Monthly Archives: June 2010

It’s My Party And I’ll Lie If I Want To…

So Sunday evening came around at last, and I celebrated rather mutedly I have to admit, in anticipation of my week of planned relaxation vacating in the countryside. As planned (see, it wasn’t just an excuse to get rid of Movie Man) Sneezy-K and I hopped along to the Common to meet Irish, Nora, Maestro and Flutey for a lovely girly dinner.

Nb, Maestro counts as a girl in these circumstances.

Of course, one thing I hadn’t taken into consideration was the existence of FOOTBALL. For fecks sake, even SOUK was showing football, my previously undiscovered magical Moroccan paradise that I’ve since learned is a chain and I just never noticed. Huh.

At last, we found a place that wasn’t showing football – Strada. Boring, a bit rough around the edges, but damn it they had wine and a table and we had the company! Lets take a little moment for a couple of the presents that came at me by the by…

Nora: a varied selection of Green and Blacks Chocolate bars, tied up in a neat little bow to discourage me from devouring them there and then, and a card that litters the ground with sparkle and other magical things whenever it’s opened. Sorry cleaning lady.

Irish: Cutesy keyring for my new flat (when I finally get it), some other lovely trinkets… and condoms.

Ironically, they will probably get used before the keyring does.

Sometimes, my friends know me so well it scares me.

Anyhoo, most important and crigeworthy was the fact that Flutey was there. We haven’t seen each other for bloody ages, and have hardly even texted for months, what with my job being so crazy and her working evenings with her show, which kind of lead me to forget what great mates we really are.

Oops. Did I sleep with a man she’s a bit in love with last week? Yes, yes I did.

The thing is, she’d probably not be all that surprised if I told her. She knows what I’m like – and she knows what he’s like – and she’s fully aware that I’m not likely to fall in love with the guy since she’s been with me through more than my fair share of heartache over the years, but I just couldn’t bring myself to mention it, especially as it was my birthday dinner and everyone was there so there was hardly an opportune moment.

She later proceeded to demand that I join her in a couple of weeks to see Forbidden’s final show. I think I’m going to be conveniently busy… but that doesn’t mean Forbidden won’t open his big mouth. Yikes.

This is a bit of a dilemma folks, and could be used as a argument against doing what I’m doing at the moment. I’m sure there’s some kind of ‘Ho’s over Bro’s’ analogy that could be reworded to work in this situation.

But all drama aside, with dinner finished and Irish and Nora retiring for the evening because they’re boring (not really – they actually have early rehearsals and flights respectively but whatever) Flutey, Sneezy-K, Maestro and I decide we are not quite finished with our Sunday evening. Instead, we discover that 2 friends of ours (well, friends of mine and Flutey’s) are playing a gig down the road in a bar that serves COCKTAILS.

My mind is made up – to the flute mobile!

A few hours later I had to drag Sneezy away from a rather dishy looking chap who’d just invited her to add him on facebook (I was dragging her away before she garbled drunken gibberish at him too much by the way, it was a kindness. I’m sure she’ll shag him at a later date) and I took my time saying heartfelt goodbyes to the two rock stars (one of which I desperately want to have my way with, especially when he’s singing. Wowzer) before making my escape with Sneezy on one arm and my raffle prizes in the other.

That’s right… cocktails and a raffle! Could this impromptu evening get any better?

Well, I’m glad you asked actually… on the way back I received a text from Almost Famous, who I’d drunkenly texted earlier that evening as I’d just agreed to go and watch Nora’s band play a gig in Brighton next week, where he conveniently lives these days.

‘Are you about on July 2nd?’ (I had texted) ‘Going to watch a gig and wondered if you mind me shamelessly using you as a bed?’

To which I got the reply…

‘Brazen. Yeah I’m around. Use me ;)

Maybe I will, Almost Famous… maybe I will.

Til next time,

RitziCx

The Date That Wasn’t A Date

Last weekend – even though it was the first day of my week off – I dragged my ass to Leicester Square to show my support for West End Live (mainly so every smarmy producer there could see that I’d made the effort).

The day before I’d had a text from Ash, a lovely chap I toured with a few years back saying he was in town for the weekend (because he was going to watch West End Live… voluntarity… weird) and did I fancy meeting up for a catch up.

‘Definitely!’ I responded with enthusiasm, since we hadn’t even spoken face to face for 2 years, ‘I’ll meet you in Leicester Square at 3pmish’*

So 3pm came round and I dragged myself away from the lovely pop star turned “actor” currently starring in one of the shows I work my arse off to keep afloat and went to meet Ash for a late lunch in Pizza Express (the jazz one, I like a bit of culture as I scoff junk food).

Bless Ash, he’s a lovely guy but I swear to god I have no idea what he’s saying half of the time. He’s one of those guys who seems to get quite nervous around women, and it manifests itself in a kind of mumbly kind of conversation. He’ll start off saying something quite clearly, then trail off until his meaning is lost completely.

I have no idea what I nodded and agreed to, but I did it a lot.

It was only when I’d finished my fabulous salad and ordered an espresso that I realised…

Ash asked for the desert menu, which is a bit suspicious at lunch in any case. Then, he downed his glass of wine and asked the question I really hadn’t been expecting;

‘So, are you seeing anyone at the moment?’

At least, I think that’s what he said. It was more like; ‘So, are you seeing mumble mumble mumble…?’

Um… what?

I skirted away from the question quite easily when the desert menu showed up.

‘Ooo gelato! Gosh I could murder a gelato right now. They always give you so much though.’ It’s true, curse you Pizza Express and your generous nature.

‘Why don’t we share one?’ he asks, and then proceeds to order a double scoop of gelato… with two spoons.

OH SHIT OH SHIT OH SHIT I’M ON A DATE?!?!?! Could no one have MENTIONED this to me?

Cue awkward conversations revolving around just how HECTIC MY LIFE IS, and how my job takes up ALL OF MY TIME just to hammer the point home that I’m certainly not looking for a ‘relationship’ right now (*cough* ew). If this whole thing had happened later in the day and I’d had a few more glasses of wine, I might have thrown him a fuck (to quote an inspirational blonde) but to be perfectly honest, I like him too much to fuck and chuck him like the rest of my recent conquest. Unfortunately for him, I don’t like him enough to turn my back on my present singleton status. Also, quite frankly, I just don’t have the time.

And so the afternoon/early evening ended quite abruptly. He offered to walk me to Charing Cross but I said I was going via Covent Garden as I needed to pop in to see a few friends before I buggered off for a week. A chaste kiss on the cheek and I disappeared into the crowds.

Free.

Perhaps it’s Karma, but about 2 hours later I was running to get my train from Charing Cross, when a small and iritatingly gawky child stumbled into my path, causing me to swerve to avoid it. Turns out it isn’t possible to swerve in 5 inch wedges while running for a train and I ended up faceplanting, a la Nora, right in the middle of the station. FFS. Perhaps the powers that be are trying to tell me something by putting small children in my path. Either that or they’d been watching West End Live all afternoon and felt they needed to see something actually amusing.

Either or… ouch.

RitziCx

*Anything after 3pm on a Saturday is not worth watching at WEL. It’s when the matinees start, so you’re stuck with Sylvia Young’s overly made up kids and weird choirs. And Julie Atherton. ALWAYS Julie Atherton.

Why Hasn’t He Called?

Oh Ritzi. Ritzi Ritzi Ritzi… have you not learned by now? Actors are arseholes! Sigh.

So Forbidden left me hanging after my last text yesterday. I shouldn’t really be bothered since it’s just sex and whatnot, but gosh darn it I am. It’s seriously bothering me that I’m bothered.

Today I found myself thinking… well, it’s Monday and he’s in a new theatre, they’ve probably been teching all day… he had a long drive yesterday… blah blah blah blah.

He’s just not that into you if… he’s not calling you.

I do find it disturbing that I’m repeating the mantra taught to me by a fictional character who thinks it’s okay to dump someone by post-it but I digress.

Perhaps I should read back my last post about how he had a slightly disappointing penis. Yes, that’ll do it.

Sigh… how annoying.

RitziCx

She Came, She Saw, She… Came

Well hello folks! I’m back in civilisation, a giant mug of black coffee on one side and a pain au chocolat on the other, recovering from a night of sexual whatnot with Forbidden Fruit.

Is it wrong that I feel no guilt whatsoever? I’m sure this will change when the news inevitably gets back to my friend who’s a bit in love with him, but for now I actually couldn’t care less. I’m either a bad person or I’ve literally had my morals shagged out of me.

So last night, I stepped into my wedges, pulled on cut off shorts and a gold knit (with a rather fabulous set of underwear not so hidden beneath) and hopped on a train out of London to – literally – the middle of nowhere. Apparently the theatre was just a short walk from the station, but considering my lack of direction and the height of my heels I decided to forego the healthy option and hop in a cab. Good job too! It was bloody MILES!

So I’m sitting outside the theatre, tapping away on my blackberry and out comes Forbidden with a big smile on his gorgeous face. I’m quite impressed with myself for not tripping over my own feet when I saw him.

Last time I saw him he had long (ish) straggly hair (a bit Aiden Turner-esque, mmm yummy) and was a bit scrawny, yet cute. THIS time, his hair’s been chopped off and styled into a sexy fifties quiff (for the show but whatever) and for the first time I notice what a PERFECTLY chiselled face he’s got. And his eyes… oh good lord those eyes. At this point I realised I was in serious trouble with this one. He’s the exact type of guy I always used to fall for – tall, cute, intense actor-y type… I thought to myself, if I manage to keep this ‘no-strings-attached’ I’m officially cured.

So after the show we went to the nearby Slug and Lettuce (where we got 50% off all drinks because he was from the theatre… hence a lot of wine got drunk)and snuck upstairs to the second floor which was actually closed… ooo how rebellious! A few hours later, we were sufficiently drunk and caught up enough to do some couch bound making out.

Forbidden makes out VERY well. The end.

In between the make out sessions, I was getting texts from Movie Man (the shame!) who keeps texting to ask how I am… since he thinks I’m still ill in bed, not in another county on a sex quest. Here’s the moment when I felt like a truly TERRIBLE person for all of 10 seconds:

‘If your feeling better tomorrow and just fancy chilaxing in a park or something just let me know. If not I’ll just catch you next week.’

ARGH!

So eventually, we get kicked out of the bar at the end of the night (which was probably a good thing because I was inches away from tearing Forbidden’s clothes off) and head back to his digs. Luckily, there’s been a bit of bed hopping going on and we’ve been left with the sofa bed in the living room.

For some insane reason, I managed to go to the bathroom and get changed into my super awesome oversized sleepy shirt while Forbidden made the sofa into a bed – for all the good that did me. The springs of the fold out matress had barely settled in place when I found myself thrown down on the bed, sexy shirt still in place but my knickers miraculously the other side of the room.

Of course, you all want to know about the cock. Don’t lie and tell me you don’t. Well, for someone as tall dark and handsome, I have to admit I was expecting bigger. Not that it wasn’t nice – as penises go it was a rather nice looking one, and I spent quite a bit of time getting to know it rather well. So preocupied was I with said job, that I didn’t realise I’d been manouevered quite expertly into the 69 position – oh yes, apparently people still do that.

Anyhoo, after “the best head” Forbidden had “ever had” it became apparent that for all his hotness and perfection, he’s still a man, and a mere ten minutes after shooting his load… he was asleep.

Great.

Early this morning, however, I found a creative way to wake him up and demanded some actual sex. Now, I’m not really a morning sex kind of person, I find the early morning light is not the most flattering, especially when you’re hung over and have mascara half way down your face, but I’d be damned if I’d sat on a train for forty five minutes and sat through two and a half hours of cheesy fifties musical crap for nothing. Forbidden, however, seems to be all about the morning sex, and bless him, he was rather determined to make up for falling asleep on me (literally… ON me) last night.

Three orgasms worth of making up, to be precise.

Now how do we all feel about masturbation with an audience? I, for one, am not much of a fan and don’t really fancy getting the old rabbit out in front of a man or anything… but Forbidden had other ideas. Apparently, it “really turns him on” when I watch him get himself off. Is this a bit weird? Or am I just harbouring slightly prudish tendencies? It was rather fascinating really, since I’ve never actually seen a man give himself one before. I was still a part of the action, mind you, but he was definitely they starring role in this show. I did, however, step into the spotlight when I sensed the curtain was about to come down, because in my slightly prone position I didn’t really fancy spunk in my hair all the way back to London.

And what did he do after this marathon?

Fell asleep again… of course he did.

Eventually I managed to elbow him out of bed long enough for him to pull on some clothes (and put on glasses – oh my god, that was just not fair. It was so sexy I nearly died) and take me to the station so I could get back to civilisation – and he could get onto the next city on his tour, and three hours later, here I am. With coffee. Ahhhhh.

Am I going to be able to shun the emotional attachment? Well, it’s tough to say at this point. There are only six weeks of the tour left and then he’s back on my West End doorstep… which can only mean trouble. For the moment though, I am safe in the knowledge that it could just never work. This is a man who – while perfect in every other way – likes to go to bed very late and have sex in the morning. I am a woman who likes to roll out of bed at 6am, drink 3 cups of coffee and spend an hour on my hair and makeup. There is NO time for sex in my morning routine.

So there you have it. That’s my reason for keeping it casual… and I’m sticking to it.

For now.

Can Food Poisoning Really Keep Me Away From A Booty Call?

Well I’ve been suitably absent for a few days folks, due to a horrendous dose of FOOD POISONING. I’m a frickin vegetarian! How can I get food poisoning? Geez, I curse you lettuce leaves.

Turns out, even with food poisoning, life does not stop. Thursday morning I woke up at 4 am and promptly threw up my guts. First I thought it was something to do with the excessive amounts of wine I’d drunk the night before at an Amy MacDonald gig at the Hardrock Cafe, but when I got to work and continued to hurl after every little piece of food I ate, I figured this was not normal.

It’s a sign of how mental my job really is that I was sent home ill at 11am, and I actually left at 3pm. Nice. The next day I dragged myself out of bed at 10 and struggled in for 11, but again I only lasted until 3. I wonder how many deadlines I missed by going home early? Geeez.

Anyway, despite a severe lack of food for 3 days, I feel relatively normal now, cue a timely text from Forbidden asking what time I would be getting in that evening to see his show.

Crap.

How can food poisoning make me forget the prospect of sex? As a result I’m unwaxed, slightly less perfectly coiffed than I’d like to be and had resigned myself to an evening in front of the telly with a box of pringles. Now… I’m not so sure.

I just shaved my ladyplace – painstakingly – in the shower, and after careful hand mirror examination it’s not looking too bad. In the dim light of evening I might just get away with it. My good knickers just came out of the wash… I’m just a hairdryer away from sex readiness.

Yet I’m still not feeling too hot… and it’s a long way to go for a shag. (we’re talking another county)

Do I go? Do I stay? If I go, there’s a chance of watching an incredibly dull show then getting some hot sex afterwards. If I stay… there’s a box of unopened pringles and the oddly attractive new Doctor on my telly box.

The next few hours are crucial folks… I’ll keep you informed.

RitziCx

Shakira McDonald

Howdy folks,

So I just got back from some crazy promo gig at the Hard Rock. Amy MacDonald supported by some Icelandic chic. Someone forwarded the invite to me a couple of days ago and I thought… why the hell not? It ain’t theatre but it’s still a free bar.

Turns out I did actually know a couple of Amy MacDonald songs… I just figured she was Shakira. Am I the only person crazy enough to get Amy MacDonald mixed up with Shakira? Apparently the hips don’t lie in scotland either.

So Twinkle and I went – along with her three giant bags after she’d been locked in a day of auditions since the crack of dawn – and enjoyed the free bar, and ate the free food, and bopped along contentedly to the support.

Then…

They wouldn’t serve at the bar until Amy MacDonald had finished warbling. 20 minutes into her set we high tailed it back to Charing Cross in a cab and snared ourselves some cocktails in Jewel on Maiden Lane.

I was slightly distracted, it has to be said, by my weekend prospects. Things have gotten a bit weird with Movie Man, you see. It might have something to do with the fact that I never replied to his email after he asked what evening my preference was this weekend. Or maybe I’ve just ignored him one too many times when running past his desk in a stress.

I’m sorry Movie Man… but my job affects million pound production budgets. Yours affects 30 second video edits. I’m allowed to get a bit stressed in my daily life and may forget that I once fell onto your cock from time to time.

I’ve been trying to coordinate an evening with Forbidden. I know, I know, it’s wrong and I shouldn’t… but I want to fuck him so bad I’m past caring. I suggested maybe I could come and see his show on Saturday night… and added that I had better get a damn good ‘show’ since I’m travelling so damn far to see him.

‘For you my love, it will be nothing but!’ was his reply. Ooo, cryptic. ‘Just come off stage so I’m really hot and tired’ I bet you are, you sexy man you.

I’ll keep you posted, I’m pretty sure I’ll get a shag in exchange for making the effort to go see this show.

Ps, is any one else currently having their subconcious brain fried by the terrifying sounds of BB11 right now? I may snap and disconnect the ariel if someone doesn’t turn that crap off soon. Geez.

Night folks, I’m off to have sexy dreams and whatnot about Forbidden Fruit!

RitziCx

Sometimes All You Need Is Dinner With The Girls

After a particularly stressful couple of days at work, I felt the need to blow off some steam with the girls, ie… drink wine, eat food, and talk about sex.

So this evening, Irish, Twinkletoes and I went to the Royal Court (not to see a show… for once) for a slap up meal and a couple of bottles of their finest Rioja. Mimi (my mixed up New Yorker chum and Twinkle’s flatmate) was supposed to be there as well but she blew us off in favour of a shift in the bar she’s currently shaking the odd cocktail from time to time in exchange for pennies. How very dare she.

Irish and I got together early, and I recounted my tale of drunken woe from last Wednesday. Half an hour later, Twinkle showed up and I launched into the story for a second time, all the while remembering little details that had previously slipped my mind – god I hate when that happens – much to the amusement of the ladies. Twinkle distracted us for a while with her own current dilemma (not nearly so interesting as mine – she’s wangled herself a last minute Rock You audition on Friday and does not know the song. How can she not know the song? It’s QUEEN FFS. Geez!) and then we got to Irish.

Saving the most complex til last, obviously.

Those dedicated few among you may remember a certain Cupcake and Coffee evening a few months back when we overindulged in sugary treats to help Irish forget the fact that he boyfriend of 3 years dumped her via email. Well, last weekend she went home to visit the family and for some insane reason, met up with the Email Ex.

I find it prudent to mention that she didn’t just meet up with him, she picked him up from the Vets and drove him home to his house. How fecking Tipperary is that?

Anyhoo, so in the car, just as they were about to enter the estate, the Email Ex (who, it turns out, is a lot more attractive than she remembers now that she can’t have him any more) turns to Irish and says;

‘You do know I’m still in love with you though, don’t you?’

So Irish promptly switches off her indicator and drives straight on past the turning, seething in that quiet, almost etherial way that only she can. He asks her what she’s doing and she responds that she just has to drive for a bit before she can think of an appropriate response. Once she has one, she promptly swings a U-turn in the middle of the road (not dangerous… it’s Tipperary, no-one’s about) and drives him straight back to his house. Once parked, she turns to him and in a show of feministic solidarity (sistah) she says;

‘You don’t get to say things like that any more. You’re feelings might not have changed, but the situation hasn’t changed either. You’re still here and I’m still in London, and I’m staying there.’

He then goes on to ask her how long she needs… as in what? How long until she gives up her acting career and becomes a barmaid back home? How long is a piece of string Email Ex? Geeeeez! SHe doesn’t dignify this with a response – wise, I’d say – and reaches across him to pop the door open in silence.

‘Can I see you again tomorrow, for a drink?’ he asks, all hopeful and lilting.

‘No, you can’t.’

‘Well, can I see you before you go back?’

‘I don’t think that’s a good idea.’

And after a while longer, he leaves. I mean really, how much must this situation suck? They totally work – they’re a damn fine looking couple – but at the end of the day, she’s not willing to leave London and he’s not willing to leave Ireland. That’s that. End of. Nothin to see here folks.

And besides, now that she’s back in London, lovely Irish has a much more current issue regarding the menfolk, namely, is she going to keep shagging Colin Farrell look-a-like bloke? She says she just wants to be friends, but I’m not sure my will power would stretch to being ‘just friends’ with this man.

When Twinkle, Irish and I walked to the tube, Irish hung back, saying she just wanted to call Colin and see if he was about before she got on the tube. Twinkle and I shared a look…

Oh yes. The lady is getting some tonight.

And so, we headed back South without her, back to our lonely cold beds and flatmates who casually forget to do the washing up.

Some people have all the luck.

Night!

RitziCx

I Have A Green Face

I really do.

It’s been a heck of a day. First of all, I overslept. Once again, I curse bank holidays to the depths of hell. For starters, they just make the working week one day shorter, they don’t magically make the working week’s work load any less horrendous. Then, since I live and die by my blackberry, there’s the fact that my alarm is set to go off every weekday at 6am. Sunday night, thinking of my Bank Holiday lie in, I turned it off.

I did not turn it on again… cue Ritzi blinking blearily into conciousness at 6.33am and leaping out of bed like some kind of crazy coiled spring thing.

With no time to wash my mental mane of hair (twas rather curly after my theatrical adventure last night) I settled for the messy bun, overdid it with the eye makeup, threw on some skinny jeans and a white blouse and legged it out of the house.

Apparently, lack of effort becomes me. I got a heck of a lot of compliments today – it was very unsettling. However, losing that half an hour of preparation time seemed to throw me off a bit for the day and come 3pm I found myself glaring back and forth between my computer screen and my to do list, wondering how the heck any person in the world could get so much work done in one day.

I’m beginning to seriously despise all things Bank Holiday.

Hey!’ I say, with a little too much ethusiasm.

‘Hi, alright?’

‘Not bad, you?’

‘Yeah, not bad’

Ah… young love. I did in fact see him again out of the corner of my eye – he was coming out of the gents and I spied him but pretended not to (smooth Ritz) and rushed off as if I had some kind of crazy deadline looming. I probably did, come to think of it… but even if I didn’t I would have done the same!

So now, after cooking myself some chunky sweet potato chips (can you tell I need to go shopping?) I’m sat despairing over the state of the SOLT graph (don’t bother asking what that is – it’s beyond boring) and killing time on facebook, all the while scaring my neighbours with my green, mud covered face.

Take that Volcano face. Ain’t no way my chin’s causing the next ashcloud.

Night folks,

RitziCx

Gosh, How Times Have Changed…

So I was just chatting to Close Shave on the book of face – he asked me how things were with TVboy so I realised we were probably overdue a catch up.

We agreed to meet for dinner next week after work, and so idle chit chat continued until…

Close Shave: Oops! Baby’s crying, gotta go. Cya next week!

Ugh. It starts. If our catch up next week is all tiny booties and teething stories I can see myself overdoing it on the cocktails just a tad.

Gone are the days of getting thrown out of Casinos.

Sigh.

RitziCx