Mahinda’s Little World

Last night was a free Thursday evening. This is a fairly novel thing for me, as I usually have MUGSS rehearsals on Thursday evenings during the student terms.

This being the first year since 1997/8 that I’ve not been in MUGSS, it’s a bit strange. Especially when you’re sitting at home and you know that a bunch of your mates are out drinking.

I didn’t get home until 8.30pm or so, having ferried Pete to Barrington Sports (in Knutsford) and back. Cooked up some dinner, did a mountain of ironing, and spent a rather chilled evening in the company of Housemate Andrew, drinking beer and watching music television.

VH2 pulled an absolute blinder by having a “Top Anthems, 1980-2005″ session, with a pretty decent song for each year. These included:

• The Cure - Love Cats
• New Order - Blue Monday
• Guns ‘n’ Roses - Paradise City AND November Rain
• Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
• Radiohead - Creep
• Oasis - Wonderwall
• The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
• Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
• Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict a Riot

…and about 15 more, obviously. We didn’t change channel once!

The beers included:

• Kronenbourg Premier Cru
• The Village Brewer White Boar Bitter
• Badger Blandford Fly

More a gentle session than a night in getting hammered. Andrew and I discovered that we have VERY similar taste in music, which is always a bonus in a housemate.

In bed just after midnight, which counts as early. The MUGSS types would have been happily quaffing in BaaBar.