3rd Acupuncture Treatment

Well good news. I found my missing earring, it was at the acupuncture studio. Bad news is that I ate duck last night and was not very well. and more bad news, they gave me another 7 packets of the 'loverly' herbal drink....................... yuk.
To cheer myself up after that bad news, I bought 8 Cd's of the following:
Queen - live at Wembly.
Queen - Jazz
Hocus Pocus - Best of - dont say youv'e never heard of them if your over 30.
Bachman Turner Overdrive - Greatest, comment as above
Supertramp - V Best of
Little Feat - Feats dont fail me now ! - specialised music
Tubes - What do you want form live! - 70's US punk band, very outragious nudity on stage etc....
Kaiser Chiefs - Employment - if your over 30, youv'e possibly never heard of them, go listern, there great.

Also I have lost a bit of weight over the past 3 weeks, I've dropped from a size 14 to 12, and now need to buy myself a new skirt, (only the one, just incase the weight starts to come back), so on Monday, Linda and I will be out shopping yet again. deep joy, what style should I buy?, well it will be short as I have been told by many people that I have good legs, so it will be well above the knee.

I will keep you posted once I've bought it.

Eurovision Farce

Well did you watch the Eurovision contest. I managed to watch the first few entries, but got board very quickly. I didnt play my game as I wasnt in the mood for drinking. Anyway, I saw the Israeli entry of the Abba tribute (hot totty), and just caught the UK entry of the Beyonce wannabe.

So what was that wooden pair doing presenting the show. talk about Bill and Ben, and what was she wearing, some bloody ball gown I wonder,

And then there was the voting.
so how come the 3 biggest contributers to Eurovision end up the bottom three in the contest, and the UK get a lowly 18 points.......

Anyway, well done Greece, Helena, i love your eyebrows. (I dont suppose she will be reading my blog, but hey, who knows), and the songs not bad either.

2nd Acupuncture Treatment

Well, I went for my second acupuncture treatment this morning, and this time I was given 15 needles (Last time it was only 12). Some again inserted in my stomach, others in my elbows, knees, calves and ankles. This time I had to remove my trousers and sock, so he was a bit shocked to see my shaven legs, white silky panties and painted toe nails. This time the treatment only lasted 30 minutes, but I still had numb arms and legs, but they soon recovered. The guy gave me a massage, but this time, did my arms, legs and head. I have also lost one of my earrings so am hoping it fell out when he did the head massage, and so it may be still lying on the bed under his pillow. I will have to remember to ask whenI go back next Friday.
so next exciting episode is due on the 27th. The Chinese herbal medicine doesn't taste any better, and I really hate to drink it, but as they say, 'If it tastes bad, then it will do you some good'. So I am going to stick with it and hope I dont get too depressed over it. This afternoon I am feeleing pretty good, with little or no pains, but have reduced my food intake and am sticking to food I know shouldn't cause me a problem.

A Series of First's Last Night

Well, yesterday I had five first time experiences, but only four that I will publish here. Three in town, and then we went out last night to the theatre, and I had two more (or one publishable).

1. I had accupuntcture to try and find a remedy for my IBS. Very strange experience, and I need a few more treatments (6 in total).
2. I had a head massage after the accupuncture, this was mainly to bring me back to life again as my arms and legs had gone to sleep during the 40 minutes treatment.
3. I am taking Chinese Herbal medicine, that is made of what look like very old pieces of tree bark, dried up mushrooms and all sorts of other crap, its the worst tatsing stuff I've ever had.

At the Milton Keynes theatre while watching Miss Saigon:
4. I had honey and Ginger ice cream, yes, I found it very nice.
5. whilst sat in the theatre just after the intermission - go dream.....

oh deep joy.

Did You Know

Well folks, today is Homer Simpsons birthday, he is 36, the same age he has always been. also it is Bono of U2's birthdays, so happy birthday boys.

My Food Analysis Results

Due to my suspected IBS, I had an independent food analysis performed, and here are the results.

Sensitive foods are:
Blackberries Not too keen - don't eat them
Butter Usually have marg anyway
Cherries Not too keen - don't eat them
Cranberries Not too keen - don't eat them
Cress what's that about, nothing in cress !
Duck Love duck
Kiwis Not too keen - don't eat them
Grapefruit Not too keen - don't eat them
White Grapes Love grapes
Halibut Love fish
Lobster Love it when I can afford it
Mushrooms Damn - Love them
Green Olives Hate them - don't eat them
Oyster Never eaten one
Peanuts Damn - Love them
Peppermint oil Indifferent
Pineapple Damn - Love them
Raisins Damn - Love them
Sole I love fish
Spinach Shame - I like it, but don't eat it often
Tea Damn - the only thing I drink except hot chocolate and alcohol !
Turnip Not a problem - can live without it
Clear Vinegar Not a problem - can live without it
Walnuts Hate them - haven't eaten one since I was in junior school
Watermellons Not too keen - last resort food for me

funny though, at the end of the report, this statement sort of upset me. (yes I'm the sensitive type) OK so I balled my eyes out, I was having a bad day !!!!!!
'Interestingly you showed up as having more foods to avoid than most people we test'.

In my analysis of what I eat, currently I am never going to be able to eat the following:
Cucumber
Pork pies
Sausage Rolls
Scotch eggs - see a theme here, Pork maybe.
Cheese
Peanuts / nuts

So I start to think 'what do the experts know' ?

I will keep you all updated as I discover more 'bad' foods.

Its been a week or so.

Well, if you read my blog, you will see that I have been abscent for the past week, I had a hastily arranged business trip to Israel, only for a couple of days, but if you want my advice, dont take the overnight flight, its a killer if you have to work the whole next day. You arrive at 5:30am, takes about an hour to get through immigration etc, then locate your office. by lunchtime I was knackered, I was involved in a 2 day brainstorming session, come 3pm, I was dead in my seat. I had a very enjoyable evening, and a really good sleep. Day 2 was fine as I was fully awake again, until I was asked to explain some of the points I had made the previous day, and I had to admit to the group that i had no recollection of the previous afternoon. how embarrasing, but they saw the funny side of it thankfully.

Eurovision Drinking Game

Well folks, as you may be aware, EuroVision is creeping up on us yet again, so I thought we could all play this little game on Euro night, Thats 21st May 2005.


EuroVision Drinking Game.

Drink two fingers if : Presenters ...
Terry Wogan makes a satorical comment that no-one laughs at.
Presenters try to be funny.
Female presenter changes her dress
Male presenter changes his dress - drain your glass
Bad time delays during video/audio link
Presenters overlapping with voter during video/audio link because of the bad delay
Presenters having a time-wasting conversation that no-one can follow, understand or care less about.
Terry Wogan's predictions come true.
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Drink two fingers if : Performers ...
Performer resembles someone you know.
Performer resembles another famous person. Drink four fingers if that person is present in the audience. Drain your glass if the camera zooms in and lingers on that person.
Singers wave their arms around whilst singing.
Singers put excessive emotion into their singing.
Tacky and nonsensical song titles (shoo-wop etc.)
Main singer is grossly overweight.
Singers try to join in with musicians during instrumentals.
France does not conduct a musical experiment.
Retro/out-of-date clothing and hairstyles.
Singer from eastern Europe has faked blond hair.
Bad dress-sense. Four fingers if it's blatently offensive.
Visible/prominant nipples/genitalia.
The Maltese performer does not have a hairy chest.
High & loud obnoxious noises emitted from singer during their act.
Unnecessary dancing.
Act steals ideas from Eurovision acts from previous years
Interaction with the audience. Four fingers if the audience is unusually passive.
Dancing that surpasses belief and credibility.
Foreign acts sing in English.
Singer flirts with the camera when she has finished her song.
The song goes up half an octave in the last refrain.
A style of music that would be ruined by appearing in EuroSong.
A country from Former Yugoslavia has a depressing song.
Countries where the lead singer is not a native of that country.
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Drink two fingers if : The judging
Reference made to Norway's null point.
Cyprus gives Greece 12 points.
Every time Norway gives Sweden any points but not vice-versa.
Every time there is an Irish performer in a foreign act.
France gives United Kingdom null point.
Acts where the lead singer is attractive and receive high (8+) points and the act is crap.
Surprising voting - you judge what's surprising!
United Kingdom come second.
Ireland win yet again.
A question about Israel's presence.
Politically-related effects during the act (eg. Croatian singer removing black gown to reveal white dress signifying "coming out of the darkness and into the light").
Acts are on their mobile phone to their family during voting. Increase to a whopping four fingers if they're on the phone during their act.
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Drink two fingers if : Television coverage & venue
Bad telecommunications link.
Preview video is completely pointless and/or a blatant fragmented tourist advert for the host country
Preview video is full of gormless smiles.
National symbols are seen somewhere.
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Drink two fingers if : Special effects are
Cheesy
Better than the song
Both (obviously this is a case for four fingers' worth)
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Drain your glass if ...
If the winning country decline to hold the event next year due to:
Financial reasons
Political reasons
Personal reasons
Moral reasons
All of the above
If Germany spares one single point for her southern neighbour, Austria.
If your own country comes first.
If Norway does not give Sweden any points.
Drink everything in sight if the United Kingdom come first and you're British.
If Greece gives Turkey any points then stop drinking!. This is very unlikely to happen so you must be veeeeeery drunk at this time. GO TO BED.
Germany's song does not mention peace, harmony or love...