Oh Boy!

A Ha! Quantum Leap is on the telly!   I used to be so into that show when I was younger, the episode that is on just now is the one where Sam leaps into the body of a chimpanzee that is going into space as a test pilot for the space programme.  Gallus stuff indeed but for some reason I’m just not that bothered by it now, in fact I’m typing this instead of being engrossed in it as I once was.  I remember writing to the BBC to get them to send me a VHS of this very episode as I had missed it while I was on holiday in Salou or somewhere equally delightful with my family.  The swine’s at the BBC weren’t very forthcoming and these were the days before DVD box sets, 10,000 channels and the internet so I had to wait a grueling 2 years for it to be officially re-run on BBC 2.

Why is that?  Have I grown out of it?  It’s a show for adults, not a kid’s show designed to keep me vegetated in my seat.  I guess your tastes just change.  I remember not liking chips, gin, yoghurt and Will Smith but now I love them all!

I suppose it’s the same with everything…people included.  That’s the worst part.   

I’ve noticed it a lot recently with everyone’s favourite whipping boy, Facebook.  You’ll get a friend request from someone that you haven’t seen for years. Someone you used to spend all your time, money, thoughts and secrets with.  Now you struggle to muster and answer to “what have you been up tae?” – Fucking hunners by the way!  But I cant bring myself to recap the last 5 years and settle for a “Just working you know?”

I guess I’m slightly depressed by all this. The only thing I don’t really get like that with is Music (cider and chicken curry).  The first album I remember loving was ‘Bad Attitude’ by Meat Loaf and if that was on right now I would be standing up on this couch revving my fake motorbike throttle with joy in my heart.  We seem to allow ourselves ‘guilty pleasures’ with music but not with people.  Thank God for that I say!  Imagine where you would be if you stuck in with the same people all the time simply because fate and geography brought you together.  Fair enough there probably will be some exceptions but certainly not where I come from.  Although the idea of searching for lager lovelies cans and setting fires up the hill with Craig MacFarlane does sound like it would still be fun!

How much change is good change?  Is music better than people? Did Dr. Sam Beckett ever make the leap home?

A Jedi knows not these things. 

Thank fuck.

Sorry Ladies

The nearest and dearest among you will already be aware but I figured with the nature of the world nowadays, online and otherwise that announcing my ‘fate’ via the Internet would be the easiest option.

My girlfriend Holly Thompson and I have eventually decided to tie the knot.   We will be getting married in Glasgow on the 9^th of January at the Hotel Du Vin.  The ceremony itself will be a real small one with family and friends then we will have a much larger party in the evening where everyone can lose their minds accordingly.

This might seem like fairly wild patter, especially coming from me but the more I thought about the idea of the more it felt like the right thing to do.  Maybe I am getting soft in my old age?  We have lived together for a couple of years now and are still as in love as we always have been.  I’ve never been really into the idea of marriage as most of you may know but I guess your priorities change when you realize you’re with the right person.

Holly was all booked and ready to go start a new life in New Zealand when I met her a few years back and she decided to take the gamble on sticking around here with me so we could leave together. So, in turn I’m taking the gamble on spending my life with her. 

We will be selling up and leaving Scotland for good on the 16^th of January to travel the world with an eye on seeing where we would like to eventually settle so figured getting married while we were here would not only make us really happy but would also make sense as our friends and family could all be there and we could leave Scotland in a much safer and secure situation.

I’ve never really had a lot of family so it makes me pretty happy to be gaining a whole new one with Holly’s; they have always been there for us so I couldn’t be prouder.

The day itself will be amazing and the perfect end to our time in Glasgow with all the amazing people we have met over the years.  I hope you share our happiness at this and hope that you will be able to join us on the day.

The invites will be out at the end of November, make sure you’re in town and have yer glad rags at the ready.

Cheers

Crag

Love heart

I have a serious soft spot for the bevvy likes.