2001-01-10 - 14:15:00

london, youkay.

Back in the U, Back in the U U U K, or something.

NYC was a blast, naturally � though how could it not be with gingi and partygirl providing the shot-fuelled kicks at the bar-hopping helm?

Too much to remember, but random highlights include : singing �Suspicious Minds� in a Drag Queen karaoke bar and having Scooby Doo panties thrown at me (is it any wonder a boy can�t hold a note?), seeing the above-mentioned starlets� Janice and Britney renditions at said bar. Dancing with the coolest people in the room on New Year�s Eve and flirting with Steve & Steve. Cheap Guiness night with Uncle Kevin and Amber from Alabama, the one-woman Jerry Springer show. Standing at a crossing and have someone in a passing car throw a snowball at me (why is this ALWAYS happening to me? Well�twice�) like a surreal wintery drive-by. Feeling very New York buying a Le Tigre album in Other Music. Mutant Eggs Benedict at Tom�s Diner (do do do do, do do do do, do do do do do do do do , etc). And lots of other stuff, which I�m sure will filter through the jetlag at some point.

I�m 2 days late. Virgin were looking for volunteers to stay off the flight, so I did it. Twice. And now I have 2 free plane tickets to anywhere in the world (that Virgin fly to, subject to availability, conditions apply)! So if you live in Tokyo, San Francisco, LA, Delhi, Jo�berg or Barbados, please persuade me to come and visit you! I had to stay in hotels at Newark Airport, which is about as much fun as it sounds, especially with their self-collect �room service� and extortionate rates for televisual pornography (Virgin wouldn�t give me a voucher for THAT, I notice�).

Must sleep at an inappropriate time now. But thank you NYC. And especially gingi, for hostessing beyond the call of duty. I really must return, if only to find the tosser who snow-balled me.