the
‘what you been up to’ conversation when suddenly I can’t think of anything
vaguely interesting to talk about. So far my answers have been, ‘well sorting
out the garden’ or ‘went down the pub Friday – had a KFC’. Surprisingly these
kinda clumsy, unplanned chat up lines often get a good response and looking
into a little lady’s misty eyes as they talk about how lush Kentucky Fried
Chicken is, seems a great reason to be late for work. I can’t help but nod when
people say the gravy is an ‘absolute dream’ and I find KFC a perfect venue for
a second date.
Turns out my life has actually been very interesting lately.
But its only when they walk away I remember this– Hey I’ve just been to a wedding
in Texas …
Come back so I can tell you how Cool I am! So I got to thinking why not write a
blog about it all, if only to help me remember what the hell I’ve been up too.
So the other week I went to see my pal Hannah in a
production of ‘The Boyfriend’ at Brighton ’s
Little Theatre. A tongue in cheek comedy set in the 1920s with singing and
dancing- the whole Shebang! I wasn’t sure that I would like the show, I’m not
use to going to the theatre, but I really, really enjoyed it! Hannah’s singing
voice was a lot stronger then I was expecting and I was glad that a recent
ankle injury from a Netball game didn’t stop her from dancing. I realised I’m just
not use to that warm feeling inside from watching something inherently good
natured. Seems such a novelty these days.
Last weekend me and my good pal Stuart Draper (name drop)
attended the War of the Worlds Ball at Scala, in London . Stuart, a screenwriter and one of the
best Quiz masters ever, is always going out somewhere interesting. The War of
the Worlds Ball: essentially a chance to watch live music but with everyone
dressing up with a space age theme. My favourite costumes included a girl as Daryl
Hannah’s character from Bladerunner, The Clockwork Androids from Doctor Who
(Episode – The Girl in the Fireplace) Princess Leia…. now I’m trying to
remember who else, but all I can think of is scantily clothed ladies. I guess
this was just a chance for people to dance and go a bit mad!
Stuart Draper is known as one of the great dancers of our
time, he has won awards for it. By awards I mean he won a hat once at the
‘Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar Film Quiz’, where he beat a group of semi drunk
contestants (including Pete from Big Brother 127 or whatever) by dancing to ‘I Just
Cant Wait to Be King’ from Disney’s the ‘Lion King’… I’m sorry that sentence
just got away from me there. Our quiz team didn’t do very well that night, but
it definitely rates in the top 53 most exciting moments of my life so far. For
those of you who have seen Stuart dance you probably can’t work out why he
hasn’t featured in a Fatboy Slim video yet. I suppose his style is far too
Electro for all that jazz !?! People keep telling me he is the ‘King of Cool’
and I’m getting really bored with this now.
The evening featured some intriguing cabaret acts, but things
kicked off proper with the glorious ‘Sam and The Womp’, a Balkan sounding dubstep group featuring a brass quartet. What’s not to like about that? They are a great live
band and after them we saw an enigmatic and energetic performance from the
Correspondents just back from a 4 year hiatus. The night finished with some awesome
DJ sets and with battle clad attendees and alien esque dancers jumping on
stage. At 4am the lights came on and we were gradually forced from the dance
floor like a sad exodus of Martian settlers from their war torn lands.
So many people put effort into their costumes: from the
girls who had white lights under their dresses and in their hair, to the futuristic
Imperial Guard or the giant Green Alien. Although myself and Stuart going as
Superman and General Zod was no doubt the ‘Sexy Option’ we really didn’t spend
too much time thinking about it or making our getup. A really fun night out
which was largely down to great music as well as the atmosphere. I would
definitely do something like this again….
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