Okay, I admit...

So first can I show you something intriguing?

Yes, sometimes I like to have a look-see and investigate who's reading my rubbish.

Look at this data on a visitor that the stat machine threw out at me...

The Pope's been reading my blog. Holy shit!

The mind boggles...I mean, what do you think he was looking at?

Dear Mr Pope

I'm just Bobby in London but if you could lay off the anti-gay stuff that you sometimes preach, that would be quite cool.

Also, I found this picture of the last Pope. It's quite old but can you please look at the guy to the right of Il Papi. What a hottie.

If there are guys knocking around the Vatican who look like this, please could you send them to me.

Thanks and no disrespect. Yeah?

Bobster x x

PS. If you ever decide to flog this thing off...

...please let me know, cause I'd be happy to take it. I think it's beautiful.

Did you know that Michaelangelo was a fairy-boy? But let's not talk about that. Ok bye.

So anyway. Remember I told you about Guapo, my plant?

Well, Patsy e-mailed to say that he thought his Plant Without A Name should get together with mine.

Here is a picture of them meeting. We reckon they like each other.

No, we're not mad. This is totally normal, isn't it?

Can I admit something to you?

But you have to promise that you won't say anything to anyone else.

Do you have a CD that you're mortally embarrassed about but enjoy listening to?

This is really bad, okay...

When I was young my mum bought this record of "popera", like pop and opera mixed. It was worse than Hooked on Classics (anyone remember that?)

I used to listen to it - and we're talking when I was about 9 or ten years old - and love it.

The other day, I don't know why it sprung into my head but I suddenly thought "god, whatever happened to Kimera?"

I'm almost ashamed to say this but I have managed to find and download Kimera's album The Lost Opera, the record I used to love as a kid. I've been listening to it to death.

Have you ever heard of Kimera (kim-aira)?

She's this Korean operatic singer who put together a medley of opera standards and jazzed them up with techno-ish style music.

I say techno-ish style - this was in 1984/5.

It sounds bad, yes. But check her out...

I put together the montage picture of some of her album covers. Now can you see why I'm coy about admitting my latest obsession?

High-pitched operatic screeching, all that fucking make-up. No wonder things turned out the way they did.

Am I the only person who's ever heard of this woman?

Please don't let me be alone in this wilderness.

Actually. Speaking of music, I noticed this on my iPod while going through my song list.

Ten men - Morcheeba
9PM Till I Come - ATB
8 Letters - Holmes Ives
7 - Prince and the New Power Generation
Six Feet Under - No Doubt
5 Years - Bjork
4 Leaf Clover - Anna Savage
3AM Eternal - The KLF
2 Good 2 Be True - Deborah Cox
#1 Crush - Garbage