Sexy footballers part 1

This is obviously an important ongoing blog project... sexy guys playing in the world cup.  Of course I had  a picture of Fernando Torres in there, but will save that for another day instead!

Robin Van Persie
Roque Santa Cruz
David Villa
Iker Casillas

The best of 2009

As the year draws to an end, here are some of my best moments of 2009...

Top holidays & events 2009

- In January we went to a concert in Paris and saw the French president and his wife.
- Skiing
- Pete and I went to Holland twice, in May for a 40th party and again in September.
- The cruise in June was far better than I expected it to be. We saw some amazing sights: Norway, Iceland and the Arctic circle. Some pictures here.
- And I started planning a holiday for my 40th.

Music 2009

- Seeing Fleetwood Mac at Wembley was a musical highlight.
- The One Eskimo album finally saw the light of day and is very good indeed!
- The Beatles remasters were a welcome reminder that they made the best music ever.
- Heard quite a lot of new music. More reviews in 2010.
- I shared some rare music on these postings.
- Pete was a slave to the rhythm in the summer.
- We went to a couple of festivals.

Top movies 2009

In no particular order:
Rudo y Cursi
The Man Who Wasn't There
Gran Torino
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Man on Wire
The Departed
Juste une question d'amour
Vals Im Bashir
The Royal Tenenbaums
Lucky Number Slevin
The Darjeeling Limited

My Top 3 movies seen in 2009...
Milk
C.R.A.Z.Y.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Most read blog entries 2009

- Fleetwood Mac - The 200th blog post
- Only a little bit gay (Man crush)
- A letter to my 16 year old self
- Three little words... I am gay
- Demons
- 30 St Mary Axe
- This blog is pants!
- Stephen Gately RIP
- All Ha Ha Shock Wow entries

Predictions for 2010

- A hung Parliament
- Chelsea win the Premiership
- Crystal Palace sold

Top totty of 2009

Top row, left to right: Yoann Gourcuff, James Nichols, Roque Santa Cruz
Middle row, left to right: Dino Gamecho, Kevin Zeegers, Christian Cooke, Robin Van Persie
Bottom row, left to right: Alex Pettyfer, Edilson Nascimento, Julien Quevenne

Dutch courage

This Christmas, a friend of mine is coming back to the UK from Holland where he now lives. He emailed me today with his plans - the dates, the presents, what he's bringing etc - and ended the email with a question...

Do you fancy anything from The Netherlands?

I replied...

Robin Van Persie