Beautiful things - May.

It's getting a bit warmer but it's been a bad month for both my teams. Everton are looking for a new manager and the Rhinos have been dumped out of the Challenge Cup and have an injury list as long as Brian McDermott's arm after several of our players picked up leg breaks and shoulder injuries.

Ouch.

Anyway, here's what I got up to in May...

Blogging

Most people took up a 'Blog Every Day In May' challenge but I didn't. I just blogged when I could but it was mainly about sports teams and the Eurovision Song Contest. That's about all.

Watching

Speaking of Eurovision, I watched both semi finals and the Grand Final itself. And what a week it was! The Netherlands got back into the final for the first time in nine years, Montenegro sent astronauts, Romania had a weird falsetto vampire (who, sadly, didn't get stabbed by the giant stakes that surrounded him), the United Kingdom came nowhere but somehow still beat the Germans and the Irish (who finished last), a smiley doctor finished eighth for Malta and a Danish royal won the whole thing, taking the contest back over the bridge next year, assuming it will be held in Copenhagen, though Herning's the current favourite to host it in 2014. Other host cities include Fredericia, Aalborg and Horsens, who want to host the contest in a decommissioned prison. Sorry, Horsens but, in the words of the dragons, I'm out.

Away from the telly (and, erm, Eurovision) side of things, I went to Rugby League's Magic Weekend at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester at the end of May. I was a bit reluctant to go at first because my husband and brother-in-law were involved in a car accident coming back from there earlier this year after Manchester City knocked Leeds United out of the cup but I went in the end and, even though Leeds Rhinos lost against Wigan Warriors whilst there was quite a class conga going on, I had to cheer when I saw that Bradford Bulls and St. Helens got stuffed. Again.

Listening

Most of May was spent listening to albums and other songs from this year's Eurovision artists, especially Emmelie de Forest (who won for Denmark) and Krista Siegfrids, the Finnish bridezilla. I've rewatched her Grand Final performance over and over again and her album is BRILLIANT. Here is her new single Amen. Enjoy.

Tweeting

Highlights from my personal Twitter feed in May include:

• "Serbia won the Barbara Dex award. Not really a surprise considering they came dressed as a real-life game of Candy Crush."
• "Razvan Rat, Razvan Rat, Razvan Rat and his claret and blue kit..."
• "Some people are so thick. It's Finland that have the lesbian kiss, not Greece. They just have men in kilts."
• "YEEEEE-HAAAA! FINALLY!"
• "Leeds Rhinos. Marching out of the cup together."
• "It's the end of an era. I feel like crying right now. Fare thee well, Moyes. Thank you for everything."

Highlights from others include:

• This. That's my childhood ruined.
• Tweets about Everton's new badge being rubbish. Thankfully, we've only got it for one season.
• "How many wasps has Dave Whelan been chewing?" (@sevens1878)
• "FAO Azerbaijan and Russia: you can debate all you like, the votes won't get recounted. Denmark won fair and square. Stop being sore losers." (@deneneogkun)

And, finally, my favourite tweets of the month go to...

If Azerbaijan gets kicked out of Eurovision, next year's Armenian entry will just be 3 minutes of uncontrollable laughing.
— Thank You Europe (@Thankyoueurope) May 21, 2013

Denmark won because it is one of few countries that can afford to host next year. Angela Merkel sighing in almighty relief. #eurovision
— Elizabeth Windsor (@Queen_UK) May 18, 2013

So, Europe likes the UK enough to sing their songs in our language, but not enough to give us some sodding points? #eurovision
— Prince Charles (@Charles_HRH) May 18, 2013