Mamma Mia

I saw this film about a week ago. A lot of people had told me that I would really enjoy it, so I thought I should trundle along. I had not read anything about it, or heard anything about its storyline. I realise this was a bit of a mistake for me, because I like to know whats going on. I had gone with someone who had seen it a couple of times before. In the first 15 minutes or so they did have to tell me several times to 'just watch it' instead of asking them what was going on, and who was that, and what are they doing, and are they related etc. When I did know what was going on though I really quite enjoyed. I didn't feel like any of the songs had been levered in, which could so easily have happened. It had Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth in it, so plenty of eye candy, no-one seemed to mind a bit of singing along (although not many people outside of those I was with seemed to sing a long). There was a bit of it that made me cry. There were lots of bits that made me laugh. Some bits made me laugh a lot. I walked out of the cinema wanting to see it again on the big screen, I think that is quite a good indicator that I rather enjoyed it.

Greenbelt

Over the weekend I went to Greenbelt. Normally you would stay in a tent at Greenbelt, but I have a friend who lives about a mile from where Greenbelt happens, so I stayed at hers. This turned out to be quite a good thing. The weather was a bit wet and windy and cold, especially at night time, the walk from tent to main bit of Greenbelt was a little way, and there were no showers and only port-a-loos. All very good reasons to be grateful for house staying in.

Here are some of my favourites bits of Greenbelt.
- Seeing friends I don't see very often.
- Watching a deaf dance group from Tanzania
- Woebegone Brothers. Three brothers, all very musically talented, amusing, good time.
- Brian Houston. Absolutely brilliant. Really funny, great songs, brilliant performer. Fightstar were meant to play after him, but they were late so Brian marvelously extended his set and filled in.
- African jazz band.
- Bumping into people I didn't know would be there.
- Pie Minster. Best. Pie. Ever.
- Beer and Hymns.

Bed hopping

On Friday night I slept in a converted farm building in Wales, on Saturday night I slept in a vicarage in Preston, on Sunday night I slept in a flat in Derby, on Monday night I slept in a b&b in Youlgrave, on Tuesday night I returned to the flat in Derby. I will sleep in that bed for two more nights before sleeping in a house in Cheltenham. I've enjoyed doing different things in different places, but I will quite enjoy it when I am in one place for long enough for it to be worth me going food shopping and unpack my wash bag.

Music

Stupid Paul has added another song to his myspace. It is of the kind of quality that we have come to expect of him.

In the last 12 days I have been to Soul Survivor, helped at a holiday club, had Rich to stay on his trip round the country, and had Ben and Leanne to stay for the weekend. I am just tyring to work out which bits of those things I share with the interweb world.