Close to Home...

Was in London for most of the weekend with Russ; we took a walk along the South Bank and we passed the memorial to David Morley, the bear killed in a homophobic attack last weekend .  A lot of the time, we were walking blazenly hand-in-hand.  It was, to my mind, the best gesture of defiance to the bastards.

We also went to see a play in Greenwich, which I had seen a couple of weeks before.  Stood in the bar after the show, the actors troop in for post show drinks and schmoozing.  Trust Russ to look at one of the actors (admittedly one of the cute, furry ones) and utter the line "You know, I'm sure I've had my tongue up his ar*e...!"

And then there was Karaoke at the King's Arms last night.  They announced that the vigil in memory of David Morley had raised well in excess of £3000 for charity.   And a certain hairy individual (whose name is not Russ) was persuaded to get up and sing "Mamma Mia".  Complete with appalling swedish accent... 

And Good News For January...

I got a letter today from the Clarion Randolph Park (host hotel for BOTOP's Fiesta de los Osos.) They've managed to find me a suite! So, all is in readiness...

AIR CANADA AC 865
DEPART: LONDON HEATHROW TUE 11JAN05 1425
ARRIVE: MONTREAL TRUDEAU INTL TUE 11JAN05 1645

AIR CANADA AC 423
DEPART: MONTREAL TRUDEAU INTL TUE 11JAN05 1800
ARRIVE: TORONTO PEARSON INTL TUE 11JAN05 1920

AIR CANADA AC 589
DEPART: TORONTO PEARSON INTL WED 12JAN05 1100
ARRIVE: PHOENIX WED 12JAN05 1347

AMERICA WEST HP 6438
DEPART: PHOENIX WED 12JAN05 1550
ARRIVE: TUCSON WED 12JAN05 1636

AMERICA WEST HP 6305
DEPART: TUCSON MON 17JAN05 1840
ARRIVE: PHOENIX MON 17JAN05 1929

AIR CANADA AC 590
DEPART: PHOENIX TUE 18JAN05 1445
ARRIVE: TORONTO PEARSON INTL TUE 18JAN05 2059

AIR CANADA AC 862
DEPART: TORONTO PEARSON INTL TUE 18JAN05 2215
ARRIVE: LONDON HEATHROW WED 19JAN05 1020

Counting the days...!!!