Rekindling my Affection?

A fine afternoon to you, dearest reader!

Thought I'd tell you about my latest love interest.

Her name's Kindle.

Slinky, dark and slender, I can take her anywhere. She's so petite... so elegant... she never looks or feels out of place. As well as all that, she's extremely practical.

The first date cost around 111 to 150 pounds, but since then she's been fairly low maintenance! 

If you've not guessed, the object of my affections is Amazon's e-reader, the Kindle.

I've had one since Christmas now and am over the moon with it.

That's because:

1. it saves loads of bookshelf space;
2. it's small and light, and easy to carry around or store;
3. it has a built-in dictionary;
4. it has a notes and highlighter function for studying;
5. the books are cheaper;
6. you can download the books in seconds;
7. you can get free books for it;
8. I can be a book nerd and still look fly!

Being a proud Kindle owner won't stop me from strutting into Waterstones from time to time, though.

Perusing the shelves and reading blurbs is part of the fun. Finding a novel that's not vampire fiction is also a wholesome challenge.

I'll still frequent charity shops for a bargain book to get cosy with, too. They did get me started on James Ellroy after all!

But the Kindle and I are an item now. That's something the 'Stones' will have to accept, or at least they'll have to work harder for my affection.

We can still be friends, though.

Fancy a Garage Wail?

Hey, what do you think of the Foo Fighters' new campaign? Have you heard about it?

The Foos are planning something that little bit different to promote their new album, Wasting Light. Rather than play at clubs and arenas, they'll be performing at eight different garages from New York through to the grunge capital of Seattle.

The band are running a competition that gives fans the chance to host a Foo Fighters gig in their own garage. There they'll play songs from the new album, which itself was recorded in a garage.

But who would you like to have in yours, and why?

Imagine you were the most unpopular girl or guy in the school - if you're not already! - and that you could bolster your cred by having a supergroup play in your garage. Who would it be?

I'd have Bruce Springsteen or Motley Crue! Brucie because of his showmanship and his skills with the guitar and harmonica; the Crue because, besides rock, you can be sure they'd have some colourful characters with them. 

And who would you not invite?  I'd have to go with teen heart-throb Justin Bieber.

Not just because he's not even old enough to drink. More that my garage door can't keep out all those rampant, lust-filled teeny boppers. Neither can my fence cope with being scaled in the masses.

Naturally, I'm jealous of him, too. He's attracted more girls in five minutes than I have in my whole life! If only I could draw in crowds like that!

But hey, maybe I can do it with this righteous blog of mine instead!

Green-eyed monsters aside, though, I don't have the space for all those dance routines! That's the honest truth!

Oh, and for the record, I'm not the unpopular kid in school, either.

You Snooze, You Lose ...Or Do You?

Good evening, dear reader, wherever you may be!

A nice feelgood article - or maybe feelbad one, depending on how you look at it - in The Sun online today about a guy who scooped 17.8 million after his girlfriend left him for being dull.

The girl herself has been dubbed Britain's unluckiest woman following the ill-timed split. In all fairness, the guy did list sleeping as his hobby, so maybe she had good reason to head for the door.

Fair play to her, though, for not crawling back and sniffing around for a few quid. Congratulations to him as well - with 17.8 million quid in his wallet, I guess he'll somehow find a way to mend his broken heart!

Meanwhile, I'm back on the singles market and fancy-free.

It's not so bad, but to whoever walks into my life next (preferably, brunette!), I hope you'll stand by me even if:

• I'm always leaving coffee cups lying around; 
• I'm trapped in the 1980s;
• I'm always geeking it up on the Net;
• I'm mad for my bed (it's not a hobby, though!).

If you can't, then at least stick around until the numbers have been drawn, babe.

For you never know - my next phone call might be a celebratory one from Argentina, rather than from work to ask if there's anything we need from the supermarket on the way back!

After all, I still have the whales to see!