I'm Julie Andrews
* Today I am mostly listening to: The Fratellis – Ole Black 'n' Blue Eyes *
Well, not literally Julie Andrews, but it would be quite funny if I was. Especially as I've been writing about being gay & loads of other rubbish that I can't really remember. The pap's would have a field day. But anyway, back to what I was originally going to write about. I suppose this is my long-winded, round-about way of saying that I went & bought myself a Nintendo Wii. And amongst the delights that is the new gaming revolution, you can create what are known as Mii's, and my Mii looks remarkably like Julie Andrews in her early years. It certainly wasn't intentional, I just happened to notice the likeness; not that I'd say I look like Julie Andrews, but my Mii does.
Anyway, all I can say about my Wii is that it's dead dead good, and I really don't know why I waited to get one. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that even if you're not into gaming, you could well be after having a go on a Wii. Not that I'd call myself a gaming nerd or anything, but I'm a definite fan of the funny little white box & it's funny little wireless pointy remote thingy.
Wii sports is just great, and what makes it even better is that it comes free with the standard pack (and I'm not getting paid to write this!). For the first week I had it, it was the only game I played, and I didn't even open the SSX Blur game I bought with it (and I just love SSX Tricky on the Mrs' PS2), so it must have been good to keep me away from that. And more than anything, it's highly addictive and you just want to keep playing one more game of (delete as necessary) tennis/baseball/bowling/golf (I haven't got round to the boxing yet). So there you go, go and get a Wii. Now.
In other news, me and the Mrs made a trip to Wimbledon. I was lucky enough to have two tickets for Court 1 land in my lap & I certainly wasn't going to turn down the offer of a trip to SW19. The only problem was the rain, and bloody hell did we get a lot of that of that on middle Saturday. But despite all the umbrella's, we were lucky enough to see Maria Sharapova (she's got very broad shoulders you know) beat Ai Sugiyama in just over an hour (which incidentally means we get refunded half the price of our tickets). It was OK, nothing great, and there was only ever going to one winner of that match. It's just a shame we didn't get to see any more tennis.
As we'd treated ourselves to a rather plush boutique hotel, we decided to make the most of it, and have a big night out in the big smoke. After some advice on where to go, we made our way to the Minories for Rumours (“London's Premier Women's Club” don't ya know). And I have to say we actually had a really good night out. I've not really been to many gay places, so it was a rather nice experience for me (lots of women & the ability to snog the Mrs in public without any scornful looks). The Mrs used to do the scene where she lives, but hasn't done so for years, so I think it made a nice change for her as well. It certainly helped that there was BOGOF on Smirnoff Ice.
Anyway, here's a few pic's from rainy Wimbledon...
Sharapova v Sugiyama; guess who won
Rain Stopped play (OK, they'd already finished)
And it pissed it down...
Well, not literally Julie Andrews, but it would be quite funny if I was. Especially as I've been writing about being gay & loads of other rubbish that I can't really remember. The pap's would have a field day. But anyway, back to what I was originally going to write about. I suppose this is my long-winded, round-about way of saying that I went & bought myself a Nintendo Wii. And amongst the delights that is the new gaming revolution, you can create what are known as Mii's, and my Mii looks remarkably like Julie Andrews in her early years. It certainly wasn't intentional, I just happened to notice the likeness; not that I'd say I look like Julie Andrews, but my Mii does.
Anyway, all I can say about my Wii is that it's dead dead good, and I really don't know why I waited to get one. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that even if you're not into gaming, you could well be after having a go on a Wii. Not that I'd call myself a gaming nerd or anything, but I'm a definite fan of the funny little white box & it's funny little wireless pointy remote thingy.
Wii sports is just great, and what makes it even better is that it comes free with the standard pack (and I'm not getting paid to write this!). For the first week I had it, it was the only game I played, and I didn't even open the SSX Blur game I bought with it (and I just love SSX Tricky on the Mrs' PS2), so it must have been good to keep me away from that. And more than anything, it's highly addictive and you just want to keep playing one more game of (delete as necessary) tennis/baseball/bowling/golf (I haven't got round to the boxing yet). So there you go, go and get a Wii. Now.
In other news, me and the Mrs made a trip to Wimbledon. I was lucky enough to have two tickets for Court 1 land in my lap & I certainly wasn't going to turn down the offer of a trip to SW19. The only problem was the rain, and bloody hell did we get a lot of that of that on middle Saturday. But despite all the umbrella's, we were lucky enough to see Maria Sharapova (she's got very broad shoulders you know) beat Ai Sugiyama in just over an hour (which incidentally means we get refunded half the price of our tickets). It was OK, nothing great, and there was only ever going to one winner of that match. It's just a shame we didn't get to see any more tennis.
As we'd treated ourselves to a rather plush boutique hotel, we decided to make the most of it, and have a big night out in the big smoke. After some advice on where to go, we made our way to the Minories for Rumours (“London's Premier Women's Club” don't ya know). And I have to say we actually had a really good night out. I've not really been to many gay places, so it was a rather nice experience for me (lots of women & the ability to snog the Mrs in public without any scornful looks). The Mrs used to do the scene where she lives, but hasn't done so for years, so I think it made a nice change for her as well. It certainly helped that there was BOGOF on Smirnoff Ice.
Anyway, here's a few pic's from rainy Wimbledon...
Sharapova v Sugiyama; guess who won
Rain Stopped play (OK, they'd already finished)
And it pissed it down...
