Week 3 - Birthday Sushi, Call Lane and Snow

With the snow causing chaos, all 2cms of it, its been a quiet week until my birthday weekend this weekend. For the last three years I have done an Otley run, which for anyone who doesn't know is basically one long road with 18 bars on, it gets "completed" in fancy dress. Last year the theme was 'Pairs' (I went as a pair of tits), then the year before it was 'Half and Half' (I went as half Jacko white and half as black), controversial but most people enjoyed it. OAP's, Crayons, Trapeze artists are other fancy dress outfits I have worn on the Otley run.

Anyway, so even though it was freezing, the Little Tokyo restaurant was amazing. I had a mixed sushi box and had my first try of Sake, not to mention the best version of Japanese 'Happy Birthday' ever, in which bringing out a firework stuck in some cream was topped off by a guy shining a very bright flashlight at the group. Most surreal experience ever. Just to go back to Sake, it was warm, it was horrendous, if you have a choice make sure you 'Sake' it off if asked to try it. Standard night out, with the 80's tunes and classic one hit wonders in Jakes Bar, Leeds and rum on tap. Third night out running where I haven't had a hangover, maybe I am evolving so my body can now cope with alcohol? Doubt it but maybe there is hope for us all.

Box hangover (not for me) meal then head home to prepare for reality once again. I have the best mates, the council, as Martin named us.

Song of the Week

KING CHARLES - LOVE LUST

This band have gone under the radar for the last few years but having got their album, created in 2010, this week I had to share this song. Very mainstream Indie but catchy beats, riffs and an interesting set of lyrics. They also team up with one of my favourite bands (Mumford and Sons) to perform a song called 'The Brightest Lights'. Worth a listen as it incorporates Mumford's country spin and King Charles' pleasant tune making. Other songs: Love Blood and Bam Bam.

Quote of the Week: "You have big sheds, but nobody’s allowed in, and inside these big sheds are twenty-foot high chickens. Because of all the chemicals you put in them. And these chickens are scared. They don’t know why they’re so big. They go “oh why am I so massive?” And they’re looking down on all the other little chickens, and they think they’re in an aeroplane because all the other chickens are so small… do you deny that?" Alan Partridge