Sat Aug 12, 2000

So with this in mind I was feeling a little bit weary about attending our friends Blessing today at the UN Chapel.  For those of you who are not aware of this, it's the United Nations Chapel just to clarify.

Anyway I was pleasantly surprised to find it a rather nice way to spend half an hour or so, especially as Sharon and Ray (the Blessed couple) seemed to be having rather a jolly time.

There was a rather chubby looking, but very pleasant Vicar woman (not really sure what the correct title is??) who was doing the whole Blessed thing who was dressed in her usual long black Darth Vadar cloak AND her long white thingy that hangs around her neck, on which were very pretty colored butterflies adorning it.  She looked very unchurchy looking and rather like Dawn French who plays a lady vicar on a British TV show which is really really funny.

So me and Morpheus are sat at the back giggling and misbehaving which we always seem to do in god's house, not sure why, we just always feel the desire to act like children in a naughty way...Yeah I know, seriously fucked up!!

As I was saying, we were in the back watching the back of everyone's heads and commenting on who we thought were Rays family and who were other friends and folk.  Not that it's hard to not notice Ray's family as they're all giants with perfect rows of white teeth in a very wide smiling mouth....

So anyway before I bore people to drink I'll just wrap up by saying that their friends Lisa and Heidi read some beautiful Psalms, another friend Giddeon and a girl to whom the name slips my mind read a Cantor (not sure of spelling so don't give me shit for it) in Hebrew which was also translated into English and done very well I might add.  The most moving part for me was when the Vicar woman sang in Hebrew to both Sharon and Ray...now that was impressive!!

So afterwards we did the photo thing at the UN rose garden which was a bit blustery but very nice.  Then we were all the way up on the 28th floor of the UN Plaza, where I firstly ran to the loo then devoured absolutely every canapé that was brought round.  I don't think I've been to any kind of 'do' where the nibbles were so delicious.  I think I may have had some spinach stuck in my tooth for a while but I'm sure the gallons of champagne I was drinking soon dislodged it.

So after eating more food, drinking more booze and NOT dancing (even though Sharon tried to persuade me to bop to ABBA...I don't think so honey!!) we all then left for our prospective homes to then meet up in an hour or two at the White Horse Tavern, which is brilliant because it's dead close to our place....result!!

SOME TIME LATER...
It's amazing how different people look when they've changed from suits and ties to slacks and T-shirts.  The women looked pretty much the same, maybe a bit more lip gloss and a tad more eye shadow.  Now normally I'd take this moment to start slagging one of the said party off, but I'm a bit stuck as they were all a lot of fun, of course this was only noticed after I'd eventually stopped fucking gabbing which I did as soon as we entered the pub, until we left a couple of hours later.  Honest a god I get so sick of the sound of my own voice but to be perfectly honest I'm pretty good at telling a story and don't generally feel that others are up to the task....so I just talk until I get the hiccups or someone smacks me in the mouth.....

No honestly everyone was really nice, especially Gidi and Arnold the couple that live over on the East Village.  They are just a scream, Gidi is Israeli and reminds me of someone famous but I can't think who? And Arnold is from Austria and has the most amazing accent, he also smiles.  They seem like a very sweet and loving couple, but then again who DOESN'T like a fun gay couple....come on!!

You see because I mentioned this page to a few people, including the newlyweds I HAVE to be nice don't I?  As I am under enormous pressure to be that way.  Well it makes a change I guess from the usual bitch crap that I come out with.  So there you go, everyone was fab, even Vinny who has always been a bit of a smug guy, but he is a sweetie, and extremely hairy.  (I know your reading this boyo!!)

Of course myself and Morpheus couldn't just graciously go home like everyone else.....no no, we end up in Automatic Slims, like we always bloody well do and stayed until the wee small hours and then staggered home. Actually I very nearly go into a fight with some fat blonde bitch that WOULD NOT get off the edge of the bar, but Morpheus stopped me before I pushed her off...he's no fun!!