Blagy blog...

Ok, so last night I did a favour for a frienc of my boss. Jonathan works for a charity called Mesmac a sexual halth charity dealing with primarily gay men and boys. Next week is their annual AGm and it is Jonathans groups turn to do the 'entertainment' for the evening. To do this he is using one of the youth groups he runs Blagy. As a way of getting over how much work the group does they wanted to record some stories from individuals in the group about what they do in the group and how it has helped them with their problems. As some of the stories are very personal and have obviosuly taken a lot of courage to be able to tell he wanted to record them saying their stories. This works in two ways - the perosn doesn't have to get up in front of hundreds of people if they don't want and it also takes nerves out of the equation so their story can be told in the best possibe way. As well as this he wanted to be able to have sillouttes of the inividuals projected for the audience to see.

So this is where I came in - Jonathan had asked Vicki (my boss) if it was possible who then asked me - who of course was happy for the challenge! I was also quite intruiged as to what these stories would be about - Jonathan had just said that some were quite personal and revealing.

Getting to the building and meeting the individuals I was initially quite nervous and a bit unsure as to how they would receive me - a stranger coming in to listen to their stories. But I needn't have worried - they were all confident and happy to tell me their stories. I was soon put at ease and got on really well with them all.

After recording one of the lads (the younget out of them all at 15) Jonathan came back dowmn to where we were recoring to say that the lad had said how cute I was (awww... bless.. must be blind!). Playing around upstairs after the recording to get the Sillouettes looking good was quite a laugh. It's the first time I've eever really been in a situation where I've been fully comfortable just being me and having a laugh! Even to the point of discussing Heath Ledger... I was agreeing the finer points of him not being as hot in Brokeback as he is in A Knights Tale. I could see some of the lads trying to work out whether I was Gay or not "well that answers that question then" one of them called out!

I got on so well with all of the members and it was just so nice be so laid back and not on guard - I just had so much fun. Nearly all the group were asking when I was gonna come back... I'm torn now... I really do want to go back but it's a Wednesday night! Ah well... I'm sure I can work something out now and again! I just don't want to let scouts down.

After the meeting I joined a few of them for a drink in one of Bradfords Gay pubs (did you know there was one?... I didn't!). Spent the evening talking with Emiel who's 23 and one of the 'longer serving' members of the group. We just seeemed to hit it off soon as we started talking. We just talked about everything and anything and we have so much in common. I came away with his number - not that I'm planning on anything happening as I think we are too alike, it's just good to have someone to talk to now and again.

Anyway... that's enough of last night! Got stuck in Traffic on the way into work this morning so Txt my boss to say I would be a bit late... get's the reply back.. don't go in your office when you get in - we've been broken into again! GRR! This confused me though... office door is quite secure and locked. Window has grille bolted over it?? Get's in and has a look - they've only gone and ripped the bloody grille off! So what they taken this time then? Both Mac's (not too much of an issue cos they were both shite!), CD player off my desk... again not a problem as it was crap and I only ever used it for checking CD's I'd burned worked or listening to the radio with the help of a wire coathanger ariel! THey also taken the box of heart monitors, pulse meteres and things from under the desk - the box they were in is on the roof outside the office but we don't know if its empty or not! As well as that they ahev also taken all the blank CD's off my desk (which had the Grease DVD in the top of the stack as somewhere safe to put it! What of mine has gone then? Well... the bag of tools that was under my desk has gone as well as my removable DVD recorder. Bugger!

And all this from a secure office! SO now I can't use my office while we wait fof SOCO to arrive to fingerprint and wave their magic dust everywhere in the hope of finding some evidence. So... that's why i've so much time on my hands again to write this... I can't use my office or take anything out of it so just have to find jobs (or not) to do that don't require anything from my office - or the use of the phone... which is also in the office!

Ah well.. such a hard life!

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Current Mood – Tired, but strangely at ease with life
Current Music – Some crap that's playing in the theatre next door cos my radio's been nicked!
Current Drink – Lucozade... the liquid alternative to breakfast!