I am actually pretty amazed…

…just how much of the joy has been squeezed out of blogging as a result of me now feeling compelled to do it in this bland, impersonal way. Is this a lesson in narcissism?

Anyway! Let’s carry on. Yesterday I went to see Alain de Botton give a ‘secular sermon’ as part of The School of Life. Naturally, I was extremely cynical about it - because that’s what I do - but in fact it made me very delighted on many levels. The happiest thing about it (and there were many happy moments) was when everyone in the ‘congregation’ sang Suzanne by Leonard Cohen.

It made me feel hopeful and confident about the prospect of my dream wedding (because, you know, every girl’s gotta have a nuptial dream, right?) at which all in attendance are forced to sing ‘Your Song’ by Elton John and other mildly ridiculous pop songs, because the group singing is always, I firmly believe, the best thing about any wedding, and must be included in the utterly unsacred ceremony that I would have.

I am, of course, slightly less confident about finding a man who will tolerate getting married under these circumstances, but actually I think it will be an effective acid test of whether he’ll be able to stand me for fifty years.