Am awoken in the middle of the night by a text from Mum - Norwich lost 4-0 at Chelsea, despite having played quite well. Not really anything in that message to get excited about one way or the other really, and I fall back asleep.
Today (Sunday) is 'Fair Day', another part of the Sydney Mardi Gras celebrations. It is nothing more than a few stands, food outlets, couple of beer tents and a main stage offering pretty uninspiring entertainment. Still, it's a sunny day in the park and so well worth popping along to. I am struck by the amount of locals who are obsessed with keeping themselves in the shade, desperately trying to avoid the sun. Struck because it isn't even that hot - 26 degrees max. Maybe they're taking heed from the official Mardi Gras web site, which advises sensible exposure to the sun and warns against attendees ending up "looking like a Christmas Pommie on Bondi Beach". It's always refreshing to see the organisers of a festival with equality supposedly at its core resort to racial bigotry :)
A big feature of 'Fair Day' are the various dog competitions, not to mention the desperate attempts of various animal charities like 'rescueapuppy.com' to get gullible gay couples to leave the event with a new addition to the home. Owning small dogs is another aspect of gay life I don't seem to be able to get. I mean, call me old fashioned, but whatever happened to just fancying members of the same sex and leaving at that?!
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