A hair cut, a walk into town and SATC

1. My first wonderful thing today was getting my hair cut by Stacey at Saks on Daveygate. I telephoned this morning on the off chance that I might get an appointment today and it was perfect timing. I don't really feel comfortable going to regular gentleman's hairdressers (well sometimes I do). But I've been having my hair cut by this very nice woman for a while now and wonderfully if I don't feel like chatting she just gets on with it. Today was different. I arrived and had my hair washed and conditioned and massaged by a very cute young man called Ben. He did it beautifully and skillfully especially the head massage which was heavenly. Then Stacey did the cut with scissors as usual. In my head I'm Charlotte from SATC but in reality I'm a bit more of a 50 plus bloke with grey bits. It was lovely though and we had a very jolly conversation about football (? I know it seem pretty unlikely, but I was trying to project my masculine side) and the weather. Mostly pretty safe.

2. Being able to walk into town and back, save on carbon and get some exercise is wonderful. I did buy a linen jacket from Zara in Coney Street, have lunch in Nando's and get some bananas. I'm hoping that the walking offsets some of the carbon emissions those things took to produce. I doubt it though. But I enjoyed the sunshine and the walking chat.

3. My third beauty today has to have been "Sex And The City". We went to City Screen (having bought tickets earlier), bought a beer (which you can take in to the movie with you...how wonderful is that?) and arrived in time to watch the Carrie, Miranda, Samantha and Charlotte clones arrive with their hagfags and male walkers. Perhaps because there must have been races again today people were quite jolly and well turned out. It was a feast for the gay eye on the straight guy. It was like a sausage machine...but perhaps that's another tale. The movie was very funny. At least it was funny as anything I've seen in a long while. It's not though quite a movie more several episodes of TV back to back...but still great. It presents a very affectionate and generous portrait of the characters. An on line friend reminded me that it was probably made to press everyone's buttons and it certainly did that for me. All the way through I kept thinking about how wonderful it is to be in love and how unforgettable it is even when the person is gone or unavailable. I can't actually think of one person I have been in love with, that I don't continue to desire and think about to this moment. It was a feel good feature. That doesn't seem too harmful. Actually by the end of the evening I realised that having started the day by identifying with Miranda, I had moved on and found myself in each of the others. While I'm mentioning beautiful things I feel its important to point out that the character Steve, (Miranda's husband played by David Eigenberg) deserves and gets a very special place in my heart. So go see it.