There was once a young man
called Steve Oliver who could drink Guinness like it was going to be outlawed
tomorrow, stop for a pizza on the way home and be at work in the morning,
washed and brushed and as fresh as a daisy. Somewhere along the line this young
man was replaced with a man who felt like an extra from Michael Jackson’s
‘Thriller’ video this morning after four pints at the gig last night.
Thankfully I soon felt semi-human again after taking Jack for a walk before
work. By day I am a respectable, suited and caped (it’s called a gown but I
prefer cape) presence in Crown Court so bleary eyes and a faint scent of
Guinness in your sweat is not a good look when you’re asking people to take an
oath to tell the truth and nothing but the truth. Funnily enough I bumped into
Adam this evening on the way home and he too had woken up feeling like shit
after a relatively small intake of beer, what is happening to us?
It is nice to not have the
pressure of The Sound of Nottingham UK to go home to
on a Friday, as much as I miss doing radio. Mandi gets home from work before me
so does the shopping on a Friday afternoon and I pick Jack up from my dad’s and
walk him home after a quick beer and catch up. My plan for an unremarkable
weekend began with finishing the book I’m reading, (Live Fast,
Die Young: Misadventures in Rock ‘N’ Roll America by Chris Price and
Joe Harland) watching Eastenders and
having some wine.
Mandi had a present for me
when I got in, a new clown ornament to add to my slowly growing collection. This
fellow has a sack of presents behind him and the little dog is wearing a Santa
hat, this fits in with the ‘keep Christmas with you all through the year’
ethos, and fittingly I have called him Kringle. Such a thoughtful gift made me
feel a bit guilty about buying myself something in town, but a packet of
document wallets and some blank CDs is hardly spoiling myself is it?
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