Not sober...

Dan had gone on to explain how he had been slightly drunk the night before and had been drinking during the day. He continued to drink through the night as well, sticking to red wine mainly.

The Drunk Chef...

I was a little concerned to see that our host was not 100%. You can clearly see he's not altogether on this photo.

Personally, if i'm making tea, I pour the contents of the kettle into the tea cups with tea bags inside them - not into spaghetti.

Food Pornography...

I've done a few photoshoots of food and I always try and make food look sexy and attractive. Spaghetti, however, should be left alone when it is being cooked. It just doesn't look sexy at all here. Well, it might do to some of the *strange* people out there...

Garlic Bread?

Yes, it is.

Now that's food porn.

Hmmmm, wine.

Due to me being the driver, I could only have one glass if I wanted to keep my driving license. So that's all I had.

This is said glass.

Dan's Guitar(s)

I've known Dan since my Wolverhampton Youth Orchestra Days and he's always been musically talented. He owns about 600 guitars or something like that and this is what I might call 'Guitar Porn'. (Ok, so I've always wanted to be a porn photographer, leave me alone, this is the closest i'll probably come to it - no pun intended).

Menu...

What were we going to eat? See Menu below:

Starter: Wine
Main Course: Spaghetti Bolognaise and Garlic Bread
Dessert: More wine
Cheese Board? No, you guessed it, more wine (but none for me)

Cheers...

Before we eat, I interrupt proceedings and grab a quick snap of the three of us.

Entertainment...

I knew there would be a point where one of the guitars would end up in Dan's hands. He didn't really sing much, he just serenaded Emma and I whilst she drank wine and I wondered if I had made the right choice in driving.

Faster than a speeding bullet...

Superdan. His hands can move so fast on the fretboard that it all becomes a blur. It looks cool, but he's playing twinkle, twinkle little star.

Drunk again...

I've only ever been drunk with Emma and never just seen her drunk, if you know what I mean. I noticed these things when she is drunk:

She talks more
She thinks too much about stuff she doesn't need to think about in the first place
She pulls a face like that of a capuchin monkey after despatching a batch of underripe mangoes
Her hair turns more ginger

The wine effect...

I knew it wouldn't be long before the wine kicked in and had it's effect on Dan and Emma's co-ordination. I'm not sure what Dan is doing here, but he seems to be performing some kind of mating ritual. I know that Dan doesn't fancy Emma so I was a little concerned he was performing his ritual infront of me. I wonder if Dan's missus gets the 'Ritual' treatment of a nighttime?

Composer at work...Do not Disturb...

It was about halfpast one in the a.m. when this photo was taken. I had to hand in some work for a potential job in two days time and Dan had kindly let me use his gear to do this. I stayed in the other room and composed while the other two drank more and watched a DVD.

Well, that was the last photo and on behalf of Emma and myself, I'd like to thank Dan for dinner - twas very delicious. I'd also like to thank him for the use of his computer and if I get the job, I'll take you out for a drink (or ten). Tarrah for now...