Penguin pyjamas…what’s not to love?  Thanks to Jenny for highlighting them.

You do NOT want this to happen to you on your wedding day.

Louise xoxo

Hello!  I have been a little absent from here the last few days, I apologize, but there was a good reason.  My friends and I were organizing a gig in Tuam called “Tuamdance” on Saturday night so the end of last week was fairly hectic.  The night itself didn’t end until Sunday afternoon, and yesterday was all about recovery.  However, here I am!  And I’ve learned some things I’d like to share with you.

1.  The most stressful and frustrating experiences often end up being the most rewarding and the most fun.

2.  Do not run around a car park at 8am to Elbow “One Day Like This” doing dramatic leaps if you have consumed many beverages.  When you fall, it will be funny…but also very painful.

3.  Making new friends is fun.

4.  The Cast of Cheers are a gift from God.  As guys, and as musicians.  Get their album here for free.

5.  If you weren’t there…you made a mistake.  PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE HERE.

Louise xoxo

This is the ad for Marc Jacobs’ new mens fragrance.

Brilliant.  I wonder who his target market is?

Louise xoxo

First of all, zuuuuuuuh???  Not in relation to the breakup, but in relation to the fact that I care.  I know I’m not alone in this confusion either, all day long I’ve been speaking to people who are bewildered by the strength of their reaction to the news.  I mean, we don’t know these people.  We don’t (to the best of our knowledge) care about these people.  However, for some reason, when we read the news we felt something.  Maybe it’s because Ronan has been so squeaky clean for so long, or maybe it was those Nintendo DS ads, but clearly we didn’t see this coming.

Come it has though!  And how!  My gay hotline was abuzz with rumour this morning, stories I’m afraid to share here for fear of legal repercussions, but let’s just say his story might not be as STRAIGHT as many have thought.  The infidelity story seems to be the accepted explanation, with a dancer on his recent solo tour being identified by most of today’s papers as the partner in crime.  It will be interesting to see what unfolds now…will we get a full explanation?  Will whoever this person is be tempted by the thousands of pounds they will undoubtedly be offered to tell their story?  To be honest, I hope not.  I mean, do we really need to know?  At this point another cheating story just saddens me.  It’s not hard to understand why so many women have given up on the idea of a gentleman.  And why so many of us have given up on the idea of a woman who would respect the idea of marriage.  Or commitment .  How can so many of us be happy to be the other woman?  Why can’t we respect each other enough NOT to sleep with someone who is with someone else?

My friend Terran says news bloopers are her favourite genre of comedy…who can blame her?  Check out this clip in which a taxi driver is mistaken for a computer expert and interviewed on the legal battle between the Beatles’ Apple Corps and Apple Computer over the use of an apple symbol…if like me, you missed it the first time around it’s worth a look.

Check him out subsequently on GMTV:

GAS.

Louise xoxo

Scroobius Pip has it right.

Thou shalt not question Stephen Fry.

Louise xoxo

The Debs…it’s meant to be magical.  The night you’re an adult, a glamourous beautiful princess.  The night you prepare for for months, spend a fortune on and will remember for the rest of your life!  Unless like me, it’s a disaster you want to forget.

I won’t go into the details, but let’s just say there was a pint spilled over me before dinner, my date completely ignored me for the entire night, and I lost my voice and embarrassed myself in the karaoke competition.  Not fun.  However that is NOTHING compared to young Jessica Halter who was arrested at her prom last week after drunkenly assaulting a policeman, trying to kick a paramedic, and spitting a “bloody ball of spit” at another police officer.

Nice.

She was basically hammered at her prom, and after receiving complaints school administrators approached her to deal with the situation.  However, she did not take that very well, slurring “This is my fucking prom, this is bullshit.  You are fucking bitches, this is my prom, I’m not drunk!”  She then refused to take a breathalyser test, tried to hit cops with a chair, and was eventually carried out.

Pretty dodgy, especially in conservative Ohio.  I wonder if any of you have bad debs memories that could compete?

Louise xoxo

So as it turns out Anchorman was in fact a documentary.

I have no idea why I find this photograph so mesmerizing…I just do.