Jazzy

And if you're positive you can win, you're wrong.

I realise it's a phrase - it's a collection of words, but you said it as though you were making some kind of point in the discussion...which you weren't.

But still what?

Can assure you that nobody was there wearing a bikini. And tbh even if they were, we were on the beach in Portugal in July. It'd be dumber to turn up in a bloody eskimo coat.

What on earth do you work as? I was wearing a jacket, but when it rains, jackets get wet, and when jackets get wet, they get heavy and cold, and they make you even more miserable. Besides, just a few hours before I was getting sunburned. I was hardly going to take my winter coat with me in Portugal.

We were standing in the rain for hours before Mika came on. We were tired, cold and generally p*ssed off. So when he's dancing his little heart out and going RAIN RAIN RAIN, RAIN RAIN RAIN it's not exactly sympathetic to our plight.

Haha very true. Every cloud has a silver lining. *goes to stand in corner as punishment for weather pun*

Yeah, I already felt Rain was pushing it a bit. I was scowling at him the whole way through it.

Just two videos from this show, (the awful bastard didn't sing Karen or Blame it on the Weather (I might have slapped him actually if he'd sung the second, I certainly wasn't too enamoured with the happy grin on his face when he was singing Rain)) but here they are. Happy Ending - Elle Me Dit - Enjoy chickadees!

Ha, I'm glad my run in amused you guys. And Christine, we all know they're a useless pile of sh*tehawks, but there is some satisfaction in hearing them admit to it themselves, don't you think? Anyway, at long last, after youtube and I had a bit of a fight, then sat down and talked things through, and resolved some of the issues that we had with each other, I have managed to upload all my videos for your enjoyment. Except a good portion of it is cameraman arse. But you know, whatevs. Happy Ending - Karen - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXGlvfrl1P8 Elle Me Dit - Blue Eyes - Blame it on the Weather - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw5XpoF1jms

Well if you get tired of bitch slapping I know Ingie is very adept at it - she can cover for a while.

Report and videos for Elle Me Dit and Happy Ending coming a bit later, but I've uploaded my photos. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150246314717012.323478.580672011&l=167adb2b7e&type=1

Okay, not gonna do a report for this one because...well, blegh. The two hours Mika was on stage were perfect though, and it was amazing seeing all my old MFC friends again, and making new ones too! I'm uploading videos right now, but unfortunately there is a lot of cameraman arse featured in them. For now, here's my facebook photo album with the pictures I took. They're not fab (the lighting didn't agree with my position, etc etc) but there are a few good ones. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150246304667012.323473.580672011&l=13a6479094&type=1 Oh, the only thing I will tell you guys about, which you probably won't have heard from anyone else is about the fight I got into in the hectic crush before we went in. Mostly I'm relaying this story because I feel you all deserve to know how badass I am. (Like you didn't know already ) Anyway, quick version. Very short woman with seven year old child: Excuse me, you're crushing my son. Me: I'm being crushed, I don't have much choice in the matter I'm afraid. Very short woman with seven year old child: But your arm is on him. Me: I can't move my arm anywhere else, there is literally no room. You shouldn't bring your child to a place this crushed if he can't handle it. It's dangerous. Very short woman with seven year old child: *attempts filthy look* Can you apologise? Me: I could, but I'm not going to. Very short woman with seven year old child: =O Bloody English! Me: Bloody French! Very short woman with seven year old child: Actually, I'm Australian. Me: Bloody criminal! BOOM. No offence to any French/Aussies here, she started the whole racism thing, which was unwise, because she should have known by then that I would finish it. Anyway, hope you all enjoyed that little drama. There's another for Liege which I'll tell you all about later, but I'm going to write a proper report for that one because it was the bessssssst show everrrrrrrrrr.

J'AIME CE! DANSE DANSE DANSE. Did anyone record the radio thing? I totally missed it. He needs to do stuff at a reasonable hour - I don't think ANY of us were 'just up and about' at this time. Gah, he's so awkward.

I s'pose I am only human.

Yeah, I definitely don't have a "type" or anything. Definitely do.

Oh god yes. Though the waking up was on the day that Ty tweeted. I've only just got around to finding this thread. So excited for this though - AAR are the only band I loved when I was 12 that I still love now, nearly 10 years later. And yes, I have most certainly been in love with Ty all that time. *girly sigh* He did Hugo Boss loooong before Mika.

Soooo this is the thread where people are posting pictures of Ty? *sets up camp* Ingie text me at half past seven in the morning to tell me about this, and I was so excited I didn't even tell her off for waking me up. XD

Well you could tell well enough, so I'm sure anybody else will be fine. Especially after this rather off topic discussion. Though, if we're honest, I think it's been a good few pages since anyone mentioned anything that actually properly concerned the gig.

Haha no, if he sees it he's lived in Britain long enough to know jovial p*ss taking when he sees it. It's coded into your brain after a few years of being here.

You do realise I'm joking, don't you? I'm taking the mickey, and there's no one I love taking the mickey out of more than him. I shouldn't really, he's such an easy target, but it's all affectionate.

It's not a midlife crisis til you chuck tens of thousands of pounds at one and post a picture of yourself posing with it on twitter. I sincerely hope he only rented it though. It'd be nice for a sunny weekend, but no more. Stick with the Fiat Mika.

Yeah but bright red with a big engine? And perhaps quarter life crisis if the term upsets you so.

The feeling I got from what was said by a few was that people begrudged him doing private gigs because he wasn't doing anything public. This was at the beginning of the discussion, when the mortgages and baked beans were mentioned. It didn't move on to the old twitter debate until a fair while later, so the "connection" stuff is a bit irrelevant to what was being discussed before. Though, now we're discussing it, my two cents on the whole twitter "thing" are as follows. Really, I don't particularly care if he tweets or not. That's just me. I don't need it. I like that he pops in every now and then to let us know he's still alive, but otherwise, I don't particularly need him to do so like others do. However, I feel it is important not to mix the idea of him not wanting to "connect" (I'm sorry, I really hate that word) and him not caring about fans. I think right now he probably wants to keep himself to himself on his down time. In my opinion, that's fair enough, he is his own person. Other people wish for him to stay in touch, a wish that I understand but don't share. I don't think anyone should think for a second that he doesn't care about his fans though. I have friends I don't speak to for months and months at a time. It doesn't mean I don't like them, or care about them, I'm just properly sh*t at keeping in touch. My parents get two phone calls from me a term if they're lucky (or unlucky, depending on your view point). It's how I am, and it's how he appears to be when he's not touring. As somebody like that, I can understand that, so it doesn't bother me. I feel like I'm rambling now and I hope I've made my point because my dinner's just about ready. I'd hesitate to call the convertible "fantastic" though. Screams mid life crisis to me. Poor lad.

Honestly, I personally find those rich list things a bit...well. Sickening probably is too strong a word, but it's a very odd form of journalism no doubt. And yes, congrats were given because it's a measure of his success, but publishing numbers (despite the fact that they're guessed numbers and most likely not anywhere near the real figures) is a little too materialistic for my liking. It's like they're presenting this list of people to the public and saying 'look, all these people have more numbers in their bank accounts than you'. I don't personally agree with it. Just look at the backlash Adele got when she made eight million quid and complained about having to pay taxes. It's a very delicate subject. And if Mika the artist went bankrupt it would most likely affect him. Record companies give artists debt on a huge scale, and they only pay their wages once the money from the debt has been made back, so if he were to go bankrupt at the wrong point, (though I don't suppose there's ever a right point) he'd be up sh*t creek without a paddle.