A crazy 24 hrs./Cause for celebration!

Two countries,
two television shows,
about 4 hours of sleep.

That's what I've been up to the past 24 hrs.

My days off in London were nice and uneventful. Got some laundry and dry cleaning done, rested a lot, and that's about it. Some friends of mine were playing at Ronnie Scott's with a great vocalist Curtis Stigers so I checked them out on Monday. It was a great show and good to see them.

Yesterday I got up around 4AM and headed off to Heathrow. We arrived in Stuttgart and quickly got in a couple of vans to head to the television show we were taping. We were pressed for time so the driver was going about 110 mph on the Autobahn to make sure we got there. A bit of an uneasy ride, but I managed to sleep for a little bit. When we got to the venue I discovered we were playing the German television show Stars on Ice (or Star Aug Eice). It's like the American version with celebrities teaming up with pro skaters and being judged. It was actually pretty fun. We played on the ice (more accurately, we pretended like we were playing to prerecorded music). Katarina Witt was the host if you remember who she is. What a beautiful woman (the rest of the skaters looked quite nice as well). But as soon as we were done (11PM) it was back to the hotel.

This morning I was up at 3:30AM to fly back to London. Once again we were pressed for time so it was more fast driving to Stuttgart to catch our plane. We quickly found out that our plane was cancelled but they had rebooked us on a BA flight and we made it to Heathrow only a little late. We quickly rushed to the BBC to tape Parkinson. The taping was quick and painless and we're finally back at our hotel here in SoHo.

I'm ready for a nap.

But before that I must comment on the outcome of the election. And my comment is--HOOOORAY! FINALLY A SEMBLANCE OF SANITY IS RETURNING TO OUR GOVERNMENT!!! It looks like the Dems are going to take over both houses of congress and I couldn't be happier. Bush will no longer have free reign for his war mongering and maybe something can be figured out for the Iraq situation. America has spoken and it looks like everyone has wisened up. The future is finally bright. Congrats everyone.