Hendrik

Hendrik is back home in a very snowy Tunbridge Wells after schlepping up to London and back for the Miley Cyrus / Hannah Montana show with Willem and Anneka last night. Was absolutely worth "The Climb" (excuse terrible pun) -- Anneka is completely mesmerised by the whole experience!

Hendrik has tickets for Miley Cyrus tonight (Anneka's Christmas present). But is it really such a good idea to schlep through all the snow to get to London and back? Is it worth it?

I wanna take you to the rock. I wanna jump right in...and see what that big ocean's got. I wanna turn this thing around. I wanna drink with you all night...'til we both fall down. 'Til we go...Low rising ('cause we've gotta come up). Low rising ('cause there's no further for us to fall). Low rising (when I fear we've had enough). Low rising (oh,...

Hendrik had a great Tommy! :-).

Hendrik needs, in sequential order, 1) a drink, 2) a cuddle and 3) a shotgun to blow my brains out with; thus to obliterate a week from hell. (Er, not serious about the suicide part, of course. But the other two things, definitely).

Hendrik has been up all night battling insomnia again (ugh!). But at least it gave me the chance of a) sussing out FaceBook's new privacy settings (Cool! I get to offend less people!)and b) compiling my annual "Best Albums of the Year" list for 2009. Up to thirty albums so far!

Hendrik schlepped through the torrential rain to get to Purchase, NY, with my colleague Marina...only to find that the QA process we were supposed to run on the digital solution we had built was waylaid by technical and access issues. Not good.

Hendrik is in New York City having one of *those* days at work. Wondering what else could possibly go wrong on the professional front! Roll on tomorrow...can only get better!

Hendrik has an extra ticket for Paul McCartney at the O2 in London for Tuesday 22 December. Bit of a warning: it's a bit pricey. But - hey! - it's a Beatle!

Hendrik is at JFK waiting to board a flight back to London. Looking forward to a BONZER weekend hanging out with my gorgeous progeny Willem and Anneka! AND seeing Simple Minds at Wembley, with Watkin, Richie Garner and Ed!

OMG! Why is every news channel on-line and on TV giving blanket coverage to Tiger Woods' transgression? So, the guy has behaved like a d*ck. So f***ing what? It's a tiny tragedy between him and his wife (and really NONE of our business). Besides, don't we have a few other more urgent things to worry about? Or is this just final confirmation of the...

Hendrik is bothered by my old demon insomnia again. Don't know why I can't sleep tonight. It's not as if I have anything particularly bothering me. Maybe its the fact that the Arsenal have gone from playing like Gods to 3 devastating defeats on the trot... Indeed, coming to think of it, that MUST be it!

So today in New York state the Gay Marriage bill is defeated by 14 votes. WTF? Why is this even a political issue? Why the f*** would we even care what two consenting adults do in the privacy of their own lives? America, you have TWO WARS AND A THIRTEEN TRILLION DOLLAR deficit to attend to. Focus, anyone? On the REAL issues?

Hendrik just bought my tickets to Bonnaroo 2010. Yo! Very excited! So that's two festivals already scheduled for next year (including Glastonbury). Will try to limit the total to five. (The ELEVEN I went to this year was a tad excessive even by my insatiable standards...)

Well, Obama, I have always liked you. I was there in Grant Park, Chicago, in November 2008 to watch your presidential acceptance speech. But surely that's a heck of a contradiction to deploy 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan IN ORDER TO WITHDRAW all troops by July 2011?

At Grand Central station, NYC, about to take the Easthaven train up to Rye to see my client. Amidst all the hustle and bustle, few seem to take a moment to observe the stunning architecture. Shame, because it is a really beautiful station. (Compare that to Penn Station which is an absolute sh*thole).

Hendrik is at Schiphol airport. Goodbye old Amsterdam! Hello New Amsterdam!

Great dinner at the "Tempo Doeloeh" last night. Last day in Amsterdam with Doug and John. :-( Back to New York tonight; back to work tomorrow. Boohoo!

Hendrik enjoyed a lovely dinner with Nadia Dijkstra at "Le Restaurant" in Amsterdam last night and drink with my colleague Cat McGuire and her sister Colleen. Today had wonderful time with Marc and Lindsay Landsberg and family at the Van Gogh museum. I love this city!

Hendrik enjoyed a lovely dinner with Nadia at Le Restaurant in Amsterdam last night and drink with my colleague Cat McGuire and her sister Colleen. Today had wonderful time with Marc and Lindsay Landsberg and family at the Van Gogh museum. I love this city!

Hendrik is at JFK, upgraded, unwinding and on my way to Amsterdam! :-).

Hendrik is "enjoying" night #2 of proposal joy. Putting both the Power and the Point into PowerPoint. (If that is even possible!) Who needs a life when one has this?

Hendrik being relentless and uncompromising in the demand for good customer service and not settling for the 80/20 rule DOES eventually pay off. So this morning an 18 month dispute with Amex/British Airways finally resolved in my favour with them giving me back a companion ticket and LOADS of extra airmiles. (But NOT before I threatened to walk)....

Hendrik is just about done with this perennial autumn rain. Since I landed in London on Friday morning it has been RELENTLESS! I swear I saw Noah's Arc float by...

So...tonight's Ruby burned me a larger bumhole. Like Dynorod with lava. Scorched digestive tract; napalm on the ringpiece. You get the picture. Not pretty.

Hendrik going out for a Ruby Murray with Bathtub, Ali and all four kids. That's a lot of curry!

Hendrik has my brother Bathtub and his kids coming over for the weekend. It's going to be a zoo!

Hendrik is at JFK waiting to board my flight back to Heathrow. Really looking forward to seeing Willem and Anneka!

Hendrik is a bit disappointed he didn't get a place in the London Marathon for 2010. I'll try and get into another marathon instead. Any suggestions?

Hendrik walks through the streets, like a lottery winner on acid...