{"id":139,"date":"2010-11-01T13:58:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-01T13:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theblankscreen.co.uk\/selfdistract\/2010\/11\/01\/strictly-come-texting\/"},"modified":"2010-11-01T13:58:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-01T13:58:00","slug":"strictly-come-texting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/williamgallagher.com\/selfdistract\/2010\/11\/01\/strictly-come-texting\/","title":{"rendered":"Strictly Come Texting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Perhaps you already do this and I’m certain you\u2019d enjoy it if you did: watch Strictly while using twitter to discuss it blow by blow, frock by frock, lift by stumble.<\/p>\n

Now, if you do that during drama, if you do that during In Treatment, then you and I are going to have words. After the show. But in shiny floor entertainment, not only is it a genuine boon, last year it was often all that made Strictly worth watching.<\/p>\n

This year, things are much better so tweeting isn\u2019t necessary and in fact if you\u2019ve been affected by the subjects discussed in this blog, please contact the helpline on @wgallagher.<\/p>\n

But this week I was off. Away. I\u2019m getting reluctantly used to missing episodes of It Takes Two when necessary, I\u2019m itchy but acceptant about delaying watching the main show if Angela\u2019s away or we\u2019re off together. But this week it was me, gone, away, off. By heart-wringing agreement, Angela was left to watch Strictly without me.<\/p>\n

And to text me with Very Unhelpfully Tantalising Not To Say Cruel messages. <\/p>\n

Such as this one. I\u2019m in a pub. It\u2019s work, okay? I\u2019m not enjo – well, I am, alright, but It\u2019s Kind of Work, and I get the familiar throb over my heart as the iPhone in my shirt pocket vibrates this text at me: \u201cHow did Brendan do that with his waistcoat?\u201d<\/p>\n

Followed by \u201cNot a great music choice.\u201d<\/p>\n

I tell you, after a few of these it is entirely possible that I was chatting with you in that bar and wouldn\u2019t know. <\/p>\n

\u201cVincent has the cutest son.\u201d<\/p>\n

Okay. Okay. This has all been by text, it\u2019s all been direct texts from Angela to me. But I\u2019ve still got twitter. Yes, yes, thanks, mine\u2019s a Coke on the rocks, I\u2019ll be with you in a sec.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just realised, Kara\u2019s paso dress is the same as Alesha\u2019s AMAZING FLYING CAPE DRESS! I need to get out more\u201d @PadsterMo<\/p>\n

\u201cWell that took the sex right out of the Argentine Tango\u201d @gibbzer<\/p>\n

Wait, Angela\u2019s back texting: \u201cHow do they do those eyes on Jimi?\u201d<\/p>\n

Thanks for the Coke, I need a whisky chaser now.<\/p>\n

Flashforward to the results show and my beloved Angela texts me on my train home saying: \u201cShock – I didn\u2019t expect them to go!\u201d<\/p>\n

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TEASE<\/p>\n

Angela: \u201cDid I tell you we had the first 10s of the series?\u201d<\/p>\n

TEASE.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what I\u2019ve learnt from the weekend. I have yet to see one dance, one vote, one frock and this is all bad.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s rather fundamentally bad and it must be stopped, I must watch our Sky+ recording immediately.<\/p>\n

But on the good side, it was by far the most tantalising and tense Strictly I\u2019ve ever not watched.<\/p>\n

Next week, we continue the science experiment by attempting to watch The X Factor without drinking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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