Friday, January 21, 2005

Life? You mean... real life?

Inspired by continuing to read the blogs of Glitter For Brains (Most excellent camp nonsense), Honey Tom (Worthy and eloquent writings) and Emma Kennedy(Has a manner which deludes one into thinking she might become one's best friend) Mr Kenneth has decided to once again unfurl the petals of verbiage that form the Manchesterford Diary. Is anyone still checking in he wonders?

Aside from the aforementioned inspiration, Mr Kenneth is moved to recommence his internetular chronicles, owing to finally having connections from home reinstated. The Manchesterford mansion's modem died after an entanglement with some Nokia Mobile Phone software in July, and the urge to have said modem repaired was weakened both by the expense of such an operation and the inclination to consign dial-up to the past and reinvigour the internet experience with full speed broadband. So, in typical Mr Kenneth fashion, this alternative course of action was considered in little depth and over much time before finally some action was indeed taken. (Mr Kenneth took 4 years to change his job from the time of deciding to and a year or so longer to join a gym)

To the Internet and beyond! - well to Gaydar in the first instance if the truth be told. (The attrition of a consistently negative experience has been largely - and perhaps deliberately - forgotten with time and abeyance) And lo! The experience has proved fruitful! Perhaps the combination of gym and renewed photography made the difference. Perhaps the increased maturity and confidence and greater wealth of life experience has shown through in some way. Whatever, there has been some success. Mr Kenneth, won't bore (or titillate) with the gory details and perhaps to say the experience has been "fruitful" may be over egging the pudding and leading readers to believe a happy ending of love and fulfillment is in the offing - which of course it isn't, but Mr Kenneth has had a shag and a not unwelcome amount of welcome attention, so things aren't all doom and gloom as January progresses into February.

What's more, Mr Kenneth shall be having a weekend of fun - well at least Sunday is planned as an extravaganza. Firstly a matinee performance of Aladdin, starring Sir Ian McKellern as Widow Twanky, the gorgeous Jo McFadden in the title role and Ramon Tikaram as the genie. To add to an already fabulous sounding line-up readers, Maureen Lipman is in it too! Follow these theatrics with a recording of a special BAFTA presentation to Victoria Wood - whose work Mr Kenneth quotes to geeky extremes as any fans will have noticed from the titling of his postings - and one can hardly deny that some fun will be had! (For once! Mr Kenneth's weekends have been a little lacking in excitement of late - save for the shag last weekend he supposes)

Should the momentum continue, dear readers (Hah!) Mr Kenneth will report back on events.

Truffle please, Miss Grace!

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