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ROCK CHOIR HAMMERSMITH APOLLO “SOMTHING INSIDE SO STRONG”
Two of my friends were at the filming of this event on the 20th June 2010. They have both become part of the latest cult following and don’t seem to be able to stop singing and dancing at any opportunity. It appears that we have lost them both to this strange new phenomenon that appears to be sweeping the country – they have joined “Rock Choir”.
I can see the appeal if you can vaguely sing – you don’t have to do an audition or even read music. The songs are learnt by ear. You just pay a £90 a term fee and go along and sing your little heart out. 95% of the members are women unsurprisingly.
But look at this video – the entire audience are part of the choir. This particular song “Something Inside So Strong” is their charity song with the proceeds going to Refuge:-
Their debut album was released yesterday and is already top of the Amazon chart.
CYBERMUMMY CONFERENCE
4. July 2010
What a great day I had yesterday. The CyberMummy Conference was fab. Just so great to meet lots of my invisible friends in the flesh – especially Expat Mum who flew in from Chicago. It was a huge success and they even managed to get into page two of The Financial Times [...]
Continue reading and leave comments...LIFE ACADEMY WINNERS ANNOUNCED
2. July 2010
Internet Explorer have just announced the winners of this year’s Life Academy. Internet Explorer 8 Life Academy was a national competition launched to give 18-25 year olds a chance to explore their future potential and win a £10,000 grant to make their socially responsible idea a reality.
The competition saw 268 entrants whittled down to [...]
GAGGING ORDER ON THE TRUTH BEHIND THE ENGLAND FOOTBALL TEAM?
1. July 2010
There is a text flying about regarding why our football team performed so badly. Anybody else heard about this? Apparently there is a gagging order regarding the private life of one of the players all about an affair and a pregnancy and some very bad behaviour. This resulted in a split in the camp between two players in particular and much tension all round as the team took sides.
Are bloggers supposed to adhere to press gagging orders?? Not sure it would be appropriate to name names……
Don’t think I’m brave enough to find out.
None of my business anyway….
Continue reading and leave comments...“THE WANTED” – “ALL TIME LOW”
30. June 2010
We are playing “All Time Low” a lot in our house at the moment, which is the debut single coming out next month by the incredibly gorgeous new boy band “The Wanted”. Personally, I think it will be the No.1 single within the month. Lets see.
Here is the video of their new song. Very strong for a first single I think. Going to be big:-
My daughter loves them and is deliriously happy because she trapped them at the Clothes show and managed to get a very good photo of them all with her:-
CYBERMUMMY CONFERENCE
30. June 2010
My daughter has been collecting photographs of gorgeous hairstyles. I hadn’t realised why until yesterday. Apparently she has to get her hair done before her father picks her up from my house for the wedding. I offered to do it for her but she said “mum, are you KIDDING? You’d make it look rubbish on purpose”. I SO wouldn’t. I think short pink hair with shaved sides would look really good with her gorgeous grey dress.
We went to book her appointment yesterday – “I’m having my hair done for my dad’s wedding” she told them with me standing next to her and it was sort of fine when they looked at me in a puzzled way, but also sort of really really weird. Then she called her dad to tell him that it was going to cost £50 (!!!) and he said “fine, but ask your mother to pay”.
Expecting me to pay for my daughter’s hairstyle for my ex-husband’s wedding to Builder Bloke’s ex-wife just about says everything I need to know about where I stand in the equation.
Precisely nowhere.
Needless to say lovely daughter texted him to say “I don’t think it would be fair to ask mum, she might get upset”.
Thankfully, I’ve got the most perfect day on Saturday for MAJOR distraction purposes….I have to go out early so won’t get to see her looking beautiful for her father’s wedding which is probably for the best because it will kill me and then I’d cry and spoil it for the kids. Instead I’ll be at the CyberMummy Conference (I’m sure there is a perfectly good explanation but what are the CyberDaddy’s doing with their day?) where I will get to meet lots of my invisible friends in the flesh and learn what an RSS feed is (yes, I know that after three years I should get all that stuff). Even better for total distraction tactics is that I’ve been asked to speak which means I’ll be shitting myself for the entire day and not thinking about my daughter’s expensive hair style at all……
Just perfect.
Continue reading and leave comments...CLOTHES SHOW LONDON
28. June 2010
My daughter attended the London Clothes Show yesterday and had an amazing time. Mainly because she met “The Wanted” a new boy band. All very cute.
She has written a review:-
“It was an amazing show. The fashion show itself told a story based on “Fashion Capitals of the World” starting with Tokyo, then New York, Italy, Paris and finally London each with the outfits themed around it.
Here are the new trends for the season:-
Playsuits (all in ones but with shorts)
Floral dresses
Bodycom (very tight/leotard style clothes)
Very girly, short dresses
Karky stuff (like Cheryl Cole military look)
Sparkly things (lots of glitter)
Floral headbands
For the older woman like my mum – maxi dresses”
Great. So I’m not allowed to wear girly, sparkly, flowery stuff. Just long to the ground dresses that cover everything up.
She gets to wear this:-
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and this…
and I get to wear these:-
6. July 2010
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