Mad Season

Thought I better post to say I am still alive - just!!

Had a great holiday but managed to catch a sinus infection once I got back so have been suffering badly in what was a really busy time too - two trips to London, three concerts, among plenty of other things. I think I finally feel mostly normal now.

I still need to sort out some holiday photos if anyone is interested :) I hope the postcards have started to arrive, they seem to be taking their sweet time, but they were all posted (allegedly) by the staff on the boat. Highlights were definitely Pompei and Rome. I could have spent days just soaking up Pompei, it's a lot bigger than I was expecting. Rome is wonderfully compact for a city, it was great to be able to walk around and explore after being used to the hop-on-hop-off spread of London sites.

Saw James McAvoy in Macbeth (twice) and it was a great interpretation, very gritty and messy (taibhrigh - imagine The Lieutenant of Inishmore only with more blood, and yes, there was ass appreciation in this one too), but wonderfully acted by all, we also had Stephen Fry in the audience for one of them. Alas I didn't stage door as I'm pretty sure the last thing James needed was my germs.

Matchbox Twenty were their usual awesome selves. Very energetic, with a great set, and all the power and emotion they can bring. I can't wait for them to come back again!!

The Star Trek premieres are off and running, although I think Karl is only doing the Sydney one unfortunately. Still Chris Pine is looking remarkably fine at the moment with the scruff, and with the first set of pics the two boys are showing how much chemistry they have with each other, now if only JJ et al would make the most of it ;) 17 days to go until I get to see it! Alas I decided to miss the midnight showing what with work the next day, but I do already have my ticket for the following day :)

I hope everyone is okay xx