Sundays with Angel Episode: 007

The Lurve Bug

The real reason I have not been posting my video log, for the past month my mind has actually been in another place.

If any of you would like to purchase the song it is:

"I Won't Say (I'm In Love)" from Disney's Hercules, Disney Records and available on Itunes.

Love you all

Angel
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Happy Friendsday

For years I hated Wednesday’s, so they were the middle of the week but they were sort of a no mans land kind of a day. Then Orange, the mobile phone company, upped the anti with ‘Orange Wednesdays’. So now I hate Thursday’s and here is my rationale

So now the days of the week go like this:

Monday:

Mondays are ok because they sort of go really quick; everyone talks about what they did at the weekend. Most of the main meetings that gauge the rest of the week take place on a Monday so you are driven by caffeine, stress and indigestion.

Tuesday:

Tuesdays are great because Mondays are over and you can plan the rest of your week, it’s also date night for me, so I always look forward to what the evening is going to bring.

Wednesday:

Wednesdays are fantastic, as they are the middle of the week, you’ve come this far and the Weekend is on the horizon, plus it is now ‘Orange Wednesdays’ which means a trip to the local pictures with P. Great, Girly and Gorgeous, I love it.

Thursday:

Thursdays, well, Thursdays, they kind of not know what they are doing, do they? All the work you have accumulated over the course of week seems to have come to a head, in a frantic attempt to get all done before Friday, you cannot see past the of the mountains of paper work and that mountain is not budging. Thursday, it’s not the end of the week, you have one day to go, and it seems to be the pivotal point of no return. Thursday’s, they are not Wednesdays, they are not disguised as Fridays, they just sit there, mean and nasty,drawing you in and taking your money at the end of the day, they also have an evil habit of luring you into a nasty hangover for a Friday. Don’t you just hate them for that?

Fridays:

Whoopee the weekend starts here.

So thank you Orange for making Wednesdays so worth while. Don’t you just love the Orange marketing campaigns? OK so not many of us get the animal packages, but I did love the little fat clockwork couple, so cute.

I know that most mobile phone companies give back rewards now days; however, I am still a great follower of the one and only Orange Wednesday. Text ‘FILM’ to 241 and you get to see the latest flick and take a friend for free. Yippee!

After years of ‘Orange Wednesday’ they have rebranded and included Pizza Express in the deal under the new campaign of ‘ Friendsday’. The new face of this campaign is the gorgeous Elphaba aka Wicked Witch of the West is this a drastic attempt to make Orange Wednesday’s ‘Popular’? Don’t just love that number? Quick, where’s my ipod? I need a Chenoweth fix.

Any getting back to Wednesday, I’m off to see The Watchmen now.

Yay!

Happy Friendsday

A
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Shock, Horror, Terror Tuesday!

Well I was having a happy Tuesday, until I picked up the Metro today and was upset with one of the headlines within its pages: YouTube has restricted access to music video’s here in the UK. OMG!!

According to the article, YouTube has restricted access to music videos in the UK after failing to reach a new licensing deal with the Performing Rights Society for Music. The video-sharing website began making thousands of videos unavailable to users from last night (March 9th).

This is not news I wish to hear, you guys know how I feel about the changes YouTube have been making recently. I am not really sure who is to blame here, I can see both sides of the story, however, I really do feel that YouTube and Google are slightly missing the point here also of a potential revenue angle.

YouTunes Music Downloads:

It’s the way forward, we pay for the download which allows you right to incorporate the download into your own videos. Hey we all use itunes or Napster and most of us YouTubers use the tracks in our videos, so how about it guys? Please get your act together, we all love YouTube, please don’t deny us the pleasure of freedom of expression. Look at some of the famous YouTubers, that guy that does the funny dance around the world and didn’t everyone love the chubby guy dancing to Beyonce’s Single Ladies. Come on guys, lets give itunes a run for its money YouTunes, it's kinda catchy isn't it?

YouFilm Video Downloads:

Buy a pass or pay individually for your music videos, Films or TV Shows, save them onto a private section of your YouTube account. OK so you purchase them for your own viewing pleasure, but hear me out, itunes, you have to store the videos on your drive and that takes up valuable hard drive space. If you downloaded them to your YouTube account you would be using the space on YouTube’s server. I don’t know about you, but I would welcome this, the way things are going with iphones and 3G you could even watch your films on the go without taking up any memory.

Don’t you think it is a good idea? Hey YouTube, Blogger, Google, Whoever! I love your company, we can’t live without you, well you and Bill Gates anyway. Please here my cry and if you think I’ve got a good idea, you heard it here first on 10th March 2009, Angelselondon. I own the copyright to this idea, maybe I could even set up a project management team to facilitate and market the idea.

Get me, Angel, YouTube Project Manager extraordinaire, has a nice ring to it, do you not think?

Oh well, let’s hope Wednesday doesn’t have any nasty surprises.

A
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Happy Birthday Barbie

Looking good for 50, yes believe it or not, it is Barbie's 50th Birthday today.  

The iconic teenage fashion doll which every little girl and effeminate

 boy longed to own and one day resemble. Come on who, didn't, most girls wanted to be Barbie and most boys wanted to undress her just to take a sneaky peek at her chest.

Barbie, what style, what grace, what a scandal!  In a drastic split reminiscent of Brad and Jennifer in 2004, two days before Valentine's day, Mattel actually announced, that after 43 years, Barbie and long term partner Ken had decided to call it a day.  Yes our sassy girl had traded in the old twink for the short dark and ever so trendy Australian Surfer Emo style, Blaine. 

Maybe it was just the menopause, maybe Ken was in the middle of a mid life crisis, because 2 years on, after traveling the far east, Ken made a come back.  That's right back in 2006 the play boy returned back to the side of his beloved fantastic plastic bimbo; and girl, he looked good! Personally it is my belief, that he just needed to get it out of his system once and for all, picking up a few rent boys he let his hair down partied hard a coke induced Queer as Folk fashion.  

We are sorry Blaine, you were so last season's BRATZ wannabe reject.  The kids just didn't dig you, when it comes to break ups, the kids will always want the parents to be together no matter how bad the relationship is and they hardly ever accept Mum's new boyfriend let alone step parent.  Who are you kidding? Wake up and smell the Starbucks, that Blonde Bitch chewed you up and spat you out, all in the name of a joint Marketing, PR campaign to boost Mattel's falling profits, welcome to reboundsville honey, population YOU!  

Please did you really think it would last?  Action Man had a better chance and he had eagle eyes, fuzzy hair and a pair of permanently fixed solid plastic pants.

Ken, Barbie, Blaine

So there you have it, You either love her or hate her, however, you cannot deny, she has always been around.   Out living our very own British version, Sindy, although, in her defense I did prefer Sindy to Barbie, she didn't look like she was about to snap at the waist and had decent pair of hips, so well done Palitoy for giving us Brits a healthier role model, I still have my Sindy, look:

Sindy & Me, content with our thighs

Despite what you think, Barbie, at 50, I salute you.  Happy Birthday Love, here's to Plastic Surgery:

A little compilation of Barbie videos, commercials & the official split news reel

After all aren't we all just Barbie Girls deep down?  

I am so Aqua!

Happy Monday everyone,

A

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Sundays with Angel Episode: 006

Awaken Your Senses

Hello my dears,

What a week it has been, don’t you just love that no day is the same?

Anyway first thing is first 

WONDERROBBIE:

My beautiful friend from NYC please just go online at the link below and press the vote button, I want to make him famous!!!!!

http://biggaycasting.com/people/WonderRobbie

I love your Robbie!!!!! Good Luck.

Apart from singing the praises of the lovely Wonderrobbie, I talk about the wonderful new musical, which is hitting the West End, next week actually, at the end of March.

SPRING AWAKENING

Following a sensational European premiere at the Lyric Hammersmith, where it won multiple 5 star reviews, Spring Awakening transfers to the Novello Theatre from 21 March.

Frank Wedekind’s groundbreaking 1890s play was a daring exploration of teenage sexual awakening set against a backdrop of religious and parental repression. Acclaimed writer Steven Sater and songwriter Duncan Sheik’s new musical version retains the period setting of the original and introduces a superb collection of contemporary songs that serve to express the private anguish and ecstasy of the young characters. Stunning 21st century design and superb performances by the predominantly young cast combine to create an exhilarating energy that drives a remarkably compelling and timeless story.

UK:  http://www.springawakening.co.uk

The rest of the World:  http://www.springawakening.com

Here are some of the YouTube Vlogs and Channels, very interesting.

Spring Awakening NYC:  http://www.youtube.com/user/SpringAwakeningNYC

Totally Trucked:  http://www.youtube.com/user/TotallyTrucked

Extended Run:  http://www.youtube.com/user/ExtendedRun

A big hello to all at the DRAB Drinks as I had a great time and until next week, be good and let’s make a date of it.

Angel
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Banana Split

They were giving out fairtrade bananas at work to day and it’s Friday too, I feel so spoilt, it is just like Christmas.

One Skin, Two Skin, Three Skin...

I am so naughty.

A

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Yes, We Have No Bananas

To finish Fairtrade Fortnight with a flourish, the Fairtrade Foundation has organized a Fairtrade Banana-eating World Record. It takes place from midday Friday 6th March to –midday Saturday 7th March this week. All you have to do is sign up and eat at least one Fairtrade banana. For more details go to:

http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/gobananas

They already have over 280,000 people signed up to take part mostly in the UK and Ireland but also across the world and there are hundreds of events taking place in businesses, schools, retailers, catering outlets, council offices and all sorts of other places. It would be great if you, your friends, colleagues and family could sign up and take part.

Angel's Top facts regarding Bananas

The banana is the most popular fruit in the world and the whole UK banana industry is worth £580m a year.

Bananas are great energy boosters – around 35,000 are eaten at Wimbledon every year by players, linesmen and ball boys and girls.

Bananas contain tryptophan and vitamin B6, known to make you feel happy.

Bananas can sometimes be spotted in pairs sporting panama’s whilst running down staircases chasing Teddy Bears.

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Fancy lounging about with me this evening?

For those of you in the know, I will be popping along to the DRAB Night out this evening.

View describes Lounge 34 as a stylish bar in Lambeth (Waterloo) that offers visitors a wide selection of drinks served in a friendly environment.

Why not stop by and say hello, maybe even buy me a Manhattan or two.

Do they serve Manhattans there? We shall soon find out.

Lounge 34 Bar
34 Lower Marsh

Lambeth

London

SE1 7RG

See you there and let’s make a date of it.

A
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Awaken Your Senses

So last night I was at the theatre, how exciting; and yes I was very excited, I haven't been in over a month, I've been getting twitchy.

What did I see? Well, it was a fairly new production called ‘Spring Awakening’. It is playing at the Lyric in Hammersmith, but will be transfering to the West End soon.

I am not going to say too much here now as I think I may have found my review muse for this week’s Sundays with Angel.

Don’t you just love it when a plan comes together?

Have a great Thursday, it’s nearly the weekend.

A
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Twitterpated

In the tradition of Bambi and also to see what all the fuss was about I decided to open up a twitter account.  

Now don't get me wrong, I am fine with the whole communication thing, but I'm not sure I get this.  It seems like it is just one line updates like you get on facebook, you know the ones:  Angelselondon is... 

Well here goes, if you want to stalk me you can now twitter me at the usual handle of Angelselondon.

So as if Vlogging myself wasn't pornographic enough I am now twittering myself and others on the world wide web.  isn't a twitterer something you can buy in Ann Summers?

Happy Tuesday,

A

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Happy Monday Dr Seuss

Now I am very excited today, OMG I am so excited, I went onto Google this morning and look, Dr Suess characters in the form of the Google logo. Yay! Don't you just love Dr Seuss and look who has made it in the form of the second 'O' my two favourite characters 'Hop on Pop' the simplest Seuss for the youngest use.

Don't you just love the fact that they are the simplest Suess? Genius!

How sad am I, here I am with my very own copy;  and yes I have the entire Dr Suess Library. You know you love me.

Such a lovely gesture, happy Monday from the Cat in the Hat, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish Blue Fish, Hop on Pop, The Grinch and Fox in Sox.  I love you guys, you have made going to work on a cold Monday morning worthwhile.

Shame there was no Sam, I am from Green eggs and ham or Mr Brown can Moo, can you? but hey you can't have everything, besides GOOGLE is only spelt with six letters.

Guess what book I am taking to bed with me tonight, am I not just the simplest but cutest Suess you ever did see?

Yay!

A

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