Friday the 13th

Since it's Friday the Thirteenth, we thought we would look at superstitions.

Not sure it's been a day fraught with disasters particularly.  I could say the painfully slow servers on a rollout were causing headaches, but that's what they could do on any ol' day of the week - it's their raison d'etre.  Ah technology, how we shake our heads gently and roll our eyes.

Not sure what he will be cooking up on the food side, I can only think of a rabbit foot pie, which isn't totally appealing.  But then. how well will I do on the music side?  What genre will dominate the world of superstition?

Picnic

The weather has been so lovely recently a picnic seemed the ideal way to spend hubbie's birthday FridayDateNight.

Of COURSE this would mean it would be raining on the day.  But, as if a little something like that would deter us.  Picnic blanket on the kitchen floor was perfect.  As I'm not working at the mo, it was awesome to not have to cook at the same time as lounging on the floor, once you're lounging on a picnic blanket there should be nothing that makes you move.  Except bees I suppose.

Vodafone

Awww I liked working for Vodafone, it was a fun time.  This week's FridayDateNight will be an homage to this telecomms giant.  You may think this isn't a romantic night in for a couple... but you'd be wrong.

Okay, you'd be right, but who says it's wrong to use a goodbye gesture to a contract as a basis for an evening of food and music.

Okay, everyone.

Shush now.

Carnival!

Tonight we will embrace the fun and crazy of carnival.  We wanted something pizazzy and fabulous.

I had imagined a circus style evening, but he has researched a whole Venetian Carnival.

Olympic Games

We decided to celebrate the upcoming Olympics Games with our evening of food and tunes.  We are thinking we should get a bit into it - once in a lifetime etc etc.  So, let's embrace!

What food can he come up with?  What music goes?!  How good to challenge ourselves in such a way.

In this evening we answer the question: how many of the games have a ball.  It's been something I know you have wanted to know forever.

Zombies! Run!

A marvellous phone app has come out where you can complement your runs with a zombie apocalypse. 

Along with an immersive story narrated between your songs (and it is immersive, I did look right to see the abandoned hospital I was being told was there), in Zombies! Run! you pick up items as you run (to build up your camp and open more missions) and you are occasionally chased by zombies.  Yes, I have to actually speed up for a minute to outrun the buggers (it's tracked by GPS so it knows if you're dawdling!).

Tonight is an hommage to zombies.  God rest their long gone souls.

Leap Day William

Today we are celebrating Leap Day.  Yes, you know how we all celebrate our hearts out on this wonderful day that comes only every four years?  Oh, yeah, we don't.

This week, 30 Rock had an episode dedicated to this idea; creating their own idea of what celebrating Leap Day could be.  It involved Leap Day William (a Santa Claus type tradition) and everyone of blue and yellow.  What a great idea to wear these two colours together that would look hideous!  I was gutted I was ill on Leap Day as I woulda totally worn blue and yellow and gone with the ridiculous.

The theme tonight is around this subject matter.