Another Saturday Night

Much beloved of Cat Stevens, and of course the Bay City Rollers (while for Elton John it's a good chance for a bit of rough-and-tumble) but for me it's still a night in.

Anyway, last week's wasn't that remarkable.

Laura and Rachel were again good (I love the way Rachel smiles sweetly at the judges' comments and assures them that 'It's all taken on board' while actually she wants to strangle them); Diana now seems to be the favourite, and I like the boyband, as I have from the start.

Hopefully more excitement tomorrow.

Past and present

Suffering from logorrhoea today...

I think I've discovered two new tenses in the Englsih language.

There's football commentator's past:

"He's come up the wing, he's centred the ball, and Rooney's shot for goal" (trans: "He came up the wing, he centred the ball, and Rooney shot for goal")

And then there's Macdonald's present:

"I'm liking your hair" (trans: "I like your hair")

Not sure what their significance is, just thought I'd mention it...

My friend the radio

For years I've tended to go to sleep with the radio on, and usually find it still on all through the night.

I often wonder whether, if I left it on, say, a French station, I'd eventually wake up with perfect French. Don't think so, but you never know.

For a long time-maybe twenty years-it was always Radio 4 on long wave, which at about 2am changed into the BBC World Service, then back again at about 5:30 to good old Radio 4.

The World Service always had its own distinctive character.

It sounded like it was coming from a long way away, and the voices always sounded slightly shouty, and slow, and clearly enunciated, like they were English people trying to get foreigners top understand. And of course there was the theme tune, Lilibullero (sp?)

Some time ago, I became a Radio 5 Live fan, and that of course is on through the night anyway (the title 'Up all night' always raising a slight titter) so I've tended to listen to that.

But then last Xmas I got a DAB radio, and one of the stations that gives you is the World Service.

But it's not the same: it just sounds like another BBC channel, a combination of 4 & 5 perhaps, without its own distinctive slant, its feeling of being 'away from it all' somewhere around the world.

Back to the nonsense next time, after I've watched this week's X Factor.

My b logging history

I only got into this because I found a blog on the internet from someone with the same surname as me (I won't say her name as she likes her privacy)

I became fascinated over a period: the content was very much about her ordinary life, with its ups and downs, but the story was told with an outstanding honesty.

Anyway, I'm now trying the same thing: the trouble is, I'm not sure if I can do the same honesty.

Have to be light-hearted nonsense, then.

Saturday night

Beloved of Sam Cooke, and Whigfield, but for me it's usually meant a night in.

Tonight, the first 'live' episode of TXF, and as usual there's a split between the good (potentially great? they always turn out a bit of a disappointment in the end), the blurgh, and the utter crap.

Rachel always looked the most talented performer this series, and so she still is-spunky personality, too.

But then Laura appears as the last act, and she's beautiful-& sounds wonderful. I'm smitten.

My first B Log

So this is B Logging.

They all seem to be at it, so I thought I'd 'ave a go.

More difficult than you think, though...