Happy Songs

I was challenged to counter my list of sad songs with a list of "happy or romantic" songs.

Whilst, clearly, the romantic list is beyond me (one step at a time Z!), here goes with my attempt at happy songs.

Again, definition is key. The song must be about happiness (which includes any of its variants e.g. joy, excitement, seeing a girl and going phwoar), but it must also invoke feelings of happiness in me. (It's always about me isn't it?) Both scored out of 10.

11. I wanna hold your hand - the Beatles (7 / 6)
10. I bet you look good on the dance floor - Arctic Monkeys (6 / 8)
9. Daydream believer - Monkees(6 / 8)
8. Teenage kicks - Buzzcocks (7 / 7)
7. Man on the moon - REM (7 / 8)
6. How to disappear completely - Radiohead (7 / 8)
5. You'll never walk alone - The Kop Choir (7 / 9)
4. The sick bed of Culchulainn - The Pogues (7 / 9)
3. If I ever leave this world alive - Flogging Molly (7 / 10)
2. Ain't got no (I got life) - Nina Simone(9 / 9)
1. Amazing Grace - Various (10 / 9)

What do you think of THAT then??

Telly

So I was on the telly tonight. I looked like a right tit! It reminds me of the review in The Times when it came out. This idiot TV reviewer called me - in a new low in my life - "a gentle Sloane".

Cool doggie though!

Smirting

Don't think I haven't noticed how fun smoking suddenly seems. Suddenly, all the smokers can go outside and they have an instant excuse to chat up fellow smokers - and this they are doing. This is apparently known as smirting, and is the best reason to start smoking I have yet come across.

So, I may start with some hypnosis to get over my initial fears of smoking.

I may then move onto those patches to try and wean myself onto the nicoteine.

Finally, I may start smoking those sweet cigarettes which you can eat, so that I create a cognitive pattern for my brain to follow and begin to practice my smoking style.

With the help and support of friends and family, I hope to take on this blessed addiction - but please bear with me if I seem a bit short tempered over the next few weeks.

Party

Went to party after going on this brilliant course at work. Got a bit drunk. Did some of my famous anti-flirting (TM), although on the bright side the girl did say I had a very soft jumper.

Which on reflection, I do.

BBC

Dan makes a good point about the BBC and Alan Johnston. Yes, I too think they abused their power a bit, but it's still a good news story, that's all really.

The Beeb's bias does annoy me sometimes but then I get distracted by The Apprentice and forget all about it.

ps. I've been watching All About Brian again, and I feel like an old man with a dirty little habit perhaps, or someone on the margins of society, cast out into the wilderness because of my unconventional beliefs.

Thank God

Not that I believe in God, but none of the alternatives have such a catchy ring to them.

Dilemma

So, I am 35 years old, and no longer really dance because I prefer to go places where you can 'hear yourself think'. I love a cup of tea and a good sit down on a Friday night, so that I feel great for the weekend. Let's face it, I am no one's idea of Pete Doherty, even though I once made Naomi Campbell laugh outside his house.

So, the question is, should I be joining Facebook?

People ask me to join, but if I do is it the equivalent of inviting your Dad along to a nightclub? Will I be wearing online corduroy? Moreover, will MI5 start some sort of file on me?