McCarthys Diary

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DECEMBER 2008

Tuesday 30/12/08

Another year reaches its climax in quite an anti-climatic fashion, and so it is once again to look back and reflect. 2008 will mainly be remembered by myself as a year of holidaying, extensive traveling and experiencing other cultures around the world. In this past calendar year, I have paid visits to Prague, Czech Republic; Bordeaux, France; Katowice, Poland and Barcelona, Spain. While these trips have been draining ones, they have also been a great experience - I will never forget playing in the snow in Poland and realising a life-long dream of visiting Auschwitz. I will never forget leaving a club in Prague, only to discover that morning was so far upon us that the sun had already risen. I will never forget naming random French footballers to natives of Bordeaux in the early hours of a Sunday morning in an attempt to convey to them that I was Frenchman. I will never forget witnessing a Thierry Henry hat-trick at Camp Nou, and watching Rumble having to be instructed how to eat an omelet. I will never forget the amount of beer consumed throughout these trips, and a very much doubt my body will either.

As well as world travel, I have made a number of new friends this year, mainly through university. McCarthy also returned to the footballing arena after a nine month absence, turning out for first Bishops Cleeve, and now Apperley and Tewkesbury Dynamos. I have discovered, along with my work colleagues, the delights of the Hungry Horse, where a ludicrously large chicken bacon cheeseburger with all the trimmings and a stack of onion rings can be purchased for just over £5. I have become a regular at Kingsholm, spending countless hours drinking cider and watching rugby

Then there was nosegate. McCarthy destroying his perfectly sculptured face by taking a large chunk out of his nose. While the physical scars have begun to heal, leaving, well, a scar, the mental ones I fear will be with me all my life. I still wake up, screaming, over the moment that this handsome face was decimated, but as time goes by, so the pain will heal

Randy Lawford has continued to grow this year, winning the Play Radio karaoke competition, as well as regular appearances on other stations. There was also the infamous 'Miley Cyrus Shower Video', consisting of Burgess Hills Favourite Minor Celebrity eating peanuts while topless. Unfortunately, after achieving just shy of 400,000 views, it was reported by some kill joy and removed by Youtube. Naturally, that kill joy will now be hunted down and brutally butchered, possibly using a cheese grater in order to answer that age old question - is it possible to kill someone with a cheese grater?

 The early seed has been planted of a potentially big idea with regards to the Albion Moan In, and it will be interesting to see whether myself and Chapman can be bothered to pursue it any further, or like many other ideas it ends up on the scrap heap otherwise known as "ways to become rich and more famous"

And that has been about it. 2009 is another big year, with university work and no doubt many more foreign trips. Will McCarthy become a mother for the first time? Will a Westons Organic session finally end without the usual result of memory loss? Will I make it into the Big Brother house? Will my fitness detoriate further, so that the only way I can be maneuvered is through a complicated system of pullies? Will Burgess Hill Star Wars/Wrestling Match/Albion Moan In/KFC Challenge/Tennis Tournament/Twenty20 Cricket/Olympic Challenge/Remake of Amarillo occur? So many questions, so little answers

Happy New Year

Tuesday 23/12/08

Well listeners, we continue to tick down towards Christmas, and as is the usual position McCarthy has done bugger all. This has been put down to two main reasons - last week was the production of the excellent Christmas video, now available in the music section, and I was also suffering from a strong bout of man flu, no doubt bought upon by the extensive weekend of drinking that Dougie Lane introduced to Cheltenham

So, when I was not in bed attempting to shake the illness to allow me to carry out my Christmas duties, I was working hard on producing another corking video. This means that tomorrow, Christmas Eve, I will carry out my present shopping which could be categorised as a huge mistake, followed by the traditional drinking session in The Weald, followed by the traditional midnight mass trip to St Edwards, where all of Burgess Hills most influential people, including its minor celebrities, gather to welcome in this years festival

In other news, I have a chronic head ache. That is all to report, except to wish all you listeners a very merry Christmas, that may be filled with joy, revelry and disgrace

Thursday 18/12/08

All I Want For Christmas Is You

Thursday 11/12/08

Its that time of year again minions, where everything is happening. December has seen the eagerly-anticipated Barcelona trip come and go, and an excellent time was had by all. Tomorrow sees Dougie Lane arrive in Cheltenham for what I have no doubt will be a messy weekend comprising of beer and rugby. Then, citizens of Burgess Hill, rejoice, for McCarthy returns to you on Sunday, which means Christmas song filming begins Monday

With all of this going on, plus the stress of Christmas shopping and the plethora of university work that had to be in for Tuesday, it is no wonder McCarthy is starting to go a little bit Chapman with regards to the thinning of hair on top. Luckily, the installation of a temporary ice skating rink has reduced stress levels, as Burgess Hills Favourite Minor Celebrity has been able to enjoy skating into other people, causing injuries to friends and most excitingly of all a collision with a small child. So for those of you out there struggling to deal with the stress of it all this year, find an ice skating rink, pay your money and then attempt to injure as many fellow skaters as possible. And that, ladies and gents, is McCarthys top tip for this festive season

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