Beating the Monday Blues

Today was, as days go, pretty shitty. Few things could have made this day better, but I found the magic solution. On the way to my local epicerie to indulge in binge-eating materials, I decided to allow my cheesiPod to accompany me on the journey, and behold, the God's of fate arranged for this song to play:



I haven't felt elation like that since I recovered Puffa from a hotel in Amsterdam.

I think my next career venture should be to convince the members of Steps and S Club, and the two remaining girls from B*Witched who are jobless to set up a vocal counselling service. The outfits alone will turn that frown upside down.

You may wonder why I said 'the two remaining girls from B*Witched'. Well, wonder no more:



I like it, but I paid €90 to see Britney Spears wander absent-mindedly around a stage.

Pretty Political

This brooding beauty is the Prime Minister of Norway, Jens Stoltenberg. I like him because he looks like an ageing action hero, or possibly Liam Neeson's slightly less intense brother.

Jens is a former journalist and cannabis user. Good to know what his interests are.

He once crashed into a car, pretended to fix a note, and sped off into the night. Unfortunately, he was newly elected and recognisable to the general Norwegian public. So not the sharpest tool in the box, but I like a man who takes risks.

And fortunately, he has undergone an image change since these days:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thefuturistics/2340340656/

He has my vote

Though I'm quite sure that (despite the fact that I'm a British citizen) I am only allowed to vote for candidates with some sort of terrorist links.

But look at this man. Isn't he a specimen of beauty? Granted he and Sonic the Hedgehog have the same hairdresser, but he still gets my heart racing. We could have a foreign affair.

PS his dad is a Marxist theorist, so I think he could take me home to meet the family and I may be able to impress them with my knowledge (read: boobs)

I know I should be studying, but...

I genuinely just don't care about ICSID, and I have absolutely no idea what relevance CMS Gas holds for me, so I am going to watch this:



How did the Beast not hear all this going on???

Some random Beauty and the Beast facts: Lumiere is voiced by Jerry Orbach, who played Baby's dad in Dirty Dancing (hot old man alert), the film was the first animated picture to be nominated for athe best picture Oscar (Up! was the second) and it won Oscars for best score and best original song (for Beauty and the Beast, though 'Belle' and 'Be Our Guest' were also nominated. All those songs begin with 'B'. Weird).

The Beast is so much more attractive as an animal than a Prince, no?

Interesting week where gay is concerned

YAY for America and it getting rid of that stupid 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' law. Now that they've recognised the importance of equality in the work place, if they could just extend that sentiment to marriage so the whole world could follow suit, my friends and I would be eternally grateful.

In other news, a 'sexy lesbian car commercial' was banned in Italy this week, prompting angry responses from

a) The gay population who think that it should be shown
b) The gay population who think that Renault are sexualising gay relationships.

Now, in my opinion, I hardly think it can be called 'a sexy lesbian commercial'. Don't we all use stockings to tie up random ladies we meet at parties?

Seriously though, I think car commercials always try to be sexy, so the couple they are using is irrelevant. In fact, I think if more big names got involved in making advertisements like this, the media would 'normalise' gay relationships, so that we could just call them 'relationships', without the gay/straight distinction. That said, they didn't use two men.

Whatever the circumstances surrounding its 'ban', I'd bet my Puffa that Burlesconi wasn't involved.

See for yourself

Fun Fact

I thought I would take a moment to brush up on this Wikileaks story today, because I've been neglecting the news for celebrity gossip for the greater part of this century.

Anywho, I decided to read about one of my favourite countries ever, Nicaragua, a State that Public International Law has actually made me feel quite sorry for. Imagine my surprise when I found out that the Nicaraguan President shares a surname with one of my top-ten directors of all time!

Yep, Mr President Daniel Ortega shares a name with Disney genius Kenny Ortega, the man who blessed us with the High School Musical franchise and the cinematic triumph that was Hocus Pocus. (He was also the musical director behind what would have been Michael Jackson's 'This Is It' concert, but we all know how that turned out)

Unfortunately, a surname is probably all these two share- one wants to keep kids off the streets by teaching them about the joys of song and witchcraft, while the other has opened the little tykes up to a whole array of narcotics.

Great fun to be had, no matter which Ortega you favour!