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Whoops… I somehow managed to miss my flight to Edinburgh today. I ever got up extra early, but alas, it wasn’t early enough. The check in had closed about 10 minutes before I arrived at Heathrow’s terminal 5.

I’m usually really anal about things like checking in etc… but I guess when it’s business, I’m not too worried. The good thing about travelling with my company is that we book Business Class, so I just checked in for the next flight and am now ‘lounging’ in the Terminal 5 Lounges. It’s an amazing building… very space age and all that. I partcularly like the lounge that I’m in. Here’s a piccy of it:

Hopefully I’ll make it to Dalkeith, where I’m supposed to be meeting someone a 11am. EEK! Wish me luck!

The new London Gay Men’s Chorus season has officially started, and it looks like it will be a good one. There’s a lot of activity going on at the moment… new starts, new repertoire to learn and new Production Managers! It’s all very exciting!

LGMC is spear-heading the Various-Voices London event which will be held at the London Southbank area during 2009, and this forms the main part of what the LGMC will be doing this season. We’ll also be taking the season’s repertoire to Helsinki for their Pride Festival. All very exciting!

Check out the link to the Various Voices website for more information, and I’m sure there will be loads more posts about what we’re doing to prepare for the performances.

I don’t know about you, but I’ve noticed that over the past few months, television has been getting progressively worse. Not just the quality of the actual programs, but in general, what is being put on our screens by the guru’s who sit in the silver towers of the BBC and other private networks!

For example, the new season of Gladiators. Now, not only are we forced to watch the hooped up madness of muscle-bound hunks and scary females with WAY too much muscle, we have to endure the stupidity of that muppet, Wolf! I thought the constant screaming of that presenter guy was bad enough… but they’ve just compounded the pain with another screaming freak!

I’d also like to point out that EVERY episode of The Simpsons, Scrubs and Frasier has been played more than once, and yet… we are STILL made to watch the repeats!  What the hell are we paying for?! It’s like paying to see the same film in the cinema twice! What’s the point?! I understand that the number of shows and productions coming out of TV land is not enough to satisfy moany people like me… but then… when you consider the number of student productions and other possible things that could be put on air, why do we need to watch the same thing over and over and over again?!?!?!

I for one think that the television executives are taking it upon themselves to force us self-confessed couch potatoes out of the comfort of our sofas and back into the wild open air of the outside world! How dare they !!!

I love this! It’s my absolute favourite!

We went to Livingson today to get a little more shopping in… not that I haven’t alread spent a fortune… and while we were there I realised something. ivingston must be were the NHS is sending all the Freaks! Lordy… there are some interresting weirdo’s and oddballs out that way!

The shopping itself was pretty good, I got some fabby running things, and also managed to get a good little top from GAP, so I was happy… it’s just a shame I had to come back to Edinburgh and bathe in iodine and vinegar for about an hour! (not really).

A big thank you to everyone who was so sweet and gave me a wee prezzy this Christmas season…

Bryan, Mom & Dad, Lesley & Euan, Gillian, Ian & Norah, Laura & Dan

You’re all such sweet people and I love you all dearly!

This year, Christmas broke the usual tradition of waking up at my sister’s place, presents and then lunch, followed by a trip to Edinburgh Zoo. This year, I did things differently. 

Lesley and Euan went down to York this year to spend Christmas with Euan’s family, so I spent Christmas this year with Bryan’s family. For the first time ever, I managed to wake up with my beloved boyfriend on Christmas Day… something I’ve always wanted to do! We got up, had some tea to wake up… and then opened a few presents before going around to Bryan’s Fathers house when his Father and Norah had prepared a lovely brunch of bacon / sausage / egg rolls and tea! After lounging around for a bit, we headed back to Gillian’s place and then Bryan and I went to Edinburgh Zoo for a Christmas wonder… 

All the animals were in really good favour this visit, including our favourite, the Tapir… who was out in his little paddock squelching about in the mud! The Penguins were also in good form, with most of the family in the water swimming about furiously while children stood on the bridge in awe of their speed and acrobatic ability!

After the zoo, we returned to Gillian’s house where she was preparing a fabulous dinner of Broccoli & Stilton soup… followed by a Haggis, Neeps and Tatties special! It was lovely! Unfortunately, Gillian had to rush her meal because she had to get to work for 6pm (she’s a fire fighting professional).

The rest of the evening was spent in front of the tele… which is my ideal Christmas evening!

There are pictures from the day available on my Flickr page… which you can see by clicking on the picture below:

As many of you know, I’m a member of The London Gay Men’s Chorus, and every year, the chorus puts on a Christmas show for it’s ‘fans’. This year was a show directed by the fabulous Stuart Burrows, entitled, ‘For Christmas Sake’. The idea behind the show was ‘traditional’… and that’s what you got. Beautiful arrangements of Silent Night, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas and my personal favourite  of the season, Over the Skies of Yisrael. Simply stunning.

The choralography this year was also very good. Simple, but effective movement backed up by some fiery dance moves and very witty link material provided by the chorus’ very own Angel Gabriel, Michael Mangion.

Pictures from the season can be viewed by clicking on the picture below…

A fantastic season, and the next one should be even better, with the chorus participating in an International Chorus Festival called Various Voices… as well as an international trip to Helsinki planned for the middle part of the year! Fantastic! See you there!

For some bizarre reason, my legs and feet are not happy with me for making them run! I am in agony! My shins are actually throbbing!

I think a lot of low impact cardio is in order from now on for at least a week in the gym… no treadmills for a bit!