Had a great bank hol weekend. On Saturday went to see Star Wars. I enjoyed it but found it abit too cheesy at certain points. The fight scenes were great. It was maybe slightly too long but well worth checking out. Its certainly better than Episode 1 and 2 but not quite as good as some of the original ones.
I also went to see Chemical Brothers in Manchester Apollo. It was a brilliant gig. The support band were called The Infadels (didn’t think much of them and friends didn’t like them either). By the time The Chemical Brothers eventually came on it was about 10.30. It had been a long wait – we got into the place just before 8pm. They started off with Hey Boy Hey Girl so everyone knew the song. Most of the songs I didn’t know – I knew about 4 or 5 of them!!! The only slight problem was some of the people in the crowd – it was so hot and sweaty that when people were dancing and jumping they ended up jumping into us and sweat was flying off from their hair. It didnt ruin the gig though.
On Sunday I managed to get myself out of bed and played football. It was the first time in about a month and I was knackered! I did manage to score 1 or 2 goals and it was quite enjoyable. In the afternoon and then evening went to a friends BBQ. Had a load of burgers, some prawns, a few beers and lots of singing. I always seem to end up singing karaoke (and this time Singstar on the PS2). At the BBQ they were 2 different BBQs – there was the normal style BBQ for the burgers and chicken wings etc. Then there was the chinese style BBQ which is more of the open fire type – I cooked a load of prawns on it at the end. I am not sure they were 100% cooked but it tasted pretty nice.
On Monday went for Dim Sum with some friends. We then pretty much did nothing!! Just wandered around town, checked out the Dutch market,…. We then went back to mine and watched Old School on DVD. By the time it finished another friend had arrived and we went for a meal in San Rocco. I had a Rack of Lamb which was pretty good.
Photos from the Chemical Brothers gig can be seen here (there not the greatest photos in the world but there OK). Photos from the BBQ are online. You will need a username and password to gain access.
