Well I’ve now watched most of those films that were nominated for Oscars.
I’m not gonna go on about them. I’m not a film critic, after all… but for sure I’d say The Brutalist and Crucible are Oscar worthy. I don’t recall any nudity in the second, but there’s a bit in the former.

Anora is possibly best watched with the sound off and shouldn’t have won any Oscars. There’s a lot of naked female.

The Last Showgirl is sad but at least plausible.
Not Oscar worthy. There’s a lot of naked female.

The Substance is Science Fiction and will become a cult B movie type film, probably. There’s a lot of naked female.

I went to see, with my friend Kerry McSq, a play tonight in town.. currently the hot ticket.
It’s called The Unicorn.

If you don’t know.. a unicorn is the name given to a ( younger ) female introduced into a heterosexual marriage ( bedroom ) to spice up the sex.
The unicorn bit comes from the fact that these willing and younger ( attractive ) females that would want to do that, are extremely rare.
If you find one that ticks all those boxes that isn’t a serial killer/ blackmailer or convict / sex traffic victim.. then you are indeed ‘ lucky ‘.

I know a bit about this anyway, because I did briefly date a lady a few years ago who after her marriage had ended, said she’d embarked on a journey of sexual discovery, and had got involved as a Third Wheel in a marriage.

She had described herself as a Unicorn… though at the time I did think that ( although she wasn’t altogether unattractive ) I certainly wouldn’t have put her into the ‘ mythical creature’ category.

That would have been certainly contrary to the Fairytale Descriptions Act, if there was one.
I won’t mention her name of course.

Donkey with an ice cream cone held onto her head with an elastic band… comes to mind.

Well… it would seem that perhaps ( or it’s likely ) that I’ve had a UTI all of the time since September 2023.
It’s been ‘ dampened ‘ by me drinking 7 litres of water every day, plus supplements to improve bladder health… BUT a urine test showed that the antibiotic I’ve routinely used… is the wrong one for the infection I’ve had.

So it’s possible… that my 18 months of dire, dire sleep ( every single night ) might not be for much longer.
I can only hope though.
Let’s see what happens over the next week or so.
I did get 5 hours straight sleep 2 nights ago, and that just doesn’t happen to me.. unless I’m so tired through endless nights of not sleeping that my body just gives up and sleeps through the spasms anyway.
I’m feeling optimistic… 😊

I’m just going to a play.
It’s called ‘ Picture You Dead’

I have to say that when I booked tickets ages ago.. I did think how funny it would have been to invite a ‘ certain person’ and say I’d booked it especially in their honour.

Every time I think about, it’s makes me laugh. A lot.

But anyway, I didn’t send the invite.

Perhaps that person is reading this though and will appreciate my humour…

😂

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UTI’s.
Non stop spasms.
Dire lack of sleep.

That’s been my life for quite a while now.
Sure, I press on and do stuff, but F me, it’s wearing.
SCI – the gift that keeps on giving. It just gets more complicated the longer you live, seems to me.

Anyway (!) what I am looking forward to is my new ( surprise ) brother meeting quite a few of his new ( surprise ) family in Wales soon.
Having organised a party, my brother, his wife and my 2 nieces will soon meet quite a few people they didn’t know existed until recently.
Party on…!

Suz and I have been to see Franz Ferdinand in Shepherds Bush and my friend Flipper and I saw Backstroke at the Donmar, to name just a couple of things I’ve been up to.
But tbh I’ve been in a bit of a semi Zombie state for a while through lack of sleep.

I’ve changed my diet to see if that lessens my spasms, as well as gone on different medications… but nothing seems to help.

What’s a fella to do?
It’s certainly testing me, I’ll tell you that.

I’ve just been to Brentford vs Everton and I invited my refugee ( now with right to remain ) buddy, Omer.
I met Omer about 4 years ago, not long after he’d fled Turkey ( where he’d been jailed for writing something truthful about the President Erdogan )

Omer’s English vocabulary has improved no end since I met him, but his pronunciation is possibly even worse than it was 4 years ago.
I always tell him the same thing when I see him – sort out your English. Listen to well spoken Brits on the BBC etc and you’ll be far more employable. Somehow though it doesn’t seem to have sunk in.

I’ve been here for decades. Imagine if I said ‘ come by year will you butt and we’ll go out now in a minute ‘ .. just like I used to.
I’d never have got a job.

I had to listen to the BBC News and programs like To the Manor Born.

Look at me now – posh as anything.

I’ve just been to Brentford vs Everton and I invited my refugee ( now with right to remain ) buddy, Omer.
I met Omer about 4 years ago, not long after he’d fled Turkey ( where he’d been jailed for writing something truthful about the President Erdogan )

Omer’s English vocabulary has improved no end since I met him, but his pronunciation is possibly even worse than it was 4 years ago.
I always tell him the same thing when I see him – sort out your English. Listen to well spoken Brits on the BBC etc and you’ll be far more employable. Somehow though it doesn’t seem to have sunk in.

I’ve been here for decades. Imagine if I said ‘ come by year will you butt and we’ll go out now in a minute ‘ .. just like I used to.
I’d never have got a job.

I had to listen to the BBC News and programs like To the Manor Born.

Look at me now – posh as anything.

Lovely to see my Uni mucker, Charlie P, the other day. We went to the theatre ( well a comedy night at a theatre ). Like 2 old queens going out. Except straight fellas.

It was Hamilton Jones, who fires off hundreds of one liners, most of them clever. Often he’d be halfway through the next joke before I got the last one. It was like a funny intelligence test.
Ha!Milton, his show is called- and not anything to do with the Founding Fathers, or a play featuring a lot of actors of completely the wrong race for the parts.

I’d had very little sleep the night before, which didn’t help much. That along with a lot of red wine at the top of The Shard on a date, no less.

I think I was soaked through 6 times in a row of going out. That kinda puts you off going out and I’m glad I’ve got a very nice TV as I’ve never used it so much.
Apparently it gets warmer next week. Thank F for that.

I’m seeing that new Bridget Jones soon. I’m not a particular fan of the BJ films, but the MILF / Cougar thing is gaining such traction.
Apparently MILF is the most searched word on porn sites. What’s that about? When I was 21, 23 was too old lady for me. A grown up woman of 50 would have been more of a nightmare proposition than a fantasy. I think young men have difficulty pulling their own age girls because half of them are now more interested in other girls.
It’s clearly a good time to be a girl/ middle aged woman, and a shite time to be a young bloke.
I think every woman I’ve talked to online has been propositioned by at least 5000 twenty two year olds.

Great to see Roy the Boy the other day, and SuzySue at another theatre thing called Sathnam Sanghera How British imperialism changed the globe. Very interesting and very well balanced. No ancestors were harmed in the making of this production. For a change.

Me n Suz are going to Richard 11 tomorrow and this time i know it’s in ye old Shakespearian.
So this time im getting familiar with the plot before i go. Ha!

I went with my friend SuzySue to see that new film, Baby Girl, the other day.
A tale of sexual dynamics and power… it was.

You’ll have to go and see it for yourself ( and watch it carefully ) for it all to sink in properly.
It might help if you are getting on a bit ( well over 48 ish ( and maybe it’s best if you’ve been married for quite a long time as well ) for you to really get it.

The main take away though/ the top tip for the guys out there …is that if your relationship needs a big injection of excitement… then a regular saucer of milk given to the Mrs at bedtime might actually work wonders.

Remember where you heard it first.

Unless you’ve already seen the film, in which case you already knew, and have stocked up on Full Cream already.