A Milestone reached…….

Mixed feelings today,this morning i attended my son James leaving assembly at junior school.It was a very sad affair with nearly all the children,their teachers and most parents crying.Nearly all of these kids have been together since nursery class 02/09/98 till today,their final day.

They did some lovely things including several prayers and songs and a part where all of them in turn told of their best or funniest memory from school.A couple of the kids were weeping so badly they struggled to get through it which was hard to watch,couldnt help but feel sorry for them all.

Now James and all his classmates will go their seperate ways as they attend their respective High schools,only 6 i think from James class will join him at his High school from 31.

Collecting him this afternoon was equally as hard as in the playground they were visibly upset and giving each other hugs and stuff.I do hope some of them manage to stay in contact as they are a great bunch,i spent a year reading with them in 2001/2 twice a week to help relieve the pressure on the teacher at the time and its something i remember well and with happiness.

Good Luck to them all.

George Clinton Roxxors Da Boxxors

When a ageing black dude with long grey dreadlocks walks on stage while the warm up act are still finishing wearing a pure white diaper you just know its gonna be one of those awesome nights entertainment.

2.5 hrs later and several passivley smoked large joints i stumbled out of the gig slighty deaf and wearing a big grin.

http://www.georgeclinton.com/

Brilliant….

Next gig …John Cooper Clarke the Punk Poet.

Lovely weekend

Just had a great weekend,friday night down at the willows to see Salford finally beat Bradford by 1pt which was very sweet after we had lost our 2 previous games by 1pt.Followed by a nice curry with James and my good friend John.

Saturday morning was spent doing some retail therapy shopping for nexts months vacation to Samos,all the better as the shops were very quiet as most people seemed to be queing at the supermarkets for bbq food and beer for the big match,i wisely decided to take a nap while England were doing what they do best in football (promising everything and delivering f**k all).

Saturday night we trvelled to some friends house who live near a nice quiet country pub which welcomes kids AND serves great beer (a very rare thing) then back to there house where james took a midnight dip in their indoor pool.

Sunday was more retail therapy down at the Lowry centre with Janet and James and for once james didnt whine while shopping so we took him to Heaton park for some fun,then topped it off with a nice late sunday afternoon pub lunch,James managed to eat a entire sirloin steak (adult size) for the 1st time ever,he wishes to eat more meat as his rugby coach has told him it increases muscle,so bless him he tucked away like only a 11yr old can .

We came home just in time to avoid the evening storm which left some homes under a metre of water only a couple of miles from us,even by rainy Manchester standards it was truly terrible,i watched this from my windows with a leffe in hand and felt quite cosy !