In an attempt to rise above the abject misery of existence, I've decided to create a place where I can make a small list of, well, Reasons To Be Cheerful (and give a nice nod to Ian Dury to boot). Now, it's not going to be any corny rubbish like "Oh, I'm so happy to be healthy" or anything like that. Hey, 'tis The Curmudgeon we're talking about here. It can be just little things that have happened, to brighten your day or make your week or whatever. So, April's Reasons To Be Cheerful are..
1. The Curmudgeon has finally done it. After years of "hmm.. maybe. If I ever got time" and Amazon readers mailing him to ask - The Curmudgeon FINALLY has a site of his own. The Fortress Of Solitude may stumble and fall into never-visited obscurity, but that would be a damn shame. I'm hoping to get a few regular visitors here to build our own little community, where we can talk about the finer things in life. Whether that happens or not, who can say, but for now - The Fortress is shaping up to be something mighty cheerful about indeed. And can anyone tell me where "Like A Squashed Octopus" came from?
2. Prince's new album, 3121, is finally MINE. It was my birthday on the 11th April (not telling you my age, let's just say... old enough), and The Wife(tm) bought me the new album. I must admit to sometimes spinning new Prince records with a certain amount of trepidation; will the critics be right? Will he have lost the plot? Thankfully the answer is a resounding NO. 3121 is an EXCELLENT album. The title track itself could have came from his 1987 period, "Lolita" is joyous pop and the heartbreaking ballad "The Dance", with it's ear-shattering finale, has to be heard to be believed. Oh, and "Black Sweat" is a future classic. All in all - a superb record but, hey, he's very rarely made anything but.
3. It is now almost just four weeks until I go off to Florida on holiday. I've been before, but that was with my parents, so this will be a whole new ballgame. I have a fourteen day pass to EVERY theme park, so I fully expect to be a big kid for a fortnight. Marvel World, people! MARVEL. WORLD. I've heard there are guys walking around dressed as superheroes! I want my picture taken with every. single. one. of. them. Add to that Disneyland and Seaworld and... ohh, it's going to be AWESOME. Technically, this should be in May's Reasons, but Hell, I'm hardly going to be here then..
And that's that. Simple, yes? Three Reasons To Be Cheerful. Those are mine - now let's hear YOURS.
7 comments:
Yaaaaaay - Stevie!
To those that don't know, this is Stevie from another, inferior, site. And he likes secks.
That's Reason Number Four.
Welcome to the fold, Ben. Don't be a stranger now.. please GOD don't be a stranger....
Invisible Wolfman - I thought Britney got off with that, or have I been reading the wrong tat? To be honest, I have a lot of time for Britney Spears. She may be the worst mother in the world, but she's made some not awful pop records and, when she wants to be, she's still uber hot. Honestly, how could you be stay mad at THIS?
http://www.pixelpainting.com/free/desktop_wallpaper_3/britney_spears_800.jpg
Ben - I saw Megadeth supporting Slipknot last year. I think my left ear drum is just about back to normal. Fuck, what a superb racket.
Tch - pedant. Alright, I'll try again..
http://www.britney.freshdames.com/spears/allure_topless.jpg
or, for you sporty types...
http://www.ananova.com/images/news/britney_pepsifooty357x500.jpg
Or for those with, er, my "leanings"..
http://www.gwu.edu/~medusa/2001/images/britney1.jpg
Now when she comes back into the pop scene, THAT will be a reason to be cheerful.
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