shpwp 2006...!!

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so in honour of the late, great smash hits magazine, and its annual feast of a poll winners' party, i have decided to host a poll winners' blog party of my own. (not to be confused with bloc party, although similar in funness..)
the pwp was traditionally held at around this time of year, on a sunday afternoon, and i would be covetous of anyone in attendance. i have lately found that a dear friend of mine once went to it, and i was green with envy!

so anyway, without much further ado, my winners for the year 2006 are.....

best album
the kooks: inside in/inside out
other nominees were...
kathryn williams: old low light
fiona's compilation cd
phil's birthday compilation cd

best song
nitin sawhney: the promise
other nominees were...
josh ritter: you don't make it easy
the kooks: naive
panic! at the disco: build god, then we'll talk
neil mcsweeney: long way round

best gig
jason mraz: the academy
other nominees were...
jason mraz: the apollo (and james blunt!)
the feeling: the academy
the band at claire+anthony's wedding

best dinner
steak with russell at goucho grill
other nominees were...
every evening meal in spain with the hall family
the place near dunham massey with caleb, oria and russell
first meal after daniel fast
iain's salmon risotto

best book
nicole krauss: the history of love
other nominees were...
khaled hosseini: the kite runner
joy dawson: forever ruined for the ordinary
alexander masters: stuart - a life backwards

best new clothes
jeans: asda, £10. i havne't owned jeans since i was 15!)
other nominees were...
mt: brown coat
ireland: black skirt
dorothy: 3 tops the same in different colours!

best new flip-flops
ripcurl: brown
other nominees were...
reef: green + pink
black+whites from mt

best night out
(in mcr) in sept/oct with caleb, russell, matt and fran
(in the shire) nick's birthday at the cafe rene
other nominees were...
new year's eve...it spilled over a good seven hours into 2006..!
with the staff of the blood bank office last week!
the night of fi + lizi's 21st...my word..what a mess that was..!

best surprise
liv turning up for my manchester birthday party
other nominees were...
caleb turning up at my shire party!
laura+paddy turning up at my shire party..
meeting a very beautiful man
enjoying london in february..thanks to liv+hats for that!
the sun turning up for our ireland holiday in april!

time most clearly hearing from god
the 1st week of june re work, men, grace and many other things
other nominees were....
"move to blair road..." thanks for that one jesus!
at the end of the daniel fast " don't do law.." ! what a get-out!..phew...

best laughing
in ireland with claire, emma and drago
other nominees were...
at mt with katie when amber one of the helpers was telling us about her photocopy art..
with fiona on new years eve..mostly at fabian the pirate boy, stretch, kinky ken and rob

best film
the life aquatic
other nominees were...
v for vendetta
schindler's list (no really, i'd never seen it before!)
not quite a film, but i DID very much enjoy my week's rental of dawson season 6....man, that was a fun week!

worst film
broken flowers
other nominees were...
wedding crashers
mission impossible III (esp the part where they were wrecking all the wind turbines.......sob...)


THE END.
...SHPWP...RIP...