The Wonderful NHS-part 2

I went to the dentist today. It cost me £15 for a check up, de-scale and polish. Still, I suppose I should count myself lucky that I still have an NHS dentist-for now. I should also consider myself fortunate that I’ve not had to have any major dental treatment yet. I hope I won’t for a long time yet, especially if the prices, both NHS and private, are so expensive.

Also, is it just me or does anyone else’s head feel like they’ve had their brain shredded after they’ve had their teeth descaled? Every time I have it done I feel disorientated and can’t think straight for a few hours afterwards. Plus I end up eating a load of sweets just to try and get the horrible taste that it leaves out of my mouth!

Not so Worthless anymore.

So United won the Carling Cup. Funny how something that the team and their fans turned their nose up at and dubbed "the Worthless Cup" for so long suddenly becomes the greatest thing they could ever achieve! Clearly, its because they and everyone else knows that its the only thing that they will win this season!

The Brit Awards 2006

I watched the Brit Awards on TV last night. While it was a good ceremony and they got many of the winners right (Coldplay, Kaiser Chiefs, Arctic Monkeys, Green Day and KT Tunstall being among them), I didn't think it was as good as last year's. Maybe the fact that the majority of last year's nominees and eventual winners were newcomers (Keane, Franz Ferdinand, Scissor Sisters, Joss Stone), made 2005's ceremony seem better. Still, this year's show had its moments- Prince's set, Gorillaz' performance of "Dirty Harry" (complete with a choir of schoolchildren-many of them from Manchester!), Coldplay's rendition of "Square One", Kaiser Chiefs opening with "I Predict a Riot" and the aforementioned band's acceptance speeches (they had absolutely no idea what they were saying!) being examples. Even Jack Johnson, someone I'd heard of but didn't know much about other than that he was a surfer, put a decent performance in-just him and his guitar.

There were a few gripes, the biggest one being that a number of the nominees hadn't done much last year to warrant a nomination. Aside from doing a few festivals last year, Kasabian did very little. I recall Lemar released something but he wasn't heavily present in the charts. And as for Natasha Bedingfield, she did bugger all! Of the three, only Lemar won one. Still, its one too many. I hope the organisers sort it out next year so that only the ones who have really released an album and singles within the qualifying time get the nod.

And the winners of my own awards go to:

THE "FUNNIEST ACCEPTANCE SPEECH(ES)" AWARD-Kaiser Chiefs. Hilarious for the fact that (a) they had not one, but two stage invaders during their speeches (one on two different occasions, including Vic Reeves) and (b) they had no clue what to say.

THE "WHO THE **** IS HE?!" AWARD- Nearly went to the guy out of "The IT Crowd" (the one without the glasses- don't know his name). The guy who came up with Kaiser Chiefs when they won best Rock Act was also a contender, but the winner was the American guy who was with the Arctic Monkeys, giving their acceptance speech. Apparently he's in a band called "We Are Scientists", whoever they are.

MOST DRUNK PERSON ON STAGE AWARD- The aforementioned guy out of "The IT Crowd". He'd come to present an award, complete with his glass of wine. Absolutely bladdered, he was. He was funny, though.

STARS OF THE NIGHT-The kids performing with Gorillaz, without a doubt.

THE "LOOK AT ME, I'M ON TV!" AWARD- Paris Hilton. She was caught on camera talking on her mobile. It was so obvious she was posing!


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Happy Birthday to me!

Its my 25th birthday today. I noticed that Blogger has wasted no time in changing my age on my profile (thanks guys). If that wasn't enough, I've received two birthday e mails from websites I've signed up with and logged on to my MSN page to see them wishing me Happy Birthday too!

You've just got to love the internet!

Death becomes a TV show

ITV teletext reports today that the BBC are planning a week of programmes dedicated to the issue of death, to be broadcast later in the year. Among the "highlights" will be a programme presented by Esther Rantzen, with the title of How to Have a Good Death (not That's Death! then?).

The majority of people don't want to think about death, let alone watch a programme about it, so why are the BBC wasting license payers' money on something like this? I can hear the sound of the bottom of a barrel being well and truly scraped.

Which one of the Muppets are you?

While wasting time on the net again, I came across this quiz on Blogthings. I'm not sure whether I am most like Animal- I always thought I was closer to Kermit myself.

You Are Animal

A complete lunatic, you're operating on 100% animal instincts. You thrive on uncontrolled energy, and you're downright scary. But you sure can beat a good drum. "Kill! Kill!"

The Muppet Personality Test